David S. Garnett è un autore ed editore britannico di fantascienza. Le sue opere sono caratterizzate dall'esplorazione delle frontiere della conoscenza umana e dell'immaginazione nella vastità dello spazio. Spesso ambienta le sue storie in ampi imperi galattici, esaminando temi come la solitudine, la scoperta e l'essenza stessa dell'umanità di fronte al cosmo infinito. Lo stile di Garnett è caratterizzato dalla sua capacità di creare mondi vividi e immersivi che spingono i lettori a riflettere sul nostro posto nell'universo.
A relaunch of the science fiction magazine of the late 1960s and 1970s, with the intention of publishing the most innovative and original stories by new and well-known writers from all over the world. The editor is a winner of the British Science Fiction Award.
William Ewart is the second richest man on Earth. That is, until the day everything goes wrong. There's the small matter of unpaid alimony to four ex-wives, compounded by a tax demand for years of arrears. All in all, it seems like a good time to head for the stars and look for the secret of life.
An enchanting pre-war classic republished for a new generation, illustrated with original woodcuts by R.A. Garnett. A Man in the Zoo: In a fit of spurned love, a lover arranges to be what his lover declares he should be - an exhibit in the zoo. Lady Into Fox: A Victorian gentleman's wife, after only one year of marriage, turns into a fox, yet he continues to live with her as husband and wife.
Here is the cream of 1987's crop, including two Nebula Award-winning stories, and others by previous Nebula and Hugo Award-winning writers.
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A young boy, a beautiful actress, an elderly aristocrat - troubled desire and tangled emotions flowering against the glowing backgrounds of Southern France, Italy and Paris, in perilous defiance of the barriers of age. Such are the 'aspects of love' in this passionate and unforgettable novel upon which Andrew Lloyd Webber based his musical.
A Man in the Zoo (1924) is a novel by David Garnett. Published several years after Garnett was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize and the Hawthornden Prize for Lady into Fox (1922), his third novel explores themes of race and empire while showcasing the author's original--and often controversial--literary style. "It was a warm day at the end of February, and Sunday morning. In the air there was a smell of spring, mixed with the odours of different animals--yaks, wolves, and musk-oxen, but the two visitors did not notice it. They were lovers, and were having a quarrel." On a beautiful day at the local zoo, John Cromartie and Josephine Lackett find themselves falling out of love. Among the animals, Josephine explains that she can no longer explain their relationship to her family, who expect her to marry a man of equal social stature. Insulting John, she tells him he should live in the zoo before storming off. Heartbroken, and perhaps a little vindictive, John resolves to remain at the zoo with the animals she thinks he belongs with. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of David Garnett's A Man in the Zoo is a classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
Dies ist die Geschichte von fünf Menschen und ihrer Suche nach der Wahrheit über die Liebe in all ihren Formen. Während sie allein in einer Villa im Süden Frankreichs sind, entwickeln Rose, eine mittellose französische Schauspielerin, und Alexis, ein von Stars begeisterter englischer Junge, eine Beziehung. Diese Beziehung hält überraschenderweise über die Jahre an und betrifft sowohl Roses Ehemann und Tochter als auch Giulietta, eine italienische Marchesa. Schließlich gelingt es allen fünf, einen Kompromiss zu finden, der ihren verbundenen, aber unterschiedlichen Leidenschaften gerecht wird.
Novela zachycuje nečekanou proměnu mladé krásné ženy v lišku, její postupné odlidšťování i reakce jejího milujícího manžela.
Novela s humorem líčí situaci člověka, který se nabídne zoologické zahradě jako exemplář homo sapiens a který chce izolací od lidí, v kleci v pavilónu lidoopů, řešit své citové problémy.
Dvě novely z raného období tvorby anglického avantgardního spisovatele dvacátých let, kritika a esejisty, kterými se stal známým ve světové literatuře a v nichž v satirickém a ironickém vyprávění zpracovává fantasticko-absurdní náměty, přičemž se nevyhýbá i hlubším etickým problémům. V první novele (Dáma v lišku, 1922) zachycuje nečekanou proměnu mladé krásné ženy v lišku, její postupné odlidšťování i reakce jejího milujícího manžela. Druhá (Člověk v zoologické zahradě, 1924) s humorem líčí situaci člověka, který se nabídne zoologické zahradě jako exemplář homo sapiens a který chce izolací od lidí, v kleci v pavilónu lidoopů, řešit své citové problémy. Předmluvu napsal Radoslav Nenadál.
