Meursault is different. He will not lie. He will not pretend. He is true to himself. So when his mother dies and he is unmoved, he refuses to do the proper thing and grieve. Returning to Algiers after the funeral, he carries on life as usual until he... Zobraziť viac
From the up-and-coming young American writer who has contributed to McSweeney's and written for THE NEW YORKER comes a masterful collection of short stories that has already received rave reviews from many of the most prominent writers working today... Zobraziť viac
Considered one of the all-time great American works of fiction, Fitzgerald’s glorious yet ultimately tragic social satire on the Jazz Age encapsulates the exuberance, energy and decadence of an era... Zobraziť viac
So says John Berry, son of a hapless dreamer, brother to a cadre of eccentric siblings, and chronicler of the lives lived, the loves experienced, the deaths met, and the myriad strange and wonderful times encountered... Zobraziť viac
Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past... Zobraziť viac
Austen’s hilarious early stories and sketches—complete with her delightfully quirky spelling habits—now collected in one gorgeous clothbound volume, including Lady Susan... Zobraziť viac
If a man has lost a leg or an eye, he knows he has lost a leg or an eye; but if he has lost a self – himself – he cannot know it, because he is no longer there to know it... Zobraziť viac
Anna Sewell's moving story is one of the best-loved animal adventures ever written. This "Penguin Threads" edition of "Black Beauty" includes a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize winner Jane Smiley, cover art by Jillian Tamaki and deluxe French flaps... Zobraziť viac
The old man has gone 84 days without catching a fish, everything about him is old except his eyes, they are the colour of the sea. He finally catches a fish, but this is no ordinary fish, nor is his fierce and determined response... Zobraziť viac
His life was like his recurring nightmare: a train to nowhere. But an ordinary life has a way of taking an extraordinary turn. 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
In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a cafe which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience: the chance to travel back in time... Zobraziť viac
'She wanted to swim far out, where no woman had swum before.' Kate Chopin was one of the most individual and adventurous of nineteenth-century american writers, whose fiction explored new and often startling territory... Zobraziť viac
Známé a oblíbené dílo z pera renomovaného autora a osvědčeného vypravěče Miloslava Švandrlíka vyšlo v Nakladatelství Epocha podruhé, opět se všemi celkem sto sedmi původními ilustracemi, které knize na míru nakreslil Mistr Neprakta.. Zobraziť viac
Pokojný život v Key Westu naruší záhadný muž. Jack Reacher ho zanedlouho najde zavražděného a s uříznutými špičkami prstů. Sleduje čerstvou stopu do New Yorku, kde narazí na dva muže, kteří mají na svědomí smrt tajemného neznámého... Zobraziť viac
Irving podobne ako v iných románoch excelentne zaznamenáva nuansy bizarného rodinného života súrodencov Berryovcov - homosexuála Franka, Franny a Johna spojených incestným vzťahom, trpaslíčky Lilly s literárnym talentom a kurióznej postavičky Vajca. Zobraziť viac
Nové vydání nejrychleji napsané knihy na světě. Novela o cestách, o marnosti a největší životní lásce, napsaná za výlohou knihkupectví na náhodně vylosovaná, autorovi předem neznámá témata... Zobraziť viac
Novela <i>Nevěsta za sebou zavřela dveře</i>, za niž autorka obdržela prestižní Brennerovu cenu, je příkladem autorčina smyslu pro humor. Na pozadí malé rodinné tragédie zde umně rýsuje portrét jedné společenské vrstvy a zároveň si utahuje z rodiny... Zobraziť viac
Ten teplý podzimní den začíná jako každý jiný – personál gynekologické kliniky poskytuje péči každému, kdo přijde. Toho rána však dovnitř vtrhne zoufalý rozrušený střelec a zahájí palbu. Všichni přítomní se rázem stanou... Zobraziť viac
Protagonista a zároveň rozprávač tohto príbehu je mladý, mestom znudený človek, ktorý nikam nepatrí a nikomu nechýba. Jedného dňa dostane od svojho priateľa list s fotografiou, ktorú neskôr použije v jednom projekte svojej... Zobraziť viac
