Kategoria BISAC: Fiction >> Biographical

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Award-winning novelist Bensalem Himmich s third novel to be translated into English is a vertiginous exploration of one of Islam s most radical thinkers, the Sufi philosopher Ibn Sab in. Born in Spain, he was forced to immigrate to Africa because of his controversial views. Later expelled from Egypt, Ibn Sab in made his way to Mecca, where he spent his final years.

Himmich follows the philosopher s journey, outlining an array of characters he meets along the way who usher in debates of identity and personal responsibility through their interactions and relationships with Ibn Sab in. Set...

Long ago, in childhood, when Summer reverberates and feels and throbs all over, it begins to circumscribe my body along with my self, and my body gives it shape in turn: the -joy- of living, of experiencing, of already foreseeing dismembers it, this entire body explodes, neurons rush toward what attracts them, zones of sensation break off almost in blocks that come to rest at the four corners of the landscape, at the four corners of Creation. -- from Coma

The novelist and playwright Pierre Guyotat has been called the last great avant-garde visionary of the twentieth century,...

Following its successful launch in hardback, A Fanny Full of Soap comes out in paperback in October 2007.
Leading lady and one-time telly star Eleanor Woodwarde's life is collapsing around her exquisitely turned ankles. Her career has hit the skids, her husband is chasing a chicken-eating spider up the Amazon, and her son has forgotten she exists.
As an alternative to suicide, she takes the lead in an overblown West End -salsa- musical. However, she soon discovers the producer's volatile incompetence is matched only by the length of his cigar, a rival actress is after the number...

As small children, Rudyard Kipling and his sister Trix lived an enchanted life in India playing with their beloved servants and running around freely. Their innocent happiness came to an abrupt end when they were sent back to England to live with strangers and forced to conform to the strict rules of Edwardian society in an alien country.

Both brother and sister grew up to become writers, although one lived in the shadow of the other's genius. Rudyard Kipling's incredible life is known to many while his poetry and books have been read by...