Katherine Mansfield

The short story is considered to be one of the most challenging genres because of the need for compact plotlines and the ability to conjure up atmosphere and character in a few sentences....

In the realm of the short story, Katherine Mansfield established a highly original style. Undramatic, poetic and lyrical, her writing is exquisitely subtle in its treatment of human behaviour....

This recording contains four of Katherine Mansfield's best stories....

The Complete Katherine Mansfield Collection contains the five volumes of short stories written by Mansfield between 1911 and 1924 which established her as one of the best short story writers of her generation, as-well as the only novel she ever penned: The Aloe.

"Pentru un traducator e un privilegiu sa transpuna în alt vesmânt lingvistic povestirile lui Katherine Mansfield, asa cum pentru un cititor e un privilegiu...

A poignant and profound collection of stories which explore the theme of childhood and a child's perspective on the world....

Katherine Mansfield's heartbreaking story of playground bullying. The Kelvey children are excluded from the schoolyard crowd because they come from a poor family with more than a hint of disreputableness about them....

In this volume our authors explore the terrors of the mind rather than the horrors of reality, although with their pens the difference makes little difference.

This is a story from the Bliss & Other Stories collection....

"En la bahía" es la descripción de un solo día en la vida de la familia Burnell. La bahía, especialmente el mar, es un personaje más y aparentemente no sucede nada; todo transcurre sin altibajos, como si el día se fuera meciendo suavemente al son de las olas.

Zwei Stories über die Flüchtigkeit des Glücks: Bertha Young ist dreißig, verheiratet, hat eine kleine Tochter und keinerlei Sorgen, als sie an ein und demselben Tag ein unerhörtes ›Glück‹ und gleich darauf den Anfang seines Endes erlebt.

Published after Mansfield's death in 1923 by her husband, Something Childish and Other Stories contains some of the feminist trailblazer's most renowned works, spanning over a decade of writing.

The Garden Party and Other Stories was published in 1922. A collection of fifteen short stories, it explores themes including life and death, gender and family roles, relationships and duty....

Skyboat Media presents The Best of Katherine Mansfield, an original compilation of stories from one of the defining writers of modernist fiction....

Katherine Mansfield verlässt mit zwanzig Jahren ihre neuseeländische Heimat, um in London Schriftstellerin zu werden. Doch erst einmal landet sie...

Loss in any form seems to burden us with more weight than anything that can possibly be gained or learnt from. The loss of a person, a loved one, is often overwhelming. It is a subject that authors return to again and again....

When we read or listen, words can have a transforming effect. Our mood can alter in the space of a few sentences from joy to sadness. And not just our mood. These words can affect us physically, they can engage our emotions and even in their sadness bring a lump to our throat....

Katherine was born on the 14th October 1888 in Wellington, New Zealand. As ad adult she then travelled to Europe before returning to New Zealand. There she began to write the short stories that she would later become so famous for. But there was another less-heralded side to Katherine’s writings....

"È un aloe, Kezia" disse Linda. "Non fa mai fiori?" "Sì, bambina mia" disse la madre. Chinò la testa verso Kezia e, socchiudendo gli occhi...

Il titolo di questo libro è il titolo di una poesia di Coleridge che è il tema del più lungo dei racconti...