Marian Lameris Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

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

Stretching from the Midwest at midcentury to the Wall Street and Eastern Europe of today, The Corrections brings an old-fashioned world of civic virtue and sexual inhibitions into violent collision with the era of home surveillance, hands-off parenting, do-it-yourself mental health care, and globalized greed. Richly realistic, darkly hilarious, deeply humane, it confirms Jonathan Franzen as one of our most brilliant interpreters of American society and the American soul.

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.

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.

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.

'Byatt has contrived a masterly ending to a fine work; intelligent, ingenious and humane, Possession bids fair to be looked back upon as one of the most memorable novels of the 1990s' Times Literary Supplement

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.

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.

"Sibylla, a single mother from a long line of frustrated talents, has unusual ideas about child rearing. Yo Yo Ma started piano at the age of two; her son starts at three. J.S. Mill learned Greek at three; Ludo starts at four, reading Homer as they travel round and round the Circle Line. A fatherless boy needs male role models, so she plays the film of Seventh Samurai as a running backdrop to his childhood. Ludo, aged five, moves on to Hebrew, Arabic and Japanese, edible insects of the world and aerodynamics. At last, he embarks on the search for his father. A dazzling concoction of a book, by turns hilarious and heartbreaking, it is a book for anyone who has ever wanted better parents than those fate has provided - a novel for anyone who has ever learned an alphabet and never wanted to eat an insect."