Kenneth S. Lynn Knihy

Malý Tom Canty ustavične sníval o inom živote, než aký žil v chudobnej londýnskej štvrti, s otcom opilcom, ktorý ho bil a nútil kradnúť, a s matkou, ktorá hoci sama hladná, mu aspoň kôrky chleby občas podstrčila. Tomovi sa podarilo dostať sa do kráľovského paláca, kde sa stretol s princom Eduardom, a obaja s úžasom zistili, ako veľmi sa podobajú. Len tak pre zábavu si vymenili šaty...

Theodore Dreiser's first and perhaps most accessible novel, Sister Carrie is an epic of urban life - the story of an innocent heroine adrift in an indifferent city. When small-town girl Carrie Meeber sets out for Chicago, she is equipped with nothing but a few dollars, a certain unspoiled beauty and charm, and a pitiful lack of preparation for the complex moral choices she will face.

With his trademark bowler hat, baggy trousers, and impertinent mustache, the Little Tramp dazzled audiences and catapulted Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) to an incendiary degree of fame and international iconography. This astute biography of Chaplin’s life and times delves into his childhood, career, and often controversial relationships with four wives and a slew of mistresses to illuminate his elusive genius and cinematic output, as well as his sometimes reprehensible personal behavior.

Werner Schmitz ist seit 1981 als Übersetzer tätig, u. a. von Malcolm Lowry, John le Carré, Ernest Hemingway, Philip Roth und Paul Auster. 2011 erhielt er den Heinrich Maria Ledig-Rowohlt-Preis. Er lebt in der Lüneburger Heide.