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Listen to Elif Shafak's The Forty Rules of Love reviewed on NPR In this lyrical, exuberant follow-up to her 2007 novel, The Bastard of Istanbul, acclaimed Turkish author Elif Shafak unfolds two tantalizing parallel narratives—one contemporary and the other set in the thirteenth century, when...

For those looking for the real story behind the fictionalized movie account of the 47 Ronin story, this is the definitive, fascinating account of this unforgettable tale of a band of samurai who defied the Emperor to avenge the disgrace and death of their master, and faced certain death as a result. It led to one of the bloodiest episodes in Japanese history, and in the process, created a new set of heroes in Japan.

Kushank Purandare is a young writer living off the goodwill of a host of friends, relatives, and lovers while he waits to gain recognition for his work. He is witness to their struggle as modern Indians to hold on to a semblance of truth and sanity in the face of alienation, squalor, violence, and loss of hope. Nagarkar's explosive style and irreverent approach caused an equally explosive reaction when Seven Sixes was first published in 1974. Critics have struggled to reconcile its apparent nihilism with its underlying sense of optimism.

InterZona presenta la reedición de esta novela olvidada de Norah Lange, de tono intimista y autobiográfico, imprescindible para conocer la prosa y el pensamiento de esta narradora y poetisa de vanguardia. Miembro del grupo Martín Fierro, tuvo una estrecha relación de amistad con escritores...

Томас Пинчон - наряду с Сэлинджером, "великий американский затворник", один из крупнейших писателей мировой литературы XX, а теперь и XXI века, после первых же публикаций единодушно признанный классиком уровня Набокова, Джойса и Борхеса. "Выкрикивается лот 49" - интеллектуальный роман тайн, метафизический детектив и постмодернистская мистерия. Пинчон с виртуозной компактностью разрабатывает свои излюбленные темы вселенского заговора и социальной паранойи.

A feel-good story of friendship and faithful paws, set in a Swedish suburb that will play on your heart strings. A small group of people with different backgrounds meet to go for dog walks together in a green area in their suburb. Their paths would probably never have been crossed if it wasn't...

זהו תכשיט סודי מהספרות האירופאית של המאה התשע-עשרה. סיפור אהבה הכתוב באלגנטיות יחידה במינה. בסוף המאה התשע-עשרה, על חוף בים הצפוני, תיוולד תשוקה ייחודית בין אמיל...

Agatha's husband has bought her a first-class ticket on the scenic six-hour train from Toronto to Montreal as a gift―a one-day writing retreat so she can get some serious work done on her new book, a highly-anticipated follow-up to Agatha's runaway bestseller debut novel. But Agatha has other plans for her day out…plans that are unexpectedly derailed when the train breaks down in the middle of the frigid Canadian woods and one of Agatha's fellow passengers dies quietly in his seat.

In the Hugo Award nominee Forty, Counting Down, computer genius Justin Kloster travels to the past to stop himself from making a terrible mistake. But all actions have their consequences. Then, in Twenty-One, Counting Up, Kloster's college life and romantic dreams are rudely interrupted when the 40-year-old Justin arrives from the future to save him from himself.

An army surgeon must amputate a soldier's leg in a crude field hospital during the Civil War. The doctor is so skilled that he accomplishes most of the operation in a mere 40 seconds - an assistant times the procedure - yet his mind is consumed with thoughts of the personal toll the war has taken on him.

Gemma Harper est une jeune New-Yorkaise ambitieuse dont les certitudes vacillent à la mort de sa mère. C'est au cœur d'une Normandie inconnue que ses pas vont la guider à la découverte de ses origines cachées, liées à celles de Philippine, femme au destin romanesque durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale. 2000, Gemma est une jeune New-Yorkaise vive, séduisante, pragmatique, travaillant avec passion dans l'entreprise familiale de produits alimentaires. À la mort de sa mère, elle découvre que sa "vraie" grand-mère était française ; elle décide alors de partir, seule, sur ses traces.

A young married couple with a baby is eking out a living while the husband, Roger, works to establish his own advertising company. His wife, Gretchen, is stunningly beautiful and unhappy with how much time Roger spends working. After an evening with Roger's old friend, George Tompkins, who suggests that Roger needs more of a work/life balance, a flirtation begins between George and Gretchen.

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●解説
シェイクスピア初期の傑作で、稀代の悪党とされるリチャード三世が主人公。16世紀前半のマキャベリズムに影響を受けた専制君主を目指して、権謀術数に長けた人物が「目的のためなら手段を選ばず」権力欲を振り回す話。
この「リチャード三世」は、「ヘンリー六世」三部作に続く、シェイクスピア「第一・四部作（薔薇戦争もの）」の最後を飾る作品であるため、上演する際も組み合わせられることが多く、イギリスではバートン&ホール、映画ではローレンス・オリヴィエ、本邦でも木下順二が一連の劇を合成させており、本稿でも一部「ヘンリー六世」の筋書きや台詞を採り入れている。
なおシェイクスピア原典ではエドモンドが末子とされているが、クィーチ版では史実通りリチャードが末の子に修正されている。またリチャード三世は、史実ではこうした残虐な人物ではなかったという説もある。

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「おれか？...

Ovunque è un paesaggio da dopobomba in un’immobilità che sa di preistoria. Cartacce in balìa del vento. Rumori di semafori che cambiano colore. Brusio di insegne di centri commerciali. Respiri di cani randagi sui marciapiedi umidi. Per avere conferma che in questo mondo l’uomo ancora sopravvive, bisogna cercare i teleschermi accesi. Le centinaia di milioni di persone che li guardano immobili sono uno sterminato esercito di terracotta incapace di reagire.

Comunque sia, la tua vita iniziava a farsi interessante: avevi costruito diversi portali di emergenza e andavi e tornavi anche più volte al giorno nell’universo parallelo. Avevi iniziato a esplorarlo e quando tornavi mi raccontavi dettagliatamente di tutte le differenze. Gli artisti, per esempio, erano diversi, le nostre guerre non c’erano state ma ce n’erano state altre altrettanto brutali, la tecnologia era molto simile ma con alcune notevoli divergenze.

On the eve of World War II, the Saint is in Vienna, where his attentions are divided between a sensuous countess and some legendary diamonds - both of which he is trying to keep out of Nazi hands. Leslie Charteris was born in Singapore and moved to England in 1919. He left Cambridge University early when his first novel was accepted for publication. He wrote novels about the Saint throughout his life, becoming one of the 20th century's most prolific and popular authors.

Il marchese di Troon è irrequieto da quando è tornato dal continente, dove aveva preso servizio come soldato. Niente ormai soddisfa la sua brama di brivido e azione, neanche il gioco d'azzardo e le rischiose corse clandestine a cui ha iniziato a partecipare. Come se non bastasse, adesso deve proteggere il patrimonio di famiglia dalle mire del fratello minore, e ciò significa procurarsi un matrimonio e un erede nel minor tempo possibile.