Peter Bergsma Knihy

A magistrate in a country village protests the army's treatment of members of the barbarian tribes taken prisoner during a civil war and finds himself arrested as a traitor.

Boyhood is a deeply-felt and utterly compelling account of a South African childhood: the narrative style is as spare and lean as the Karoo flatlands which form its backdrop' Daily Telegraph

The narrator, a student in 1950s South Africa, plots an escape from his native country, from the stifling love of his mother, from a father whose failures haunt him - and from what he is sure is impending revolution. However, arriving at last in London, he begins the dark pilgrimage of an outsider.

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Klára je vysokointeligentný, špeciálne naprogramovaný robot, ktorého účelom je byť priateľkou a spoločníčkou dospievajúcemu dieťaťu. Vďaka výnimočným schopnostiam zo svojho miesta v obchode vnímavo pozoruje správanie zákazníkov aj bežných okoloidúcich. Skenuje, zaznamenáva, analyzuje a vyhodnocuje. Deje sa tak v blízkej budúcnosti, vo svete, kde sú technologicky nevylepšení ľudia prežitok. Jedného dňa si Kláru kúpia rodičia ťažko chorej Josie a vtedy sa Klára prvýkrát skutočne stretáva s labyrintom emócií, ktoré tvoria fascinujúci ľudský svet.Kazuo Ishiguro, držiteľ Nobelovej ceny za literatúru, prichádza s dojímavým dielom, v ktorom potvrdzuje svoje literárne majstrovstvo a žánrovo sa vracia k vynikajúcemu románu Neopúšťaj ma. Ishiguro skúma rýchlo sa meniaci moderný svet očami nezabudnuteľnej a nesmierne prívetivej detskej rozprávačky, ktorá sa zo všetkých síl snaží pochopiť lásku, život, smrť, smútok, strach či samotu.

A famous writer is commissioned to contribute to a book of essays called Strong Opinions when he meets a young woman who lives in his apartment tower. He asks her to become his . . . In the laundry room of her apartment block a young woman makes the acquaintance of an ageing writer. She agrees to type up his opinions, although she is aware that what he really desires . . . The young woman's boyfriend starts to spy on his neighbour and hatches a jealous plot to . . . J. M. Coetzee's Diary of a Bad Year was shortlisted for the 2008 NSW Premier's Literary Award, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Award for Fiction and Award for Innovation at the 2008 SA Festival Awards for Literature. It is an extraordinary and utterly original novel about loneliness, friendship and the possibility of love. Diary of a Bad Year takes the reader from Australian democracy to Guantanamo Bay, from the meaning of dishonour to the creative truth of dreams. Written in a wholly innovative form for three simultaneous voices, Diary of a Bad Year is enthralling, unexpected and deeply moving.

LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2016 Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Observer and Daily Telegraph When you travel across the ocean on a boat, all your memories are washed away and you start a completely new life. That is how it is. There is no before. There is no history. The boat docks at the harbour and we climb down the gangplank and we are plunged into the here and now. Time begins. Dav�d is the small boy who is always asking questions. Sim�n and In�s take care of him in their new town Estrella. He is learning the language; he has begun to make friends. He has the big dog Bol�var to watch over him. But he'll be seven soon and he should be at school. And so, Dav�d is enrolled in the Academy of Dance. It's here, in his new golden dancing slippers, that he learns how to call down the numbers from the sky. But it's here too that he will make troubling discoveries about what grown-ups are capable of. In this mesmerising allegorical tale, Coetzee deftly grapples with the big questions of growing up, of what it means to be a parent, the constant battle between intellect and emotion, and how we choose to live our lives.

A young refugee washes up unconscious on the beach of a small island inhabited by no one but Samuel, an old lighthouse keeper. Unsettled, Samuel is soon swept up in memories of his former life on the mainland: a life that saw his country suffer, then fight for independence, only to fall to a cruel dictator; he recalls his own part in its history.

'Bloomington- Now that I have been here a while, I can say with confidence that I have never been here before.' 'Delightful, deeply moving, deliciously humorous, beautiful and surprising.' Financial Times'One of America's finest practitioners of prose . . . brimming with renewed inventiveness and the ability to assault readers with an upped dosage of wit, pathos and insight. Stunning, mesmerising.' Herald'A chance to revel . . . good, funny, remarkable.' Observer'Take these writings as they come, slowly. You will go back to a little gem that has wormed its way into your mind and stuck there, and discover that it is indeed a little gem, which sparkles a different way each time and flashes with a brief beauty of hidden meaning.' Susan Hill, Spectator'Davis can invest descriptions of everyday events with startling reserves of emotion. She has a brilliant eye for the surprising, vibrant detail.'Sunday Times'A clever and refreshing observation of the world around us.' Stylist'One of the unique creations of American literature.' Prospect

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The timeless classic from the acclaimed author of American Psycho about the lost generation of 1980s Los Angeles who experienced sex, drugs, and disaffection at too early an age. • The basis for the cult-classic film "Possesses an unnerving air of documentary reality." —The New York Times They live in a world shaped by casual nihilism, passivity, and too much money in a place devoid of feeling or hope. When Clay comes home for Christmas vacation from his Eastern college, he re-enters a landscape of limitless privilege and absolute moral entropy, where everyone drives Porsches, dines at Spago, and snorts mountains of cocaine. He tries to renew feelings for his girlfriend, Blair, and for his best friend from high school, Julian, who is careering into hustling and heroin. Clay's holiday turns into a dizzying spiral of desperation that takes him through the relentless parties in glitzy mansions, seedy bars, and underground rock clubs and also into the seamy world of L.A. after dark. Look for Bret Easton Ellis’s new novel, The Shards!

After a life-altering cycling accident leads to the amputation of his leg, Paul Rayment grapples with complex emotions for his nurse and her attractive teenage son. His world is further disrupted by the unexpected visit of renowned Australian novelist Elizabeth Costello, who seeks to influence both his recovery and romantic entanglements. The interplay of personal struggles and external influences shapes a poignant narrative about love, loss, and the quest for direction in life.

From an award-acceptance speech at a New England liberal arts college to a lecture on evil in Amsterdam, Elizabeth Costello is a distinguished and aging Australian novelist whose life is revealed through a series of eight formal addresses

Daar is Elizabeth Costello weer, in een losjes verteld verhaal over een familiereünie in Nice. Ze heeft haar zoon John en haar dochter Helen drie jaar niet gezien. Het is geen toeval dat haar zoon vanuit de Verenigde Staten net een paar dagen in Zuid Frankrijk is op weg naar een of andere belangrijke conferentie. De eerste avond aan de Cote d'Azûr is vrolijk en plezierig. De volgende dag tijdens een autorit met haar dochter wordt Elizabeth geconfronteerd met de plannen van haar plichtsgetrouwe kinderen. Zou ze in een appartement in Nice willen wonen, vlakbij de galerie van Helen? Of, vraagt haar zoon een dag voor hij weer weg moet, zou ze mee willen naar Amerika en bij hem en zijn vrouw en kinderen in willen trekken, en haar rol als grootmoeder op zich willen nemen? Willen de kinderen werkelijk hun moeder zo dicht bij hen hebben? Of voelen ze zich voornamelijk verplicht hun genereuze voorstellen te doen, maar komen deze niet recht uit hun hart.Speciaal voor de Boekenweek 2008 uitgegeven.Bevat tevens: Aan de poort. - Vertaling van: At the gate

In een brief aan haar dochter beschrijft een oude, blanke vrouw uit Kaapstad de wreedheden van de Apartheid waarmee ze de laatste maanden van haar leven wordt geconfronteerd.