Nowe wydanie drugiego tomu „Trylogii z Korfu”, która zainspirowała twórców serialu Durrellowie! To przepełniona barwnymi anegdotami, humorem i miłością do przyrody kontynuacja autobiograficznej opowieści o dzieciństwie Geralda Durrella na zalanej słońcem greckiej wyspie, opowiadająca historię ekscentrycznej rodziny w latach 1933-1939.
Stories on being Jewish set in various parts of the world. In the title story, a sex-starved husband in New York is authorized by his rabbi to visit a prostitute. The story, "In this way we are wise", concerns the nonchalant attitude of the inhabitants of Jerusalem to terrorism while Reb Kringle is a Jew who works as Santa Claus in a department store
Owls Do Cry is the first novel of one of New Zealand's most acclaimed classic writers, Janet Frame. Hailed as a masterpiece on first publication in 1957, it is comparable to Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey.
Opowieść o tym, co naprawdę liczy się w życiu. Trzydziestopięcioletni Rob Fleming, uzależniony od muzyki pop właściciel podupadającego sklepu z płytami, zadaje sobie pytanie, czy warto żyć w maleńkim mieszkaniu w otoczeniu płyt i kompaktów, czy raczej powinno się założyć rodzinę i pomyśleć o prawdziwej pracy? Czy warto planować swe życie z kimś, czyja kolekcja płyt jest nieporównywalna z naszą? Czy warto przyjaźnić się z kimś, kto słucha tandetnej muzyki? Powieść Nicka Hornby'ego - pełna pokoleniowego snobizmu, uczuć i wyrzutów sumienia - jest książką, której się nie zapomina, smutną,śmieszną i prawdziwą. Natychmiast po opublikowaniu stała się powieścią kultową, błyskawicznie uzyskała miano "klasyka", na jej podstawie nakręcono film Przeboje i podboje.
'One of our finest living authors ... propulsively entertaining' New York Times 'Sly, profound ... Electrifying' Observer 'Wonderfully strange and alive' Jon McGregor
Written with sinuous grace and intellectual acuity, "The Horned Man" is an unforgettable excursion into the lethal battleground of desire and repression.
In Zebra, Chaim Potok racconta l'«età difficile» di sei adolescenti, tre ragazzi e tre ragazze colti in un momento di crisi. Incontriamo un ragazzo che per un incidente ha perso l'uso di una mano, un altro che vede il padre abbandonare la casa mentre la mamma dà alla luce il fratellino, un terzo che è invidioso del fratellino adottivo appena arrivato dal Pakistan. E poi una ragazza tormentata da una gang e un'altra che vede la madre vedova risposarsi...
Seventeenth-century Amsterdam is a city in the grip of tulip mania, basking in the wealth it has generated. Sophia’s husband Cornelis, an ageing merchant, is among those grown rich from this exotic new flower. To celebrate, he commissions a talented young artist to paint him with his young bride. But as the portrait grows, so does the passion between Sophia and the painter; and as ambitions, desires and dreams breed an intricate deception, their reckless gamble propels their lives towards a thrilling and tragic conclusion.
The 1993 Booker Prize winner. Paddy Clarke, a ten-year-old Dubliner, describes his world, a place full of warmth, cruelty, love, sardines and slaps across the face. He's confused; he sees everything but he understands less and less.
San Francisco art patron Bibi Chen has planned a journey of the senses along the famed Burma Road for eleven lucky friends. But after her mysterious death, Bibi watches aghast from her ghostly perch as the travelers veer off her itinerary and embark on a trail paved with cultural gaffes and tribal curses, Buddhist illusions and romantic desires. On Christmas morning, the tourists cruise across a misty lake and disappear.With picaresque characters and mesmerizing imagery, Saving Fish from Drowning gives us a voice as idiosyncratic, sharp, and affectionate as the mothers of The Joy Luck Club. Bibi is the observant eye of human nature–the witness of good intentions and bad outcomes, of desperate souls and those who wish to save them. In the end, Tan takes her readers to that place in their own heart where hope is found.
Billy Lynch's family and friends have gathered to comfort his widow, and to pay their respects to one of the last great romantics. As they trade tales of his famous humor, immense charm, and consuming sorrow, a complex portrait emerges of an enigmatic man, a loyal friend, a beloved husband, an incurable alcoholic. Alice McDermott's striking novel, "Charming Billy," is a study of the lies that bind and the weight of familial love, of the way good intentions can be as destructive as the truth they were meant to hide. "Charming Billy" is the winner of the 1998 National Book Award for Fiction.
Een jonge vrouw in New York beseft niet in welk gevaar ze verkeert wanneer in haar buurt een vrouw wordt verkracht en vermoord.
