Omaelämäkerrat: kirjallisuus

”Eppu Normaali nyt on lähtemättömästi osa tätäkin minää, joka tässä kirjoittaa ja kertoo seikkailuistaan ja mietteistään.”Kirjeistä koostuvan päiväkirjan kirjoittaja Helena …

'Hilarious, subversive, sharp without being lethal, and loving without an ounce of sentiment, Shirley Jackson's more-or-less autobiographical account of life as a mother of four …

George Orwell was an inveterate keeper of diaries. The Orwell Diaries presents eleven of them, covering the period 1931-1949, and follows Orwell from his early years as a writer …

‘You’ll want to forget it and won’t be able to’ – Zadie Smith‘The essential American story’ – The Washington PostMy father comes into focus for me on a Liars’ Club afternoon. He …

'The best memoir you will read all year' NICK HORNBY 'This is memoir perfection â?¦ I adored it' CARIAD LLOYD 'An affirmation of Life in all its richness and …

'A strange, enchanting book . . . unbeatable' - The Guardian'Dizzying, elemental' - John Leonard, The New York TimesA classic memoir set during the Chinese revolution of the 1940s …

“Emily Dickinson springs to life in this remarkable, long-out-of-print biography written by her niece . . . Though millions of pages have been written about Dickinson . . . few …

Charming, witty and profound, this stylish 50th anniversary hardback edition of A LIFE IN LETTERS is the perfect addition to any Wodehouse-lover's bookcase.'The letters, gossipy in …

‘His narrative skill is spectacular. One returns with pleasure to the slow hand-in-hand revelations of both India and himself’ – The TimesAn Area of Darkness is V. S. Naipaul’s …

'For as I look deeper into the mirror, I find myself a more curious person than I had thought.' John Ruskin (1819-1900) was a towering figure of the nineteenth century: an art …