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Miles Heller je mladý človek bez ambícií, sužovaný pocitom viny za smrť nevlastného brata, už sedem rokov žijúci v dobrovoľnom exile bez kontaktu s rodinou. Zmysel života nachádza až vo vzťahu s výnimočne inteligentnou, no ešte neplnoletou Pilar Sanchezovou. Keď však hrozí, že jej rodina ich vzťah oznámi polícii, Miles je nútený ukončiť svoj exil a vrátiť sa do rodného New Yorku. Jeho domovom sa stáva opustený dom v brooklynskej štvrti Sunset Park, v ktorom sa ilegálne usadila skupinka mladých ľudí – idealistický revolucionár Bing Nathan, racionálna Alice Bergstromová a psychickými problémami trpiaca Ellen Briceová. Paul Auster rozohráva zložité a vzájomne poprepájané osudy svojich postáv s rozprávačskou vášňou, s neúprosnou odvahou, ale aj s pokorou pred „podivnosťou života“.

Douze nouvelles placées sous le signe d’une sobriété stylistique digne de Raymond Carver au fil desquelles des couples divorcent, des femmes noires sont traquées par des pit-bulls sur des parkings, où la liste des courses à effectuer au supermarché finit par se confondre avec un programme de vie, où des mythomanes prennent leurs semblables en otage, où la mort frappe les hommes comme les animaux, où l’on écoute battre sous la poitrine d’un autre le cœur transplanté d’un amour décédé. Au sommet de son art et avec une superbe économie de moyens, Russell Banks propose ici un recueil de textes dont l’intensité transmue le réel et le quotidien en authentiques paraboles métaphysiques.

In the beginning, everything was alive. The smallest objects were endowed with beating hearts. Paul Auster recalls his life through the story of his physical self in Winter Journal, now reflecting on his inner development and experiences with the outer world, alongside revealing letters to his first wife, Lydia Davis. This impressionistic portrait of a writer coming of age captures Auster's journey from a baby's-eye view of the moon to his childhood admiration for movie cowboy Buster Crabbe, the composition of his first poem at nine, and his growing awareness of American injustices. It charts his moral, political, and intellectual evolution as he navigates the post-war fifties and the turbulent sixties. Auster evokes the sounds, smells, and sensations of his early life, filled with moving images and his love for cartoons and films. The book culminates uniquely, breaking from prose into pure imagery, with the final section recapitulating the earlier parts through an album of pictures. This four-part work not only tells the story of Auster's times but also of the emerging consciousness of a renowned literary artist, addressing the challenge of autobiography in an unprecedented manner.

An addictively readable story of lives lived under the encroaching shadow of WWII

Part love story, part murder mystery, this sharp-witted novel set on the brink of the Second World War raises provocative questions about class, politics, art, love, and madness, exploring the consequences when two powerful personalities defy the rules. Vanessa Cole, a stunning 29-year-old heiress linked to numerous wealthy men, faces a turning point at her parents' remote Adirondack home, The Reserve. Two pivotal events unfold: her father dies unexpectedly from a heart attack, and a captivating local artist, Jordan Groves, lands his biplane in the restricted Upper Lake. Known for his exploits as much as his art, Jordan's leftist leanings seem at odds with his affluent lifestyle. Despite his confidence, he is captivated by Vanessa's beauty and charm, while she is drawn to his rebellious spirit. However, Jordan soon uncovers Vanessa's dark family secret. Emotionally fragile and further destabilized by her father's death, Vanessa spirals out of control, manipulating and damaging those around her. This incisive and passionately romantic novel of suspense adds a new dimension to the author's acclaimed repertoire.

Hannah Musgrave is on the run: from her adoring parents, her many lovers, even from herself. As a young woman she worked for a Boston terrorist group which has put her on the FBI's most wanted list, forcing her to flee to Liberia in West Africa. There she marries an ambitious young politician and settles down. But Hannah can never quite bridge the differences between herself and her African husband. Liberia is a country on the verge of explosion and the threat of civil war is ever present. The violent events that follow touch everyone close to Hannah and, once again, she has to flee. This time, though, the past won't disappear.

Phil a George sú bratia a vlastnia najväčší ranč v montanskom údolí. Krutý Phil z hĺbky duše pohŕda akoukoľvek slabosťou. George má, naopak, jemnú a láskyplnú dušu. Od detstva spia bratia v jednej posteli a delia sa o spoločnú izbu. Keď sa George ožení s mladou vdovou, Phil rozpúta boj, aby bratovu novomanželku zničil. Nepočíta však s jej ochrancom.

L’une des choses les plus difficiles à dire à quelqu’un est celle-ci : j’espère que vous m’aimerez sans raison particulière. C’est pourtant ce que nous voulons tous dire les uns aux autres — à nos enfants, à nos parents, à nos compagnons, à nos amis et à des inconnus — en ne l’osant que rarement. Peut-être même surtout à des inconnus qui n’ont ni de bonnes, ni de mauvaises raisons de nous aimer. C’est pour cela que nous échangeons des histoires en priant que cet ange sur le toit les transforme au cours de la narration, qu’elles deviennent crédibles et parlent de nous tous, qui que nous soyons les uns pour les autres.

When we first meet him, Chappie is a punked-out teenager living with his mother and abusive stepfather in an upstate New York trailer park. During this time, he slips into drugs and petty crime. Rejected by his parents, out of school and in trouble with the police, he claims for himself a new identity as a permanent outsider; he gets a crossed-bones tattoo on his arm, and takes the name "Bone." He finds dangerous refuge with a group of biker-thieves, and then hides in the boarded-up summer house of a professor and his wife. He finally settles in an abandoned schoolbus with Rose, a child he rescues from a fast-talking pedophile. There Bone meets I-Man, an exiled Rastafarian, and together they begin a second adventure that takes the reader from Middle America to the ganja-growing mountains of Jamaica. It is an amazing journey of self-discovery through a world of magic, violence, betrayal and redemption.

Protagonista románu Quinn bol kedysi mladý ambiciózny spisovateľ, ale po smrti manželky a malého syna sa rozhodol písať tajne, pod pseudonymom William Wilson, nenáročné detektívky len pre peniaze na živobytie. Smútok a postupné strácanie seba samého ústia u Quinna do myšlienky, že už ani nie je reálnym človekom. Náhodný nočný telefonát ho vtiahne do bizarného vyšetrovania: ako súkromné očko pozoruje šialeného vedca, ktorý na svoje pokusy použil svojho syna a ktorý sa po prepustení z liečenia objaví v meste. Hoci v románe nájdeme prvky tradičnej detektívky, Auster ich využíva nanajvýš inovatívnym spôsobom a s netradičným záverom.

The second book in the acclaimed New York Trilogy--a detective story that becomes a haunting and eerie exploration of identity and deception. It is a story of hidden violence that culminates in an inevitable but unexpectedly shattering climax.

Paul Auster's three stories explore the nature of identity. He uses the detective, spy and friendship genres as vehicles to delve into the relationships between different groups of people.

Een man die niet alleen het werk van zijn overleden vriend Fanshaw uitgeeft, maar ook diens weduwe trouwt, begint zich zo met hem te identificeren dat het een obsessie wordt. When Fanshaw disappears, leaving behind a wife, a baby and an extraordinary cache of novels, plays and poems, his boyhood friend is lured obsessively into the life that Fanshaw left behind. JM