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Helen Dunmore

    12. december 1952 – 5. jún 2017

    Autorka čerpá inšpiráciu z bohatých rodinných príbehov a z hlbokého porozumenia tomu, ako sa významy môžu líšiť v závislosti od poslucháča a uhla pohľadu. Jej dielo sa vyznačuje prenikavým vhľadom do ľudskej psychiky a schopnosťou vykresliť postavy z mnohých perspektív. Ovplyvnená rozsiahlym cestovaním a prácou v rôznych kultúrach, prináša do svojej prózy neotrelé pohľady a bohaté jazykové prvky. Jej romány a poviedky sa často ponárajú do histórie a skúmajú zložité medziľudské vzťahy.

    The Siege
    Ingo
    The Crossing of Ingo
    The Betrayal
    Ice Cream
    The deep
    • The deep

      • 328 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      The third spellbinding story about Sapphy and Conor's adventures in the powerful and dangerous underwater world of Ingo. A devastating flood has torn through the worlds of Air and Ingo, and now, deep in the ocean, a monster is stirring. Mer legend says that only those with dual blood -- half Mer, half human -- can overcome the Kraken. Sapphy must return to the Deep, with the help of her friend the whale, and face this terrifying creature -- and her brother Conor and Mer friend Faro will not let her go alone!

      The deep
      4,1
    • This text is a collection of stories from Helen Dunmore, ranging from Victorian tragedy to the tale of a dinner-lady's love, from the death of a lighthouse keeper's wife to the birth of babies from the Superstock catalogue.

      Ice Cream
      3,9
    • Leningrad in 1952: a city recovering from war, where Andrei, a young hospital doctor and Anna, a nursery school teacher, are forging a life together. Summers at the dacha, preparations for the hospital ball, work and the care of sixteen year old Kolya fill their minds. They try hard to avoid coming to the attention of the authorities, but even so their private happiness is precarious. Stalin is still in power, and the Ministry for State Security has new targets in its sights. When Andrei has to treat the seriously ill child of a senior secret police officer, Volkov, he finds himself and his family caught in an impossible game of life and death - for in a land ruled by whispers and watchfulness, betrayal can come from those closest to you. A gripping and deeply moving portrait of life in post-war Soviet Russia, The Betrayal brilliantly shows the epic struggle of ordinary people to survive in a time of violence and terror.

      The Betrayal
      4,1
    • The breathtaking conclusion to the critically-acclaimed Ingo series, by prize-winning novelist Helen Dunmore. Sapphire, Conor and their Mer friends Faro and Elvira are ready to make the Crossing of Ingo - a long and dangerous journey that only the strongest young Mer are called upon to make. No human being has ever attempted this thrilling voyage to the bottom of the world. Ervys, his followers and new recruits, the sharks, are determined that Sapphire and Conor must be stopped - dead or alive...

      The Crossing of Ingo
      4,1
    • Ingo

      • 24 stránok
      • 1 hodina čítania

      As they search for their missing father near their Cornwall home, Sapphy and her brother Conor learn about their family's connection to the domains of air and of water.

      Ingo
      4,0
    • The Siege

      • 322 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      Whilst German tanks surround Leningrad during September 1941, two families struggle to stay alive. As winter grips the city first the furniture is burnt, then the books, but some may not live to see another day

      The Siege
      4,0
    • The tide knot

      • 352 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      The dramatic and spellbinding sequel to Helen Dunmore's critically acclaimed 'Ingo'.

      The tide knot
      3,9
    • Stormswept

      • 352 stránok
      • 13 hodin čítania

      An atmospheric and beautifully written adventure, from the award-winning author of the Ingo series.

      Stormswept
      3,9
    • Exposure

      • 400 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      'A deceptively simple masterpiece' Independent on Sunday 'Will haunt you for months, if not years' Guardian 'Outstanding ... if you only buy one book, make it this one' Good Housekeeping London, November, 1960: the Cold War is at its height. Spy fever fills the newspapers, and the political establishment knows how and where to bury its secrets. When a highly sensitive file goes missing, Simon Callington is accused of passing information to the Soviets, and arrested. His wife, Lily, suspects that his imprisonment is part of a cover-up, and that more powerful men than Simon will do anything to prevent their own downfall. She knows that she too is in danger, and must fight to protect her children. But what she does not realise is that Simon has hidden vital truths about his past, and may be found guilty of another crime that carries with it an even greater penalty.

      Exposure
      3,8