Just after sunset, as darkness grips the imagination, is the time when you feel the unexpected creep into the every day. As familiar journeys take a different turn, ordinary objects assume extraordinary powers.A blind intruder visits a dying man - an... Zobraziť viac
'Taut, beautiful and savage' GuardianA man travels to his son's school to deal with the fallout of a violent attack and to make sure his son will not lose his college place. But what exactly has his son done? And who is to blame? A young woman try... Zobraziť viac
In Nothing Much Happens Kathryn Nicolai offers a healthy way to ease the mind before bed: through the timeless appeal of classic bedtime stories. These calming tales take place in and around a fictional city, each one revealing ... Zobraziť viac
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Three Women and Animal comes an electric masterclass in short fiction... Zobraziť viac
From the Orange Prize-winning author of 'Half of a Yellow Sun' come twelve dazzling stories that turn a penetrating eye on the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Nigeria and the West.In 'A Private Experience', ... Zobraziť viac
Jane Austen's brilliant, hilarious - and often outrageous - early stories, sketches and pieces of nonsense, in a beautiful Penguin Classics clothbound edition... Zobraziť viac
Glück sei ihm nur beschieden, falls er 'die Welt ins Reine, Wahre, Unveränderliche heben kann', notierte Kafka 1917 in seinem Tagebuch. Auch wenn er selbst sich mit seiner Erzählkunst an diesem Wunsch gescheitert sah die ungeheure und anhaltende... Zobraziť viac
A ghost has no substance, but it has power - and presence - and it can appear in alternative forms. In the metaverse, we are all alternative forms. The Dead will join us... Zobraziť viac
It's the summer of 1968, the year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter. Two English students, Ellie and James, set off to hitch-hike across Europe with no particular aim in mind but a continent, and themselves, to discover. Somewhere... Zobraziť viac
'Late one evening towards the end of March, a teenager picked up a double-barrelled shotgun, walked into the forest, put the gun to someone else's forehead and pulled the trigger. This is the story of how we got there.' Beartown is a small town in a large Zobraziť viac
Rebecca je editorkou „prestižního“ nezávislého časopisu (který nikdo nečte), Peter vlastní galerii – vyhledává talenty,... Zobraziť viac
Mimořádná audiokniha zachycující příběhy hrdinů povídek v dobách normalizace i v covidové současnosti... Zobraziť viac
Starting at the moment "The Swimming-Pool Library" ended, "The Line of Beauty" traces the further history of a decade of change and tragedy... Zobraziť viac
Atwood's first new fiction publication since The Testaments, this deeply personal collection includes a stunning sequence that follows a married couple as they travel the road together, the moments big and small that make up a long life of love... Zobraziť viac
I am going to let you in on the deepest, darkest secret of my whole life. Danny thinks about the world of his father, but imagine his surprise when he finds out he's been breakingthe law! Even grown-ups bend the rules sometimes, ... Zobraziť viac
A page-turning collection of dark and twisted crime stories from the international bestselling author of the Harry Hole series.... Zobraziť viac
Povídky, které napsal Franz Kafka (1883-1924) na Hradčanech, ve Zlaté uličce čp. 22, vyšly pod titulem Venkovský lékař knižně již za jeho života. Kafka ve svých krátkých textech stále znovu evokuje zčásti iracionální, zčásti... Zobraziť viac
Povídky, které napsal Franz Kafka (1883-1924) na Hradčanech, ve Zlaté uličce čp. 22, vyšly pod titulem Venkovský lékař knižně již za jeho života. Kafka ve svých krátkých textech stále znovu evokuje zčásti iracionální, zčásti... Zobraziť viac
