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Literárny vedec profesor Moses Herzog je na pokraji úplného nervového zrútenia. Konflikty medzi ním a spoločnosťou, jeho najbližším okolím a v ňom samom sa vyhrocujú a on cíti, že musí definitívne uzavrieť istú epochu života. Príznaky ťažkej psychózy sa u Herzoga prejavujú skladaním skutočných aj imaginárnych listov rôznym adresátom (od testinej až po prezidenta Spojených štátov), ale i častými a nepremyslenými útekmi raz od milenky, inokedy od priateľov, a napokon nepodareným dobrodružstvom s revolverom. Ústredným psychickým problémom Herzoga je stroskotané manželstvo, ale spolu s ním akoby skrachoval celý svet: Bellow prostredníctvom svojho protagonistu zúfalo bojuje o záchranu svojprávnosti individuálneho ja pred bezduchou uniformitou, ktorá naň dolieha zo všetkých strán, skúma otázky slobody konania a osobnej zodpovednosti človeka a predovšetkým neriešiteľnú dilemu intelektuála, ktorého existencia závisí od fungovania komplikovaného mechanizmu mnohonásobných zviazaností a konvencií, čo udržujú pri živote modernú spoločnosť, a ktorého práve táto mnohonásobná zviazanosť ubíja. Je takmer príznakom alebo chorobou našich čias, že človek zlyháva vo svojich najsúkromnejších vzťahoch a najzúrivejšia búrka lomcuje jeho mikrokozmom práve tam, kde by podľa zákonov prírody mal nachádzať stabilitu a ochranu.

A New York Times bestseller: from a luminous storyteller, a highly anticipated new novel about the American family writ large. “Udall masterfully portrays the hapless foibles and tragic yearnings of our fellow humans.”—San Francisco Chronicle Golden Richards, husband to four wives, father to twenty-eight children, is having the mother of all midlife crises. His construction business is failing, his family has grown into an overpopulated mini-dukedom beset with insurrection and rivalry, and he is done in with grief: due to the accidental death of a daughter and the stillbirth of a son, he has come to doubt the capacity of his own heart. Brady Udall, one of our finest American fiction writers, tells a tragicomic story of a deeply faithful man who, crippled by grief and the demands of work and family, becomes entangled in an affair that threatens to destroy his family’s future. Like John Irving and Richard Yates, Udall creates characters that engage us to the fullest as they grapple with the nature of need, love, and belonging. Beautifully written, keenly observed, and ultimately redemptive, The Lonely Polygamist is an unforgettable story of an American family—with its inevitable dysfunctionality, heartbreak, and comedy—pushed to its outer limits.

Après la disparition de Greta dans l'incendie de sa maison, les soupçons de la police se portent très vite sur son mari, Alec, au grand désarroi de leur fille, Zoé. Emue par le désespoir de sa nièce, et inconsciente du danger qui la guette, Britt, la sœur de Greta, décide de mener son enquête. La vérité passera par la découverte d'un douloureux secret familial... L'auteur d'Un coupable trop parfait et de Dernier refuge distille l'angoisse comme nul autre. Avec cette histoire rigoureusement construite, hantée par des personnages doubles, la reine du thriller psychologique nous entraîne une fois encore, de fausses pistes en rebondissements, jusqu'au plus surprenant des dénouements. Un formidable suspense qui fascine le lecteur jusqu'à la dernière page. Une réussite !

Set against the backdrop of the American West and the wilds of Africa, The Smoke Jumper is an epic story of friendship, passion and honour that charts three people's quest for happiness and self-discovery. Evans is also the author of The Horse Whisperer.

From the award-winning author of the Native American classic Fools Crow , a richly crafted novel of cultural crossing that is a triumph of storytelling and the historical imagination. Charging Elk, an Oglala Sioux, joins Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and journeys from the Black Hills of South Dakota to the back streets of nineteenth-century Marseille. Left behind in a Marseille hospital after a serious injury while the show travels on, he is forced to remake his life alone in a strange land. He struggles to adapt as well as he can, while holding on to the memories and traditions of life on the Plains and eventually falling in love. But none of the worlds the Indian has known can prepare him for the betrayal that follows. This is a story of the American Indian that we have seldom seen: a stranger in a strange land, often an invisible man, loving, violent, trusting, wary, protective, and defenseless against a society that excludes him but judges him by its rules. At once epic and intimate, The Heartsong of Charging Elk echoes across time, geography, and cultures.

Udalls turbulente Geschichten sind im kargen Südwesten der USA angesiedelt. Sie zeigen das Leben der Menschen dort, wo Touristenmassen durch Indianerreservate und Westernstädte geschleust werden. Udall erzählt mit Humor und einem feinen Gespür für die Besonderheit der Menschen dort. Udalls Figuren sind allesamt Antihelden, vom Leben nicht gerade begünstigt, deren Lebensstil und Sprache sich kaum von ihrer unwirtlichen Umgebung unterscheiden. Sie schuften und trinken, fluchen und pflegen Freundschaften zu Truthahngeiern und anderen Kreaturen. Es sind einfache, skurrile Typen, die oft bissig von den Abgründen ihres Lebens im tiefen Westen berichten. Die Geschichten bilden auf ganz eigene Art das Leben fernab der schillernden Metropolen des American Way of Life ab. Dieser Band versammelt elf der schönsten und besten Erzählungen, die in Amerika in verschiedenen Zeitschriften erschienen und mit Begeisterung aufgenommen wurden.

Thousands of years ago, the Persian king Xerxes the Great was said to have raided the Treasury at Delphi, carrying away two solid gold pillars as tribute. In 1800, Napoleon Bonaparte and his army stumble across the pillars in the Pennine Alps. Unable to transport them Napoleon creates a map on the labels of twelve bottles of rare wine. And when Napoleon dies, the bottles disappear? Treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo are exploring the Great Pocomoke Swamp in Delaware when they are shocked to discover a World War II German u-boat. Inside, they find a bottle taken from Napoleon?s ?lost cellar.? Fascinated, the Fargos set out to find the rest of the collection. But another connoisseur of sorts has been looking for the bottle they?ve just found. He is Hadeon Bondaruk?a half- Russian, half-Persian millionaire. He claims to be a descendant of King Xerxes himself. And he wants his treasure back?

A dangerous Soviet plot looming behind the evil plans of a great Asian shipping family, challenges Dirk Pitt to action.