Marian Lameris Knihy

Ludo's mother, Sibylla, is obsessed with Kurosawa's famous film, "The Seven Samurai" and it plays as a bizarre running backdrop to his childhood. His search for his real father ends in disappointment but he does find out more than he needs about his mother's shaky past.

Winner of the 1990 Booker Prize, this novel describes the romance between two 19th century poets and the parallel relationship of their two biographers and includes passages of 'Victorian verse'

An Egyptian woman's reflections on her changing homeland—updated with an afterword on the Arab SpringIn language that vividly evokes the lush summers of Cairo and the stark beauty of the Arabian desert, Leila Ahmed movingly recounts her Egyptian childhood growing up in a rich tradition of Islamic women and describes how she eventually came to terms with her identity as a feminist living in America. As a young woman in Cairo in the forties and fifties, Ahmed witnessed some of the major transformations of this century—the end of British colonialism, the rise of Arab nationalism, and the breakdown of Egypt's once multireligious society. As today's Egypt continues to undergo revolutionary change, Ahmed's inspirational story remains as poignant and relevant as ever.

Stretching from the Midwest in the mid-century to Wall Street and Eastern Europe in the age of globalised greed, this book brings an old-time America of freight trains and civic duty into wild collision with the era of home surveillance, hands-off parenting, do-it- yourself mental healthcare, and New Economy millionaires.

An epic narrative that takes a look at slavery in all of its moral complexities.

This stunning and intoxicating novel speaks of passion and obsession, ranging in setting from an Australian rainforest to Boston and Toronto. A mysterious and elusive love affair haunts the lives of three women in Australia. Twenty years later, on the other side of the world, Charade Ryan sorts through story and counter-story for her father, the legendary Nicholas, and the truth about her origins.

Keď jeho matka náhle zomrie a on sa dopustí zločinu, je desaťročný Mich O'Keane vyňatý z rodiny. Svoje detstvo trávi v hrozných podmienkach v rôznych nápravných zariadeniach. Systematické poníženia a zneužívanie z neho robia vážne zmäteného a násilného mladého muža. Keď Mich konečne vyjde na slobodu, vracia sa na svoje rodné miesto. Potulujúc sa po poliach a lesoch svojho detstva sa zdá, že sa nedokáže zbaviť svojej minulosti a hnevu za to, čo mu bolo spôsobené. 'De Kinderschreck' obťažuje jeho rodinu a zasieva paniku medzi ostatnými obyvateľmi dediny. Potom je unesená mladá žena Eily Ryan a jej trojročný syn, krátko nato zmizne aj kňaz John Fitzgerald. Nasleduje pátranie. 'V gozdu' je bolestný príbeh, založený na skutočnej trojnásobnej vražde, o mladíkovi, ktorý je už v mladom veku tak veľmi poškodený, že mu život už nemá čo dobré ponúknuť. O'Brien vo svojej známej jasnej štýle, presných charakterizáciách a lyrických opisoch vykresľuje sklamaný portrét života odsúdeného na neúspech.

A scientist in Alaska becomes fascinated by an Aleut woman's muteness, and her disappearance ignites his desperation. This novel intertwines myth and a gripping tale of erotic compulsion, set against the haunting backdrop of the Great North.

Na de dood van haar moeder wordt een veertienjarig Iers meisje in toenemende mate door haar vader seksueel misbruikt, waardoor ze in verwachting raakt en wegloopt van huis.

Persoonlijk verslag van een moeder over de relatie met haar autistische zoon; over de veranderingen in haarzelf en in haar zoon, met betrekking tot elkaar en de buitenwereld.