wyszukanych pozycji: 62
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The Time Of The Angels
ISBN: 9780099429098 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Carel Fisher is a priest who is experiencing doubt and beginning to feel hate for God. The novel explores the forces of good and evil, and studies a religious man transferring his faith from one force to the other.
Carel Fisher is a priest who is experiencing doubt and beginning to feel hate for God. The novel explores the forces of good and evil, and studies a r...
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The Bell
ISBN: 9780099470489 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an enclosed order of nuns. A new bell, legendary symbol of religion and magic, is rediscovered. Dora Greenfield, erring wife, returns to her husband. Michael Mead, leader of the community, is confronted by Nick Fawley, with whom he had disasterous homosexual relations, while the wise old Abbess watches and prays and exercies discreet authority. And everyone, or almost everyone, hopes to be saved whatever that may mean...Iris Murdoch's funny and sad novel is about religion, the fight between good and evil...
A lay community of thoroughly mixed-up people is encamped outside Imber Abbey, home of an enclosed order of nuns. A new bell, legendary symbol of reli...
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The Black Prince
ISBN: 9780142180112 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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61,32 |
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The Sacred and Profane Love Machine
ISBN: 9780140041118 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 365 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Swinging between his wife and his mistress in the sacred and profane love machine and between the charms of morality and the excitements of sin, the psychotherapist, Blaise Gavender, sometimes wishes he could divide himself in two. Instead, he lets loose misery and confusion and--for the spectators at any rate--a morality play, rich in reflections upon the paradoxes of human life and the nature of the battle between sacred and profane love.
Swinging between his wife and his mistress in the sacred and profane love machine and between the charms of morality and the excitements of sin, the p...
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A Word Child
ISBN: 9781453201152 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 396 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A brilliant but deeply flawed man struggles to earn absolution Hilary Burde was a rising star in academia until a tragic accident plunged him and his mentor and rival, Gunnar Jopling, into two decades of depression and guilt. Hilary, unable to overcome his pain, abandoned his promising career for an unfulfilling job as a civil servant. But at age forty-one, Hilary crosses paths again with Gunnar--initiating a series of events that will change their lives forever. Set against a richly drawn backdrop of post-war London, A Word Child is a gripping story of passion and the...A brilliant but deeply flawed man struggles to earn absolution Hilary Burde was a rising star in academia until a tragic accident plunged... |
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Living on Paper : Letters from Iris Murdoch 1934-1995
ISBN: 9780701187057 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 688 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Offers a portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers and thinkers. This title reveals author's personal life, the subject of much speculation, in all its intriguing complexity: her emotional hunger and her tendency to live on the edge of what was socially acceptable.
Offers a portrait of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers and thinkers. This title reveals author's personal life, the subject of much spec...
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The Sea, The Sea
ISBN: 9780099284093 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 560 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. When Charles Arrowby, a 60+ demi-god of the theatre, retires from his glittering London world in order to become a hermit, it is to the sea that he turns. He hopes at least to escape from the women. He unexpectedly meets one whom he loved long ago.
When Charles Arrowby, a 60+ demi-god of the theatre, retires from his glittering London world in order to become a hermit, it is to the sea that he tu...
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55,58 |
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The Italian Girl
ISBN: 9781504049221 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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72,78 |
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A Fairly Honourable Defeat
ISBN: 9780099285335 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. With a new introduction by Susan Hill.
In this dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual who decides to demonstrate through a Machiavellian experiment how easily loving couples, caring friends, and devoted siblings can betray their loyalties. As puppet master, Julius artfully plays on the human tendency to embrace drama and intrigue and to prefer the distraction of confrontations to the difficult effort of communicating openly and honestly." With a new introduction by Susan Hill.
In this dark comedy of errors, Iris Murdoch portrays the mischief wrought by Julius, a cynical intellectual... |
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55,58 |
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The Sandcastle (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series)
ISBN: 9781784875176 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BIDISHA'It's all dry sand running through the fingers.'When Bill Mor falls in love with Rain Carter he discovers a new way of being and a new joy in the world and his surroundings.
To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BIDISHA'It's al...
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A Severed Head
ISBN: 9780140020038 / Angielski / Miękka / 1976 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A novel about the frightfulness and ruthlessness of being in love
Martin Lynch-Gibson believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover. But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly leaves him for her psychoanalyst, Martin is plunged into an intensive emotional reeducation. He attempts to behave beautifully and sensibly. Then he meets a woman whose demonic splendor at first repels him and later arouses a consuming and monstrous passion. As his Medusa informs him, "this is nothing to do with happiness." A Severed Head was adapted for a successful stage... A novel about the frightfulness and ruthlessness of being in love
Martin Lynch-Gibson believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a d... |
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61,32 |
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Under The Net
ISBN: 9780099429074 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Jake Donaghue is a drifting, clever, likeable young man who makes a living as a translator and by sponging on his friends. A meeting again, after some years, with Anna, an old flame, leads him into a series of fantastic adventures.
Jake Donaghue is a drifting, clever, likeable young man who makes a living as a translator and by sponging on his friends. A meeting again, after some...
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Przeciw oschłości
ISBN: 9788381963619 / Polski / miękka ze skrzydełkami / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych. Iris Murdoch, znana w Polsce głównie jako pisarka, była też wybitną przedstawicielką filozofii, przemawiającą głosem odrębnym na tle innych dwudziestowiecznych myślicieli. Prezentowany tom jest pierwszym w Polsce tak bogatym zbiorem jej esejów filozoficznych, dotyczących głównie etyki i metafizyki, a zwłaszcza ich związków z literaturą. Myśl Iris Murdoch - krytyczna synteza platonizmu z wątkami egzystencjalnymi - wyróżnia się racjonalnością, logiczną precyzją, celnością argumentu i dbałością o szczegół. Ogromna erudycja i przenikliwość diagnoz sprawiają,...
Iris Murdoch, znana w Polsce głównie jako pisarka, była też wybitną przedstawicielką filozofii, przemawiającą głosem odrębnym na tle innych ...
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The Sacred And Profane Love Machine
ISBN: 9780099433576 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Presents a story of different loves; and of how a man may need two women in such a way that he can be happy with neither.
Presents a story of different loves; and of how a man may need two women in such a way that he can be happy with neither.
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The Black Prince
ISBN: 9780099589259 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. "It is witty and wise and provocative... brilliantly good." --"Evening Standard"
" The Black Prince" is both a remarkable thriller and a story about being in love. Bradley Pearson, narrator and hero, is an elderly writer with a 'block'. Finding himself surrounded by predatory friends and relations -- his ex-wife, her delinquent brother, a younger, deplorably successful writer, Arnold Baffin, Baffin's restless wife and engaging daughter -- Bradley attempts to escape. His failure to do so and its aftermath lead to a violent climax and a most unexpected conclusion. "It is witty and wise and provocative... brilliantly good." --"Evening Standard"
" The Black Prince" is both a remarkable thriller and a story ... |
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An Accidental Man
ISBN: 9780140036114 / Angielski / Miękka / 1988 / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A scintillating novel of fate, accidents, and moral dilemmas
Set in the time of the Vietnam War, this story concerns the plight of a young American, happily installed in a perfect job in England, engaged to a wonderful girl, who is suddenly drafted to a war he disapproves of. What is duty here, what is self-interest, what is cowardice? Austin Gibson Grey, the accidental man of the title, is accident-prone, also prone to bring disaster to his friend sand relations. He blames fate. But are we not all accidental, one of his victims asks. Fate and accidents make deep moral dilemmas for... A scintillating novel of fate, accidents, and moral dilemmas
Set in the time of the Vietnam War, this story concerns the plight of a young Americ... |
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Jackson's Dilemma
ISBN: 9780701188474 / Angielski / Twarda / 2013 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Edward Lannion, the young master of Hatting Hall, is about to marry Marian Fox. At Penndean, a nearby house, preparations are under way for the wedding, overseen by the anxious Benet. Family and friends gather together for a celebratory dinner on the eve of the ceremony.
Edward Lannion, the young master of Hatting Hall, is about to marry Marian Fox. At Penndean, a nearby house, preparations are under way for the weddin...
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The Sea, The Sea & A Severed Head
ISBN: 9781841593708 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 680 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Traces the turbulent emotional journey of Martin Lynch-Gibbon, a smug, well-to-do London wine merchant and unfaithful husband, whose life is turned inside out when his wife leaves him for her psychoanalyst.
Traces the turbulent emotional journey of Martin Lynch-Gibbon, a smug, well-to-do London wine merchant and unfaithful husband, whose life is turned in...
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The Message To The Planet
ISBN: 9780099583288 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. For years, Alfred Ludens has pursued mathematician and philosopher Marcus Vallar in the belief that he possesses a profound metaphysical formula, a missing link of great significance to mankind. Luden's friends are more sceptical. Jack Sheerwater, painter, thinks Marcus is crazy. Gildas herne, ex-preist, thinks he is evil.
For years, Alfred Ludens has pursued mathematician and philosopher Marcus Vallar in the belief that he possesses a profound metaphysical formula, a mi...
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