Herberth E. Herlitschka Books

A biography of François Leclerc du Tremblay, the French monk who served as advisor to Cardinal de Richelieu

One of Woolf's most experimental novels, The Waves presents six characters in monologue - from morning until night, from childhood into old age - against a background of the sea. The result is a glorious chorus of voices that exists not to remark on the passing of events but to celebrate the connection between its various individual parts.

National Book Award für den besten amerikanischen Roman des Jahres 1967 Vordergründig ist diese amerikanische Saga eine Kriminalgeschichte: Ein unschuldig wegen Mordes zum Tode Verurteilter wird auf der Fahrt zur Hinrichtung von Maskierten befreit. Er beginnt seine Flucht, seine Familie sieht ihn nie wieder. In Rückblenden und Perspektiven des Zukünftigen wird Stück um Stück, durch mehrere Generationen, die Geschichte zweier amerikanischer Familien aufgerollt, die des Ermordeten und die des angeblichen Mörders. Dahinter steht in diesem großen Roman die Frage nach dem Sinn von Leben und Tod.

This story of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s cocker spaniel, Flush, enchants right from the opening pages. Although Flush has adventures of his own with bullying dogs, horrid maids, and robbers, he also provides the reader with a glimpse into Browning’s life. Introduction by Trekkie Ritchie.

"The Bridge of San Luis Rey," Thornton Wilder's second novel, won him the first of his three Pulitzer Prizes. The novel opens in the aftermath of an inexplicable tragedy--a tiny footbridge in Peru breaks, and five travelers hurtle to their deaths. Most townspeople think to themselves with secret joy, "Within 10 minutes myself...." But for Brother Juniper, a humble Franciscan friar who witnesses the catastrophe, the question is inescapable: Why those five? Suddenly, Brother Juniper is committed to discover what manner of lives these five disparate people led--and whether it was divine intervention that took their lives, or a capricious fate. Wilder maintained in his works that true meaning and beauty are found in ordinary experience. This is especially true of "The Bridge of San Luis Rey." From the very beginning to the stunning conclusion, the listener is absorbed into the individual stories of the five victims, and how their destinies intertwine.

"This is Mr. Huxley's best novel for a very long time . . . admirably constructed . . . bright and sun-pierced." New Statesman and Nation

Selection of short stories translated to German - Cheramour - Die Geschichte vom stählernen Floh und dem Linkshänder aus Tula - Ein kleiner Fehler - Das erlesene Korn - Psychopaten von dazumal - Der Alexandrit - Fischsuppe ohne Fisch