Kurt Wagenseil Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

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.

Since its original publication in 1968, Welcome to the Monkey House has been one of Kurt Vonnegut’s most beloved works. This special edition celebrates a true master of the short-story form by including multiple variant drafts of what would eventually be the title story. In a fascinating accompanying essay, “Building the Monkey House: At Kurt Vonnegut’s Writing Table,” noted Vonnegut scholar Gregory D. Sumner walks readers through Vonnegut’s process as the author struggles—false start after false start—to hit upon what would be one of his greatest stories. The result is the rare chance to watch a great writer hone his craft in real time. Includes the following stories: “Where I Live” “Harrison Bergeron” “Who Am I This Time?” “Welcome to the Monkey House” “Long Walk to Forever” “The Foster Portfolio” “Miss Temptation” “All the King’s Horses” “Tom Edison’s Shaggy Dog” “New Dictionary” “Next Door” “More Stately Mansions” “The Hyannis Port Story” “D.P.” “Report on the Barnhouse Effect” “The Euphio Question” “Go Back to Your Precious Wife and Son” “Deer in the Works” “The Lie” “Unready to Wear” “The Kid Nobody Could Handle” “The Manned Missiles” “Epicac” “Adam” “Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow”

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.