Tertuliano Máximo Afonso is a divorced, depressed history teacher. To lift his spirits, a colleague suggests he rent a certain video. Tertuliano watches the film, unimpressed. But during the night, when he is awakened by noises in his...
In 1551, King João III of Portugal gave Archduke Maximilian an unusual wedding present: an elephant named Solomon. The elephant’s journey from Lisbon to Vienna was witnessed and remarked upon by scholars, historians, and ordinary people. Out...
Trödler, ein junger Mäuserich, verläßt seine angestammte Hecke. Auf abenteuerlichen Wegen gelangt er zum »Haus«, in dem bereits eine bunte Mäusegesellschaft lebt - auf Kosten der »Nacktlinge«, der Menschen, deren...
John living was born in Exeter, New Hampshire, in 1942, and he once admitted that he was a “grim” child. Although he excelled in English at school and knew by the time he graduated that he wanted to write novels, it was not until he met a young...