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A respected sportswriter in his mid-fifties, Berkow has enjoyed playing basketball since childhood. He discusses how basketball has shaped his…
strategy and perspective both on and off the court. Pickup games offer him the opportunity to look into the soul of others as well as his own. Berkow describes how he strives to improve his skills
This biography of the notable European poet is divided into two "books": "The Young Poet" and "The Master." Freedman details…
the contradictions between the poet's inspired work and his heartless treatment of those around him. Rilke's great works and extensive travels are chronicled, as well as his numerous affairs and courting of wealthy benefactors
Explores the life and times of the author Jane Austen and her close clan in Georgian England. Lacking in money…
and land, the Austens lived on the edge of upper middle class society as portrayed in Austen's fiction. Tomalin uses family papers and local archives to support this depiction
Autobiography of a Pulitzer Prize-winning New York Times journalist. Bragg recalls how he managed to become a human interest reporter,…
first in Florida and later in New York. He and his two brothers were reared in poverty in rural Alabama by their mother, Margaret, after their alcoholic father left them
«No pedía mucho, carajo, sólo que lo dejaran prostituirse a su modo.» Novela ganadora del Premio Xavier Villaurrutia 2019. "El…
asunto histórico corresponde a tiempos próximos al nuestro, transformados en su novela en materia literaria gracias al brío de su discurso narrativo, la verosimilitud de personajes y situaciones, la velocidad de su prosa y su empeño en no dejar nada al azar, en atar todos los cabos. Serna obliga al lector a acompañarlo en cada una de sus acciones y a vivirlas con él." El jurado del Premio Xavier Villaurrutia. A mediados del siglo XX, Carlos Denegri era el líder de opinión más influyente de México. Reportero estrella del diario Excélsior, tenía una red de contactos internacionales envidiada por todos los periodistas. Mimado por el poder, como columnista político sobresalió por su falta de escrúpulos, al grado de que Julio Scherer lo llamó "el mejor y el más vil de los reporteros". Industrializó el "chayote" cuando esa palabra todavía no se usaba en la jerga política. En su Fichero Político, donde fungía como vocero extraoficial de la Presidencia y cobraba todas las menciones, podía difamar a cualquiera con impunidad absoluta. Según Carlos Monsiváis, un coscorrón en esa columna representaba "una temporada en el infierno" para cualquier aspirante a un cargo público. Aunque ganaba millones por publicar alabanzas, se hizo más rico aún por medio de la extorsión, callándose lo que sabía de sus poderosos clientes. La personalidad pública de Carlos Denegri es indisociable de las atroces vejaciones misóginas que cometió en su vida privada. Era tan prepotente y déspota en el trato con las mujeres como en el periodismo, de modo que su patología fue a la vez íntima y social. Radiografía del machismo a la mexicana y epitafio de la dictadura perfecta, esta novela es un estudio de carácter incisivo y mordaz, sustentado en un arduo trabajo de investigación, que por momentos linda con la farsa trágica. Enrique Serna vuelve a una de sus vetas narrativas predilectas, la reconstrucción del pasado, para entregarnos un fresco histórico apasionante. La crítica ha dicho: «Es una importante aportación a la historia y la literatura contemporáneas de México, salida de la pluma -o la laptop- de un autor caracterizado por su implacable ironía y su valiente voluntad estilística, virtudes que lo convierten en uno de los narradores imprescindibles de nuestro tiempo.» El jurado del Premio Xavier Villaurrutia 2019 «El arte de Serna consiste en una serie de procedimientos encaminados a hacernos más persuasiva la ilusión realista -esa que sólo puede darse en la mejor literatura-, a comunicar al lector la sensación de estar directamente enfrentado con la vida.» Ignacio Solares «En sus novelas y cuentos descubrimos un arte consumado de la sorpresa, una ferocidad no exenta de gracia y un sentido del sarcasmo que nunca se rebaja a la mera caricatura.» Claude Fell «Quien se acerca a las narraciones de Enrique Serna ríe mucho durante la lectura y al llegar al punto final un ligero malestar lo hace quedarse un tiempo pensativo, como si se reconociera de pronto en el patetismo de los personajes.» Eduardo Antonio Parra «Reconozco en Serna el entendimiento profundo, casi quisquilloso, que consiste en poner el archivo al servicio de la ficción y no ejercer ni de amanuense erudito ni de mero coleccionista de avisos y extravagancias.» Christopher Domínguez
The author/illustrator of such books as The Very Hungry Caterpillar (DB 24609) tells about animals and insects, friends and relatives,…
and himself in Germany during his childhood and World War II; also brief sketches of life after his arrival in the United States. For grades 4-7
Morris recalls how she first saw Europe in 1946 after World War II and reflects on the changes of the…
past fifty years. Her fond reminiscences include historical details and comments about European culture. She approves of the trend toward economic unity but favors preserving the regional ethnic diversity that makes travel on the continent interesting
Autobiographical play set in 1940 dealing with Tennessee Williams' first love - a young Canadian draft dodger who was dying…
of a brain tumour. Descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1995, c1981.
Ironically titled, the book describes the author's mother's last thirty days, spent in a hospital. She suffers from cancer, a…
disease she has always feared, but she dies thinking otherwise. The book deals with her reactions and those of the author and her sister
Two memoirs. A Cab at the Door covers Pritchett's childhood in England, describing his experience of World War I and…
his family's foibles and precarious finances. In Midnight Oil, the author at age seventy recalls his bid for independence at age twenty, when he left for France determined to become a writer
A portrait of the legendary author whose extraordinary life was as adventurous as his stories. Traces his deprived childhood, his…
years at rugged maritime labor, his bold expeditions, and his literary renown, which he regarded as phony and unsatisfying
Eight autobiographical essays on Mairs's "finding" her voice as a female author. Reflects on the ways other writers--both men and…
women--have influenced her, especially Virginia Woolf. In spite of physical illness and career problems, Mairs confirms her sense of fulfillment through the act of writing
Cartas de la guerra es una muestra de la mejor literatura epistolar y una nueva demostración de la talla literaria…
de Lobo Antunes. En enero de 1971, un joven médico portugués recién casado, de nombre António Lobo Antunes, dejaba en Lisboa a su esposa, embarazada de cuatro meses, tras haber sido llamado a filas y destinado a la guerra colonial en Angola. Allí, en medio de un conflicto de una dureza extrema, rodeado de las mismas atrocidades de la guerra de Argelia o la de Vietnam, el escritor incipiente halló en las cartas a su mujer el modo de evadirse de lo que le rodeaba y mantenerse en contacto con una realidad más grata: la del amor por su mujer y por la hija a punto de nacer. Son cartas privadas, íntimas, escritas solo para unos ojos muy concretos. No obstante, este extraordinario documento permite muchas lecturas diferentes. La crónica de una de las guerras de descolonización más cruentas y más desconocidas; la expresión de un primer amor, intenso y absoluto; la formación de un escritor que con el tiempo se convertiría en una referencia indiscutible de la literatura contemporánea europea. Reseña:«Una obra que es a la vez literatura, documento de guerra e historia de amor.»El Periódico de Catalunya
Memoir of an Australian journalist discusses how her childhood pen pals from the USA, France, and Israel influenced her career…
choice. Rediscovering their letters twenty years later, she tracks down their whereabouts and reflects on the changes in their circumstances
Portrays the author's childhood in 1940s and 1950s South Africa from a third-person perspective. He describes his feeling of being…
different from his classmates, and he grimly recalls his teachers' canings, his parents' arguments, and his own actions that injured his brother. Among his few joyful memories are riding his bicycle and visiting his grandparents' farm. c1997.
A portrait of the celebrated Russian author, whose writings awakened the world to the horrors of the Stalinist regime. Traces…
his childhood following the Russian Revolution, his heroic service during World War II, his internment in the gulags, and his years of exile and repatriation. Violence. 1998.
Portrait of a distinguished poet and man of letters, whose English translation of Dante's Divine Comedy is generally regarded as…
exemplary. Traces his Boston childhood, his World War II service as a B-29 gunner, his teaching years at Rutgers and Harvard, and his renowned writing career. c1997.
A biography of the English Romantic poet John Keats, who died at twenty-five. Emphasizes Keats's political views as well as…
his character and poetry. Reevaluates earlier biographies and quotes from Keats's correspondence. Provides the historical context of Keats's life in the early nineteenth century
A series of reminiscences by a paralyzed survivor of a massive stroke. A victim of "locked-in syndrome," he feels as…
if his body were inside a diving bell, while his mind can still "soar like a butterfly." He poignantly recalls a time when he took good health for granted, and he describes how hard it is to communicate when he can only blink his left eye. Bestseller
Biography of the Nobel Prize-winning author who was also an avid sportsman. Includes excerpts from his writings. Describes his life…
in Europe between the wars and how his own actions contributed to his many accidents, physical injuries, and alcoholism. At sixty-two, anxious and depressed, he committed suicide--as had his father and brother before him. For grades 5-8 and older readers