Best Selling Books by Rosemary Sullivan

Quem traiu Anne Frank? A investigação que revela o segredo jamais contado é a história cativante desta missão. Rosemary Sullivan apresenta-nos os investigadores, explica o comportamento tanto dos cativos como dos seus captores e esboça o perfil de um grupo de suspeitos. Em paralelo, recria com uma extraordinária vividez a Amesterdão da guerra: um lugar no qual, por muito rico, culto ou cuidadoso que se fosse, nunca se sabia em quem se podía confiar. «Sabíamos que não ia ser fácil. O caso tinha mais de setenta e cinco anos. O denunciante e a imensa maioria das testemunhas diretas provavelmente já tinham morrido. E a questão não era tanto quem, mas antes o porquê.» Recorrendo a novas tecnologias, documentos recém-descobertos e técnicas de investigação sofisticadas, uma equipa internacional resolveu por fim o mistério que constituiu a obsessão de várias gerações desde a Segunda Guerra Mundial: quem traiu Anne Frank e a sua família? E porquê? Mais de trinta milhões de pessoas leram o diário que a jovem Anne Frank escreveu enquanto viveu na clandestinidade num sótão de Amesterdão com a família e outras quatro pessoas, durante a Segunda Guerra Mundial, até serem descobertas pelos nazis e enviadas para um campo de concentração. Apesar das inúmeras obras — reportagens jornalísticas, ensaios, peças de teatro e romances — que se dedicaram à história de Anne, até à data ninguém tinha conseguido explicar de modo convincente como é que essas oito pessoas conseguiram sobreviver sem serem detetadas durante mais de dois anos, e quem ou o que finalmente conduziu os nazis à sua porta. Com uma dedicação esmerada, o ex-agente do FBI, Vincent Pankoke, e uma equipa de incansáveis investigadores estudaram com afinco dezenas de milhares de documentos, muitos dos quais inéditos, e entrevistaram inúmeros descendentes de pessoas que mantiveram uma relação direta com os Frank. Utilizando métodos desenvolvidos pelo FBI, a Equipa Caso Arquivado reconstruiu minuciosamente os meses anteriores à funesta detenção e chegou a uma conclusão impactante.

Mezinárodní tým odborníků pod vedením zvláštního agenta FBI ve výslužbě objasnil pomocí moderních technologií, nedávno objevených dokumentů a sofistikovaných vyšetřovacích metod záhadu, která od konce druhé světové války fascinuje celé generace: kdo udal Anne Frankovou a její rodinu? A proč? Deník Anne Frankové si přečetlo více než třicet milionů lidí na celém světě. Třináctiletá židovská dívka Anne si ho psala, když se za druhé světové války skrývala se svou rodinou a dalšími čtyřmi osobami v tajném přístavku jednoho amsterdamského domu, dokud je nacisté nezatkli a neposlali do koncentračního tábora. Navzdory hojnému počtu děl – článkům, knihám, divadelním hrám – o Annině osudu však nikdo jasně nevysvětlil, jak se osmi lidem podařilo přežít více než dva roky v těsném úkrytu a kdo nebo co nakonec přivedlo nacisty na jejich stopu. Neúnavný tým v čele s Vincentem Pankokem důkladně prostudoval desítky tisíc stran spisů, včetně těch, které dosud nikdo nespatřil. Vedl rozhovory s mnoha potomky lidí, kteří rodinu Frankových znali. S využitím metod vyvinutých FBI vyšetřovatelé pečlivě rekonstruovali několikaměsíční sled událostí, které v srpnu 1944 vedly k nechvalně proslulému zatčení, a dospěl k šokujícímu závěru. Kniha Kdo zradil Anne Frankovou? je poutavým vyprávěním o této misi. Rosemary Sullivan představuje vyšetřovatele, vysvětluje motivy skrývajících se osob i jejich pronásledovatelů a vytváří profily podezřelých. Zároveň vykresluje živý obraz válečného Amsterdamu, místa, kde bez ohledu na to, jak bohatí, vzdělaní a opatrní jste byli, nikdy jste nevěděli, komu můžete věřit.

Kuka ilmiantoi Anne Frankin ja hänen perheensä? Ja miksi? Toisen maailmansodan aikana Amsterdamissa perheensä kanssa piilossa eläneen 13-vuotiaan Anne Frankin tarinan on lukenut yli 30 miljoonaa ihmistä. Kun natsit löysivät lopulta perheen piilopaikan, heidät lähetettiin keskitysleirille, jossa Anne menetti henkensä. Kansainvälinen Cold Case -tutkintaryhmä käy huolellisesti läpi kymmeniätuhansia sivuja asiakirjoja, joista osa on ennennäkemättömiä, ja haastattelee lukuisia Frankin perheeseen tavalla tai toisella liittyneiden ihmisten jälkeläisiä. Uuden DNA-teknologian ja FBI:n kehittämien tutkintamenetelmien avulla selvittämättömiä rikoksia tutkiva ryhmä rekonstruoi Frankin perheen pidätystä edeltävät päivät ja viikot – ja tekee järkyttävän johtopäätöksen. "Kysymys ei tulisi koskaan olemaan helppo. Tapaus oli yli seitsemänkymmentäviisi vuotta vanha. Pettäjä ja useimmat välittömät todistajat olivat luultavasti kuolleita. Ja kysymys ei ollut vain siitä, kuka, vaan siitä miksi.” ROSEMARY SULLIVAN on kirjoittanut 15 teosta, viimeisimpänä elämäkerran Stalinin tytär. Se on julkaistu 23 maassa, ja Biographers'' International Organization myönsi sille Plutarch -palkinnon. Kirja oli myös ehdolla PEN/Bograd Weld -elämäkertapalkinnon ja National Books Critics Circle -palkinnon saajaksi. Canadian Society for Yad Vashem myönsi holokaustihistorian palkinnon hänen teokselleen Villa Air-Bel. Rosemary Sullivan on Toronton yliopiston emeritaprofessori ja hän on luennoinut Kanadassa, USA:ssa, Euroopassa, Intiassa ja Latinalaisessa Amerikassa.

From the author of the Governor General''s Award winner Shadow Maker and the Hilary Weston Writers'' Trust Prize winner Stalin''s Daughter More than thirty years after the publication of The Handmaid''s Tale, Margaret Atwood, international award-winning and bestselling author, continues to be a household name. Now, the TV adaptation of the novel has turned Atwood''s handmaids into a symbol around the globe. But who is Margaret Atwood? Rosemary Sullivan, award-winning biographer and poet, has penned the first portrait of Canada''s most famous novelist, a woman who helped to shatter the paradigm of the artist as exclusively male. In Margaret Atwood: Starting Out, Rosemary Sullivan explores the trajectory of a remarkable writer''s career. She focuses on Atwood''s formative years through to the late 1970s, when the major elements of Atwood''s life--the publication of Surfacing, Power Politics, and The Edible Woman; her relationship with writer Graeme Gibson; the birth of her daughter; and her focus on Canadian culture--are set in place. A stunning blend of narrative and meditation, of discovery and insight, Margaret Atwood: Starting Out is a major portrait of one of Canada''s most provocative writers who is out ahead, throwing back clues about the pleasure and pitfalls of being human. "An exemplary work of literary biography." --Toronto Star

The award-winning author of Villa Air-Bel returns with a painstakingly researched, revelatory biography of Svetlana Stalin, a woman fated to live her life in the shadow of one of history''s most monstrous dictators, her father, Josef Stalin. Born in the early years of the Soviet Union, Svetlana Stalin spent her youth inside the walls of the Kremlin. Communist Party privilege protected her from the mass starvation and purges that haunted Russia, but she did not escape tragedy, the loss of everyone she loved, including her mother, two brothers, aunts and uncles, and a lover twice her age, deliberately exiled to Siberia by her father. As she gradually learned about the extent of her father''s brutality after his death, Svetlana could no longer keep quiet and in 1967 shocked the world by defecting to the United States -- leaving her two children behind. But although she was never a part of her father''s regime, she could not escape his legacy. Her life in America was fractured; she moved frequently, married disastrously, shunned other Russian exiles, and ultimately died in poverty in Spring Green, Wisconsin. With access to KGB, CIA, and Soviet government archives, as well as the close cooperation of Svetlana''s daughter, Rosemary Sullivan pieces together Svetlana''s incredible life in a masterful account of unprecedented intimacy. Epic in scope, it''s a revolutionary biography of a woman doomed to be a political prisoner of her father''s name. Sullivan explores a complicated character in her broader context without ever losing sight of her powerfully human story, in the process opening a closed, brutal world that continues to fascinate us.

"As a poet and writer, [Rosemary Sullivan] knows that life is lived not as theory but as practice, that . . . you can understand nothing about a place without listening to individual people and their stories." -- Margaret Atwood Incomparable writer, activist, and world traveller Rosemary Sullivan has at long last written a book about herself, about her life quest to "meet the world, to celebrate its richness, to face its darkness." And what a fascinating book it is! Comprised of 21 essays spanning 5 decades and multiple continents, Where the World Was offers a vivid portrait of a writer who is instinctively drawn to other cultures and places. Whether writing about a solo vacation inside the Iron Curtain, meeting the reclusive writer Elizabeth Smart in a dilapidated cottage in the English countryside, reflecting on how Chilean society responded to Pinochet''s coup, or tracking down the people who knew Svetlana Alliluyeva for Stalin''s Daughter, Sullivan delivers a master class in cultural studies, human rights advocacy, and empathy for the human condition.

Más de 30 millones de personas han leído la historia de Ana Frank, la niña de trece años que se escondió con su familia en Amsterdam durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, solo para ser descubierta por los nazis y enviada a su muerte en un campo de concentración. Pero a pesar del periodismo, libros, obras de teatro y novelas dedicadas al tema, ninguno ha explicado nunca, de manera concluyente, cómo los Frank y otras cuatro personas lograron vivir escondidas sin ser detectadas durante más de dos años, y quién o qué finalmente llevó a los nazis a su puerta. Con esmerado cuidado, un equipo de investigadores estudió detenidamente decenas de miles de páginas de documentos, algunos nunca vistos y entrevistó a decenas de descendientes de personas involucradas, de una forma u otra, con los Frank. Utilizando tecnología de ADN desarrollada recientemente y técnicas de investigación avanzadas del FBI, el equipo de Cold Case recrea los días y semanas antes del arresto de los Frank, y llega a una conclusión impactante. Pero a pesar de todo el análisis que contiene, el gran logro de este libro es que lleva a los lectores a un viaje de regreso a los tiempos de guerra. Ámsterdam, donde, por primera vez, llegamos a comprender cómo era vivir en un lugar concurrido, un lugar donde no importaba cuán rico, educado o cuidadoso fueras, nunca sabías en quién confiar.

A study of Roethke''s collected works stresses the unity of his poetry and illustrates the influence of such figures as Eliot, Stevens, and Yeats upon his writings

Rosemary Sullivan is better known in Canada as a biographer, but her first love is poetry. In 1996 her first book of poetry won the Gerald Lampert Award for the best first book. In 1991 she published yet another book of poetry. But since then she has devoted herself to the biographies of Elizabeth Smart, Gwendolyn MacEwen and most recently that of Margaret Atwood. And for these works was nominated for one Governor General''s Award, and won another. After eight years, however, she has returned to poetry. In this new collection, "The Bone Ladder," she introduces a new, experimental sequence, "Granada Notebook." It is written like a novel with an adulterous plot and characters, the sequence is set in the exotic city of the Alhambra. The poems explore what happens when love fractures and how it is recovered only after a long, exhaustive battle within the self. The title of this collection, The Bone Ladder, refers to the mysteries of ancestral inheritance, how the family anticipates us generations before we are born. This book is also a retrospective collection, and contains work from her first two books of poetry. Her books have been published in England, Spain, and Sweden. She is also editor of numerous anthologies of poetry and fiction by women, most recently "The Oxford Book of Stories by Canadian Women" (1999).

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