wyszukanych pozycji: 9
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Following Darkness
ISBN: 9781939140531 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 'A masterpiece.' - E. M. Forster
' A] strange, sinister, and unforgettable story.' - "Manchester Guardian" 'Forrest Reid has . . . beautiful, rhythmical prose, a true and permanent voice.' - John McGahern 'None of our contemporaries can describe childhood and youth as truly as he does.' - V. S. Pritchett When "Following Darkness" first appeared in 1912, critics did not know what to make of it. Sentimental novels of childhood and adolescence were popular in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, but here was something completely new in English fiction, a book that explored a... 'A masterpiece.' - E. M. Forster
' A] strange, sinister, and unforgettable story.' - "Manchester Guardian" 'Forrest Reid has . . . beautiful... |
cena:
102,45 |
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Uncle Stephen (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
ISBN: 9781941147443 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 278 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 'An exquisite book.' - E. M. Forster
'No other novelist of today can recapture more clearly than Mr. Reid the sense of early wonder and adventurous childhood.' - "The Times" 'An altogether remarkable book.' - "Glasgow Herald" Left in the care of his unloving stepmother after his father's death, sixteen-year-old Tom Barber has a vivid dream one night in which he sees his Uncle Stephen, whom he has never met and who is rumoured to have been mixed up in scandal and the practice of black magic. Unhappy at home and not knowing what to expect when he arrives at Uncle Stephen's manor... 'An exquisite book.' - E. M. Forster
'No other novelist of today can recapture more clearly than Mr. Reid the sense of early wonder and adventuro... |
cena:
92,20 |
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Denis Bracknel
ISBN: 9781939140975 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "An admirable novel... the author has drawn this charming unearthly boy with extraordinary sympathy and penetration." - "Manchester Guardian"
"A work of rare distinction. . . . more than brilliant; it is actual; it is true; it is an accurate reproduction of an experience." - "Daily News" "A remarkable novel . . . it is as fine a piece of work as we have come upon for a long time." - "Daily Chronicle" At the end of his life, Forrest Reid (1875-1947) extensively revised his novel "The Bracknels" (1911), which had been acclaimed by critics and whose admirers included E.M. Forster... "An admirable novel... the author has drawn this charming unearthly boy with extraordinary sympathy and penetration." - "Manchester Guardian"
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cena:
102,45 |
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Young Tom (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
ISBN: 9781941147498 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. 'One of the most original and most perfect works of imagination of our time' - Edwin Muir, The Listener
'A unique achievement in modern literature' - John Boyd 'It has a charm and freshness, it is beautifully written' - James Hanley, New English Weekly Young Tom (1944) completes the trilogy of novels featuring Tom Barber, which began with Uncle Stephen (1931) and The Retreat (1936), and it is probably Forrest Reid's finest achievement. Acclaim from contemporary critics was unanimous, and the book won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize as the... 'One of the most original and most perfect works of imagination of our time' - Edwin Muir, The Listener
'A unique achievement in modern li... |
cena:
97,32 |
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Brian Westby
ISBN: 9781939140654 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 258 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
92,20 |
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The Retreat (Valancourt 20th Century Classics)
ISBN: 9781941147511 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "He writes with such ease and simplicity, his stories, always unusual, are so exquisitely told, and when, as often happens, he takes you into regions not too far distant from fairyland, he has only to wave his wand to make you believe." - Ralph Straus, Sunday Times
"Mr. Reid is one of the most remarkable living fantasists . . . A]t once charming and a psychological tour de force." - London Mercury " An] eerie, unusual, quite enchanting book." - Guardian The Retreat opens with a vivid dream about an evil sorcerer and his boy apprentice. The dreamer... "He writes with such ease and simplicity, his stories, always unusual, are so exquisitely told, and when, as often happens, he takes you into regions ...
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cena:
102,45 |
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It Happened at the Ball
ISBN: 9781611387537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 322 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
80,72 |