wyszukanych pozycji: 65
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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55,97 zł |
Under The Net (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series)
ISBN: 9781784875213 / Miękka / 2019 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. Jake loves Anna. Anna loves Hugo. Hugo loves Sadie. Of course, Sadie loves Jake.
VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. Ja...
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55,97 zł |
Henry And Cato
ISBN: 9780099429081 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The story of two prodigal sons that questions the nature of love, whether it is a route to salvation or a type of demonic possession.
The story of two prodigal sons that questions the nature of love, whether it is a route to salvation or a type of demonic possession.
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86,47 zł |
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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86,47 zł |
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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86,47 zł |
An Accidental Man
ISBN: 9780099433569 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Austin is one of those people who needs to survive through the destruction of others. The others, in Austin's case, include his successful elder brothers, Matthew, and the women who, one after the other, are so touchingly convinced that they can 'save' him. This is the story of the relentless struggle for survival of Austin, the accidental man.
Austin is one of those people who needs to survive through the destruction of others. The others, in Austin's case, include his successful elder broth...
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55,97 zł |
The Sacred and Profane Love Machine
ISBN: 9780140041118 / Angielski / Miękka / 1984 / 365 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 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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101,06 zł |
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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59,43 zł |
The Sandcastle
ISBN: 9780140014747 / Angielski / Miękka / 1978 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A sparklingly profound novel about the conflict between love and loyalty
The quiet life of schoolmaster Bill Mor and his wife Nan is disturbed when a young woman, Rain Carter, arrives at the school to paint the portrait of the headmaster. Mor, hoping to enter politics, becomes aware of new desires. A complex battle develops, involving love, guilt, magic, art, and political ambition. Mor s teenage children and their mother fight discreetly and ruthlessly against the invader. The Head, himself disenchanted, advises Mor to seize the girl and run. The final decision rests with Rain. Can a... A sparklingly profound novel about the conflict between love and loyalty
The quiet life of schoolmaster Bill Mor and his wife Nan is disturbed whe... |
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88,94 zł |
The Nice and the Good
ISBN: 9780099285267 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. "Iris Murdoch was one of the best and most influential writers of the twentieth century." --"Guardian"
Iris Murdoch's richly peopled novel revolves round a happily married couple, Kate and Octavian, and the friends of all ages attached to their household in Dorset. The novel deals with love in its two aspects, the self-gratifying and the impersonal -- the nice and the good -- as they are embodied in a fascinating array of paired characters. "The Nice and the Good" leads through stress and terror to a joyous and compassionate 'Midsummer Nights Dream' conclusion, in which the couples all... "Iris Murdoch was one of the best and most influential writers of the twentieth century." --"Guardian"
Iris Murdoch's richly peopled novel revolve... |
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55,97 zł |
Die Souveränität des Guten
ISBN: 9783518299920 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2023 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. In diesem nun erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung vorliegenden Klassiker der Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts offenbart Iris Murdoch die Unzulänglichkeiten der analytischen Moralphilosophie und fordert einen Richtungswechsel. Wir können Moral nicht verstehen, wenn wir uns rein auf naturwissenschaftliche und sprachphilosophische Methoden beschränken. In Auseinandersetzung mit Wittgenstein, Kant, Sartre, Weil oder Platon argumentiert Murdoch, dass die Moral nicht darin besteht, rationale Entscheidungen in einer wertneutralen Welt zu treffen. Stattdessen besteht sie in der Orientierung an... In diesem nun erstmals in deutscher Übersetzung vorliegenden Klassiker der Philosophie des 20. Jahrhunderts offenbart Iris Murdoch die Unzulängli... |
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76,93 zł |
The Sandcastle (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series)
ISBN: 9781784875176 / Miękka / 2019 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 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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66,14 zł |
An Unofficial Rose
ISBN: 9780099285380 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A complex Shakespearean comedy of intertwined relationships, as nine closely linked characters search for love.
After his wife's death, Hugh contemplates returning to his former mistress. His son, Randall, longs to abandon his shapeless marriage for a perfect partner. Randall's young daughter, Miranda, is adored by her Australian cousin Penn, but has attachments elsewhere. Her mother Ann has her own private dream, while taking upon herself the strains and pains of all the others. Impelled by affection, lust and illusion, these characters search for love within a tightly woven web. A complex Shakespearean comedy of intertwined relationships, as nine closely linked characters search for love.
After his wife's death, Hugh cont... |
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55,97 zł |
The Sea, the Sea; A Severed Head: Introduction by Sarah Churchwell
ISBN: 9781101907665 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 696 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. These two major novels--by one of the most influential British writers of the twentieth century--are ferociously dark comedies that combine playfulness with profundity. A Severed Head (1961) is one of Iris Murdoch's most entertaining works, tracing the turbulent emotional journey of Martin Lynch-Gibbon, a smug, prosperous London wine merchant and unfaithful husband, whose life is turned inside out when his wife leaves him for her psychoanalyst. The story takes bedroom farce to a new level of sophistication, with scenes that are both wickedly funny and emblematic of the way...
These two major novels--by one of the most influential British writers of the twentieth century--are ferociously dark comedies that combine playfulnes...
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121,28 zł |
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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50,87 zł |
A Word Child
ISBN: 9780099429128 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Iris Murdoch conjures a murky London setting for a story of a brilliant and flawed man hoping for redemptiton.
Saved by education from a delinquent childhood, cheated out of Oxford by a tragic love tangle, Hilary Burde cherishes his obsessive guilt and disappointment in a dull, orderly civil service job. When the man whom he has harmed and betrayed reappears as head of his department, Hilary hopes for forgiveness, even for redemption and a new life, but finds himself haunted by a ghostly repetition. - With a new introduction by Ray Monk (British philosopher and academic) Iris Murdoch conjures a murky London setting for a story of a brilliant and flawed man hoping for redemptiton.
Saved by education from a delinquen... |
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55,97 zł |
The Unicorn
ISBN: 9780140024760 / Angielski / Miękka / 1987 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A brilliant mythical drama about well-meaning people trapped in a war of spiritual forces
Marian Taylor, who has come as a companion to a lovely woman in a remote castle, becomes aware that her employer is a prisoner, not only of her obsessions, but of an unforgiving husband. Hannah, the Unicorn, seemingly an image of persecuted virtue, fascinates those who surround her, some of whom plan to rescue her from her dream of redemptive suffering. But is she an innocent victim, a guilty woman, a mad woman, or a witch? Is her spiritual life really some evil enchantment? If she is... A brilliant mythical drama about well-meaning people trapped in a war of spiritual forces
Marian Taylor, who has come as a companion to a l... |
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88,94 zł |
The Unicorn
ISBN: 9780099285342 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. When Marion Taylor takes a post as governess at Gaze Castle, a remote house upon a coast, she finds herself confronted with weird mysteries. Some crime or catastrophe in the past still keeps the house under a spell.
When Marion Taylor takes a post as governess at Gaze Castle, a remote house upon a coast, she finds herself confronted with weird mysteries. Some crim...
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50,87 zł |
The Flight From the Enchanter
ISBN: 9780099283690 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A group of poeple have elected Mischa Fox to be their God. While Mischa is charming his devotees, his alter ego, Calvin Blick, is inspiring fear, and Rosa Keepe is swept into the battle between sturdy common sense and dangerous enchantment.
A group of poeple have elected Mischa Fox to be their God. While Mischa is charming his devotees, his alter ego, Calvin Blick, is inspiring fear, and ...
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55,97 zł |
The Bell (Vintage Classics Murdoch Series)
ISBN: 9781784875206 / Miękka / 2019 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Charming, indolent Dora arrives in their midst, and half-unwittingly conjures these submerged things to the surface.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SARAH PERRYVINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century.
Charming, indolent Dora arrives in their midst, and half-unwittingly conjures these submerged things to the surface.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SARAH PERR...
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55,97 zł |