Kathryn Harrison Knihy

Nesmrtelný příběh o síle lidské odvahy. Hluboce inspirativní a plně zdokumentovaný příběh Jany z Arku, kterou roku 1428 „hlasy“ přiměly k tomu, aby sjednotila francouzský národ a přemluvila zdráhavého krále k boji proti anglickým okupantům, fascinoval takovou plejádu uměleckých osobností, jako byl William Shakespeare, Mark Twain, Voltaire, Bertold Brecht nebo Robert Bresson. Byla Jana z Arku světice plná božského osvícení? Schizofrenička? Démonem posedlá heretička, jak se snažili dokázat její žalobci a věznitelé? Každá éra musí převyprávět a přetvořit neobyčejný příběh Panny orleánské po svém a vynikající novelistka a memoáristka Kathryn Harrisonová nám ve své knize Jana z Arku: Proměněný život představuje Janu pro naši dobu – příklad neotřesitelné víry, neobyčejné odvahy a sebedůvěry během brutálně zmanipulovaného inkvizičního procesu a tváří v tvář smrti upálením. Harrisonová obratně proplétá fakta, mýty, folklor, umělecké reflexe a staletí učeneckých a kritických interpretací do poutavého příběhu, ve kterém Janě z Arku navrací její právoplatné místo jedné z největších hrdinek celé lidské historie a akcentuje při tom její ženskou roli.

One of today's best young American writers transforms into a work of art the darkest passage imaginable in a young woman's life: an obsessive love affair between father and daughter.

Dr. Kathryn Harrison, an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of British Columbia, focuses on environmental policy and governance. Her expertise lies in the intersection of politics and ecological issues, where she explores the complexities of policy-making and its implications for sustainability. Harrison's work contributes to the understanding of how political frameworks can address environmental challenges effectively.

Exploring the complexities of familial relationships, the narrative delves into the dynamics of love, conflict, and reconciliation within a family. Characters grapple with their pasts while navigating the challenges of their present, revealing secrets that test their bonds. Themes of identity, belonging, and the impact of shared history are central, offering a poignant reflection on what it means to be part of a family. The story unfolds with emotional depth, inviting readers to contemplate their own connections and the frames that define them.

In the tradition of The Hare with Amber Eyes and Running in the Family, a memoir of the author's upbringing by her grandparents in a fading mansion above Sunset Boulevard -- a childhood at once privileged and unusual, filled with the mementos and echoes of their impossibly exotic and peripatetic lives.Kathryn Harrison always understood that her family was beyond eccentric -- they'd breached the bounds of the unconventional. She was largely raised by her grandparents in an outsized Tudor confection of a house on the periphery of Bel Air, which she thought of as "Sunset," her kingdom of the imagination, inhabited by the past and its numberless artifacts. True wandering Jews, her grandparents had arrived in Los Angeles in the forties after dramatic, globetrotting lives. Harry Jacobs had been a fur trapper in Alaska, a soldier in the trenches of the Great War, a traveling salesman in a Model T. Margaret Sassoon had lived a privileged life as a member of a Jewish merchant family in Shanghai, turning down offers of marriage from Russian princes exiled by the Revolution. Kathryn Harrison grew up in an almost mythical realm of their letters and artifacts and stories -- until declining finances forced to sell the house on Sunset in 1971, and night fell fast. On Sunset seeks to recover that childhood, that place, those lives -- and does so with piercing poignancy.

Ann Rogers appears to be a happily married, successful young woman. A talented photographer, she creates happy memories for others, videotaping weddings, splicing together scenes of smiling faces, editing out awkward moments. But she cannot edit her own memories so easily – images of a childhood spent as her father’s model and muse, the subject of his celebrated series of controversial photographs. To cope, Ann slips into a secret life of shame and vice. But when the Museum of Modern Art announces a retrospective of her father’s shocking portraits, Ann finds herself teetering on the edge of self-destruction, desperately trying to escape the psychological maelstrom that threatens to consume her.

Exploring a complex mother-daughter relationship, the narrative delves into themes of depression, understanding, and acceptance. As the characters navigate their emotional struggles, they embark on a transformative journey toward freedom and love, revealing the intricacies of familial bonds and personal growth.

Francisca de Luarac, the daughter of a poor Spanish silk grower, is a dreamer of fabulous dreams. Marie Louise de Bourbon, the niece of Louis XIV, dances in slippers of fine Spanish silk in the French Court of the Sun King and imagines her own enchanted future. Born on the same day--in an age when superstition, repression, and the Inquisition reign--the lives of these two young women unfold in tandem, barely touching. Each hoards the memory of her adored lost mother like an amulet. Francica's obsession with her lover, a Catholick priest, will shaper her fate. Marie Loouise is yoked by political expediency to the mad, imptoent Carlos II of Spain. But even as their twin destinies spiral inexorably toward disaster, both Queen and commoner cultivate a dangerous, secret life dedicated to resistance, transcendence, and love. Written in gorgeous prose that has the sheen of silk, Kathryn Harrison's POISON vividlyreminds us of the persistence of desire, the passion that exists between mothers and daughters, and the sorcery of dreams.

Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Shanghai, the narrative explores the intertwined lives of a Chinese woman seeking to escape her past and a Western girl drawn to the possibilities ahead. Through themes of love, revenge, and the quest for belonging, the story delves into the complexities of identity and the contrasts between cultures. Kathryn Harrison's elegant prose captures the essence of travel and the profound emotional journeys of its characters.

'This is a tale as absorbing and exciting as Arthur Golden's Memoirs of a Geisha.' Sunday Express The magical tale of a young orphan's adventures after she flees rural China for turn-of-the-century Shanghai. From Kathryn Harrison, author of the bestselling memoir THE KISS.