Autor: Francine Prose

Sie trug Männerkleidung und liebte Frauen. Sie war erfolgreiche Rennfahrerin. Sie verriet ihr Land an die Deutschen. Sie war Wettkampfsportlerin und erfolgreiche Rennfahrerin. Später arbeitete sie in …

A short story by Francine Prose from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre.’The Mirror‘ boldly imagines Jane Eyre’s married life after the novel ends.Edited by Tracy Che …

Matching gorgeous prose to gorgeous artworks, Prose responds to each image as a moment of theatrical revelation, sensual or spiritual, and frequently both. Boston Sunday Globe In Caravaggio, New York …

All loved, and were loved by, their artists, and inspired them with an intensity of emotion akin to Eros.In a brilliant, wry, and provocative book, National Book Award finalist Francine Prose explore …

A distinguished novelist and critic inspires readers and writers with this inside look at how the professionals read-and write Long before there were creative writing workshops and degrees, how did a …

Francine Prose has a knack for getting to the heart of human nature. . . . We are allowed to enter the moral dilemmas of fascinating characters whose emotional lives are strung out by the same human …

The National Book Award Finalist from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Francine Prosenow the major motion picture Submission Screamingly funny Blue Angel culminates in a sexual harassment …

My father was killed on 9/11.When eighth grader Bart Rangely is granted a "mercy" scholarship to an elite private school after his father is killed in the North Tower, doors should have ope …

What really happened at the back of the bus? Did they, or didn’t they? Did she, or didn’t she? Something happened to fourteen-year-old Maisie Willardsomething involving her three friends, all boys. B …

Proses book is a stunning achievement. . . . Now Anne Frank stands before us. . . a figure who will live not only in history but also in the literature she aspired to create.Minneapolis Star Tribune …

Francine Prose is a world-classsatirist whos also a world-class storyteller.Russell Banks Francine Prose captures contemporary America at itsmost hilarious and dreadful in My New American Life, a dar …

A dark house.An isolated island.Strange dreams and even stranger visions . . . Jack is spending the summer on a private island far from modern conveniences. No Wi-Fi, no cell service, no one else on …

A richly imagined and stunningly inventive literary masterpiece of love, art, and betrayal, exploring the genesis of evil, the unforeseen consequences of love, and the ultimate unreliability of story …

At the center of Francine Prose’s profoundly moving new novel is a young girl facing the consequences of sudden loss after the death of her sister. As her parents drift toward their own risky consola …

Tender and artful . . . a gently spiritual celebration of life.New York Times Book Review Acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Francine Prose weaves an ingenious, darkly humorous, and brillian …

In this brilliant collection, the follow-up to her New York Times bestseller Reading Like a Writer, the distinguished novelist, literary critic, and essayist celebrates the pleasures of reading and p …

George Eliots beloved classic novelhailed by Virginia Woolf as masterfulfollows the life, loves, foibles, and politics of the residents of a fictional English town set amid the social unrest of the I …

In America, notes acclaimed novelist Francine Prose, we are obsessed with food and diet. And what is this obsession with food except a struggle between sin and virtue, overeating and self-control–a …

From the prizewinning Jewish Lives series, a spirited portrait of the colorful, irrepressible, and iconoclastic American collector who fearlessly advanced the cause of modern art One of twentiet …

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“Captivating” short stories set in vibrant, multicultural Miami (Julia Alvarez, author of How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents).   This collection of short fiction, a winner of th …

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A Haitian emigre’s exposure to shallow suburbanites is ‚;social satire at its slyest and best‘ from the New York Timesbestselling author (Kirkus Reviews). When the heartbroken Simone flees her native …

From the ‚;wonderfully quirky imagination‘ of the New York Timesbestselling author: A tabloid reporter is surprised to find magic in a mundane world (The New York Times). Vera Pearl is a staff writer …

The story of a troupe of actors in seventeenth-century Italy, from ‚;one of a handful of truly indispensable American writers‘ (Gary Shteyngart).The Glorious Ones are an unlikely troupe of actors, tr …

‚;Reading [this book] is like driving down the road with a companion who is so smart and funny and insightful that her conversation transforms the landscape‘ (Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prizewinning autho …

The New York Timesbestselling author takes on New Agers as one woman searches for meaning in this ‚;brilliantly satiric but… sweet-natured‘ novel (Publishers Weekly). Thirty-year-old Martha is stag …

Eleven ‚;impeccably crafted, painfully hilarious‘ tales of innocence lost and families in search of connection from the New York Timesbestselling author (San Francisco Chronicle). A reluctant trophy …

A Haitian emigre’s exposure to shallow suburbanites is ‚;social satire at its slyest and best‘ from the New York Timesbestselling author (Kirkus Reviews). When the heartbroken Simone flees her native …

An ‚;irresistibly readable‘ pair of novellas skewering Americans abroadby the New York Timesbestselling author and National Book Award finalist(The New York Times Book Review). ‚;In a style that is b …

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award: A novel of a Polish king and a rebellious rabbi, ‚;full of sudden delights and mocking humor‘ (The New York Times). The Polish monarch has outlawed a portion …

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In her entertaining and edifying New York Times bestseller, acclaimed author Francine Prose invites you to sit by her side and take a guided tour of the tools and tricks of the masters to discover wh …

The story of a troupe of actors in seventeenth-century Italy, from ‚;one of a handful of truly indispensable American writers‘ (Gary Shteyngart).The Glorious Ones are an unlikely troupe of actors, tr …

This tale of a family in Little Italy is “a minor miracle . . . documenting the madness and the grace of God in everyday life” (Newsweek).   On a 1950s September night …

“Reading [this book] is like driving down the road with a companion who is so smart and funny and insightful that her conversation transforms the landscape” (Jane Smiley, Pulitzer Prize&n …

From the “wonderfully quirky imagination” of the New York Times–bestselling author: A tabloid reporter is surprised to find magic in a mundane world (The New York Times).   Ver …

The New York Times–bestselling author takes on New Agers as one woman searches for meaning in this “brilliantly satiric but . . . sweet-natured” novel (Publishers Wee …

Eleven “impeccably crafted, painfully hilarious” tales of innocence lost and families in search of connection from the New York Times–bestselling author (San Francisco Chronicle). & …

An “irresistibly readable” pair of novellas skewering Americans abroad—by the New York Times–bestselling author and National Book Award finalist(The New York Times Book Review …

Winner of the National Jewish Book Award: A novel of a Polish king and a rebellious rabbi, “full of sudden delights and mocking humor” (The New York Times).   The Polish monarch has …

Michael Jeffrey Lee writes like a redneck Samuel Beckett, sketching dystopias of life along the margins in contemporary New Orleans. …

A New York Times Bestseller ‚A sacred reminder of what so many millions suffered, and only a few survived.‘ —Adam Kirsch, New Republic In 1939, Helga Weiss was a young Jewish schoolgirl in Prague. As …

A literary gem – a portrait from life of Franz Kafka – now with an ardent preface by Francine Prose, avowed “fan of Janouch’s odd and beautiful book.” Gustav Janouch met Franz Kafka, the celebrated a …

From the writer adored by the likes of García Marquez, Calvino, and Francine Prose comes a collection of Hernández’s classic tales Piano Stories presents fifteen wonderful works by the great Uruguaya …

Featuring some of Russia’s most prestigious post-Soviet writers, Rasskazy: New Fiction from a New Russia portrays the range of aesthetics and subject matter faced by a generation that never knew Comm …

The Writer’s Notebook II offers aspiring authors sixteen insightful essays about the craft of writing by Tin House authors and summer workshop faculty members, including Aimee Bender, Steve Almond, M …

An expatriate is beset by dark temptations in this tale by the author of The Talented Mr. Ripley: “Her best novel” (The New Yorker).   Set in Tunisia in the mid-1960s, this is the st …

Pobre niña rica, coleccionista de maridos y de cuadros, fundadora de la galería y de la colección que dieron entidad al arte del siglo xx, viajera, amante de la noche y de la vida social, gran lector …

Lonely Planet: The world’s leading travel guide publisher A Fork in the Road: Tales of Food, Pleasure and Discovery on the Road 2014 James Beard Award Nominee and 2014 Society of Travel Writers Found …

From Lonely Planet, the world’s leading travel guide publisher, Better Than Fiction 2, the follow-up to 2012’s Better Than Fiction, is a second serving of true travel stories told by some of the worl …

Lonely Planet: The world“s leading travel guide publisher A collection of great travel writing by authors from around the globe, including original stories set in Scotland, Thailand, Malaysia, Moldo …

No one states problems more correctly, more astutely, more amusingly and more uncomfortably than Francine Prose . . . The gift of her work to a reader is to create for us what she creates for her pro …

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Shirley Jackson’s Hangsaman is a story of lurking disquiet and haunting disorientation, inspired by the real-life, unsolved disappearance of a female college student.’Shirley Jackson’s stories are am …

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With a new introduction by Francine Prose and stunning original artwork by Eko, the Restless Classics edition of Frankenstein brings Mary Shelley’s paragon of horror vividly back to life—published to …

A funny, fresh, and brilliantly insightful collection of stories from a beloved writer, with a new introduction by Francine Prose Johanna Kaplans beautifully written stories first burst on the litera …

A feiticeira desesperadamente apaixonada por Marco Antônio. A sedutora que, supostamente, se escondeu entre tecidos e tapeçarias para impressionar César. A tirana que assassinou a família para assumi …