Is it possible to die a happy death? This is the central question of Camus's astonishing early novel, published posthumously and greeted as a major literary event. It tells the story of a young Algeri…
Ambientato a Roma dal 1941 al 1947, il romanzo è un grande affresco corale che racconta gli orrori della guerra e della storia, "questo scandalo che dura da duemila anni". Al centro, le disgraziate vi…
Autora de la recién descubierta Suite francesa, publicada póstumamente y aclamada por la crítica y el público de media Europa, Irène Némirovsky mostró desde muy joven un talento excepcional. Con veint…
TOO LOUD A SOLITUDE is a tender and funny story of Haňťa - a man who has lived in a Czech police state - for 35 years, working as compactor of wastepaper and books. In the process of compacting, he ha…
Una donna cerca risposta agli interrogativi che la morte della sorella ha lasciato insoluti: perché, senza un motivo apparente, aveva cominciato a detestarla? Perché, pur essendo in tutto più dotata, …
A busy young writer struggling to cope with domestic chores, hires a housekeeper recommended by a friend. The housekeeper's reputation is one built on dependable efficiency, though she is something of…
The seventeen pieces in Ficciones demonstrate the whirlwind of Borges's genius and mirror the precision and potency of his intellect and inventiveness, his piercing irony, his skepticism, and his obse…
