Lucie Simerová Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

For years, Jack Kerouac had the habit of keeping a notebook and a pencil by his bedside. Every morning, as soon as he woke up, he recorded everything he could remember about the dreams he had during the night. From these notes, he created this sort of "parallel autobiography" filtered through his dream activity. The dreams narrated here feature many of the characters from the stories of the author of On the Road, recognizable thanks to the correspondence table suggested by Kerouac himself. Unusual and original, the Book of Dreams is a work illuminated by spontaneous and fascinating writing, a window into the inner world of a great writer.

Beautifully rejacketed, Doctor Sax is one of Kerouac’s best books – a vivid, nostalgic tale of one boy’s extraordinary childhood. Of all his books, Doctor Sax was the one Jack Kerouac loved the most. He began writing it in 1948, but wrote the greater part of it in 1952, when he was staying in Mexico with William Burroughs. Told through the character of Kerouac’s fictional alter ego, Jack Duluoz, the novel tells the story of his extraordinary childhood in Massachusetts. A clever and rebellious boy, playing among the river weeds and railroad tracks, going to the movies, reading pulp comics and watching cartoons, Jack creates an imaginary world of strange, new possibilities. Within this world lies the weird and wonderful Doctor Sax…

In these uncollected writings Jack Kerouac portrays himself in his life. He hitches a ride to San Francisco with a blonde, goes on the road with photographer Robert Frank, rides bus through the Northwest and Montana, records the blues of an old Negro hobo, talks about the Beats and how it all began, gives his "Essentials of Spontaneous Prose" and defends his novel The Subterraneans, compares Shakespeare and James Joyce, describes the cafeterias and subways of Manhattan, goes to a ballgame and a prize fight, and reflects on Céline, on Christmas in New England, on Murnau's Nosferatu, on jazz & bop, and tells us what he's thinking about. And in the closing piece "cityCityCITY," we're treated to Jack's science fiction vision of the future."Table of Contents Robert Creeley: Thinking of Jack: A Preface On the Road On the Beats On Writing Observations On Sports Last Words cityCityCITY Editor's Note

Po tragickej autonehode, ktorá si vyžiadala životy celej jej rodiny, vidí šestnásťročná Ever Bloomová aury ľudí. Počuje aj ich myšlienky a po jedinom dotyku pozná celé ich životné príbehy. Všetci na strednej škole si o nej myslia, že je čudáčka. Všetko sa však zmení, keď stretne Damena Augusta. Damen je nádherný, neobyčajný a bohatý a v jeho prítomnosti sa Ever darí nepočuť v hlave hlasy a nevnímať všetku tú chaotickú energiu okolo seba. Čím viac Ever preniká do Damenovho sveta plného tajomstiev a záhad, tým viac nových otázok sa vynára. Nemá ani len tušenie, kto Damen vlastne je. Jediné, čo Ever naozaj vie, je fakt, že je doňho čoraz väčšmi zamilovaná.

The magnificent Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of a stranger in his native landBoth a masterpiece about the universal human condition and a masterpiece of Native American literature.

Beautiful stories from the new and old worlds, infused with autobiographical elements. "Everything can become a passion," states the title story, and the protagonists of Isaac B. Singer provide ample evidence of this. This collection gathers tales of Jewish destinies in both the new and old worlds, focusing on individuals filled with fears and hopes. The Dibbuk often plays a crucial role, predominantly possessing female characters and transforming them into the obsessed. "The longer I live among them [the Jews of Eastern Europe] and write about them, the greater my astonishment at the diversity of their personalities and, as I am one of them, at my own whims and passions. And while I hope for their redemption and resurrection, I dare to say that for me all these people are still alive. In literature, as in our dreams, there is no death." Isaac B. Singer

Laura Middlebrooková žije do svých pětadvaceti let až příliš poklidně. Náhle se dozvídá, že brzy zemře. Rozhodne se, a donutí pohledného a divokého detektiva Seana Wildera, aby se s ní oženil a ukázal jí nevázaný pařížský noční život.

Maliar Ašer Lev žije vo Francúzsku po tom, čo po namaľovaní kontroverzného Ukrižovania bol požiadaný aby opustil svoju židovskú komunitu v Brooklyne. Jedného dňa sa však dozvie o smrti svojho strýka a spolu so svojou rodinou prichádza na pohreb do Ameriky. No miesto týždňa smútku ostáva dlhšie a jeho život a život jeho rodiny sa začína uberať úplne iným smerom ako si dovtedy predstavoval.

Una recreación ficticia de la vida de Geronimo, el último gran guerrero de la nación apache, y su lucha contra los colonos blancos para mantener la tierra y el modo de vida de su tribu.