Anne Fadimanová sa preslávila ako autorka pútavých esejí, ktoré sa ponárajú do hlbín kníh a čitateľstva. Jej písanie vyniká prenikavou inteligenciou a záľubou v skúmaní zložitých tém s neobyčajnou empatiou. Fadimanová sa nebojí púšťať do eticky náročných tém, pričom vždy zachováva citlivý a analytický prístup. Jej práce sú oslavou sily literatúry a jej vplyvu na ľudské životy.
In "Ex Libris" teilt Anne Fadiman humorvolle Anekdoten über Schriftsteller*innen und persönliche Erlebnisse ihrer bibliophilen Familie. Sie reflektiert über das Zusammenziehen mit einem Partner, das Vererben von Leseleidenschaft und die Faszination für Antiquariate. Eine unterhaltsame Liebeserklärung an Bücher und das Lesen.
A new memoir by the celebrated essayist that explores her relationship with her father, a lover of wine
An affecting and hope-filled posthumous collection of essays and stories from the talented young Yale graduate whose title essay captured the world's attention in 2012 and turned her into an icon for her generation. Marina Keegan's star was on the rise when she graduated "magna cum laude" from Yale in May 2012. She had a play that was to be produced at the New York Fringe Festival and a job waiting for her at "The New Yorker." Tragically, five days after graduation, Marina died in a car crash. As her family, friends, and classmates, deep in grief, joined to create a memorial service for Marina, her deeply moving last essay for "The Yale Daily News," "The Opposite of Loneliness," went viral, receiving more than 1.4 million hits. Even though she was just twenty-two when she died, Marina left behind a rich, expansive trove of prose that, like her title essay, captures the hope, uncertainty, and possibility of her generation. Her short story "Cold Pastoral" was published by NewYorker.com just months after her death. "The Opposite of Loneliness "is an assemblage of Marina's essays and stories, which, like "The Last Lecture," articulate the universal struggle that all of us face as we figure out what we aspire to be, and how we can harness our talents to impact the world.
Ein Hmong-Kind, seine westlichen Ärzte und der Zusammenprall zweier Kulturen
2000 448 Seiten hardcover Berlin Verlag, Mit Schutzumschlag
"Ex Libris" by Anne Fadiman is a witty collection of essays celebrating her lifelong love for books and language. Blending humor with insight, Fadiman shares anecdotes from her literary family and explores themes like the joy of reading aloud, the art of inscriptions, and the quirks of passionate readers.
A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down explores the clash between a small county hospital in California and a refugee family from Laos over the care of Lia Lee, a Hmong child diagnosed with severe epilepsy. Lia's parents and her doctors both wanted what was best for Lia, but the lack of understanding between them led to tragedy. Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Current Interest, and the Salon Book Award, Anne Fadiman's compassionate account of this cultural impasse is literary journalism at its finest. ______ Lia Lee 1982-2012 Lia Lee died on August 31, 2012. She was thirty years old and had been in a vegetative state since the age of four. Until the day of her death, her family cared for her lovingly at home.