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Livret accompagné d'un texte qui relate la genèse de l'unique opéra de Beethoven, de commentaires de Berlioz et de Furtwängler,…
d'un essai sur la mise en scène, de textes qui font écho au message de l'oeuvre et d'un synopsis
Family saga of nineteenth-century Brazil centers on the wealthy Moura Alves family, dominated by patriarch Chico das Lavras, a simplistic…
but troubled ex-cowhand. His attractive, free-spirited daughter, Maria Olegaria, and his son, Ze Inacio, who is forced into seminary life, finally rebel against the tyranny and pious hypocrisy of their father. Portuguese language
The story of a friendship between two cousins growing up in rural Lichtenstein is narrated by Georg, the younger of…
two, who idolizes the older, rough-hewn Edgar. Georg describes their lives from their Boy Scout beginnings up to maturity, when the gradual loss of innocence sends the two in different directions. German language
The fear of death and the alienation that dying causes influences the people in these nineteen short stories by the…
German author. In a variety of everyday situations, people suddenly find themselves having to come to terms with human mortality. In the title story, it is the shortest day of the year, and a man keeps asking his wife over and over again what day it is. German language
The collected essays, speeches, letters, and commentaries of the celebrated post-war German author. The writings, covering a thirty-year period from…
1956 to 1986, include Grass's political speeches in support of social democracy, his essays on art and artists, and other writings on various topics of contemporary interest. German language
Leocadie Grafin Harleben-Jerotin, an eighteenth-century princess of Weimar now nearing the end of her eventful life, witnesses and participates in…
the complex political intrigue and turmoil that have plagued her native Prussia under the reign of Frederick the Great. German language
At the end of the Thirty Years' War in 1647 a group of poets from all over Germany gather at…
the town of Telgte to strengthen the nation's poetry and language, which they see as the one last bond of a divided people. The author draws a parallel with post-World War II Germany, showing that, amid death and destruction, poetry lives on. German language
A satiric novel in the form of a reminiscence of Grass' life, his literary creations, German history, and human fate.…
In this framework a female rat engages the narrator in a series of dialogues convincingly demonstrating that the rats will inherit the earth. They will also, sadly, but inevitably, imitate the grotesque example set by human destructiveness throughout history. German language. German language. 1987
Two works by the modern German author. In "Local Anaesthetic" a 40-year-old teacher releases his erotic fantasies. In "From the…
Diary of a Snail" a novelist examines his intellectual development. German language
Two novels by the modern German writer. "Cat and Mouse" is a story of a teenager embarrassed by an enormous…
Adam's apple. "Dog Years" is a story of the friendship between a Jew and an Aryan. German language
Ten stories of subtle irony by the nineteenth-century Brazilian author depict lonely people searching for happiness in a world they…
cannot control. In the first story, the strong friendship between two young men eventually causes suffering and unhappiness for them. Portuguese language
In Bahai, Brazil, a poor poet is commissioned to track down the facts in the life of the late Pedro…
Archango, writer, anthropologist, and woman-chaser, said to be in league with the Devil himself. Explicit descriptions of sex. Portuguese language. 1981
Historical novel by the noted Brazilian author depicts the growth of cities, the dynamic social changes, and the destruction of…
a primitive way of life as Brazil's frontier is opened up to the cultivation of cacao at the beginning of the twentieth century. Portuguese language. 1942
A mixed-up German couple on vacation in Asia ponders the political situation back home and agonizes over the pros and…
cons of having a baby. A satire of the German character contrasting Germany's shrinking population with the teemming billions of the Third World. German language
By the German novelist, this story of twentieth-century Germany is told by a dwarf who deliberately stopped growing when he…
was three years old. With the use of his tin drum, he has total recall of the past, from before World War II through the post-war economic boom. German language
The epic poem of Portugal, first published in 1572, narrates the exploits of the Portuguese focusing principally upon the discovery…
of India by Vasco da Gama with the help of the goddess Venus. Portuguese language