Osem rokov po vydaní románu Mladá nevesta sa Alessandro Baricco vracia k svojmu čitateľovi majstrovsky napísaným rozprávaním o americkom Divokom západe z westernoviek, konkrétne o fiktívnej postave pištoľníka s hriešne presnou muškou a s niekoľkými zbraňami známych značiek.
'A writer I'd follow anywhere' Katie Fforde'It's so lovely to find an author you love' Marian Keyes'Such a brilliant writer' Jill Mansell_________________________Luna and her sister are devastated after their mother’s sudden death. But when a lifelong secret is revealed, they must return to her birthplace in New York to settle affairs.
The English language has evolved throughout its history, and usually for good reasons. However, in recent years, egged on by social media and the ubiquity and velocity of the internet, it has been subject to some grave assaults.
K zodpovednosti za výbuch sa prihlásili tí, čo vždy. Najprv IRA, potom OOP a nakoniec plynárne. Dokonca aj Britská rada pre jadrovú energetiku sa poponáhľala s vyhlásením, že situácia je dokonale pod kontrolou.
Téma samozvaného diktátora je typická, možno priam obsedantná téma v latinskoamerickej literatúre a objavuje sa v dielach mnohých spisovateľov. Kým niektorí autori si pri jej stvárnení volia presný dobový rámec, Márquez ju spracoval po svojom - využil paródiu a satiru, motívy a symboliku smrti barokového obdobia.
With an irresistible enemies-to-lovers romance, and perfect for fans of Alice Oseman and Becky Albertalli, Lover Birds is a beautifully-written, inclusive and heart-pounding romance.
Motherless Brooklyn is a compulsively readable riff on the classic noir detective novel. Brooklyn's self-appointed Human Freakshow, Lionel Essrog is an orphan whose Tourettic impulses drive him to rip apart our language in startling and original ways. Together with three other veterans of the St.
Homme fatal - "Osudový muž" - je zbierkou 60 voľnoveršových básní, v ktorých autorka tematizuje partnerstvo muža a ženy v tých najrozličnejších polohách a variáciách. Tri cykly - Znamenia, Zámok, Zakázané územie - sa dotýkajú témy partnerstva,predmanželského života, cez svadbu, život v manželstve až po chúlostivú tému manželského trojuholníka.
'I was looking for a quiet place to die. Someone recommended Brooklyn, and so the next morning I travelled down there from Westchester to scope out the terrain . ..'So begins Paul Auster's remarkable new novel, The Brooklyn Follies. Set against the backdrop of the contested US election of 2000, it tells the story of Nathan and Tom, an uncle and nephew double-act.
'In the beginning, everything was alive. The smallest objects were endowed with beating hearts . ..
Sadie doesn't have to hold back in her email drafts because nobody will ever read them ... that is, until someone sends them out. Seventeen-year-old Sadie Wen is perfect on paper.It’s a reputation she’s fought hard to earn at the highly prestigious Woodvale Academy, and one she’s determined to maintain until graduation.
In this dazzling sequel to the The Surviving Sky, Ahilya and Iravan risk everything-their lives, their culture, and their fragile marriage-in pursuit of the earth-shattering truth about their existence. "Breathtakingly inventive" epic science-fantasy inspired by Hindu philosophy, for fans of N.K. Jemisin and Tasha Suri.
A beautiful hardcover box set collecting all three books in the Crescent City series. Bryce Quinlan had the perfect life—working hard all day and partying all night—until a demon murdered her closest friends, leaving her bereft, wounded, and alone. When the accused is behind bars but the crimes start up again, Bryce finds herself at the heart of the investigation.
The sequel to the Sunday Times and international-bestselling South Korean therapy memoir, translated by International Booker Prize-shortlisted Anton HurWhen Baek Sehee started recording her sessions with her psychiatrist, her hope was to create a reference for herself. She never imagined she would reach so many people, especially young people, with her reflections.
Summer in London can only mean one thing: tennis. For two weeks Wimbledon hosts the most prestigious tennis tournament in the world and this year everyone is talking about player Kieran O’Sullivan, the infamous bad boy of the sport with one last chance to win a Grand Slam. Everyone, that is, except Flora Hendrix.
Wai and Ling are secondary school Chinese language teachers in Hong Kong, both crumbling under the pressure of a forced transition from using Cantonese to Mandarin as a medium of Chinese-language instruction.
'Captivating. Kent effortlessly weaves travels that are close to his heart into a bigger story of Turkey’s past and present' – Michal HusainThe Endless Country takes a journey through Turkey’s past – the nation the author’s father left decades ago and he returns to as a young man.
The second in the steamy, hilarious Campus Diaries series by New York Times bestselling author Elle Kennedy, set in the same world as Off Campus and Briar U. 'I told them I had a girlfriend.'I start to laugh. 'This is the greatest day of my life.''Oh, it gets better, Dixon.I told them it was you.'Diana Dixon has a lot going on this summer.
"A grown-up gothic fairy tale" — The Guardian's "five best young adult books of 2023""With its silver-sprinkled jacket, this elegiac story . . .
An emotionally-charged contemporary fantasy of love, sacrifice and ancient enchantments as Polish folklore thrives in today’s Chicago, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Divergent, Chosen Ones and Arch-Conspirator, with prayed edges or the entire first printing. We bear the sword, and we bear the pain of the sword. Pain is Dymitr’s calling.