Josée Kamoun Książki

Gdy dwudziesty wiek zmierzał ku niejednoznacznemu końcowi, Philip Roth podarował nam książkę wielką. Elegię na cześć wszystkich obietnic naszego stulecia: obietnic dobrobytu, porządku społecznego i błogosławieństwa domowego zacisza. Bohaterem „Amerykańskiej sielanki” jest Szwed Levov, uwielbiany sportowiec w szkole średniej w Newark, który dorasta w czasach powojennejprosperity. Żeni się z miss stanu New Jersey, dziedziczy po ojcu fabrykę rękawiczek i przeprowadza się do kamiennego domu w sielskiej osadzie Old Rimrock. I nagle, pewnego dnia w 1968 roku, opuszcza go piękny amerykański sen o szczęściu. Oto ukochana córka Szweda, Merry, wyrosła z kochającej, bystrej dziewczynki na zamkniętą, fanatyczną nastolatkę zdolną do niebywale brutalnego aktu politycznego terroryzmu. Z dnia na dzień Szwed zostaje wyrwany z wytęsknionej amerykańskiej sielanki i rzucony w odmęty szaleństwa. Przykuwająca, napędzana żalem, wściekłością i głębokim zrozumieniem dla opisywanych postaci, powieść ta jest arcydziełem Rotha. Powieść została uhonorowana Nagrodą Pulitzera za 1998 rok.

Ce volume explore cinquante ans d'histoire américaine au sein de la communauté juive de Newark, de l'avant-guerre aux années 1980, à travers une approche non chronologique. L'auteur aborde le mouvement de la contre-culture des années 1960, la guerre froide et la croisade anticommuniste des années 1950, ainsi que le politiquement correct des années 1970-1980. Il imagine également des années 1940 hypothétiques, marquées par la montée du fascisme et de l'antisémitisme aux États-Unis. À travers une critique acerbe de la société américaine, l'auteur analyse les mécanismes d'un individu confronté à l'imprévisible. Les personnages, face à des bouleversements majeurs, voient leurs destins se briser sous l'effondrement des illusions et des certitudes qui soutenaient leurs vies idéales, symboles du rêve américain. Quatre œuvres illustrent l'identité de l'individu pris dans la tyrannie des mythes américains, évoquant un avenir prometteur qui semblait découler d'un passé solide. Chaque génération, en dépassant les limitations des aînés, aspire à jouir pleinement des droits conférés par l'Amérique, à s'émanciper des anciennes obsessions et à vivre sans complexes parmi ses pairs.

Beginning eight years ago on the outskirts of Birmingham, where car factories have been replaced by Poundland, and London, where frenzied riots give way to Olympic fever, Middle England follows a brilliantly vivid cast of characters through a time of immense change. There are newlyweds Ian and Sophie, who disagree about the future of the country and, possibly, the future of their relationship; Doug, the political commentator who writes impassioned columns about austerity from his Chelsea townhouse, and his radical teenage daughter who will stop at nothing in her quest for social justice; Benjamin Trotter, who embarks on an apparently doomed new career in middle age, and his father Colin, whose last wish is to vote in the European referendum. And within all these lives is the story of modern England- a story of nostalgia and delusion; of bewilderment and barely-suppressed rage. Following in the footsteps of The Rotters' Club and The Closed Circle, Jonathan Coe's new novel is the novel for our strange new times.

Radio actor Iron Rinn (born Ira Ringold) is a big Newark roughneck blighted by a brutal personal secret from which he is perpetually in flight. An idealistic Communist, a self-educated ditchdigger turned popular performer, a six-foot six-inch Abe Lincoln look-alike, he marries the nation's reigning radio actress and beloved silent-film star, the exquisite Eve Frame (born Chava Fromkin). Their marriage evolves from a glamorous, romantic idyll into a dispiriting soap opera of tears and treachery. And with Eve's dramatic revelation to the gossip columnist Bryden Grant of her husband's life of "espionage" for the Soviet Union, the relationship enlarges from private drama into national scandal. Set in the heart of the McCarthy era, the story of Iron Rinn's denunciation and disgrace brings to harrowing life the human drama that was central to the nation's political tribulations in the dark years of betrayal, the blacklist, and naming names. I Married a Communist is an American tragedy as only Philip Roth could write it.

Set in 1998, with the backdrop of the impeachment of a president, this book shows us an America where conflicting moralities and ideological divisions result in public denunciations and houndings, and where innocence is not always a good enough excuse.

Czym jest "normalność"? Czy umiemy dać odpowiedź na to pytanie? I czy warto? Billy Abbott, narrator i główny bohater powieści, nie zaprząta sobie tym głowy. "W jednej osobie" to intymny portret pisarza biseksualisty, który wbrew utartej konwencji woli podążać wybraną drogą. To rzecz o pożądaniu, tajemnicy i poszukiwaniu własnego "ja", z łyżką dziegciu alienacji, niespełnionej miłości i bólu dojrzewania, kiedy jest się "innym."

'According to his mother, Jack Burns was an actor before he was an actor, but Jack's most vivid memories of childhood were those moments when he felt compelled to hold his mother's hand. He wasn't acting then.' Jack Burns' mother, Alice, is a tattoo artist in search of the boy's father, a virtuoso organist named William who has fled America to Europe. To fund her journey, she plies her trade in the seaports of the Baltic coast. But her four-year-old son's errant father can't be found, and soon even Jack's memories of that perplexing time are called into question. It is only when he becomes a Hollywood actor in later life that what he has experienced in the past comes into telling play in his present......

Born a Parsi in Bombay and educated in Vienna, Dr Farrokh Daruwalla is a Canadian citizen, an orthopedic surgeon, living in Toronto. Periodically, he returns to India. Once 20 years ago, Dr Darwalla was the examining physician of two murder victims in Goa. Now, he is reacquainted with the murderer.

There is no more decorated American writer living today than Philip Roth, the New York Times best-selling author of American Pastoral, The Human Stain, and The Plot Against America. He has won a Pulitzer Prize, two National Book Awards, two National Book Critics Circle Awards, two PEN/Faulkner Awards, and numerous other distinctions. The hero of Everyman is obsessed with mortality. As he reminds himself at one point, "I'm 34! Worry about oblivion when you're 75." But he cannot help himself. He is the ex-husband in three marriages gone wrong. He is the father of two sons who detest him, despite a daughter who adores him. And as his health worsens, he is the envious brother of a much fitter man. A masterful portrait of one man's inner struggles, Everyman is a brilliant showcase for one of the world's most distinguished novelists.

How bad is it when your SatNav is your last best friend? - In his sparkling and hugely enjoyable new book Jonathan Coe reinvents the picaresque novel for our time.