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Più di trent'anni fa Alan Bennett inanellava una catena di monologhi drammatici per la BBC sotto la sigla Talking Heads. Di recente ne ha estratti dal suo inesauribile cilindro altri due, degni di quella leggendaria compagine. I protagonisti sono nel primo caso una donna «qualunque» che s'innamora del figlio quindicenne e, senza essere Fedra, innesca un meccanismo che, pur mitigato da elementi maliziosi o esilaranti, avr&...

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From one of England's most celebrated writers, a funny and superbly observed novella about the Queen of England and the subversive power of readingWhen her corgis stray into a mobile library parked near Buckingham Palace, the Queen feels duty-bound to borrow a book. Discovering the joy of reading widely (from J. R. Ackerley, Jean Genet, and Ivy Compton-Burnett to the classics) and intelligently, she finds that her view of the world changes dra...

Celebrating 40 years of Alan Bennett's diary in the London Review of Books.

Alan Bennett erfindet kuriose Welten, die nach eigenen Regeln funktionieren: Er beschreibt vermeintlich ganz normale Menschen mit kleinbürgerlichen Moralvorstellungen, die vornehm sein möchten und doch ihren eigenen Begierden unterworfen sind. Da ist die Witwe Lorna, die an der Stelle, wo ihr Mann mit seinem Motorrad verunglückte, eine Art Schrein mit immer ausladenderer Gedenkstätte errichtet und Stück für Stück die Hintergründe des Unfalls a...

Reflections on Covid and confinement from the unparalleled pen of Alan Bennett.

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Alan Bennett schleicht in die vermeintlich heilen kleinbürgerlichen Wohnzimmer, in deren Szenerien sich neben einigen Schrullen auch waschechte Bösartigkeiten offenbaren.

Two brand-new monologues in the Talking Heads series, as seen on BBC1 and iPlayer 'Given the opportunity to revisit the characters from Talking Heads I've added a couple more, both of them ordinary women whom life takes by surprise.

Miss Sheperd taucht eines Tages mit ihrem Lieferwagen auf. Zunächst ist es eine »kleine« Anschubhilfe, die sie erbittet, aber es dauert nicht lange, und sie erobert mit ihrem maroden rollenden Zuhause einen festen Platz im Vorgarten - für die nächsten zwanzig Jahre. Überzeugt, dass sie die eigentliche »eiserne Lady« ist, erteilt sie der viel zu weichen Margaret Thatcher gute Ratschläge und kandidiert selbst für das Parlament. Alan Bennett erzä...

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Alan Bennett's A Life Like Other People's is a poignant family memoir offering a portrait of his parents' marriage and recalling his Leeds childhood, Christmases with Grandma Peel, and the lives, loves and deaths of his unforgettable aunties Kathleen and Myra.

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George III's behaviour has often been odd, but now he is deranged, with rumours circulating that he has even addressed an oak tree as the King of Prussia.

Alan Bennett's classic story about Queen Elizabeth IIWhat would happen if the Queen became a reader of taste and discernment rather than of Dick Francis? The answer is a perfect story.The Uncommon Reader is none other than HM the Queen who drifts accidentally into reading when her corgis stray into a mobile library parked at Buckingham Palace. She reads widely (JR Ackerley, Jean Genet, Ivy Compton Burnett and the classics) and intelligently. H...

Winner: 2016 ILA CBC Children's Choice List This is the updated edition of the first children's book ever launched into space and read aloud by astronauts from the International Space Station Come with Max as he takes off on his next exciting science adventure, this time joining astronauts on the first human mission to Mars. Equipped with a specially designed spacesuit, Max sniffs for signs of microscopic life. Will he find any? Read the excit...

The screenplay for the film of the same name.

***Available for pre-order now***The gorgeous, pocket-sized edition of the two brand-new Talking Heads***As seen on BBC1 and iPlayer*** 'Given the opportunity to revisit the characters from Talking Heads I've added a couple more, both of them ordinary women whom life takes by surprise.