Andrei Sinyavsky wrote In Gogol’s Shadow while serving time in a Soviet labor camp. Opening with Gogol’s funeral, this u......more
Andrei Sinyavsky wrote In Gogol s Shadow while serving time in a Soviet labor camp. Opening with Gogol s funeral, this u......more
The definitive memoir of Arthur Miller is now in Penguin Classics A Penguin Classic Far from a conventional memoir, Arth......more
Four "pitch-perfect" (Oprah Daily) essays by the author of My Brilliant Friend and The Lost Daughter. In these four cris......more
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From the acclaimed biographer of explorers Magellan, Columbus, and Francis Drake comes a unique exploration of life and ......more
From the acclaimed biographer of explorers Magellan, Columbus, and Francis Drake comes a unique exploration of life and ......more
The first biography to look at the early feminist and radical Mary Wortley Montagu, who successfully introduced Britain ......more
Jack Kerouac was one of America’s great writers of the latter half of the 20th century, yet he endured a life characteri......more
Author Helen Muir drew on her journalistic and personal correspondence to provide a memoir of her friendship with poet R......more
A "sublime" and "radically original" exploration of the Sierra Nevadas, the best mountains on Earth for hiking and campi......more
This accessible biography of Maya Angelou provides readers with an ideal introduction to the life and times of one of Am......more
A book of letters revealing the inner desires and turmoils of Jack Kerouac after his rise to literary acclaim in the 196......more
"Tribute: Dr. Seuss" is a captivating comic book biography that explores the life and legacy of the beloved author, Dr. ......more
Reveals hidden depths of the Hemingway mystique through the eyes of a modern writer who spent a decade immersed in the l......more
A timeless study of a man who revolutionized the literary landscape. James Joyce (1882-1941) is hailed as one of the gre......more
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Known for her short stories populated by a recurring cast of headstrong, honest, and sometimes outrageous Southern women......more
Known for her short stories populated by a recurring cast of headstrong, honest, and sometimes outrageous Southern women......more
A revealing look at the life and writing of the great modernist. This biography explores the life and work of Katherine ......more
In Adolfo Bioy Casares’s diaristic portrait of his friendship with Jorge Luis Borges, the two titans of Latin American l......more
The third part of the epic autobiography of Chateaubriand, the aristocratic Frenchman who lived through the beginning of......more
No writer has surpassed the epic achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien, who spent decades refining his world of Middle-earth--a ......more
’A master storyteller with an ear, an eye and a voice that should be the envy of many men with weightier reputations’ Da......more
Explore the extraordinary life of J.R.R. Tolkien, the legendary creator of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, in this......more
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Taha Hussein’s classic autobiographical novel The Days helped usher in the era of modern Arabic writing and remains one ......more
Mark Twain’s affection for cats is well-known, and no one would be surprised to hear he also liked dogs. Less well known......more
Original insights on John le Carré by the people who worked with him, illuminating the storied writer’s working methods.......more
The only complete biography of the most famous author in the world. J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter saga is the best-sellin......more
In what was at first meant to be a short essay about the influential Mexican writer Elena Garro (1916-1988), Jazmina Bar......more
In a complete collection of works by one of Malaysia’s foundational poets, Wong confronts the struggles of cultural disp......more
The first complete translation of Albert Camus’s personal notebooks written between 1933 and 1959, including new materia......more
A New York Times Notable Book A Miami Herald Best Book of the Year A moving and deeply personal account of art and exile......more
Revelatory talks about art and life with internationally acclaimed Israeli novelist Amos Oz In the last years of his lif......more
How does one of the greatest storytellers of our time write her own life? The long-awaited memoir from one of our most l......more
A revelatory, magisterial biography of Sam Shepard--the dark, rugged genius of modern American theater and film, "the po......more
A lyrical memoir of essays and poems from the Booker shortlisted author of Treacle Walker--a profound reflection on the ......more
A Book of the Year in The Times, Guardian, Independent, New Statesman, Bookseller and at Waterstones ’He understands onl......more
A delightful and majestic reckoning with the ascent of American fiction in the twentieth century through the prism of th......more
The first biography of a best-selling travel writer dedicated to the pursuit of leisure, freedom, and experience Despite......more
The first biography of a best-selling travel writer dedicated to the pursuit of leisure, freedom, and experience Despite......more
For nearly a century, the relationship between Charles Dickens and Ellen Ternan has been viewed through the lens of scan......more
A sympathetic and illuminating account of the stories of John Cheever, and the intersecting life and work of the legenda......more
The author of Call Me by Your Name returns with a deeply romantic memoir of his time in Rome while on the cusp of adulth......more
The arc of literary giant John Updike’s life emerges in these luminous daily letters to family, friends, editors, and lo......more
The son of renowned author Joe McGinniss--celebrated for works like The Selling of the President and true crime blockbus......more
The arresting story of how Thomas Mann wrote The Magic Mountain as a defeated Germany descended into political chaos Lik......more
Historian and novelist Song WooHye chronicles the life of Yun Dong-ju (1917-1945), one of the most beloved and important......more
A compendium of the most celebrated, revelatory, notorious and heart-wrenching diaries from the great, the good and the ......more
Historian and novelist Song WooHye chronicles the life of Yun Dong-ju (1917-1945), one of the most beloved and important......more
Pour over the letters by Eve Babitz--queen of the witty, gossipy, and thoroughly engrossing missive. Joan Didion, Joseph......more
The first biography of Peter Matthiessen, the novelist, naturalist, and Zen roshi, whose trailblazing work championed Na......more
A life of the nineteenth-century German writer and composer most famous for inspiring The Nutcracker. E.T.A. Hoffmann (1......more
The first English-language biography in over fifty years to tell the full, vibrant story of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, kno......more
Martin Amis blends vivid memories, sharp wit, and tender honesty to deliver an unforgettable memoir that explores his re......more
"Master of language" (The New York Times) John Edgar Wideman uses his unique generational position to explore what he ca......more
Drawing on never-before-seen interviews, a richly researched, sweeping examination of one of the most influential and my......more
From Ernest Hemingway’s perfect hamburger to Beatrix Potter’s home-made gingerbread, The Writer’s Table presents 50 of t......more
THE PURR-FECT GIFT FOR CAT LOVERS: Discover the literary legend’s quirky and winsome cat poems, mediations, and drawings......more
Blaise Cendrars takes us into the crucible of his waking dreams, when he set out to swallow the world whole and then rec......more
Born to over achieving parents during the conservative and bourgeois Victorian period, in 1854, Oscar Fingal O’Flahertie......more
Mistress. Queen. Reformer. Traitor. Icon. This book is not like any others you might have read on Anne Boleyn. It is not......more
Henry Austen, Jane Austen’s favourite brother, was born into a large and lively clergy family in Hampshire. Of her seven......more
A feast of observations about everything from the particular beauty of lemons on a table, to the allure of Colette, to t......more
A National Book Critics Circle Finalist "The next best thing to cocktails at the Algonquin....Amy Reading has recreated ......more
Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, The Observer (London), Granata, and TLS, and a finalist for a World Fanta......more
The award-winning biographer Frances Wilson presents an exhilarating new look at Muriel Spark, the most consummate artis......more
Step into the fascinating and gothic world of Edgar Allan Poe, the master of macabre, with this compelling literary biog......more
Take a trip back in time to the Regency-era life of Jane Austen, one of literature’s most beloved novelists, with this c......more
Jane Austen is one of the world’s most beloved writers, but despite the tranquil, even cosy, image of her life and work ......more
There’s something about Jane... Jane Austen lived only just into her forties, never married, never had children, lived a......more
Writers have been inventing and imagining gardens for centuries. They are symbols of paradise and desire; scenes for rom......more
An illuminating reflection on the creative process from acclaimed fiction writer, essayist, and translator Lydia Davis W......more
From the bestselling author of Bird Box and Incidents Around the House, an impassioned book about a night that changed t......more
An illustrated account of the Nobel-Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda’s extensive collection of ship figureheads and the r......more
Jesmyn Ward (b. 1977) is arguably one of today’s most important authors. Although often compared to William Faulkner, Wa......more
Jesmyn Ward (b. 1977) is arguably one of today’s most important authors. Although often compared to William Faulkner, Wa......more
An illustrated account of the Nobel-Prize-winning poet Pablo Neruda’s extensive collection of ship figureheads and the r......more
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) was an American original--a luminous literary theorist, an erratic genius, and an analyst pa......more
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