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The report of mountain patrol · gene editor baby: clown and history
by Wang Liming
It's a grand scientific writing plan of Professor Wang Liming. He plans to spend 30 years continuously observing and analyzing the progress and major events of life science in the world, and finishing the book year by year. Gene editor baby: clowns and history is the * edition of this series. Professor Wang Liming combed the 26 life science events that may affect the whole human beings in this year, focusing on 8 of them. He uses a professional eye to dispel the fog and restore the truth of events, so that readers can understand the scientific logic from these vivid events, and understand where human life science exploration has reached and where it will go.
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Out There, in the Forest & Ein Ro’eem
Two Plays
by Shmuel Cohavy
Ein Ro'eem is a comedy that takes place on a kibbutz in Israel. Some kibbutz members create a show for a children's celebration and rehearse in a field amid successful and unsuccessful love affairs that threaten to derail the performance. Meanwhile, the kibbutz decides to cut down part of its unprofitable orchard, inspiring orchard workers to strike. Will they save the orchard? Will the love affairs survive? And will the show succeed? In Out There, in the Forest, three plots are intertwined. A British journalist is intrigued by a mysterious masked murderer in The East African Republic and travels there to find him. Who is this murderer? Is there a reason for his attacks, or is he simply a lunatic? He desperately wants to look the murderer in the eyes. Meanwhile, three American women struggle with harsh living conditions in a cave in the jungle. Will they survive their battle against nature? Simultaneously, the local population rebels against their ruler, who rose to power in a military coup. Will their revolt succeed or will they continue to endure the harsh regime? Shmuel Cohavy is an Israeli writer who spent most of his youth on a kibbutz. He also worked at the Timna copper mines and studied history and filmmaking at Tel Aviv University. Although Cohavy’s plays have been presented in the Finborough Theatre in London, this book marks the first time his plays have been published in English. An English-language eBook edition was published in late 2014 by Samuel Wachtman’s Sons, Inc., CA. 314 pages, 15 x 22.5 cm
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May 2001Samuel Beckett
Eine Biographie
by James Knowlson, Wolfgang Held, James Knowlson
Als Samuel Beckett, einer der innovativsten und einflußreichsten Autoren des 20.Jahrhunderts, 1989 starb, war er weltberühmt. Spät – erst mit der Pariser Uraufführung von En attendant Godot 1953 – richteten sich die Scheinwerfer auf den öffentlichkeitsscheuen Autor.Beckett, 1906 geboren, studierte in Dublin und in Paris, wo er sich James Joyce anschloß. Ein erster Band mit Erzählungen erschien 1934. Drei Jahre später verließ er Irland für immer und zog nach Paris, aus dem ihn die deutsche Besatzung vorübergehend vertrieb. Verlage wagten sich an seine Bücher kaum heran – bis der Erfolg des Godot diesen und den materiellen Schwierigkeiten ein Ende bereitete. Jedoch um sein Schreiben, um eine Verfassung, die ihm das Schreiben überhaupt erlaubte, hat Beckett ein Leben lang gerungen.James Knowlson, der das Beckett-Archiv in Reading aufbaute, hat Becketts Werk mehr als dreißig Jahre erforscht. Mehr als zwanzig war er mit dem Autor befreundet. Ein halbes Jahr vor seinem Tod autorisierte Beckett Knowlsons Biographieprojekt: Er »ist der, der mein Werk am besten kennt«. Auch zu Becketts Leben förderte Knowlson viel Unbekanntes ans Licht. So erhielt er als erster Zugang zu den aufregenden Tagebüchern von Becketts Deutschlandreise 1936/37. Mit seinen umfassenden Kenntnissen kann er zeigen, wie auch Becketts spätere Werke, die biographische Anspielungen eher vermeiden, in Leben und Denken des Autors verwurzelt sind.Fünf Jahre nach der englischen Erstveröffentlichung erscheint James Knowlsons große, definitive Biographie Samuel Becketts im Suhrkamp Verlag, der das Werk des irischen Nobelpreisträgers seit einem halben Jahrhundert deutsch in vielen (oft zwei- und dreisprachigen) Ausgaben
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March 2006Samuel Beckett
by Gaby Hartel, Carola Veit
Er war ein Intellektueller mit einer gehörigen Portion Selbstironie, ein Autor, der die literarischen Konventionen aushebelte und sein berühmtestes Stück Warten auf Godot zur Entspannung schrieb: Samuel Beckett, irischer Nobelpreisträger, ist längst zur populären Ikone geworden, und seine Figuren sind überall zu finden – ob in der Literatur, im Film oder in der Werbung.
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Pink Tongue Out, Blind Female Cat
by Maria Paz Guerrero
“Himpar editores inaugurates its poetry collection with the new book by María Paz Guerrero, one of the most audacious voices of contemporary Colombian poetry. This book is no exception to Guerrero's quests: it is experimental, full of heartbreaking humor and combines the exploration of the animal with popular speech and the materiality of flesh and language. María Paz Guerrero's third collection of poems is inhabited by a series of characters: a blind cat that hits herself against everything she comes across; bodies that undergo medical examinations to measure the progress of the disease in their organs; legs that can barely hold on until they collapse; a language that unravels like a kite's pita; repetitions and verses crossed and transformed by songs by Héctor Lavoe, Henry Fiol and Simón Díaz. The structure of the book is also novel. It has a unity that is configured from the repetitions of characters and verses that reappear slightly transformed, each time. It differs from books that gather a multitude of singular poems. For its part, the language seems very simple, almost spoken, with a strange syntax, cut, broken. It is a bet on a musical poetry with some raw images, which differentiates it from the metaphorical poetry of abstract images.”
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Fearless Parenting Makes Confident Kids
by Shulamit Blank & Orly Fuchs-Shabtai
Fearless Parenting is about parental authority in modern timesand its pivotal role in raising self-reliant, compassionate, and ethical children, and in preventing behavioral and even severe psychiatric disorders. The last generation witnessed a backlash against disciplining children. We as parents are told to engage in negotiation with our kids about their behavior. We are afraid to be tough with them in case they won't love us or worse—break down. As a result, families today face severe behavior problems at earlier ages, and parents throw up their hands in resignation. The main theme and objective of this book is to prove that setting and enforcing reasonable and appropriate boundaries, combined with learning and education, could save parents' relationships with their kids and literally save children’s lives. The book is unique in that it presents in a direct, simple, and yet profound way, real case studies and situations commonly encountered, along with severe cases of drug abuse, delinquencies, and mental disturbances. All cases are shown to respond very well to authority and boundaries adjusted to the specific situation and behavior. The book contains numerous references to professional material for the more advanced reader and derives inspiration from ancient philosophers and religious thinkers. Shulamit Blank, M.D, is a pediatrician and psychiatrist, specializing in child and adolescent behavioral disturbances. Dr. Blank is the founder and, since 1993, CEO of a community-based educational and treatment facility in Israel for children and adolescents with severe psychiatric and behavioral disorders, in which she is successfully implementing her methods, preventing psychiatric hospitalization and incarceration, and minimizing the use of psychiatric drugs through teaching and education adjusted to the child's specific problems, such as ADHD, learning disabilities, etc. Due to her breakthrough approach, Dr. Blank is well-recognized and fully involved in the professional community worldwide. Dr. Blank has three children and seven grandchildren and resides with her spouse near Tel Aviv. Orly Fuchs-Shabtai is a clinical psychologist. In 2006 she established a national program for the prevention of child violence. There are about thirty-five counselors from the therapeutic field in the program, which provides counseling to hundreds of families each year and to teachers of preschool through elementary school. Fuchs-Shabtai is the mother of three grown-up children and lives in Tel Aviv. The authors strive to follow the ancient wisdom of the biblical aphorism: "Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it" (Proverbs 22:6). An English-Language eBook was published in fall 2014 by Samuel Wachtman's Sons, Inc., CA.
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EXPERIENCING YOUR POTENTIAL
Following Feldenkrais' Work
by Abraham Shoshani
Experiencing your Potential was inspired by the work of Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais and the renowned Israeli philosopher Prof. Jeshaiahu Leibovich, the author's celebrated teachers and mentors. Reading the book is a unique experience – the experience of a journey into man’s spiritual world. This world is complex and complicated, but always attractive and interesting. Experiencing your Potential offers thinking challenges to the interested reader and inspiration and guidance to anyone involved in performance education. Dr. Shoshani’s knowledge is extensive, amazingly profound, and devoid of stiffing academics. One cannot be but impressed by the intellectual work invested in the writing of this concise yet comprehensive book. The exciting encounter between the worlds of psychology and education lends a special quality and is intellectually challenging. The author is an artist and researcher who integrates knowledge of eastern and western cultures and creates a new perspective in performance education. His innovative path has been recognized internationally: Dr. Shoshani has lectured in academic institutions abroad, including: the Royal Academy for Music and Drama, Glasgow; the Drama Department of Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh; Actors Studio in New York; and Ithaca College, N.Y. . Dr. Shoshani is the Head of the Center for the Culture of the East in Jerusalem. The Hebrew edition of this book was adopted by Israel’s Ministry of Education and Culture for use at teacher-training institutes. An English-language eBook edition was published in spring 2013 by Samuel Wachtman's Sons, Inc., CA. 119 pages, 15X23 cm
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MedicineMarch 2020Basic Monitoring in Canine and Feline Emergent Patients
by Elizabeth J. Thomovsky, Paula A. Johnson, Aimee C. Brooks
This book discusses the various basic monitoring techniques available for emergency patients. The book elaborates on and explains monitoring techniques that can be easily performed in basic ER clinics and primary care clinics. This includes blood pressure, capnography, ECGs, pulse oximetry, and point of care monitoring ranging from the physical exam to bedside diagnostic tests like PCV/TP, urine specific gravity, blood glucose, and lactate. Each chapter is structured in the following way: basic physiology as related to the monitor, how the monitor/piece of equipment works, pros and cons of the monitor/piece of equipment, when not to trust the monitor, and clinical applications/examples of how to use the monitor in clinical settings.
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Global Conspiracy
by David Shomron
Only a once wanted underground activist, who later operated as a senior ex-Mossad agent, could have imagined this tantalizing plot. A group of European scientists and retired military personnel believe that western democracies and the United Nations are incapable of facing aggressive dictatorships. None of the imposed "sanctions" seem to impress the tyrants. The group members are horrified with the notion of a devastating nuclear disaster in a matter of two or three years that would claim the lives of hundreds of millions. They decide to take preventive action, and contend with this threat employing unusual and original methods, without the use of force or violence, propaganda or incitement, and yet with no less effective results. The group’s leader is a woman (a history professor at the Sorbonne in Paris), a retired admiral, a scientist and an ex-commando officer – all British. Professionals from various European countries join them in their cause, and together they reach amazing levels of technological sophistication though have to overcome unforeseen problems – or else the entire project would be jeopardized. David Shomron was born in Istanbul, where his parents had found refuge during the Communist Revolution in Russia, and immigrated with them in 1934 to Israel (then Palestine). The author has invested ten years in the underground movements before the State of Israel was established, and later served as a high ranking officer in the Mossad during more than twenty years. Subsequently, he headed for 13 Years a civilian security company as the C.E.O. of "BRINKS Israel Ltd.". In his 90's, David Shomron is a much sought-after lecturer on the time of the British Mandate. He has published four books – two on his life as an underground operator, and two novels – and continues to write to this day. David, now remarried, lives with his wife in Jerusalem. They have two daughters, nine grand children and nine great-grandchildren. An English-language eBook edition was published in fall 2016 by Samuel Wachtman's Sons, Inc.,CA. 460 Pages, 15X22 cm
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Business, Economics & LawMay 2017Tourism and Resilience
by Richard W Butler
This is the first book to address the concept of resilience and its specific application and relevance to tourism, in particular tourism destinations. Resilience relates to the ability of organisms, communities, ecosystems and populations to withstand the impacts of external forces while retaining their integrity and ability to continue functioning. It is particularly applicable to tourism destinations and attractions which are exposed to the potentially harmful and sometimes severe effects of tourism development and visitation, but which also can experience increased resilience from the economic benefits of tourism. Phenomena such as destination communities, wildlife populations and ecosystems are discussed, as well as the ability of places and communities to use tourism and its infrastructure to recover from disasters such as tsunamis, earthquakes, unrest and disease. This book: · Compares the relevance of resilience to sustainability · Contains contributions from many of the leading international authors · Brings together varying viewpoints of both conceptual and applied issues · Includes example case studies from Whistler, western Canada; Sri Lanka; Purnululu National Park, Australia; and the remote Pitcairn Island in the Pacific Tourism and Resilience is relevant for researchers, students and practitioners in tourism and related fields such as development studies, geography, sociology, anthropology, economics and business/management. ; This book discusses the concept of resilience and its application to tourism. It compares the relevance of resilience to sustainability; the former focusing on the well-being and survival of the places affected and the latter focusing on the agent of impact, tourism itself. ; PART ONE: INTRODUCTION1: INTRODUCTION2: THE DEVELOPMENT OF RESILIENCE THINKING3: COMMUNITY TOURISM RESILIENCE: SOME APPLICATIONS OF THE SCALE, CHANGE AND RESILIENE (SCR) MODELPART 2: SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL RESILIENCE4: SOCIO-ECOLOGICAL BALANCE IN COMMUNITY BASED TOURISM EXPERIENCES: A RESARCH PROPOSAL5: RESILIENCE AND DESTINATION GOVERNANCE6: RESILIENCE AND DESTINATION GOVERNANCE: WHISTLER, B.C.PART 3: RESILIENCE AND RESPONSE TO DISASTERS7: SRI LANKAN TOURISM DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR RESILIENCE8: RESILIENCE, TOURISM AND DISASTERS9: RESILIENCE AND PERCEPTIONS OF PROBLEMS IN ALPINE REGIONSPART 4: RESILIENCE IN PROTECTED NATURAL AREAS AND INSULAR LOCATIONS10: Tourism Resilience in UK National Parks11: RESILIENCE AND PROTECTED AREA TOURISM IN PURNULULU NATIONAL PARK: UNDERSTANDING INTERACTIONS WITH A FOCUS ON COMMUNITY BENEFITS12: RESILIENCE AND TOURISM IN ISLANDS: INSIGHTS FROM THE CARIBBEAN13: RESILIENCE AND TOURISM IN REMOTE LOCATIONS: PITCAIRN ISLANDSPART 5: RESILIENCE AND THE TOURISM INDUSTRY14: ISSUES OF RESILIENCE, SUSTAINABILITY AND RESPONSIBILITY IN TOURISM15: BETTING ON CASINO TOURISM RESILIENCE: A CASE STUDY OF CASINO EXPANSION IN MACAO AND THE ASIA REGION16: RESILIENCE AS NEW POLITICAL REALITYPART 6: CONCLUSIONS
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January 2013Weitermachen ist mehr, als ich tun kann
Briefe 1929–1940
by Samuel Beckett, Chris Hirte
Die Briefe, die Samuel Beckett zwischen 1929 und 1940 in Irland, England, Frankreich und Deutschland geschrieben hat, vermitteln ein lebendiges und persönliches Bild jener Jahre und ermöglichen es, die allmähliche, tastende Herausbildung des ganz besonderen »Sensoriums« und der einzigartigen literarischen Stimme Becketts – gegen sein eigenes Zaudern, gegen Indifferenz und Ablehnung, die er erfuhr – zu verfolgen. Die auf vier Bände angelegte Ausgabe bietet zum ersten Mal eine umfassende Auswahl der Briefe einer der größten literarischen Figuren des 20. Jahrhunderts. Die Schreiben stammen aus den 60 Jahren, in denen Samuel Beckett als Autor aktiv war (1929–1989). Ausgewählt aus mehr als 15.000 erfaßten Briefen wurden Schreiben an Freunde, Maler und Musiker ebenso wie an Studenten, Verleger, Übersetzer und Kollegen in der literarischen und der Welt des Theaters. Sie werden begleitet von detaillierten Einführungen, Stellenkommentaren, Zeittafeln und Kurzporträts der wichtigsten Briefpartner. Die Briefe dokumentieren Samuel Becketts Entwicklung und sein vielfältiges Schaffen. Darüber hinaus lernen wir – lange nach der Veröffentlichung seiner Werke und viele Jahre nach James Knowlsons Biographie, die bereits aus Briefen zitiert – mit der ersten großen Briefausgabe den Jahrhundertautor noch einmal von einer neuen Seite und mit einem anderen Ton kennen: ebenso spannende wie aufschlußreiche Lektüre; eine Erfahrung sui generis.
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November 1997The Beckett Country
Samuel Becketts Irland
by Eoin O’Brien, David H. Davison, Wolfgang Held, James Knowlson
»Wenn man nach Lektüre von The Beckett Country zu Becketts früher Prosa und Lyrik zurückkehrt – zu Mehr Prügel als Flügel (das fest im Dublin der späten zwanziger Jahre verwurzelt ist) oder zum Traum von mehr bis minder schöner Frauen, dem Roman aus der gleichen Schaffensperiode, oder auch zu Echos Gebein, den 1935 publizierten frühen Dubliner Geschichte –, so liest man diese Werke gleichsam unter dem frischen Eindruck einer intensiven Besichtigungstour durch Dublin und seine Umgebung in Gesellschaft eines begeisterten, hochartikulierten, glänzend informierten Reiseleiters. Mit seiner Fülle faszinierender Einzelheiten erweckt Eoin O'Briens Buch auch Örtlichkeiten außerhalb der Stadt zum Leben, die in Becketts Frühwerk eine herausragende Rolle spielen … Moderne Stadtansichten David Davisons erscheinen neben hochevokativen Archivbildern«, schreibt James Knowlson, Autor der autorisierten Beckett-Biographie Damned to Fame, in seinem Vorwort zu O`Briens fundierter, reichbebildeter Untersuchung. Aber auch nach Becketts Abkehr von Irland in den dreißiger Jahren ist der irische Hintergrund weitaus wichtiger für Becketts Werke geblieben als vielfach angenommen. Mitnichten spielen Becketts spätere Texte in einem existentiellen »Niemandsland«, sondern Samuel Becketts Irland zeigt, daß sie bis zuletzt von »Außenwelt«, nicht zuletzt von der irischen, gespeist und präzisiert werden.
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Business, Economics & LawSeptember 2019Tourism Crisis and Disaster Management in the Asia-Pacific
by Brent W Ritchie, Kom Campiranon
The Asia-Pacific area is notable as one of the fastest growing tourism regions and not surprisingly, tourism in this region has become the major driver of global tourism in general. Nonetheless, tourism industries in Asia Pacific has been challenged in recent years by a number of major crises and disasters including terrorism, outbreaks (e.g. SARS and Bird Flu), natural disasters (e.g. tsunamis, bushfires, flooding), and political crisis (e.g. protests and political instability).The aim of this book is to contribute to the understanding of crisis and disaster management generally, but with a specific focus on the Asia Pacific. With chapters contributed by international scholars and practitioners, this book discusses both the theoretical and practical approaches toward successful crisis and disaster management.
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October 1963Dramatische Dichtungen in drei Sprachen. Englische Originalfassungen
Band I: Warten auf Godot. Endspiel. Spiel ohne Worte 1. Spiel ohne Worte 2. Cascando. Mehrsprachige Ausgabe
by Samuel Beckett, Samuel Beckett, Elmar Tophoven
Samuel Beckett wurde am 13. April 1906 in Dublin geboren und starb am 22. Dezember 1989 in Paris. Er zählt zu den bedeutendsten Schriftstellern des 20. Jahrhunderts und erhielt 1969 den Literaturnobelpreis. Beckett ist dem breiten Publikum hauptsächlich durch seine Dramen, insbesondere Warten auf Godot, bekannt, verfasste aber auch Prosa und Lyrik. Samuel Beckett wurde am 13. April 1906 in Dublin geboren und starb am 22. Dezember 1989 in Paris. Er zählt zu den bedeutendsten Schriftstellern des 20. Jahrhunderts und erhielt 1969 den Literaturnobelpreis. Beckett ist dem breiten Publikum hauptsächlich durch seine Dramen, insbesondere Warten auf Godot, bekannt, verfasste aber auch Prosa und Lyrik.
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Children's & YAI Dream of Being a Concrete Mixer
by Hussain Al Mutawaa
An uplifting tale about the power of friendship, finding your place in the world, and realising your dreams while remaining true to who you are. Tumbledown is a little demolition truck growing up in a loving family. His parents go to work every day demolishing buildings with their big wrecking balls. But soft-hearted Tumbledown doesn’t like to destroy. He’d rather build things. He dreams of being a cement mixer. When Tumbledown cries, his wrecking ball swings out and destroys everything it touches. When Tumbledown laughs, his wrecking ball swings out and destroys everything it touches. His soft heart can’t skip a beat without leaving a trail of destruction. At school other students laugh at him, but still he won’t let go of his dream. When Tumbledown makes friends with a feisty troop of metal springs, they hatch a plan to save him from himself. They fan out over his wrecking ball and every time it swings they do their best to absorb the shock. The day comes when the worn-out springs turn to the Wise Old Crane for help. Tumbledown can never be a cement mixer, but maybe there are other ways, better suited to his nature. After some search, the Wise Old Crane finds a new job for Tumbledown at a construction site using his wrecking ball to smooth out the cement on the ground. It’s hard work but Tumbledown is finally happy, and he grows stronger and more skillful with every passing day.
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Business, Economics & LawNovember 2020Tourism in Development: Reflective Essays
by Peter U C Dieke, Brian E M King, Richard Sharpley, Ali Thompson
This book: - comprises reflective essays written by internationally-ranked scholars and tourism consultants with extensive experience, particularly in the developing world countries - considers extant themes, issues and challenges related to tourism and development - offers a critical and contemporary perspective on tourism's significance and role in development.
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January 1998Buch der Taten
Erzählungen
by Samuel Joseph Agnon, Gerold Necker, Karl Steinschneider, Gerold Necker
Samuel Joseph Agnon, geboren 1888 in Galizien, gehört zu den wichtigsten hebräischen Prosaschriftstellern des 20. Jahrhunderts. Seine besondere Erzähltechnik und seine eigentümliche Sprache wurden oft mit Thomas Mann und Franz Kafka verglichen. Samuel J. Agnon erhielt 1954 und 1958 den Israel-Preis für Literatur und wurde 1966, zusammen mit Nelly Sachs, mit dem Nobelpreis für Literatur ausgezeichnet. Er starb 1970 in Jerusalem. Gerold Necker, geboren 1961, Dr. phil., Dozent für Jüdische Studien an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Forschungsschwerpunkte: Jüdische Mystik und Geschichte in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit, Amsterdam im 17. Jahrhundert sowie das erzählerische Werk des israelischen Nobelpreisträgers Samuel Joseph Agnon. Gerold Necker, geboren 1961, Dr. phil., Dozent für Jüdische Studien an der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. Forschungsschwerpunkte: Jüdische Mystik und Geschichte in Mittelalter und Früher Neuzeit, Amsterdam im 17. Jahrhundert sowie das erzählerische Werk des israelischen Nobelpreisträgers Samuel Joseph Agnon.
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March 1982
Dramatische Dichtungen in drei Sprachen. Englische Originalfassungen
Band II: Alle, die da fallen. Das letzte Band. Aschenglut. Glückliche Tage. Spiel. Worte und Musik. Mehrsprachige Ausgabe
by Samuel Beckett, Samuel Beckett, Elmar Tophoven, Erika Tophoven
Samuel Beckett wurde am 13. April 1906 in Dublin geboren und starb am 22. Dezember 1989 in Paris. Er zählt zu den bedeutendsten Schriftstellern des 20. Jahrhunderts und erhielt 1969 den Literaturnobelpreis. Beckett ist dem breiten Publikum hauptsächlich durch seine Dramen, insbesondere Warten auf Godot, bekannt, verfasste aber auch Prosa und Lyrik. Samuel Beckett wurde am 13. April 1906 in Dublin geboren und starb am 22. Dezember 1989 in Paris. Er zählt zu den bedeutendsten Schriftstellern des 20. Jahrhunderts und erhielt 1969 den Literaturnobelpreis. Beckett ist dem breiten Publikum hauptsächlich durch seine Dramen, insbesondere Warten auf Godot, bekannt, verfasste aber auch Prosa und Lyrik.
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October 2014Ein Unglück, das man bis zum Ende verteidigen muß
Briefe 1941 - 1956
by Samuel Beckett, Chris Hirte
Während der Kriegsjahre in Frankreich war der Austausch von Briefen vielfach erschwert oder schlicht zu gefährlich . Nach Kriegsende jedoch setzt ein Strom von Briefen ein, deren Fülle und Wucht den publizierten Werken in Samuel Becketts fruchtbarsten Jahren in nichts nachsteht. Besonders die Briefe an den Kunsthistoriker Georges Duthuit, die das Entstehen von »Molloy, Malone stirbt, Der Namenlose« und »Warten auf Godot« begleiten, werden zum Prozess einer Selbstfindung. In immer neuen Anläufen dringt Beckett zum Kern der Ästhetik vor, die seine Werke prägt. In ihrer Gesamtheit gestatten uns Becketts Briefe, nachzuvollziehen, wie aus einem leidenschaftlich in seine Arbeit vertieften, kaum bekannten Schriftsteller infolge des sensationellen Erfolgs von »Warten auf Godot« ein weltberühmter Autor wird – und wie Beckett darauf reagiert. Der Band enthält umfassende Einführungen, die sich mit Becketts Situation im Krieg und mit dem einschneidenden Wechsel von der englischen zur französischen Sprache beschäftigen, ferner Stellenkommentare, Zeittafeln und Kurzporträts der wichtigsten Briefpartner. Die auf vier Bände angelegte Ausgabe erschließt zum ersten Mal das Briefwerk eines der großen Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts.
