Marco Papi Bücher

This biography of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist and playwright offers a monumental scholarly work that is also captivating. It explores Beckett's rich life, from his upper-middle-class Irish childhood to his early years in Paris and his complex relationship with Joyce. The narrative reveals Beckett's psychological struggles through over 300 previously unknown letters to confidant Thomas McGreevy, his heroic service in the French Resistance, and the intense period post-World War II when he created his first masterpieces. The biography details Beckett's growing involvement in theatre and his efforts to maintain privacy amidst rising celebrity. It chronicles his tumultuous family relationships, psychosomatic illnesses that hindered his writing, and the autobiographical elements in his work. Additionally, it covers his interactions with publishers, actors, and friends, ultimately portraying Beckett as the enigmatic artist who transformed modern despair into exaltation. Despite Beckett's initial reluctance to authorize the biography, Deirdre Bair conducted extensive research across multiple countries and interviews, resulting in a remarkable literary biography that fulfills the expectations of both scholars and readers alike. Bair, a seasoned academic and journalist, has taught at prestigious institutions and continues to influence the field.

Vera Stark, engagierte Anwältin der Schwarzen, versucht eine Bilanz ihres Lebens. Die Apartheid ist abgeschafft, aber dennoch schwelen die alten Rassenkonflikte weiter

Into the rarefied atmosphere of the Hotel du Lac timidly walks Edith Hope, romantic novelist and holder of modest dreams. Edith has been exiled from home after embarrassing herself and her friends. She has refused to sacrifice her ideals and remains stubbornly single. But among the pampered women and minor nobility Edith finds Mr Neville, and her chance to escape from a life of humiliating spinsterhood is renewed… German: Die Schriftstellerin Edith Hope wurde von ihren Freunden in Zwangsferien an den Genfer See geschickt. Sie finden nämlich, dass Edith sich zu Hause in England unmöglich gemacht hat, als sie, nicht mehr ganz jung und nicht übermäßig attraktiv, am Tag ihrer Hochzeit den Bräutigam sitzenließ. Wider Erwarten ist sie jedoch auch im gepflegt langweiligen Hotel du Lac verschiedenen Anfechtungen ausgesetzt – und gerät in Versuchung, sich erneut zu verloben ... Hotel du Lac gilt als Brookners Meisterwerk, das DIE WELT als »intelligenten und raffinierten Versuch über Einsamkeit, Illusion, allgemein menschliche Sehnsucht« auszeichnete. »Anita Brookners faszinierendster Roman.« Anne Tyler