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Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and Its Metaphors

par Susan Sontag ...

Lu par Tavia Gilbert ...

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4 heure 38 min

In 1978 Susan Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor, a classic work described by Newsweek as “one of the most liberating books of its time.” A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the ... En savoir plus

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In 1978 Susan Sontag wrote Illness as Metaphor, a classic work described by Newsweek as “one of the most liberating books of its time.” A cancer patient herself when she was writing the book, Sontag shows how the metaphors and myths surrounding certain illnesses, especially cancer, add greatly to the suffering of patients and often inhibit them from seeking proper treatment. By demystifying the
... En savoir plus
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Against Interpretation, and Other Essays

par Susan Sontag ...

Lu par Tavia Gilbert ...

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12 heure 7 min

Against Interpretation was Susan Sontag’s first collection of essays and is a modern classic. Originally published in 1966, it has never gone out of print and has influenced generations of readers all over the world. It includes the famous essays “Notes on Camp” and “Against Interpretation,” as well as her impassioned discussions of Sartre, Camus, Simone Weil, Godard, Beckett, Levi-Strauss, ... En savoir plus

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Against Interpretation was Susan Sontag’s first collection of essays and is a modern classic. Originally published in 1966, it has never gone out of print and has influenced generations of readers all over the world. It includes the famous essays “Notes on Camp” and “Against Interpretation,” as well as her impassioned discussions of Sartre, Camus, Simone Weil, Godard, Beckett, Levi-Strauss,
... En savoir plus
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Literary Gold: Transformative Insights from Russian Masters

te your journey through profound Russian insights and masterful literary revelationsnot SetEleva

par Quinlan Blackthorn ...

Lu par Nick Porter ...

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2 heure 4 min

Literary Gold: Transformative Insights from Russian MastersAre you eager to elevate your understanding and deepen your appreciation of literature through the illuminating works of Russian masters?In search of a comprehensive resource that encapsulates the essential elements to uncover profound truths through timeless literary masterpieces?Your quest ends here! This guide is your ultimate com... ... En savoir plus

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Literary Gold: Transformative Insights from Russian MastersAre you eager to elevate your understanding and deepen your appreciation of literature through the illuminating works of Russian masters?In search of a comprehensive resource that encapsulates the essential elements to uncover profound truths through timeless literary masterpieces?Your quest ends here! This guide is your ultimate com...
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La civilización del espectáculo

par Mario Vargas Llosa ...

Lu par Julio García ...

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6 heure 40 min

En el pasado, la cultura fue una especie de conciencia que impedía dar la espalda a la realidad. Ahora, actúa como mecanismo de distracción y entretenimiento. Escucha La civilización del espectáculo en audiolibro.«La cultura, en el sentido que tradicionalmente se ha dado a este vocablo, está en nuestros días a punto de desaparecer.»Mario Vargas LlosaLa banalización de las artes y la literatura, el ... En savoir plus

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En el pasado, la cultura fue una especie de conciencia que impedía dar la espalda a la realidad. Ahora, actúa como mecanismo de distracción y entretenimiento. Escucha La civilización del espectáculo en audiolibro.«La cultura, en el sentido que tradicionalmente se ha dado a este vocablo, está en nuestros días a punto de desaparecer.»Mario Vargas LlosaLa banalización de las artes y la literatura, el
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Twitter and Tear Gas

par Amit Varma ...

Lu par Amit Varma ...

Collections Livre audio : 12 - The Book Club with Amit Varma
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12 min

What does Shaheen Bagh have in common with Tahrir Square in Egypt and Gezi Park in Istanbul? A lot! In episode 12 of The Book Club, Amit Varma discusses 'Twitter and Tear Gas' by Zeynep Tufekci, which looks at the similarity in citizen protests across the world over the last decade. ... En savoir plus

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What does Shaheen Bagh have in common with Tahrir Square in Egypt and Gezi Park in Istanbul? A lot! In episode 12 of The Book Club, Amit Varma discusses 'Twitter and Tear Gas' by Zeynep Tufekci, which looks at the similarity in citizen protests across the world over the last decade.
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Blackface

Object Lessons

par Professor Ayanna Thompson ...

Lu par Rachel Handshaw ...

Collections series Object Lessons
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2 heure 50 min

Bloomsbury presents Blackface by Ayanna Thompson, read by Rachel Handshaw.A New Statesman essential non-fiction book of 2021Featured in Book Riot's 12 best nonfiction books about Black identity and historyA Times Higher Education Book of the Week2022 Finalist for the Prose Awards (Media and Cultural Studies category)Why are there so many examples of p... ... En savoir plus

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Bloomsbury presents Blackface by Ayanna Thompson, read by Rachel Handshaw.A New Statesman essential non-fiction book of 2021Featured in Book Riot's 12 best nonfiction books about Black identity and historyA Times Higher Education Book of the Week2022 Finalist for the Prose Awards (Media and Cultural Studies category)Why are there so many examples of p...
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Bookshelf

Object Lessons

par Lydia Pyne ...

Lu par Rachel Handshaw ...

Collections series Object Lessons
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2 heure 47 min

Bloomsbury presents Bookshelf by Lydia Pyne, read by Rachel Handshaw.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Every shelf is different and every bookshelf tells a different story. One bookshelf can creak with character in a bohemian coffee shop and another can groan with gravitas in the Library of Congress. Writer and historian Lydia Pyne finds ... En savoir plus

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Bloomsbury presents Bookshelf by Lydia Pyne, read by Rachel Handshaw.Object Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Every shelf is different and every bookshelf tells a different story. One bookshelf can creak with character in a bohemian coffee shop and another can groan with gravitas in the Library of Congress. Writer and historian Lydia Pyne finds
... En savoir plus
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Coffee

Object Lessons

par Dinah Lenney ...

Lu par Lisa Rost-Welling ...

Collections series Object Lessons
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3 heure 26 min

Bloomsbury presents…Coffeeby Dinah Lenneyread by Lisa Rost-WellingObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Coffee--it's the thing that gets us through, and over, and around. The thing--the beverage, the break, the ritual--we choose to slow ourselves down or speed ourselves up. The excuse to pause; the reason to meet; the charge we ... En savoir plus

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Bloomsbury presents…Coffeeby Dinah Lenneyread by Lisa Rost-WellingObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.Coffee--it's the thing that gets us through, and over, and around. The thing--the beverage, the break, the ritual--we choose to slow ourselves down or speed ourselves up. The excuse to pause; the reason to meet; the charge we
... En savoir plus
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Dust

Object Lessons

par Dr. Michael Marder ...

Lu par Josh Wichard ...

Collections series Object Lessons
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3 heure 8 min

Bloomsbury presents Dust by Michael Marder, read by Josh Wichard.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.No matter how much you fight against it, dust pervades everything. It gathers in even layers, adapting to the contours of things and marking the passage of time. In itself, it is also a gathering place, a random community of what ... En savoir plus

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Bloomsbury presents Dust by Michael Marder, read by Josh Wichard.Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.No matter how much you fight against it, dust pervades everything. It gathers in even layers, adapting to the contours of things and marking the passage of time. In itself, it is also a gathering place, a random community of what
... En savoir plus
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Driver's License

Object Lessons

par Meredith Castile ...

Lu par Barbara Barnes ...

Collections series Object Lessons
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4 heure 33 min

Bloomsbury presents…Driver’s Licenceby Meredith Castileread by Barbara BarnesObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.A classic teenage fetish object, the American driver’s license has long symbolized freedom and mobility in a nation whose design assumes car travel and whose vastness rivals continents. It is youth’s pass to regulated ... En savoir plus

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Bloomsbury presents…Driver’s Licenceby Meredith Castileread by Barbara BarnesObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.A classic teenage fetish object, the American driver’s license has long symbolized freedom and mobility in a nation whose design assumes car travel and whose vastness rivals continents. It is youth’s pass to regulated
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The Frenchmen

Or, My Life in Theory

par Emily Eakin ...

Lu par Emily Eakin ...

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15 heure

**“A marvelous book. It’s gossipy and personal and completely fascinating...cafe gossip with the footnotes left in.”— New York Times“A superbly engrossing adventure of ideas...this will surely be my philosophy book of the year.” —Sarah Bakewell, New York Times bestselling author of Humanly PossibleFrom leading critic and essayist Emily Eakin, a stylish personal history of French theory and its ... En savoir plus

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**“A marvelous book. It’s gossipy and personal and completely fascinating...cafe gossip with the footnotes left in.”— New York Times“A superbly engrossing adventure of ideas...this will surely be my philosophy book of the year.” —Sarah Bakewell, New York Times bestselling author of Humanly PossibleFrom leading critic and essayist Emily Eakin, a stylish personal history of French theory and its
... En savoir plus
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Martin Chuzzlewit

par Charles Dickens ...

Lu par Paul Scofield ...

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5 heure 52 min

This comic masterpiece is read by Paul Schofield. It has been noted also by Dickens’ biographer, Forster, that it marked a crucial phase in the author's development as he began to delve deeper into the 'springs of character'."Martin Chuzzlewit" is Charles Dickens' comic masterpiece about which his biographer, Forster, noted that it marked a crucial phase in the author's development as he began to ... En savoir plus

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This comic masterpiece is read by Paul Schofield. It has been noted also by Dickens’ biographer, Forster, that it marked a crucial phase in the author's development as he began to delve deeper into the 'springs of character'."Martin Chuzzlewit" is Charles Dickens' comic masterpiece about which his biographer, Forster, noted that it marked a crucial phase in the author's development as he began to
... En savoir plus
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Literary Theory: A Beginner’s Guide to Understanding Texts, Movements, and Meaning

par Rachel Hofmann ...

Lu par Rachel Hofmann ...

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2 heure 19 min

Turn intimidating academic jargon into accessible literary criticism that transforms your everyday reading experience. Whether you are commuting to an English literature lecture or preparing for a passionate book club debate, this thought-provoking guide makes complex ideas instantly usable. Say goodbye to academic gatekeeping and hello to crystal-clear textual analysis.Perfect for focused study ... En savoir plus

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Turn intimidating academic jargon into accessible literary criticism that transforms your everyday reading experience. Whether you are commuting to an English literature lecture or preparing for a passionate book club debate, this thought-provoking guide makes complex ideas instantly usable. Say goodbye to academic gatekeeping and hello to crystal-clear textual analysis.Perfect for focused study
... En savoir plus
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Un Aladino y dos lámparas

par Jeanette Winterson ...

Lu par Elsa Veiga ...

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6 heure 43 min

SHEREZADE INVENTA CUENTOS PARA APLAZAR LA MUERTE. WINTERSON LOS REESCRIBE PARA DEVOLVERNOS LA VIDA.Vuelve la mejor Jeanette Winterson con una revolucionaria obra inspirada en Las mil y una noches: un alegato sobre el poder de la imaginación como motor de cambio.«Winterson dinamita categorías, vocabularios y convenciones tristes. Una escritora maravillosa».Marta Sanz, BabeliaUna mujer lucha ... ... En savoir plus

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SHEREZADE INVENTA CUENTOS PARA APLAZAR LA MUERTE. WINTERSON LOS REESCRIBE PARA DEVOLVERNOS LA VIDA.Vuelve la mejor Jeanette Winterson con una revolucionaria obra inspirada en Las mil y una noches: un alegato sobre el poder de la imaginación como motor de cambio.«Winterson dinamita categorías, vocabularios y convenciones tristes. Una escritora maravillosa».Marta Sanz, BabeliaUna mujer lucha ...
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Gita Bodh

par Mahatma Gandhi ...

Lu par Rajesh Kava ...

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2 heure 22 min

આશ્રમવાસીઓ માટે યરોડા જેલમાંથી ગાંધીજી દર અઠવાડિયે ગીતાના એક એક અધ્યાયનો સાર મોકલતા હતા. તેનો પ્રારંભ તેમણે 12મા અધ્યાયથી કર્યો. ... En savoir plus

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આશ્રમવાસીઓ માટે યરોડા જેલમાંથી ગાંધીજી દર અઠવાડિયે ગીતાના એક એક અધ્યાયનો સાર મોકલતા હતા. તેનો પ્રારંભ તેમણે 12મા અધ્યાયથી કર્યો.
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Art Monsters

Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art

par Lauren Elkin ...

Lu par Lauren Elkin ...

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9 heure 37 min

**Brought to you by Penguin.A dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them.**For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, female bodies, what is their language, what are the materials we need to transcribe it?Exploring the ways ... En savoir plus

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**Brought to you by Penguin.A dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them.**For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, female bodies, what is their language, what are the materials we need to transcribe it?Exploring the ways
... En savoir plus
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Gulliver’s Travels

par Jonathan Swift ...

Lu par Martin Shaw ...

Version Abrégée

3 heure 9 min

Swift’s scornful satire, written “to vex the world rather than divert it”, takes a caustic look at those most contemporary concerns irrational prejudice, social inequality, ivory tower elitism and the correct way to open a boiled egg.'I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the ... En savoir plus

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Swift’s scornful satire, written “to vex the world rather than divert it”, takes a caustic look at those most contemporary concerns irrational prejudice, social inequality, ivory tower elitism and the correct way to open a boiled egg.'I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the
... En savoir plus
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Milton's Paradise Lost

Christian Guides to the Classics

par Leland Ryken ...

Lu par Jonathan St. John ...

Collections series Christian Guides to the Classics
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3 heure 58 min

Get everything you can out of your time reading the classics with the Christian Guides to the Classics Series!Leland Ryken provides a clear pathway to understanding the "Great Works" through this engaging series of short guidebooks. Beginning with "why the classics matter" and "the nature and function of literature," readers will find a helpful path to reading and analyzing influential works in ... En savoir plus

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Get everything you can out of your time reading the classics with the Christian Guides to the Classics Series!Leland Ryken provides a clear pathway to understanding the "Great Works" through this engaging series of short guidebooks. Beginning with "why the classics matter" and "the nature and function of literature," readers will find a helpful path to reading and analyzing influential works in
... En savoir plus
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Suppose a Sentence

par Brian Dillon ...

Lu par Peter Berkrot ...

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6 heure 2 min

A captivating meditation on the power of the sentence by the author of Essayism, a 2018 New Yorker book of the year.In Suppose a Sentence, Brian Dillon, whom John Banville has called "a literary flâneur in the tradition of Baudelaire and Walter Benjamin," has written a sequel of sorts to Essayism, turning his attention to the oblique and complex pleasures of the sentence. A series of essays ... En savoir plus

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A captivating meditation on the power of the sentence by the author of Essayism, a 2018 New Yorker book of the year.In Suppose a Sentence, Brian Dillon, whom John Banville has called "a literary flâneur in the tradition of Baudelaire and Walter Benjamin," has written a sequel of sorts to Essayism, turning his attention to the oblique and complex pleasures of the sentence. A series of essays
... En savoir plus
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The Cat and the Masked Woman (Oxford World's Classics)

par Colette, Diana Holmes ...

Lu par Machteld van der Gaag ...

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7 heure 42 min

'My little puma! My darling cat! My mountain lion! How will you go on living if we leave each other?'Colette (1873-1954) is one of the most widely read and critically acclaimed French writers of the twentieth century. The Catfirst serialised then published in volume form in 1933) is one of her short novels. This story of a middle-class couple in 1920s Paris follows the familiar romantic structure ... En savoir plus

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'My little puma! My darling cat! My mountain lion! How will you go on living if we leave each other?'Colette (1873-1954) is one of the most widely read and critically acclaimed French writers of the twentieth century. The Catfirst serialised then published in volume form in 1933) is one of her short novels. This story of a middle-class couple in 1920s Paris follows the familiar romantic structure
... En savoir plus
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Literary Theory

The Basics

par Hans Bertens ...

Lu par Nigel Anthony ...

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9 heure 47 min

This third edition of Hans Bertens’ bestselling book is an essential guide to the often confusing and complicated world of literary theory. Exploring a broad range of topics from Marxist and feminist criticism to postmodernism and new historicism Literary Theory: The Basics covers contemporary topics including:reception theory and reader response theorythe new criticism of postmodernismthe ‘after ... En savoir plus

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This third edition of Hans Bertens’ bestselling book is an essential guide to the often confusing and complicated world of literary theory. Exploring a broad range of topics from Marxist and feminist criticism to postmodernism and new historicism Literary Theory: The Basics covers contemporary topics including:reception theory and reader response theorythe new criticism of postmodernismthe ‘after
... En savoir plus
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רצינות ההומור

par רות בונדי ...

Lu par Tal Bashan ...

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3 heure 29 min

'לכתוב על הומור זה כמו להניח כנפי פרפר מתחת לזכוכית מגדלת: המחקר עשוי להרחיב את הידע המדעי, אך יופיו של הפרפר יימחק, הוא לא יתרומם יותר', כתבה הסופרת, המתרגמת והעיתונאית הנפלאה רות בונדי בפתח הדבר של 'רצינות ההומור', הספר האחרון שאת כתיבתו השלימה לפני מותה. למרות זאת, החליטה בונדי לחקור את שורשי ההומור הצ'כי המפורסם ואת השפעתו על ההומור של היהודים הצ'כים. בגיל 93, מצוידת בחוכמת חיים, ידע עצום ... En savoir plus

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'לכתוב על הומור זה כמו להניח כנפי פרפר מתחת לזכוכית מגדלת: המחקר עשוי להרחיב את הידע המדעי, אך יופיו של הפרפר יימחק, הוא לא יתרומם יותר', כתבה הסופרת, המתרגמת והעיתונאית הנפלאה רות בונדי בפתח הדבר של 'רצינות ההומור', הספר האחרון שאת כתיבתו השלימה לפני מותה. למרות זאת, החליטה בונדי לחקור את שורשי ההומור הצ'כי המפורסם ואת השפעתו על ההומור של היהודים הצ'כים. בגיל 93, מצוידת בחוכמת חיים, ידע עצום
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Pub

Object Lessons

par Professor Philip Howell ...

Lu par Tim Frances ...

Collections series Object Lessons
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2 heure 44 min

Bloomsbury presents Pub by Philip Howell, read by Tim Frances"Erudite, quirky, and amusing." Sebastian FaulksObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The pub is an English institution. Yet its history has been obscured by myth and nostalgia. In this unique book, Philip Howell takes the public house as an object, or rather as a series of objects: he takes ... En savoir plus

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Bloomsbury presents Pub by Philip Howell, read by Tim Frances"Erudite, quirky, and amusing." Sebastian FaulksObject Lessons is a series of short books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.The pub is an English institution. Yet its history has been obscured by myth and nostalgia. In this unique book, Philip Howell takes the public house as an object, or rather as a series of objects: he takes
... En savoir plus
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Den naive og den sentimentale romanforfatter

Charles Eliot Norton-forelæsningerne 2009

par Orhan Pamuk ...

Lu par Henrik Hartvig Jørgensen ...

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4 heure 17 min

Essays om romankunstens inderste væsen: Hvad sker der i vores sind, når vi læser? Hvordan skaber romanen sine særlige sanseindtryk i fht. andre kunstarter? Pamuk besvarer spørgsmålene ved at læse sin ungdoms elskede forfattere Tolstoj, Dostojevskij, Flaubert og Proust. ... En savoir plus

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Essays om romankunstens inderste væsen: Hvad sker der i vores sind, når vi læser? Hvordan skaber romanen sine særlige sanseindtryk i fht. andre kunstarter? Pamuk besvarer spørgsmålene ved at læse sin ungdoms elskede forfattere Tolstoj, Dostojevskij, Flaubert og Proust.
... En savoir plus

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