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Margaret Mitchell

By Elisabetta Minervini on September 8, 2020 in

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Margaret Mitchell

A native and lifelong resident of Georgia, Margaret Mitchell (1900–49) was a journalist and the author of a single book, the American War epic Gone with the Wind, which gained her commercial success and widespread critical acclaim.

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Gone with the Wind

George Orwell

By Elisabetta Minervini on August 26, 2020 in

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George Orwell

Eric Blair (1903–50), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was a novelist, journalist and critic, best remembered for his seminal novels 1984 and Animal Farm, and for works of non-fiction such as The Road to Wigan Pier and Homage to Catalonia.

Various Authors – Collections

By Alessandro Gallenzi on July 10, 2020 in

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Various Authors – Collections

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Great Poets Collection

William S. Burroughs

By william on January 13, 2020 in

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William S. Burroughs

Widely recognized as being one of the most culturally influential, politically trenchant and innovative artists of the twentieth century, William S. Burroughs (1914–97) became a key figure in the generation of writers that emerged in the early 1950s. He was the author of eighteen novels and novellas, among them the 1959 classic Naked Lunch, six collections of short stories and four collections of essays.

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Dead Fingers Talk: The Restored Text

Stephen Pimenoff

By william on August 22, 2019 in

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Stephen Pimenoff

Stephen Pimenoff is an acclaimed translator whose work includes the Alma translation of the Tales from Russian Folklore of Alexander Afanasyev.

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War and Peace (Deluxe Edition)

By Leo Tolstoy

A new translation and a fully annotated edition (2,000 notes) of War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy. Stephen Pimenoff’s vigorous new translation remains faithful to the original and brings all of Tolstoy’s wit and stylistic panache to life, capturing the nuanced, turbulent atmosphere of early-nineteenth-c…

War and Peace

By Leo Tolstoy

The Willow and Other Stories

By Anton Chekhov

A quintessential example of Chekhov’s artistry, ‘The Willow’ is here accompanied by thirty-two other short stories – some of them never or rarely translated into English – which are representative of the three main phases of the author’s career: the short, light-hearted pieces of the late 1880s, the…

The Looking Glass and Other Stories

By Anton Chekhov

Presented in a new translation by Stephen Pimenoff, ‘The Looking Glass’ is accompanied in this volume by thirty-four other short stories by Chekhov, some of them never translated before into English.

Small Fry and Other Stories

By Anton Chekhov

Mostly dealing with the lives of downtrodden “little” men and low-ranking civil servants as they navigate the corruption and malpractice of Russian officialdom, this volume – here presented in Stephen Pimenoff’s lively new translation – bristles with wit and humour, and is tinged by that understated…

Tales from Russian Folklore

By Alexander Afanasyev

Towards the middle of the nineteenth century, following the example of the Brothers Grimm in Germany, Alexander Afanasyev embarked on the ambitious task of sifting through the huge repository of tales from Russian folklore and selecting the very best from written and oral sources. The result, an eig…

Sheila Fitzpatrick

By william on August 22, 2019 in

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Sheila Fitzpatrick

Sheila Fitzpatrick is an acclaimed translator, whose work includes translating the memoir of Naina Yeltsina, the widow of the first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin.

Joris-Karl Huysmans

By william on August 22, 2019 in

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Joris-Karl Huysmans

Joris-Karl Huysmans (1848–1907) was a central figure of the French decadent movement at the end of the nineteenth century. Today he is best remembered for the novel À rebours (Against Nature or Against the Grain), which had a huge influence on contemporary writers, including Oscar Wilde, as well as on subsequent generations of novelists.

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With the Flow

Sun Tzu

By william on August 22, 2019 in

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Sun Tzu

Sun Tzu (544–496 bc) was a Chinese general, writer and philosopher who is traditionally credited with having written The Art of War.

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The Art of War

Alexander Afanasyev

By william on August 22, 2019 in

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Alexander Afanasyev

Alexander Afanasyev (1826–71) was a Russian Slavist and ethnographer. He is best remembered today for his monumental Tales from Russian Folklore, one of the largest collections of folk tales in the world.

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Tales from Russian Folklore

H. Rider Haggard

By william on August 22, 2019 in

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H. Rider Haggard

Sir Henry Rider Haggard (1856–1925) was an English writer of adventure books set in exotic locations, the most famous of which are King Solomon’s Mines and She.

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King Solomon’s Mines

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