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La obra de Francisco Quevedo abarca la mayoría de los géneros prosísticos del siglo XVIII y refleja su visión pesimista de la sociedad española de los Austrias menores. El Buscón, extraordinaria novela picaresca, combina la crítica social con la intención de crear una obra de arte del lenguaje.

“Oblomovismo” è un modo di vivere, anzi, una malattia, il cui termine viene coniato dall’amico del protagonista di questo romanzo di Gonciarov, diventato famoso per la proverbiale pigrizia. Ma non è solo Oblomov, di cui si parla, è tutta la Russia, la vecchia Russia del 1859, anno in cui fu scritto il libro, che viene salutata con un addio nelle pagine finali del libro.L’edizione letta è della UTET, 1932, tradotta e ridotta a cura di Giorgio Leblanc.Cornice musicale : Eugene Onegin, di Tchaikovsky.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of On the Bright Side by Hendrik Groen, read by Patrick Ryecart. Everyone's favourite octogenarian is back and - together with the Old-But-Not-Dead Club - is more determined than ever to wreak havoc. After a year mourning the death of his beloved friend...

Four-time Tony Award® winner Harvey Fierstein takes on New York City’s very own political firebrand, Bella Abzug, in his new raucous, heart-rending, and absurdly humorous solo show. Set in 1976, on the eve of her bid to become New York State’s first female senator, Bella Bella finds this larger-than-life, truth-slinging, groundbreaking, hat-wearing icon squirreled away in the bathroom of a midtown hotel awaiting that night’s election results while a coterie of family and celebs await her entrance. Directing is Kimberly Senior (The Niceties).

Brought to you by Penguin. Jack Kerouac's classic novel about friendship, the search for meaning, and the allure of nature A witty, moving philosophical novel, Jack Kerouac's The Dharma Bums is a journey of self-discovery through the lens of Zen Buddhist thought. This Penguin Modern Classics...

'I absolutely adored this… sharp, witty, and so relatable… unputdownable. No notes!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Twenty years of marriage. Twenty years of ignored red flags. And one very smug ex-girlfriend. He seemed perfect at first. Don’t they always? I fell fast, and I fell hard. So when I...

This novel had its birth in the death of Martin Amis's closest friend, the incomparable Christopher Hitchens, and it is within that profound and sprawling friendship that Inside Story unfurls. From their early days as young magazine staffers in London, reviewing romantic entanglements and the...

L.A. TIMES 15 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR TIME "100 BEST" RUPAUL'S BOOK CLUB PICK An engrossing, blisteringly funny-sad autobiographical novel tracing a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship. “A transcendent work of art.” —Boston Globe “Gish Jen has written the multigenerational...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "None of this is real and all of it is true." —Jim Carrey Meet Jim Carrey. Sure, he's an insanely successful and beloved movie star drowning in wealth and privilege—but he's also lonely. Maybe past his prime. Maybe even ... getting fat? He's tried diets, gurus...

The Diary of Nobody (1892) created a cultural icon, an English archetype. Anxious, accident-prone, occasionally waspish, Charles Pooter has come to epitomize English suburban life. His diary chronicles encounters with difficult tradesmen, the delights of home improvements, small parties, minor embarrassments, and problems with his troublesome son. The suburban world he inhabits is hilariously and painfully familiar in its small-mindedness and its essential decency.

Henry, ein stattlicher Wolfspitzrüde mit unerschütterlichem Selbstvertrauen und großem Herzen, erzählt sein Leben so, wie er es erlebt hat: ehrlich, humorvoll und zutiefst berührend. Vom ersten Abschied seiner Hundemama über turbulente Erziehungsversuche, große Liebe, kleine Alltagsabenteuer bis hin zum Älterwerden an der Seite seiner wichtigsten Bezugsperson –Miriam. Mit viel Herz lässt Henry uns teilhaben an seiner Reise durchs Leben – voller Lachen, Tränen, Chaos und vielen Glücksmomenten. Dieses Hörbuch ist kein Erziehungsratgeber. Es ist eine Liebeserklärung.

USA TODAY BESTSELLER "Tate blends fact and fiction with elegance...A captivating, emotionally resonant portrait of a singular woman who refused to be diminished." — LIBRARY JOURNAL "Tate has a rare gift for storytelling that strikes straight to the heart." — SADEQA JOHNSON, New York Times...

It’s time for a w(h)ine “God, she’s funny” – Jilly Cooper ‘Oh, for f*ck’s sake’ muttered Claire under her breath, as she opened the fridge to see what she could find for a no effort dinner. The children continued to fight behind her. They regarded any form of fish not encased in...

The myth of an epic, public life—its triumphs and tragedies—is a particularly American obsession. ROAR is a metafictional exploration of such a life and attendant fame of an extraordinary, and completely made up, man.

Una nueva agencia de detectives acaba de nacer en Madrid. La forman un grupo de lo más peculiar y divertido: Mario, un joven emprendedor invidente; Nicolás, su amigo del alma, y Milagros y Juanma, dos jóvenes con unas capacidades muy especiales. Juntos intentarán averiguar qué le ha sucedido a una joven que lleva meses desaparecida. Al equipo de detectives se unen dos sabuesos de primera....

Es geht auch andersrum! Um seiner Frau bei ihrer Karriere in einem DAX-Konzern den Rücken frei zu halten, schlüpft der ehemalige ARD-Reporter, WDR-Redakteur und Grimme-Preisträger Matthias Veit nach der Geburt der gemeinsamen Tochter in die klassische "Mutterrolle". Ein geregelter Job in Teilzeit macht es möglich. So taucht der Rheinländer (geboren in Köln, freiwillig wohnhaft in Düsseldorf) ein in die Welt der Kitas, Kinderkrankheiten und Erziehungskämpfe, während die Ehefrau selbst nach Feierabend noch Controllerin bleibt.

Barney Panofsky - Canadian expat, wily lover of women, writer, television producer, raconteur - is finally putting pen to paper so he can rebut the charges about him made in his rival’s autobiography. Whether it’s ranting about his bohemian misadventures during the 1950s in Paris, his tumultuous three marriages, or his successful trashy TV company, Totally Unnecessary Productions, he quickly proves that his memory may be slipping, but his bile isn’t.

Author, video artist, underground film actor, and superstar, the incomparable Viva is arguably the most famous of Andy Warhol's protégés - a mainstay at the enigmatic artist's Factory. In her riveting, revelatory, totally uncensored, and scandalously entertaining novel, the Factory doors are blown wide open, exposing a world of sex, drugs, and genius.

Vitangelo Moscarda, il protagonista dell'ultimo, straordinario romanzo di Pirandello, in seguito alla banale osservazione della moglie a proposito del suo naso che pende un po' da una parte, si mette sulle tracce del vero se stesso, accorgendosi però, che se il corpo può essere unico, così non accade per l'anima. La sua ricerca finisce per prendere inquietanti aspetti che si avvicinano ad una molteplicità di sapore faustiano, fino ad una modificazione tale dei propri comportamenti, che spinge sua moglie, i parenti e gli amici a considerarlo pazzo.

Arthur Smith takes a trip down memory lane with celebrities including Miriam Margolyes, Tony Benn and Jack Vettriano 'Charming' The Times Comedian and broadcaster Arthur Smith plays tour guide to fifteen well-known personalities, as they visit places that are meaningful to them and remember...