Szerző Colm Tóibín
'Heartbreak, wistfulness, cracking dialogue . . . This is Tóibín at his best' The Times'A masterful novel full of longing and regret… Intensely moving and yet full of restraint' Douglas StuartLong Island is Colm Tóibín’s masterpiece: an exquisite, exhilarating…
'Heartbreak, wistfulness, cracking dialogue . . . This is Tóibín at his best' The Times'A masterful novel full of longing and regret… Intensely moving and yet full of restraint' Douglas StuartLong Island is Colm Tóibín’s masterpiece: an exquisite, exhilarating…
A Guest at the Feast uncovers the places where politics and poetics meet, where life and fiction overlap, where one can be inside writing and also outside of it. From the melancholy and amusement within the work of the writer John McGahern to an extraordinary…
A Guest at the Feast uncovers the places where politics and poetics meet, where life and fiction overlap, where one can be inside writing and also outside of it. From the melancholy and amusement within the work of the writer John McGahern to an extraordinary…
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.…
Penguin Readers is an ELT graded reader series for learners of English as a foreign language. With carefully adapted text, new illustrations and language learning exercises, the print edition also includes instructions to access supporting material online.…
Tells about writers and their families. This book explores the often tense relationship between writers and their families.
Tells about writers and their families. This book explores the often tense relationship between writers and their families.
In January 1895 Henry James anticipates the opening of his first play, Guy Domville, in London. The production fails, and he returns, chastened and humiliated, to his writing desk. The result is a string of masterpieces, but they are produced…
In January 1895 Henry James anticipates the opening of his first play, Guy Domville, in London. The production fails, and he returns, chastened and humiliated, to his writing desk. The result is a string of masterpieces, but they are produced…
'They cut her hair before they dragged her to the place of sacrifice. Her mouth was gagged to stop her cursing her father, her cowardly, two-tongued father. Nonetheless, they heard her muffled screams.' On the day of his daughter's wedding, Agamemnon…
'They cut her hair before they dragged her to the place of sacrifice. Her mouth was gagged to stop her cursing her father, her cowardly, two-tongued father. Nonetheless, they heard her muffled screams.' On the day of his daughter's wedding, Agamemnon…
A Guest at the Feast uncovers the places where politics and poetics meet, where life and fiction overlap, where one can be inside writing and also outside of it. From the melancholy and amusement within the work of the writer John McGahern to an extraordinary…
A Guest at the Feast uncovers the places where politics and poetics meet, where life and fiction overlap, where one can be inside writing and also outside of it. From the melancholy and amusement within the work of the writer John McGahern to an extraordinary…
Uznávaný autor slavného „Brooklynu“ přichází s rozsáhlým historickým románem a „osobitě čarodějným literárním počinem“ (podle Oprah Daily), v němž beletrizuje život nositele Nobelovy ceny Thomase Manna, otce šesti dětí, který před nacisty uprchl z Německa,…
From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side…
From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side…
From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side…
From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side…
Az 1950-es évek Írországában játszodik a történet. Eilis Lacey sok fiatal ír lányhoz hasonlóan nem dúskál a lehetőségekben. Ezért amikor nővére elintézi, hogy kivándorolhasson New Yorkba, Eilis tudja, hogy mennie kell, s maga mögött hagyja családját…
Ismerd meg Máriát. Az anyát, akitől elvették a fiát, és elveszejtették. Az asszonyt, aki száműzötten él, aki után olyanok leselkednek, akik szentként őriznék fia emlékét. De ő másképp emlékszik. Miközben a legendák falat emelnek, ő a fejébe veszi, hogy…
A Brooklyn és a Nora Webster szerzőjétől Írország, az 1990-es évek eleje. Három nő - DoraDevereux, a lánya, Lily és az unokája, Helen - sokéves viszálykodás után törékeny békét köt. Helen imádott öccse, Declan ugyanis haldoklik, és a három nő a nagymama…
Az 1950-es évek Írországában vagyunk, és Eilis Lacey sok fiatal ír lányhoz hasonlóan nem dúskál a lehetőségekben. Ezért amikor nővére elintézi, hogy kivándorolhasson New Yorkba, Eilis tudja, hogy mennie kell, s első ízben kell maga mögött hagynia családját…
Román cenami ověnčeného irského autora Colma Toibína Brooklyn vypráví prostý příběh obyčejné mladé ženy, která na popud rodiny odejde za prací do New Yorku. Dobrý úmysl sestry a matky podpořený tou nejlepší vůlí ze strany samotné Eilis vede k tomu, že…
Nora Webster a közelmúltban özvegyült meg. A hirtelen veszteségtől és attól, hogy a gyerekeit egyedül kell fölnevelnie, kicsúszik a lába alól a talaj. Olyan jövővel kell szembenéznie, amelyre egyáltalán nem készült fel. De Norában nagy erő lakozik, csöndes…