Prózy Zdeňka Zapletala (1951) seřazené do tohoto svazku přinášejí odpověď těm, kdo se ptají, co se to s nimi za posledních zhruba třicet let v naší společnosti vlastně stalo. Sen na konci rána vyšel sice v roce 1988, ale na konci... Zobraziť viac
Svůj výrazný talent potvrdila Hana Lundiaková (1977) opakovanou publikací v časopisech (Tvar) a čítankách (Ty, která píšeš; Divoká jízda). Její debut shrnuje drobnou prózu z let 2000–2009, a sice texty z větší části dosud... Zobraziť viac
A much-anticipated collection of brilliantly observant short stories from one of the great American masters of the form. At times raucously hilarious, at times charming and delightful, at times as solemn and mysterious as a pond at midnight, Deborah... Zobraziť viac
Sbírka povídek Lenky Reinerové, poslední německy píšící pražské autorky, která v květnu oslaví... Zobraziť viac
The Hound of the Baskervilles gripped readers when it was first serialised and remains one of Sherlock Holmes's greatest and most popular adventures. Could the sudden death of Sir Charles Baskerville have been caused by the gigantic ghostly... Zobraziť viac
Ako vyzerá svet, ktorý zostáva oku skrytý? A na čo spomína človek, keď prestane vidieť... Zobraziť viac
On its first publication The Picture of Dorian Gray was regarded as dangerously modern in its depiction of fin-de-siècle decadence. In this updated version of the Faust story, the tempter is Lord Henry Wotton, who lives selfishly for amoral pleasure; Zobraziť viac
So Lizzie starts to lose weight. With punishing drive she counts almonds consumed and pounds dropped, navigating double-edged validation from her mother, her friends, her husband and her own reflection in the mirror... Zobraziť viac
Like Cat Person, You Know You Want This is about the ways in which women are horrifying as much as it is about the horrors that are done to them. Among its pages are a couple who... Zobraziť viac
A collection of seventeen wonderful short stories showing that two-time Oscar winner Tom Hanks is as talented a writer as he is an actor. A hectic, funny sexual affair between two best friends. A World War II veteran dealing with his emotional and ... Zobraziť viac
In a voice more powerful and compassionate than ever before, New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Strout binds together thirteen rich, luminous narratives into a book with the heft of a novel, through the presence of one larger-than-life... Zobraziť viac
A plane crashes on an uninhabited island and the only survivors, a group of schoolboys, assemble on the beach and wait to be rescued. By day they inhabit a land of bright fantastic birds and dark blue seas, ... Zobraziť viac
Homer Wells' odyssey begins among the apple orchards of rural Maine. As the oldest unadopted child at St Cloud's orphanage, he strikes up a profound and unusual friendship with Wilbur Larch, the orphanage's founder ... Zobraziť viac
When evidence links a brutal murder in 1989 to a convicted rapist named Clayton Pell, the case should be water-tight. Pell's DNA was found on the victim - but he was only eight years old at the time... Zobraziť viac
In The Outsider, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others... Zobraziť viac
Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s moving Before the Coffee Gets Cold, translated from Japanese by Geoffrey Trousselot, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for... Zobraziť viac
Kniha poviedok Sladké bobule od ruskej autorky Oľgy Goč, viac než 40 rokov žijúcej na Slovensku. Autorka v nej ponúka príbehy jej dobrých známych - žien, ktoré v deväťdesiatych rokoch 20. storočia... Zobraziť viac
What would you change if you could go back in time? In a small back alley in Tokyo, there is a café which has been serving carefully brewed coffee for more than one hundred years. But this coffee shop offers its customers a unique experience ... Zobraziť viac
So Lizzie starts to lose weight. With punishing drive she counts almonds consumed and pounds dropped, navigating double-edged validation from her mother, her friends, her husband and her own reflection in the mirror... Zobraziť viac
Dobrá bloncka je soubor různorodých Kerouacových textů, který rekapituluje témata, ke kterým se vracel, a to různými formami, beletristicky i žurnalisticky. Zobraziť viac
