KONE Oyj:n pitkäaikainen toimitusjohtaja oli liikemies, maanviljelijä ja purjehtija; monisyinen ja häilähtelevä sielu, jota sekä pelättiin että palvottiin. Hän oli ristiriitainen henkilö, joka jätti jälkeensä suuren omaisuuden, mutta myös la
A finely drawn portrayal of the disintegration of Austrian liberal society under the impact of nationalism and anti-semitism, The Road into the Open (Der Weg ins Freie, 1908) is a remarkable novel by a major Austrian writer of the early twentieth century.
Viennese author Schnitzler's brief 1901 novel depicts the Austrian crisis at the turn of the century and the impending collapse of the dream of the empire. Bored at the opera, egocentric young Lieutenant Gustl contemplates which women are flirting with hi
Being released to tie in with the top-secret and long-awaited film from the late director, the book includes both the screenplay and the classic novel in one volume. 16-page photo insert.
"Girotondo", opera teatrale di Schnitzler di cui nel 1904 venne vietata la pubblicazione perché giudicata oscena, è un dramma in cui dieci individui di differente estrazione sociale (dal conte alla prostituta, passando per il poeta e la ragazzina) si in
50 Great Short Stories is a comprehensive selection from the world's finest short fiction. The authors represented range from Hawthorne, Maupassant, and Poe, through Henry James, Conrad, Aldous Huxley, and James Joyce, to Hemingway, Katherine Anne Porter,
A young woman is contacted by her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor's jail by visiting an elderly acquaintance in order to borrow money. This novel shows how the demands of her family force Else into the realization that everything has a
