Sunday, December 27, 2009

Leda and the Swan

Leda and the Swan is a motif from Greek mythology, in which Zeus came to Leda in the form of a swan

The trial of Dedan Kimathy

The play "Trial of Dedan Kimathi" was written by Ngugi wa Thiong'o (the brother of a Mau Mau member)

Accidental Death of an Anarchist

Accidental Death of an Anarchist (Italian title: Morte accidentale di un anarchico) is perhaps the best-known play by the Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo.
Author Dario Fo
Country Italy
Language Italian
Publisher Einaudi, Turin

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

Chronicle of a Death Foretold (original Spanish title: Crónica de una muerte anunciada) is a novella by Gabriel García Márquez, published in 1981.
Author Gabriel García Márquez
Original title Crónica de una muerte anunciada
Country Colombia
Publisher Alfred A. Knopf
Publication date 1981
Published in
English 1983

Chronicle of a Death Foretold

My Son’s Story

Paperback: 288 pages
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) (December 1, 1991)
Language: English

Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart is a 1958 English-language novel by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe.

Author Chinua Achebe
Original title Things Fall Apart
Country Nigeria
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher William Heinemann Ltd.
Publication date 1958
Published in
English

Look Back in Anger

Look Back in Anger (1956) is a John Osborne play

The play was premiered at London's Royal Court Theatre, on 8 May 1956 by the English Stage Company under the direction of Tony Richardson.

Waiting for Godot

Waiting for Godot (pronounced /ˈɡɒdoʊ/) is a play by Samuel Beckett


Written by Samuel Beckett
Characters Vladimir
Estragon
Pozzo
Lucky
The Boys
Mute Godot
Date premiered 5 January 1953 (1953-01-05)
Place premiered Théâtre de Babylone, Paris
Original language French

Mrs Dalloway

Author Virginia Woolf
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Hogarth Press
Publication date 14 May 1925

Sons and Lovers

Author D. H. Lawrence
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Autobiographical novel
Publication date 1913

Heart of Darkness

Author Joseph Conrad
Country United Kingdom
Language English
Genre(s) Frame story, Novella
Publisher Blackwood's Magazine
Publication date 1899

Gulliver's Travels

Novel


Author Jonathan Swift
Original title Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships
Country England
Language English
Genre(s) Satire and sometimes Science Fiction
Publisher Benjamin Motte
Publication date 1726