For ten years Guy Roland has lived without a past. His current life and name were given to him by his recently retired boss, Hutte, who welcomed him, a one-time client, into his detective agency.
When Patrick Modiano was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature he was praised for using the 'art of memory' to bring to life the Occupation of Paris during the Second World War...
The University, a renowned bastion of knowledge, attracts the brightest minds to unravel the mysteries of enlightened sciences like artificing and alchemy.
Discover #1 New York Times-bestselling Patrick Rothfuss’ epic fantasy universe of The Kingkiller Chronicle, in this illustrated companion novella, The Slow Regard of Silent Things. “He’s bloody good, this Rothfuss guy.” —George R. R. Martin
Jean-Baptiste Grenouille wird 1738 als unehelicher Sohn einer Fischverkäuferin geboren; er überlebt den versuchten Kindsmord seiner Mutter und das entbehrungsreiche Leben als Kostkind sowie die Zeit als Hilfskraft bei einem Gerber,....
Herr Sommer läuft stumm, im Tempo eines Gehetzten, mit seinem leeren Rucksack und dem langen, merkwürdigen Spazierstock von Dorf zu Dorf, geistert durch die Landschaft und durch die Tag- und Alpträume eines kleinen Jungen.
In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted and abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted and abominable personages.
Die Liebe und ihr ewiger Gegenspieler, der Tod, sind das Thema von Patrick Süskinds provokantem Essay. Mit Beispielen aus Philosophie und Literatur (von Platon über Kleist bis Thomas Mann) wie aus dem modernen Leben führt er Ihnen die Liebe als Himmels-
On March 3rd, 1947, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the only child of Rose and Stanley Ferguson, is born. From that single beginning, Ferguson's life will take four simultaneous paths.
On March 3rd, 1947, Archibald Isaac Ferguson, the only child of Rose and Stanley Ferguson, is born. From that single beginning, Ferguson's life will take four simultaneous paths.
The life of Sy Baumgartner - noted author, and soon-to-be retired philosophy professor - has been defined by his deep, abiding love for his wife, Anna.
La vita di Seymour Baumgartner e stata definita dall’amore per la moglie Anna. Ma ora Anna non c’e piu e Baumgartner si inoltra nei settant’anni cercando di convivere con la sua assenza.