Čtyři nedospělí sourozenci se po smrti rodičů rozhodnou žít sami a po svém v rodinném domě uprostřed takřka opuštěné příměstské zástavby. Čas peskování a výchovných opatření vystřídala volnost, místo svazujících... Zobraziť viac
The Child in Time opens with a harrowing event. Stephen Lewis,a successful author of children's books, takes his three-year-old daughter on a routine Saturday morning trip to the supermarket. While waiting in line, his attention is distracted and his... Zobraziť viac
That morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature. Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous life he was ignored or loathed, but in his new incarnation... Zobraziť viac
The critical response to Saturday must be making Ian McEwan a very happy man (not that his virtually unassailable position as Britain’s leading novelist has been in doubt)... Zobraziť viac
That morning, Jim Sams, clever but by no means profound, woke from uneasy dreams to find himself transformed into a gigantic creature. Jim Sams has undergone a metamorphosis. In his previous life he was ignored or loathed, but in his new incarnation... Zobraziť viac
Taut, brooding and densely atmospheric, these stories show us the ways in which murder can arise out of boredom, perversity can result from adolescent curiosity, and sheer evil might be the solution to unbearable loneliness... Zobraziť viac
Random House Children's Books - Book Description Illustrated by Anthony Browne, The Daydreamer takes the reader out of realit Zobraziť viac
Serena Fromová, dcéra anglikánskeho biskupa, zažije počas posledného ročníka štúdia v Cambridgei krátky ľúbostný románik so starším profesorom. Ten ju zasväcuje nielen do britskej histórie, ale aj do súčasnej politickej situácie a pripraví... Zobraziť viac
Na pohřbu Molly Laneové se setkávají dva její bývalí milenci, dnes již vážení a bohatí lidé. Uzavřou spolu dohodu, jejíž důsledky nejsou schopni dohlédnout. Jejich přátelství tak podstoupí zkoušku, v níž ani jeden z nich neobstojí... Zobraziť viac
Británie roku 1972 čelí hospodářskému propadu, masovým nepokojům a hrozbám teroristických útoků. Bojuje se na všech frontách – i na té kulturní. Tajná služba distribuuje pod zástěrkou různých nadací peníze perspektivním umělcům,... Zobraziť viac
Idylický piknik manželského páru sa po niekoľkých mesiacoch oblúčenia mení na boj o záchranu balóna a jeho posádky, ktorý... Zobraziť viac
How far have we come in our understanding of the world around us? In this eye-opening collection, Ian McEwan looks back at the history of scientific discovery from Darwin to Dawkins as well as exploring, with brilliant originality, what a future with... Zobraziť viac
Fiona Maye is a leading High Court judge, presiding over cases in the family court. She is renowned for her fierce intelligence, exactitude and sensitivity. But her professional success belies private sorrow and domestic strife... Zobraziť viac
What if our worst fears (or, perhaps, our dearest wishes) actually happened? Right here in the backyard. There's a nightmarish sense of the domestic transformed in these interconnected stories about a 10-year-old loner. Zobraziť viac
Trudy podvádí Johna, svého manžela. Bydlí stále v domě, v němž John kdysi vyrůstal a kde mladí manželé strávili první měsíce svého svazku. Vila je zchátralá, ale v lepší londýnské čtvrti má i tak nedozírnou hodnotu. Snílek... Zobraziť viac
Trudy has betrayed her husband, John. She's still in the marital home – a dilapidated, priceless London townhouse – but not with John. Instead, she's with his brother, the profoundly banal Claude, and the two of them have a plan... Zobraziť viac
It is July 1962. Edward and Florence, young innocents married that morning, arrive at a hotel on the Dorset coast. At dinner in their rooms they struggle to suppress their private fears of the wedding night to come... Zobraziť viac
CCV: `two characters so vibrant they step straight off the page' --The Tablet Guardian 'In its precision, scope... Zobraziť viac
CCV: Amazon.co.uk Review Atonement is Ian McEwan's ninth novel and his first since the Booker Prize-winning Amsterdam in... Zobraziť viac
In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves... Zobraziť viac
