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Nakladatelství Odeon v spolupráci s nakladatelstvím Argo. Vydání první.

A distanza di tempo, Landon Carter rivive con rimpianto i giorni della sua adolescenza a Beaufort, una sperduta cittadina del Sud. Erano gli anni Cinquanta e lui era il tipico ragazzo "ribelle" in una piccola comunità conformista e sonnolenta. Un giorno, proprio in occasione del ballo della scuola, viene lasciato dalla fidanzata e, controvoglia, invita Jaimie, la riservata e devota figlia del pastore. Insieme non formano certo una coppia ben assortita, eppure il destino ha in serbo per loro la più straordinaria delle sorprese...

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.

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.

Poslední část volné trilogie o životě současného českého šlechtice vypovídá o jeho duševní a mystické obrodě.