John E. Woods Knihy

Keď počujeme názov mesta Paríž, azda sa nám trochu zakrúti hlava: z krásy, zo všemožných vôní, ktoré toto mesto šarmu a elegancie ponúka. Iste bol taký aj v 18. storočí, no v Suskindovej knihe ho pozorujeme z opačnej strany. Pach stoky a plesnivých rýb v stánku, kde predávala žena, ktorá prechádza životom akoby bez závanu lásky a práve jej sa narodí neduživý chlapec, ktorý má vlastnosti génia – svojim nosom vie zachytiť, detailne opísať a charakterizovať všetky vône, ktoré sa okolo neho mihnú.

A collection of stories that weave themselves around the idea of love---love to seek and love to flee; love as desire, as guilt, as confusion or self-betrayal; love as habit, as affair, and as life-changing rebellion. From the internationally best-selling author of The Reader, here is a collection of stories that weave themselves around the idea of love---love to seek and love to flee; love as desire, as guilt, as confusion or self-betrayal; love as habit, as affair, and as life-changing rebellion. As his myriad fans know from The Reader, Bernhard Schlink's power as a storyteller resides in his cool compassion and in the intelligence that he wields like a laser to penetrate human motives and human behavior. Here his subject is not history but the heart itself, and with the forensic delicacy of a master he lays bare the essence of our feelings. Already an enormous success in the author's native Germany, Flights of Love is certain to be celebrated, discussed, read and re-read.

In the small French town of Rennes-le-Chateau in the 1890s, a parish priest started a rumour which has swelled to a legend that the treasure of the temple of Jerusalem and the Holy Grail were brought to France for safe-keeping. This title attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery.