Shakespeare’s King Lear challenges us with the magnitude, intensity, and sheer duration of the pain that it represents. Its figures harden their hearts, engage in violence, or try to alleviate the suf…
In deep retirement in the English countryside, an eighty-nine-year-old man, vaguely recollected by locals as a once-famous detective, is more concerned with his beekeeping than with his fellow man. In…
Amikor elkezdjük kutatni elakadásaink, szorongásaink, elhibázott párkapcsolataink, ismétlődő kudarcaink okát, gyakran kiderül, hogy saját életünk történései nem adnak megfelelő magyarázatot. Ilyenkor …
One of Alasdair Gray's most brilliant creations, Poor Things is a postmodern revision of Frankenstein that replaces the traditional monster with Bella Baxter - a beautiful young erotomaniac brought ba…
Há pouco tempo, compreendi que o romance é impossível. Para revelar uma vida sujeita à necessidade, não tenho o direito de começar por tomar o partido da arte, nem de tentar fazer algo de «apaixonante…
Buried in the heart of every animal is a secret treasure. For rock scientist Badger, it’s the Spider Eye Agate he found as a cub, stolen years ago by his crafty cousin, Fisher. For Badger’s roommate, …
