Títulos em Literatura Mundial

From award-winning poet and novelist Phillip B. Williams, an astonishing new collection that revels in the possibility of creating one's own light Captivating for both its grandeur and intimacy, Lift Every Voice explores the capacity for the past to be both a source of dread and empowerment, an...

A timeless classic that recounts the origins of the Jonestown Massacre as well as the U.S. culture wars of the late 60s and 70s In this harrowing and unflinching work of reportage, acclaimed writer Shiva Naipaul travels deep into the ideological wreckage of the Jonestown massacre—seeking not...

George Lamming—one of the Caribbean’s most powerful literary voices—reimagines the age of European exploration to expose the deep scars of conquest, which Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, perennial contender for the Nobel Prize, calls “one of the great political novels in modern ‘colonial’...

In this spellbinding fantasy debut set in a future where language magic reigns, a young Hawaiian woman must solve a murder to clear her name. Kea Petrova is dealing with more than her fair share of trouble. At just twenty-five years old, she’s the youngest of five Hawaiian clan leaders living...

A cult classic, FIXER CHAO—which was named a Los Angeles Times Book of the Year—by New Yorker contributor Han Ong, delivers a sharp and insightful narrative about racial and social hierarchy, personal identity, and alienation William Paulinha, a resourceful, gay Filipino sex worker, is...

In the heat and heart of New Orleans, secrets fester like wounds. Dr. Benjamin “Doc” Brash, a brilliant forensic pathologist haunted by personal tragedy, uncovers a chilling truth at a Tulane Medical School reunion: his former classmates are dying in suspicious, calculated ways. Thrust into a heart-pounding hunt for a killer, Doc must confront his past to save his future.

Brought to you by Penguin. Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran, Attar's great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous, allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism - an esoteric system concerned with the search for...

Quelques jours avant son mariage, Julia reçoit un appel téléphonique du secrétaire particulier de son père : comme elle l'avait pressenti, Anthony Walsh, homme d'affaires brillant et père distant, ne pourra pas assister à la cérémonie. Le lendemain de l'enterrement, Julia découvre que son père lui réserve une autre surprise. Le voyage le plus extraordinaire de sa vie... et peut-être l'occasion de se dire, enfin, toutes les choses qu'ils ne se sont pas dites.

We Sent Them All: Smoke Over Snuff Ridge is set in pine blanketed hollows of Louisiana, during World War II. It is an intimate look at quiet heroism, heartbreak and endurance of ordinary families during extraordinary times.

What does Jane Austen mean when she writes approvingly of a character's 'gentility' and ‘delicacy’, or critically of another's 'indolence' and 'impertinence’? What are her characters doing when they take the measure of a person's 'air' and 'address'? These questions and more are answered in this Janeite treasure trove, which examines the distinctive language woven through Austen’s signature stories. Maria Frawley takes 50 of those words - words that are integral to the fabric of Austen's fiction - and explores them in short, accessible and lively entries.

Герои этой книги жили более полувека назад, но надеялись и любили, разочаровывались и продолжали верить — так же, как и мы сегодня. Мать только что вернувшегося из армии сына оказывается не готова к тому, что ее сын давно вырос и хочет жениться, и пытается всеми силами развести молодую пару.

Сесилия Беверли унаследует богатства дяди с одним условием: будущий муж должен взять ее фамилию. Когда Сесилия переезжает из деревни в лондонский дом одного из опекунов, красивую, умную и богатую девушку немедленно окружают потенциальные женихи, и она оказывается в водовороте страстей и любовных интриг. Сесилия влюбляется в мужчину из знатной семьи, но их счастью препятствуют его родители, гордящиеся своим происхождением и древностью рода.

Zehn Jahre ist es her, dass der Sohn seine Eltern zum letzten Mal gesehen hat. Mit unerbittlicher Präzision erzählt er von seinen Eltern, zeichnet das ergreifende Porträt seiner Mutter, die ihr eigenes Leben aufgegeben hat, um den Ansprüchen des tyrannischen Vaters gerecht zu werden. Stückweise nähert sich der Sohn der Frau an, deren Persönlichkeit hinter ihren Rollen als Ehefrau, Hausfrau und sorgender Mutter verschwindet.

A groundbreaking, potent novel about the destructive force of romantic love from award-winning writer Vigdis Hjorth. It asks, can passion be mistaken for love? And proceeds to document the destruction a decade defined by such a misconstruction can yield on a life.

Will the couple be able to survive, make alliances with others, and give birth to a new generation? Will the insidiousness of human nature manifest itself in this new, post-apocalyptic world? Filled with beautifully melancholic and black humor, The Weathering becomes a kind of study of behavior in critical situations when everything that once seemed stable falls apart.

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Field Notes from an Extinction follows the life and work of one Ignatius Green, a fictitious English scientist dispatched by the Royal Society to the remote island of Tor Mor off the northern Irish coast. Green is single-minded and self-righteous, brilliant and bumbling. He is determined to set the record straight on the mating rituals, feeding and care of hatchlings, and other minutiae he can gather about the Great Auk (pinguinus impennis).

It's better for everyone that I disappeared. At least, my ex thought so when he left me for dead. Then Cash—my childhood best friend turned country music star—sings his heartbreak for the world, one song at a time. And somehow, I know… they're all meant for me. I tell myself none of it matters. That I can never have him. That if he knew my secret, he'd never look at me the same. Then a viper with fake lashes and even faker intentions latches onto his fame, and suddenly, my excuses don't matter. It's time to stop hiding. Time to go home.

Eniiyi wird an dem Tag geboren, an dem ihre Tante Monife begraben wird. Aufgrund der unheimlichen Ähnlichkeit mit Monife ist sich die Familie sicher: Sie ist ihre Reinkarnation. Die Frauen in Eniiyis Familie finden seit Generationen schon keinen Frieden, weil sie ihre geliebten Männer verlieren. Laut der Yorubapriesterin Mama G ist ein Fluch am Werk, der ihnen allen zum Verhängnis wird. Bleibt die Frage: Kann wenigstens Eniiyi dem Familienfluch und dem mysteriösen Schicksal, das Monife ereilt hat, entkommen?

Faydé ha preso la sua decisione. Andrà a Maroua, a servizio nella casa di qualche fulani benestante, come hanno fatto le sue amiche, che tornano al villaggio per le festività ben vestite e cariche di doni per le proprie famiglie. Per sua madre, Kondem, la sola idea è insopportabile. Lei sa bene che vita fanno le domestiche in città, e non vuole che sua figlia sperimenti sulla propria pelle la stessa sofferenza e la stessa umiliazione che l'hanno fatta tornare in montagna giurando: mai più.