Laura Noulian Knihy

Humoristisk fortælling om forfatterens familie på Korfu

Owls Do Cry is Janet Frames first novel. She describes her ideas behind it in the second volume of her autobiography: "Pictures of great treasure in the midst of sadness and waste haunted me and I began to think, in fiction, of a childhood, home life, hospital life, using people known to me as a base for the main character, and inventing minor characters. For Daphne I chose a sensitive, poetic frail person, who, I hoped, would give depth to inner worlds and perhaps a clearer, at least an individual, perception of outer worlds. The other characters, similarly fictional, were used to portray aspects of my 'message' - the excessively material outlooks of 'Chicks', the confusion of Toby, the earthy make-up of Francie, and the toiling parents, the nearest characters to my own parents.

Majiteľ hudobného obchodu a bývalý dídžej Rob je bežný tridsiatnik. Trocha patetický, občas hysterický, nemá vlohy ani ambície pre veľké veci. Zato jeho osudová láska Laura úspešne postupuje v kariére právničky. Po rozchode s ňou Rob ironicky bilancuje svoj partnerský život, lásku, sex, legendárne platne, hudobné skupiny, koncerty, kultové filmy, televízne seriály, knihy, módu, smrť aj reklamu. Trúfalo telefonuje bývalým priateľkám, aby zistil, prečo ho opustili. Vzťah s Laurou sa napokon vyvinie inak, ako predpokladal. Kultová kniha oslovila milióny čitateľov nezabudnuteľným hlavným hrdinom, netradičným príbehom lásky a originálnym humorom.... celý text

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The 1993 Booker Prize winner. Paddy Clarke, a ten-year-old Dubliner, describes his world, a place full of warmth, cruelty, love, sardines and slaps across the face. He's confused; he sees everything but he understands less and less.

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