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John Irving, one of the world's greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years - a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill…
John Irving, one of the world's greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years - a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill…
Garp szerint a világ olyan, hogy emlékeznünk kell mindenre. írta Donald Whitcomb, Garp életrajzírója. De ki ez a Garp, akinek sorsa egy életrajzíró tollára kívánkozik? Ami azt illeti, nem egy hétköznapi figura. Már a fogantatása sem mindennapos történet:…
Siedmy román amerického spisovateľa Johna Irvinga, ktorý sa stal súčasťou literárneho kánonu vďaka dielam ako Zásady muštárne alebo Svet podľa Garpa. Modlitba za Owena Meanyho rozpráva príbeh o zvláštne nadanom chlapcovi, neskôr mladom mužovi, ktorý…
Príbeh o Homérovi Wellsovi sa začína uprostred jabloňových sadov v štáte Maine v Novom Anglicku. V sirotinci v mestečku St. Cloud je Homér najstarší zverenec, nikto si ho neadoptoval, a tak tam zostal a priúča sa u Wilbura Larcha, lekára a neobyčajne…
Nové vydání v pořadí sedmého románu amerického spisovatele Johna Irvinga, autora světově proslulého bestselleru Svět podle Garpa, vypráví příběh prazvláštně nadaného chlapce Owena Meanyho, posmívaného mezi svými vrstevníky, ze kterého se však posléze…
Jack Burns' mother, Alice, is a tattoo artist in search of the boy's father, William, a virtuoso organist, who has fled America to Europe. To fund her journey, she plies her trade in the seaports of the North Sea as she tracks her four-year-old son's…
Jack Burns' mother, Alice, is a tattoo artist in search of the boy's father, William, a virtuoso organist, who has fled America to Europe. To fund her journey, she plies her trade in the seaports of the North Sea as she tracks her four-year-old son's…
A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love - tormented, funny, and affecting - and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual narrator and main…
A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love - tormented, funny, and affecting - and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual narrator and main…
A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love - tormented, funny, and affecting - and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences.
A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love - tormented, funny, and affecting - and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences.
As we grow older - most of all, in what we remember and what we dream - we live in the past. Sometimes, we live more vividly in the past than in the present.As an older man, Juan Diego will take a trip to the Philippines, but his dreams and memories…
As we grow older - most of all, in what we remember and what we dream - we live in the past. Sometimes, we live more vividly in the past than in the present.As an older man, Juan Diego will take a trip to the Philippines, but his dreams and memories…
'The reason Homer Wells kept his name was that he came back to St Cloud's so many times, after so many failed foster homes, that the orphanage was forced to acknowledge Homer's intention to make St Cloud's his home.'Homer Wells' odyssey begins among…
'The reason Homer Wells kept his name was that he came back to St Cloud's so many times, after so many failed foster homes, that the orphanage was forced to acknowledge Homer's intention to make St Cloud's his home.'Homer Wells' odyssey begins among…
A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers. Anniversary edition with a new afterword from the author 'BRILLIANT' Cosmpolitan; 'ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY' L A Times
A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers. Anniversary edition with a new afterword from the author 'BRILLIANT' Cosmpolitan; 'ABSOLUTELY EXTRAORDINARY' L A Times
Proslulý román Johna Irvinga líčí život a názory fiktivního spisovatele T. S. Garpa. Jako syn excentrické Jenny Fieldsové, která si usmyslela mít dítě bez manžela, dospívá Garp pod jejím vedením v dosti svéráznou osobnost. Po maturitě odjíždějí s matkou…
John Irving, one of the world’s greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years — a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill…
John Irving, one of the world’s greatest novelists, returns with his first novel in seven years — a ghost story, a love story, and a lifetime of sexual politics. In Aspen, Colorado, in 1941, Rachel Brewster is a slalom skier at the National Downhill…
Modlitba za Owena Meanyho, sedmá kniha Johna Irvinga, je obecně považována za vrchol autorova díla: nabízí strhující příběh, vypravěčské mistrovství a osobitý humor, nad nímž čtenář jednou vybuchne smíchy, podruhé zatrne úzkostí. Titulní hrdina Owen…
A John Irving-életműsorozat legújabb kötetét tartja kezében az olvasó. A Fohász Owen Meanyért a szerző mindmáig egyik legnépszerűbb regénye az 1978-as áttörést hozó világsiker, a Garp szerint a világ mellett. Az eredetileg 1989-ben megjelent regény a…
Homer Wells a Mane állambeli St. Clouds városka árvaházának leghűségesebb lakója: hiába próbálja az intézet igazgatója, a szülészorvos Wilbur Larch örökbe adni, a fiú előbb-utóbb mindig visszatér hozzá. Az évek során különös barátság alakul ki Larch…
A cirkusz gyermeke és az Oscar-díjas Árvák hercege világszerte rendkívül népszerű szerzőjének új regénye egyszerre szokatlan humorú, romantikus szerelmes történet és remek szatírája korunk médián csüngő világának. A jóképű New York-i sztárriporter, Patrick…
I am doomed to remember a boy with a wrecked voice--not because of his voice, or because he was the smallest person I ever knew, or even because he was the instrument of my mother's death, but because he is the reason I believe in God; I am a Christian…
Juan Diegos little sister is a mind reader. As a teenager, he struggles to keep anything secret - Lupe knows all the worst things that go through his mind. And sometimes she knows more. What a terrible burden it is to know - or to think you know - your…
Juan Diegos little sister is a mind reader. As a teenager, he struggles to keep anything secret - Lupe knows all the worst things that go through his mind. And sometimes she knows more. What a terrible burden it is to know - or to think you know - your…
Zpravodaje pracujícího v televizi Patricka Wallingforda během natáčení v Indii postihne tragická nehoda - před zraky diváků mu lev ukousne ruku. Tím příběh začíná a tak i jeho šance na transplantaci a „novou“ ruku, kterou může získat mnoho nového. Láska…