Hana Zahradníková Knihy

Souborné a zkrácené vydání tří románů britské spisovatelky. Jen Finch Buchananová ví, co ji žene k účasti na výpravě na Mount Everest. Kromě její dávné lásky se výstupu účastní také náhodný známý Sam McGrath, a to právě kvůli Finch. Velehoře je ale křehkost lidských svazků a životů zcela lhostejná a podrobí horolezce kruté zkoušce. V Antarktidě (román Půlnoční slunce) se dočkáme sice kouzelných chvil, které uchvátí každého a nikdo se odtamtud nevrátí beze změny. Alice Peelová o tom odmalička slýchala od matky, polární badatelky, ale přesto si neumí představit, jak hluboce zasáhne pár měsíců na základně do jejího dosavadního života. Skladatelka Constance Thorneová (román Constance) nemá naději najít svou biologickou matku a vztah s nevlastní sestrou Jeanette definitivně zpřetrhá milostné vzplanutí k jejímu manželovi. Útočiště nachází v poklidném ráji ostrova Bali, dokud ji nezastihne nečekaná zpráva - od Jeanette. Nakladatelská anotace.

'During certain hours, at certain years in our lives, we see ourselves as remnants from the earlier generations that were destroyed... I think all of our lives have been terribly shaped by what went on before us.' Twenty-five years after leaving his native Sri Lanka for the cool winters of Ontario, a chaotic dream of tropical heat and barking dogs pushes Michael Ondaatje to travel back home and revisit a childhood and a family he never fully understood. Along with his siblings and children, Ondaatje gathers rumours, anecdotes, poems, records and memories to piece together this fragmented portrayal of his family's past, his father's destructive alcoholism and the colourful stories and secrets of ancestors both disgraced and adored throughout centuries of Sri Lankan society. In an exotic, evocative portrait of the heat, wildlife, sounds and silences of the Sri Lankan landscape, Ondaatje combines vivid recreations of a privileged, eccentric older generation with a deeply personal reconciliatory journey in which he explores his own ghosts, and how his family's extraordinary history continues to influence his life.

The first book by the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Secret River

One of the most admirable and enthralling literary novels of the year Daily Mail

"When you get into bed with your left foot first on the eve of your birthday, and before you lie down, you turn over your pillow, anything can happen," writes William Faulkner in a magical, whimsical story. Little Dulcie wakes up on her birthday to find a strange boy in her room. After a brief persuasion, she embarks on an extraordinary journey where many wishes come true.