Lucrarea de fa?? are ?n vedere tratarea unei adev?rate realit??i europene ?nc? nerezolvat?: migra?ia. Ea este un fenomen cu care se confrunt? aproape toate popoarele lumii, efectele ei marc?nd societatea, fie din perspectiva celor care pleac? dintr-o ?ar? (a emigran?ilor), fie din perspectiva celor care vin ?ntr-o ?ar? (a imigran?ilor). Personal eu am sim?it emigra?ia ca pe o tr?ire pe un interval ?n care omul vie?uie?te ?ntre dou? lumi, lumi ca dou? p?r?i din sine pe care nu poate s? le mai uneasc? pentru a fi un ?ntreg. Lectura acestei lucr?ri este o incursiune ?n via?a emigrantului, cu motiva?ia lui, cu lumea lui din ?ara de unde pleac?, cu lumea lui ?n ?ara unde se a?az?, cu efectele ?i schimb?rile pe care le provoac? acest fenomen la nivel individual ?i social. Este o incursiune ?n apropierea unor realit??i occidentale unde emigran?ii ?ncearc? s? supravie?uiasc? discrimin?rilor ?i umilin?elor. Este tr?irea re?ntoarcerii acas?, ?n apropierea anotimpurilor ?i a eternit??ilor rom?ne?ti.

Se poate comunica i e necesar sǎ se comunice cu valorile literaturii universale, pǎstrandu-se o perspectivǎ istoricǎ, citindu-l pe Sofocle ca pe contemporanul lui Pericle. Dar, am nceput sǎ nelegem, spre deosebire de secolul trecut, istoricist, cǎ tot att de necesarǎ, ba poate chiar mai fecundǎ, e o comunicare cu trecutul, adoptndu-se o perspectivǎ actualizatoare, citindu-l pe Sofocle ca pe contemporanul nostru. Dincolo de aceastǎ perspectivǎ care, n cele din urmǎ, e i ea oarecum istoricistǎ, doar cǎ istoria e localizatǎ n actualitate, se deschide o perspectivǎ a sincroniei literare care dispune sǎ-l citim pe Sofocle ca pe contemporanul nimǎnui ori al tuturor, ca pe un martor al esenialitǎii umane i nu numai al unei existene istoric cantonate. ncercare ambiioasǎ, ce nǎzuiete sǎ derelativizeze valorile literar-artistice, pǎstrnd totodatǎ contiina unei relativitǎi a formelor i figurilor pe care o hermeneuticǎ a textelor se cuvine sǎ o punǎ n luminǎ. Relativitate impusǎ chiar de prezena autorului, a cititorului interpret, a scriitorului i hermeneutului n comentariile sale. n cartea aceasta a attor cǎri, scribul interpret apare n textele sale ca i pictorul ce se zugrǎvete pictnd n propriile sale tablouri. Sǎ-i fie iertatǎ aceastǎ ultimǎ deertǎciune.” (Nicolae Balot)

Vd n Aura Christi scriitoarea romnc exponenial la nivel nalt pentru era globalismului (mondialismului), pentru europenismul multinaional, ntruct, asemenea unui arbore simbolic, axial, are rdcinile n Basarabia (fost component a Uniunii Sovietice, actual Republica Moldova) i coroana n Romnia, ar membr a Uniunii Europene din 2007.Scrisul su integral devine n mod constant o expresie a unui dramatic destin personal i colectiv. Prin identitatea sa creatoare, acest scris dobndete o inconfundabil expresivitate literar. El poart marca cert a anvergurii canonice.“ (Marian Victor Buciu) Aura Christi a gsit limbajul n care s toarne experiene ce preau s se afle dincolo de posibilitatea articulrii discursive: prbuirea umanitii pn la nivelul la care cineva ucide cu aprobarea deplin a contiinei n numele unei idei, procesul de nlocuire a omului din om printr-un monstru. Nu statistica crimei, impresionant aa cum e ea, o intereseaz pe Aura Christi. Ea l toarn pe Dostoievski n Nietzsche pentru a face anatomia rului absolut. Rul din inima omului. Titlurile crilor sale sunt gritoare n privina geografiei lor morale: Casa din ntuneric, Sfera frigului, Cercul slbatic. n Vest, filosoful Nietzsche a fost cel care a influenat epistemologia postmodern prin deconstrucia logocentrismului. n Romnia, Nietzsche al moralei demistificate e cel care a influenat dou mini strlucite ale literaturii contemporane: Nicolae Breban i Aura Christi. Romancierul Nicolae Breban l-a ales pe un Nietzsche masculin, al voinei de putere i al sufletelor de stpni. Aura Christi a fost atras de Nietzsche al aporiilor, cel care, n Ecce homo, i suprapune pe Christ i Dionisos. Dup cum spune Aura Christi, blndeea sfrind n gheare“. Ea este o scriitoare a unui Est czut, care i mai include pe Ismail Kundera, Bashkim Shehu, sau pe Fraii Strugatski, deoarece la toi o realitate comaresc e redat prin frnturi de suflet omenesc.“ (Maria-Ana Tupan)

Este Leopardi un poet pesimist, aa cum l-a clasat tradiia Nu. Din perspectiva zilei de azi, el apare mai degrab ca un poet tragic, ca un exponent al categoriilor existeniale fundamentale. Nu moartea ca atare l sperie pe Leopardi, ci murirea, adic manifestarea ei procesual. Tot astfel viaa leopardian este vieuire. Desfurarea acestora e inversat: trirea vieii (vieuirea) e retrospectiv, iar trirea morii (murirea) e perspectiv. Inversiunea ontologic este temeiul mitopo(i)eticii leopardiene. Cartea ne propune un Leopardi modern i postmodern, un spirit intercultural i multicultural n siajul integrrii europene. Nu lipsete, bineneles, odiseea receptrii lui n spaiul cultural romnesc, ca pattern al lirismului arhetipal, alturi de Eminescu.” (Mihai Cimpoi)Un studiu incitant despre unul dintre cei mai mari poei ai lumii.

Adevrata putere, scrie tnrul erudit Balot, se afl n puterea fr glorie, n puterea ascuns, n fecunditatea tinuit. Nimic manifest, smna este ngropat adnc. n somnul seminei e puterea fr glorie. nsi pasivitatea ei e rodnic. Seceriul, gloria trzie a seminei dincolo de orizontul ei. Smna e puternic n timpul agoniei sale subterane”. Aceste note – ce pot fi considerate un manifest indirect – sunt scrise n ianuarie 1955 […] E captivant incursiunea efectuat n ’91-’98 n sumbrul an ’54-’55; ochiul lucid al eruditului Balot l privete” pe junele de atunci, l judec, l trateaz cu iubire, cu nelegere, cu ranchiun de crturar. Se obine astfel un efect al stranietii; e ca i cum ai nainta printr-un labirint al timpului, labirint ce are n loc de ziduri – oglinzi. n timp ce vezi diferite chipuri reale n oglind, asiti la descrierea lor luxuriant, memorabil, iar numai peste cteva clipe ai ansa s vezi aceleai chipuri vii, descrise de acelai spirit... ce a acumulat o experien – de la primul jurnal, de la primul segment de timp – de patruzeci de ani aproape. Cuceritoare, asprimea unui guru ntoars mpotriva sa, asprime ce denot faptul c rzboiul subteran, nceput acum cteva decenii, e n toi; Maestrul i este fidel siei, se nfrupt imperial din mizeria oricrei autodepiri (Nietzsche). Atingnd o dat un ideal – kantian vorbind, un lucru individual, determinabil sau chiar determinat numai prin idee” –, Nicolae Balot, l depete exemplar, inventnd idealuri ce dau largi fiori de sfnt mister. (Lucian Blaga)” (Aura Christi) Caietul albastru – un fragment memorabil din istoria mentalitilor autohtone – apare pentru prima dat n Colecia Ediii definitive.

Volumul reune?te interviuri din 1997 (Pana mea), 2008 (chat cu scriitori rom?ni – Observator cultural), 2010 (Rom?nia literar?), un chestionar, un dialog inedit (2016) ?i extrase din dou? din documentarele ?n care autoarea a fost prezent? (Aici Nora Iuga ?i Nino al meu). ?n cazul Norei, c?r?ile nu s?nt totul ?i, a?a cum nu avem prea multe exemple literare actuale, omul ?ncununeaz? opera. De-aceea ne-am permis s-o coment?m ?mpreun? ?n dialoguri mai vechi sau mai noi, ?n filme documentare ?i-ntr-un blog audio, pentru a mai trage de timp cu Operele complete. (un cristian)

This book is merely a personal narrative, and not a pretentious history or a philosophical dissertation. It is a record of several years of variegated vagabondizing, and its object is rather to help the resting reader while away an idle hour than afflict him with metaphysics, or goad him with science. Still, there is information in the volume; information concerning an interesting episode in the history of the Far West, about which no books have been written by persons who were on the ground in person, and saw the happenings of the time with their own eyes. I allude to the rise, growth and culmination of the silver-mining fever in Nevada -a curious episode, in some respects; the only one, of its peculiar kind, that has occurred in the land; and the only one, indeed, that is likely to occur in it.Yes, take it all around, there is quite a good deal of information in the book. I regret this very much; but really it could not be helped: information appears to stew out of me naturally, like the precious ottar of roses out of the otter. Sometimes it has seemed to me that I would give worlds if I could retain my facts; but it cannot be. The more I calk up the sources, and the tighter I get, the more I leak wisdom. Therefore, I can only claim indulgence at the hands of the reader, not justification. THE AUTHOR."My brother had just been appointed Secretary of Nevada Territory--?an office of such majesty that it concentrated in itself the duties and dignities of Treasurer, Comptroller, Secretary of State, and Acting Governor in the Governor's absence. A salary of eighteen hundred dollars a year and the title of "Mr. Secretary," gave to the great position an air of wild and imposing grandeur. I was young and ignorant, and I envied my brother. I coveted his distinction and his financial splendor, but particularly and especially the long, strange journey he was going to make, and the curious new world he was going to explore. He was going to travel! I never had been away from home, and that word "travel" had a seductive charm for me. Pretty soon he would be hundreds and hundreds of miles away on the great plains and deserts, and among the mountains of the Far West, and would see buffaloes and Indians, and prairie dogs, and antelopes, and have all kinds of adventures, and may be get hanged or scalped, and have ever such a fine time, and write home and tell us all about it, and be a hero. And he would see the gold mines and the silver mines, and maybe go about of an afternoon when his work was done, and pick up two or three pailfuls of shining slugs, and nuggets of gold and silver on the hillside. And by and by he would become very rich, and return home by sea, and be able to talk as calmly about San Francisco and the ocean, and "the isthmus" as if it was nothing of any consequence to have seen those marvels face to face. What I suffered in contemplating his happiness, pen cannot describe. And so, when he offered me, in cold blood, the sublime position of private secretary under him, it appeared to me that the heavens and the earth passed away, and the firmament was rolled together as a scroll! I had nothing more to desire. My contentment was complete.At the end of an hour or two I was ready for the journey. Not much packing up was necessary, because we were going in the overland stage from the Missouri frontier to Nevada, and passengers were only allowed a small quantity of baggage apiece. There was no Pacific railroad in those fine times of ten or twelve years ago--?not a single rail of it. I only proposed to stay in Nevada three months--?I had no thought of staying longer than that. I meant to see all I could that was new and strange, and then hurry home to business. I little thought that I would not see the end of that three-month pleasure excursion for six or seven uncommonly long years!

Mindenkinél elérkezik egyszer az az id?pont az életében, hogy visszatekint. Ez nálam akkor érkezett el, amikor is bet?lt?ttem azt a bizonyos ?tvenet. Mindig jó tanuló voltam, így nem az ?t?ssel kezd?d? szám volt a sért?n mérvadó számomra. Inkább azon gondolkodtam, elmélkedtem, hogy ennyi évb?l már kell tudni levonni tanulságokat. Nehogy újra és újra elk?vessem ugyan azokat a hibákat. Hisz én nem egy mókuskerékben vagyok, ugye? Rengeteg mindent sikerült meg és átélnem, megértenem és értelmeznem. Ezekb?l szeretnék egy-egy csokrot átnyújtani olvasásra, vagy mondhatnám azt is, tanulságul. Imádom a verseket, sokszor úgy ébredek reggel, hogy csak úgy tolonganak a gondolataimban a szavak és mondatok elegye arra várva, hogy ki és leírjam ?ket. Pontosan én sem tudom honnan is j?nnek, ki is küldte, küldi nekem, de biztosan céllal teszi azt! A versek és a novellák, az elbeszélések adják a k?nyvem szivárványos sokszín?ségét, a n?i lélek érzékenységével és érzékiségével egyetemben. Szeretem látni az emberek arcán azt a kül?n?s mosolyt, amikor verseket olvasva, annak érzelemvilága ?ssze?lelkezik az ? lelkükkel. Engedjük, hagyjuk, merjünk mosolyogni!

Ezek a versek azoknak szólnak, akik úgy érzik, hogy életük felett a gondok hullámai készülnek ?sszecsapni. Szürke hétk?znapokban k?nnyen keseredünk el, vagy csüggedünk, ha nehezen j?nnek a sikerek, ha kevés a pozitív visszajelzés. Legyen szó pénzr?l, egészségr?l, kapcsolatokról, vagy a boldogságról. Néhány lélekemel? gondolat segíthet felfedezni a benned rejl? er?t, a kiaknázatlan er?forrásokat, amik képesek éreztetni veled, hogy olyan életet élsz, amilyet szeretnél és hogy senkivel nem cserélnél! M?nich Krisztina tapasztalta, hogy a szeretetnek és a hitnek hatalmas ereje van. Meger?sít benne, hogy a helyes úton jársz, gyógyít, inspirál és felemel. Verseivel és az Angyalokkal együtt szeretne biztatást, reményt nyújtani.

Megfizethetetlen cím? k?nyvében Robert K. Wittman, az FBI M?kincsvédelmi Egységének alapítója el?sz?r rántja le a leplet figyelemre méltó karrierjér?l, A Thomas Crown-üggyel verseng?, ám a valós életben is megt?rtént nemzetk?zi thrillert kínálva. A The Wall Street Journal ?él? legendának” nevezte. A The London Times szerint ? ?a világ leghíresebb m?kincsnyomozója”. Wittman a megfizethetetlen m?kincsek és régiségek visszaszerzése m?g?tt rejl? t?rténetekkel kápráztatja el az olvasót. Beépített ügyn?kként általában fegyvertelenül szeg?d?tt m?kincstolvajok, csalók és feketepiaci keresked?k nyomába. Zsákmányainak változatossága egyedülálló. K?rbeutazta a világot, hogy megmentse Rockwell és Rembrandt, Pissarro, Monet és Picasso festményeit, gyakran titokban, a tengerentúli, külf?ldi kormányok szeszélyeire is tekintettel dolgozva. A Wittman által elfogott m?kincstolvajok és csalók k?z?tt van gazdag és szegény, eszes és ostoba, szervezett b?n?z? és kétségbeesett magányos farkas. Arról a csempészr?l, aki egy 6. századi, elrabolt kincset hozott neki, kiderült, hogy magas rangú diplomata. Az értékbecsl?, aki háborús h?s?k leszármazottjaitól lopta el azok családi ?r?kségét, egy ügyes, arisztokrata szélhámos volt. A múzeumi gondnok, aki George Washington hajfürtjeit tulajdonította el, csak egy kis pluszpénzt szeretett volna keresni. Az FBI számításai szerint Wittman t?bb száz millió dollár érték? m?kincset és régiséget mentett meg. Szerinte azonban a statisztika nem fontos, hiszen ki tudná eld?nteni, hogy mi ér t?bbet: egy Rembrandt-?narckép vagy egy a hadat megjárt amerikai zászló? Mindkett? megfizethetetlen.

Két férfi les egy ablakot, felbukkan-e ott Mengele. ?znak-fáznak a hajnali harmatban, étlen-szomjan. Egyikük fogával tépné szét az anyja gyilkosát. A másik azt gondolja, nem érdemes elfogni egy rémalakot.?Isten Igéje elavult, az ?rd?g nyilvánította ki az új tízparancsolatot. Ahol az állt, hogy szeresd felebarátodat, ahogy akarnád, hogy téged szeressenek, ott ezt írta: Mit tehetsz felebarátoddal? Használd, vagy ?ld meg. ?s a parancs megfert?zte a világot.??gy valójában nem egy eszement orvost, hanem légiónyi ?rd?g?t kellene elfogniuk. Nincs választásuk, egyet tehetnek: megpróbálhatják egymást szeretni.Er?teljes, szuggesztív, remek Mengele-regény. - F?ldes Anna, ?let és IrodalomEgyszer? eszk?z?kkel, vaslogikával építkez? regény. - Berkes Erzsébet, Múlt és J?v?Kivételesen becses és szép k?nyv. - Vári Gy?rgyMik?zben olvastam, nem ment ki a fejemb?l, hogy Auschwitzra az els? atombomba válaszolt, így hát[] azzal a tudással kell élnünk, hogy néhány gombnyomással az egész F?ld Auschwitzcá alakítható át. - E?rsi István ?

Az 1922-ben Kolozsvárott született és 2007-ben Budapest elhunyt Polcz Alainet szinte az egész ország tisztelte és szerette. F?zzünk ?r?mmel! cím? k?nyve megírására élettapasztalata és mértéktartásra ?szt?nz? b?lcsessége sarkallta. A kilencvenes évek derekán jutott arra az elhatározásra, hogy gasztronómiai ismeretein túl csokorba gy?jti azokat a mindennapi étek bebiztosításához szükséges ismereteit is, amelyeket hasznosnak tartott megosztani barátaival, ismer?seivel. A k?nyvet Kisorosziban kezdte el írni, ahol férjével, Mész?ly Miklóssal t?lt?tte kivált nyári napjait, de bárhol járt is, sehol sem szégyellte azonnal feljegyezni azt, amit k?tetéhez érdemleges észrevtételnek tartott.

Bevándorlás Magyarországra, kitelepítés Németországba, málenkij robot Oroszországban, küzdelmes napok újra Magyarországon, a hazában. Világos, Hódmez?vásárhely és Elek. Itt kezd?d?tt családunk élete. 1856-ban született Josef Schwarz anyai dédnagytatám Világoson, katolikus sváb családban. Hódmez?vásárhely az apai ág születési helye. Kerekes Sándor nagyapám 1871-ben született katolikus magyar családban.A sváb parasztok Eleken találkoztak a magyar iparosokkal. Itt találták meg a munkalehet?séget, amivel családjukat el tudták tartani.Családunk t?rténete egyszer? hétk?znapi emberek életér?l szól, akik átéltek két világháborút, ukrajnai kényszermunkát és németországi kitelepítést. Unokáim családunk leszármazottainak ?t?dik generációja. Tudniuk kell, hogy a t?bb mint 150 év alatt családunk t?rténete hogyan alakult, milyen életet éltek ük- és dédszüleik.Elégtételt kell kapnia a nagyszüleimnek és a szüleimnek, hogy az emlékezet nem engedi elfelejteni az életüket.

Elenda Murphy needs change like she needs oxygen.Constant motion.Extreme adventure.Anything but standing still.Her heart always as restless as her mind.Then a shattered leg sends Elenda back to the bedrock of family.An enchanting tale of destiny and free will.

What if you met the love of your life - in a different world? In a quiet English town in 1811, there lives a clergyman’s daughter. Kind-hearted but impoverished, lively but plain, Miss Sophy Landon faces a future with few prospects. In the neighbouring realm of Aylfenhame, there lives Aubranael. Disfigured among the beauteous fae, his ruined face condemns him to a life lived alone. Their meeting changes everything. For Sophy will cross the border, and find a glimmer of a future beyond. Might there be a life, and a love, for her in the realm of the fae? For Aubranael, a chance encounter with Miss Landon turns his world upside down. Armed with the temporary gift of beauty, can he hope to win her heart? Pride and Prejudice meets Beauty and the Beast in this heart-warming tale of love, hope and magic.

The Storm Strikes Iris Rutherford’s paintings scare most people. Especially the strange ones. Even in her hometown of Maple Ridge, Virginia, her own peculiar magic makes her an outsider in a town full of them. Then Iris meets Gena Wallace, the first to understand. To see the visions, joyful and nightmarish, even before Iris sees. Will they survive as Iris’s nightmares come true? An excerpt from Into the Storm: “Did I say which this happens in?” Iris shivered as she stared at the painting. “Maple Ridge or Wolf Branch?” “No, honey, you didn’t,” Gena said. “Same with the one with the prison a couple of days ago. I couldn’t tell which. But I think you’re right. It’s one or the other.” “I don’t know what to do.” Iris paced back and forth, looking at all of the true images, growing stranger and more upsetting as the months passed. “If we go up there with food riots just a few hours away, we might not ever get back. I don’t know what the hell the two of us could do about this anyway.” “How long since you’ve heard from your parents?” Gena caught Iris’s hand, then pulled her into a hug. “The phones have been out for the last couple of weeks.” Iris? let out her breath in a rush, trying not to cry. “They had it pretty bad over the winter. Trees probably took out the phone lines. Maybe the power lines too.” “That’s not what you’re dreaming,” Gena said. “Nothing as simple as trees. Something’s wrong. Those three paintings go together.” “We just have to figure out why.”

Mt. Rainier erupts, isolating crushed down-and-outer, Riley Forte, with a serial killer. Riley must fight to hang on to the one thing she has left—her life, and the one thing she needs to turn it around—redemption. Fans of Jeffery Deaver, Lisa Gardner, and Peter Robinson will be captivated by this page-turner. If you like a gripping, suspenseful tale, grab your copy and prepare to burn the midnight oil!

A Haunting Legacy John and Branwen face challenges as a couple—his violent past and her unwanted pregnancy. Just when life threatens to overwhelm them, Branwen receives an offer of help from an unlikely source. Now, John must face his lifelong fears to find the strength to fight an ancient power and save Branwen from her family legacy. But first, John and Branwen must stop hiding things—from each other and from themselves—and learn to face the truth, no matter their fear of the consequences. A haunting fantasy story about the lasting power of family legacy. A page-turning tale of love and sacrifice. An excerpt from Hand Me Downs: John was in the grips of an insistent memory that wouldn’t let him rest. Whenever an upsetting memory caught at him like this, especially from his difficult seventeenth year, John had learned long ago it was best not to resist. Something inside was going to have its way with him. Fighting would only make it worse. This particular memory hadn’t demanded his attention for so long. Until tonight, he’d dared hope he was done with this one. The odd solitude of an overnight flight was preferable to a huge family gathering for this sort of ordeal, and certainly better than the twisted filter of his nightmares. At least while he was awake, he knew the worst night of his life was when he’d at last started to take control and change the course he was on. His dreaming life gave him no such relief.

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Betty Falconen: the most overqualified low-rent geneticist in Atlanta. Overwhelmed by old insecurities and struggles to pay the rent. Her dreams of cutting-edge research withering on life-support. Betty wanted more from life and work. Will a stranger in a coffee shop bring the change she craves? Or prove her fears right after all? An excerpt from DNA Never Lies: An offer too good to refuse, but at what cost? One last surprise waited for Betty: an application to qualify as a contractor for the Baron County Police Department. Specifically, to re-examine evidence from recent crime scenes. A background check, a confidentiality agreement, and…an offer of payment. “Wow,” Betty whispered, shaking her head. Payment equal to what she’d earned over the last six months of work her lab assistants could do in their sleep. Turning Detective Willa Belladeux down cold didn’t seem nearly as easy as it had the night before, but not because of the money. Well, not only because of the money. The feeling of being in demand, of being appreciated, carried a lot more weight and influence. The idea of getting to work in the field she’d wanted. Yes, what she’d trained for. What her talents and skills were best suited for. All of that together got Betty up and dialing the number on the business card clipped to the application before she could change her mind.

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