Yōko Ogawa Knihy

Očarujúci a poetický príbeh o rodinných vzťahoch od autorky bestselleru Ostrov bez pamäti. Profesorova rovnica je čarovný príbeh o tom, čo znamená žiť v prítomnosti a o zvláštnej rovnici, ktorej výsledkom je neobyčajná, no úžasná rodina. On je Profesor s brilantnou mysľou a nezvyčajným problémom – pri dopravnej nehode utrpel vážne zranenie a odvtedy má jeho krátkodobá pamäť kapacitu iba osemdesiat minút. Ona je pomocnica v domácnosti a matka desaťročného syna, ktorej pracovnou náplňou sa stala starostlivosť o Profesora. Každé ráno pre nich znamená nové zoznámenie, každý deň sa stáva neopakovateľnou príležitosťou pre zvláštny a krásny vzťah. Hoci Profesor nemá kapacitu na to, aby si uchoval spomienky (jeho mozog je ako páska, ktorá sa každých osemdesiat minút vymaže), jeho myseľ je stále živá a neprestáva žasnúť nad číslami a ich obdivuhodným poriadkom, vďaka čomu sa aj pre ostatných členov tejto veľmi nezvyčajnej domácnosti otvára nádherný a poetický nový svet. Profesor dokáže objaviť prepojenie aj medzi tým najjednoduchším číselným vyjadrením reality ? ako je napríklad číslo jej topánok ? a vesmírom, a hoci sa jeho pamäť čoraz viac vytráca, vzájomné puto ich vzťahov je čoraz pevnejšie.

Desivo krásny orwellovský román o totálnom ovládnutí ľudských životov štátnou mocou Na bezmennom ostrove pri bezmennom pobreží miznú objekty: najskôr klobúky, potom stuhy, vtáky, ruže – až kým situácia nenadobudne hrozivé rozmery. Väčšina obyvateľov ostrova na stratené predmety okamžite zabúda, akoby im ktosi vygumoval spomienky; zatiaľ čo tí, ktorí neprišli o schopnosť pamätať si ich, žijú v ustavičnom strachu. Pátra po nich drakonická pamäťová polícia, ktorá má za úlohu zabezpečiť, aby to, čo zmizlo, upadlo navždy do zabudnutia.

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After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life.The 1970s are bringing changes to Japan and her uncle's magnificent colonial mansion opens up a new and unfamiliar world for Tomoko; its sprawling gardens are even home to a pygmy hippo the family keeps as a pet. Tomoko finds her relatives equally exotic and beguiling and her growing friendship with her cousin Mina draws her into an intoxicating world full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling.As the two girls share confidences their eyes are opened to the complications of the adult world. Tomoko's understanding of her uncle's mysterious absences, her grandmother's wartime experiences and her aunt's unhappiness will all come into clearer focus as she and Mina build an enduring bond. Rich with the magic and mystery of youth, Mina's Matchbox is an evocative snapshot of a moment frozen in time, and a striking depiction of a family on the edge of collapse.

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE MEMORY POLICE 'A conspicuously gifted writer...To read Ogawa is to enter a dreamlike state tinged with a nightmare, and her stories continue to haunt. She possesses an effortless, glassy, eerie brilliance' Guardian Murderers and mourners, mothers and children, lovers and innocent bystanders - locked in the embrace of an ominous and darkly beautiful web, their fates all converge through the eleven stories here in Yoko Ogawa's Revenge. As tales of the macabre pass from character to character - an aspiring writer, a successful surgeon, a cabaret singer, a lonely craftsman - Ogawa provides us with a slice of life that is resplendent in its chaos, enthralling in its passion and chilling in its cruelty. Translated by Stephen Snyder Elegant, pocket-sized paperbacks, VINTAGE Editions celebrate the audacity and ambition of the written word, transporting readers to wherever in the world literary innovation may be found.

Set in the spring of 1972, a twelve-year-old girl named Tomoko embarks on a transformative journey to stay with her enigmatic aunt's family in Ashiya, Japan. Surrounded by their opulent lifestyle and complex dynamics, she navigates relationships with her dignified aunt, charming uncle, and her precocious cousin Mina, who introduces her to a world of secrets and storytelling. Through Tomoko's eyes, the narrative explores themes of family, identity, and the bittersweet nature of growing up, culminating in a poignant reflection from her adult perspective.

Beautiful, twisted and brilliant - discover Yoko Ogawa. A young woman records the daily moods of her pregnant sister in a diary, but rather than a story of growth the diary reveals a more sinister tale of greed and repulsion.

In a crumbling, seaside hotel on the coast of Japan, quiet, seventeen-year-old Mari works the front desk as her mother fusses over the off-season customers.

Yoko Ogawa's The Housekeeper and the Professor is an enchanting story about what it means to live in the present, and about the curious equations that can create a family. He is a brilliant math Professor with a peculiar problem#8212;ever since a traumatic head injury, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory. She is an astute young Housekeeper#8212;with a ten-year-old son#8212;who is hired to care for the Professor. And every morning, as the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to each other anew, a strange and beautiful relationship blossoms between them. Though he cannot hold memories for long (his brain is like a tape that begins to erase itself every eighty minutes), the Professor's mind is still alive with elegant equations from the past. And the numbers, in all of their articulate order, reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the Housekeeper and her young son. The Professor is capable of discovering connections between the simplest of quantities#8212;like the Housekeeper's shoe size#8212;and the universe at large, drawing their lives ever closer and more profoundly together, even as his memory slips away