The Age of Absurdity

Witty philosopher Michael Foley investigates the concept, history and meaning of fun in this accessible and funny book. Looks at dancing, sex, holi...

Reducere. House Mother Normal, subtitled "A Geriatric Comedy, " is the English writer B. S. Johnson's fifth novel. Unusual in both its subject and structure,...

Reducere. ``I took my road with no little pride of fear; one morning I feared very sharply, as I saw what looked like a rising shroud over a wooden cross in ...

Reducere. DescriptionAcclaimed as one of the most important writers of twentieth-century China, the late Wang Xiaobo (1952-1997) is known for his frank, ofte...

Reducere. Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age: "If I'm ninety and believe I'm forty-five, I'm headed for a very bad time trying to get out...

Reducere. It's hardly newsworthy when a man walks out on his family. But it's rather unusual for a mother to walk out, leaving the father to bring up their s...

Reducere. It's hardly newsworthy when a man walks out on his family. But it's rather unusual for a mother to walk out, leaving the father to bring up their s...

Reducere. With the death of Penelope Fitzgerald this year, the literary world lost one of its finest, most original, and most beloved authors. Fitzgerald beg...

DescriptionA sobering portrait of the absurdity of the Nazi regime and the atrocities committed by Hitler's secret police. 'Frighteningly vivid, a ...

Reducere. "A hint of Lynch, a touch of Ferrante, the cruel absurdity of Antonin Artaud, the fierce candour of Ana s Nin, the stylish languor of a Lana del Re...

DescriptionForeword by Janet YellenWeijian Shan's Out of the Gobi is a powerful memoir and commentary that will be one of the most important books ...

Reducere. A darkly comic and ambitious sequel to the American classic Catch-22. In Closing Time, Joseph Heller returns to the characters of Catch-22, now com...

Aspiring photographer Dunya Noor discovers early on that her curious spirit, rebellious nature, and very curly hair are a recipe for disaster in 19...

Reducere. Written at a time of global pandemic, when we have been forced to confront age-old existential questions--Why are we here? Where are we going?--per...

Reducere. The bestselling author of Everything Happens for a Reason (And Other Lies I've Loved) asks, how do you move forward with a life you didn't choose?"...