SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE The inspiration for the major motion picture The Affair, now available on demand. Cool. Balanced. Modern. The precisions of science, the wild variance of lust, the catharsis of confession and the fear of failure - these are things that happen in the Glass Room.
Román inspirovaný skutečným osudem vily Tugendhat, který zaujme od první věty. Na pozadí příběhu jejích majitelů zrcadlí tragédii celého českého národa. Vysoko na kopci nad Brnem ční zázračný dům. Postaven na míru židovsko-křesťanskému novomanželskému páru vyzařuje bohatství, sebevědomí, krásu a majestátnost.
Římskokatolický kněz prožívá krizi víry ve stejné době, kdy se zamiluje do vdané ženy. Poblíž Jeruzaléma najdou archeologové svitek, který, pokud se prokáže, že je pravý, může vyvolat nutnost nově interpretovat křesťanství.
An irresistible narrative of courage and endeavour. A story that captures nature at its most beautiful and most brutal and which unlocks the intricacies at the heart of human relationships. Rob and Jamie are great friends from childhood. They have grown up together and become top climbers, but have since become estranged.
The beautiful novel from the Booker Prize-shortlisted author of The Glass Room and The Girl Who Fell from the Sky.
It's the summer of 1968, the year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter. Two English students, Ellie and James, set off to hitch-hike across Europe with no particular aim in mind but a continent, and themselves, to discover.
The gripping new novel from the Booker-shortlisted author of The Glass Room and The Girl Who Fell From the Sky.
The past is another country and we are all its exiles. Banished forever, we look back in fascination and wonder at this mysterious land. Who were the people who populated it?