Biografie, literatuur en literatuurstudies boeken

1. Stephanie Garber

Once Upon A Broken Heart

From the #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Caraval series, the first book in a new series about love, curses, and the lengths that people will go to for happily ever after.

1. Franz , Kafka

Metamorphosis and Other Stories

The Michael Hofmann translation of Kafka's story of a disorientating transformation, alongside other pioneering stories such as 'Meditation,' 'The Judgement,' 'The Stoker' and 'The Aeroplanes At Brescia.'

1. Audre Lorde

Sister Outsider

The woman's place of power within each of us is neither white nor surface; it is dark, it is ancient, and it is deep The revolutionary writings of Audre Lorde gave voice to those 'outside the circle of this society's definition of acceptable women'. Uncompromising, angry and yet full of hope, this collection of her essential prose - essays, speeches, letters, interviews - explores race, sexuality, poetry, friendship, the erotic and the need for female solidarity, and includes her landmark piece 'The Master's Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master's House'. 'The truth of her writing is as necessary today as it's ever been' Guardian

1. Dick van Halsema

Een dichter op de kruising

Dick van Halsema (1943) is de biograaf van de grootste Nederlandse dichter van de twintigste eeuw, de Rotterdammer J.H. Leopold. Een leven lang doet Van Halsema onderzoek naar het denken en het doen, schrijven en dichten, naar het wezen van het dichterlijk brein en gevoelen van Jan Hendrik Leopold. Van Halsema bouwt grondig aan de piramide die de biografie uiteindelijk zal zijn. De verspreide en losse stenen opdelvend, zorgvuldig schoonmakend, taxerend, herschikkend in 'Bijeen het vroeger en het later, de dichter Leopold en zijn bronnen. Een onderzoek naar de verwerking van de bronnen in een groep onvoltooide gedichten uit de nalatenschap van J.H. Leopold'. Hoe vervolgens de woorden in het leven en het leven in de woorden van Leopold werkzaam zijn, beschrijft hij in 'Dit eene brein. Opstellen over werk en dichterschap van J.H. Leopold'. Eerder met 'De kamer van Leopold', en nu met 'Een dichter op de kruising. Leopold rond 1900' presenteert Van Halsema momenten uit de wervelingen van een solitaire hartstocht, fragmenten uit het kwetsbare weefsel van een denkend en dichtend leven.

1. James Baldwin

The Fire Next Time

1. Oscar , Wilde

The Picture of Dorian Gray

An astounding novel of decadence, debauchery, and secrecy from one of Ireland's greatest writers. Nominated as one of America's best-loved novels by PBS's The Great American ReadEnthralled by his own exquisite portrait, Dorian Gray makes a Faustian bargain to sell his soul in exchange for eternal youth and beauty. Under the influence of Lord Henry Wotton, he is drawn into a corrupt double life, where he is able to indulge his desires while remaining a gentleman in the eyes of polite society. Only Dorian's picture bears the traces of his decadence. A knowing account of a secret life and an analysis of the darker side of late Victorian society. The Picture of Dorian Gray offers a disturbing portrait of an individual coming face to face with the reality of his soul. Shocking in its suggestion of unspeakable sin, this novel was later used as evidence against Wilde when he was tried for indecency in 1895. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.