wyszukanych pozycji: 33
The Stories of Jane Gardam
ISBN: 9781609451998 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From the inimitable Jane Gardam, whose "Old Filth" trilogy cemented her status as one of England s greatest living novelists, comes a collection of short stories that showcase her subversive wit, gentle humor, and insight into the human condition. Gardam s versatility is on full display, while her sublime grasp of language and powers of observation remain as provocative as ever."
From the inimitable Jane Gardam, whose "Old Filth" trilogy cemented her status as one of England s greatest living novelists, comes a collection of sh...
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109,23 zł |
The Sidmouth Letters
ISBN: 9780349114088 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. This collection brings together past and present, probing many and varied lives. The title story examines Jane Austen's love life, while others introduce a trio of mean-spirited and middle-aged Kensington widows, a dreaded stranger, and the mercurial changes in young love.
This collection brings together past and present, probing many and varied lives. The title story examines Jane Austen's love life, while others introd...
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56,09 zł |
God on the Rocks
ISBN: 9781933372761 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Originally published in Great Britain in 1978, Gardam's Booker Prize short-listed novel describes Margaret Marsh's coming of age one summer between two world wars. Drama, tragedy, and a touch of farce lend themselves to Gardam's typically eloquent prose.
Originally published in Great Britain in 1978, Gardam's Booker Prize short-listed novel describes Margaret Marsh's coming of age one summer between tw...
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72,95 zł |
Mädchen auf den Felsen, 5 Audio-CD
ISBN: 9783957132710 / Niemiecki / CD-Audio / 2022 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Ein flirrender Sommerroman an der englischen Küste von der großen Erzählerin Jane Gardam Einmal in der Woche kann Margaret der Langeweile zu Hause entfliehen: Mittwoch ist Ausflugstag mit Lydia, dem neuen Hausmädchen, die mit ihrer selbstbewussten Körperlichkeit und handfesten Sprache in diese Familie platzt und als einzige Erwachsene... Ein flirrender Sommerroman an der englischen Küste von der großen Erzählerin Jane Gardam |
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99,79 zł |
The Hollow Land
ISBN: 9780349144221 / Miękka / 2020 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A stunning novel, winner of the Whitbread Award, by the author of Old Filth and Last Friends.
A stunning novel, winner of the Whitbread Award, by the author of Old Filth and Last Friends.
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50,99 zł |
Die Leute von Privilege Hill : Erzählungen
ISBN: 9783446256811 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2017 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. "Ich habe immer viel lieber Erzählungen geschrieben als Romane." Jane Gardam, Autorin der wunderbar britischen Bestseller um Edward "Old Filth" Feathers
"Ich habe immer viel lieber Erzählungen geschrieben als Romane." Jane Gardam, Autorin der wunderbar britischen Bestseller um Edward "Old Filth" Feath...
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99,79 zł |
The Man In The Wooden Hat
ISBN: 9780349139487 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Filth (Failed In London, Try Hong Kong) is a successful lawyer when he marries Elisabeth in Hong Kong soon after the War. Reserved, immaculate and courteous, Filth finds it hard to demonstrate his emotions. But Elisabeth is different - a free spirit. She was brought up in the Japanese Internment Camps, which killed both her parents but left her with a lust for survival and an affinity with the Far East. No wonder she is attracted to Filth's hated rival at the Bar - the brash, forceful Veneering. Veneering has a Chinese wife and an adored son - and no difficulty whatsoever in demonstrating his...
Filth (Failed In London, Try Hong Kong) is a successful lawyer when he marries Elisabeth in Hong Kong soon after the War. Reserved, immaculate and cou...
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50,99 zł |
Crusoe's Daughter
ISBN: 9780349119892 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In 1904, when she was six, Polly Fint went to live with her two aunts in a house near the sea. There she stayed for 81 years, while the century raged around her, while Victorian order became chaos and nuclear dread. This is her story.
In 1904, when she was six, Polly Fint went to live with her two aunts in a house near the sea. There she stayed for 81 years, while the century raged ...
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45,89 zł |
Crusoe's Daughter
ISBN: 9781609450694 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. In 1904, six-year-old Polly Flint is sent to live with her aunt's in a house by the sea. Orphaned shortly thereafter, Polly will spend the next eighty years stranded in this quiet corner of the world as 20th century rages in the background. Throughout it all Polly returns again and again to the story of Robinson Crusoe, who, marooned like her, fends off the madness of isolation with imagination.
Like previous Gardam titles will skew to female readers and Anglophiles. An ideal choice for book clubs. In 1904, six-year-old Polly Flint is sent to live with her aunt's in a house by the sea. Orphaned shortly thereafter, Polly will spend the next eighty...
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64,85 zł |
Old Filth: Old Filth Trilogy Book 1
ISBN: 9781933372136 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Book One in Jane Gardam's Old Filth Trilogy
Sir Edward Feathers has had a brilliant career, from his early days as a lawyer in Southeast Asia, where he earned the nickname Old Filth (FILTH being an acronym for Failed In London Try Hong Kong) to his final working days as a respected judge at the English bar. Yet through it all he has carried with him the wounds of a difficult and emotionally hollow childhood. Now an eighty-year-old widower living in comfortable seclusion in Dorset, Feathers is finally free from the regimen of work and the sentimental scaffolding that has sustained him... Book One in Jane Gardam's Old Filth Trilogy
Sir Edward Feathers has had a brilliant career, from his early days as a lawyer in Southeast Asia, whe... |
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72,95 zł |
Gute Ratschläge, 6 Audio-CD
ISBN: 9783957133168 / Niemiecki / CD-Audio Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Eliza, 51, schreibt Briefe an Joan, die Nachbarin, die offenbar ihren Mann und ihre Kinder verlassen hat, und die sie eigentlich kaum kennt. Briefe mit besten Ratschlägen - voller ungeschminkter Wahrheiten, schlafwandlerisch sicher gesetzter Seitenhiebe und Exzentrik. Antwort bekommt Eliza nie, was ihre Schreibwut eher anstachelt. Als ihr Mann Henry plötzlich auszieht, geraten die Briefe zu immer wilderen, fiebrigen Bekenntnissen einer zutiefst einsamen, in ihrem Leben gefangenen Frau, der nicht unbedingt zu trauen ist. Eliza, 51, schreibt Briefe an Joan, die Nachbarin, die offenbar ihren Mann und ihre Kinder verlassen hat, und die sie eigentlich kaum kennt. Briefe... |
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113,40 zł |
Robinsons Tochter, 8 Audio-CD
ISBN: 9783957132215 / Niemiecki / CD-Audio / 2020 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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68,04 zł |
Eine treue Frau, 6 Audio-CDs : Lesung
ISBN: 9783869092263 / Niemiecki / Audio (mc/cd) / 2017 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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63,50 zł |
The Hollow Land
ISBN: 9781609452469 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The barren, beautiful Cumbrian fells provide the bewitching setting for the adventures of Bell and Harry, two children who find enchanting wonder at every turn, as they explore THE HOLLOW LAND. Everyday challenges give a daring edge to this rural work and play. There are ancient mysteries to explore and uncover, like the case of the Egg Witch, and everyone is curious about the Household Name, a wildly famous Londoner moving in to the jewel of the territory, Light Trees Farm. With painterly ease, Jane Gardam s stories fly with a marvelous spirit that will delight readers of all ages "
The barren, beautiful Cumbrian fells provide the bewitching setting for the adventures of Bell and Harry, two children who find enchanting wonder at e...
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77,01 zł |
God On The Rocks: Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 1978
ISBN: 9780349121499 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. During one glorious summer between the wars the realities of life and the sexual ritual dance of the adult world creep into the life of young Margaret Marsh. This novel was shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
During one glorious summer between the wars the realities of life and the sexual ritual dance of the adult world creep into the life of young Margaret...
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50,99 zł |
The Flight Of The Maidens
ISBN: 9780349114248 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A delightful and touching novel set in post-war summer of 1946 as three young women embark on the adult world.
A delightful and touching novel set in post-war summer of 1946 as three young women embark on the adult world.
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50,99 zł |
Old Filth (50th Anniversary Edition): Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction
ISBN: 9780349145266 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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50,99 zł |
Weit weg von Verona, 6 Audio-CDs : 6 CDs, Lesung. CD Standard Audio Format. Ungekürzte Ausgabe
ISBN: 9783957131393 / Niemiecki / Audio (mc/cd) / 2018 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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99,79 zł |
Ein untadeliger Mann, 8 Audio-CDs : Lesung
ISBN: 9783869092157 / Niemiecki / Audio (mc/cd) / 2017 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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63,50 zł |
Last Friends
ISBN: 9780349000169 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Shortlisted for the 2014 Folio Prize. Old Filth and The Man in the Wooden Hat told with bristling tenderness and black humour the stories of that Titan of the Hong Kong law courts, Old Filth QC, and his clever, misunderstood wife Betty. Last Friends, the final volume of this trilogy, picks up with Terence Veneering, Filth's great rival in work and - though it was never spoken of - in love. Veneering's were not the usual beginnings of an establishment silk: the son of a Russian acrobat marooned in northeast England and a devoted local girl, he escapes the war to emerge in the Far East as a man...
Shortlisted for the 2014 Folio Prize. Old Filth and The Man in the Wooden Hat told with bristling tenderness and black humour the stories of that Tita...
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50,99 zł |