Will Self Knihy

Kniha je pekným a hodnotným darčekom nie len pre menovcov svätého Pavla. Pútavo prerozprávaný Pavlov životopis zachytáva dôležité udalosti z jeho života a približuje Pavlovu osobnosť, jeho pôsobenie, ľudí, s ktorými sa stretal, ale aj prostredie,kde žil. Nádherné ilustrácie obohacujú rozprávanie a robia putovanie s Pavlom autentickejším.

Will Self's mesmeric, inimitable debut short-story collection

A brother is as easily forgotten as an umbrella. James Joyce, Ulysses Recently having abandoned his RD Laing-influenced experiment in running a therapeutic community – the so-called Concept House in Willesden – maverick psychiatrist Zack Busner arrives at Friern Hospital, a vast Victorian mental asylum in North London, under a professional and a marital cloud. He has every intention of avoiding controversy, but then he encounters Audrey Dearth, a working-class girl from Fulham born in 1890 who has been immured in Friern for decades. A socialist, a feminist and a munitions worker at the Woolwich Arsenal, Audrey fell victim to the encephalitis lethargica sleeping sickness epidemic at the end of the First World War and, like one of the subjects in Oliver Sacks' Awakenings, has been in a coma ever since. Realising that Audrey is just one of a number of post-encephalitics scattered throughout the asylum, Busner becomes involved in an attempt to bring them back to life – with wholly unforeseen consequences.

One of contemporary fiction’s most “wickedly brilliant…endlessly talented” (Publishers Weekly) satirists delivers a dystopian novel skewering global politics and Big Brother-style government post-9/11.When Tom Brodzinksi tries to give up smoking, he inadvertently sets off a chain of events that threaten to upset the tenuous balance of peace in a not-too-distant land. When he flips the butt of his final cigarette off the balcony of his vacation apartment, it lands on elderly Reggie Lincoln, lounging on the balcony below. Lincoln suffers a burn, and the local authorities charge Tom with assault—in a country with draconian anti-smoking laws, a cigarette is a weapon of offense. For reparation, Tom must leave his family behind and wander through the arid center of the country’s deserted territory. Joining Tom on his journey is Brian Prentice, a mysteriously sinister presence, who has his own sins to make up for. Inevitably, the two men encounter violence, forcing them to come together despite their seething mistrust. A profoundly disturbing allegory, The Butt reveals the heart of a distinctly modern darkness.

He's like Banksy -- but not as big...They're Not Pets, Susan,' says a stern father who has just shot a bumblebee, its wings sparkling in the evening sunlight; a lone office worker, less than an inch high, looks out over the river in his lunch break, 'Dreaming of Packing it all In'; and a tiny couple share a 'Last Kiss' against the soft neon lights of the city at midnight. Mixing sharp humour with a delicious edge of melancholy, Little People in the City brings together the collected photographs of Slinkachu, a street-artist who for several years has been leaving little hand-painted people in the bustling city to fend for themselves, waiting to be discovered. . . 'Oddly enough, even when you know they are just hand-painted figurines, you can't help but feel that their plights convey something of our own fears about being lost and vulnerable in a big, bad city.' The Times

Poetry. O, Tempora! O, Mores! -- To Margaret -- "To Octavia" -- Tamerlane -- Song -- Dreams -- Spirits of the Dead -- Evening Star -- Imitation -- Stanzas -- A Dream -- "The Happiest Day, the Happiest Hour" -- The Lake: To__ -- Sonnet: To Science -- Al Aaraaf -- "Mysterious Star!" -- Romance -- To __ ("The bowers whereat") -- To the River __ -- To __ ("I heed not") -- Fairy Land -- Fairy-Land -- Alone -- "To Isaac Lea" -- Elizabeth -- From an Album -- "Lines on Joe Locke" -- To Helen -- Israfel -- The Sleeper -- The Valley of Unrest -- The City in the Sea -- Lenore -- To One in Paradise -- Hymn -- Enigma -- Serenade -- The Coliseum -- To F__s S. O__d -- To F__ -- Bridal Ballad -- Sonnet: To Zante -- The Haunted Palace -- Sonnet: Silence -- The Conqueror Worm -- Dream-land -- Eulalie: A Song -- The Raven -- A Valentine -- "Deep in Earth" -- To Miss Louise Olivia Hunter -- To M.L. S__ -- To __ __ __ -- Ulalume: A Ballad -- An Enigma -- The Bells -- To Helen -- A Dream within a Dream -- For Annie -- Eldorado -- Sonnet: To My Mother -- Annabel Lee -- Scenes from "Politian."\Fiction. Metzengerstein -- The Duc De L'Omelette -- A Tale of Jerusalem -- Loss of Breath -- Bon-Bon -- Four Beasts in One: the Homo-Cameleopard -- MS. Found in a Bottle -- The Assignation -- The Unparalleled Adventures of One Hans Pfaal -- Lionizing -- Shadow: A Parable -- Silence: A Fable -- Berenice -- Morella -- King Pest -- Mystification -- Ligeia -- How to Write a Blackwood Article -- The Devil in the Belfry -- The Man That Was Used Up -- The Fall of the House of Usher -- William Wilson -- The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion -- Some Account of Stonehenge, the Giant's Dance -- Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling -- Instinct vs. Reason: A Black Cat -- The Business Man -- The Philosophy of Furniture -- The Man of the Crowd -- The Island of the Fay -- The Murders in the Rue Morgue -- A Descent into the Maelstrom -- The Colloquy of Monos and Una -- Never Bet the Devil Your Head -- Eleonora -- Three Sundays in a Week -- The Oval Portrait -- The Maque of the Red Death -- The Pit and the Pendulum -- The Mystery of Marie Roget -- Morning on the Wissahiccon -- The Tell-Tale Heart -- The Gold Bug -- The Black Cat -- Diddling Considered as One of the Exact Sciences -- Byron and Miss Chaworth -- The Spectacles -- The Oblong Box -- A Tale of the Ragged Mountains -- The Premature Burial -- The Purloined Letter -- The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether -- Mesmeric Revelation -- "Thou Art the Man" -- The Balloon-Hoax -- The Angel of the Odd -- The Literary Life of Thingum Bob, Esq. -- The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade -- Some Words with a Mummy -- The Power of Words -- The Imp of the Perverse -- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar -- The Sphinx -- The Cask of Amontillado -- The Domain of Arnheim -- Mellonta Tauta -- Landor's Cottage -- Hop-Frog -- Von Kempelen and His Discovery -- "X-ing a Paragrab" -- Eureka: A Prose Poem -- The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

Darkly fascinating short novel depicts the struggles of a doubting, supremely alienated protagonist in a world of relative values. Seminal work introduced moral, religious, political and social themes that dominated Dostoyevsky’s later masterworks. Constance Garnett’s authoritative translation is reprinted here, with a new introduction.

A British writer embarks on a surreal journey through the contrasting landscapes of L.A. freeways and crumbling English cliffs, blending humor and sharp social commentary. As he navigates this quest, he critiques celebrity culture while investigating the metaphorical crime of "who killed the movies." Will Self's inventive narrative style brings to life a unique exploration of art, identity, and the absurdities of modern fame.

“How was your day?” is a special commissioned piece of work from The Humber Mouth Literature Festival 2017.

From the Booker-shortlisted author of Umbrella, a world-girdling collection of writings inspired by a life lived in and for literature.