Going solo
It is the continuation and conclusion of Roald Dahl’s autobiography: the first part is Boy. In these pages, Dahl leaves childhood behind and takes us with a frank and very personal step through his youth....
Memoires and personal reflections
Boy: Tales of Childhoad
It is an autobiographical work in which the author narrates episodes from his childhood and adolescence; from his earliest memories, his family, and school experiences, to the moments when he begins to look...
To Africa with a Dream
It tells the true story of Olga Marlin and other young women of Opus Dei who, in the late 1950s, launched an educational project in Kenya.
These were the beginnings of the apostolic work of the...
Waiting to Be Arrested at Night
A moving testimony about the brutal persecution suffered by the Uyghur community in China and the author’s and his family’s escape from the country over the past decade. It helps us understand the most...
The Original Sin
This autobiography is an honest and passionate portrait of the life of Anthony Quinn, one of the most intense figures in 20th-century cinema and theater. The book traces his childhood marked by poverty, his...
A Bag of Marbles
A moving story that blends the innocence of childhood with the harsh reality of war. Set in 1941, in Nazi-occupied Paris, the novel follows the brothers Maurice and Joseph, who play one last game of marbles...
The Happiest Refugee
The Happiest Refugee is a humorous and honest memoir by Anh Do, who as a small child travelled as a refugee from Vietnam to Australia in an overcrowded boat with his parents, younger brother, and extended...
My Grand mothers and I
It is a truly unique memoir, both because of the nature of the story it tells and the extraordinary voice that narrates it. Its author, Diana Holman-Hunt (1913–1993), granddaughter of the famous Pre-...
Things Seen
Like other books by this author, these are small fragments of life that she observes. In her own words:
"This is not reportage, nor a study of urban sociology, but rather an attempt to capture the...
The Tongue Set Free
A masterful memoir about the author’s childhood and adolescence (1905–1921). Elias Canetti manages to capture the reader’s attention as if it were a novel.
Short episodes from his real life, narrated...