Bruce Benderson Knihy

Mladá Nathalie je krásna melancholická vdova, úplne oddaná svojej profesii, rešpektovaná kolegami, od ktorých si drží odstup. Markus je jediný Švéd v jej tíme, nie je ani atraktívny, ani zaujímavý, ničím nevyniká a je z Uppsaly. Nečakaný bozk od šéfky, keď jej prinesie spis číslo 114, otrasie ich istotami i stereotypmi a spustí sériu nečakaných „pohrôm“. Ako sa to skončí? Vtipný, dojemný a subtílny príbeh o správaní zaľúbených sa odvíja v 117 častiach bravúrne napísaného textu a patrí ku knihám, ktoré prečítate na jeden dúšok.

'History follows a trail of sputtering desire, often calling upon the delusions of lovers to generate the sparks. If it weren't for us, the world would suffer from a dismal lack of stories.' In this brutally candid memoir, writer, translator and journalist Bruce Benderson recounts his unrequited love for an impoverished Romanian whom he meets while on a journalism assignment in Eastern Europe. Rather than retreat, Benderson absorbs everything he can about Romania, its culture and its history and discovers a mirror in it for his own turmoil: the wild affairs of its last king, Carol II. Free of bitterness, nastiness, or any desire to protect himself, he is sustained throughout by little white codeine pills, a poetic self-awareness, a sense of humor, and an unwavering belief in the perfect romance, even as wild dogs chase him down Romanian streets.

Distinguished by the same charm and playful prose that helped make 'The Mystery Guest' such a cult favorite with readers and reviewers, Report on Myself is the memoir that won Grégoire Bouillier the French Prix de Flore and universal acclaim. Here, Bouillier tells the whole crazy story of his life, from his conception in wartime Algeria to his gritty Parisian boyhood at the mercy of his working-class bohemian parents. With trademark pithy vignettes, he illuminates his life through the stories of his four loves, beginning at age nine with the bourgeois Marie-Blanche, younger sister of his best friend, and ending with the relationship that nearly destroyed him, the aftermath of which he chronicled to such great effect in The Mystery Guest. Shot through with indelible images, bad puns, and Bouillier’s gift for drawing meaning from the seemingly innocuous coincidences of daily life, Report on Myself turns on a literary revelation (in this case, The Odyssey) that helps Grégoire decode the patterns laid out by his life, while teaching us a thing or two about love and literature along the way.

Le poing d'Apollo qui s'écrase sur le visage du videur du théâtre porno où il exerce ses talents très spéciaux marque la fin d'une époque, l'âge d'or de l'empire du vice à Times Square. Le videur est grièvement blessé. C'est le point de départ d'une cavale dans un monde interlope sur le déclin, où Apollo fait figure d'ange d'échu : fumeries de crack et boîtes semi-clandestnes peuplées de travelos, filles perdues, loubards des minorités ethniques et petits-bourgeois blancs. Ils se mêlent et se croisent, passé minuit, dans le NO MAN'S LAND de la prostitution et de la drogue. " Roman de la nuit, incandescent et frénétique, qui s'achève en forme de chant funèbre dans l'éclat déchirant des premières lueurs du jour. " LE MONDE