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Una recopilación imprescindible de cartas que recorren la vida adulta de uno de los narradores más grandes de todos los tiempos. J.R.R. Tolkien, creador de las lenguas y la historia de la Tierra Media tal y como se narra en El hobbit, El Señor de los Anillos y El Silmarillion, fue uno de los escritores de cartas mas prolificos de este siglo. A lo largo de los años escribio gran cantidad de cartas a sus editores, a miembros de su familia, a amigos, y a seguidores de sus libros que a menudo revelan el funcionamiento interno de su mente, y que dan testimonio de la historia de la composicion de sus obras y su reaccion a los hechos subsiguientes.En 1981 se publico una seleccion de la correspondencia de Tolkien, editada por el biografo oficial del escritor, Humphrey Carpenter, quien recibio la ayuda y el consejo de Christopher Tolkien. Presentaba, en palabras del propio Tolkien, un retrato profundamente detallado del hombre en muchos aspectos: narrador, academico, catolico, padre, amigo, y observador del mundo a su alrededor.En esta edicion revisada y expandida de Las cartas de J.R.R. Tolkien se ha podido regresar a los mecanuscritos y notas originales del editor, restaurando mas de 150 cartas que fueron descartadas simplemente para alcanzar lo que por aquel entonces se consideraba una extension publicable, y presentar aqui el libro tal y como se pretendia originalmente. Los entusiastas de sus escritos encontraran mucho material nuevo, pues las cartas no solo incluyen nueva informacion sobre la Tierra Media, como su propio resumen del argumento completo de El Señor de los Anillos y su perspectiva para publicar su Historia de las Tres Edades, sino tambien muchas visiones del hombre y su mundo. Ademas, esta nueva seleccion interesara a cualquiera que aprecie el arte de la escritura de cartas, del cual J.R.R. Tolkien era todo un maestro.

Hi ha figures que sense haver arribat a publicar, tenen un gran impacte en el seu panorama literari: és el cas de Pere Vives. Company de Joaquim Amat-Piniella i Agustí Bartra als camps de concentracio, els nazis el van assassinar a Mauthausen injectant-li benzina al cor, escena recreada a K.L. Reich.Els unics textos que ens queden de Vives son les cartes que va enviar a la mare i la germana des dels camps francesos. Tambe la correspondencia amb un Agusti Bartra que tot just començava a publicar poemes. Commou veure com fins i tot en les condicions mes extremes de lexili, la literatura continua sent al centre de la conversa.Per aixo aquest volum inclou les primeres versions dalguns poemes de Bartra comentades per Vives. I un proleg de qui sha encarregat deditar-lo, Marta Marin-Domine, experta en literatura concentracionaria i autora de Fugir era el mes bell que teniem.

The remarkable literary collaboration between a Nobel Prizewinning novelist and his editor of more than forty years.Three people have been of major importance and influence in my life and you are one of them. There is a way in which I am as a writer at least partly your creation.-- William Golding to Charles Monteith In 1953, William Goldings novel Lord of the Flies was rescued from a slush pile of unsolicited manuscripts by Charles Monteith, a new young editor at the publishing house Faber & Faber. It went on to sell over 25 million copies. Over the next forty years Monteith worked closely with Golding on every one of his novels.These letters tell the story of their remarkable collaboration. They chart Goldings transformation from unknown middle-aged schoolmaster to knighted Nobel Prizewinner, and they tell the story of a deep and mutually rewarding friendship, as Dear Monteith and Dear Golding become Dear Charles and Dear Bill.In this beautifully produced, stitch-bound volume, Tim Kendall draws on both public and private archives to reveal the relationship between one of the greatest novelists of the twentieth century and his publisher, both men who considered themselves, for different reasons, to be outsiders. Their correspondence sheds fascinating light on both the mysteries of the writing process and the vagaries of the literary world.Generous, amusing, acerbic, intimate and often irreverent, these letters encompass gossip, reading recommendations and stories of Greek island adventures as well as detailed discussion of titles, characters and Goldings dreadful spelling.

Captures moments in time like nothing else.RICHARD E. GRANTIntimate . . . and rarely predictable.MICHAEL PALINCompletely fascinating and inspiring. Completely addictive.STEPHEN FRYA volume to treasure, sigh and snigger over. BIDISHAAn engrossing collection of the most remarkable diary writing - by the famous, infamous and everyman alike - curated by the creator of the globally bestselling Letters of Note.What is more intimate than the diary? Across human history, people have kept these repositories of their most unvarnished truths, poignant hopes, hidden desires and deepest fears. In Diaries of Note, Shaun Usher collects 366 captivating diary entries, each with a different author.The diary welcomes all to its pages. Here we encounter reflections from world leaders, artists, scientists, writers and icons of film and music - including Alan Rickman, Frederick Douglass, Virginia Woolf, Louis Theroux and Emma Thompson - alongside those who were never illuminated by fame, but whose writings reveal them as extraordinary. Beautifully illustrated, this book is a testament to the power of personal narratives, reflecting and encapsulating our deepest, and often most secret, emotions.

In Arab culture, tradition often dictates an individuals role in a family, with personal desires subsumed in favour of unity. So, what happens when Queer Arabs challenge and re-imagine these expectations?This Queer Arab Family celebrates the beauty of chosen kin and the everyday acts of care and survival that bind Queer Arabs to each other. Here, ten LGBTQ+ writers from across the Arab world and diaspora redefine what family looks like. From raising children with mum and mum, to becoming an OnlyFans star and building a non-binary belly dancing robot, these writers illuminate, through their own lived experiences, how queer joy and community can be found in the most unexpected places.Fierce, vibrant and unapologetic, This Queer Arab Family honours the spirit of those who, despite challenges, build community and family on their own terms.