The Devil's Dictionary is a satirical "reference" book written by Ambrose Bierce. The book offers reinterpretations of terms in the English language, lampooning cant and political doublespeak, as well as other aspects of...
Satire
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Auteur:BIERCE, AmbroseSommaire: - Auteur:Heller, JosephSommaire:
Fifty years after its original publication, Catch-22 remains a cornerstone of American literature and one of the funniest--and most celebrated--books of all time. In recent years it has been named to "best novels" lists by Time,...
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Auteur:Vonnegut, KurtSommaire:On a Caribbean island, we meet Felix Hoenikker, a physicist and one of the fathers of the atomic bomb. He makes another discovery, that of "ice-nine" a substance that can turn the whole world into a block of ice.
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Auteur:Renzetti, ElizabethSommaire:A delectable satirical novel about celebrity culture, journalism, truth, lies, consequences — about the fictions we tell ourselves and the fictions we tell others.Augusta Price (not her real name) is famous in England for playing a...
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Auteur:Fivelson, ScottSommaire:Author Scott Fivelson takes the reader on a literary journey from Paris to Pamplona as a marathoner on his last legs reflects on the sport as it might have been written about if Hemingway had been a runner.
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Auteur:Burgess, AnthonySommaire:In this nightmare vision of a not-too-distant future, fifteen-year-old Alex and his three friends rob, rape, torture and murder - for fun. Alex is jailed for his vicious crimes and the State undertakes to reform him - but how and at...
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