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The Laughing of Gioconda and Other Stories (1921) is a collection of short stories by Aldous Huxley. It humorously and cynically depicts marital intrigue, the boredom of bourgeois life, human vanity, and the moral decline of modern society.
Papini's "Gog", in the edition with an afterword by Mate Ujević, brings a provocative collection of satirical and philosophical writings that expose human weaknesses, social absurdities and the spiritual crisis of modern man.
Pirandello's essayistic-reflexive work "Sun and Shadow" explores the fragility of identity and the difference between who we are and what others see, depicting a man torn between inner truth and social masks.
In 2013, 17 printed notebooks full of newspaper clippings and letters were found in a wicker laundry basket in the apartment of Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002), one of the world's most famous children's writers and author of Pippi Longstocking.
A scientific documentary novel about the discovery of radium, which tells the story of Marie and Pierre Curie, the medical revolution, but also the dark side – speculation, the fight for monopoly and the tragic consequences of radioactivity on people.
The collection of essays Secret Connections, subtitled Listening, Listening, is completely exceptional in its approach to music and musicians, and through them, to us here – then and now.