Michael Cunningham Knihy

Ohijské kluky Jonathana a Bobbyho spojuje od dětství silné pouto, které by nezasvěcenec mohl považovat za pouhé přátelství. Jak však s Michaelem Cunninghamem odhalujeme jejich tragické ztráty a každodenní obavy, přidává se k nim v New Yorku ironický hlas jejich společnice Clare. Kniha se zaměřuje na víc než jen na postavení menšiny, jejíž touhy a přání zůstávají často nepochopeny. Když hrdinové vytvoří s Clare nonkonformní "rodinu", autor dosahuje svého cíle. Prostřednictvím monologů postav a jejich různých pocitů se před námi odhaluje rozpor mezi tím, jak chceme být vnímáni, a tím, jak nás vidí ostatní. Druhý román autora známého díky "Hodinám" překvapuje lehkostí a množstvím originálních metafor, stejně jako otevřeností, s jakou autor zkoumá krizi svých třicátých let a hledání dalšího směru. Cunninghamova kronika generace třicátníků z 80. a 90. let ukazuje, že budoucnost si vytváříme z materiálu, který máme k dispozici. Klíčové je, jak se přiblížíme k druhým, jak přísní budeme na sebe a své blízké a kolik ze svého ega obětujeme pro místo, které nazýváme domovem. Cíl cesty a její prostředek se odráží v myšlence, že bez lásky nemáme nic, což potvrzuje i legendární víkend ve Woodstocku.

Spisovateľ M. Cunningham, jeden z najbrilantnejších autorov svojej generácie, vzdáva románom Hodiny poctu anglickej spisovateľke Virginii Woolfovej. Tak ako autorka vo svojom slávnom diele Pani Dallowayová opísala jediný deň v živote titulnej hrdinky, aj Cunningham sa zameral na jeden deň v živote troch postáv. Prvou z nich je samotná Virginia Woolfová, ktorá v dvadsiatych rokoch 20. storočia zápasí s duševnou chorobu a pokúša sa písať ďalší román. Druhou je Laura Brownová, mladá žena v domácnosti v povojnovej Kalifornii, ktorá vychováva malého syna a bojuje s obmedzeniami manželstva z rozumu. A napokon je to Clarissa Vaughanová, vydavateľka a matka dospelej dcéry v New Yorku deväťdesiatych rokov. V ten deň chystá večierok pre svojho ťažko chorého priateľa Richarda, ktorý získal literárnu cenu. Michael Cunningham v románe plynulo prechádza dekádami 20. storočia, aby zachytil jedinečné vnútorné svety troch nezabudnuteľných žien. Výsledkom je vášnivé, hlboké a dojímavé dielo, román o umieraní, bezmocnosti, ale aj o tom, že aj hlboko nešťastný človek dokáže nájsť kratučké okamihy radosti. Z anglického originálu The Hours (Picador, USA 1998) preložil Vladislav Gális.

Piaty apríl 2019. Na domácej idylke v útulnom brooklynskom dome sa objavujú trhliny. Dan a Isabel, manželia, ktorých vzťah nie je ideálny, sú obaja citovo naviazaní na Isabelinho mladšieho brata Robbieho. Robbie, ktorý býva v podkroví nad ich bytom, práve prekonáva krízu z rozchodu s priateľom avytvoril si zidealizovaný falošný profil na Instagrame. Danov a Isabelin desaťročný syn Nathan zatiaľ podniká prvé neisté kroky smerom k nezávislosti a ich päťročná dcéra Violet sa snaží prehliadať narastajúce napätie medzi rodičmi. Piaty apríl 2020. Z brooklynského domu sa počas lockdownu stáva väzenie. Violet je posadnutá bezpečnosťou svojej rodiny, Nathan sa pokúša obísť jej pravidlá. A Robbie uviazol na Islande v horskom zrube, kde mu robia spoločnosť len vlastné myšlienky a jeho tajný instagramový život. Piaty apríl 2021. Rodina sa po ťažkej kríze vyrovnáva s novou, úplne odlišnou realitou a s tým, čo sa naučili o sebe aj o ostatných. Román Deň Michaela Cunninghama je detailnou a prenikavou meditáciou o láske a strate, o zápasoch a obmedzeniach rodinného života, o tom, ako žiť spolu i bez seba.

From the bestselling author of The Hours and Specimen Days comes a generous, masterfully crafted novel with all the power of a Greek tragedy. The epic tale of an American family, Flesh and Blood follows three generations of the Stassos clan as it is transformed by ambition, love, and history. Constantine Stassos, a Greek immigrant, marries Mary Cuccio, an Italian-American girl, and they have three children, each fated to a complex life. Susan is oppressed by her beauty and her father's affections; Billy is brilliant, and gay; Zoe is a wild, heedless visionary. As the years pass, their lives unfold in ways that compel them--and their parents--to meet ever greater challenges.

In a novel of human progress and social decline, three characters are seen in three different eras: the Industrial Revolution; the 21st century and 150 years into the future as the poet Walt Whitman presides over each episode.

Here are the moments that our fairy tales forgot or deliberately concealed, reimagined by one of the most gifted storytellers of his generation, the Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Hours, and exquisitely illustrated by Yuko Shimizu. Rarely have our bedtime stories been this dark, this perverse, or this true.

Peter and Rebecca Harris: mid-forties denizens of Manhattan’s SoHo, nearing the apogee of committed careers in the arts—he a dealer, she an editor. With a spacious loft, a college-age daughter in Boston, and lively friends, they are admirable, enviable contemporary urbanites with every reason, it seems, to be happy. Then Rebecca’s much younger look-alike brother, Ethan (known in thefamily as Mizzy, “the mistake”), shows up for a visit. A beautiful, beguiling twenty-three-year-old with a history of drug problems, Mizzy is wayward, at loose ends, looking for direction. And in his presence, Peter finds himself questioning his artists, their work, his career—the entire world he has so carefully constructed.Like his legendary, Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, The Hours, Michael Cunningham’s masterly new novel is a heartbreaking look at the way we live now. Full of shocks and aftershocks, it makes us think and feel deeply about the uses and meaning of beauty and the place of love in our lives.<

In November 2004, Barrett Meeks, reeling from another lost love, finds himself in Central Park, where he is inexplicably drawn to a pale, translucent light in the sky that seems to regard him with a godlike presence. Despite his skepticism towards visions and faith, he cannot ignore this experience. Meanwhile, in Bushwick, Brooklyn, Beth, engaged to Barrett's older brother Tyler, is battling colon cancer. Together, they navigate a fragile yet happy existence. Tyler, a struggling musician with a drug addiction, is desperately trying to compose a wedding song that transcends mere sentimentality to embody eternal love. As Barrett grapples with the significance of the light, he unexpectedly turns to religion, while Tyler increasingly believes that drugs are the key to unlocking his creative potential. Beth confronts her mortality with courage and stoicism. The narrative follows the divergent paths of the Meeks brothers in their quests for transcendence. With subtle, lucid prose, the author captures the complexities of his characters and delves into the depths of the human soul, blending beauty and heartbreak, comedy and tragedy, affirming his status as a significant voice in contemporary literature.

An extraordinary travel guide to Provincetown, a small town at the tip of Cape Cod, known as the first landing of the Pilgrims and a haven for outsiders and visionaries. Michael Cunningham, enchanted by the town's charm, invites readers to explore his favorite place amidst sand and sea.

Get ready for the online adventures of one man who just wants to make friends. And one very annoyed world. Based on the ingenious Sir Michael Twitter account, How to (Almost) Make Friends on the Internet is the funniest book you'll read this year. Whether it's offering his services as a Karate Lawyer or Funeral DJ, devising the world's worst plan to get a free haircut, or trying to buy a blue bucket that may or may not be for sale, Michael just wants to connect with people. The only problem is that people are slightly less enthusiastic about connecting with him, and the results are utterly hilarious. Warning: you'll never think about adding someone called Michael to a group chat the same way ever again.

Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize and Pen Faulkner prize. Made into an Oscar-winning film, 'The Hours' is a daring and deeply affecting novel inspired by the life and work of Virginia Woolf. In 1920s London, Virginia Woolf is fighting against her rebellious spirit as she attempts to make a start on her new novel. A young wife and mother, broiling in a suburb of 1940s Los Angeles, yearns to escape and read her precious copy of 'Mrs Dalloway'. And Clarissa Vaughan steps out of her smart Greenwich village apartment in 1990s New York to buy flowers for a party she is hosting for a dying friend. Moving effortlessly across the decades and between England and America, this exquisite novel intertwines the stories of three unforgettable women.

Michael Cunningham brings together his Pulitzer Prize–winning novel with the masterpiece that inspired it, Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway. In The Hours, the acclaimed author Michael Cunningham draws inventively on the life and work of Virginia Woolf and the story of her novel, Mrs. Dalloway, to tell the story of a group of contemporary characters struggling with the conflicting claims of love and inheritance, hope and despair. In this edition, Cunningham brings his own Pulitzer Prize–winning novel together with Woolf’s masterpiece, which has long been hailed as a groundbreaking work of literary fiction and one of the finest novels written in English. The two novels, published side by side with a new introduction by Cunningham, display the extent of their affinity, and each illuminates new facets of the other in this joint volume. In his introduction, Cunningham re-creates the wonderment of his first encounter with Mrs. Dalloway at fifteen—as he writes, “I was lost. I was gone. I never recovered.” With this edition, Cunningham allows us to disappear into the world of Woolf and into his own brilliant mind.

Provincetown, physically remote, and heartbreakingly beautiful, has been amenable and intriguing to outsiders for as long as it has existed. Written by the author of the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning The Hours, this work brings us Provincetown, one of the extraordinary towns in the US, perched on the sandy tip at the end of Cape Cod.

Najznámejšia novela Thomasa Manna zachytáva vznik a vývin pustošivého, bezvýchodiskového citu, ktorý uzatvára smrť, nakoniec predstavujúca vykúpenie. Sám autor ju charakterizoval ako „príbeh o rozkoši zo zániku“. Úspešný starnúci spisovateľ Gustav von Aschenbach sa nečakane rozhodne stráviť leto v Benátkach. Ubytuje sa na Lide, kde jeho pozornosť upúta krásny poľský chlapec Tadzio. Keď v meste vypukne epidémia cholery, Aschenbach zvažuje odchod, no jeho fascinácia chlapcom je silnejšia než pud sebazáchovy, a tak kvôli Tadziovi ostáva. V deň Tadziovho odchodu Aschenbach zomiera, pozorujúc na pláži objekt svojej trýznivej lásky.

Imagine what a dictionary might look like about thirty years hence, when all of the world's problems are solved and our current dictionaries are a distant memory. Dave Eggers, Jonathan Safran Foer and Nicole Krauss have lined up an incredible array of writers to bring you that futuristic dictionary and a vision of the world as it might be. Think of it as a dictionary of language for describing what the future could look like a dictionary that is both useful and romantic, hopeful and necessary, pragmatic and idealistic, and frequently funny. This is science fiction but with a difference.

The story revolves around the special bond between Tehya and her father as they spend quality time together. Their adventures highlight the joy of their relationship, showcasing moments of fun, learning, and connection. Through their interactions, the narrative emphasizes the importance of family and the simple pleasures of life.

A glimpse inside a magical Tuscan villa--rustic yet urbane, old-world elegant yet bohemian, accessible yet personal--that nurtures the world's finest literary talents.

Constantin Stassos, un immigrant grec, n'a pas grand-chose en commun avec Mary, une belle Américaine d'origine italienne épousée durant la grande utopie des années cinquante. Promoteur immobilier installé à Newark, dans le New jersey, il va bâtir sa réussite sur le dos de plus infortunés que lui et se révéler un homme violent. Mary est une femme frustrée, qui accepte mal l'étroitesse du quotidien. Trois enfants naissent : Susan, l'aînée, a avec son père une relation qui frôle l'inceste. Billy, un garçon émotif, vulnérable, est incompris de son père, particulièrement lorsque celui-ci découvre son homosexualité. Zoé, la cadette, ira vivre à Manhattan où elle s'adonne à la drogue puis, enceinte d'un amant de passage, un Noir, est adoptée par un travesti, Cassandra, qui va l'aider à élever son fils. Sous la façade respectable, le scandale est absolu.

Jonathan e Bobby: sono amici inseparabili e poi confidenti e amanti nel corso di un’appassionata e difficile adolescenza a Cleveland, Ohio. La vita, la maturità e il capriccio del destino li separano, per poi farli incontrare a New York solo anni più tardi. Jonathan ora vive con una donna, Clare, la sua amica più cara, la sua compagna più vera. Bobby si trasferisce a casa dei due e, quando comincia una relazione con la ragazza, gli equilibri sentimentali e psicologici dei tre ne vengono lentamente ma inesorabilmente sconvolti. Romando d’esordio dell’autore di Le ore e Carne e sangue, Una casa alla fine del mondo racconta le incertezze dell’amore e la ricerca di un nuovo equilibrio in un mondo che si sforza di non crollare sotto il peso delle convezioni che si sfaldano. Romantico, ribelle, spregiudicato, è stato pubblicato in sedici paesi, e ha fatto conoscere al mondo il talento letterario di Michael Cunningham

Über Kämpfe und Grenzen des modernen Familienlebens. Vom Autor des Bestsellers »Die Stunden/The Hours«. »Schlichtweg atemberaubend.« Ocean Vuong 5. April 2019: Dan und Isabel leben mit ihren beiden Kindern in Brooklyn. Doch die Fassade des häuslichen Glücks bekommt erste Risse. Während Violet, fünf Jahre alt, die wachsende Kluft zwischen ihren Eltern auszublenden versucht, unternimmt der zehnjährige Nathan seine ersten unsicheren Schritte in Richtung Unabhängigkeit. Und dann ist da noch Robbie, Isabels Bruder, der aus dem Dachgeschoss ausziehen soll. Und dessen Weggang die Familie auseinanderzureißen droht. 5. April 2020: Als die Welt im Lockdown ist, fühlt sich das Haus in Brooklyn eher wie ein Gefängnis an. Isabel und Dan umkreisen sich misstrauisch. Robbie ist derweil auf Island gestrandet, allein in einer Holzhütte, mit nichts als seinen Gedanken - und seinem geheimen Instagram-Leben - als Gesellschaft. 5. April 2021: Die Familie hat das Schlimmste der Krise überstanden und kommt zusammen, um sich mit einer neuen, ganz anderen Realität auseinanderzusetzen - mit dem, was sie gelernt und was sie verloren haben. Und wie es weitergehen könnte.