Der junge Tsukuru Tazaki ist Teil einer Clique von fünf Freunden, deren Mitglieder alle eine Farbe im Namen tragen. Nur Tsukuru fällt aus dem Rahmen und empfindet sich - auch im übertragenen Sinne - als farblos, denn anders als seine Freunde hat er keine besonderen Eigenheiten o…
Describes the youth and early manhood of Lawrence Beavman, only son of an old Jewish family in Montreal, who achieves literary fame as a college student and does penance in the form of manual labor.
Describes the youth and early manhood of Lawrence Beavman, only son of an old Jewish family in Montreal, who achieves literary fame as a college student and does penance in the form of manual labor.
The story of Arturo Bandini, a would-be writer living beyond his means in seedy LA. When he meets cafe waitress Camilla Lopez, Bandini inflicts upon her a torrent of abuse, unable to show his true feelings. This strained relationship ultimately spirals into madness.
Young Arturo Bandini comes to Los Angeles to be a writer. A disappointing love affair and his poverty prove bitter and disillusioning.
"Ask the Dust is a virtuoso performance by an influential master of the twentieth-century American novel. It is the story of Arturo Bandini, a young writer in 1930s Los Angeles who falls hard for the elusive, mocking, unstable Camilla Lopez, a Mexican waitress. Struggling to sur…
The story of Arturo Bandini, a would-be writer living beyond his means in seedy LA. When he meets cafe waitress Camilla Lopez, Bandini inflicts upon her a torrent of abuse, unable to show his true feelings. This strained relationship ultimately spirals into madness.
David Copperfield
by Dickens, Charles (, Burgis, Nina
fromOxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Young David Copperfield endures hardships as a child laborer in this partly autobiographical classic reflecting social conditions in nineteenth-century England.
David Copperfield
by Dickens, Charles (, Burgis, Nina
fromOxford world's classics (Oxford University Press)
Young David Copperfield endures hardships as a child laborer in this partly autobiographical classic reflecting social conditions in nineteenth-century England.
"The author of the widely praised 'Lunch with a Bigot' now gives us a remarkable novel--reminiscent of Teju Cole, W.G. Sebald, John Berger--about a young new immigrant to the U.S. in search of love: across dividing lines between cultures, between sexes, and between the particula…
The author of the widely praised Lunch with a Bigot now gives us a remarkable novel--reminiscent of Teju Cole, W.G. Sebald, John Berger--about a young new immigrant to the U.S. in search of love: across dividing lines between cultures, between sexes, and between the particular d…
"The author of the widely praised Lunch with a Bigot now gives us a remarkable novel--reminiscent of Teju Cole, W.G. Sebald, John Berger--about a young new immigrant to the U.S. in search of love: across dividing lines between cultures, between sexes, and between the particular …