The Turning Point is Klaus Mann's searching memoir of a generation forced from aesthetic confidence into political catastrophe. Moving from the cosmopolitan brilliance of the Weimar years through exile, anti-fascist struggle, and the Second World War, the book blends autobiography, cultural history, and moral testimony. Its style is elegant, nervous, and analytical: portraits of artists, cafés, theatres, and émigré circles are set against the accelerating violence of Nazism and the collaps...

Alexander is a stunning work of historical reimagining from a troubled and unjestly neglected writer. Written in 1929 by the son of Thomas Mann, Alexander shows why Klaus Mann is regarded in Germany as one of the foremost writers of the twentieth century.

In this second installment of his autobiography (following Kind dieser Zeit), Klaus Mann describes his childhood in the family of Thomas Mann and his circle, his adolescence in the Weimar Republic, and his experiences as a young homosexual and early opponent of Nazism. He also describes how, after the Reichstag elections of September 1930, friends and family began to discuss the looming prospect of emigration and exile. When Stefan Zweig published an article claiming that democrac...

A Groundbreaking Literary Classic of LGBTQ Literature by Klaus Mann, First Published in Germany in 1926. Set in the Gay Underground of Berlin and Paris's Nightclub Scenes, the Novel Features the First Unapologetic Transgender Character in 20th-Century Literature.The Pious Dance (Der fromme Tanz), Klaus Mann's first novel, published when he was just twenty years old, stands as a groundbreaking work of early modernist German literature and a significant mile...

»Die Idee der Nation gehörte niemals zu meinen Rauschmitteln, und so apokalyptisch ich auch träumen mochte, von den Material-Schlachten träumte ich nie – wußte ich doch, daß politisch nur immer auf der Linken mein Platz sein würde. Die Erkenntnis vom Primat der vitalen Werte über die rationalen berauschte mich; aber doch nie so weit, daß ich mir eines Tages eingebildet hätte, der soziale Fortschritt sei eine Bagatelle und nur im Kriegstaumel seien überrationale Abenteuer zu holen.«U...

Klaus Manns autobiographische Schriften: "Kind dieser Zeit" und "Der Wendepunkt".Außerdem enthält der Band zahlreiche Briefe Klaus Manns an seine Familie und an mehr oder weniger befreundete namhafte Schrifsteller.

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.A Groundbreaking Literary Classic of LGBTQ Literature by Klaus Mann, First Published in Germany in 1926. Set in the Gay Underground of Berlin and Paris's Nightclub Scenes, the Novel Features the First Unapologetic Transgender Character in 20th-Century Literature.The Pious Dance (Der fromme Tanz), Klaus Mann's first novel published when he was just twenty years old, stands as a groundbreaking work of ear...

Bestselling novelist Margaret George brings to life the glittering kingdom of Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile, in this lush, sweeping, and richly detailed saga, the basis for the Cleopatra TV mini-series.Told in Cleopatra's own voice, The Memoirs of Cleopatra is a mesmerizing tale of ambition, passion, and betrayal in the ancient Egyptian world, which begins when the twenty-year-old queen seeks out the most powerful ...

The Complete works of Franz Kafka with active table of content for easy navigation through all of his great works.

The book that helped inspire Anthony Doerr’s All the Light We Cannot SeeAn updated edition of this classic World War II memoir, chosen as one of the 100 Best Spiritual Books of the Twentieth Century, with a new photo insert and restored passages from the original French editionWhen Jacques Lusseyran was an eight-year-old Parisian schoolboy, he was blinded in an accident. He finished his schooling determined to participate in the wo...

Tom Holland's bestselling account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC'Magisterial... told with great authority and a novelistic colour and verve'Books of the Year, Independent'Holland has a rare eye for detail, drama and the telling anecdote'Dominic Sandbrook, Daily Telegraph'An unequivocal argument for the relevance ...

Stefan Zweig's memoir The World of Yesterday, (Die Welt von Gestern) is a unique love letter to the lost world of pre-war Europe The famous autobiography is published by Pushkin Press, with a cover designed by David Pearson and Clare Skeats. Translated by the award-winning Anthea Bell. Stefan Zweig's memoir, The World of Yesterday recalls the golden age of pre-war Europe its seeming permanence, its promise and its devastating fall. Through the story of his life, and his relationships with ...