Fascinujúca postava hlavného hrdinu Owena Meanyho, osudy ktorého podáva autor prostredníctvom monológu jeho najlepšieho priateľa, je nielen symbolom doby, všetkých jej protirečení a tragédií stelesnených najmä vojnou, ale aj symbolom ľudskej viery, porozumenia a obety v prospech dobra a lásky k blížnemu. Ústami nezvyčajného chlapca a neskôr mladého muža, malého vzrastom, ale veľkého duchom, ktorý svojimi životnými postojmi priam magicky ovplyvňuje životy ľudí okolo seba.
Mr Noon is a sardonic tale about the amorous adventures of Gilbert Noon, a young schoolmaster in Lawrence's home county of Nottinghamshire who gets entangled with a girl, loses his job, and decides to leave the country to escape the narrow provincial middle-class morality. It was first known as a long story posthumously published in A Modern Lover (1934) and collected in the volume called Phoenix II (1968). Lawrence in fact wrote a long continuation of the novel, but the manuscript disappeared for many years. The Cambridge edition brought the two parts together for the first time. It is like a sequel to Sons and Lovers, but much more straightforwardly autobiographical. The publication of the complete work added a new work of major importance to the canon of a great writer, and was widely hailed as a major literary event.
Ďaleká cesta za domovom patrí medzi okúzľujúce klasiky detskej literatúry. Richard Adams napísal nielen fenomenálny celosvetový bestseller, ale aj jednu z najobľúbenejších kníh posledných desaťročí. Malebný anglický vidiek v okolí panstva Berkshire bol kedysi najlepším miestom na život. V tomto príbehu o dobrodružstve, odvahe a ceste za prežitím sleduje čitateľ životné osudy malých hrdinov na úteku pred ničivou spúšťou, ktorú má na svedomí ľudská chamtivosť. Vedení dvomi odvážnymi bratmi putujú hrdinovia v ústrety lepšiemu životu. Cestou sa však musia vystríhať predátorov i nepriateľov, ktorí im neraz skrížia cestu do nového, tajomného a zasľúbeného domova.
ENTER THE SORCERESS! Back from the abyss, Castaneda encounter his greatest test on the journey towards impeccability and freedom: to outwit and overpower the sorcery of Doña Soledad, herself transformed from a defeated and meaningless life to a warrior, a hunter and a "stalker of power." Now the combat will begin. Now the journey will continue. Till the last danger is faced...the final paradox embraced.
ALL'INIZIO... ... era F.lli Arnold (1905), il Grande Magazzino. Era la casa dei niomi, come si chiamano loro stessi, che avevano abbandonato la vita di campagna e si erano stabiliti sotto i pavimenti dell'umanità. Non che avessero niente a che fare con gli umani. Gli umani sono grossi, lenti e stupidi. I niomi vivono rapidamente. Per loro dieci anni sono come un secolo. Dato che vivevano nel Grande Magazzino da più di ottant'anni, si erano dimenticati che c'erano cose come il Sole, la Pioggia o il Vento. C'era solo l'Emporio, fondato dal leggendario F.lli Arnold (dal 1905) perché i niomi vi abitassero. Le loro piccole, rapide vite erano regolate dall'orario di chiusura e apertura. Le stagioni dell'anno erano i Saldi Invernali, le Collezioni Primavera, le Occasioni Estive e il Natale. E nell'Emporio arrivarono un giorno gli ultimi niomi che vivevano fuori. Loro sapevano che cos'erano il vento e la pioggia. Lo sapevano bene. Per questo cercavano di non averci più niente a che fare... Narratore appassionante, grande umorista, lucido osservatore delle contraddizioni del consumismo e della vita moderna, Terry Pratchett sarà una rivelazione per i lettori di tutte le età.
Príbeh inšpirovaný láskou a manželstvom medzi F.Scottom Fitzgeraldom a Zeldou Sayrovou, hlavnými ikonami "džezového veku" v období búrlivých dvadsiatych rokov minulého storočia, plných mladosti, krásy a energie.
Hlavný predstaviteľ románu Anthony Patsch, bohatý mladý muž, ktorý má pred sebou skvelé vyhliadky na úspešnú kariéru a za chrbtom obrovský majetok starého otca, sa po niekoľkoročnej ceste po Európe usadí v prepychovom byte v New Yorku. Už dlhší čas sa chystá napísať obsiahlu vedeckú knihu o stredoveku, ktorý obdivoval v Taliansku, keď odrazu spozná Gloriu, očarujúcu mladú ženu, vášnivo sa oddávajúcu tancu, cigaretám a alkoholu. Keď sa Anthony podarí Gloriu získať a oženiť sa s ňou, ukáže sa, že Gloria je v manželstve životaschopnejšia a podmanivejšia osobnosť, nerozhodný Anthony sa nakoniec prejaví ako slaboch, ktorý v panickom strachu súka jedno hysterické predsavzatie za druhým. Najvýraznejšou slabosťou, ktorej sa manželia oddávali, bola ich túžba po vzrušujúcom zážitku a po nejakom podnete zvonka. Nakoniec sa ich život scvrkol na nekonečné čakanie na dedičstvo starého otca, o ktoré museli zúfalo bojovať.
Čajka Jonathan Livingston je dojímavý príbeh o morskej čajke, ktorá spoznala, že nie je len vtákom z kostí a peria, ale dokonalou ideou slobody, ktorú nič neobmedzuje. Čajka Jonathan Livingston sa stala kultovou knihou našej doby.
The original Hagakure contains the teachings of the samurai-turned-priest Jōchō Yamamoto (1659-1719), and was for generations preserved as moral and practical instructions for daimyo and samurai of Saga Han, a large domain in northwestern Kyushu. It later became known all over Japan, and during the Second World War Jōchō’s precept ‘I found that the Way of the Samurai is death’, became a slogan to spur on Kamikaze pilots. But the Hagakure is not only about death. In this, his adaptation and interpretation of it, Yukio Mishima deals with its teachings on action, subjectivity, strength of character, passion and love, and delights in giving prolific examples of Jōchō’s practical advice from proper behavior at a drinking party to child rearing. In the Hagakure , the most important influence on his life – and his death – Mishima saw striking similarities between his criticisms of materialistic post-war Japan and Jōchō’s criticisms of the sumptuous decadence of his contemporaries; and it is this emphasis which gives it its immediacy.
The classic novel of triumph, revenge, and friendship-now in a premium edition From the critically-acclaimed author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back comes this wise, down-to-earth story of a friendship between four African American women who lean on each other while "waiting to exhale"-waiting for that man who will take their breath away.
John le Carré 's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him unprecedented worldwide acclaim. At a small British trade fair in Moscow, a message of global importance is made up of three very fragile human links: a Soviet physicist (code name Bluebird) burdened with a secret knowledge; a beautiful young Russian woman to whom the papers are entrusted; and Barley Blair, a bewildered English publisher pressed into service by British Intelligence to ferret out the source of the document. A magnificent story of love, betrayal, and courage, "The Russia House" catches history in the act.
Gill Gamesh, John Baal, Rupert Mundys: If you've never heard of them, it's because of the Communist plot, and the capitalist scandal, that expunged the entire Patriot League from baseball memory. This novel turns baseball's status as national passtime and myth into an occasion for unfettered picturesque heroism and perfidy, and ebullient wordplay.
Corde, a Professor of Journalism and Dean at a Chicago university, faces a life-altering experience while accompanying his wife Minna, an esteemed astronomer, to Eastern Europe. Minna's mother has suffered a stroke and is hospitalized, prompting them to navigate an unfamiliar bureaucracy and adapt to life in her small apartment. As Corde supports Minna, he receives troubling news from Chicago: a student has been murdered, and family members pressure him to abandon his investigation. Additionally, articles he's writing for a magazine offend influential Chicagoans he once considered friends. A childhood companion, now a television pundit, reveals unexpected facets of Corde's character, forcing him to confront his own beliefs and values. As the narrative unfolds, it becomes evident that this trip is not merely a temporary escape but a pivotal moment that will irrevocably alter Corde's life. Blending Bellow's signature wit and erudition with a new sense of urgency and tension, the story captivates readers, offering a fresh perspective while maintaining the rich language and depth characteristic of his previous works.
In 1941, Henry Miller, the author of Tropic of Cancer, was commissioned by a Los Angeles bookseller to write an erotic novel for a dollar a page. Under the Roofs of Paris (originally published as Opus Pistorum) is that book. Here one finds Miller’s characteristic candor, wit, self-mockery, and celebration of the good life. From Marcelle to Tania, to Alexandra, to Anna, and from the Left Bank to Pigalle, Miller sweeps us up in his odyssey in search of the perfect job, the perfect woman, and the perfect experience.
Voľné pokračovanie slávneho románu Hlava XXII, v ktorom autor bravúrne zachytil tragikomickú podstatu vojny. Čitateľ sa po 33 rokoch znova stretáva s postavami, ktoré medzitým zostarli, no nie vždy zmúdreli, a sleduje ich osudy v civilnom živote. Už nebojujú s Nemcami, ale s chorobami, so starobou a s koncom, so záverečnou pre všetkých. Záverečná! je šokujúcim a invenčným pohľadom na moderný svet konca 20. storočia, mrazivý opis kolapsu západného sveta a zároveň nesmierne zábavná čierna komédia, ktorá sa nepochybne radí medzi nesmrteľné americké romány.
