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Oltre a essere una delle narratrici britanniche di maggior successo della sua generazione, Zadie Smith è anche una brillante autrice di non-fiction. Feel Free raccoglie ventisei articoli e saggi scritti...

Sei brevi saggi scritti fra marzo e giugno 2020, nati dall’attualità ma con un respiro universale. La fragilità del corpo, la rimozione della morte, il valore del pubblico e del privato, il privilegio...

La giovane autrice-bestseller dei romanzi Denti bianchi, L’uomo autografo e Della bellezza, acclamata dalla critica come una delle voci più importanti della narrativa anglofona contemporanea, tradotta...

Dopo Henry Miller, Flannery O’Connor, Raymond Carver, la collana Filigrana continua a ospitare le riflessioni dei grandi narratori sul mestiere di scrivere. Stavolta si tratta di Zadie Smith, autrice...

This winter, take the time to reflect on an extraordinary year with this perfectly distilled set of essays from one of our wisest and most humane thinkersFrom the critically acclaimed author of Feel Free,...

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR CRITICISM 2019From the MAN BOOKER PRIZE- and WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED author of Changing My Mind and Swing Time - discover a second unmissable collection...

The Book of Other People is just that: a book of other people. Open its covers and you’ll make a whole host of new acquaintances. Nick Hornby and Posy Simmonds present the ever-diverging writing life...

From the MAN BOOKER PRIZE- and WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED author of Swing Time, White Teeth and On Beauty'A pleasure from the first page to the last' Evening Standard'A glorious concoction by our most...

Treat yourself to a treasure trove of outstanding stories from 'the best writer of our generation' (Gary Shteyngart) 'She's already one of our best novelists and essayists, this reminds us that her short...

From the MAN BOOKER PRIZE- and WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED author of Swing Time, White Teeth and On Beauty - a masterful and intimate novel of modern London life'A triumph. Every sentence sings' Guardian'Intensely...

Dopo Henry Miller, Flannery O'Connor, Raymond Carver, la collana Filigrana continua a ospitare le riflessioni dei grandi narratori sul mestiere di scrivere. Stavolta si tratta di Zadie Smith, autrice...

La giovane autrice-bestseller dei romanzi Denti bianchi, L'uomo autografo e Della bellezza, acclamata dalla critica come una delle voci più importanti della narrativa anglofona contemporanea, tradotta...

Oltre a essere una delle narratrici britanniche di maggior successo della sua generazione, Zadie Smith è anche una brillante autrice di non-fiction. Feel Free raccoglie ventisei articoli e saggi scritti...

Sei brevi saggi scritti fra marzo e giugno 2020, nati dall'attualità ma con un respiro universale. La fragilità del corpo, la rimozione della morte, il valore del pubblico e del privato, il privilegio...

A far-ranging, invigorating and irrepressible collection of essays on literature, cinema, art - and everything in between - from the MAN BOOKER PRIZE- and WOMEN'S PRIZE-SHORTLISTED author of Feel Free...

Eliza Touchet est loin d’être une femme ordinaire dans l’Angleterre victorienne de la fin du XIXe siècle. Non seulement, après avoir perdu son mari, elle vit en concubinage à peine masqué avec son cousin...

Dans un quartier populaire de Londres, deux petites filles métisses nouent une relation fusionnelle autour d’un même rêve : devenir danseuses. Mais seule Tracey, la plus effrontée, a du talent. L’autre...

Rien ne va plus pour le très britannique Howard Belsey, spécialiste de Rembrandt et gauchiste convaincu, qui végète en fin de carrière dans la petite université de Wellington, près de Boston : son épouse...

Deux petites filles métisses d’un quartier populaire de Londres se rencontrent lors d’un cours de danse. Entre deux entrechats, une relation fusionnelle se noue entre elles. Devant les pas virtuoses de...

"On ne combat pas le feu avec de l’air. Mais on ne peut se battre pour une liberté qu’on ne sait plus identifier. À un lectorat toujours avide de liberté, je propose ces textes afin qu’ils soient utilisés,...

Depuis une dizaine d’années, Zadie Smith publie des essais ponctuels comme elle aime à les appeler, dans les journaux et revues les plus prestigieux d’Amérique et d’Angleterre. Changer d’avis (au fil...

Dans ce premier recueil de nouvelles, Zadie Smith allie son inimitable pouvoir d’observation et sa voix unique pour explorer les arcanes du monde moderne. Entrelaçant les thèmes, les registres et les...

"Face aux choses qui nous arrivent, nous nous efforçons tous de nous adapter, d’apprendre, de nous accommoder, parfois de résister, d’autres fois de nous soumettre. Mais les écrivains ne s’arrêtent pas...

Leah, Nathalie, Félix et Nathan ont grandi dans la cité de Caldwell, au nord-ouest de Londres. Ils se sont connus, aimés, ou juste frôlés, puis ont pris leur envol. Mais à l'approche de la quarantaine,...

"Un matin de bonne heure, tard dans le siècle, à Cricklewood Broadway. À six heures et vingt-sept minutes, en ce 1er janvier 1975, Alfred Archibald Jones, tout de velours côtelé vêtu, était assis dans...

Transcription d’un discours livré à Berlin le 10 novembre dernier, au moment où Zadie Smith recevait le prix littéraire Welt 2016. Considéré dans ce texte, traduit par Fanny Britt: La nature humaine et...

"Philip Roth était-il à lui seul un Complot contre l’Amérique ? Oui, assurément, si on accepte que la littérature soit ce cocktail explosif de mots qui vous saute à la figure et fait trembler tout un...

Comment garder foi en la politique, en 2017? Comment rester convaincus que les choses peuvent être faites autrement? Comment croire en l’amour, malgré tout? Comment continuer à imaginer l’avenir, jour...

One of the most iconic fictional debuts of all time turns 25 this year!‘What’s past is prologue…’First published in the year 2000, Zadie Smith’s White Teeth was one of the most celebrated novels of the...

Book of the Year 2023 according to New York Times, New Yorker, Guardian, Economist, Observer, The Spectator, Financial Times, Vogue, The Times, The Oldie, i Paper, The Standard, Washington Post, Independent,...

In the vast expanse of the treacherous ocean, a legendary tale unfolds, gripping the hearts of readers for generations to come. Immerse yourself in the thrilling world of "Moby Dick," a literary masterpiece...

When her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse — one of Jane Austen’s immortal creations — flatters herself that she alone has secured...

In 1855, Walt Whitman published — at his own expense — the first edition of Leaves of Grass, a visionary volume of twelve poems. Showing the influence of a uniquely American form of mysticism known as...

"One of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world." —D. H. Lawrence "‘Moby-Dick’ is the book which I put down with the unqualified thought, 'I wish I had written that'…" —William Faulkner "What...

The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible is God’s providentially appointed Word for the whole world which reveals the name of the Father as “Jehovah”, and the name of His Son, “Jesus”, in whom...

The Wealth of Nations, is the magnum opus of the Scottish economist and moral philosopher Adam Smith. First published in 1776, the book offers one of the world's first collected descriptions of what builds...

"Turning the envelope over, his hand trembling, Harry saw a purple wax seal bearing a coat of arms; a lion, an eagle, a badger and a snake surrounding a large letter 'H'."Harry Potter has never even heard...

Wilde’s only novel, first published in 1890, is a brilliantly designed puzzle, intended to tease conventional minds with its exploration of the myriad interrelationships between art, life and consequence....

Mary Shelley began writing Frankenstein when she was only eighteen. At once a Gothic thriller, a passionate romance, and a cautionary tale about the dangers of science, Frankenstein tells the story of...

The books that inspired the Netflix crime series. Here you will find the following original works: - Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar - Arsène Lupin versus Herlock Sholmes - The Hollow Needle - 813 -...

The series that inspired the Netflix show. This collection contains 38 Arsène Lupin stories (the biggest and greatest Arsène Lupin collection in the eBook world), including: - Arsène Lupin, Gentleman...

Mrs. Dalloway chronicles a June day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway–a day that is taken up with running minor errands in preparation for a party and that is punctuated, toward the end, by the suicide...

The Brothers Karamasov is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, and an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving the “wicked and sentimental” Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov...

A funny, emotional and uplifting novel from the French Marian Keyes. 'Heartwarming' Good Housekeeping'A gorgeous story, charming and funny and poignant' Nicola Cornick For fans of Ruth Hogan, Veronica...

Buck, a sturdy crossbreed canine (half St. Bernard, half Shepard), is a dog born to luxury and raised in a sheltered Californian home. But then he is kidnapped and sold to be a sled dog in the harsh and...

Meg is the eldest and on the brink of love. Then there’s tomboy Jo who longs to be a writer. Sweet-natured Beth always puts others first, and finally there’s Amy, the youngest and most precocious. Together...

Jonathan Harker, a young London solicitor travels to Transylvania to help a rich nobleman, Count Dracula, purchase an estate in England. Dracula is planning to immigrate to England, and wants Harker to...

The story of the orphan Oliver, who runs away from the workhouse only to be taken in by a den of thieves, shocked readers when it was first published. Dickens's tale of childhood innocence beset by evil...

This ebook compiles Jule Verne's complete collection, including "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", "Journey to the Interior of the Earth", "The Mysterious Island", "Around the World in Eighty Days",...

Sherlock Holmes is a fictional detective of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, who first appeared in publication in 1887. He is the creation of Scottish born author and physician Sir Arthur Conan...

Fame. Fashion. Friendship. Hollie can't catch a break. She's broke, she's back living with her family, and her career prospects are precisely zero. So when the chance arises for her and her best friend...

This volume collects the complete writings of Virginia Woolf: 8 novels, 3 'biographies,' 46 short stories, 606 essays, 1 play, her diary and some letters. Contents: THE NOVELS The Voyage Out Night...

As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually being...

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU LOVE SOMEONE... YOU LIEThe bestselling author and creator of the hit Netflix drama Fool Me Once explores the dangers of obsession in this #1 bestselling suspense thriller. Six years...

The most famous by far of all twentieth-century political allegories, Animal Farm is the account of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny...

"The Power of Your Subconscious Mind" will open a world of success, happiness, prosperity, and peace for you. It is one of the most brilliant and beloved spiritual self-help works of all time which can...

In exploring everyday life and its intersections with death, this enduring collection of stories offers a naturalistic depiction of the working class in early twentieth-century Dublin. Joyce masterfully...

This collection gathers together the works by William Shakespeare in a single, convenient, high quality, and extremely low priced Kindle volume! The Comedies: A Midsummer Night's Dream All's Well That...

The most famous confidence-boosting book ever published; with sales of over 16 million copies worldwide Millions of people around the world have improved their lives based on the teachings of Dale Carnegie....

This ebook contains Oscar Wilde's complete works. This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook)...