Carti, autor Jay Parini

Jay Parini

Ultima gara

Publicat pana in prezent in treizeci de tari, romanul Ultima gara este ecranizat in 2009 de Michael Hoffman, cu Helen Mirren, Christopher Plummer si James McAvoy in rolurile principale. Suntem in anul 1910. Rusia a trecut printr-o revolutie. Lev Tolstoi si-a publicat deja capodoperele Anna Karenina si Razboi si pace . E adulat in tara si in lume. Dar faima are pretul ei. Sfasiat intre "religia" saraciei, pe care a imbratisat-o cu speranta celui care vrea sa-si salveze sufletul, si traiul fastuos impus de sotia sa, Sofia Andreevna, Tolstoi nu isi gaseste linistea. Dornic sa i se piarda urma, paraseste Iasnaia Poliana, locul in care si-a petrecut aproape intreaga viata. In spatele misterioasei fugi sta insa un sir de evenimente tumultuoase pe care Parini le aduce la lumina din jurnalele si insemnarile care au insotit fiecare clipa a existentei marelui scriitor rus.

Jay Parini

Robert Frost: A Life

Parini spent more than 20 years interviewing friends of Frost and working in the poet's archives to produce this definitive and insightful portrait of both the public and private man. 16-page photo insert.

Jay Parini

Why Poetry Matters

Jay Parini

Promised Land: Thirteen Books That Changed America

In this lively exploration of America's intellectual heritage, acclaimed poet, novelist, and critic Jay Parini celebrates the life and times of thirteen books that helped shape the American psyche. Moving nimbly between the great watersheds in American letters--including "Walden," "Huckleberry Finn," "The Souls of Black Folk," and "On the Road"--Parini demonstrates how these books entered American life and altered how we think and act in the world. An immensely readable and vibrant work of cultural history, Promised Land exposes the rich literary foundation of our culture, and is sure to appeal to all book lovers and students of the American character alike.

Jay Parini

The Last Station: A Novel of Tolstoy's Final Year

Set in the last tumultuous years of Leo Tolstoy's life, The Last Station centers on the battle for his soul waged by his wife, Sofya Andreyevna, and his leading disciple, Vladimir Cherkov. Torn between his professed codtrine of poverty and chastity and the reality of his enormous wealth, his thirteen children, and a life of hedonism, Tolstoy makes a dramatic flight from his home. Too ill to continue beyond the tiny rail station at Astapovo, he believes that he is dying alone, whle over one hundred newspapermen camp outside awaiting hourly reports on his condidtion. A brilliant recreation of the mind and tortured soul of one of the world's greatest novelists, The Last Station is a richly inventive novel that dances bewitchingly between fact and fiction.

Jay Parini

The Passages of H. M.: A Novel of Herman Melville

From the author of the international bestseller "The Last Station" comes a stirring novel about the adventurous life and tragic literary career of Herman Melville.