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First published in 1980, Dante the Maker examines the great Italian poet's creative processes and presents a wider perspective on Dante. Divided into three major parts, it …

Lessons of a lifetime from the author of I KNOW WHY THE CAGED BIRD SINGS'A brilliant writer, a fierce friend and a truly phenomenal woman' BARACK OBAMAWith her customary courage …

Volume 11 of The Complete Works of George OrwellThese years saw the publication of The Road to Wigan Pier, Homage to Catalonia, and Coming Up for Air. The most important document …

Fremd in einer fremden Sprache – und doch wurde sie zu einer der wichtigsten Schriftstellerinnen der Gegenwart. Nach einer wohlbehüteten Kindheit in Ungarn hatte Agota Kristof …

A treasure trove of lost family photos illuminates a singular perspective on family, memory, and history in this hypnotically enjoyable memoir. When Judith Kitchen came across …

The first book-length study of Wang Wenxing in English offering biographic, cultural, textual, literary, and linguistic readings of his work. The essays cover topics such as Wang's …

Cold Cream is a sparkling autobiography in the great tradition: wonderfully perceptive, exquisitely rendered and bursting with characters and anecdotes of every shade and hue. A …

Ant nio Frederico de Castro Alves, o Poeta dos Escravos, nasceu em 1847, no interior da Bahia. Gra as amizade que tivera com o filho de uma escrava, ele empenhou-se na luta pelos …

From a childhood of gothic proportions in a vicarage on the Welsh borders, through adolescence, leaving herself teetering on the brink of the 1960's, Lorna Sage vividly and wittily …