Else Hoog Books

Bevat alle verhalen uit drie afzonderlijke bundels:Op weg naar de hemel (Orig. Kiss kiss)M'n liefje, m'n duifje (Orig. Someone like you)Gelijk oversteken (Orig. Switch bitch)

A richly evocative novel that portrays an astutely imagined relationship between Europe's greatest philosopher and one of the founding fathers of psychoanalysis.

Roald Dahl (1916 - 1990) geniet wereldfaam als grootmeester van het korte verhaal. In een net van bizarre vondsten tot de verbeelding van sprekende personages houdt hij de aandacht gevangen. Pas in de laatste alinea's laat hij die los via een soms macabere, maar altijd verrassende clou, die de lezer sprakeloos achterlaat. voor het eerst zijn in deze uitgave ALLE verhalen van Roald Dahl bijeengebracht, ook de sprookjes, de fabels en ''ontzettende verhalen'', die voorheen verspreid waren uitgegeven. Als geen ander weet Dahl zijn lezer te hypnotiseren, zodat deze de meest fantastische situaties als werkelijkheid accepteert. Zijn scheppingen amuseren - vaak als sick-joke, waarbij de rillingen je over de rug lopen. Bijenhouders, predikanten, hospita's, stropers en tot wanhoop gedreven vrouwen van middelbare leeftijd vallen aan zijn pen ten prooi en vertonen een haast griezelige gelijkenis met mensen die wij kennen - en helaas maar al te vaak met onszelf.

The tragic impact of the Vietnam War on a relationship between father and daughter. The father is an upstanding individual who believes in the American Dream, but his daughter has a different dream, to get America out of Vietnam and she kills innocent people to achieve it. For the father it is the end of the world, he has lost his daughter. By the author of Sabbath's Theater

Tormented yet calm, he is the detached observer of life in the slums of forties and fifties, Dublin.Written with the fearless discipline that Christy Brown had to establish over his own body, Down all the Days displays his lyrical gifts for language and insight to the full.

Verso la fine della seconda guerra mondiale Vonnegut, americano di origine tedesca, accorse con tanti altri emigranti in Europa per liberarla dal flagello del nazismo. Fatto prigioniero durante la battaglia delle Ardenne, ebbe la ventura di assistere al bombardamento di Dresda dall'interno di una grotta scavata nella roccia sotto un mattatoio, adibita e deposito di carni. Da questa dura e incancellabile esperienza nacque Mattatoio n. 5 o La crociata dei bambini , storia semiseria di Billy Pilgrim, americano medio affetto da un disturbo singolare ("ogni tanto, senza alcuna ragione apparente, si metteva a piangere") e in possesso di un segreto inconfessabile: la conoscenza della vera natura del tempo. Tutto è, è sempre stato e sempre sarà, passato e futuro sono sempre esistiti e sempre esisteranno, nulla dipende dalla volontà dell'uomo. "Prenda la vita momento per momento", dice a Billy Pilgrim l'ultraterrestre che un bel giorno d'estate lo rapisce col suo disco volante, "e vedrà che siamo, tutti, insetti in un blocco d'ambra".

In this moving, amusing story of a seeming born loser at odds with the New World, there is all the pathos of a generation cruelly and irrecoverably severed from its past.

Gordon Comstock loathes dull, middle-class respectability and worship of money. He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop, giving him more time to write. But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity and his spirit. Only Rosemary, ever-faithful Rosemary, has the strength to challenge his commitment to his chosen way of life. Through the character of Gordon Comstock, Orwell reveals his own disaffection with the society he once himself renounced.

Die Tatsachen - das sind die faktischen Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen des Autors, aus denen die fiktiven Personen und Handlungen seiner Romane entstanden sind: die Jugend im jüdischen Kleinbürgermilieu, der erste Zusammenstoß mit dem Antisemitismus, die Katastrophe einer Ehe und Erschütterungen durch den Vietnamkrieg. Und mit Verblüffung erkennt der Leser, in welchem Maße die Welt im Roman von Philip Roth der Wirklichkeit entspricht.

The seductive classic that established Salter's reputation as one of the finest prose stylists of our time

The groundbreaking novel from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of American Pastoral that originally propelled its author to literary stardom: told in a continuous monologue from patient to psychoanalyst, this masterpiece draws us into the turbulent mind of one lust-ridden young Jewish bachelor named Alexander Portnoy. "Deliciously funny...absurd and exuberant, wild and uproarious...a brilliantly vivid reading experience." —The New York Times Book Review "Touching as well as hilariously lewd.... Roth is vibrantly talented." —New York Review of Books Portnoy's Complaint n. [after Alexander Portnoy (1933- )] A disorder in which strongly-felt ethical and altruistic impulses are perpetually warring with extreme sexual longings, often of a perverse nature. Spielvogel says: 'Acts of exhibitionism, voyeurism, fetishism, auto-eroticism and oral coitus are plentiful; as a consequence of the patient's "morality," however, neither fantasy nor act issues in genuine sexual gratification, but rather in overriding feelings of shame and the dread of retribution, particularly in the form of castration.' (Spielvogel, O. "The Puzzled Penis," Internationale Zeitschrift für Psychoanalyse, Vol. XXIV, p. 909.) It is believed by Spielvogel that many of the symptoms can be traced to the bonds obtaining in the mother-child relationship.

The Jewish American novelist Henry Bech—procrastinating, libidinous, and tart-tongued, his reputation growing while his powers decline—made his first appearance in 1965, in John Updike’s “The Bulgarian Poetess.” That story won the O. Henry First Prize, and it and the six Bech adventures that followed make up this collection. “Bech is the writer in me,” Updike once said, “creaking but lusty, battered but undiscourageable, fed on the blood of ink and the bread of white paper.” As he trots the globe, promotes himself, and lurches from one woman’s bed to another’s, Bech views life with a blend of wonder and cynicism that will make followers of the lit-biz smile with delight and wince in recognition.

How to Save Your Own Life

The novel weaves a complex narrative that captivates readers with its rich storytelling and engaging characters. Praised for its depth and intricacy, it explores profound themes through a unique lens, showcasing the author's masterful craftsmanship. With a blend of humor and poignancy, it invites reflection on the human experience, making it a standout work in contemporary literature.

In one of the most exciting debuts in years, Pearl Abraham--who grew up in a Hasidic community herself--presents the story of Rachel, a girl caught between the strictly controlled world of ultra Orthodox Judaism and the sedictive yearnings of her own heart. Both a coming-of-age story and a brave, beautifully rendered expose of a hidden, insular world . . . heartrending.--Elle.

Reissue of one of Jenny Diski's early novels, on the theme of power and collusion in a sado-masochistic relationship.

Married for five years to a psychoanalyst, Isadora Wing knows all about daydreams - especially those about sex. She decides she wants to make them real. But as she pursues her ideal of the guiltless, zipless, no-ties, erotic encounter, she learns the hard way that it just isn't that easy.

The Complete Stories of Bernard Malamud is "an essential American book," Richard Stern declared in the Chicago Tribune when the collection was published in hardcover. His praise was echoed by other reviewers and by readers, who embraced the book as they might a displaced person in one of Malamud's stories, now returned to us, complete and fulfilled and recognized at last. The volume gathers together fifty-five stories, from "Armistice" (1940) to "Alma Redeemed" (1984), and including the immortal stories from The Magic Barrel and the vivid depictions of the unforgettable Fidelman. It is a varied and generous collection of great examples of the modern short story, which Malamud perfected, and an ideal introduction to the work of this great American writer.

Tussen een joodse en een zwarte schrijver in een verlaten flatgebouw in New York ontstaat een vertrouwensrelatie, die echter verstoord wordt.

Verslag van de ziektegeschiedenis en het aftakelingsproces van de 86-jarige vader van de auteur.

Het leven van een bejaard universitair docent wordt door een onterechte beschuldiging van racisme verwoest, wat des te pijnlijker is omdat hijzelf altijd heeft gezwegen over het feit dat hij een neger is.