Kevin Powers Knihy

Žltí vtáci sú Powersovým románovým debutom, za ktorý už získal niekoľko renomovaných literárnych cien: The Guardian First Book Award za najlepšiu prvotinu roka, The PEN/Hemingway Award za najlepšiu prvotinu roka v kategórii beletria, a za francúzsky preklad prestížnu cenu Prix littéraire du Monde v kategórii zahraničný román. Vo svojom diele čerpá z vlastnej skúsenosti vojaka v nasadení vo vojnovej oblasti. Ako povedal v rozhovore pre britský denník The Guardian: „Jedným z dôvodov, prečo som túto knihu napísal, bol, že ľudia sa ma neustále pýtali: 'Aké to tam bolo?' … Zdalo sa, že to však nebola otázka nedostatku informácií. Tých bolo naokolo veľa. To, čo ľudia naozaj chceli vedieť, bolo, ako som to cítil, fyzicky, emočne a psychologicky. Preto som [túto knihu] napísal.” Žltí vtáci sú knihou o silnom priateľstve na pozadí hrôzostrašnosti a brutality vojny. Je to príbeh o prežití, ľudskosti, krehkosti človeka, o emóciách a v neposlednom rade o vojne, ktorá sa vedie na iných frontoch: v domovoch vojakov, v mysliach matiek.

FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE YELLOW BIRDS'A kickass mystery from a superb storyteller' David Baldacci, author of The 6:20 Man'A spellbinding and totally original thriller' Philipp Meyer, author of The Son An early morning on a beach in Virginia. As he is taking his daily swim, Arman Bajalan - formerly an interpreter in Iraq - discovers a dead body. After surviving an assassination attempt that killed his wife and child, Arman has been given lonely sanctuary in the US. Now, sure that the murder is connected to his past, he knows he's still not safe.Seasoned detective Catherine Wheel and her fresh-off-the-beat partner have little to go on beyond a bus ticket in the man's pocket. It leads them to Sally Ewell, a local journalist as grief-stricken as Arman by the Iraq war, who is investigating a nefarious corporation: one on the cusp of landing a multi-billion-dollar government defence contract.As victims mount around Arman, taking the team down wrong turns and towards startling evidence, they find themselves in a race, committed to unravelling the truth and keeping Arman alive - even if it costs them everything.A Line in the Sand is a sinuous, powerful and white-knuckle thriller, from the award-winning author of The Yellow Birds, shot through with treachery, trauma and the long tentacles of war.'A tense, twisting, and thoughtful story of the intersection between grief and greed' Michael Koryta, author of Never Far Away

When the story opens on May 11, 2011, Sara’s son, Jason, has been missing for nine days from a Special Operations Forces mission on the same night as the Bin Laden raid. Smart, young, and bohemian, Sara had dreams of an Ivy League university for Jason that were not out of reach, followed by a job on the Hill where there were connections through his father. The events of 9/11 changed Jason’s mind and Sara accepted that, steeping herself in all things military to better understand her son’s days, while she works as a freelance editor for Washington policy makers and wonks. Now she knows nothing more about Jason’s fate than the crowds of well-wishers and media camped out in the driveway in front of her small farmhouse in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, waiting to hear news. In a series of flashbacks we learn about Jason’s dashing absentee father, a man who said he was a writer but whose career seemed to involve being in faraway places. And through letters Jason writes home from his training and early missions, we get a picture of a strong, compassionate leader who is wise beyond his years and modest about his abilities. Those exceptional abilities will give Jason the chance to participate in a wholly different level of assignment, the most important and dangerous of his career. At the end Sara will find herself on an unexpected journey full of surprise.

The acclaimed author of THE YELLOW BIRDS returns with an extraordinary debut poetry collection.

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