New Releases by ERICH SEGAL

2 करोड़ दस लाख से ज़्यादा प्रतियों की बिक्री का रिकॉर्ड विश्व की 33 भाषाओं में अनुवादित बॉक्स ऑफ़िस पर एक अत्यंत सफल फ़िल्म की प्रेरणा, जिसे अमेरिकन फ़िल्म संस्थान द्वारा सौ सर्वकालिक सर्वाधिक रोमान्टिक फ़िल्मों में से एक नामित किया गया मिलिए ऑलिवर बैरेट IV से - एक अभिजात्य वर्गीय, प्रतिष्ठित, धनाढ्य परिवार का, खेलों में रुचि रखने वाला उत्साही युवक जो हार्वर्ड विश्वविद्यालय से पढ़ाई कर क़ानून के क्षेत्र को अपना पेशा बनाना चाहता है, और रैडक्लिफ़ में संगीत की पढ़ाई कर रही तीक्ष्ण बुद्धि सुंदरी जेनिफ़र कैविल्लेरी से। ऑलिवर और जेनी (दो अलग दुनियाओं के, लेकिन भावनाओं से एकात्मीय) बातें करते हैं, प्रश्न पूछते हैं, उत्तर देते हैं और एक दूसरे के प्रति इस कदर अगाध प्रेम में पड़ जाते हैं जिसे वे दोनों और दूसरे लोग भी समझ नहीं पाते। इसलिए उस प्रेम को समझने की कोशिश करने की बजाय वे उसे सहर्ष स्वीकार कर लेते हैं। तभी कुछ ऐसा होता है जो उनकी नयी, खूबसूरत दुनिया को तहस नहस कर देता है। यह उनकी कहानी है - एक ऐसी अटल प्रेम-कहानी जो आपके हृदय में ख़ुशी और आँखों में आँसू भर देगी।

Sudah lewat dua tahun semenjak kematian Jenny Cavilleri. Sang suami, Oliver Barrett IV, belum mampu melepas kepergiannya. Hidup Oliver masih diselimuti rasa sunyi dan kenangan. Lalu suatu hari, ketika sedang berlari di Central Park, ia bertemu seorang gadis cantik misterius… Sama menyentuh dan mengharukan seperti Love Story yang menjadi bestseller internasional, buku ini mengisahkan perjalanan seorang pemuda keluar dari kemelut duka citanya untuk menyongsong cinta.

Oliver Barrett IV, pemuda dari keluarga kaya yang akan lulus dari Harvard dan berkarier di bidang hukum. Jenny Cavilleri, gadis cantik berlidah tajam dari keluarga biasa yang sedang belajar musik di Radcliffe. Keduanya sangat berbeda hampir dalam segala hal. Namun mereka jatuh cinta begitu dalam dan menjalani kisah cinta yang ditakdirkan berakhir terlalu cepat. Love Story adalah kisah tentang cinta yang mengubah segalan ya.

"SURPRISINGLY FUN . . . The heroic trio lead strenuous lives, ER-style, all with an eye for the Nobel Prize." --Kirkus Reviews Now from the bestselling author of Love Story and Doctors comes a powerful and moving saga of three extraordinary individuals as they compete for the ultimate glory: the Nobel Prize. Erich Segal takes us inside the research labs and clinics, the homes and hearts, of the world''s most elite doctors and scientists--two men and one woman--whose genius, dedication, and passion cannot always win for them the love and recognition they so desperately seek. Loyalty and betrayal, disappointment and loss, scandal and secrets--all will play roles in the personal and professional lives of these gifted scientists who hold the key to life and death for so many. And through it all the Nobel Prize beckons with its seductive promise. Two will be selected for this highest honor; one of them will not live to receive it. Yet all will discover the enduring truth: that life has many prizes to offer, and many come to us in the most unexpected ways. . . . "COMPELLING . . . It is reward in itself to follow the chronicle of three trailblazing scientists, each out to better the world while conquering his own personal demons." --West Coast Review of Books A MAIN SELECTION OF THE LITERARY GUILD(c)

En 21 chapitres, suivis d''une "Coda", le livre retrace l''histoire du genre comique de l''Antiquité jusqu''à Ionesco et Beckett, en passant par Molière, Beaumarchais ou encore Chaplin. La comédie est née des fêtes rituelles en l''honneur de la fertilité et du renouvellement du monde, au cours desquelles on s''affranchissait momentanément des règles sociales. Au cours des siècles, quelques changements s''opèrent, mais la comédie demeure un espace de liberté totale, jusqu''à l''arrivée du théâtre de l''absurde du XXe siècle, qui fait voler en éclats toutes ses règles, sans jamais s''écarter, pourtant, de la filiation d''Aristophane. Segal achève son histoire en traçant un passionnant parallèle entre Les Oiseaux et En attendant Godot, la seconde pièce étant le parfait miroir inversé de la première. On ne rit plus de la vie, mais de la mort. La Coda du livre est consacrée au Docteur Folamour, le film de Stanley Kubrick, qui marque définitivement la mort de la comédie comme célébration du renouveau, l''objet même du comique étant alors la fin de l''humanité.

The story of five members of the Harvard class of 1958 and the women who share their destinies. Their experiences span a turbulent quarter century and culminate in the climactic twenty-fifth reunion at which they confront their classmates--and the balance sheet of their own lives.

The Phenomenal National Bestseller and Enduring Classic He is Oliver Barett IV, a rich jock from a stuffy WASP family on his way to a Harvard degree and a career in law. She is Jenny Cavilleri, a wisecracking working-class beauty studying music at Radcliffe. Opposites in nearly every way, Oliver and Jenny immediately attract, sharing a love that defies everything ... yet will end too soon. Here is a love that will linger in your heart now and forever.

Oliver Barrett IV found his true soulmate when he met and fell in love with Jenny Cavilleri. Their love was magical, exhilarating . . . and though heartbreakingly brief, it was enough to last a lifetime. Or so Oliver told himself. Two years have passed since Jenny was taken from him, and Oliver truly believes he will never love again. Then one day, Marcie—beautiful and mysterious—enters his world . . . and suddenly the future holds a golden new promise. The poignant and unforgettable sequel to the beloved classic Love Story is a beautiful tale of one man''s journey out of the lonely darkness of grief and back into love''s warm embrace— a story that will capture your heart as only Erich Segal can.

In a grand tour of comic theater over the centuries, Erich Segal traces the evolution of the classical form from its early origins in a misogynistic quip by the sixth-century B.C. Susarion, through countless weddings and happy endings, to the exasperated monosyllables of Samuel Beckett. With fitting wit, profound erudition lightly worn, and instructive examples from the mildly amusing to the uproarious, his book fully illustrates comedy''s glorious life cycle from its first breath to its death in the Theater of the Absurd. An exploration of various landmarks in the history of a genre that flourished almost unchanged for two millennia, The Death of Comedy revisits the obscenities and raucous twists of Aristophanes, the neighborly pleasantries of Menander, the tomfoolery and farce of Plautus. Segal shows how the ribaldry of foiled adultery, a staple of Roman comedy, reappears in force on the stages of Restoration England. And he gives us a closer look at the schadenfreude--delight in someone else''s misfortune--that marks Machiavelli''s and Marlowe''s works. At every turn in Segal''s analysis--from Shakespeare to Molière to Shaw--another facet of the comic art emerges, until finally, he argues, "the head conquers and the heart dies": Letting the intellect take the lead, Cocteau, Ionesco, and Beckett smother comedy as we know it. The book is a tour de force, a sweeping panorama of the art and history of comedy, as insightful as it is delightful to read.

Depicts the love and marriage of a wealthy Harvard hockey player and a brilliant Radcliffe music student.

Bob et Sheila, lui enseignant, elle éditrice, forment un couple harmonieux, uni par l''amour et par deux petites filles, Jessica et Paula. Le bonheur. Et puis, dans cette famille américaine, surgit celui que l''on n''attendait pas : Jean-Claude, un petit Français de dix ans qui vient de perdre sa mère, et dont Bob est le père. Jean-Claude n''a plus personne d''autre au monde. L''arrivée du petit étranger, projeté dans une famille qu''il ne connaît pas et qui ne savait rien de lui, ne va-t-elle pas tout faire vaciller, tout détruire ? Comment éviter la jalousie, le ressentiment ? Comment faire pour continuer à être heureux ensemble ? En nous contant ce parcours difficile et semé d''épreuves, Erich Segal a peut-être écrit l''un de ses meilleurs romans, aussi bouleversant que son best-seller mondial Love Story.

A short novel about a wealthy law student at Harvard, who marries a music student of Italian descent against the wishes of his family.

As a doctor, Matthew Hiller must try to help Silvia. As a spurned lover and a married man, he must try to forget the past.

From Erich Segal comes an unforgettable story of love: the drama of a father and the son he never knew . . . and a marriage that must stand the greatest test of all. Bob and Sheila Beckwith had everything: rewarding careers, two wonderful daughters, and a perfect marriage . . . almost perfect. For what Sheila didn’t know was that Bob has once been unfaithful—only once, ten years ago during a business trip to France. What Bob didn’t know was that his brief affair produced a son. Now a tragic accident—and one fateful phone call—will change Bob and Sheila’s life forever. . . .

They met as children, innocents from two different worlds. And from that moment their lives were fated to be forever entwined. Timothy : Abandoned at birth, he finds a home--and a dazzling career--within the Catholic Church. But the vows he takes cannot protect him from one soul-igniting passion. Daniel : The scholarly son of a great rabbi, he is destined to follow in his father''s footsteps. And destined to break his father''s heart. Deborah : She was raised to be docile and dutiful--the perfect rabbi''s wife--but love will lead her to rebellion. And into world''s the patriarch would never dare imagine. Reaching across more than a quarter of a century, from the tough streets of Brooklyn to ultramodern Brasilia to an Israeli kibbutz, and radiating the splendor of two holy cities, Rome and Jerusalem, here is Erich Segal''s most provocative and ambitious novel to date--the unforgettable story of three extraordinary lives...and one forbidden love.