18 books like Photobiography

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Words Jean-Paul Sartre · 1964 · ★ 3.7 · 214p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The book, consisting of Sartre distancing himself from writing and making his farewells to literature was very successful for the author and was hailed nearly unanimously as a "literary success"[citation needed]. In November of the same year, 1964, he refused the Nobel Prize for Literature awarded for his work, described as "rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for… Shares: French Authors, History and criticism, Biography & Memoir

Mémoires d'outre-tombe François-René de Chateaubriand · 1840 · ★ 3.9 · 264p · ≈ 8h · Challenging 253 p. : 17 cm Shares: French Authors, History and criticism, Biography & Memoir, History

Les confessions Jean-Jacques Rousseau · 1782 · ★ 3.6 · 674p · ≈ 22h · Demanding Je forme une entreprise qui n'eut jamais d'exemple, et dont l'execution n'aura point d'imitateur. Je veux montrer a mes semblables un homme dans toute la verite de la nature; et cet homme, ce sera moi. Moi seul. Je sens mon coeur, et je connais les hommes. Je ne suis fait comme aucun de ceux que j'ai vus; j'ose croire n'etre fait comme aucun de ceux qui existent. Si je ne vaux pas mieux, au moins… Shares: French Authors, Biography & Memoir, History

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Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan shozō Meijiki kankō tosho maikuro-ban shūsei Kokuritsu Kokkai Toshokan (Japan) · 1991 · ★ 5.0 · 26p · ≈ 52m · Moderate Shares: Photography, Biography & Memoir, History

Une mort tres douce Simone de Beauvoir · 1964 · ★ 4.1 · 123p · ≈ 4h · Moderate La journée du mardi se passa bien. La nuit, maman fit des cauchemars. On me met dans une boîte, disait-elle à ma sœur. Je suis là, mais je suis dans la boîte. Je suis moi, et ce n'est plus moi. Des hommes emportent la boîte! Elle se débattait: Ne les laisse pas m'emporter! Longtemps Poupette a gardé la main posée sur son front: Je te promets. Ils ne te mettront pas dans la boîte. Elle a réclamé… Shares: French Authors, Biography & Memoir

Cosmographia et geographia de Affrica Leo Africanus · 1556 · ★ 5.0 · 412p · ≈ 13h · Demanding Escrite de nôtre tems par Jean Leon, African, premierement en langue Arabesque, puis en Toscane, & à present mise en François, etc. Shares: Photography, History

Arnulf Rainer Arnulf Rainer · 1968 · 64p · ≈ 2h · Moderate Seine in den 1950er Jahren entwickelten Überarbeitungen machten den 1929 in Baden bei Wien geborenen Künstler Arnulf Rainer weltweit bekannt. In Kooperation mit der Albertina in Wien würdigt das Museum Frieder Burda den international renommierten Künstler anlässlich seines 85. Geburtstages mit einer umfassenden Retrospektive, in der wesentliche Stationen seines komplexen Schaffens mit… Shares: Photography, Biography & Memoir, History

Torches Together Emmy Arnold · 1964 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Not many people talk about "joy" these days. Emmy Arnold's memoir radiates just that - an enthusiasm for life and an unflagging optimism grounded in faith. In a genre awash in sordid sex and dysfunctional relationships, she offers a refreshing account of a hard life lived victoriously, of people brought together, despite their own weakness and turbulent times, to experience new levels of freedom,… Shares: Biography & Memoir, History

Historia de la vida del Buscón Francisco de Quevedo · 1626 · ★ 3.6 · 252p · ≈ 8h · Demanding La vida del Buscón (de título completo Historia de la vida del Buscón, llamado don Pablos; ejemplo de vagamundos y espejo de tacaños, y conocida también como El Buscón)​ es una novela picaresca en castellano, escrita por Francisco de Quevedo. El libro se publicó por primera vez en 1626, aunque circuló antes en copias manuscritas algunas de las cuales se conservan hoy en día. Quevedo nunca… Shares: Romance literature, History and criticism

Cyrano de Bergerac Edmond Rostand · 1821 · ★ 4.1 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Challenging Cyrano de Bergerac, verse drama in five acts by Edmond Rostand, performed in 1897 and published the following year. It was based only nominally on the 17th-century nobleman of the same name, known for his bold adventures and large nose. Set in 17th-century Paris, the action revolves around the emotional problems of the noble, swashbuckling Cyrano, who, despite his many gifts, feels that no woman… Shares: French Authors, Biography & Memoir, History

The journals of André Gide, 1889-1949 André Gide · 1939 · 1280p · ≈ 42h · Challenging "Le Journal d’André Gide peut être considéré comme la pièce maîtresse de l’écrivain. Texte original, transgressif à plus d’un titre par rapport à la morale courante – les tabous de la sexualité, les idées reçues, les lieux communs, les idéologies, la religion – à la fois sérieux et drôle, grave et léger, rapide et lent – il reste d’une ampleur et d’une amplitude insoupçonnées. Cette anthologie,… Shares: French Authors, Biography & Memoir, History

The Arthurian legend in the literatures of the Spanish Peninsula William J. Entwistle · 1925 · ★ 5.0 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Shares: Romance literature, History and criticism

Quand j'étais vieux Georges Simenon · 1970 · ★ 3.6 · 414p · ≈ 13h · Moderate 421 S. 18 cm Shares: French Authors, Biography & Memoir

Romancing the Self in Early Modern Englishwomen's Life Writing Julie A. Eckerle · 2013 · 230p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Juxtaposing life writing and romance, this study offers the first book-length exploration of the dynamic and complex relationship between the two genres. Through close analysis of a wide variety of life writings by early modern Englishwomen, Eckerle shows how deeply influenced these women were by the controversial romance genre. Her analysis adds a layer of significant nuance to our understanding… Shares: Romance literature, History and criticism, Biography & Memoir, History

Memoirs of an egoist Stendhal · 1927 · ★ 4.0 · 143p · ≈ 4h · Challenging Written in 1832, three years before The Life of Henry Brulard (which recounts the author?s boyhood and youth), Memoirs of Egotism forms the essential middle section of Stendhal?s intended autobiography. Along with Journals of Italy, these volumes comprise what Andr Gide has called one of the truly great autobiographies in any language. Unpublished until fifty years after the Stendhal?s death,… Shares: French Authors, Biography & Memoir

Cindy Sherman Cindy Sherman · 1987 · 55p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Includes rarely seen works from the beginning of her career in the mid-1970s, including work created while Sherman was an art student at Buffalo State College, Buffalo, New York (1972-76). These early works from 1975-1978 demonstrate Sherman’s conceptual approach to photography and foretell the career that would launch her into the art world in the late 1970s. On view, a grid of twenty-three hand… Shares: Photography, History

Mademoiselle Fifi Guy de Maupassant · 1882 · ★ 3.7 · 180p · ≈ 6h · Challenging The title story of this collection is, like many of the others, set during the Franco-Prussian war. As in so many of Maupassant’s stories he explores class barriers and looks at the contrasts between the French and German combatants. Shares: French Authors, Biography & Memoir

Terre des hommes Antoine de Saint-Exupéry · 1936 · ★ 4.1 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Challenging A lyrical account of the author’s time as a pilot flying the dangerous mail routes across the Sahara and the Andes. Many incidents are recounted, including the time he crashed his plane in the Sahara and, along with his navigator, is forced to walk for days without food or water before finding safety. Shares: French Authors, Biography & Memoir

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