Collected Stories brings together many of Gabriel Garcia Marquez's spellbinding short stories, each brimming with a blend of the surreal, the magical, and the everyday that Nobel-Prize-winner and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude Marquez is kn... Zobraziť viac
Here are thirteen short stories from the new frontiers of Chinese science fiction, selected and translated by Hugo, Nebula, Locus and World Fantasy Award-winner Ken Liu... Zobraziť viac
From the title story's fantastical inter-dimensional assassins to the steampunk dystopia of "Grey Rabbit, Crimson Mare, Coal Leopard" burrowing through the ruins of a civilisation destroyed by a plague, from Black Mirror-esque tales ... Zobraziť viac
Individually lucid and luminous, these tales resonate subtly together. In examining the distances and connections between ourselves and others, expertly inching us closer to the bone, Ali Smith's storytelling has never seemed ... Zobraziť viac
A wildly inventive collection of fiction from the MAN BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED and BAILEYS PRIZE-WINNING author of How to be both and the critically acclaimed Seasonal quartet Zobraziť viac
The stories of Exile and the Kingdom explore the dilemma of being an outsider - even in one's own country - and of allegiance. With intense power and lyricism, Camus evokes beautiful but harsh landscapes, whether the shimmering ... 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
Italy, 1970s. Like many marriages, Vanda and Aldo's has been subject to strain, attrition, and the burden of routine. Yet it has survived intact... Zobraziť viac
The stories in Julian Barnes' long-awaited third collection are attuned to rhythms and currents: of the body, of love and sex, illness and death, connections and conversations. A divorcee falls in love with a mysterious European waitress; a ... Zobraziť viac
From the best-selling coauthor of The Disaster Artist and “one of America's best and most interesting writers" (Stephen King), a new collection of stories that range from laugh-out-loud funny to disturbingly dark—unflinching ... Zobraziť viac
John Cheever s Collected Stories explores the delicate psychological frameworks of 20th century suburbia... Zobraziť viac
As children, Charles and Mary Lamb took great delight in exploring their benefactor s extensive library; as adults they began writing children s books together that also appealed to all generations. In Tales of Shakespeare they wished ... Zobraziť viac
Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. My love for him felt so total and so annihilating that it was often impossible for me to see him clearly at all.... Zobraziť viac
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION FROM THE AUTHOR'Impressive' The Times'Funny and pitch perfect' Sunday Express'I blink, bubble and boggle in amazed admiration' Stephen Fry'These stories are a hit' Financial Times A small-town newspaper columnist with... Zobraziť viac
Obsahuje: 1. Přijdu hned 2. Alena 3. O věcech nadpřirozených... Zobraziť viac
A mindbending new collection of short stories from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami. The eight masterly stories in this new collection are all told in the first person by a classic Murakami narrator... Zobraziť viac
In 1922, the same year that saw the establishment of the Czechoslovak Football Association, a former singer and cabaret director from Prague published a novel about soccer. Eighty-six years later, that novel, Eduard Bass s "The Chattertooth Eleven... Zobraziť viac
A page-turning collection of dark and twisted crime stories from the international bestselling author of the Harry Hole series.... Zobraziť viac
Dá sa najťažšia cesta na Mount Everest vyliezť alpským štýlom? Jej autor, najznámejší britský horolezec Chris Bonington, sa vyjadril, že je to nemožné. Ale pre štyroch slovenských horolezcov je to výzva. V roku 1988 nastupujú do juhozápadnej steny... Zobraziť viac
A surreal, comic and disturbing novel about the horrors of history, the commodification of the past, and dark edges of the present... Zobraziť viac
