wyszukanych pozycji: 44
Brazílie
ISBN: 9788088445074 / Czeski / 2022 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Vzrušující román amerického hvězdného spisovatele Johna Updika přináší velký milostný příběh s mnoha prvky magického realismu. Jde o moderní převyprávění legendárního eposu o Tristanovi a Isoldě. Setkávají se náhodně na pláži Copacabana. Tristao, černý kluk ze slumu v Riu, a Isabel, bílá dívka z vyšší třídy. Oba jsou přesvědčeni, že je osud svedl dohromady. Zrazeni rodinami, které je chtějí rozdělit, prchají do nejvzdálenějších končin brazilského divokého západu, kde stále vládne magie. Aniž by tušili, jaký překvapivý osud je...
Vzrušující román amerického hvězdného spisovatele Johna Updika přináší velký milostný příběh s mnoha prvky magického realismu. Jde o ...
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78,80 zł |
In the Beauty of the Lilies
ISBN: 9780449911211 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "In the Beauty of the Lilies" begins in 1910 and traces God s relation to four generations of American seekers, beginning with Clarence Wilmot, a clergyman in Paterson, New Jersey. He loses his faith but finds solace at the movies, respite from the bleak facts of life, his life, gutted by God s withdrawal. His son, Teddy, becomes a mailman who retreats from American exceptionalism, religious and otherwise, into a life of studied ordinariness. Teddy has a daughter, Esther, who becomes a movie star, an object of worship, an All-American goddess. Her neglected son, Clark, is possessed of a...
"In the Beauty of the Lilies" begins in 1910 and traces God s relation to four generations of American seekers, beginning with Clarence Wilmot, a cler...
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76,92 zł |
Marry Me
ISBN: 9780141189406 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Sally is big and pampered. She's married to Richard. But she loves Jerry. Jerry loves Sally, but he's also still in love with his wife Ruth. Who's been sleeping with Richard ...As a hot, feverish summer of weekends, secret phone calls and lovemaking on the beach comes to a head, it turns out everyone knows more than they've been letting on.
Sally is big and pampered. She's married to Richard. But she loves Jerry. Jerry loves Sally, but he's also still in love with his wife Ruth. Who's bee...
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65,52 zł |
Rabbit Redux
ISBN: 9780141188546 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In 1969, the times are changing in America. Things just aren't as simple as they used to be for Rabbit Angstrom. His wife leaves him, and suddenly, into his confused life comes Jill, a runaway who becomes his lover. But when she invites her friend to stay, a young black radical named Skeeter, the pair's fragile harmony soon begins to fail.
In 1969, the times are changing in America. Things just aren't as simple as they used to be for Rabbit Angstrom. His wife leaves him, and suddenly, in...
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51,82 zł |
My Father's Tears and Other Stories
ISBN: 9780141042596 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A beautiful, moving collection of short stories, in many of which Updike revisits the haunts of his childhood from the vantage point of old age.
A beautiful, moving collection of short stories, in many of which Updike revisits the haunts of his childhood from the vantage point of old age.
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54,55 zł |
Early Stories, 1953-1975
ISBN: 9780141016085 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 864 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Gathering together almost all the short fiction that John Updike published between 1953 and 1975, this collection opens with Updike's autobiographical stories about a young boy growing up during the Depression in a small Pennsylvania town.
Gathering together almost all the short fiction that John Updike published between 1953 and 1975, this collection opens with Updike's autobiographical...
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109,20 zł |
Golf Dreams: Writings on Golf
ISBN: 9780449912690 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "BUBBLY AND QUIZZICAL AND LUMINOUS."
--Los Angeles Times "JOYFUL . . . THE JACK NICKLAUS OF GOLF WRITING . . . The 30 entries in this collection, drawn mainly from magazine pieces, constitute a championship round. . . . This unbridled appreciation of golf's mystical opportunities for grace and redemption will enthrall even those who have never followed an 80-yard worm-burner with an elegant chip to the pin." --People "VINTAGE UPDIKE AND A RARE TREAT FOR GOLFERS." --San Francisco Chronicle "A BOOK WRITTEN UNDER A CLEAR BLUE SKY WITH AN UTTERLY PURE SWING . . . [ending]... "BUBBLY AND QUIZZICAL AND LUMINOUS."
--Los Angeles Times "JOYFUL . . . THE JACK NICKLAUS OF GOLF WRITING . . . The 30 entries in this collectio... |
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68,38 zł |
Uciekaj, Króliku
ISBN: 9788381962483 / Polski / twarda / 2021 / 440 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych. Harry Królik Angstrom, niegdyś mistrz drużyny koszykówki w college'u, obecnie pracownik domu towarowego, trudniący się reklamą cudownej maszynki do obierania jarzyn, czuje się zagubiony w otaczającym go świecie. Należy do tej części amerykańskiej klasy średniej lat pięćdziesiątych, która na ogół biernie akceptuje amerykański styl życia. A jednak, pod wpływem impulsu, porzuca żonę, córkę bogatego pośrednika handlu samochodami, i ucieka przed jałową konsumpcyjną egzystencją, przed wegetacją, w której gimnastyka seksualna zastępuje uczucia. Nie jest to...
Harry Królik Angstrom, niegdyś mistrz drużyny koszykówki w college'u, obecnie pracownik domu towarowego, trudniący się reklamą cudownej maszynk...
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46,06 zł |
The Witches of Eastwick
ISBN: 9780141188973 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The air of Eastwick breeds witches - women whose powerful longings can stir up thunderstorms and fracture domestic peace. Jane, Alexandra and Sukie, divorced and dangerous, have formed a coven. Into the void of Eastwick breezes Darryl Van Horne, a charismatic magus of a man who entrances the trio, luring them to his mansions.
The air of Eastwick breeds witches - women whose powerful longings can stir up thunderstorms and fracture domestic peace. Jane, Alexandra and Sukie, d...
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51,82 zł |
Rabbit, Run
ISBN: 9780141187839 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. It's 1959 and Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom, one time high school sports superstar, is going nowhere. At twenty-six he is trapped in a second-rate existence - stuck with a fragile, alcoholic wife, a house full of overflowing ashtrays and discarded glasses, a young son and a futile job.
It's 1959 and Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom, one time high school sports superstar, is going nowhere. At twenty-six he is trapped in a second-rate existence...
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51,82 zł |
Brazil
ISBN: 9780141188942 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Tristao Raposo, a nineteen-year old black child of the Rio slums, spies Isabel Leme, an eighteen-year-old upper-class white girl, across the hot sands of Copacabana Neach, and presents her with a ring. Their flight into marriage takes them from urban banal
Tristao Raposo, a nineteen-year old black child of the Rio slums, spies Isabel Leme, an eighteen-year-old upper-class white girl, across the hot sands...
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70,93 zł |
Převrat
ISBN: 9788088445081 / Czeski / 2022 / 328 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Paměti fanatického diktátora smyšlené země v subsaharské Africe, jehož tepou všechny čtyři manželky i milenka, českým čtenářům připomenou, proč americký spisovatel John Updike hned dvakrát získal Pulitzerovu cenu.
Kniha dosvědčuje, že základem dobrého humoru je schopnost dělat si legraci ze sebe samých. Pobaví autorskou nadsázkou, sžíravou obrazností, vytříbeným jazykovým mistrovstvím i pohledem na světové dění. Strhující groteska z dob, kdy literaturu ještě tolik nespoutávala politická korektnost, neváhá glosovat ideologie všeho... Paměti fanatického diktátora smyšlené země v subsaharské Africe, jehož tepou všechny čtyři manželky i milenka, českým čtenářům přip...
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78,80 zł |
Gertrude and Claudius
ISBN: 9780449006979 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Gertrude and Claudius are the "villains" of Hamlet: he the killer of Hamlet's father and usurper of the Danish throne; she his lusty consort, who marries Claudius before her late husband's body is cold. But in this imaginative "prequel" to the play, John Updike makes a case for the royal couple that Shakespeare only hinted at. Gertrude and Claudius are seen afresh against a background of fond intentions and family dysfunction, on a stage darkened by the ominous shadow of a sullen, erratic, disaffected prince. "I hoped to keep the texture light," Updike said of this novel, "to move... Gertrude and Claudius are the "villains" of Hamlet: he the killer of Hamlet's father and usurper of the Danish throne; she his lusty consor... |
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72,65 zł |
Memories of the Ford Administration
ISBN: 9780141188997 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. When a history professor - Alfred Clayton - is asked to record his impressions of the Ford Administration, he recalls a turbulent piece of personal history as well: his unfinished book on 19th-century president James Buchanan.
When a history professor - Alfred Clayton - is asked to record his impressions of the Ford Administration, he recalls a turbulent piece of personal hi...
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The Poorhouse Fair
ISBN: 9780141188485 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. At the Diamond County Home for the Aged, the inmates prepare for the annual ritual of the Poorhouse Fair. The elderly residents take pride in the self-respect they gain from this one day. But when the fair goes less well than the folks had hoped, they blame Conner, the new prefect of the home. Together, they begin to revolt against the man.
At the Diamond County Home for the Aged, the inmates prepare for the annual ritual of the Poorhouse Fair. The elderly residents take pride in the self...
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70,93 zł |
The Widows of Eastwick
ISBN: 9780141038032 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. More than three decades have passed since the three divorcees - Alexandra, Jane and Sukie - left town, remarried, and became widows. They cope with their grief and solitude as widows do: they travel the world to exotic lands such as Canada, China and Egypt and renew old acquaintances. And then, one summer, they decide to go back to Eastwick.
More than three decades have passed since the three divorcees - Alexandra, Jane and Sukie - left town, remarried, and became widows. They cope with th...
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54,55 zł |
On Literary Biography
ISBN: 9781570033452 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A leading man of letters subjects a popular contemporary genre to thoughtful scrutiny.
A leading man of letters subjects a popular contemporary genre to thoughtful scrutiny.
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469,56 zł |
Rabbit, Run
ISBN: 9780449911655 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Rabbit, Run is the book that established John Updike as one of the major American novelists of his--or any other--generation. Its hero is Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom, a onetime high-school basketball star who on an impulse deserts his wife and son. He is twenty-six years old, a man-child caught in a struggle between instinct and thought, self and society, sexual gratification and family duty--even, in a sense, human hard-heartedness and divine Grace. Though his flight from home traces a zigzag of evasion, he holds to the faith that he is on the right path, an invisible line toward...
Rabbit, Run is the book that established John Updike as one of the major American novelists of his--or any other--generation. Its hero i...
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76,92 zł |
John Updike: Novels 1968-1975 (LOA #326): Couples / Rabbit Redux / A Month of Sundays
ISBN: 9781598536492 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 1150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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222,95 zł |