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Golden Age
ISBN: 9781447275671 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The final novel in Jane Smiley's masterpiece - the Last Hundred Years trilogy.
The final novel in Jane Smiley's masterpiece - the Last Hundred Years trilogy.
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99,50 |
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13 Ways of Looking at the Novel
ISBN: 9781400033188 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. An essential guide for writers and readers alike, here is Smiley s great celebration of the novel. As she embarks on an exhilarating tour through one hundred titles from classics such as the thousand-year-oldTale of Genjito recent fiction by Zadie Smith and Alice Munro she explores the power of the form, looking at its history and variety, its cultural impact, and just how it works its magic. She invites us behind the scenes of novel-writing, sharing her own habits and spilling the secrets of her craft, and offering priceless advice to aspiring authors. Every page infects us anew... An essential guide for writers and readers alike, here is Smiley s great celebration of the novel. As she embarks on an exhilarating tour through o... |
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90,56 |
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Great American Short Stories
ISBN: 9781435172166 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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50,99 |
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Golden Age
ISBN: 9780307744821 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Winner of the Heartland Prize for Fiction Winner of the Heartland Prize for Fiction |
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78,75 |
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The Greenlanders
ISBN: 9781400095469 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 608 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This enthralling epic tale, written in the tradition of the old Norse sagas, takes us to fourteenth-century Greenland a farflung place of glittering fjords, blasting winds, sun-warmed meadows, and high, dark mountains.Thisis the story of one family: proud landowner Asgeir Gunnarsson; his daughter Margret, whose willful independence leads her into passionate adultery and exile; and his son Gunnar, whose quest for knowledge is at the compelling center of this unforgettable book. Jane Smiley immerses us in this world of farmers, priests, and lawspeakers, of hunts and feasts and... This enthralling epic tale, written in the tradition of the old Norse sagas, takes us to fourteenth-century Greenland a farflung place of glitterin... |
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74,81 |
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Perestroika in Paris
ISBN: 9780525436096 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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66,94 |
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The Sagas of the Icelanders
ISBN: 9780141000039 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 848 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's greatest literary treasures--as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, as engagingly human as Shakespeare. Set around the turn of the last millennium, these stories depict with an astonishingly modern realism the lives and deeds of the Norse men and women who first settled Iceland and of their descendants, who ventured further west--to Greenland and, ultimately, the coast of North America itself.
The ten Sagas and seven shorter tales in this volume include the celebrated "Vinland Sagas," which recount Leif... A unique body of medieval literature, the Sagas rank with the world's greatest literary treasures--as epic as Homer, as deep in tragedy as Sophocles, ...
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112,27 |
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The Fish Can Sing
ISBN: 9780307386052 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. "The Fish Can Sing "is one of Nobel Prize winner Halldor Laxness s most beloved novels, a poignant coming-of-age tale marked with his peculiar blend of light irony and dark humor.
The orphan Alfgrimur has spent an idyllic childhood sheltered in the simple turf cottage of a generous and eccentric elderly couple. Alfgrimur dreams only of becoming a fisherman like his adoptive grandfather, until he meets Iceland's biggest celebrity. The opera singer Gardar Holm s international fame is a source of tremendous pride to tiny, insecure Iceland, though no one there has ever heard him sing. A... "The Fish Can Sing "is one of Nobel Prize winner Halldor Laxness s most beloved novels, a poignant coming-of-age tale marked with his peculiar blend o...
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66,94 |
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A Dangerous Business: A novel
ISBN: 9780525520337 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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142,88 |
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A Thousand Acres
ISBN: 9780006544821 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Larry Cook's farm is the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa, and a tribute to his hard work and single-mindedness. His decision to hand the farm over to his 3 daughters is out of character, and Caroline, who has misgivings, is immediately cut out.
Larry Cook's farm is the largest in Zebulon County, Iowa, and a tribute to his hard work and single-mindedness. His decision to hand the farm over to ...
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56,09 |
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Horse Heaven
ISBN: 9780449005415 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 592 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK "A WISE, SPIRITED NOVEL . . . IN WHICH] SMILEY PLUMBS THE WONDROUSLY
STRANGE WORLD OF HORSE RACING." --People "ONE OF THE PREMIER NOVELISTS OF HER GENERATION, possessed of a mastery of craft and an uncompromising vision that grow more powerful with each book . . . Racing's eclectic mix of classes and personalities provides Smiley with fertile soil . . . Expertly juggling storylines, she investigates the sexual, social, psychological, and spiritual problems of wealthy owners, working-class bettors, trainers on the... #1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK "A WISE, SPIRITED NOVEL . . . IN WHICH] SMILEY PLUMBS THE WONDROUSLY
STRANGE WORLD OF HOR... |
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78,75 |
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The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom
ISBN: 9781597146050 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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110,25 |
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Early Warning
ISBN: 9781447275640 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 1953. When a funeral brings the Langdon family together once more, they little realize how much, over the coming years, each of their worlds will shift and change. Walter and Rosanna's sons and daughters are grown up and have children of their own. Frank, the eldest - restless, unhappy - ignores his troubled wife and instead finds himself distracted by a face from the past. Lillian must watch as her brilliant, eccentric husband Arthur is destroyed by the guilt arising from his secretive government work. Claire, too, finds that marriage is not quite what she expected it to be. In Iowa where...
1953. When a funeral brings the Langdon family together once more, they little realize how much, over the coming years, each of their worlds will shif...
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99,50 |
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Early Warning
ISBN: 9781447275664 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 768 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The second novel in the dazzling Last Hundred Years trilogy, from the winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
The second novel in the dazzling Last Hundred Years trilogy, from the winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
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50,99 |
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A Year at the Races: Reflections on Horses, Humans, Love, Money, and Luck
ISBN: 9781400033171 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 287 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Every horse story is a love story, writes Jane Smiley, who has loved horses for most of her life and owned and bred them for a good part of it. To love something is to observe it with more than usual attention, and that is precisely what Smiley does in this irresistibly smart, witty, and engaging chronicle of her obsession.
In particular she follows a sexy filly named Waterwheel and a grey named Wowie (he tells a horse communicator that he wants it changed from Hornblower) as they begin careers at the racetrack. Filled with humor and suspense, and with discourses on equine intelligence,... Every horse story is a love story, writes Jane Smiley, who has loved horses for most of her life and owned and bred them for a good part of it. To lov...
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70,88 |
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The Questions That Matter Most: Reading, Writing, and the Exercise of Freedom
ISBN: 9781597146364 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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86,63 |
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Golden Age
ISBN: 9781447275695 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 720 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The final novel in Jane Smiley's masterpiece - the Last Hundred Years trilogy
The final novel in Jane Smiley's masterpiece - the Last Hundred Years trilogy
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52,34 |
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The Strays of Paris
ISBN: 9781529052978 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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86,71 |
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The Strays of Paris
ISBN: 9781529052992 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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50,99 |
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Charles Dickens: A Life
ISBN: 9780143119920 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. A brilliantly insightfulbiography from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley
With delectable wit and characteristic sensitivity, Jane Smiley presents a fresh, illuminating take on the life of Charles Dickens. Smiley finds a kindred spirit in the author of such classics asGreat ExpectationsandA Christmas Carol, who was not only a prolific writer but also one of the first modern "celebrities." She offers interpretations of many of Dickens's major works, exploring his narrative techniques and his innovative voice and themes. Smiley's biograph is a perceptive profile... A brilliantly insightfulbiography from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley
With delectable wit and characteristic sensitivity, Jane ... |
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94,50 |
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