Rebecca West Knihy

This work is Rebecca West's exploration of Mexican history, religion and culture, a work the author clearly conceived as a companion and sequel to her masterpiece about the Balkans, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (1941). Although West never brought Survivors to completion, she left behind a series of extensive drafts and revisions that Bernard Schweizer has assembled and edited. The result is an addition to the Rebecca West canon - a travel memoir and history.

Part travelogue, part history, part love letter, Rebecca West's masterwork is a genre-bending exploration written in elegant prose. Its uniqueness lies in its profound emotional depth, reminiscent of works like *The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire* and *Let Us Now Praise Famous Men*. West first visited Yugoslavia in 1936, an experience so impactful that she returned, describing it as akin to "the country I have always seen between sleeping and waking." This book chronicles her travels, guiding readers through historical digressions, narratives of battles, slavery, and assassinations, as well as references to Shakespeare and Augustine, ultimately delving into human frailty. Written on the brink of World War II, the text reflects West's belief in the inevitability of conflict and her quest for universal truths within the complex history of the Balkans. She perceives the region's doom—and humanity's—stemming from a dual obsession with sacrifice, embodied in the "black lamb and grey falcon." This narrative mirrors the story of Abraham and Isaac, highlighting the readiness of those who hate to martyr the innocent for their gain, and the eagerness of the innocent to be sacrificed. In 1941, West saw the world as a vast Kossovo, a blood-soaked landscape, a view that remains disturbingly relevant today.

Focusing on the connection between personal well-being and living spaces, interiors expert Rebecca West shares insights on creating a harmonious home environment. She emphasizes that small adjustments can lead to significant improvements in your life, aligning your emotional and physical health with your surroundings. This guide offers practical tips for transforming your home into a sanctuary that supports your overall well-being.

The book delves into four provocative trials from 1946 to 1954, examining profound themes such as crime and punishment, innocence versus guilt, and the concepts of retribution and forgiveness. Through these accounts, it challenges readers to reflect on the complexities of justice and morality. Critically acclaimed, it has been described as "astonishing" by Francine Prose.

Set during the Edwardian era, this is a poignant and beautifully told story of family love and family feuds, and of musical and artistic aspirations. * Introduction by Rebecca West's biographer, Victoria Glendinning.

The soldier returns from the front to the three women who love him. His wife, Kitty, with her cold, moonlight beauty, and his devoted cousin Jenny wait in their exquisite home on the crest of the Harrow-weald. Margaret Allington, his first and long-forgotten love, is nearby in the dreary suburb of Wealdstone. But the soldier is shell-shocked and can only remember the Margaret he loved fifteen years before, when he was a young man and she an inn-keeper's daughter. His cousin he remembers only as a childhood playmate; his wife he remembers not at all. The women have a choice - to leave him where he wishes to be, or to 'cure' him. It is Margaret who reveals a love so great that she can make the final sacrifice

Isabelle is beautiful, immensely rich and a widow at the age of twenty-six. In 1928 she leaves America for Cannes and Paris in search of high society - and love. For though outwardly she has everything women dream of, inside she craves the peace of a lasting marriage. To find the kind of love she needs Isabelle must choose between three men: her violent, fascinating lover, the aristocrat Andre de Verviers; a reserved plantation owner from the Deep South, Laurence Vernon; and the eccentric millionaire Marc Sellafranque... First published in 1936, this is Rebecca West's most popular work of fiction: at once a masterful portrayal of the brilliance and decadence of high society in the 1920s, and a poignant and compassionate portrait of one woman's life and loves.

A bildungsroman set over three acts, Ponyboy is a quest for self-identity set among the art world of Paris and Berlin.

In Stories of Initiation teenage heroes face the realities of adult life. Confrontations with birth, rejection, growing old and death herald an aprupt end to their childhood.

Rico en detalles de la época y lírico en su evocación del Támesis, una novela que revela tanto los problemas del matrimonio como los éxtasis del amor sexual.

In „Die Familie Aubrey“, einem Bestseller aus dem Jahr 1957, verwandelte Rebecca West ihre eigene Kindheit in einen Klassiker der englischen Literatur. Rose Aubrey ist eines von vier Geschwistern. Mit der Weisheit eines Kindes betrachtet sie ihre Zwillingsschwester Mary, deren Charakter perfekt mit dem ihren korrespondiert. Die schöne, begriffsstutzige Schwester Cordelia, die bemitleidet wird, weil sie als Einzige der Familie nicht über musikalisches Talent verfügt. Ihren geliebten kleinen Bruder Richard Quinn. Ihren charmanten, aber höchst unzuverlässigen Vater Piers, dessen törichte Geschäfte die Familie immer wieder an den Rand des finanziellen und sozialen Ruins treiben. Es ist schließlich ihre exzentrische Mutter Clare, die sich als die wirklich Starke der Familie erweist. Rebecca West zeichnet ein liebevolles Bild einer außergewöhnlichen Bohemien-Familie zu Beginn des 20. Jahrhunderts. Die junge Protagonistin Rose lotet die schwer fassbaren Grenzen zwischen Kindheit und Erwachsensein, Freiheit und Abhängigkeit, dem Gewöhnlichen und dem Geheimnisvollen aus.