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The Collected Stories: World's End; Sinning with Annie; Jungle Bells; the Consul's File; the London Embassy;
ISBN: 9780241950524 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 672 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. In his collected short stories we find the essence of Paul Theroux's experience, spanning 25 years of writing. His characters live all over the world, each seeking happiness or escape, often finding themselves in alien situations.
In his collected short stories we find the essence of Paul Theroux's experience, spanning 25 years of writing. His characters live all over the world,...
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66,14 zł |
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Hotel Honolulu
ISBN: 9780618219155 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. No one but Paul Theroux could write this romp of a book, with its acutely drawn characters and canny insights into a place that is often viewed as a simple island paradise. In this unforgettable novel, Theroux reveals a funny, languid floating world, island style.
No one but Paul Theroux could write this romp of a book, with its acutely drawn characters and canny insights into a place that is often viewed as a s...
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74,04 zł |
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My Secret History
ISBN: 9780449912003 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Brilliantly written, erotically charged, My Secret History is Paul Theroux's tour de force. It is the story of Andre Parent, a writer, a world traveller, a lover of every kind of woman he chances to meet in a life as varied as a man can lead. It begins with his days as a Massachusetts altar boy, when his first furtive sexual encounter introduces him to the thrills of leading a double life. As a teenaged lifeguard, Andre finds himself caught between the attentions of a beautiful young student and an amorous older woman. Soon he is in Africa, where the local women are numerous, easy, and...
Brilliantly written, erotically charged, My Secret History is Paul Theroux's tour de force. It is the story of Andre Parent, a writer, a world travell...
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117,65 zł |
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Planowany termin premiery książki: 20-02-2025
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53,17 zł |
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Lower River
ISBN: 9780544002258 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. - Hock] knows he is ensorcelled by exoticism, but he can't help himself. And, as things go from bad to worse and the pages start to turn faster, neither can we. A.---Entertainment Weekly
When he was a young man, Ellis Hock spent four of the best years of his life with the Peace Corps in Malawi. So when his wife of forty-two years leaves him, he decides to return to the village where he was stationed in search of the happiness he'd been missing since he left. But what he finds is not what he expected. The school he built is a ruin, the church and clinic are gone, and poverty... - Hock] knows he is ensorcelled by exoticism, but he can't help himself. And, as things go from bad to worse and the pages start to turn faster, neith...
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82,75 zł |
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My Other Life : A Novel
ISBN: 9780241950517 / Miękka / 2011 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A memoir which includes a collection of short stories and an assemblage of fables.
A memoir which includes a collection of short stories and an assemblage of fables.
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92,77 zł |
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Mr. Bones: Twenty Stories
ISBN: 9780544483958 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. -Suave and accomplished . . . The stories] are unsettling, resistant to tidy denouement and faintly misanthropic.- -- Washington Post
-Beneath the deceptive elegance of these stories, land mines lurk, and Theroux detonates them with gusto.- -- O, the Oprah Magazine A family watches their patriarch transform into the singing, wisecracking lead of an old-timey minstrel show. An art collector publicly destroys his most valuable pieces. Two boys stand by as their father wages war on the raccoons living under their house. In this new collection,... -Suave and accomplished . . . The stories] are unsettling, resistant to tidy denouement and faintly misanthropic.- -- Washington Post
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65,14 zł |
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Stary Ekspres Patagoński. Pociągiem przez Ameryki
ISBN: 9788381917377 / Polski / miękka ze skrzydełkami / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych. „Stary Ekspres Patagoński” opowiada o kolejnej wielkiej wyprawie kolejowej amerykańskiego mistrza podróżopisarstwa — tym razem przez obie Ameryki. Poczynając od metra w Bostonie, Paul Theroux opisuje drogę ze skutego lodem stanu Massachusetts do jałowego płaskowyżu na najdalej na południe wysuniętym krańcu Argentyny. Trasa wiedzie przez malownicze miasta Ameryki Środkowej i starożytne miasto Inków Machu Picchu. Na przemian pocąc się w upale i drżąc z zimna, Theroux opisuje napotykanych ludzi. W Limón los styka go z nudziarzem, panem Thornberrym,...
„Stary Ekspres Patagoński” opowiada o kolejnej wielkiej wyprawie kolejowej amerykańskiego mistrza podróżopisarstwa — tym razem przez obie ...
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56,31 zł |
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The Old Patagonian Express : By Train Through the Americas
ISBN: 9780140249798 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Beginning his journey in Boston, where he boarded the subway commuter train, and catching trains of all kinds on the way, Paul Theroux tells of his voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts and Illinois to the arid plateau of Argentina's most southerly tip. Sweating and shivering by turns as the temperature and altitude shoot up and down, thrown in with the appalling Mr. Thornberry in Limon and reading nightly to the blind writer, Borges, in Buenos Aires, Theroux vividly evokes the contrasts of a journey to the end of the line.
Beginning his journey in Boston, where he boarded the subway commuter train, and catching trains of all kinds on the way, Paul Theroux tells of his vo...
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92,77 zł |
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The Lower River
ISBN: 9780241957745 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 336 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Decades ago Massachusetts salesman Ellis Hock spent four years in Africa - and the continent has never left him. So when his wife walks out and his business goes belly up, Ellis turns back to the one place in which he briefly found happiness. Yet returning to the village of Malabo shocks him. The school he built is a ruin.
Decades ago Massachusetts salesman Ellis Hock spent four years in Africa - and the continent has never left him. So when his wife walks out and his bu...
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87,31 zł |
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Mutterland
ISBN: 9783455008616 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2020 / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. «Mutterland zu lesen ist, als sähe man einem Autounfall in Zeitlupe zu. Es ist eine bösartige Abrechnung. Und es macht Spaß.» Stephen King Alle in Cape Cod halten Mutter für eine wunderbare Frau: fleißig, fromm, genügsam. Alle außer ihrem Ehemann und ihre sieben Kinder. Für sie ist sie eine engstirnige und selbstsüchtige Tyrannin. Der Erzähler Jay, Reiseschriftsteller mittleren Alters, ist eines der sieben Kinder. Zusammen mit den Geschwistern findet er sich bei der Mutter ein, als der Vater stirbt die erstickende Enge dort, im wortwörtlichen... «Mutterland zu lesen ist, als sähe man einem Autounfall in Zeitlupe zu. Es ist eine bösartige Abrechnung. Und es macht Spaß.» Step... |
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63,36 zł |
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Głębokie Południe. Cztery pory roku...w.2
ISBN: 9788381912556 / Polski / miękka ze skrzydełkami / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych. Głębokie Południe Paula Theroux to świat, w którym „historia żyje i ma się dobrze” – stosunki między czarnymi a białymi są wciąż napięte, pełne wzajemnych żalów i poczucia krzywdy: wielu zresztą wciąż pamięta czasy segregacji rasowej, a niektórzy twierdzą, że wcale się nie skończyły. Sercem wspólnoty jest tu lokalny kościół, ulubioną niedzielną rozrywką jarmark z bronią, którego uczestnicy zachowują się tak, jakby wojna secesyjna zakończyła się wczoraj. A wokół ciągną się pola bawełny, powoli wypieranej przez inne uprawy.
Lecz choć... Głębokie Południe Paula Theroux to świat, w którym „historia żyje i ma się dobrze” – stosunki między czarnymi a białymi są wciąż nap...
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46,90 zł |
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The Stranger at the Palazzo D'Oro: And Other Stories
ISBN: 9780618485338 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Writing with a deep understanding of the frailties of men and boys, Theroux fills his latest novel with his typically effortless but devastating descriptions of people and places, presenting a brilliant portrayal of aging and decay, a shocking tale of sensuality in a golden age.
Writing with a deep understanding of the frailties of men and boys, Theroux fills his latest novel with his typically effortless but devastating descr...
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86,93 zł |
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Moskito-Küste : Roman
ISBN: 9783455006735 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2019 / 496 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. |
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63,36 zł |
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Mother Land
ISBN: 9780141048789 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 12 dni roboczych. |
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45,78 zł |
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Mother Land
ISBN: 9781328915825 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A richly detailed, darkly hilarious novel of a family held together and torn apart by its narcissistic matriarch
To those in her Cape Cod town, Mother is an exemplar of piety, frugality, and hard work. To her husband and seven children, she is the selfish, petty tyrant of Mother Land. She excels at playing her offspring against each other. Her favorite, Angela, died in childbirth; only Angela really understands her, she tells the others. The others include the officious lawyer, Fred; the uproarious professor, Floyd; a pair of inseparable sisters whose devotion to Mother has... A richly detailed, darkly hilarious novel of a family held together and torn apart by its narcissistic matriarch
To those in her Ca... |
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69,68 zł |
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The Vanishing Point: Stories
ISBN: 9780358722250 / Angielski / 28-01-2025 Książka dostępna od: 28-01-2025 |
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Planowany termin premiery książki: 28-01-2025
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125,75 zł |
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My Other Life
ISBN: 9780395877524 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. New from internationally acclaimed travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux a semi-autobiographical work that spans almost 30 years in the life of Theroux's fictional self, who moves through young bachelorhood in Africa, in and out of marriage, affairs and employment, and between continents. "Among the strongest things Theroux has ever written". "New York Times Book Review".
New from internationally acclaimed travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux a semi-autobiographical work that spans almost 30 years in the life of Ther...
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100,00 zł |
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130,73 zł |
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Mr Bones : Twenty Stories
ISBN: 9780241969373 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Mr Bones is a sparkling and darkly humorous collection of short stories by bestselling novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux. A family watches, horrified, as their patriarch transforms into the wise-cracking lead of an old-timey minstrel show. An art collector gleefully destroys his most valuable pieces. A young artist devotes himself to a wealthy, malicious gossip, knowing that it's just a matter of time before she turns on him. In this new collection of short stories, Paul Theroux explores the tenuous leadership of the elite and the surprising revenge of the overlooked. He shows us...
Mr Bones is a sparkling and darkly humorous collection of short stories by bestselling novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux. A family watches, horr...
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87,31 zł |
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