A Private Life

Author : Josep Maria de Sagarra
Publisher : Archipelago
Page : 493 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780914671268

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Private Life by Josep Maria de Sagarra Pdf

Private Life holds up a mirror to the moral corruption in the interstices of the Barcelona high society Sagarra was born into. Boudoirs of demimonde tramps, card games dilapidating the fortunes of milquetoast aristocrats - and how they scheme to conceal them - fading manors of selfish scions, and back rooms provided by social-climbing seamstresses are portrayed in vivid, sordid, and literary detail. The novel, practically a roman-à-clef for its contemporaries, was a scandal in 1932. The 1960's edition was bowdlerized by Franco's censors. Part Lampedusa, part Genet, this translation will bring an essential piece of 20th-century European literature to the English-speaking public.

Author : Jane Smiley
Publisher : Knopf
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781400040605

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Private Life by Jane Smiley Pdf

As her husband's obsessions with science take a darker turn on the eve of World War II, Margaret Mayfield is forced to consider the life she has so carefully constructed. By the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Thousand Acres.

Author : Ran Chen
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780231131964

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A Private Life by Ran Chen Pdf

Set against a backdrop of the decades that included the Cultural Revolution and the Tian'anmen Square Incident, A Private Life portrays the effect of that social change and political turbulence on the protagonists inner life as she moves from childhood to early maturity.

Author : Henry Wessells,Temporary Culture (Firm),Nonpareil Typefoundry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-15
Category : Books
ISBN : 0976466090

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The Private Life of Books by Henry Wessells,Temporary Culture (Firm),Nonpareil Typefoundry Pdf

Author : Michael Frayn
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2015-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780571329861

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A Very Private Life by Michael Frayn Pdf

'Easily the most original thing Frayn has done . . . written with elegant simplicity.' New Statesman Uncumber lives at a time in the distant future when all humanity is divided in two - the Insiders and the Outsiders. The Insiders are privileged, with their every need catered to by somatic drugs, three-dimensional holovision and a prolonged life. Uncumber lives in this luxurious world and is told that she must never go out into the dust and disease of the real world. Uncumber, however, is haunted by a restless and inquisitive spirit. When she falls in love with an Outsider, she decides to go exploring ... 'A fairy tale of the future.' Guardian

Author : Josh Cohen
Publisher : Granta Books
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-10-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781847087621

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The Private Life by Josh Cohen Pdf

The war over private life spreads inexorably. Some seek to expose, invade and steal it, others to protect, conceal and withhold it. Either way, the assumption is that privacy is a possession to be won or lost. But what if what we call private life is the one element in us that we can't possess? Could it be that we're so intent on taking hold of the privacy of others, or keeping hold of our own only because we're powerless to do either? In this groundbreaking book, Josh Cohen uses his experience as a psychoanalyst, literature professor and human being to explore the concept of 'private life' as the presence in us of someone else, an uncanny stranger both unrecognisable and eerily familiar, who can be neither owned nor controlled. Drawing on a dizzying array of characters and concerns, from John Milton and Henry James to Katie Price and Snoopy, from philosophy and the Bible to pornography and late-night TV, The Private Life weaves a richly personal tapestry of ideas and experience. In a culture that floods our lives with light, it asks: how is it that we remain so helplessly in the dark?

Author : P.-J. Stahl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Animals
ISBN : UCAL:$B197967

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Public and Private Life of Animals by P.-J. Stahl Pdf

Author : Philippe Ariès,Georges Duby
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : History
ISBN : 067439979X

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A History of Private Life: Riddles of identity in modern times by Philippe Ariès,Georges Duby Pdf

Library has Vol. 1-5.

Author : Sudipta Kaviraj
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780231539548

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The Invention of Private Life by Sudipta Kaviraj Pdf

The essays in this volume, which lie at the intersection of the study of literature, social theory, and intellectual history, locate serious reflections on modernity's complexities in the vibrant currents of modern Indian literature, particularly in the realms of fiction, poetry, and autobiography. Sudipta Kaviraj shows that Indian writers did more than adopt new literary trends in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They deployed these innovations to interrogate fundamental philosophical questions of modernity. Issues central to modern European social theory grew into significant themes within Indian literary reflection, such as the influence of modernity on the nature of the self, the nature of historicity, the problem of evil, the character of power under the conditions of modern history, and the experience of power as felt by an individual subject of the modern state. How does modern politics affect the personality of a sensitive individual? Is love possible between intensely self-conscious people, and how do individuals cope with the transience of affections or the fragility of social ties? Kaviraj argues that these inquiries inform the heart of modern Indian literary tradition and that writers, such as Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, Rabindranath Tagore, and Sibnath Sastri, performed immeasurably important work helping readers to think through the predicament of modern times.

Author : Ratika Kapur
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781408873663

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The Private Life of Mrs Sharma by Ratika Kapur Pdf

Renuka Sharma is a dutiful wife, mother, and daughter-in-law holding the fort in a modest rental in Delhi while her husband tries to rack up savings in Dubai. Working as a receptionist and committed to finding a place for her family in the New Indian Dream of air-conditioned malls and high paid jobs at multi-nationals, life is going as planned until the day she strikes up a conversation with an uncommonly self-possessed stranger at a Metro station. Because while Mrs Sharma may espouse traditional values, India is changing all around her, and it wouldn't be the end of the world if she came out of her shell a little, would it? With equal doses of humour and pathos, The Private Life of Mrs Sharma is a sharp-eyed examination of the clashing of tradition and modernity, from a dramatic new voice in Indian fiction.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 678 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Civilization
ISBN : UOM:39015014374709

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A History of Private Life: Passions of the Renaissance by Anonim Pdf

Library has Vol. 1-5.

Author : Najwa Bin Shatwan,Sawad Hussain
Publisher : SCB Distributors
Page : 65 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781912868889

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Catalogue of a Private Life by Najwa Bin Shatwan,Sawad Hussain Pdf

'The stories are funny, satirical, absurd, serious and surrealistic, but they make they make their point both about the repression in a strict Muslim society but, more particularly, about the horrors of the political situation in Libya where civilians are the main victim. The book is short so it won’t take you long to read and it will be well worth it.' John Alvey in The Modern Review 'Each story in Catalogue of a Private Life by Libyan author Najwa Bin Shatwan navigates a topic that feels resonant with our modern, more intimate understanding of worldwide worries. Strong images abound, stirring up questions: what can we as individuals do to help the collective good? Passing, almost trivial statements stick in the mind – the first story (of eight) in Catalogue Of A Private Life includes the gem, “White socks were naturally a great measure at how fashionable a man was or how noble.” The dinkus is used to denote transitions through time, much like a film shifting through events. Another story, The Irresponsible Director, speaks volumes about the role food has in narratives: everyday observations that will likely strike a chord with us in their minutiae. In Catalogue of a Private Life, Bin Shatwan writes complex characters into stories that create a unique space to explore the rich tapestry of human behaviour, of lives from a place that a Westerner such as myself may find difficult to fully comprehend. An air of religious sobriety underlines almost surreal scenarios – here, fictional elements are believable if you hold them within a heightened world built on truth.' Billie Ingram Sofkleous in Buzz Magazine

Author : Clarke E. Cochran
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781317650300

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Religion in Public and Private Life (Routledge Revivals) by Clarke E. Cochran Pdf

Religious crosses the spheres of both the private life and the public institution. In a liberal democracy, public and private interests and goals prove to be inseparable. Clarke Cochran’s interdisciplinary study brings political theory and the sociology of religion together in a fresh interpretation of liberal culture. First published in 1990, this analysis begins with a reassessment of the nature of the "public" and the "private" in relation to the political. The controversy over religion and politics is examined in light of such contested issues of political life as sexuality, abortion, and the changing nature of the family. Clarifying a number of debates central to contemporary society, this timely reissue will be of particular value to students with an interest in the relationship between religious, society, and politics.

Author : Noel Coward
Publisher : Concord Theatricals
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Drama
ISBN : 0573619255

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Private Lives by Noel Coward Pdf

Een gescheiden echtpaar ontmoet elkaar weer na vijf jaar, terwijl zij beiden op huwelijksreis zijn met hun nieuwe partner.

Author : Margaret & Hughes Jackson (Gordon),Gordon Hughes
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2015-06-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0455233268

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Private Life in a Digital World by Margaret & Hughes Jackson (Gordon),Gordon Hughes Pdf