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Le lettere sono un altro spazio in cui trovare Cesare Pavese. Insieme alle traduzioni, alle poesie, ai romanzi e ai racconti, l'epistolario di Cesare Pavese rappresenta un ulteriore specchio in cui scoprire riflessa l'immagine dell'uomo, di quella costruzione di sé che ha caratterizzato tutto il percorso intellettuale dello scrittore. Uomo e scrittore. Ancora una volta, ci poniamo di fronte a questo suo ulteriore corpus letterario vestendo i panni del lettore: è lo scrittore stesso a chiedercelo costruendo il suo epistolario come se fosse un romanzo.

Den svenske forfatter Astrid Lindgren skriver under hele Anden Verdenskrig dagbog, hvor hun beretter om hverdagen i Stockholm og det neutrale Sverige, om familielivet, om krigens gang, om sit kontorjob i et brevcensurbureau og om samtidens prøvelser og fremtidens håb og frygt. Astrid Lindgren har også et blik på krigens gang i resten af Norden og Europa, blandt andet det besatte naboland Danmark. Astrid Lindgren evner på bedste vis at veksle mellem udblik og indblik, mellem det største og det mindste, mellem det ydre og det nære.

A never-before-seen collection of deeply personal love letters from Kurt Vonnegut to his first wife, Jane, compiled and edited by their daughter “If ever I do write anything of length—good or bad—it will be written with you in mind.” Kurt Vonnegut’s eldest daughter, Edith, was cleaning...

For fans of J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, discover the story behind their unique friendship forged in the darkness of World War II and how it inspired the stories of The Lord of the Rings, The Hobbit, The Chronicles of Narnia and Mere Christianity. In a world devastated by the cataclysm of war...

At the end of World War I, young C. S. Lewis was a devout atheist about to begin his studies at Oxford. In the three decades that followed, he would establish himself as one of the most influential writers and scholars of modern times, undergoing a radical conversion to Christianity that would transform his life and his work. Harry Lee Poe unfolds these watershed years in Lewis’s life, offering a unique perspective on his conversion, his friendships with Christians such as J. R. R. Tolkien, and his development from an opponent of Christianity to one of its most ardent defenders.

The Completion of C. S. Lewis: From War to Joy is the final volume in a trilogy on C. S. Lewis's life. In this third audiobook, scholar Harry Lee Poe examines the years during World War II until Lewis's death in 1963. This period of his life was wrought with disappointments and tragedy, including the deaths of close friends and family, the decline of his health, and professional failings. Despite these disappointments, this time was also marked by deep and meaningful relationships with those around him, including his friendship with and marriage to Joy Davidman Gresham.