Litterära biografier

Vad betyder minnen? Hur formas vi av det vi varit med om? I Kvicksand väver Henning Mankell samman sina personliga minnen med reflektioner över historiens stora skeenden. Från …

Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien's wartime experiences, this biography details their impact on his life and his writing of "The Lord of The Rings".

The remarkable true story of one of Britain's best-loved writers, now in a stunning celebratory hardback edition with a new introduction and epilogue The perfect gift for Jane …

Tolkien described The Lord of the Rings as "a fundamentally religious and Catholic work" and declared, "I am a Christian (which can be deduced from my stories)." Yet he insisted …

"So many memoirs make you feel that you've been sealed up inside a wall with a monomaniac. A really good one, like Autobiography of a Face, makes you feel there is more to ask and …

From one of the most important chroniclers of our time, come two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks â?? writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the …

Take a firsthand journey into a time, society and world full of intrigue. In the tenth century, Japan stood physically and culturally isolated from the rest of the world. Sei …

First published in 1979, Joan Didion's The White Album records indelibly the upheavals and aftermaths of the 1960s. Examining key events, figures, and trends of the era--including …

Den 14 februari 1989, på Alla hjärtans dag, fick Salman Rushdie ett samtal från en journalist på BBC som sa att han hade blivit “dömd till döden” av ayatollah Khomeini. Han fick …

Tove Ditlevsen skrev autofiktion, længe før det ord var opfundet, og brugte sig selv og sine nærmeste nådesløst i sit forfatterskab. Hun skrev om psykisk sygdom, misbrug og …