wyszukanych pozycji: 2
Schnee in Amsterdam
ISBN: 9783423147705 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2020 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Mit einem verlängerten Wochenende in Amsterdam möchten Stella und Gerry ihren Ruhestandsalltag unterbrechen. Sie lieben sich noch und ertragen gegenseitig ihre kleinen Fehler - aber in den vier Tagen treten tiefe Risse in ihrer Beziehung zutage. Und es wird klar, dass Stella einen ganz eigenen Plan verfolgt. Dieser Plan hängt mit dem Beginenhof zusammen und mit einem Gelübde, das Stella einst getan hat. Gerry dagegen hat weitgehend abgeschlossen mit seinem Leben, in dem der Alkohol eine zu große Rolle spielt. Während ihrer Reise drängt allmählich ein Ereignis aus ihrer gemeinsamen... Mit einem verlängerten Wochenende in Amsterdam möchten Stella und Gerry ihren Ruhestandsalltag unterbrechen. Sie lieben sich noch und ertragen ge... |
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54,23 zł |
Cal
ISBN: 9780393354683 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. When it was first published, Bernard MacLaverty's masterpiece was hailed by Michael Gorra in the New York Times Book Review as "a marvel of technical perfection . . . a most moving novel whose emotional impact is grounded in a complete avoidance of sentimentality. . . . It] will become the Passage to India of the Troubles." For Cal, a Belfast teenager who, against his will, is involved in the terrible war between Catholics and Protestants, some of the choices are devastatingly simple: he can work in the slaughterhouse that nauseates him or join the dole queue; he... When it was first published, Bernard MacLaverty's masterpiece was hailed by Michael Gorra in the New York Times Book Review as "a marvel o... |
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82,22 zł |
Grace Notes
ISBN: 9780099778011 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A young composer returns to Belfast for her father's funeral. Memories of the claustrophobic enclave and her fastidious, nagging mother, remind her of why she left in the first place. The healing effect of music figures prominently in this novel.
A young composer returns to Belfast for her father's funeral. Memories of the claustrophobic enclave and her fastidious, nagging mother, remind her of...
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51,23 zł |
The Anatomy School
ISBN: 9780099428466 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Martin Brenna is a troubled boy living in troubled times, a boy who knows all of the questions but none of the answers. Before he can become and adult, Martin must unravel the sacred and contradictory mysteries of religion, science and sex; he must learn the value of friendship; but most of all he must pass his exams - at any cost.
Martin Brenna is a troubled boy living in troubled times, a boy who knows all of the questions but none of the answers. Before he can become and adult...
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93,12 zł |
Midwinter Break
ISBN: 9780393356236 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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68,83 zł |
Collected Stories
ISBN: 9780099561583 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 618 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) For the first time all of Bernard MacLaverty s unforgettable short stories are gathered together, with a new introduction by the author Melding his native Irish sensibilities to those of his adopted west-coast Scotland, these tales attend to life s big events: love and loss, separation and violence, death and betrayal. But the stories teem with smaller significant moments too private epiphanies, chilling exchanges, intimate encounters. Each of these extraordinary stories with their wry, self-deprecating humor, their elegance, and subtle wisdom gets to the very heart of life. Since the... For the first time all of Bernard MacLaverty s unforgettable short stories are gathered together, with a new introduction by the author Melding ... |
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56,35 zł |
Lamb
ISBN: 9780393317015 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. When Brother Sebastian, nee Michael Lamb, runs away from a bleak reformatory, taking with him twelve-year-old Owen Kane, the media and the police call it a kidnapping. For Lamb, though, it is a rescue of a formerly abused boy from a place of no hope, a last grasp at an elusive happiness. But as the outside world closes in, as time and money run out, Lamb finds himself moving towards a solution that is as shocking as it is loving.
When Brother Sebastian, nee Michael Lamb, runs away from a bleak reformatory, taking with him twelve-year-old Owen Kane, the media and the police call...
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81,77 zł |
Blank Pages and Other Stories
ISBN: 9781529114256 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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51,23 zł |
Midwinter Break
ISBN: 9780393609622 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Sixteen years on from his last novel, Bernard MacLaverty reminds us why he is regarded as one of the greatest living Irish writers. A retired couple, Gerry and Stella Gilmore, fly from their home in Scotland to Amsterdam for a long weekend--a holiday to refresh the senses, to do some sightseeing, and generally to take stock of what remains of their lives. Their relationship seems safe, easy, familiar. But over the course of the four days we discover the deep uncertainties that exist between them. Gerry, once an architect, is forgetful and set in his ways. Stella is tired of his... Sixteen years on from his last novel, Bernard MacLaverty reminds us why he is regarded as one of the greatest living Irish writers. A retired coupl... |
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98,66 zł |
Matters Of Life & Death
ISBN: 9780099493037 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Beginning with the sudden, nauseating terror of a family caught up in an explosion of shocking violence, this collection of short stories is about bonds and connections, made and broken, secret and known.
Beginning with the sudden, nauseating terror of a family caught up in an explosion of shocking violence, this collection of short stories is about bon...
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93,12 zł |
The Anatomy School
ISBN: 9780393324570 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 355 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Set in Belfast in the late sixties, Bernard MacLaverty's new novel takes us into Martin Brennan's last semester of high school, when he finds old friendships tested and is forced to face the unknown. Before he can become an adult, Martin must unravel the sacred and contradictory mysteries of religion, science, and sex; he must learn the value of friendship; but most of all he must pass his exams at any cost. Celebrating the desire to speak and the need to say nothing, The Anatomy School moves from the enforced silence of Martin's Catholic school retreat, through the hilarious tea-and-biscuits...
Set in Belfast in the late sixties, Bernard MacLaverty's new novel takes us into Martin Brennan's last semester of high school, when he finds old frie...
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107,67 zł |
Midwinter Break
ISBN: 9781784704919 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) `Midwinter Break is a work of extraordinary emotional precision and sympathy, about coming to terms - to an honest reckoning - with love and the loss of love, with memory and pain.
`Midwinter Break is a work of extraordinary emotional precision and sympathy, about coming to terms - to an honest reckoning - with love and the loss ...
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46,10 zł |
Cal
ISBN: 9780140817898 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Cal has very few choices in life. He can continue working at the abattoir that sickens him, or join the ranks of the unemployed. He can brood on his past or try to plan a future with Marcella. This story is set against the fear and violence of Ulster, where tenderness and innocence must struggle to survive.
Cal has very few choices in life. He can continue working at the abattoir that sickens him, or join the ranks of the unemployed. He can brood on his p...
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40,97 zł |
Walking the Dog: And Other Stories
ISBN: 9780393314533 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 212 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. As always, MacLaverty's writing is vivid, exact, and pellucid, his characters perfectly observed, the surface of the prose deceptively still. It is only after we enter the world of the stories that we begin to make out the huge shapes that move there: loss, love, disappointment, fierce joy. This is a powerful, honest, and moving book by one of the great storytellers of our age.
As always, MacLaverty's writing is vivid, exact, and pellucid, his characters perfectly observed, the surface of the prose deceptively still. It is on...
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86,09 zł |
Cal
ISBN: 9781784875503 / Miękka / 2019 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Set in the Northern Ireland of the 1980s, Cal tells the story of a young Catholic man living in a Protestant area.
Set in the Northern Ireland of the 1980s, Cal tells the story of a young Catholic man living in a Protestant area.
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51,23 zł |
A Time To Dance
ISBN: 9780099283560 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Features Nelson who plays truant and sees something he wishes he hadn't.
Features Nelson who plays truant and sees something he wishes he hadn't.
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71,20 zł |
Matters of Life & Death: And Other Stories
ISBN: 9780393344875 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 242 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Beginning with the sudden terror of a family caught up in shocking sectarian violence, and ending with the whiteout of an Iowa blizzard and the fear of losing your way very far from home, this collection is about bonds made and broken, secret and known. In the extraordinary story "Up the Coast," a landscape painter discovers a place that makes her, finally, feel whole, only to have that communion shattered by an arbitrary act of aggression that will resonate throughout her life Written with effortless skill and empathy, these stories are hauntingly real. MacLaverty's perfect attention to...
Beginning with the sudden terror of a family caught up in shocking sectarian violence, and ending with the whiteout of an Iowa blizzard and the fear o...
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94,72 zł |
Grace Notes
ISBN: 9780393318418 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 284 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A luminous novel by one of the finest living Irish writers, which Brian Moore has praised as "in every sense a triumph . . . moving throughout and ending triumphantly and joyously in its own special music".
A luminous novel by one of the finest living Irish writers, which Brian Moore has praised as "in every sense a triumph . . . moving throughout and end...
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99,04 zł |
Cal : Roman
ISBN: 9783257213874 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2016 / 239 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Die Geschichte des linkischen katholischen Jugendlichen Cal und von Marcella, die er zum Lachen bringen kann, im vom Brgerkrieg zerrissenen Nordirland.
Die Geschichte des linkischen katholischen Jugendlichen Cal und von Marcella, die er zum Lachen bringen kann, im vom Brgerkrieg zerrissenen Nordirland...
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63,80 zł |
Cal
ISBN: 9783125739369 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Diese Geschichte dreht sich um Hass und Liebe im kampfgebeutelten Belfast. Ein junger Katholik war an der Ermordung eines Protestanten beteiligt, in dessen Witwe er sich dann verliebt ... Abiturempfehlung zu den Themenbereichen Love and friendship und Northern Ireland Diese Geschichte dreht sich um Hass und Liebe im kampfgebeutelten Belfast. Ein junger Katholik war an der Ermordung eines Protestanten beteiligt, i... |
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60,73 zł |