The title character of Elmer Gantry starts out as a greedy, shallow, philandering Baptist minister, turns to evangelism, and eventually becomes the leader of a large Methodist congregation.
A neglected tour de force by the first American to win the Nobel Prize in literature, Kingsblood Royal is a stirring and wickedly funny portrait of a man who resigns from the white race.
Le sultan Schahriar, déçu par une premiere femme adultere, a décidé d‘épouser l’une apres l’autre les jeunes filles de son royaume, pour les exécuter le lendemain de la nuit de noces.
SO MANY HOMELANDS contains Berdjouhi Esmerian’s recollections of her childhood in an Armenian home in the cosmopolitan city of Alexandria, Egypt before and after World War II, as well as other historical events that changed the course of her education...
Fusioni di musica e letteratura, narrazioni parallele offerte da grandi talenti, capaci di restituire non solo il senso e il significato, ma anche l'anima dei racconti piu` belli.
L'idée de Samuel était belle et folle : monter l'Antigone de Jean Anouilh a Beyrouth. Voler deux heures a la guerre, en prélevant dans chaque camp un fils ou une fille pour en faire des acteurs.
Il trahissait depuis pres de vingt ans. L’Irlande qu’il aimait tant, sa lutte, ses parents, ses enfants, ses camarades, ses amis, moi. Il nous avait trahis. Chaque matin. Chaque soir
West Yorkshire, 1904. When newly-graduated nurse Ruby May takes a position looking after the children of Charles and Lilian England, a wealthy couple form a powerful dynasty of mill owners, she hopes it will be the fresh start she needs.
London, 1754. Six years after leaving her illegitimate daughter Clara at London's Foundling Hospital, Bess Bright returns to reclaim the child she has never known.