The Common Reader
- 320pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
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Nakladatelství Odeon v spolupráci s nakladatelstvím Argo. Vydání první.
Nella piccola cittadina di Beauford, North Carolina, il cinquantasettenne Landon Carter ricorda l'anno in cui la sua vita cambiò per sempre: aveva diciassette anni ed era un adolescente vivace e irrequieto. Lasciato dalla fidanzata del momento pochi giorni prima del ballo della scuola, si riduce a invitare come "ultima scelta" Jamie, la figlia del pastore, una ragazza assolutamente agli antipodi da lui, piena di candore, ingenuità e tante buone intenzioni. Dopo quella serata, tra i due nasce un'inaspettata e sorprendente amicizia che in breve tempo si trasforma in un sentimento intenso e travolgente, tanto che Landon ha come unico scopo della sua vita realizzare i sogni di Jamie. Ma ai desideri dei due si oppone il destino.
A young boy, abandoned by his parents during World War II, wanders alone from one village to another in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe.
Ironický román z židovského prostředí Ameriky 70. let. Po letech milostných úspěchů jeho sebevědomí stále častěji narušují dívky s opačnou představou o svém životním údělu. Hrdina, jehož životní školou je časopis Playboy, se tak dostává do neskutečných situací a trapných dobrodružství, až se konečně zbaví svých šovinistických představ.
Poslední část volné trilogie o životě současného českého šlechtice vypovídá o jeho duševní a mystické obrodě.
Jeremy Dyson's collection of twelve tall tales are linked by the writer's surreal slant on everyday occurrences, sensibilites and desires.Set throughout the world, from Leeds to Eastern Europe and the Orient, we meet a flatmate who is born to save all mankind, and an 18th century automaton so beautiful men have killed in order to possess her. We are taken for a ride on London Underground's lost line which has a dark secret all of its own, and to a seemingly harmless auction of electrical goods with a devastating, hidden cost.The metaphysical meets the mundane in a Cornish resort where the tide goes out never to return, revealing something truly extraordinary on the seabed, and in an art class where an unpromising student produces an astonishing painting, which years later proves to have a dreadful significance for his bullying teacher.