World Literature

Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4, Jeremy Irons' perceptive reading illuminates the poetry of T. S. Eliot in all its complexity....

From the bestselling author of Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) comes another groundbreaking historical novel about resistance, resilience and love during the frontier wars.

In the rigid theocracy of Salem, Massachusetts, rumors that women are practicing witchcraft galvanize the town....

Set on timeless Wiradyuri country, where the life-giving waters of the rivers can make or break dreams, and based on devastating true events, Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray (River of Dreams) is an epic story of love, loss and belonging....

Anne Gallagher grew up enchanted by her grandfather’s stories of Ireland. Heartbroken at his death, she travels to his childhood home to spread his ashes....

In an attempt to appeal to the Medici family during the Italian Renaissance, Machiavelli outlines the way to acquire and retain political power, and how great men should behave in a princely government....

Promises are meant to be kept. Especially a promise like this. Jack Widow is submarine-watching near Kitsap Naval Base, outside Seattle, when he runs into an old friend.

At the start of the 20th century, Rainer Maria Rilke wrote a series of letters to a young officer cadet, advising him on writing, love, sex, suffering and the nature of advice itself....

For the very first time, The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm makes available in English all 156 stories from the 1812 and 1815 editions....

Patricia Campbell's life has never felt smaller. Her ambitious husband is too busy to give her a goodbye kiss in the morning, her kids have their own lives, her senile mother-in-law needs constant care, and she's always a step behind on thank-you notes and her endless list of chores....

The complete "box set" of T. H. White's epic fantasy novel of the Arthurian legend....

Milton tells the story of man's creation, fall and redemption, "to justify the ways of God to men"....

Created by Olly Richards, internationally renowned language teacher and author, 101 Conversations in Real Spoken Spanish gives you an education in real Spanish that you won't find anywhere else....

When Meg shows up at her mother's door, she has no idea how to break the news to her. She's come home from France, pregnant. At just nineteen years old, this wasn't where she saw her life going....

Millions of people walked through Auschwitz’s gates, but she was the first woman who escaped. This powerful novel tells the inspiring true story of Mala Zimetbaum, whose heroism will never be forgotten, and whose fate altered the course of history....

Siblings Bert, Willet, and Pansy know better than to go swimming at the old rock quarry. According to their father, it's the Devil's place, a place that's been cursed and forgotten. But Mississippi Delta summer days are scorching hot, and they can't resist....

Ever since Colin Firth's Mr Darcy emerged from the lake in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, the novels of Jane Austen have become more popular than ever, delighting millions of fans all over the world....

This enchanting collection of stories gathers together legends from across Scotland in one special volume. Drawn from The History Press' popular Folk Tales series, herein lies a treasure trove of tales from a wealth of talented storytellers....

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....

Mary Oliver has published fifteen volumes of poetry and five books of prose in the span of four decades, but she rarely performs her poetry in live readings....

Vivid and compelling, The Henna Artist opens a door into a world that is at once lush and fascinating, stark and cruel. Escaping from an abusive marriage, seventeen-year-old Lakshmi makes her way alone to the vibrant 1950s pink city of Jaipur....

The #1 New York Times bestselling poet returns with his most ambitious collection yet. In this third and final installment of his poetic trilogy, Yung Pueblo expands upon favorite themes while guiding listeners further, toward a life lived authentically, intuitively, and in harmony with others....

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...

1939: Nerys Watkins leaves rural Wales to accompany her husband on a missionary posting to India....

When Jess heads west for a fresh start in a small mining town, she soon learns that the dusty outback plains are a far cry from her former life in the city - but she finds herself loving the isolation and local people she lives with....

Fresh off the success of her groundbreaking first play, A Raisin in the Sun, Lorraine Hansberry's The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window tells the tragicomic story of a young bohemian couple in New York's Greenwich Village, struggling to do what's right in a world that rewards everything that's wrong. Sidney is a dreamer who wants his own Walden Pond; Iris is a budding actress whose own backstory is a performance. They're caught in a moment where, "the world is about to crack right down the middle," as the play tackles racism, sexism, antisemitism, homophobia, liberal complacency, and more.

Southern mythology and personal reckoning collide in this sweeping story inspired by the little-known history of Cumberland Island when a once-in-a-century storm threatens the natural landscape. Faced with a changing world, two timelines and the perspectives of three women intersect where a folktale meets the truth to reveal what Cumberland Island has hidden all along.

The women of the Cohen family are in crisis. Triggered by the death of their patriarch, Rudy, the glue that held them all together, everyone’s lives soon take a dramatic turn. Shelly, the younger of the two Cohen sisters, runs off to the West Coast to immerse herself in the emerging (and lucrative) world of technology. Her sister, Nancy, gets married at the age of twenty-one to a traveling salesman with a shadowy lifestyle, while their mother, Frieda, hurls herself into a boozy, troubled existence in Miami, trying to forget the past even as it haunts her.

Teddy’s job is to process visa applications, and by 1939, refugees from Nazi-conquered Poland, Austria, and other countries are desperate to secure safe passage to America. As Hitler sweeps through France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, and Holland, the screws tighten and law after virulent law is passed to threaten the lives, indeed the very existence of the Jewish people. When Teddy and his girlfriend Sara are introduced to an orphaned young girl named Katy, who has been abandoned on the grounds of a nursery school, they agree to adopt her.

"The Raven" is a narrative poem by American writer Edgar Allan Poe. First published in January 1845, the poem is often noted for its musicality, stylized language, and supernatural atmosphere. It tells of a distraught lover who is paid a mysterious visit by a talking raven.

平凡無垢な青年ハンス・カストルプははからずもスイス高原のサナトリウムで療養生活を送ることとなった．

Jyoti is the “perfect” Indian American daughter: She stayed out of trouble, looked after her younger sisters, and married a man her parents approved of. So when her husband, Ashok, pushes her to quit her dream job as head chef to focus on conceiving, she obliges, knowing this will please her parents—only for Ashok to leave her when she cannot carry to term. Now unemployed, childless, and divorced, a disgrace to her Gujarati family, Jyoti books a ticket to Tuscany for the summer to visit her best friend (and fellow social outcast), Karishma.

Quill has lived on the Red Pine reservation in Minnesota her whole life. She knows what happens to women who look like her. Just a girl when Jimmy Sky jumped off the railway bridge and she ran for help, Quill realizes now that she’s never stopped running. As she trains for the Boston Marathon early one morning in the woods, she hears a scream. When she returns to search the area, all she finds are tire tracks and a single beaded earring.

Fashion-obsessed Samara finally has the life she’s always dreamed of: A high-powered job with legendary designer Antonio Mota. A new home in sunny California, far away from those drab Jersey winters. And an intriguing love interest, Brandon, a wealthy investor in Mota’s fashion line. But it’s not long before Samara’s dream life begins to turn into a living nightmare as Mota’s big fashion show approaches and the pressure on her turns crushing. Perhaps that’s why she begins hearing voices in her room at night.

When a black hole suddenly consumes Israel and as similar anomalies spread across the globe, a conspiracy takes hold: will the holes swallow the Jews, or will they swallow the earth? Against a backdrop of antisemitic paranoia, restrictions on Jewish life, and spasms of violence, Ethan and Ella, Jewish citizens of a nameless American city, meet and fall in love. Ella, a photojournalist, documents the changes in daily life, particularly among the city’s Jewish residents.

" À force d'écrire des nouvelles, je me suis lancée dans la rédaction d'un roman. Le premier est toujours un peu autobiographique. " Françoise Bourdin. Une histoire personnelle et authentique, d'une jeune femme dont la précocité littéraire laissait présager l'auteur à venir. Frédérique est une jeune fille pleine de fougue et passionnée de course hippique. À dix-sept ans, elle décide de fuir la relation fusionnelle mais compliquée qu'elle vit avec son premier amour, Joël.

Gerusalemme, l’inverno tra la fine del 1959 e l’inizio del 1960. Shemuel Asch decide di rinunciare agli studi universitari – e in particolare alla sua ricerca intitolata Gesù visto dagli ebrei – a causa dell’improvviso dissesto economico che colpisce la sua famiglia e del contemporaneo abbandono da parte della sua ragazza, Yardena. Shemuel è sul punto di lasciare Gerusalemme quando vede un annuncio nella caffetteria dell’università. Vengono offerti alloggio gratis e un modesto stipendio a uno studente di materie umanistiche che sia disposto a tenere compagnia, il pomeriggio, a un anziano disabile di grande cultura.

Après Les hommes ont peur de la lumière et Et c'est ainsi que nous vivrons, Douglas Kennedy continue son exploration d'une Amérique plus désunie que jamais avec une œuvre palpitante, pleine de souffle et de panache, pour raconter la richesse et les contradictions de son pays. Lors d'un salon littéraire en France, alors qu'il déjeune avec quelques écrivains locaux, Douglas Kennedy est apostrophé par l'une des convives qui lui lance qu'elle le trouve " plutôt raffiné pour un Américain ".

Kate Chopin, cujas histórias foram merecidamente aclamadas, escolheu para este conto o cenário da área rural da Acadiana Francesa na Louisiana. Nela, o amor, o casamento e principalmente a condição feminina no século 19 são retratados como uma pintura cheia de luzes e sombras.

Este conto, de 1891, é o mais leve e direto de Kate Chopin, o que não significa que seja menos interessante. Nele a autora mantém sua capacidade de envolver o leitor com seus personagens fortes e seu amplo imaginário. A história se passa na Páscoa, símbolo de renascimento, e ao longo dela o leitor se pergunta se esse fato tem algum significado especial, suspense que a autora consegue manter até o final.

1969. When Mattie Taylor’s twin brother was killed in Vietnam, she lost her best friend and the only person who really understood her. Now, news that her mother is dying sends Mattie back home, despite blaming her father for Mark’s death. Mama’s last wish is that Mattie would read some old letters stored in a trunk, from people Mattie doesn’t even know. Mama insists they hold the answers Mattie is looking for.

Neste conto do início da década de 1890, uma antiga escrava supera seu medo do mundo fora da sua cabana movida por seu amor maternal por um garoto.

Depois da Guerra Civil Americana, a senhora Pelagie sonha com a reconstrução da sua mansão destruída. O sonho toma conta de todo o seu dia a dia e da sua vida até que uma mudança se impõe.

Rinconete y Cortadillo es una novela corta que nos sumerge en el mundo de la delincuencia y la marginalidad en el siglo XVII en España. Cervantes nos presenta a dos jóvenes, Rinconete y Cortadillo, quienes llegan a Sevilla en busca de oportunidades y se ven envueltos en un submundo de ladrones y estafadores. Pronto, los dos muchachos encuentran refugio en la banda de Monipodio, un astuto y respetado líder del hampa sevillano. Bajo su protección aprenden los trucos del oficio y se convierten en hábiles delincuentes.

Neste conto de 1895, Kate Chopin retrata a ruína de um mundo composto aparentemente por vidas perfeitas nas fazendas da Louisiana devido ao mistério que envolve um bebê mestiço. A autora aborda o tema do racismo por meio de personagens que agem de forma irracional quando confrontados por situações complexas em termos raciais e pelas suas próprias crenças.

Uma jovem mulher dá ao seu noivo, como prova do seu amor, um medalhão com as imagens da sua família antes de ele partir para a guerra. O jovem promete guardar a joia para sempre, mas, depois de uma batalha, a moça recebe o medalhão de volta, e o noivo não retorna.