Wydawnictwo VIRGO

Some of the extraordinary women whose writings are included in this collection are observers of the world in which they wander; their prose rich in description, remarkable in detail. Mary McCarthy conveys the vitality of Florence while Willa Cather's essay on Lavandou foreshadows her descriptions of the French countryside in later novels. Others...

These wise and witty writings home in on Shakespeare, tree stumps, ecological disasters, bodies (male and female), and theology, amongst other matters. We hear Gertrude's version of what really happened in Hamlet; an ugly sister and a wicked stepmother put in a good word for themselves,and a reincarnated bat explains how Bram Stoker got Dracula...

Alix, arrogant, middle-aged and angry comes home to the derelict port of Liverpool as her mother lies dying. Irritably resigned to living alone for the rest of her life she suddenly finds herself erotically attracted to a stranger. Joseph is an American architect who has come to the city to build a hotel. Refusing to accept that his wife has left...

1527. While the Papal city of Rome burns - brutally sacked by an invading army including Protestant heretics - two of her most interesting and wily citizens slip away, their stomachs churning on the jewels they have swallowed as the enemy breaks down their doors. Though almost as damaged as their beloved city, Fiammetta Bianchini and Bucino...

Ritalin - był to lek podawany nadpobudliwym dzieciom. Jak mógł uzależniać? Elizabeth Wurtzel - która bardzo dobrze zna depresję, Prozac, heroinę i kokainę - znalazła wyjście podczas pisania książki w swoim zaciszu na Florydzie. Opisała długą, krętą drogę powrotną do wyzdrowienia. Pokolenie X, plakatowe dziewczyny z depresją ("pokolenie Prozac`u") i...

Gunther Schmidt obchodzi swoje 60 urodziny. Wodząc wzrokiem po osobach zgromadzonych na przyjęciu zatrymuje się na przykuwającej uwagę apetycznej Lindzie, dziewczynie syna burmistrza. Tylko to sprawia że czuje powiew młodości. Postanawia porzucić nudną żonę by zamiast niej być z Lindą, nie spodziewa się jednak tego co one o tym myślą....