Literature History Movies

In 1818, Mary Shelley wrote Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, a powerful and timelessness novel which eternal theme is nothing other than man's...

An account of the life and work of Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941) narrated by US actress Anjelica Huston.

A portrait of the German-language Czech writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924),a mysterious, strange and solitary individual, but also a visionary creator.

A look at the intimacy of the US writer Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961),a man infinitely more complex than his public image suggested, through the story...

The story of the making of The Bell Jar, the unique, semi-autobiographical novel written by American writer Sylvia Plath (1932-63),published in Febru...

An account of the life and work of the Spanish poet Luis García Montero; a journey through his experiences, his mentors, his influences and his contac...

At his Long Island beach house, and on the occasion of the publication of his masterful nonfiction novel In Cold Blood, reporter Karen Dennison interv...

An analysis of The Kindly Ones, Jonathan Littell's controversial novel, published in 2006, which dissects the ruthless mechanisms of the Shoah from th...

An account of the life and work of the charismatic Spanish writer Terenci Moix (1942-2003).

A bitter postcard of the town of the Buenos Aires countryside that Argentinean writer Manuel Puig (1932-90) portrayed with singular mastery, based on...

A portrait of the British writer Thomas Hardy (1840-1928),who, although he had radical instincts, hated hypocrisy, was of great poetic brilliance, ha...

The brilliant Czech writer Milan Kundera has not given an interview in thirty years; nor does he appear in public. How did he become a legendary autho...

An unparalleled portrait of Arthur Miller (1915-2005),a major writer who left an indelible mark on the world. Miller's life is intimately connected w...

A portrait of the controversial German writer Ernst Jünger (1895-1998),the great stylist of 20th century German literature.

England, 1960. The Crown sues the publisher Penguin Books in order to ban the publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover, a novel by the British writer D....

A look at US society through the prism of Moby Dick, the mythical novel published by Herman Melville (1819-1891) in 1851.