wyszukanych pozycji: 3
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Shadow of Memory
ISBN: 9781564788436 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 205 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this eerie, compelling, and playful novel, a young man tormented by his feeble memory meets an elderly man, Robert, endowed with the recall of an elephant. Soon, in exchange for becoming his live-in servant, Robert agrees to allow his young prot?g? to inherit his prodigious memory upon his death. While this might seem a fair if absurd exchange, Robert's demands become progressively more macabre, until the narrator is forced to decide what he is truly willing to sacrifice for the ability to remember. The debut novel of Bernard Comment, acclaimed author and editor, now available in... In this eerie, compelling, and playful novel, a young man tormented by his feeble memory meets an elderly man, Robert, endowed with the recall of a... |
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52,77 |
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Panorama, The
ISBN: 9781861890429 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Invented in 1788, the panorama reached the height of its popularity at the time of the 1900 Universal Exhibition. Vast circular canvases installed in purpose-built rotundas were designed to be viewed from centrally placed platforms and attracted an admiring public. The aim was to produce a perfect illusion. Thus the relationship between viewer and "reality" underwent a profound mutation, opening up a new logic according to which the world was transformed into a spectacle and images substituted for direct experience. This illustrated text examines the wide variety of panoramas in both the Old...
Invented in 1788, the panorama reached the height of its popularity at the time of the 1900 Universal Exhibition. Vast circular canvases installed in ...
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231,53 |
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Fragments: Poems, Intimate Notes, Letters
ISBN: 9780374533786 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Fragments is an event--an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly fifty years after her death, will definitively reveal Marilyn Monroe's humanity. Marilyn's image is so universal that we can't help but believe we know all there is to know of her. Every word and gesture made headlines and garnered controversy. Her serious gifts as an actor were sometimes eclipsed by her notoriety--and by the way the camera fell helplessly in love with her. Beyond the headlines--and the too-familiar stories of heartbreak and... Fragments is an event--an unforgettable book that will redefine one of the greatest icons of the twentieth century and that, nearly fifty ye... |
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135,70 |