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
When the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher... 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
Lessons is an intimate yet universal story of love, regret and a restless search for answers. While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down... Zobraziť viac
Tato novela je možná nejčtivějším a nejbrilantnějším textem, který McEwan napsal... Zobraziť viac
Další vydání úspěšného románu jedné z nejvýraznějších osobností současné anglické literatury - Iana McEwana. 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
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
Ian McEwan (nar. 1948) navštěvoval postgraduální kurz tvůrčího psaní krátce po jeho zahájení Malcolmem Bradburym. Již první sbírkou povídek získal cenu Somerseta Maughama, ale současně se zařadil k nejkontroverznějším tvůrcům. Dostal přízvisko básník perv 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
CCV: Amazon.co.uk Review Atonement is Ian McEwan's ninth novel and his first since the Booker Prize-winning Amsterdam in... Zobraziť viac
This is the No.1 bestselling title from the critically acclaimed author. Told from a perspective like no other, it is a tale of murder and deceit. 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
CCV: `two characters so vibrant they step straight off the page' --The Tablet Guardian 'In its precision, scope... 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
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
In 1946, a young couple set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they plan an idyllic holiday, only to encounter an experience of darkness so terrifying it alters their lives for ever. Zobraziť viac
