Günther Danehl Knihy

Rubinstein's memoir is the continuation of his first earlier work which dealt with his childhood and early adult years. This work covers the year 1917 to 1980. It opens with an account of his South American tour, then goes on to tell of his brief time in New York. It then gives much space to his years in Paris in the 1920's and 1930's. It goes on to tell of his meeting his future wife Nela, their feeling the Gestapo in France and settling in Hollywood. As in Paris Rubinstein rapidly establishes himself as desired social figure and mingles with the social elite.Above all of course Rubinstein is a great master pianist. And he has much to say about the way an artist must use the gift which he has been given. This is a rich work and one most highly recommended.

Román Hlava XXII je jedným z najdôležitejších protivojnových diel, ktoré vyšli po druhej svetovej vojne. Autor opisuje márny boj hlavného hrdinu Yossariana proti absurdnej vojenskej mašinérii, pričom hojne využíva čierny humor a neustále balansuje medzi komikou a hororom. Názov knihy odkazuje navojenský predpis, podľa ktorého vojakov s istým počtom náletov odvelia z vojny, no zároveň nariaďuje, že vojak musí za každých okolností poslúchnuť svojho nadriadeného a plukovníci neustále zvyšujú počet náletov. Podľa románu bol nakrútený úspešný film.

Joseph Heller's powerful, wonderfully funny, deeply moving novel is the story of David -- yes, King David -- but as you've never seen him before. You already know David as the legendary warrior king of Israel, husband of Bathsheba, and father of Solomon; now meet David as he really was: the cocky Jewish kid, the plagiarized poet, and the Jewish father. Listen as David tells his own story, a story both relentlessly ancient and surprisingly modern, about growing up and growing old, about men and women, and about man and God. It is quintessential Heller.

The story traces the experiences of Razumov, a young Russian student of philosophy who is uninvolved in politics or protest. Against his will he finds himself caught up in the aftermath of a terrorist bombing directed against the Tsarist authorities. He is pulled in different directions - by his conscience and his ambitions, by powerful opposed political forces, but most of all by personal emotions he is unable to suppress.

Román popredného amerického spisovateľa zaiste vyvolá ľahký úsmev a možno aj hlasný smiech nad grotesknými situáciami v živote hrdinu, ale aj nepríjemné, trpké pocity a vari až obavy z budúcnosti ľudstva.