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«Знакомая и довольно грустная ситуация – на вечере поэзии в зале сидят одни стихотворцы и терпеливо ждут своей очереди, чтобы прочесть несколько собственных стихотворений. Не раз слышал от собратьев по перу горькие сетования на отсутствие читателя-слушателя. Ситуация не то чтобы новая, но как-то отчетливо обнажившаяся в последние годы…»
«Знакомая и довольно грустная ситуация – на вечере поэзии в зале сидят одни стихотворцы и терпеливо ждут своей очереди, чтобы прочесть несколько собственных стихотворений. Не раз слышал от собратьев по перу горькие сетования на отсутствие читателя-слушателя. Ситуация не то чтобы новая, но как-то отчетливо обнажившаяся в последние годы…»
«Знакомая и довольно грустная ситуация – на вечере поэзии в зале сидят одни стихотворцы и терпеливо ждут своей очереди, чтобы прочесть несколько собственных стихотворений. Не раз слышал от собратьев по перу горькие сетования на отсутствие читателя-слушателя. Ситуация не то чтобы новая, но как-то отчетливо обнажившаяся в последние годы…»
«Знакомая и довольно грустная ситуация – на вечере поэзии в зале сидят одни стихотворцы и терпеливо ждут своей очереди, чтобы прочесть несколько собственных стихотворений. Не раз слышал от собратьев по перу горькие сетования на отсутствие читателя-слушателя. Ситуация не то чтобы новая, но как-то отчетливо обнажившаяся в последние годы…»
«Знакомая и довольно грустная ситуация – на вечере поэзии в зале сидят одни стихотворцы и терпеливо ждут своей очереди, чтобы прочесть несколько собственных стихотворений. Не раз слышал от собратьев по перу горькие сетования на отсутствие читателя-слушателя. Ситуация не то чтобы новая, но как-то отчетливо обнажившаяся в последние годы…»
Volume 2 of the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien’s life and works ever published. This volume includes a superlative day-by-day chronology of Tolkien’s life, presenting the most detailed biographical record available.The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide is a comprehensive handbook to one of the most popular authors of the twentieth century.One of two volumes comprising this def…
A story of love and grief. ‘I became a widower and a father on the same day’ says Joseph Luzzi. His book tells how Dante’s ‘The Divine Comedy’ helped him to endure his grief, raise their infant daughter, and rediscover love.When you lose your whole world in a moment, where do you turn? Joseph Luzzi found the answer in Dante’s opening of The Divine Comedy: ‘In the middle of our life’s journey, I fo…
A sparkling collection of journalism from the critically acclaimed author of BAD BLOOD and MOMENTS OF TRUTH.This selection of the work of Lorna Sage spans the years 1972-2001, when she wrote for the London and New York literary papers and journals, and contains some of her very best pieces. From carefully worked interviews and profiles to the snappiest and deftest of weekly reviews, we can trace t…
A spirited defence of Tolkien’s mythological creation and its increasing relevance for the real world.Acclaimed by the largest readers’ survey ever conducted as ‘the greatest book of the century’, J.R.R.Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings has cast the spell of its storytelling for over 40 years and continues to enthral new generations of readers. Yet it has also been widely labelled as reactionary and…
One of the most popular and beloved introductions to the concept of faith ever written, ‘Mere Christianity’ has sold millions of copies worldwide.The book brings together C.S. Lewis’s legendary radio broadcasts during the war years, in which he set out simply to ‘explain and defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times’.Rejecting the boundaries that divide Christian…
A selection of lectures and essays contributed to newspapers, magazines and books over recent years, revised for this volume and all highly relevant to today.In these essays find a portrait of the times, to help us map our way through the new Garden of Eden, in which men hold the baby and women the mobile phone. The garden is timeless, its beauties are ineradicable, the angel’s blazing sword no lo…
A milestone in the history of popular theology, ‘The Screwtape Letters’ is an iconic classic on spiritual warfare and the power of the devil.This profound and striking narrative takes the form of a series of letters from Screwtape, a devil high in the Infernal Civil Service, to his nephew Wormwood, a junior colleague engaged in his first mission on earth trying to secure the damnation of a young m…
‘A dark treat’ Kate Riordan, author of The Stranger Haunting and moving, The Woman in the Mirror is a tale of obsession tinged with suspense, perfect for fans of Tracy Rees and Lulu Taylor. You’ll be the woman of this house, next, miss. And you’ll like it.’ 1947 Governess Alice Miller loves Winterbourne the moment she sees it. Towering over the Cornish cliffs, its dark corners and tall turrets …
A sharp and provocative new essay collection from the award-winning author of Freedom and The CorrectionsIn The End of the End of the Earth, which gathers essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Jonathan Franzen returns with renewed vigour to the themes – both human and literary – that have long preoccupied him. Whether exploring his complex relationship with his uncle, recounti…
For centuries people have been tormented by one question above all – ‘If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?’ And what of the suffering of animals, who neither deserve pain nor can be improved by it?The greatest Christian thinker of our time sets out to disentangle this knotty issue. With his signature wealth of compassion and insight, C.S. Lewis offers an…