Sjaak Commandeur Książki

Bundeling van de verhalenbundels van de Amerikaanse schrijver (1938-1988).

Englische Literatur in Reclams Roter Reihe: das ist der englische Originaltext – mit Worterklärungen am Fuß jeder Seite, Nachwort und Literaturhinweisen. Carver (1938–1988) gilt als einer der wichtigsten Short-Story-Autoren der amerikanischen Literatur in der zweiten Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts. Sein Stil ist unverwechselbar. Short Cuts bietet jene Auswahl von Stories, die Robert Altman seinem berühmten Episodenfilm von 1993 zugrunde gelegt hat: Neighbors – They’re Not Your Husband – Vitamins – Will You Please Be Quiet, Please? – So Much Water So Close to Home – A Small, Good Thing – Jerry and Molly and Sam – Collectors – Tell the Women We’re Going – Lemonade.

In the mythic city of Troy, amidst the shanty-towns, factories, opulent hotels, fading heritages and steadfast dreams, the children and grandchildren of rural peasants pursue meagre livings as best they can. And two young lovers embark upon a passionate journey of love and survival.

Set in a small village in the French Alps, this book relates the stories of sceptical, hard-working men and fiercely independent women.

A certified public accountant and amateur steeplechase rider gets his chance to ride a famous horse in a top race and jumps into an obstacle-strewn course of trouble and danger.

Een Australische acteur belandt op het eiland Korfoe en besluit daar voor een paar maanden een huis te huren om de recente gebeurtenissen in zijn persoonlijk leven te overpeinzen. Terwijl hij het eiland verkent en nieuwe vrienden maakt, raakt hij geobsedeerd door de bijzondere levenswandel van degene wiens huis hij tijdelijk bewoont. Naarmate hij meer over hem weet te achterhalen, lijken zijn eigen ervaringen steeds sterker het leven van zijn afwezige huisbaas te weerspiegelen. Met de Griekse eilanden Adelaide en Londen op de achtergrond schrijft Robdert Dessaix in Korfoe over vriendschap en liefde, het alledaagse en onalledaagse, over ballingschap en thuiskomen. Maar Korfoe is ook een ode aan de literaire landschappen van Homerus, Sapfo en Tsjechov en aan het vermogen van de kunst om schoonheid te brengen in het leven.

From the author of THE WORLD ACCORDING TO GARP, a novel about an acclaimed writer which examines three critical moments of her life. The first part deals with an incident in the Hamptons when she is a toddler, the second is concerned with a crisis in her romantic life, and the third with her adjustments to motherhood and life without her husband.

'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......

Set against the backdrop of early 20th-century Shanghai, the narrative explores the intertwined lives of a Chinese woman seeking to escape her past and a Western girl drawn to the possibilities ahead. Through themes of love, revenge, and the quest for belonging, the story delves into the complexities of identity and the contrasts between cultures. Kathryn Harrison's elegant prose captures the essence of travel and the profound emotional journeys of its characters.

While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewers witness the accident. In Boston, a renowned hand surgeon awaits the opportunity to perform the nation’s first hand transplant; meanwhile, in the distracting aftermath of an acrimonious divorce, the surgeon is seduced by his housekeeper. A married woman in Wisconsin wants to give the one-handed reporter her husband’s left hand – that is, after her husband dies. But the husband is alive, relatively young, and healthy.

John Berger reageert in Stemverheffing op de grote historische gebeurtenissen van de jaren 1989 tot 1992: de val van de Berlijnse muur, de omwentelingen in het Oostblok, de Golfoorlog, de verijdelde coup in Moskou en de definitieve ondergang van het Russische communisme. Op een persoonlijke en geëmotioneerde manier becommentarieert en overdenkt Berger wat er zich eigenlijk heeft afgespeeld en probeert hij de gebeurtenissen in een groter verband te plaatsen.

/ 9789045849317 / Literature translated into Dutch / Nederlands / Dutch / Néerlandais / Niederländisch / soft cover / 14 x 21 cm / 302 .pp /