Two provocative new plays, from the notorious author of Blasted, which probe the nightmarish world of twenty-something coming to grips with sexuality, social ostracism and the effects of drugs.
The Nobel Prize–winning poet’s most popular work When it appeared in 1924, this work launched into the international spotlight a young and unknown poet whose writings would ignite a generation. W. S. Merwin’s incomparable translation faces the original Spanish text. Now in a black-spine Classics edition, this book stands as an essent...more
Essentially a work of philosophy but also a masterpiece of literature, Thus Spake Zarathustra has been tremendously influential in the arts and in philosophy. In this 19th-century philosophical narrative, the ancient Persian religious leader Zarathustra (or Zoroaster) serves as the voice for Friedrich Nietzsche's views, including the introduction o...more
An anthology of the complete works of one of the most important and controversial dramatists of the late twentieth century. All the plays pushed to the limits the naturalistic boundaries of British theatre and are now widely studied at schools and colleges. This volume contains all of Sarah Kane's plays: Blasted, Phaedra's Love, Cleansed, Crave, 4....more
The first novel of Sartre's monumental Roads to Freedom series, The Age of Reason is set in 1938 and tells of Mathieu, a French professor of philosophy who is obsessed with the idea of freedom. As the shadows of the Second World War draw closer -- even as his personal life is complicated by his mistress's pregnancy -- his search for a way to remain...more
The quintessential novel of the Lost Generation, The Sun Also Rises is one of Ernest Hemingway's masterpieces and a classic example of his spare but powerful writing style. A poignant look at the disillusionment and angst of the post-World War I generation, the novel introduces two of Hemingway's most unforgettable characters: Jake Barnes and Lady ...more
The New York Times bestseller, "a marvelous new collection of stories by . . . one of the most remarkable writers of our century" --Richard Bernstein, The New York TimesJorge Luis Borges has been called the greatest Spanish-language writer of our century. Now for the first time in English, all of Borges' dazzling fictions are gathered into a single...more
Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals...more
This classic work, written by one of the world's greatest psychiatrists, emphasizes the necessity of self-knowledge to counteract the unconscious forces responsible for contemporary social and political crises. Reissue.
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