


Can Socialists be Happy?
2.490 kr.No thinking person can or does genuinely keep out of politics, in an age like the present one.
Unfailingly wise and often startlingly prophetic, George Orwell’s essays are masterpieces of plain English prose. This stirring new collection brings together his most cherished pieces with lesser-known gems, ranging over everything from tree planting to living with the atom bomb, sleeping rough to the perils of getting what you want in politics.

Coal
2.490 kr.I am Black because I come from the earth’s insidenow take my word for jewel in the open light.
Impassioned and profound, the poems in Coal showcase Audre Lorde in all her dazzling elegance and multiplicity. Mournful, celebratory, politically conscious, this early collection is a testament to Lorde’s beloved and hugely influential lyric voice, which faithfully captures the complex interiority of the self. These timeless poems resonate down the years.

Nóvella – Ævintýrið
3.790 kr.Í þessari bók eru birtar tvær sígildar sögur eftir Goethe sem notið hafa mikillar hylli meðal bókmenntaunnenda allt frá því þær komu fyrst fyrir almenningssjónir fyrir tveimur öldum.
Þetta eru sögurnar Nóvella, um söngelska drenginn með flautuna og ljónið og tigrísdýrið sem sleppa úr búrum sínum hjá mannfólkinu, og Ævintýrið, um grænu slönguna og fögru liljuna þar sem vafurlogar og konungar koma við sögu.
Tvær töfrandi frásagnir, samdar af mikilli list.
Jón Bjarni Atlason annaðist útgáfuna, íslenskaði Nóvellu og ritaði eftirmála.
Kristján Árnason og Þórarinn Kristjánsson íslenskuðu Ævintýrið.
Þýski menningarjöfurinn Johann Wolfgang Goethe (1749–1832) var skáld, leikskáld, skáldsagnahöfundur, náttúruvísindamaður, leikhússtjóri, stjórnmálamaður, gagnrýnandi og listamaður. Meðal frægustu verka hans er leikritið Fást (Faust) og skáldsögurnar Raunir Werthers unga (Die Leiden des jungen Werthers) og Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre.

Ég heyrði ugluna kalla á mig
4.390 kr.Í Kingcome-byggð við norðvesturströnd Kanada hefur fólk búið öldum saman í sátt og samlyndi við náttúruna. En nútíminn hefur hafið innreið sína með tilheyrandi vandamálum og aldagamalt veiðimannasamfélagið á undir högg að sækja. Ungur prestur sest að í byggðinni og í samvistum við innfædda öðlast hann nýjan skilning á lífinu, ekki síst mætti kærleikans.



Baron Bagge
2.490 kr.Baron Bagge, a cavalry officer during the First World War, receives orders from his unhinged commander to ride into Russian machine guns. But instead of meeting certain death, he and his brigade pass, unscathed, into a peaceful, otherworldly country where festivities are in full swing… Alexander Lernet-Holenia, championed in his lifetime by Roberto Calasso, Stefan Zweig and Rainer Maria Rilke, triumphs in this dreamlike novel of mystery and yearning.

Tales from the Heart : True Stories from my Childhood
2.490 kr.‘I walked in a daze of illusions toward my future.’
Deeply felt and told with an intrepid spirit, Tales from the Heart are the intimate, formative stories from the childhood of the legendary Caribbean writer, Maryse Condé. These affecting vignettes follow Condé’s early encounters with love, grief, friendship, as she navigates the pernicious legacy of slavery and colonialism in her home of Guadeloupe and as a student in Paris.

I am a Bird from Paradise
2.490 kr.May I remember always when
Your glance in secrecy met mine,
And in my face your love was like
A visibly reflected sign.
From the greatest and most popular of all Persian poets, a selection celebrating love, beauty and the profound connection between the human and the divine.

