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China, Chinese romans, Chinese schrijfster

Can Xue – The Enchanting Lives of Others

Can Xue The Enchanting Lives of Others review, recensie en informatie van de inhoud van de roman van de Chinese schrijfster. Op 24 februari 2026 verschijnt bij de Engelse vertaling van de roman 激情世界 van Can Xue, de uit China afkomstige schrijfster. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.

Can Xue The Enchanting Lives of Others review en recensie

  • “Can Xue’s novelscape transforms how readers and writers are rearranged through passages and passageways of living, though who are the readers? Who are the writers?—you and I or the novel’s characters, or both? A singular gem!” (Martine Bellen, author of An Anatomy of Curiosity)

Can Xue The Enchanting Lives of Others

The Enchanting Lives of Others

  • Auteur: Can Xue (China)
  • Soort boek: Chinese roman
  • Origineel: 激情世界 (2022)
  • Engelse vertaling: Annelise Finegan
  • Uitgever: Yale University Books
  • Reeks: The Margellos World Republic of Letters
  • Verschijnt: 24 februari 2026
  • Omvang: 448 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 35.00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de roman van de Chinese schrijfster Can Xue

At the Pigeon Book Club, a circle of readers joins in exhilarating meetings to discuss literature. The only requirements for entry are an all-encompassing love of books and an intuition that to read is to love and to love is to read. Xiao Sang, a department store clerk, wonders if life can ever be as captivating as a novel. Newlyweds Fei and Han Ma struggle to build a marriage as Han Ma discovers a surprising gift for storytelling. Xiao Ma, a hopeful dreamer, explores the possibility of romance with an older man. Bound by a shared passion for fiction, each book club member seeks to understand the relationship between the stories they read and the lives they lead, reveling in both the quotidian details and the ecstasy of aesthetics.

This is the most accessible work yet from the celebrated writer Can Xue: a utopian comedy and a work of profound joy, a love song to literary inspiration and the remarkable beauty of the ordinary. The Enchanting Lives of Others explores what it means to know and be known to others through the transformative power of reading.

Can Xue is the pseudonym of the Chinese writer Deng Xiaohua. She is born on 30 May 1953 in Changsha, Hunan, China. Formerly a tailor, she began writing fiction in 1983. Her works include Barefoot Doctor, Five Spice Street, Vertical Motion, Mother River, The Last Lover, Love in the New Millennium, and I Live in the Slums.

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Oezbeekse roman, Oezbeekse schrijfster, Oezbeekse schrijver, Oezbekistan

Hamid Ismailov – We Computers

Hamid Ismailov We Computers review, recensie en informatie over de inhoud van de roman van de schrijver uit Oezbekistan. Op 19 augustus 2025 verschijnt bij Yale University Press de Engelse vertaling van de roman van Hamid Ismailov, de in Kirgizië geboren Oezbeekse schrijver. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van de roman verkrijgbaar.

Hamid Ismailov We Computers review en recensie

  • “A multilayered exploration of poetry, authorship, and digital intelligence by a writer of immense poetic power.” (Guardian)
  • “Ismailov’s best novel yet, We Computers braids together exquisite classical and modern poetry, disorienting autofiction, and Oulipian metaliterary trickery, without ever losing its sense of fun. Fairweather-Vega’s translation handles the multilingual quotations and protean range of pastiche with remarkable deftness.” (Samuel Hodgkin, Yale University)
  • “Many paths cross in Ismailov’s beautiful new work–poetry, history and the infinite imagination. Every path winding into another. Every path worth taking.” (Patti Smith)

Hamid Ismailov We Computers

We Computers

  • Auteur: Hamid Ismailov (Oezbekistan)
  • Soort boek: Oezbeekse roman
  • Origineel: Bizkim – komputerlar 
  • Engelse vertaling: Shelley Fairweather-Vega
  • Uitgever: Yale University Press
  • Verschijnt: 19 augustus 2025
  • Omvang: 296 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 20.00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon

Flaptekst van de roman van de Oezbeekse schrijver Hamid Ismailov

In the late 1980s, French poet and psychologist Jon‑Perse finds himself in possession of one of the most promising inventions of the century: a computer. Enchanted by snippets of Persian poetry he learns from his Uzbek translation partner, Abdulhamid Ismail, Jon-Perse builds a computer program capable of both analyzing and generating literature. But beyond the text on his screen there are entire worlds—of history, philosophy, and maybe even of love—in the stories and people he and AI conjure.

Hamid Ismailov brings together his work as a poet, translator, and student of literature of both East and West to craft a postmodern ode to poetry across centuries and continents. Crossing the poètes maudits with beloved Sufi classics, blending absurdist dreams with the life of the famed Persian poet Hafez, moving from careful mathematical calculations to lyrical narratives, Ismailov invents an ingenious transnational poetics of love and longing for the digital age. Situated at the crossroads of a multilingual world and mediated by the unreliable sensibilities of digital intelligence, this book is a dazzling celebration of how poetry resonates across time and space.

Hamid Ismailov, was born on 5 May 1954 in Tokmok, Kyrgyzstan and raised in Uzbekistan. He is considered Central Asia’s foremost living author. His books include The Railway, The Dead Lake, Manashi, The Underground, Of Strangers and Bees and The Devil’s Dance. He lives in Hertz, UK.

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Geschiedenisboeken, Mythologie

Matthias Egeler – Elves and Fairies

Matthias Engeler Elves and Fairies review, recensie en informatie boek met een korte geschiedenis van elfen, feeën en de andere wereld. Op 14 oktober 2025 verschijnt bij Yale University Press de Engelse vertaling van Elfen und Feen, geschreven door Matthias Egeler, de professor oude Noordse literatuur en kultuur van de Goethe Universiteit in Frankfurt am Main. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.

Matthias Egeler Elves and Fairies review en recensie

  • “A genuinely magical book, even though it is also hardheaded and profoundly scholarly. We begin in the magic of a meadow in Iceland full of flowers and warmth, and travel by way of Scotland and Germany to a wide range of fairy lands of the imagination. Gloriously attentive to the details of landscape and story, this book maps a rich landscape of the playful and the deadly. An outstanding contribution.” (Diane Purkiss, author of Fairies and Fairy Stories)
  • “Beginning in Iceland and Ireland, this is a splendid and masterful study of the different kinds of elves and fairies found in European culture – a model of clarity, absorbing and enriching.” (Séamus Mac Mathúna, Emeritus Professor of Irish and Celtic Studies, Ulster University)
  • “Clap if you believe in fairies? Certainly, and elves too, if they are like the ones so lovingly explained in Matthias Egeler’s book.” (Alberto Manguel, author of Fabulous Monsters)

Matthias Egeler Elves and Fairies

Elves and Fairies

A Short History of the Otherworld

  • Auteur: Matthias Egeler (Duitsland)
  • Soort boek: elfen en feeën boek
  • Origineel: Elfen und Feen (2024)
  • Uitgever: Yale University Press
  • Verschijnt: 14 oktober 2025
  • Omvang: 256 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 26.00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek van Matthias Egeler over elfen en feeën

An enchanting history of the otherworld of elves and fairies, from the nature spirits of Iceland and Ireland to Avalon and Middle Earth.

Originating in Norse and Celtic mythologies, elves and fairies are a firmly established part of Western popular culture. Since the days of the Vikings and Arthurian legend, these sprites have undergone huge transformations. From J. R. R. Tolkien’s warlike elves, based on medieval legend, to little flower fairies whose charms even Sir Arthur Conan Doyle succumbed to, they permeate European art and culture.

In this engaging cultural history, Matthias Egeler explores these mythical creatures of Iceland, Ireland, Scotland, and England, and their continental European cousins. Egeler goes on a journey through enchanted landscapes and literary worlds. He describes both their friendly and their dangerous, even deadly, sides. We encounter them in the legends of King Arthur’s round table and in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, in the terrible era of the witch trials, in magic’s peaceful conquest of Victorian bourgeois salons, in the child-friendly form of Peter Pan, and even as helpers in the contemporary fight against environmental destruction.

Matthias Egeler was born in 1980. He is professor of Old Norse literature and culture at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, after years at Oxford, Cambridge, and Munich. His research focuses on Old Norse literary, cultural, and religious history; the literary and religious history of medieval Ireland; and the world of Icelandic folk tales.

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Amerikaanse geschiedenis, Biografie, Slavernij

Angela F. Murphy – Jermain Wesley Loguen biografie

Angela F. Murphy Jermain Wesley Loguen biografie review, recensie en informatie boek over de koning van Underground Railroad. Op 28 oktober 2025 verschijnt bij Yale University Press in de reeks Black Lives de biografie van abolitionist Jermain Wesley Loguen. Het boek is geschreven door Angela F. Murphy. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.

Angela F. Murphy Jermain Wesley Loguen biografie review en recensie

  • “For too long, Loguen’s incredible activism, courage, and contributions to Black freedom have been understudied. For his life, we owe Loguen a great debt. For Angela Murphy’s painstaking scholarship, we owe deep gratitude.” (Kellie Carter Jackson)
  • “Angela F. Murphy, author of the definitive study of the ‘Jerry Rescue,’ has written a superb biography of a leader of that struggle, the Reverend Jermain Loguen, himself a fugitive slave from middle Tennessee.” (R.J.M. Blackett)
  • “Murphy shines a brilliant spotlight on a vital but underappreciated abolitionist. This is the definitive account of a defiant fugitive who sought, for himself and others, a land for the free and homes for the brave.” (W. Caleb McDaniel)

Angela F. Murphy Jermain Wesley Loguen biografie

Jermain Wesley Loguen

Defiant Fugitive

  • Auteur: Angela F. Murphy (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: biografie
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Yale University Press
  • Reeks: Black Lives
  • Verschijnt: 28 oktober 2025
  • Omvang: 312 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 30,00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van de biografie van Jermain Wesley Loguen

A gripping biography of a man who escaped slavery to become an influential abolitionist, famously known as the King of the Underground Railroad.

Jermain Wesley Loguen (1813–1872) was a fugitive from slavery, an abolitionist, and a minister, teacher, and political activist. He worked alongside Harriet Tubman and Frederick Douglass, and his home in Syracuse, New York, was among the most publicized Underground Railroad stations in the northern states. Loguen’s political commitments in the years before the Civil War were carried out at great personal risk, for he had liberated himself from slavery in Tennessee and was in constant danger of being captured and reenslaved under the Fugitive Slave Law. Defiantly, however, he refused to purchase his own freedom, an act that he believed would have legitimized the rights of slaveholders. In addition to aiding fellow fugitives from slavery, Loguen worked tirelessly to promote Black equality and uplift throughout upstate New York and Canada. After Emancipation, he extended his work to aid freedpeople in the South and to advocate for Black equality on a national scale.

In this engaging study, Angela F. Murphy follows Loguen from his early years through his transformation into one of the brightest stars in the constellation of abolitionists and reformers in New York.

Angela F. Murphy is a professor in the Department of History at Texas State University. She is the author of The Jerry Rescue: The Fugitive Slave Law, Northern Rights, and the American Sectional Crisis. She lives in Wimberley, Texas.

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Biografie, Filosofie, Filosoof

Anthony Gottlieb – Ludwig Wittgenstein biografie

Anthony Gottlieb Ludwig Wittgenstein biografie recensie, review en informatie over de inhoud van het boek over de filosoof. Op 21 oktober 2025 verschijnt bij Yale University Press in de reeks Jewish Lives de biografie van de Oostenrijks-Britse filosoof Ludwig Wittgenstein. Het boek is geschreven door Anthony Gottlieb . Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.

Anthony Gottlieb Ludwig Wittgenstein biografie recensie en review

  • “With philosophical sophistication and writerly grace, Anthony Gottlieb crafts a narrative rich with historical and intellectual detail and subtlety. But though the vistas can be broad, the result is an intimate portrait of a thinker who redefined the boundaries of philosophy.” (Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York University)
  • “The outline of Wittgenstein’s life is well known. But he remains enigmatic, and in this book Anthony Gottlieb casts valuable new light on the role of his family, and of his wider intellectual and musical environment, in fashioning the strange and contradictory genius he became.” (Simon Blackburn)

Anthony Gottlieb Ludwig Wittgenstein biografie

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Philosophy in the Age of Airplanes

  • Auteur: Anthony Gottlieb (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: biografie van de Oostenrijks-Britse filosoof
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Yale University Press
  • Reeks: Jewish Lives
  • Verschijnt: 21 oktober 2025
  • Omvang: 232 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 28,00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van de Ludwig Wittgenstein biografie van Anthony Gottlieb

The first biography in more than three decades of the Austrian-born thinker Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.

According to the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889–1951), philosophy is a “battle against the bewitchment of our intelligence by means of language.” This audacious idea changed the way many of its practitioners saw their subject. In the first biography of Wittgenstein in more than three decades, Anthony Gottlieb evaluates this revolutionary idea, explaining the evolution of Wittgenstein’s thought and his place in the history of philosophy.

Wittgenstein was born into an immensely rich Viennese family but yearned to live a simple life, and he gave away his inheritance. After studying with Bertrand Russell in Cambridge, he wrote his famous Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus while serving in World War I. He then took several positions as a primary-school teacher in rural Austria before returning as a fellow to Cambridge, where a cultlike following developed around him. Wittgenstein worked not only as a philosopher and schoolteacher, but also as an aeronautical engineer in Manchester and as an architect in Vienna.

Gottlieb’s meticulously researched book traces the itinerant and troubled life of Wittgenstein, the development of his influential ideas, and the Viennese intellectual milieu and family background that shaped him.

Anthony Gottlieb is born in 1956. He is an author, book critic, and former executive editor of The Economist. He is the author of The Dream of Reason: A History of Western Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance and The Dream of Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Philosophy.

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Amerikaanse Schrijvers, Biografie

Steven J. Zipperstein – Philip Roth biografie

Steven J. Zipperstein Philip Roth biografie recensie, review en informatie over de inhoud van het boek over de Amerikaanse schrijver. Op 14 oktober 2025 verschijnt bij Yale University Press in de reeks Jewish Lives de nieuwe Philip Roth biografie. Het boek is geschreven door Steven J. Zipperstein. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.

Steven J. Zipperstein Philip Roth biografie recensie en review

  • “Steven Zipperstein’s appreciation of Philip Roth is literary biography at its best. Acute and original judgments of Roth’s written worlds come embraided with revelatory portrayals of the worlds Roth inhabited, scrutinized, and provoked, and of Roth himself, solemn and hilarious, voraciously curious, a boundless sensual spirit riven by his craft.” (Sean Wilentz)
  • “This is one of the fairest and finest literary biographies I have read, with the emphasis on literary. Zipperstein does Philip Roth and his life’s work more than justice. He has produced a book that is a work of literature itself. Not every writer is what Roth called (and was called) ‘a writer’s writer.’ And not every scribe who undertakes to write a major life is truly a writer’s biographer. Zipperstein is one.” (Judith Thurman)

Steven J. Zipperstein Philip Roth

Philip Roth

Strung by Life

  • Auteur: Steven J. Zipperstein (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: biografie
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Yale University Press
  • Reeks: Jewish Lives
  • Verschijnt: 14 oktober 2025
  • Omvang: 368 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 28,00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van de biografie van Philip Roth door Steven J. Zipperstein

A landmark biography of one of our most prominent chroniclers of American life.

In this groundbreaking literary biography, Steven J. Zipperstein captures the complex life and astonishing work of Philip Roth (1933–2018), one of America’s most celebrated writers. Born in Newark, New Jersey—where his short stories and books were often set—Roth wrote with ambition and awareness of what was required to produce great literature. No writer was more dedicated to his craft, even as he was rubbing shoulders with the Kennedys and engaging in a spate of famous and infamous romances. And yet, as much as Roth wrote about sex and self, he viewed himself as socially withdrawn, living much like an “unchaste monk” (his words).

Zipperstein explores the unprecedented range of Roth’s work—from “Goodbye, Columbus” and Portnoy’s Complaint to the Pulitzer Prize–winning American Pastoral and The Plot Against America. Drawing on extensive archival materials and over one hundred interviews, including conversations with Roth about his life and work, Zipperstein provides an intimate and insightful look at one of the twentieth century’s most influential writers, placing his work in the context of his obsessions, as well as American Jewishness, freedom, and sexuality.

Steven J. Zipperstein is born in 1950. He is the Daniel E. Koshland Professor in Jewish Culture and History at Stanford University. He is the author or editor of ten books, including Rosenfeld’s Lives: Fame, Oblivion, and the Furies of Writing and Pogrom: Kishinev and the Tilt of History. He lives in Berkeley, California.

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Deense schrijvers, Geschiedenisboeken

Sten Rynning – NATO

Sten Rynning NATO review, recensie en informatie boek met een geschiedenis van ’s werelds machtigste alliantie de NAVO. Op 8 juli 2025 verschijnt bij Yale University Press het boek over de NAVO van de Deense professor en schrijver Sten Rynning. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de auteur en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling is niet verkrijgbaar.

Sten Rynning NATO review en recensie

  • “Extremely readable. It provides a great overview of what NATO is, why it came about, and how it has evolved. Rynning does an excellent job.” (James Goldgeier)
  • “The history of NATO is one of constant adaptation and evolution – with many twists and turns along the way. Professor Stan Rynning’s book recounts with style and detail a remarkable story. As someone who lived through some of its most momentous moments I can admire the landscape painted here of seventy five years of growth, power and (mixed) achievement. A billion people sleep easy in their beds today because the NATO Alliance protects them. Here they can, and should, see why that has happened.” (Lord Robertson of Port Ellen KT GCMG, 10th Secretary General of NATO, 1999-2003)

Sten Rynning NATO

NATO

From Cold War to Ukraine, a History of the World’s Most Powerful Alliance

  • Auteur: Sten Rynning (Denemarken)
  • Soort boek: geschiedenis van de NAVO
  • Uitgever: Yale University Press
  • Verschijnt: 8 juli 2025
  • Omvang: 400 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback
  • Prijs: $ 22,00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over de geschiedenis van de NATO

A wide-ranging new history of NATO, from its origins to the present day—published for the alliance’s seventy-fifth anniversary.

For seven decades, NATO’s stated aim has been the achievement of world peace—but playing great power politics always involves conflict. Russia’s war on Ukraine and on Europe’s security order puts the alliance under threat, but also demonstrates why transatlantic cooperation is so necessary. But how did NATO get to where it is today, and what does its future hold?

In this incisive new account, Sten Rynning traces the full history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation from its origins to the present. Across its seventy-five years, NATO has navigated the twists and turns of Cold War diplomacy and nuclear deterrence, and has grown its membership. The alliance has become a guarantor of peace, but Rynning explores how its complex inner workings alongside Russian and Chinese opposition are now shaping its direction.

At a time of strategic competition and geopolitical upheaval, Rynning offers us a clear-sighted account of the alliance’s intriguing history—and asks what its ambitions might be for the future.

Sten Rynning has researched and written on NATO for twenty-five years. He is a professor and director of the Danish Institute for Advanced Study, University of Southern Denmark, and the author of NATO in Afghanistan.

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Geschiedenisboeken, Ierland, Ierse schrijvers

John Gibney – A Short History of Ireland

John Gibney A Short History of Ireland review, recensie en informatie over de inhoud van het boek over de geschiedenis van Ierland. Op 24 juni 2025 verschijnt bij Yale University Press het boek over de Ierse geschiedenis geschreven door de Ierse historicus John Gibney. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de auteur en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.

John Gibney A Short History of Ireland review en recensie

  • “A Short History of Ireland stands out for its brevity, but also for its accessibility. (…) A solid introduction not only to the key events and themes of Irish history, but also to the processes of that history, too.” (Seán Hewitt, Irish Times)
  • “This admirable, succinct account of developments in Irish society from the sixteenth century to the present identifies several unresolved historiographical issues, and offers an especially judicious discussion of controversies concerning the 18th and 19th centuries.” (Nicholas Canny, National University of Ireland)

John Gibney A Short History of Ireland

A Short History of Ireland

1500 – 2000

  • Auteur: John Gibney (Ierland)
  • Soort boek: Ierse geschiedenis
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Yale University Press
  • Verschijnt: 24 juni 2025
  • Omvang: 304 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 20,00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over de geschiedenis van Ierland

A brisk, concise, and readable overview of Irish history from the Protestant Reformation to the dawn of the twenty-first century.

Five centuries of Irish history are explored in this informative and accessible volume. Beginning with Ireland’s modern period at the dawn of the sixteenth century, John Gibney continues through to virtually the present day, offering an integrated overview of the island nation’s cultural, political, and socioeconomic evolution.

This succinct, scholarly study covers important historical events, including the Cromwellian conquest and settlement, the Great Famine, and the struggle for Irish independence. Along the way, it explores major themes such as Ireland’s often contentious relationship with Britain, the impact of the Protestant Reformation, the ongoing religious tensions it inspired, and the global reach of the Irish diaspora. This unique, wide-ranging work assimilates the most recent scholarship on a wide range of historical controversies, making it an essential addition to the library of any student of Irish studies.

John Gibney completed his doctorate at Trinity College Dublin. He is the author of a number of books including The Shadow of a Year: The 1641 Rebellion in Irish History and Memory.

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Geschiedenisboeken, Non-Fictie

Bruno J. Strasser & Thomas Schlich – The Mask

Bruno J. Strasser & Thomas Schlich The Mask recensie, review en informatie boek over de geschiedenis van het inademen van slechte lucht. Op 24 juni 2025 verschijnt bij Yale University Press het boek The Mask, A History of Breathing Bad Air, geschreven door Bruno J. Strasser en Thomas Schlich. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de auteurs en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van het boek is niet verkrijgbaar.

Bruno J. Strasser & Thomas Schlich The Mask recensie en review

  • “This captivating and richly illustrated book offers an ambitious and expansive history of ‘bad air,’ the plague, and approaches to widespread disease. It uses the mask—as both physical object and metaphor—to uncover and reveal, brilliantly charting a course through the intertwined histories of disease, war, the environment, and identity.” (Sharrona Pearl)
  • “A thoroughly documented and well-illustrated accounting of mask wearing over two millennia.” (Kirkus Reviews)

Bruno J. Strasser & Thomas Schlich The Mask

The Mask

A History of Breathing Bad Air

  • Auteur: Bruno J. Strasser, Thomas Schlich
  • Soort boek: geschiedenisboek
  • Taal: Engels
  • Verschijnt: 24 juni 2025
  • Omvang: 288 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 38,00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van het boek over maskers als bescherming tegen slechte lucht

A history of masks protecting against bad air—in cities, factories, hospitals, and war trenches—exploring how our identities and beliefs shape the decision to wear a mask.

For centuries, humans have sought to protect themselves from harmful air, whether from smoke, dust, vapors, or germs. This book offers the first history of respiratory masks—ranging from simple pieces of cloth to elaborate gas masks—and explores why they have sparked both hope and fear.

Bruno J. Strasser and Thomas Schlich captivate readers with stories of individuals—from renowned doctors and political leaders to forgotten inventors and anonymous factory workers—who passionately debated the value of masks. In Renaissance Italy and Meiji Japan, in Victorian Britain and Cold War America, the way societies have engaged with face coverings reveals their deepest cultural and political fractures. The Mask challenges us to reconsider how we care for one another and the kind of environment we aspire to inhabit.

Bruno J. Strasser is a historian, a full professor at the University of Geneva, and an affiliate of History of Medicine at Yale University.

Thomas Schlich is the James McGill Professor in the History of Medicine at McGill University, and a former practicing physician.

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Tanzania, Tanzaniaanse schrijver

Euphrase Kezilahabi – Rosa Mistika

Euphrase Kezilahabi Rosa Mistika recensie, review en informatie roman uit 1971 van de Swahili schrijver uit Tanzania. Op 17 juni 2025 verschijnt bij Yale University Press de Engelse vertaling van de in Swahili geschreven roman van de Tanzaniaanse schrijver Euphrase Kezilahabi. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van de roman, de auteur en over de uitgave. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar.

Euphrase Kezilahabi Rosa Mistika recensie en review

  • “A tremendously important novel.” (Abdulrazak Gurnah, winnaar van de Nobelprijs voor de Literatuur in 2021)
  • “Carefully and beautifully translated, Rosa Mistika is a profound meditation on how we come to independence as individuals, as women and men steeped in patriarchy, and in societies still wearing neocolonial rags—and then when tasked with freedom, what we do with it.” (Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ)

Euphrase Kezilahabi Rosa Mistika

Rosa Mistika

The Margellos World Republic of Letters

  • Auteur: Euphrase Kezilahabi (Tanzania)
  • Soort boek: Swahili roman, Tanzaniaanse roman
  • Engelse vertaling: Jay Boss Rubin
  • Uitgever: Yale University Press
  • Verschijnt: 17 juni 2025
  • Omvang:  176 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 18,00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de Swahili roman van Euphrase Kezilahabi

A controversial Swahili classic by one of Tanzania’s most revered writers, banned on publication and finally translated into English.

Teenage Rosa lives with her parents and four younger sisters in a village on Ukerewe Island in Lake Victoria, where she attends the local school and helps out on the family farm. Life would be relatively peaceful if it weren’t for Rosa’s father, who drinks to oblivion and abuses his wife and daughters. Initially relieved to be admitted into a residential school on the mainland, Rosa soon discovers that she’s ill prepared for life outside her village. As she becomes accustomed to the attention—and manipulations—of men, she begins to understand her sexuality as a weapon. But this understanding, born of the need to survive in a world of double standards, comes with a price.

Rosa Mistika is a radical narrative exploration of womanhood, maternal love, agency, and authority—and the first-ever Swahili novel to address issues of domestic violence, sexual coercion, and abortion. Through the story of a young woman and her community it poses the enduring question: To what degree are we responsible for the choices we make, and to what degree are we acted upon by forces outside our control?

Euphrase Kezilahabi is born on 13 April 1944 on Ukerewe Island in Tanzania. He was a Tanzanian novelist, poet, and scholar who wrote in Swahili. On 9 January 2020 he died in Dar-es-Salaam in Tanzania.

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