Knihu vytvořili bratři Tomáš a Martin Welsovi jako dárek pro své rodiče k Vánocům roku 1938. Podařilo se jim zachytit každodenní život jejich rodiny v Praze na konci třicátých let 20. století. Svazek je sestaven z dialogů ... Zobraziť viac
Nina Varon, ktorá vyrastala v Bratislave, momentálne žije už dlhší čas v Rochestri USA, kde pracuje v hudobnej knižnici a živí sa tiež ako prekladateľka. Radda trávi čas so svojou rodinou a obklopuje sa dobrými ľuďmi, ktorí ju nekonečne inšpirujú... Zobraziť viac
Bilingvní vydání tří povídek, které ukazují tři různé polohy autorova psaní a tři životní situace. Železniční země je jedním... Zobraziť viac
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Je možné uniknout ze zamčené a ostře hlídané cely pouze pomocí logiky? Profesor Augustus Van Dusen je o síle lidského ducha nezvratně přesvědčen. Aby svá tvrzení dokázal, nechá se... Zobraziť viac
Další soubor edice Adaptovaná česká próza přináší čtenářům povídky jedné z nejznámějších současných českých spisovatelek. Vybrané texty vycházejí z povídek a fejetonů a spojuje je jednoduchý styl vyprávění, sebeironie a smysl pro humor... Zobraziť viac
I'd Die for You is a collection of the last remaining unpublished short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, the iconic author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night. It comprises sixteen finished stories and one partial short fiction, ... Zobraziť viac
It is 1984 and a small town somewhere in the east of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic is in the firm grip of... Zobraziť viac
Soubor Rukověť pábitelského učně obsahuje povídkovou tvorbu Bohumila Hrabala ze 70. let 20. století. Vesměs jde o texty psané v Kersku a Kerskem inspirované. Část povídek vyšla na jaře 1978 v nakladatelství Československý spisovatel... Zobraziť viac
In these stories lives come into focus through single events or sudden memories which bring the past bubbling to the surface. The past, as Alice Munro's characters discover, is made up not only of what is remembered, but also what isn't... Zobraziť viac
Finally given the heave-ho by Pandora, Adrian Mole finds himself in the unenviable situation of living with the love-of-his-life as she goes about shacking up with other men. Worse, as he slides down the employment ladder... Zobraziť viac
A young woman is making a living faking it as a cut-price psychic (with some illegal soft-core sex work on the side). She makes a decent wage mostly by telling people what they want to hear. But then she meets Susan Burke... Zobraziť viac
Jorge Luis Borges's Labyrinths is a collection of short stories and essays showcasing one of Latin America's most influential and imaginative writers. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is edited by Donald A. Yates and James E. Irby, ... Zobraziť viac
Welcome, dear visitor, to a proud and storied nation. When you put down this guidebook, look around you. A nation isn't land. A nation is people... Zobraziť viac
In Painting the Beauty Queens Orange, the women who lived the decade reveal what it meant to push boundaries, claim your identity, and carve out your place amidst the winter of discontent, the scorching summer of '76 and the rise of Thatcherism... Zobraziť viac
Murderers and mourners, mothers and children, lovers and innocent bystanders - locked in the embrace of an ominous and darkly beautiful web, their fates all converge through the eleven stories here... Zobraziť viac
This book of contemporary Chinese literature contains two separate novellas, A Riot of Brilliant Purple and Tender Crimson and Beautiful Days. A Riot of Brilliant Purple and Tender CrimsonThis novel is about the love lives of a father and daughter pair... Zobraziť viac
Nell Crane has never held a boy's hand. In a city devastated by an epidemic, where survivors are all missing parts-an arm, a leg, an eye - Nell has always been an outsider... Zobraziť viac
When Henry James died he left behind a series of notebooks filled with ideas for novels and stories that he never wrote. Now ten of our best contemporary authors and James enthusiasts have written new short stories based on these 'germs' of ideas... Zobraziť viac
A young woman is making a living faking it as a cut-price psychic (with some illegal soft-core sex work on the side). She makes a decent wage mostly by telling people what they want to hear. But then she meets Susan Burke... Zobraziť viac
My name is Syra and this is how I feel. This is how they wanted me to feel. The City of New York, the year 2211. The world is divided into crows, people and mutants. Arkan, the Creator, who is responsible for release of the crow DNA into the air... Zobraziť viac
