The daily lives of ordinary people are replete with objects, common things used in commonplace settings. These objects are our constant companions in life. As such, writes Soetsu Yanagi, they should b…
The body is a source of pleasure and of pain, at once hopelessly vulnerable and radiant with power. In her ambitious, brilliant sixth book, Olivia Laing charts an electrifying course through the long…
June 1940 was the summer of defeat for the French soldiers, deserted by their officers, utterly demoralized, awaiting the Armistice. Day by day, hour by hour, Iron in the Soul unfolds what men thought…
Kafka's first and funniest novel, Amerika tells the story of the young immigrant Karl Rossmann who, after an embarrassing sexual misadventure, finds himself "packed off to America" by his parents. Exp…
راوی از شهر زادگاهش، اصفهان به تهران آمده و با دو نفر همخانه است. او خاطرات به هم پیچیده و معمولاً تلخ از دوران کودکی و نوجوانی دارد که عشقی نافرجام و مرگ پدر و مادرش از آن جمله است.
İngiliz edebiyatı 'duayenimiz' Mîna Urgan, bu kez anılarıyla, bir yaşama ustası olarak karşımızda. Mîna Urgan Bir Dinozorun Anıları'nda açıkyürekli, yalın ve naif bir dille anlatıyor; kendini, çevresi…
A Woman's Story is Annie Ernaux's "deeply affecting account of mothers and daughters, youth and age, and dreams and reality” (Kirkus Reviews). Upon her mother's death from Alzheimers, Ernaux embarks o…
