wyszukanych pozycji: 50
The Bay Of Angels
ISBN: 9780241977835 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. 'It was at Millie's party, on that Friday evening, that she met her second husband, my stepfather-to-be, and thus changed both our lives . . .' Zoe is delighted when her widowed mother marries Simon, a generous older man who owns a villa in Nice. However, the long enchanted visits to France she enjoys come to an abrupt end when Simon suffers a bad fall. Zoe and her mother, finding themselves surrounded by well-meaning strangers, must learn how and how not to trust appearances . . . 'One of her very best - possibly her finest . . . reverberates long after it's put down ... Brookner in all her...
'It was at Millie's party, on that Friday evening, that she met her second husband, my stepfather-to-be, and thus changed both our lives . . .' Zoe is...
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51,35 zł |
Providence
ISBN: 9780241977767 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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51,35 zł |
Leaving Home
ISBN: 9781400095650 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In her exquisite new novel, Brookner deals with one of the great dramas of one's life: growing up and leaving home. At 26, Emma Roberts comes to the painful realization that if she is ever to become truly independent, she must leave her comfortable London flat and venture out into the wider world.
In her exquisite new novel, Brookner deals with one of the great dramas of one's life: growing up and leaving home. At 26, Emma Roberts comes to the p...
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79,20 zł |
The Collected Stories of Edith Wharton
ISBN: 9780786711123 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 625 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Combining two volumes of Wharton's short stories in a brand new edition, this outstanding selection is the most comprehensive available. Although Edith Wharton is best known for her novels The Age of Innocence and The House of Mirth, this extensive collection of her short fiction shows her to be a master of all its varieties. Wharton's stories ... owe their enduring power to portray the emotional consequences of life in a rarefied world."The New York Times"
Combining two volumes of Wharton's short stories in a brand new edition, this outstanding selection is the most comprehensive available. Although Edit...
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116,68 zł |
Eine Mesalliance
ISBN: 9783961611188 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2021 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Die verletzte weibliche Seele Die verletzte weibliche Seele |
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100,49 zł |
The Debut
ISBN: 9781982107512 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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66,70 zł |
Dolly
ISBN: 9780679745785 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In her superbly accomplished new novel, Anita Brookner proves that she is our mast profound observer of women's lives, posing questions about feminine identity and desire with a stylishness that conveys an almost sensual pleasure.
From the moment Jane Manning first meets her aunt Dolly, she is both fascinated and appalled. Where Jane is tactful and shy, Dolly is flamboyant and unrepentantly selfish, a connoisseur of fine things, an exploiter of wealthy people. But as the exigencies of family bring Jane and Dolly together, Brookner shows us that we may end up loving people we cannot bring... In her superbly accomplished new novel, Anita Brookner proves that she is our mast profound observer of women's lives, posing questions about feminine...
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62,53 zł |
Brief Lives
ISBN: 9780679737339 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The latest novel by the Booker Prize-winning author of Hotel du Lac chronicles an unlikely friendship between two very different women thrust together by their husbands' business partnership--and by a guilty secret. Anita Brookner works a spell on the reader; being under it is both an education and a delight.--The Washington Post Book World.
The latest novel by the Booker Prize-winning author of Hotel du Lac chronicles an unlikely friendship between two very different women thrust together...
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79,20 zł |
Brief Lives
ISBN: 9780241979396 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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87,14 zł |
Undue Influence
ISBN: 9780241977828 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This superb new novel by the author who has been called "one of the finest novelists of her generation" (The New York Times) tells the story of Claire Pitt, a young woman who has lived most of her life under the watchful eyes of her parents. After her mother's death, Claire reexamines her day-to-day routine and her future in her London flat. She passes the time working in a bookstore, where she meets a mysterious and attractive young man whose wife is ill, and they begin a relationship that dramatically alters Claire's vision of herself, her past, and her future.
"Under Brookner's... This superb new novel by the author who has been called "one of the finest novelists of her generation" (The New York Times) tells the story of Claire...
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87,14 zł |
Family and Friends
ISBN: 9780241977781 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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70,79 zł |
Strangers
ISBN: 9780141040264 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. 'He was haunted by a feeling of invisibility, as if he were a mere spectator of his own life, with no one to identify him in the barren circumstances of the here and now.' Paul Sturgis is a retired banker manager who lives alone in a dark little flat. He walks alone and dines alone, seeking out and taking pleasure in small exchanges with strangers: the cheerful Australian girl who cuts his hair, the lady at the drycleaners. His only relative, and only acquaintance, is a widowed cousin by marriage - herself a virtual stranger - to whom he pays ritualistic visits on a Sunday afternoon. Trying...
'He was haunted by a feeling of invisibility, as if he were a mere spectator of his own life, with no one to identify him in the barren circumstances ...
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51,35 zł |
The Rules of Engagement
ISBN: 9781400075300 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Elizabeth and Betsy had been school friends in 1950s London. Elizabeth, prudent and introspective, values social propriety. Betsy, raised by a spinster aunt, is open, trusting, and desperate for affection. After growing up and going their separate ways, the two women reconnect later in life. Elizabeth has married kind but tedious Digby, while Betsy is still searching for love and belonging. In this deeply perceptive story, Anita Brookner brilliantly charts the resilience of a friendship tested by alienation and by jealousy over a man who seems to offer the promise of escape.
Elizabeth and Betsy had been school friends in 1950s London. Elizabeth, prudent and introspective, values social propriety. Betsy, raised by a spinste...
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79,20 zł |
Seht mich an
ISBN: 9783961611539 / Twarda / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Frances Hinton arbeitet in einer medizinischen Bibliothek und führt ein zurückgezogenes Leben, gemeinsam mit der früheren Haushälterin ihrer längst verstorbenen Mutter. Doch ihre eintönige Existenz wird von neuem Glanz erfüllt, als sie ein extravagantes Paar kennenlernt, das sie in ihren illustren Freundeskreis aufnimmt. Frances kann sich der Bewunderung des charmanten Nick und seiner umwerfenden Frau Alix nicht erwehren und schafft es mithilfe des glamourösen Paares, endlich aus ihrem Schattendasein herauszutreten. Doch muss Frances bald erkennen, dass diese neue aufregende Welt... Frances Hinton arbeitet in einer medizinischen Bibliothek und führt ein zurückgezogenes Leben, gemeinsam mit der früheren Haushälterin ihrer lÃ... |
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100,49 zł |
Incidents in the Rue Laugier
ISBN: 9780679765127 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Maud Gonthier yearns for an escape from the cocoon of the bourgeois modesty. The splendid, caddish David Tyler appears to offer one. In this stylish, deeply knowing novel by the author of Hotel du Lac, Maud's seduction creates a chemistry of longing, sensuality, and betrayal--with a surprising climax.
Maud Gonthier yearns for an escape from the cocoon of the bourgeois modesty. The splendid, caddish David Tyler appears to offer one. In this stylish, ...
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66,70 zł |
Hotel du Lac : Roman. Mit einem Vorwort von Elke Heidenreich. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Booker Prize 1984
ISBN: 9783961610792 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2020 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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91,35 zł |
Private View
ISBN: 9780241979471 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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87,14 zł |
Providence
ISBN: 9780679738145 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This brightly polished yet immensely touching comedy presents the romantic quest of Kitty Maule, who, in revenge against the impossibly charming and elusive man who rejects her, resolves to become totally unreasonable, totally unfair, very demanding, and very beautiful, to any number of others.
This brightly polished yet immensely touching comedy presents the romantic quest of Kitty Maule, who, in revenge against the impossibly charming and e...
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62,53 zł |
Closed Eye
ISBN: 9780241979402 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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87,14 zł |
Visitors
ISBN: 9780140264258 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Dorothea May's tranquility is shattered by Kitty Levinson's announcement of her granddaughter's forthcoming marriage. As the wedding approaches, the scene is set for a highly charged conflict of generations, in which the claims of the young are in stark and selfish contrast to the disabling propriety of the old. "Visitors" is a vivid exploration of familial responsibilities and the expectations that perpetually threaten to overwhelm them.
Dorothea May's tranquility is shattered by Kitty Levinson's announcement of her granddaughter's forthcoming marriage. As the wedding approaches, the s...
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87,14 zł |