But Ray has his own buried feelings to contend with. Decades earlier, he and Emily would listen to jazz when they were alone, and now, as Sarah Vaughan sings through the speakers, he struggles to control everything the sound brings with it.

I varfër dhe i pastrehë në Paris dhe Londër është kronika e paharrueshme e George Orwell mbi rrugët e Parisit dhe Londrës dhe njerëzve që nuk kanë zgjedhje tjetër veçse të jetojnë në to.

Written when execution by guillotine was still legal in France, Albert Camus' devastating attack on the 'obscene exhibition' of capital punishment remains one of the most powerful, persuasive arguments ever made against the death penalty.

Jacob's Room (1922), Woolf's third novel, marks the bold affirmation of her own voice and search for a new form to express her view that `the human soul ... orientates itself afresh every now & then. It is doing so now. No one can see it whole therefore.' Jacob's life is presented in subtle, delicate and tantalising glimpses, the novel's gaps and...

To the Lighthouse is the most autobiographical of Virginia Woolf's novels. It is based on her own early experiences, and while it touches on childhood and children's perceptions and desires, it is at its most trenchant when exploring adult relationships, marriage and the changing class-structure in the period spanning the Great War.

Smith's day interweaves with that of Clarissa and her friends, their lives converging as the party reaches its glittering climax. Virginia Woolf's masterly novel, in which she perfected the interior monologue, brings past, present and future together on one momentous day in June 1923.

It was unthinkable that Pierre and Francoise should ever tire of each other. And yet, both talented and restless, they constantly feel the need for new sensations, new people. Because of this they bring the young, beautiful and irresponsible Xavière into their life who, determined to take Pierre for herself, drives a wedge between them, with...

Protagonistët, të shtyrë në fillim nga kureshtja dhe më pas nga solidariteti, do të arrijnë të shmangin rreziqe pa fund, falë fuqive të tyre: Nadia duke u bërë e padukshme dhe duke folur me kafshët, Aleksandri duke u shndërruar në jaguar dhe të dy duke u mundur të komunikojnë me shpirtrat. Ata do të hyjnë në kontakt me kulturën e pigmejve, të cilët, me...

First published in 1928, this tale of unrivalled imagination and wit quickly became the most famous work of women’s fiction. Sexuality, destiny, independence and desire – all come to the fore in this highly influential novel that heralded a new era in women’s writing.

A landmark of high modernism and the most autobiographical of Virginia Woolf’s novels, To the Lighthouse explores themes of loss, class structure and the question of perception, in a hauntingly beautiful memorial to the lost but not forgotten. Chosen by TIME magazine as one of the 100 best English-language novels from 1923 to the present.

E lehta, Shpejtësia, Saktësia, Dukshmëria, Larmia, koncepte që duhet të informojnë jo vetëm mbi veprimtarinë e shkrimtarëve, por edhe mbi çdo hap të ekzistencës sonë shumë të shkujdesur e të shpërqendruar. Këto vlera, cilësi, apo veçori të letërsisë, që ai i kishte më për zemër, u përpoq t’i vendoste në perspektivën e mijëvjeçarit të ri.

I përhumbur, Riçardi i drejtohet fqinjës, të cilën e njeh shumë pak, Luçie Marazit, një grua e pjekur kiliane, por që ka kaluar një jetë të ndërlikuar. Luçia, Evelina dhe Riçardi, tre njerëz tejet të ndryshëm nga njëri-tjetri, gjenden të përfshirë në një thriller me pasoja të paparashikueshme.