Romantweeluik waarin een acteur die fout was in de oorlog, na veertig jaar terugblikt op gebeurtenissen tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog.

Na een ontvoering, vlak voor zijn bar mitswa, door een amusante oudere heer leert een 13-jarige jongen veel over zijn verleden. 

Nono, bijna dertien, krijgt voor zijn bar mitswa van zijn vader een verrassingsreisje. Maar dit loopt uit de hand wanneer hij met de elegante meesteroplichter Felix een aantal misdaden begaat en de politie achter zich aan krijgt. Tussen alle avonturen door ontdekt Nono het ware verhaal van zijn vader en zijn overleden moeder, en dat brengt hem ertoe zich af te vragen wie hij eigenlijk is.

Een wonderbaarlijk boek voor zowel oudere als jongere lezers, die zich al vaker hebben afgevraagd: wat is dat eigenlijk, volwassen worden?

Een door overspel geruïneerde rabbijn in New York treedt in de voetsporen van zijn vader en vertrekt naar Suriname.

Een blinde muziekcriticus vertelt over twee belangrijke liefdesrelaties en zijn huwelijk met een violiste.

A collection of early short stories that first appeared in 1921, written in a continuous flow of consciousness and the essential indefinability of character.

First published in 1922, Jacob's Room was Virginia Woolf's third novel and the first in her more experimental mode. Set in the years leading up to the First World War, the work is an elegy, not just for an individual character, but for a generation lost in and affected by the war. This Shakespeare Head Press edition restores the text to its original form, notably recreating the space breaks on the page with which Woolf deliberately fragmented her narrative. The editor provides an extensive introduction, discussing the genesis of the novel, its biographical elements, the process of composition and revision, and the history of its early critical reception. A series of notes helps the reader to identify references and allusions, from sponge-bag trousers and gold beater's skin to Tonks and Steer, and the Hampstead Garden Suburbs; while an appendix lists variants between the first UK and first US editions of the work.

This edition adopts as its copy-text the surviving proofs marked and revised by Woolf for the novel's American publication.

An illustrated critical edition of the stories and essays of Julia Stephen, the mother of the novelist Virginia Woolf. Includes biographical information, notes, and some drawings by her husband.

Virginia Woolf was one of the most important writers of the twentieth century. As the author of works including Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse and A Room of One's Own, she is celebrated both as a Modernist and as a feminist icon. Her involvement in the lively and controversial Bloomsbury Group, which included the writer Lytton Strachey, the painters Vanessa Bell and Roger Fry and the economist Maynard Keynes, was a significant part of both her personal and creative lives. As a group they were witty, bold and original and their intellectual and artistic accomplishments have had a lasting impact. Popular fascination with Virginia Woolf and the Bloomsbury Group is reflected in the success of the recent films The Hours and Carrington. The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Virginia Woolf and Bloomsbury is a fascinating guide to these intriguing characters. It presents Woolf as a dynamic individual with a wide and fascinating circle of friends. The book explores Woolf's early life and family, the origins and activities of the Bloomsbury Group and Woolf's later career and those of her friends. It also includes sections on the Hogarth Press, Virginia Woolf and the Suffrage movement, the myths and reality of Virginia's death and the continuing presence of the Bloomsbury Group in popular culture. Packed with insight and information, and illustrated throughout, the companion is the ideal guide to Virginia Woolf and her contemporaries.