Bøger af Jonathan Stone

Adopted at birth and unknown to him until the age of eleven, the author, a child from the suburbs, was introduced to the street life by a trusted family member. From then until now, this book depicts a transcending life with many twists, secrets, and turns, including the horrific crime he committed at sixteen that landed him in prison for twenty-four years. In prison, Jonathan became a rose growing from concrete, developing into a mentor, teacher, and educator in one of the most violent states in America - Illinois. The home of Chicago, Peoria, Rockford and Aurora. In prison, the author was exposed to many sources of inspiration that gave him life, as well as a brutal attack that almost killed him. So, buckle up. This memoir is a saga of pain, yet a tale of redemption.

Welcome to Otisville, America's only Jewish prison...where a new celebrity inmate is about to shatter the peace. Jonathan Stone brings the sensibility of Saul Bellow and Philip Roth to the post-truth era in a sharply comic novel that is also wise, profound and deeply moral.

Decadence and Modernism in European and Russian Literature and Culture: Aesthetics and Anxiety in the 1890s rewrites the story of early modernist literature and culture by drawing out the tensions underlying its simultaneous engagement with Decadence and Symbolism, the unsustainable combination of this world and the other.

Illuminates the key role of Symbolism as the earliest form of modernism in Russia. Combining book history, periodical studies, and reception theory, Jonathan Stone examines the poetry and theory of Russian Symbolism within the framework of the institutions that organised, published, and disseminated the works to Russian readers.

Russian literature is most celebrated for its Romantic and modernist poetry and 19th-century novels. While literary traditions of varying sorts have been part of Slavic and Russian culture for over a millennium, it is only since the 18th century that they came to resemble literature from the West.The Historical Dictionary of Russian Literature contains a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 100 cross-referenced entries on significant people, themes, critical issues, and the most significant genres that have formed Russian Literature. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Russian literature.

GCP is thrilled to welcome bestselling thriller author Jonathan Stone and his intense trade paperback original thriller, perfect for fans of James Patterson.

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