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Serie: Penguin modern classics
paperbackNederlands192 blz.9780141182001
30-3-2000
Is life worth living? If human existence holds no significance, what can keep us from suicide? In this book, the author argues if there is no God to give meaning to our lives, humans must take on that purpose themselves. Meer
paperbackEngels320 blz.9780141195568
7-6-2012
Linking the underlying sexual basis of religion to death, this title offers an array of insights into incest, prostitution, marriage, murder, sadism, sacrifice and violence, as well as includes comments on Freud, Sade and Saint Theresa. Meer
paperbackEngels192 blz.9780141195575
7-6-2012
A collection of essays that explores subjects such as violence, eroticism, childhood, myth and transgression. Meer
paperbackEngels192 blz.9780141182858
21-11-2024
Born into the oppressive, colonialist society of 1930s Jamaica, white Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent beauty and sensuality. Meer
paperbackEngels368 blz.9780141182452
3-2-2000
A collection of modernist short stories which create a picture of the day-to-day experience of Dublin life. The author stories are rooted in the rich detail of Dublin life, portraying ordinary, often defeated lives with unflinching realism. Meer
paperbackEngels256 blz.9780141186542
1e druk
13-9-2024
Provides inspiration for anti-colonial movements ever since, analysing the role of class, race, national culture and violence in the struggle for freedom. Meer
paperbackEngels112 blz.9780141186580
20-4-2026
Is it possible to die a happy death? This title tells the story of a young Algerian, Mersault, who defies society's rules by committing a murder and escaping punishment, then experimenting with different ways of life and finally dying a happy man. Meer
paperbackEngels192 blz.9780141187204
15-10-2024
The brilliant student of an earlier generation returns to his Sudanese village; obsession with the mysterious West and a desire to bite the hand that has half-fed him, has led him to London and the beds of women with similar obsessions about the mysterious East. Meer
paperbackEngels160 blz.9780141188416
27-7-2006
At Waterloo Station, hopeful new arrivals from the West Indies step off the boat train, ready to start afresh in 1950s London. There, homesick Moses Aloetta, who has already lived in the city for years, meets Henry 'Sir Galahad' Oliver and shows him the ropes. Meer
paperbackEngels224 blz.9780141035819
25-9-2008
Sets out the author's ideas about visual, graphic and industrial design and the role it plays in the objects we use everyday. Meer
paperbackEngels272 blz.9780141185491
1-11-2000
A story of the troubled life of an introspective historian, Antoine Roquentin, and an exposition of one of the most influential and significant philosophical attitudes of modern times - existentialism. Meer
paperbackEngels176 blz.9780141186351
7-3-2025
Set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates, liaisons, and violence, this title presents a story of a fated love triangle that explores the conflicts between desire, conventional morality and sexual identity. Meer
paperbackEngels368 blz.9780241246238
17-9-2025
Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, the author and other women meet in secret to discuss forbidden works of Western literature. Meer
paperbackEngels160 blz.9780141035826
18-9-2024
Written by the author who is known for coining the term 'Global Village', this title illustrates his theories that force us to question how modes of communication have shaped society. Meer
paperbackEngels352 blz.9780141197531
10-9-2024
Fifteen-year-old Alex likes lashings of ultraviolence. He and his gang of friends rob, kill and rape their way through a nightmarish future, until the State puts a stop to his riotous excesses. Meer
paperbackEngels336 blz.9780141184944
17-9-2024
Exposes the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides. This book aims to creates public awareness of the environment. Meer