World Literature

Ram Rajya. The Perfect Land. But perfection has a price. He paid that price....

BBC radio productions of Dostoevsky's masterpieces, plus selected shorter fiction and bonus programmes exploring his life and work....

India, 3400 BCE. The ancient kingdom of Mithila is divided by corruption, resentment, and poverty. An abandoned baby is found in a field protected by a vulture from a pack of wolves....

Locked in the stories, symbols and rituals of Vishnu is the wisdom of the ancestors, transmitted over hundreds of years....

The author, Devdutt Pattanaik, introduces listeners to the varied aspects and representations of Shiva, and then sets about interpreting them....

For two decades Zeba was a loving wife, a patient mother, and a peaceful villager. But her quiet life is shattered when her husband, Kamal, is found brutally murdered....

Stranded on Prehistoric Earth since the end of the first series, Arthur Dent and Ford Prefect are once again trying to hitch their way off the planet.... 

Mano Majra is a place, Khushwant Singh tells us at the beginning of this novel, where Sikhs and Muslims have lived together in peace for hundreds of years. Then one day, at the end of summer, the "ghost train" arrives, a silent funeral train loaded with the bodies of thousands of refuges....

A lively, sexy, and thought-provoking East-meets-West story about community, friendship, and women's lives at all ages....

Khushwant Singh's Big Book of Malice brings together some of his nastiest and most irreverent pieces. Witty, sharp, and brutally honest, this collection is certain to delight and provoke listeners of all ages....

The Mahabharata is one of the two major Sanskrit epics of ancient India. It is of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent and is a major text of Hinduism....

From the bestselling author of Trail of Broken Wings comes an epic story of the unrelenting force of love, the power of healing, and the invincible desire to dream....

Do Kadam Aur Sahi is an excellent compilation of selected poems by the renowned Urdu poet Rahat Indoori. The compiler, Sachin Chaudhary, has named the collection as ‘selected pearls of the ocean’. The magic that flows from the pen of Rahat Indauri gives a different feeling....

Naraz has many references that reflect the resenting virtue of Rahat Indori. A lyricist of films par excellence, and a master of literature in college, he is a famous poet loved by all - who also accomplishes in playing with colours and lines....

Connect the Dots is the story of 20 enterprising individuals without MBAs who started their own ventures. They were driven by the desire to prove themselves....

The Republic poses questions that endure: What is justice? What form of community fosters the best possible life for human beings? What is the nature and destiny of the soul? Find out....

In The Nectar of Pain, Zebian sheds light on the feelings and experiences that emerge from a painful heartbreak. She writes that the process of cleansing oneself of that pain—day by day, hour by hour, and second by second—is the real work of healing....

Saleem Sinai is born on the stroke of midnight on 14th-15th August 1947, at the exact moment that India and Pakistan become separate, independent nations....

Taken literally, stories, symbols and rituals of Hindu mythology have much to say about gender relationships. Taken symbolically, they reveal many more things....

R.K. Narayan’s reputation as one of the founding figures of Indian writing in English is re-examined in this comprehensive study of his fiction, which offers detailed readings of all his novels....

In Paradise Lost, Milton produced a poem of epic scale, conjuring up a vast, awe-inspiring cosmos and ranging across huge tracts of space and time....

The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse - by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals - propels the whole village into an investigation of how and why this murder occurred. Rumors and suspicions spread....

Inspired by a real incident, The Boat People is a gripping and morally complex novel about refugees who survive a perilous ocean voyage to reach Canada - only to face accusations of terrorism....

Questa non è una storia d'amore, ma parla d'amore... Una fredda mattina del 1995, Sam Masur scende dalla metropolitana e, tra la folla che si accalca...

No Longer Human (1948, Ningen Shikkaku / A Shameful Life / Confessions of a Faulty Man) was an attack on the traditions of Japan, capturing the postwar...

Krieg und Frieden ist ein historischer Roman des russischen Schriftstellers Leo Tolstoy. Er gilt als eines der bedeutendsten Werke der Weltliteratur und wurde mehrfach verfilmt. In seiner Mischung aus historischem Roman und militär-politischen Darstellungen sowie Analysen der zaristischen Feudalgesellschaft während der napoleonischen Ära Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts in Russland und den Kriegen zwischen 1805 und 1812 mit der Invasion Russlands 1812 nimmt es die Montagetechnik moderner Romane des 20. Jahrhunderts vorweg.

Una maravillosa muestra del talento narrativo de Murakami que nos abre las puertas a otras realidades y nos lleva de la mano a mundos fantásticos. Un hombre que se obsesiona con la insólita y misteriosa desaparición del elefante de un zoo, un abogado en paro que recibe el encargo de su mujer de encontrar a su gato, una pareja de recién casados que deciden atracar un MacDonald's en plena noche, una curiosa digresión sobre los canguros, un enano diabólico que baila, un joven empeñado en burlarse de su futuro cuñado, un pirómano confeso.

Vier Herren im besten Alter sitzen beim Wein und prahlen einander vor, wie sie weiland die Damenwelt eroberten. Dass über alles strengstes Stillschweigen zu wahren ist, ist selbstverständlich. Und so rückt einer der Herren mit der Sprache raus, warum er seit einer bestimmten Nacht niemals vergisst, den Fensterriegel vorzuschieben.

Krieg und Frieden ist ein historischer Roman des russischen Schriftstellers Leo Tolstoy. Er gilt als eines der bedeutendsten Werke der Weltliteratur und wurde mehrfach verfilmt. In seiner Mischung aus historischem Roman und militär-politischen Darstellungen sowie Analysen der zaristischen Feudalgesellschaft während der napoleonischen Ära Anfang des 19. Jahrhunderts in Russland und den Kriegen zwischen 1805 und 1812 mit der Invasion Russlands 1812 nimmt es die Montagetechnik moderner Romane des 20. Jahrhunderts vorweg.

Ein außergewöhnlicher Generationenroman über drei Frauen am Stettiner Haff, die gegen Unrecht aufbegehren. 1936 wird die 14-jährige Gine zum Landjahr ans Stettiner Haff geschickt, wo endlose Weite Hoffnung verspricht und salzige Böden die Geheimnisse der Menschen hüten. Als sich dort ein Mann an Gine vergeht, schwört das Mädchen Rache und ahnt nicht, wie sehr es damit den Lauf der Zeit beeinflussen wird. Jahrzehnte später zieht sich die überarbeitete Berliner Ärztin Nina in die endlosen Weiten Mecklenburg-Vorpommerns zurück und macht einen erschreckenden Fund.

Sur le sable d'une plage hongkongaise, une main soulève des draps. La jeune Anh, 16 ans, reconnaît ses parents et quatre de ses frères et soeurs, noyés. Anh et ses deux frères, Thanh et Minh, sont désormais seuls au monde. Il y a quelques mois à peine, ils étaient encore une famille. Une famille obligée de fuir le Vietnam après le départ des dernières troupes américaines.

May Day is the long-awaited collection from one of our best-loved poets and former Makar of Scotland, Jackie Kay. As the title suggests, these poems cast an eye over several decades of political activism, from the international solidarity of the Glasgow of Kay’s childhood, accompanying her parents’ Socialist campaigns, through the feminist, LGBT+ and anti-racist movements of the 80s and 90s, up to the present day when a global pandemic intersects with the urgency of Black Lives Matter.

Гранатовый браслет - одно из самых поэтичных и трогательных художественных произведений русской литературы. В этой трагической истории безответной любви мелкого чиновника к замужней женщине ее создатель, Александр Куприн, предстал перед читателем как мастер создания психологического портрета и передачи тонких душевных нюансов.

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Über die Verbundenheit zu einer Insel, die alles überdauert. Zwischen Austernfischern und Regenpfeifern ist Nanning zu Hause: Amrum, die wilde Nordseeinsel mit ihren Sandbänken und den leuchtenden Heidekrautfeldern ist alles, was er kennt. Doch der Krieg geht auch an der kleinen Inselgemeinde nicht spurlos vorbei. Lebensmittel sind knapp, und solange der Vater nicht bei ihnen ist, muss Nanning sich um die hochschwangere Mutter und seine kleinen Geschwister kümmern.

Jackie Kay’s new collection is a lyric counterpart to her memoir, Red Dust Road, the extraordinary story of the search for her Nigerian and Highland birth-parents; but it is also a moving book in its own right, and a deep enquiry into all forms of human friendship. Fiere – Scots for ‘companion, friend, equal’ – is a vivid description of the many paths our lives take, and of how those journeys are made meaningful by our companions on the road: lovers, friends, parents, children, mentors – as well as all the remarkable and chance acquaintances we would not otherwise have made.

Pssssst! Hey, You, Yes…YOUR Generation (whichever that may be). Are you looking for Saccharin love sonnets? Maudlin two-line musings? Droning co-opted hip hop lyrics? You won't find that here....

An elderly Blackfeet warrior tells the story of his youth, when his tribe owned and lived free on the great plains at the foot of the Rocky Mountains. During those days of freedom and plenty, they hunted the vast herds of buffalo, worshipped their ancient gods, and sought glory in war parties against their traditional tribal enemies. In order to achieve his adulthood in the tribe, Little Otter must face the dangerous vision quest to find his sacred helper and then risk death as a member of a daring war party. Most of all, though, Little Otter wants to become a Sun priest.

Kazim Ali is a poet, novelist, and essayist whose work explores themes of identity, migration, and the intersections of cultural and spiritual traditions. His poetry is known for its lyrical and expressive language, as well as its exploration of themes such as love, loss, and the search for meaning in a rapidly changing world. "Sukun" means serenity or calm, and a sukun is also a form of punctuation in Arabic orthography that denotes a pause over a consonant.

Karl Kraus gilt als einer der bedeutendsten Aphoristiker deutscher Sprache. Ob berühmte Schriftsteller oder die Presse - nichts und niemand wurde von der Kritik seiner Feder verschont. Bekannte Künstler wie Stefan Zweig, Georg Trakl, Thomas Mann und andere zollten ihm Respekt, aber die Zahl seiner Feinde in Kunst und Gesellschaft war enorm. Als Vorleser hinterließ er aufgrund seiner Sprachgewalt und Persönlichkeit angeblich einen äußerst außergewöhnlichen Eindruck.