Henry James: The Turn of the Screw

UK 2011, 134 pp., pb, € 14.95
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»The Turn of the Screw« tells the story of a young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans. Unsettled by a sense of intense evil in the house, she soon becomes obsessed with the idea that something malevolent is stalking the children in her care. A great masterpiece of haunting atmosphere and unbearable tension.

Edmund White: Hotel de Dream

UK 2008, 228 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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In 1900, Stephen Crane is writing a new story. He's travelling to a Black Forest clinic in search of a cure for the tuberculosis that threatens his life. He dictates to his wife the story of »The Painted Boy«, inspired by a real-life encounter with a 15-year-old newsboy, Elliott. In the story Elliott is both impressionable and elusive. He finds ... Weiterlesen

Henry James: The Awkward Age

UK 2006, 323 pp., brochure, € 14.59
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Making her debut in London society, Nanda Brookenham is being groomed for the marriage market. Thrust suddenly into the superficial and immoral circle that surrounds her mother, the innocent but independent-minded young woman even finds herself in competition with Mrs. Brookenham for the affection of the man she admires. Only an elderly bachelor, Mr. Longdon, is immune to this world ... Weiterlesen

Henry James: The Portable Henry James

UK 2004, 618 pp., brochure, € 17.79
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With a mind that took in every nuance of speech, manner, thought, and half-thought, Henry James set out to define the restless - and sometimes innocent - American imagination in conflict with the great European tradition. Along the way he discovered the countless hesitancies, betrayals, and self-betrayals that make up the true substance of human relationships. This entirely new Portable ... Weiterlesen

Colm Tóibín: The Master

UK 2004, 360 pp., pb, € 14.95
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»The Master« is a conundrum about Henry James. He was such a master of insight into the human heart but appeared to be so divorced from his own. The man who wrote so movingly about women seemed not to have more than friendships with them. James was exquisitely sensitive and kind, but both his New England upbringing and his homosexuality ... Weiterlesen