Kurt Wagenseil Knihy

A MASTERFUL COLLECTION OF TWENTY-FIVE SHORT STORIES FROM THE INIMITABLE AUTHOR OF SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5, KURT VONNEGUT 'Vonnegut is George Orwell, Dr Caligari and Flash Gordon compounded into one writer...a zany but moral mad scientist' Time A diabolical government asserts control by eliminating orgasms. A scientist discovers the secret to unlocking instant happiness, with unexpected consequences. In an America where everyone is equal every which way, a tennage boy plans to overthrow the system. Welcome to the Monkey House gathers together twenty-five of Kurt Vonnegut's short stories from the 1950s and 1960s. Shot through with Vonnegut's singular humour, wit and bewilderment at humanity, this is a collection that celebrates a true master of short-form fiction.

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.

It is rather awful, Emma thought as she walked across the fields down to the farm, how this business is leading us all into subterfuge and deception, and we can't really tell who is friend and who is enemy . . . ' Emma wakes up one morning to an apocalyptic world. The cosy existence she shares with her grandmother, a famous retired actress, has been shattered: there's no post, no telephone, no radio - and an American warship sits in the harbour. As the two women piece together clues about the 'friendly' military occupation on their doorstep, family, friends and neighbours gather round to protect their heritage. In this chilling novel of the future, Daphne du Maurier explores the implications of a political, economic and military alliance between Britain and the United States.