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Glendon Swarthout

    Glendon Swarthout sa zameriaval na americké prostredie a jeho diela často odrážajú odvážne a drsné aspekty života. Jeho štýl sa vyznačuje prenikavými opismi krajiny a psychológie postáv, ktoré čitateľov vtiahnu do surovej reality jeho príbehov. Vyznačuje sa schopnosťou zachytiť podstatu ľudskej húževnatosti tvárou v tvár nepriazni osudu. Jeho romány sú preslávené svojou silnou naratívnou štruktúrou a nezabudnuteľnými postavami, ktoré rezonujú dlho po dočítaní.

    Sie kamen nach Cordura
    ... und sie sind nur Kinder
    Bless the Beasts and Children
    Denkt bloss nicht, dass wir heulen
    Reader´s Digest. The Silver Falcon. Alone. The Melodeon. The Gold of Troy
    The Homesman
    • The Homesman

      • 352 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      On the 1850s frontier, some brave women's hearts and minds were broken by bitter hardship. A "homesman" must escort a handful of them back East to a sanitarium, and the job falls to the indomitable and resourceful Mary Bee Cuddy. She knows she cannot succeed alone, but the only companion Mary Bee can find is low-life claim jumper George Briggs. Thus begins a trek against the tide of colonization, hardship, Indian attacks, ice storms, and loneliness.

      The Homesman
      3,9
    • Bless the Beasts and Children

      A Tender and Terrible Story of Adolescence - Like Lord of the Flies and a Separate Peace

      Enriched with detailed notes and commentary, Glendon Swarthout’s classic tale of adolescent "misfits" at a boy’s camp on a mission to save themselves. The neglected attendees of the Box Canyon Boys Camp find their lives turned around by Cotton, who, in a hot-wired pickup, challenges them to join efforts to save a herd of buffalo and rediscover themselves in the process.

      Bless the Beasts and Children