wyszukanych pozycji: 11
Travelers
ISBN: 9781582430331 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Four wanderers converge: Asha, an imperious Indian widow, Raymond, a curious Englishman, Lee, an American looking for her spiritual core, and Gopi, an impressionable young student. Jhabvala examines the psychological and cultural forces that join them in inextricable knots of love and conflict.
Four wanderers converge: Asha, an imperious Indian widow, Raymond, a curious Englishman, Lee, an American looking for her spiritual core, and Gopi, an...
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74,04 zł |
Backward Place
ISBN: 9780671683412 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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61,11 zł |
Out of India: Selected Stories
ISBN: 9781582430522 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 292 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Chosen by The New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of 1986, this volume of stories, selected by the author from her own early work, represents the essence of her Indian experience. Bearing Jhabvala's hallmark of balance, subtlety, wry humor, and beauty, these stories present characters that prove to be as vulnerable to the contradictions and oppressions of the human heart as to those of India itself.
Chosen by The New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of 1986, this volume of stories, selected by the author from her own early work, rep...
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74,04 zł |
The Householder
ISBN: 9780393008517 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 194 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This witty and perceptive novel is about Prem, a young teacher in New Delhi who has just become a householder and is finding his responsibilities perplexing.
This witty and perceptive novel is about Prem, a young teacher in New Delhi who has just become a householder and is finding his responsibilities perp...
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87,14 zł |
A Lovesong for India
ISBN: 9781619021044 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Like Jhumpa Lahriri, Monica Ali and Arundhati Roy, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has long captured the Western-Indian experience. In this expansive story collection, Jhabvala continues her lifelong meditation on East and West. Set in India, England, and New York City, A Lovesong for India reveals what unites us across oceans, cultures, and lifetimes. Remarkable and unwavering, this collection is the hallmark of Jhabvala's celebrated career and a testament to her "balance, subtlety, wry humor, and beauty" -The New York Times
Like Jhumpa Lahriri, Monica Ali and Arundhati Roy, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala has long captured the Western-Indian experience. In this expansive story colle...
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74,04 zł |
Three Continents
ISBN: 9781582430324 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 388 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Twins Harriet and Michael - spoiled and wealthy - have eschewed the vapid world of cocktail parties and adulteries that seems to be their inheritance. In searching to complete themselves, they become the perfect fodder for the charismatic Rawul of Dhoka and his sinister Sixth World Movement.
Twins Harriet and Michael - spoiled and wealthy - have eschewed the vapid world of cocktail parties and adulteries that seems to be their inheritance....
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82,77 zł |
Poet and Dancer
ISBN: 9780349142722 / Miękka / 2019 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A haunting tale of the complex and perilous relations between two young cousins, Angel and Lara. A masterful novel which explores the dangers of love and commitment.
A haunting tale of the complex and perilous relations between two young cousins, Angel and Lara. A masterful novel which explores the dangers of love ...
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56,74 zł |
East Into Upper East: Plain Tales from New York and New Delhi
ISBN: 9781582430348 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Written over 20 years, these stories are domestic tapestries of the emotional lives and psychologies of lovers, quarrelling married couples, weary elders, and their restless adult children. Whether in New Delhi or Manhattan, the characters face the universal quandaries of human experience.
Written over 20 years, these stories are domestic tapestries of the emotional lives and psychologies of lovers, quarrelling married couples, weary eld...
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69,67 zł |
In Search of Love and Beauty
ISBN: 9781582430164 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The interior lives of three generations on a quest for love and beauty are explored. Louise strives to reclaim her youth, her daughter Marietta searches for beauty in lofty ideas and in her obsession for her son Mark, who believes love is to be found in the pursuit of money and young lovers.
The interior lives of three generations on a quest for love and beauty are explored. Louise strives to reclaim her youth, her daughter Marietta search...
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74,04 zł |
Heat And Dust
ISBN: 9780349000138 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) An enticing tale of love, marriage and scandalous escape from duty for a British colonial wife in India in 1923, interwoven with that of her step-grandaughter who follows her story fifty years later, trying to discover why she is a family taboo.
An enticing tale of love, marriage and scandalous escape from duty for a British colonial wife in India in 1923, interwoven with that of her step-gran...
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51,58 zł |
Heat and Dust : Schulausgabe für das Niveau B2, ab dem 6. Lernjahr. Ungekürzter englischer Originaltext mit Annotationen
ISBN: 9783125798403 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 167 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Indien in den 20ern: eine Englnderin lernt einen indischen Herrscher kennen, der ihr Leben verndert. 50 Jahre spter reist ihr eine Verwandte nach, um mehr ber sie herauszufinden. In den Frauenschicksalen spiegelt sich die Auseinandersetzung zwischen Briten und Indern im Indien des 20. Jahrhunderts.
Indien in den 20ern: eine Englnderin lernt einen indischen Herrscher kennen, der ihr Leben verndert. 50 Jahre spter reist ihr eine Verwandte nach, um ...
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55,69 zł |