Margaret Drabble Knihy

Margaret Drabblová patrí medzi významné súčasné anglické prozaičky, ktorej diela vychádzajú zväčša v niekoľkých vydaniach a získavajú si čoraz väčší okruh čitateľov svojím spracovaním a osobitým prístupom k téme. Jej romány sú psychologické a s obľubou sa koncentrujú na duševnýsvet ženy, ktorý autorka odhaľuje priam so zarážajúcou úprimnosťou, bez pretvárky, bez pátosu. V románe Vodopád ide konkrétne o problém manželskej nevery a v širšom kontexte o problém spolužitia muža a ženy. Hrdinka sa po narodení druhého dieťaťa odpúta od manžela a nadviaže nový vzťah s mužom svojej sesternice. Vtedy sa jej predošlý život, vzťah k deťom, k okoliu, začína javiť v inom, novom svetle a rozpráva. Na to, aby dosiahla väčšiu účinnosť svojich výpovedí, uchyľuje sa k netradičnému spôsobu: úvahy o novom partnerovi uvádza v tretej osobe, svoje výpovede zasa v prvej. Ide jej predovšetkým o objektívnosť pri zachytení svojich pocitov a pohnútok, ktoré chce takto podčiarknuť. Drabblová však veľmi vnímavo opisuje nielen vnútorný svet svojej hrdinky, ale aj spoločenské vzťahy v Anglicku, predsudky, falošnú nadradenosť a povýšenectvo, ktoré pomáhajú istým spoločenským vrstvám prežiť vlastnú bezvýznamnosť. Román je spracovaný na vysokej umeleckej úrovni a vnímavému čitateľovi prinesie hlboký zážitok.

Dotek lásky, jehož filmová verze byla uvedená i u nás. Zachycuje problémy určitého typu dnešní mladé ženy, problémy jaké ještě neznala generace našich babiček . Jde o dívku zaměřenou rozumově, ctižádostivou ve svém povolání a ve své vědecké práci. V citové oblasti je ostýchavá, neprůbojná a bedlivě si střeží své soukromí. Když se do jejího života vloudí hluboký cit a mladá žena zápasí se změněnou životní perspektivou, to je obsahem této nevšední knihy.

The insatiable passion to know drives virtually all the characters in A Natural Curiosity: Liz, united with her divorced husband to fnd their friend, Liz's sister Shirley, who learns the truth about their mother's life and death, and Alix, who visits with an imprisoned mass-murder and learns things she doesn't want to know.

The colorful, controversial life story of Angus Wilson--one of the most brilliant writers to emerge after World War II--is captured by acclaimed novelist Margaret Drabble. A master chronicler of the foibles of English life, Wilson emerges as an artist of enormous courage, one of the very few who, even in the 1940s, lived as an open homosexual.

Combining personal reminiscence with reflections on the history of the place over the years and through the seasons, for the first time this collection brings together writers' impressions of the Pond.

Since Sir Paul Harvey's original Oxford Companion to English Literature was published in 1932 it has established itself as the standard source of reference for general readers, as well as an indispensable guide for students and specialists, on all aspects of English literary culture. In 1985, under the editorship of Margaret Drabble, with a team of distinguished contributors, the text was completely revised while retaining the essential characteristic of Sir Paul Harvey's much-loved volume. Since then, the Companion has continued to respond to the needs of contemporary readers. Now, in this new revision, nearly sixty completely new entries have been added on contemporary novelists, poets, and dramatists. Comprehensive, authoritative, and up to date, this new edition of The Oxford Companion to English Literature reasserts its position as the most complete reference guide to English literary culture currently available

Based on "The Oxford Companion to English Literature", this companion not only focuses on the English literature of the British Isles, but also the literature of other countries and disciplines influenced by literature. There are over 5000 entries, updated and including new essays.

The middle years of Kate Armstrong are caught between parents and children and are free of neither. Relentlessly good-natured, surprisingly successful, lapped by the affection of her children and friends and intidily folded into the clutter of her overflowing house, Kate is now suddenly in her forties. Margaret Drable takes Kate's predicament - when Kate is forced to make a reconnaissance of the middle ground of her life - and turns it into a wise, witty and ebullient novel.

The love of place is endemic in English literature, from the work of the earliest poets and hermits to the suburban celebrations of John Betjeman, covering all varieties of the British rural and urban landscape. This book presents an image of Britain as seen by writers of different regions and periods.

Perec was a leading exponent of French literary surrealism who found humour - and pathos - in the human need for classification. Thoughts of Sorts is itself unclassifiable, a unique collection of philosophical riffs on his obsession with lists, puzzles, catalogues, and taxonomies. Introduced by Margaret Drabble.