Eliška Jemelková Książki

It is an epic drama of adventure, courage, ruthlessness and passion by one of Scandinavia’s most acclaimed storytellers. In 1848 a motley crew of Danish sailors sets sail from the small island town of Marstal to fight the Germans. Not all of them return – and those who do will never be the same. Among them is the daredevil Laurids Madsen, who promptly escapes again into the anonymity of the high seas. As soon as he is old enough, his son Albert sets off in search of his missing father on a voyage that will take him to the furthest reaches of the globe and into the clutches of the most nefarious company. Bearing a mysterious shrunken head, and plagued by premonitions of bloodshed, he returns to a town increasingly run by women – among them a widow intent on liberating all men from the tyranny of the sea. From the barren rocks of Newfoundland to the lush plantations of Samoa, from the roughest bars in Tasmania, to the frozen coasts of northern Russia, We, The Drowned spans four generations, two world wars and a hundred years. Carsten Jensen conjures a wise, humorous, thrilling story of fathers and sons, of the women they love and leave behind, and of the sea’s murderous promise. This is a novel destined to take its place among the greatest seafaring literature.

Myslela si, že žije v dokonalém manželství… Když se zřítí letadlo, Iris Griffithsová sleduje zprávy z místa katastrofy s hrůzou v očích… načež se dostaví úleva. Její milovaný manžel Will sice cestoval ze stejného letiště, ale naštěstí seděl v jiném letadle. Tak proč je jeho jméno na seznamu obětí? Určitě v tom musí být nějaká chyba – její manžel by jí přece nikdy nelhal. Nebo snad ano? Iris po malých krůčkách přichází celé věci na kloub a postupem času si začíná myslet, co bylo doposud nemyslitelné. Možná je nakonec ráda, že je Will po smrti… Mrazivý a znepokojivý psychologický thriller, který představuje ideální volbu pro fanoušky Pauly Hawkins, Shari Lapeny či Liane Moriarty.

Two missing girls. Thirteen years apart. An intense psychological thriller for readers of I Am Watching You, The Luckiest Girl Alive, and All the Missing Girls. Olivia Shaw has been missing since last Tuesday. She was last seen outside the entrance of her elementary school in Hunts Point wearing a white spring jacket, blue jeans, and pink boots. I force myself to look at the face in the photo, into her slightly smudged features, and I can't bring myself to move. Olivia Shaw could be my mirror image, rewound to thirteen years ago. If you have any knowledge of Olivia Shaw's whereabouts or any relevant information, please contact... I've spent a long time peering into the faces of girls on missing posters, wondering which one replaced me in that basement. But they were never quite the right age, the right look, the right circumstances. Until Olivia Shaw, missing for one week tomorrow. Whoever stole me was never found. But since I was taken, there hasn't been another girl. And now there is.