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’Enten-eller’ er ikke blot en klassiker inden for eksistentialistisk filosofi, men også et litterært værk man ikke kan komme udenom. Gennem sit smukke, finurlige og til tider drillende sprog peger Søren Kierkegaard på nogle helt essentielle aspekter af den menneskelige eksistens. Det er et værk, der både rummer humor og utrolig filosofisk tyngde. Eller som en af guldalderens største kulturpersonligheder, Johan Ludvig Heiberg’ formulerede det, så slog ’Enten-eller’ ned i ham som: "'Tankelyn, der pludselig opklare hele Sphærer af Tilværelsen'". ’Enten-eller’ er både et filosofisk og litterært mesterværk, og har siden sin udgivelse i 1843 været ét af de mest oversatte danske værker. "[...]'Enten-Eller' har fået klassikerstatus, fordi værket ikke blot var epokegørende ved sin fremkomst, men også siden har fået enorm betydning for blandt andet eksistentialismens udformning. Selvom bogen bestemt har litterære og filosofiske forbilleder hos blandt andre Heiberg, Sibbern og Poul Martin Møller – for nu blot at nævne nogle af de danske inspiratorer – så markerer bogen et nybrud, der gør det rimeligt at tale om tiden før og tiden efter 'Enten-Eller'." - Joakim Garff i Kristeligt Dagblad Gateway /title /head body center h1 502 Bad Gateway /h1 /center /body /htmlDen danske teolog og filosof Søren Aabye Kierkegaard (1813-1855) regnes som eksistentialismens grundlægger og den største danske filosof nogensinde. "Enten-eller", "Begrebet angst" og "Frygt og bæven" er nogle af de mest indflydelsesrige værker, som Danmark har bidraget med til den internationale filosofihistorie.

Forfatter Jens Blendstrup og fotograf Lars Gundersen har rejst land og rige tyndt og taget billeder af havelåger og digtet om, hvem der mon bor bag dem.Mød den ganske almindelige familie, damen der samlede på diamanter, guds gave til menneskeheden, hende, der ville have ejet millioner, hvis tårer havde været guld, den listige hanrej, Keramikbitten, kørerlærer Ibsen og mange mange flere.

Medrivende ny bog af forfatteren til "Tjenerindens fortælling" indeholder femten fortællinger, som alle dykker helt ned i familiedynamik, ægteskab, savn og hukommelse og – ikke mindst – hvad det betyder at leve et helt liv sammen.Centralt i syv af historierne følges Nell og Tig gennem deres årtier lange ægteskab, både de store øjeblikke og de små, som tilsammen danner et helt liv med usædvanlig kærlighed – og det der kommer bagefter.Den canadiske forfatter Margaret Atwood er en af verdens bedst sælgende forfattere, og med HBO-serien ’The Handmaid's Tale’ fra 2017 fik hendes forfatterskab fornyet international opmærksomhed. Hun er en fabelagtig fortæller og hendes store politiske og miljømæssige engagement skinner tydeligt igennem i hendes bøger.

Søren Kierkegaards "Forførerens dagbog" er oprindeligt en del af værket "Enten – Eller" fra 1843, hvor den indgår som afslutning på bogens første del. Den unge, narcissistiske Johannes, skriver i en romanlignende dagbogs- og brevform om mødet med den skønne Cordelia, som han ved hjælp af intellekt og intriger gør til genstand for sin forførelseskunst. "Forførerens dagbog" bliver brugt som eksempel på den æstetiske livspraksis, som ifølge Kierkegaard står i modsætning til det etiske valg, og forskellen mellem æstetik og etik bliver på et højere plan gjort til forskellen på godt og ondt.Den danske teolog og filosof Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) er kendt verden over som ophavsmand til eksistentialismen og regnes som en af de vigtigste figurer i den danske guldalder. Han var fra 1840-41 forlovet med den ni år yngre Regine Olsen, og hun kom til at spille en stor rolle i og for det senere forfatterskab, som påbegyndtes i 1843 med "Enten – Eller". Kierkegaard skrev adskillige af sine værker under pseudonym – ikke fordi han ønskede at være anonym, men for på den måde at kunne lade forfatterskabets teologiske, filosofiske og psykologiske temaer spille dialektisk op mod hinanden.

Andet bind i den roste serie af rå, realistiske ungdomsbøger til læsemæssigt udfordrede børn og unge skrevet af eksperter på området.Danmarksgården er fortællinger fra blokken, fortalt med udgangspunkt i det sprog og den kultur, som de unge selv lever i hver dag i de udsatte boligområder. Igennem fortællingerne fra Danmarksgården kan de unge reflektere over deres egne valg og dilemmaer, mens de spejler sig i unge, som ligner og taler som dem selv eller nogen, de kender. Danmarksgården er skrevet i et simpelt og letforståeligt sprog med afsæt i det sproglige univers, som de unge selv benytter i deres hverdag i form af slang og ”ghettodansk”. Bogen er særligt henvendt til drenge, som mangler relevant litteratur til at afspejle deres livsverden, hvorfor de ofte forlader skolen med dårlige læsekundskaber sammenlignet med deres jævnaldrende. Historierne i Danmarksgården er rå og bedst egnet til udskolingen eller de første år af gymnasiet. Ishockey har altid været Niklas’ kald, men da en knæskade sender ham på bænken, bliver han rastløs. Han savner holdet og suset. Han gider ikke babysitte sine små søstre, og skolen har han givet op på. Han hænger ud med Kerem og de andre shababs fra Danmarksgården, men en dag er der pludselig noget nyt, der byder sig til: et nyt hold.Fra fængslet har Niklas’ far trukket i nogle tråde, og Niklas tilbydes en plads i et supporter-fællesskab bundet sammen af fodbold, stoffer og vold.Niklas er splittet: Er han en af Gårdens shabs eller en af farens rocker-supportere?Om DANMARKSGÅRDEN 1: ”En velskrevet, letlæselig, rå, men realistisk fortælling om at være ung i et ikke altid gunstigt miljø. En super vigtig bog, som både kan læses af læsesvage unge, men også af unge, der har brug for at kunne spejle sig i Daniel og Ardits verden og reflektere over deres dilemmaer og valg.” – Dansk Bibliotekscenter

Da Aldous Huxley kom til Sønderborg er en samling af erindringer,mundtlige fortællinger, fortalt af dem, der var aktive i Sønderborgshippiemiljø i halvfjerdserne, og hvis erfaringer fra den periode harformet og mærket dem for livet. Det er en fortælling om makrohistoriens nedslag i et mikromiljø, hvoren række af tidens store politiske og kulturelle bevægelser gennemsyrerdet lokale, men hvor det lokale også virker tilbage på eller bliver vævetsammen med en større global historie. Det er historier om møder medRote Armee Fraktion, det indoktrinerende Tvind­dynasti, venskaberpå tværs af alder og klasse, der afprøver stoffernes såvel som detåndeliges indgang til bevidsthedsudvidelse. En antipolitisk væren iverden, hvor flugten fra ondskaben også manifesterer sig i en løbeturhele vejen fra Danmark til Israel. Bogens grundstruktur er bygget op over en fraværende figur: Allebogens bidrag relaterer direkte eller indirekte til historien om HansTroj. Hans Troj er en søgende, sensibel og intelligent gymnasieelev,da han i starten af halvfjerdserne finder ud af, at hans far, som hanhar et meget konfliktfyldt forhold til, har mødt Aldous Huxley iforbindelse med et besøg i Sønderborg. Faderen interesserer sig for detokkulte og har formodentlig prøvet LSD. Hans Troj, der i forvejenhar et skrøbeligt sind, vil ikke stå tilbage for faderen og begynderat eksperimentere med LSD og andre bevidsthedsudvidende stoffertrods advarsler fra vennerne. Eksperimenterne udløser en psykose,der i årene efter sender ham ind og ud af det psykiatriske hospital iAugustenborg. En anden af bogens fortællere er den sidste, der ser ham,da Hans Troj i 1982 truer med at slå ham ihjel med en kniv. I midtenaf firserne forsvinder Hans Troj ud af historien og er formodentligdød i dag. Hans bidrag til bogen er en psykedelisk tegneserie på 16sider fra 1972 samt syv breve.

HÆVNEt grusomt drab - en mishandlet krop - bagbundet og sat på havbunden på den yderste kant af Danmark.En forbrydelse, der sker i naturen ved Vadehavet og mellem mennesker i Sønderjylland.En politikommissær, der havde håbet på en rolig tilværelse med tid til at komme sig efter et brud.En lille gruppe politifolk og en socialrådgiver, der arbejder hårdt på at opklare forbrydelser, begået af den dræbte.HÆVN er en krimi på kanten. En historie om hemmeligheder og selvtægt - og en historie om retfærdighed.Men hvem er hævneren?Det varer længe, før politikommissær Thomas Andersen ser sammenhængen i en grum historie, hvor regningen skal betales, og prisen er høj.

Institut for Venterettigheder blev grundlagt, da René Magritte en eftermiddag ventede på en sporvogn, der aldrig kom. Romanens fortæller, ETC, er arkivar på instituttet og beretter ved hjælp af indkomne, anonyme dokumenter om menneskets forsøg på at finde ro i verden og hvile for øjet.Klaūs Rød Frederiksen (f. 1965) debuterede som forfatter med den litterært eksperimenterende roman Henrik, Omkuld (2016) og senest er udkommet romanen En suite (2021); Magritteruten er hans til dato mest tilgængelige – men stadig eksperimenterende – tekst, udsprunget af bl.a. forfatterens fascination af og kærlighed til fotografiet som medie og René Magritte som poet.Måske er Margritteruten en erkendelsesfilosofisk kortprosa-essay-arkivroman om skønhed.

What am I going to say now? I'm going to ask myself, I'm going to ask questions: that's a good stop-gap. (Not that I'm in any danger of stopping. Then why all this fuss?) That's right, questions: I know millions, I must know millions.Samuel Beckett, The UnnamableThere are so many people asking questions¿¿¿¿¿everywhere.There is the bloody blindman, and the angry one, and thedisheartened one,and the wretch, the thorn tree,the bandit with envy on his back.Pablo Neruda, Ode to Federic Garcia Lorca (Residence on Earth)I was questioned several times immediately after my arrest. But they were all formal examinations, as to my identity and so forth. At the first of these, which took place at the police station, nobody seemed to have much interest in the case. However, when I was brought before the examining magistrate a week later, I noticed that he eyed me with distinct curiosity.Albert Camus, The StrangerRob Kovitz's eagerly awaited supercut extravaganza, Frequently Asked Questions, is an epistemological-ontological-metaphysical-montage-appropriation-detective-spy-mystery-thriller-courtroom procedure caper, in which every text selection includes the word question, but much funnier than that sounds (though not any shorter). In two volumes."The question at stake," said Epictetus, "is no common one; it is this:-Are we in our senses, or are we not?"Epictetus, The Golden Sayings of EpictetusMy lords, the judges find a difficulty to give a distinct answer to the question thus proposed by your lordships, either in the affirmative or the negative, inasmuch as we are not aware that there is in the courts below any established practice which we can state to your lordships as distinctly referring to such a question propounded by counsel on cross-examination as is here contained, that is ...T. C. Hansard, Parliamentary Debates: Official Report of the Session of the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, June 27-September 7, 1820The reason why I knew you had not read it is the reason why I call it "my" book. For the last ten or twelve years I have been recommending it. Usually I speak about it at my first meeting with a stranger. It is my opening remark, just as yours is something futile about the weather. If I don't get it in at the beginning, I squeeze it in at the end. The stranger has got to have it some time. Should I ever find myself in the dock, and one never knows, my answer to the question whether I had anything to say would be, "Well, my lord, if I might just recommend a book to the jury before leaving."A. A. Milne, Not That It MattersTreyf Books¿Keep Refrigerated

Not all villains are created equal, and not all secrets stay buried forever."THIS one is my favorite. I say that about every book in The Millennium Series, but this one is a masterpiece. I felt the full spectrum of emotion. I laughed, cried, experienced every high and low. M6-The Royals weaves together all the previous books fantastically to showcase Staci Morrison's talent as a gifted writer." J. TownsendAs the world awaits Prince Josiah's ascension to the Alanthian throne, a series of unexpected revelations rocks the royal family, causing them to question everything they believed to be true. With the walls closing in, King Korah's ghosts rise out of the grave to torment him but to also remind him of the man he once was.The truth might undermine everything The Resistance is trying to do.Take a powerful journey into the heart of the heart of the royal family and discover what turned King Korah ben Adam into the villain he became.Brace yourself for the mind-bending revelations that will shake the very heart of Alanthia.Grab your copy today!

'A marvel of a collection' Kaliane Bradley, author of The Ministry of Time'A consummate storyteller' New York Times'There is nothing more terrifying than the monster that squats behind the door you dare not open...'The bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time weaves ancient fables into fresh, unexpected forms and forges new unforgettable legends.The myth of the Minotaur in his labyrinth is turned into a wrenching parable of maternal love - and of the monstrosities of patriarchy.The lover of a goddess, Tithonus, is gifted eternal life but without eternal youth.Actaeon, changed into a stag after glimpsing the naked Diana and torn to pieces by his hunting dogs, becomes a visceral metaphor about how humans use and misuse animals.From genetic engineering to the eternal complications of family, Haddon showcases how we are subject to the same elemental forces that obsessed the Greeks, as he reimagines stories from Laika the Soviet space dog on her fateful orbit to St Anthony wrestling with loneliness in the desert.'In sentences as precisely cut as paper sculptures, Mark Haddon fits ancient myth to the cruelties and wonders of the present' Francis Spufford, author of Cahokia Jazz

Things that go bump in the night are real.I'm Natalie Porter, and I have spent my entire life with the dead. I have always seen and helped the dead find their lasting peace...until now. Now, I'm watching the innocent die. I don't know how to stop him, and I'm not sure I can.The killer communicates with me. He haunts me with his deep, evil laugh, enjoying the torture he inflicts as he's preying on the innocent. He is trying to find the perfect way to make me suffer.I don't understand why he hates me or what I did to him. I know I have to find him, to stop him before more people die or I do. No one can help me; this is my destiny to face him. He wants me to die. I want him to look me in the eye and try to kill me. I want to see the face of the monster who inflicts such pain.I'm waiting for him to come. I have to face him alone. I'm drawing on all my abilities to be ready to fight. I know one of us will die. I pray that it's him, and I have the strength to survive.

Worlds collide in this romantic mashup by T.K. Richards! This second chance, instalove mashup of a sexy, cinnamon roll stranger meets a fiery, single mother delivers the holiday feels with a cute meet cute, and zero fade to black scenes where it is all laid out under the mistletoe for a grumpy sunshine romance.Guess Who's Coming To Dinner...Stranger to love Launa Davis, objects to the family celebrating Christmas in the warm temps of Hilton Head Island, now that her sister has relocated there for a fresh start. But this year, there's a chance she won't spend it as the grumpy fifth wheel.Divorced agent Levi King tends to business on the island during the slow season, and crosses paths with single mother Launa. Their holidate sparks a romantic chemistry neither of them planned for, turning their lonesome Christmas into a new friends with steamy benefits getaway.But one of them falls harder than the other, at least it seems that way on the surface, when a fallout led by secrets of the past reveal they come from different worlds.The season of giving lives on between the star-crossed lovers living worlds apart, but can the spirit of Christmas bring them back together?

Hanging with the Boba Book Babes at the Pandemonium in Peoria book event is supposed to be fun... schmooze with her favorite authors, buy books, and take pictures with the sexy AF male cover models. What Gina DiCaprio didn't expect is to see her high school crush, Austin Blackmoor, and to find her favorite author dead with a phallus sucker shoved down his throat. Not only is she a suspect, but another murder occurs right under her nose and now more than one attendee is on the suspect list. With the missing assistant who might have the answers to the murders, Gina and the Boba Book Babes stumble onto clues that might help clear her name and uncover the killer. Austin Blackmoor didn't count on a murder-least of all two, happening at the Pandemonium event. But reconnecting with his first love is the only highlight of the weekend. With each passing hour, they rekindle their attraction while the killer is on their heels. Austin will have to do everything to save the woman he's not willing to lose again. Can the Boba Book Babes uncover the killer before someone else dies? Will Gina and Austin get a second chance at love? Stick around for the after-party to discover the truth behind the Pandemonium in Peoria.

A crime is still a crime even if it's not reported, but when it is, it can be investigated...Cecelia, a journalist struggling with her own mental health, is approached by Angelina, a nurse at a fertility clinic who claims the facility is involved in unethical practices. When Angelina dies suddenly, Cecelia investigates, risking her own safety as she delves deeper into the clinic's secrets. As she uncovers the truth, Cecelia realizes she's stumbled upon a dangerous world of criminal activity run by powerful, corrupt individuals. Will she be able to expose the truth before it's too late?Will Cecelia find the truth before they find her?

Artificial intelligence (AI)---there are a lot of polarized opinions about this emerging technology---emerging at the time of this publication, anyway. Space and Time issued a special call for #144, our special "AI Discovery" issue. We challenged authors, poets and artists to show us if it was possible to create with AI as a partner without losing their humanity. Eight authors and six poets stepped forward and did exactly that. Each piece comes with a statement of how AI was used to enhance creativity rather than replace it. Includes poetry and prose by Dave Hangman, Tom Howard, Chris McAuley, Don DeBrandt, Kayla Wiltfong, Austin Farmer, Jen Nafziger, James Hong, Colleen Anderson, RK Rugg, Jennifer Shelby, Anna Taborska, Bryant O'Hara, Jonathan Ukah, J. Thorn and Leonard Speiser. Cover art by Kyra Starr (using cover from #143 as a prompt). Layout and interior graphics by Anthony R. Rhodes. Copyedits and proofreading by Nikki DeKeuster.

Vi er i Danmark i tiden, hvor hekseforfølgelserne begyndte. Silvia Mareningesdatter bor i udkanten af en lille landsby, frygtes af landsbyboerne, men kan samtidig ikke undværes. I drømme og visioner lærer Silvia om ukendte planter, og hun ser de forbrydelser, der vil blive begået, når menneskets videbegær fører til ønsket om at herske over planteriget.»Hun kender/ kimblade småblade bønner men selv bønner/ er noget nyt den gamle verden/alt det, hun hendes mor kender kendte, bedstemor/ og kvinder før dem mens nogle mænd/ fandt et andet kontinent.«En kvinde plukker ikke bare en plante er anden udgivelse i serien Epikur Pastiche. Med Epikur Pastiche retter Forlaget Epikur fokus mod en genre med et stort æstetisk, kritisk og dialogisk potentiale: Pastichen er en parasitisk litteratur. En genre, der har andre kunstværker ikke bare som genstandsfelt, men som primus motor. Pastichen er et kunstværk og en fortolkning; et spørgsmål og en ny begyndelse. Bøgerne i serien er selvstændige udgivelser, der på forskellig vis efterligner og gentænker tidligere litterære værker.Dea Sofie Kudsks langdigt er vokset ud af alle de navneord i Inge Eriksens roman Victoria og verdensrevolutionen (1976), som betegner planteverdenen. Kudsk er født i 1990. Hun debuterede i 2017 med den autofiktive, lyriske roman Bogotana og har siden fået udgivet romanerne fjorden kysten (2018) og Udstrakt landskab (2020).

"e;Set in Central Florida, the story kicks off with online death threats and the disappearance of Truly and his wife's cousin Jay who have taken Truly's boat out to sea to scatter the ashes of Truly's father. Weeks pass without any sign of the two. Questions arise; how do the death threats figure into the mystery? Why does Truly pass out in the boat? And why did the two insist on leaving the port in bad weather? Randall examines the ripple effect the mishap has on Truly's family, Jay's girlfriend, and various friends and acquaintances. Secrets are spilled. The plot includes stolen marijuana, a tragic fire and splintered relationships as people get on with their lives without their two friends. Randall keeps the answers well hidden until the twisting climax. A fun read about gain, loss, and dark family roots."e; -Dana Summers, syndicated cartoonist and award-winning mystery writerTwo men in a flimsy boat disappear at sea and a saga rich in humor and pathos is born. Meet Truly, Sara, Jay, and Link. They're just a few of the residents of Lake Ann, Florida, where sex, drugs, and murder set the stage. It's anything but your typical suburban neighborhood.Fire is the Test of Gold is a sexy and suspenseful novel luring the reader into the mysteries of New Orleans' voodoo to Florida's New South, where the characters, scarred from the past, are willing to do anything for a better future. Through a bizarre twist of fate, the unexpected truth is delivered.

Jodie was born into a small but close-knit family and community in an old rundown neighborhood. What they lacked in wealth they made up for in love and support of each other. Little by little her childhood was taken away from her. She lost her family, friends and innocence. Those in charge of her welfare were cruel and mistreated her, they taught her how to survive. Just shy of her 21st Birthday she is kicked out of the system. Now free it's time for her to live on her own terms. Nothing is ever as it seems. Jodie feels the full weight of being alone in the world as she holds onto the tattered remnants of her childhood. She survived for what? What did she have to show for it? Then Shadow showed her...

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”En af de stærkeste stemmer i portugisisk samtidslitteratur”El PaísEn lille landsby i Portugal bliver omdannet til Jerusalem, fordi Rosa vil opfylde sin bedstemor Antónias sidste ønske – at se Det Hellige Land; i en snæver vending kan det tørre spaghettiwestern-landskab vel godt gå for Mellemøsten, hvis indbyggerne går med til at klæde sig ud og recitere Odysseen på esperanto.“Afonso Cruz morer og rører os med sin ironi, mens han forærer os en komedie om de vigtigste ting i livet: kærlighed, opofrelse og ... øl"– La RepubblicaAfonso Cruz (f. 1970) har skrevet over 30 bøger: romaner, billedbøger, ungdomsbøger, lyrik, essay og drama. Hans bøger er oversat til mere end 20 sprog og har modtaget adskillige priser, herunder EU's Litteraturpris for Kokoschkas dukke, der udkom på dansk i 2020. Afonso Cruz er også kolumnist, illustrator, øl-aficionado og medlem af bandet The Soaked Lamb.Læs også Kokoschkas dukke:”En imponerende gobelin eller et urværk … en hyldest til idéen om at skabe; skabertrangen, skaberlysten, skaberglæden” – ATLAS”En nyskabelse inden for vidnesbyrdstraditionen. Afonso Cruz gør prosaen til en skabelsesproces, der omvender den virkelige verdens ødelæggelse ved at bruge fantasi og lethed” – Information

Sometimes telling a story is just another way to stay alive. Swerving to avoid a hitchhiker out in a whiteout storm, Julie's car ends up wedged in a snow bank. With the inches piling higher on the dark road, she can't escape a man who makes little sense. Stranded in the freezing cold, the two tell stories to pass the time. From the Midwest to India, Denmark and Canada, they offer visions of lives and loves from young to old, far and wide. But as the hours blur together, and the snow and ice set in, it becomes less clear how their own story will end. A tale of love, craziness and impossibility.

Pride packs a punch, but packs should never get in the way of the heart.The federation of Valet de Chambre has ordered Verena, Queen of the planet Effeminate, to produce a male heir for her kingdom within the successive 30 moon cycles. If she does not, she and her planet of female lion shifters will be forced into a life of servitude under Jaxson, King of the planet Emir and most of their Equipoise solar system.With her heart set on saving her planet, Verena voyages out of her solar system to find a man from Earth. She prays the man is worthy enough to produce an heir that will suffice the new laws of the federation of Valet de Chambre.The baby will grow and train to become Effeminate's successor. The plan was foolproof because every woman Effeminate has done this to have a family, and now it was her turn to seek a mate for the sole purpose of procreation.But what Verena wasn't counting on was falling for Ciro DeLuca. A man who drew her into his world and his circle of friends that he considers family.She hadn't known family in 170 moon cycles because Jaxson, a powerful king and panther shifter in his own right, killed her parents in the Battle of Quell. This forced the now named queen to produce an heir under federation law.Ciro holds a secret too. He is a werewitch and finds his werewolf side has wholly fallen for Verena. Yet, his witch side knows she is hiding something, and he hopes his clan can help him find out what she is keeping from him.Will Verena mate with Ciro and save her planet in time? Or will her fears of losing him to her lie overcome her?Will Ciro help Verena save her planet once he finds out the truth?