Kurt Wagenseil Knihy

Nexus is the third volume of the scandalous trilogy The Rosy Crucifixion, Henry Miller's major life workThe exhilarating final volume of Henry Miller's semi-autobiographical trilogy, Nexus follows his last months in New York. Trapped in a bizarre ménage-à-trois with his fiery wife Mona and her lover Stasia, he finds his life descending into chaos. Finally, betrayed and exhausted, he decides to leave America and sail for Paris, to discover his true vocation as a writer.

Roku 1930 prichádza Henry Miller do Paríža ako chudobný a dosiaľ neznámy autor. V Paríži ho pohltí bohémsky život maliarov a spisovateľov Montparnassu, ktorí sú večne bez peňazí. Dôverne sa zoznamuje so životom parížskych prostitútok. Román Obratník Raka je extravagantná zmes autobiografických zážitkov, autentických záznamov umeleckého života Paríža, fikcie plnej erotiky a slobody. Miller otvoril tabuizované témy, najmä úlohu sexuality v ľudskom živote. Francúzske vydanie z roku 1934 sa stretlo s množstvom protirečivých ohlasov. Román bol vyhlásený za obscénnu pornografiu a v anglo-amerických krajinách bol cenzúrou zakázaný. Samuel Beckett považoval Obratník Raka za udalosť v histórii modernej literatúry. V Spojených štátoch román vyšiel až v roku 1961.

A chilling story of ambition, Daphne du Maurier's third novel has lost none of its ability to unsettle and disturb. Julius Lévy has grown up in a peasant family in a village on the banks of the Seine. A quick-witted urchin caught up in the Franco-Prussian War, he is soon forced by tragedy to escape France for Algeria. Once there, he learns the ease of swindling, the rewards of love affairs, and the value of secrecy. Cruel and insensitive, Julius claws his way to the top, caring nothing for others--until his daughter, Gabriel, is born. Julius' attachment to her will become his strongest bond--and his greatest weakness.

Contents Vorwort / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Harrison Bergeron / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of Harrison Bergeron 1961) Wer bin ich diesmal? / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of My Name Is Everyone 1961) Willkommen im Affenhaus / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of Welcome to the Monkey House 1968) Ein langer Spaziergang zum "Fürimmer" / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of Long Walk to Forever 1960) Das Foster-Aktienportefeuille / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of The Foster Portfolio 1951) Miss Versuchung / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of Miss Temptation 1956) Tom Edisons struppiger Hund / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of Tom Edison's Shaggy Dog 1953) Nebenan / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of Next Door 1955) Schöner wohnen / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of More Stately Mansions 1951) Die Geschichte von Hyannis Port / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of The Hyannis Port Story 1968) D. P. / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of D. P. 1953) Bericht über den Barnhouse-Effekt / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of The Report on the Barnhouse Effect 1950) Die Euphio-Frage / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of The Euphio Question 1951) Geh zurück zu deiner lieben Frau und deinem Sohn / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son 1962) Der Hirsch auf dem Fabrikgelände / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of Deer in the Works 1955) Die Lüge / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of The Lie 1962) Das Kind, mit dem niemand fertig werden konnte (George M. Helmholtz) / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of The Kid Nobody Could Handle 1955) Bemannte Raketen / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of The Manned Missiles 1958) Epicac / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of EPICAC 1950) Morgen...morgen...morgen / Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (trans. of The Big Trip Up Yonder 1954)