Contained in the pages of this small printed work are unapologetic texts both broad and specific in scope, telling in three parts the evolution of their architect. They range from very intimate and personal, to universal.
The words presented here are intended to allow glimpses into the past and present of one man's human experience. Take from them what you will.
Get this, I'm supposed to be starting a journal about "my journey." Please. I can see it now: Dear Diary, As I'm set adrift on this crazy sea called "life"... I don't think so.
It's been seventy-five days. Amy's sick of her parents suddenly taking an interest in her. And she's really sick of people asking her about Julia. Julia's gone now, and she doesn't want to talk about it. They wouldn't get it, anyway. They wouldn't understand what it feels like to have your best friend ripped away from you. They wouldn't understand what it feels like to know it's your fault.
Amy's shrink thinks it would help to start a diary. Instead, Amy starts writing letters to Julia. But as she writes letter after letter, she begins to realize that the past wasn't as perfect as she thought it was—and the present deserves a chance too.
Min kamp 1 opens with a dizzying description of death. From there, it tells the story of author Karl Ove Knausgård's struggle to master life, himself, and his own ambitions for writing, as he interacts with the people around him.
The novel explores the experience of growing up and being thrust into a world that seems complete, finished, and closed. It captures the sensitivity and uncertainty of a young perspective, observing the presence and judgments of others with an openness that is both overwhelming and almost self-destructive in its consequence.
In a probing prose that seeks out the vulnerable, the embarrassing, and the existentially significant, this becomes a deeply personal novel, self-examining and controversial. An existential focal point is the death of the father, while another might be the protagonist's debut as a writer.
From the winner of the Michael L. Printz Award and the Carnegie Medal, this book is a work of astonishing intimacy and depth. Using a pillow book as her form, nineteen-year-old Cordelia Kenn sets out to write her life for her unborn daughter. What emerges is a portrait of an extraordinary girl, who writes frankly of love, sex, poetry, nature, faith, and of herself in the world.
Her thoughts range widely: on Shakespeare and breasts, periods and piano playing, friendship and trees, consciousness and sleep, and much more besides. As she writes of William Blacklin, the boy she chooses as her first lover, or Julie, the teacher who encourages her spiritual life, Cordelia maddens, fascinates, and ultimately seduces the reader. This is a character never to be forgotten from a writer at the height of his powers.
Having been a songwriter most of my life, condensing my ideas and emotions into short rhyming couplets and setting them to music, I had never really considered writing a book. But upon arriving at the reflective age of fifty, I found myself drawn, for the first time, to write long passages that were as stimulating and intriguing to me as any songwriting I had ever done.
And so Broken Music began to take shape. It is a book about the early part of my life, from childhood through adolescence, right up to the eve of my success with the Police. It is a story very few people know.
I had no interest in writing a traditional autobiographical recitation of everything that’s ever happened to me. Instead, I found myself drawn to exploring specific moments, certain people and relationships, and particular events which still resonate powerfully for me as I try to understand the child I was, and the man I became.
Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth is a groundbreaking graphic novel that tells the tragic story of an office worker in Chicago. One day, he meets the father who abandoned him as a child, setting off a complex and moving narrative.
The story is enhanced by subtle, complex, and moving illustrations that are as simple and original as they are strikingly beautiful. This book offers a unique reading experience that is both visually and emotionally rich.
Join Jimmy Corrigan in this heartfelt encounter that explores themes of loneliness, family, and self-discovery. The intricate artwork and compelling storyline make this a must-read for fans of graphic novels and literary fiction alike.
In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside and into his past...
A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House, of lost causes and lost love.
Stevens, at the end of three decades of service at Darlington Hall, spends a day on a country drive and embarks as well on a journey through the past in an effort to reassure himself that he has served humanity by serving the "great gentleman," Lord Darlington. But lurking in his memory are doubts about the true nature of Lord Darlington's greatness and much graver doubts about the nature of his own life.