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Lavie Tidhar

    16. november 1976

    Lavie Tidhar je plodný autor, ktorý sa pohybuje na pomedzí žánrov a preslávil sa najmä svojou schopnosťou prepojiť literárne postupy s prvkami science fiction a fantasy. Jeho diela často skúmajú témy identity, pamäti a dopadu histórie na súčasnosť, pričom sa vyznačujú originálnym štýlom a neotretým pohľadom na známe archetypy. Tidharove príbehy sú známe svojou surovou atmosférou a hlbokým záujmom o kultúrne a sociálne kontexty, čo čitateľom ponúka jedinečný a provokatívny zážitok.

    Lavie Tidhar
    Adama
    Best of British Science Fiction 2022
    Central Station
    Osama
    The Candy Mafia
    Muž leží a sní
    • Muž leží a sní

      • 328 stránok
      • 12 hodin čítania

      Druhá polovina 30. let 20. století. Evropa je v krizi a Velká Británie se potýká s přílivem uprchlíků. V Německu totiž došlo k Pádu, moci se chopili komunisté, a tak boháči i fašisté, nechtějí-li skončit v trestaneckém táboře, musí utéct za hranice. Většinou se rychle vzpamatují a dál se věnují tomu, na co mají talent, třeba obchodu nebo organizovanému zločinu, ale jistý pan Wolf je muž s ideály, hnusí se mu všeobecný morální úpadek, a zatímco živoří v zaměstnání soukromého detektiva, sní o tom, že už brzy vydá další část svého životního díla, knihy nazvané Můj boj. Pravda, mezitím si ještě bude muset vytrpět něco sexuálního ponížení v rukou zdegenerovaných prostitutek či špinavé Židovky a párkrát dostane pořádnou nakládačku, ale to muže jeho formátu nezlomí. Zatím v jiném čase a na jiném místě leží muž a sní…

      Muž leží a sní
      3,6
    • The Candy Mafia

      • 296 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      Set in a city where candy is outlawed, 12-year-old detective Nelle Faulker delves into a mystery involving a missing teddy bear belonging to a candy gangster. As she investigates, Nelle uncovers a dangerous world of sweets smuggling, back-alley transactions, and arson. The case escalates when her client disappears, pushing Nelle deeper into the treacherous underbelly of her sugarless society.

      The Candy Mafia
      3,6
    • A private detective pursues a mysterious quarry - Osama Bin Laden: Vigilante - in the 10th-anniversary edition of Lavie Tidhar's World Fantasy Award-winning metafictional novel.

      Osama
      3,0
    • Central Station

      • 275 stránok
      • 10 hodin čítania

      "When Boris Chong returns to Tel Aviv from Mars, much has changed. Boris's ex-lover is raising a strangely familiar child who can tap into the datastream of a mind with the touch of a finger. His cousin is infatuated with a robotnik--a damaged cyborg soldier who might as well be begging for parts. His father is terminally-ill with a multigenerational mind-plague. And a hunted data-vampire has followed Boris to where she is forbidden to return. Rising above them is Central Station, the interplanetary hub between all things: the constantly shifting Tel Aviv; a powerful virtual arena; and the space colonies where humanity has gone to escape the ravages of poverty and war"--Amazon.com.

      Central Station
      3,5
    • Best of British Science Fiction 2022

      • 300 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania

      The anthology features a diverse collection of two dozen science fiction stories from British and British-based authors, showcasing a wide range of subjects and styles. Curated by editor Donna Scott, it highlights the best works published in 2022, drawing from magazines, anthologies, webzines, and lesser-known sources. This compilation reflects the vibrant landscape of contemporary British science fiction, offering readers a rich tapestry of imaginative narratives.

      Best of British Science Fiction 2022
      4,6
    • Adama

      • 400 stránok
      • 14 hodin čítania

      THERE IS NO LAND WITHOUT BLOOD, AND I WATER THIS LAND WITH THE BLOOD OF MY MEN. Ruth's family were in Budapest when the Nazis came. Now Ruth is in Palestine, amid the bare hills inland from Haifa, breaking the rocky soil of an unyielding land before it breaks her. With her comrades, her fellow kibbutzniks, she will build a better world. There will be green grass, orange trees and pomegranates, a land that is their own and no one else's. So they till their fields, dig their wells, build their homes and forge a new way of living, fiercely proud of their shared pursuit of a dream. But as one generation begets another, the dream unravels, twisted into a dark tapestry of secrets and lies; sacrificed for revenge, forbidden love and murder. A sweeping historical epic following four generations of a single family as they struggle to hold on to their land and each other. 'Tidhar [is] fast emerging as the leader of a new wave of Israeli literature' Daily Mail 'Adama is an unstoppable masterpiece... If history is a nightmare we're all trying to wake up from, then Adama is a trumpet blast that rings out the past and into the future' Junot Diaz 'Word by word I was drawn deeper and deeper into this incredible book - a story of inheritance, loss, longing and what could have been. Lavie Tidhar's prose is beautiful, his characters lacerating and heartbreaking by turns. I loved it.' Catriona Ward

      Adama
      4,7
    • Neom

      A Novel From The World Of Central Station

      • 256 stránok
      • 9 hodin čítania

      Machines roam the desert in search of purpose; works of art can be deadlier than weapons, and improbable love transcends the sands of time. From the multiaward-winning universe of Central Station, a complex desert-city of the future’s inhabitants rediscover passion while at the brink of revolution.“Can we just all admit now that Lavie Tidhar’s a genius?”—Daryl Gregory, award-winning author of SpoonbendersThe city known as Neom is many things to many beings, human or otherwise. Neom is a tech wonderland for the rich and beautiful; an urban sprawl along the Red Sea; and a port of call between Earth and the stars.In the desert, young orphan Saleh has joined a caravan, hoping to earn his passage off-world from Central Station. But the desert is full of mechanical artefacts, some unexplained and some unexploded. Recently, a wry, unnamed robot has unearthed one of the region’s biggest mysteries: the vestiges of a golden man.In Neom, childhood affection is rekindling between loyal shurta-officer Nasir and hardworking flower-seller Mariam. But Nasu, a deadly terrorartist, has come to the city with missing memories and unfinished business.Just one robot can change a city’s destiny with a single rose—especially when that robot is in search of lost love.

      Neom
      4,3
    • The Lunacy Commission

      • 168 stránok
      • 6 hodin čítania

      "Lavie Tidhar's novel A Man Lies Dreaming introduced Adolf Hitler as a down-at-heels private detective, forced to eke out a miserable living in 1930s London. Forgotten by history, the man now calling himself Wolf is the lowest of the low, suffering fresh humiliations at every turn. Now Wolf is back, in five darkly comic new stories that see him take on blackmail, murder, and theft - not to mention his old comrades."--Provided by publisher

      The Lunacy Commission
      4,5
    • Great Game

      • 432 stránok
      • 16 hodin čítania

      Airship battles, Frankenstein monsters, alien tripods and Houdini: The Great Game is a cranked-up steampunk thriller in which nothing is certain - not even death.

      Great Game
      4,0
    • Maror

      • 560 stránok
      • 20 hodin čítania

      Set in Israel across four decades, Maror is a story of life and death, politics and history.

      Maror
      4,1