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A Tidewater Morning
ISBN: 9780099285533 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Through the eyes of a man recollecting three episodes from his youth, this collection explores death, loss, war and racism.
Through the eyes of a man recollecting three episodes from his youth, this collection explores death, loss, war and racism.
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71,88 zł |
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This Quiet Dust: And Other Writings
ISBN: 9780679735960 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) "Styron is pre-eminent . . . in his instinct for tragedy and in his respect for the sheer force of human feeling." Alfred Kazin
In an age when much American writing was either glacially noncommittal or heremetically personal, William Styron persisted in addressing great moral issues with incendiary passion. Seriousness and ardor characterize all the essays in This Quiet Dust, the first book of nonfiction by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Lie Down in Darkness and Sophie's Choice. In this edition, which has been updated with the inclusion of six previously... "Styron is pre-eminent . . . in his instinct for tragedy and in his respect for the sheer force of human feeling." Alfred Kazin
In an age when mu... |
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78,81 zł |
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This Quiet Dust
ISBN: 9780099577034 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. A book of non-fiction by the Pulitzer Prize-wining author of "Lie Down in Darkness" and "Sophie's Choice", that addresses great moral issues with passion and precision.
A book of non-fiction by the Pulitzer Prize-wining author of "Lie Down in Darkness" and "Sophie's Choice", that addresses great moral issues with pass...
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88,48 zł |
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Lie Down In Darkness
ISBN: 9780099284994 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Tells the story of a tormented family submerged in infidelity and driven by a vengeful love that is blocked, hurt and perverted.
Tells the story of a tormented family submerged in infidelity and driven by a vengeful love that is blocked, hurt and perverted.
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88,48 zł |
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Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
ISBN: 9780679736394 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true account of his descent into a crippling and almost suicidal depression. Styron is perhaps the first writer to convey the full terror of depression's psychic landscape, as well as the illuminating path to recovery.
A work of great personal courage and a literary tour de force, this bestseller is Styron's true account of his descent into a crippling and almost sui...
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70,06 zł |
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Sophiina volba - audiobook
ISBN: 8594169483160 / Czeski / audio (mc/cd) / 2020 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Dnes již klasický román světové literatury začíná okamžikem, kdy se Stingo, mladý jižanský spisovatel, přistěhuje do brooklynského penzionu, aby tam pracoval na svém románu. Brzy však začne být téměř proti své vůli vtahován do citového dramatu, které se odehrává mezi jeho sousedy, Nathanem a Sophií. Neurotický, přecitlivělý Žid Nathan se propadá stále hlouběji do zničující duševní choroby a krásná Polka Sophie, která prošla Osvětimí, je navždy poznamenaná prožitým utrpením. Zatímco Stingo sleduje, jak během jediného manhattanského... Dnes již klasický román světové literatury začíná okamžikem, kdy se Stingo, mladý jižanský spisovatel, přistěhuje do brooklynského p... |
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115,24 zł |
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Darkness Visible
ISBN: 9780099285571 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) With profound insight and remarkable candor, the author tracks the progress of his madness, from the smothering misery and exhaustion, to the agony of composing his own suicide note and his eventual, hard-won recovery.
With profound insight and remarkable candor, the author tracks the progress of his madness, from the smothering misery and exhaustion, to the agony of...
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51,82 zł |
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Inheritance of Night: Early Drafts of Lie Down in Darkness
ISBN: 9780822313106 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 158 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. From 1947 to 1949, William Styron twice attempted to write a novel under the working title Inheritance of Night. On the third attempt he produced the award-winning Lie Down in Darkness, which when published in September 1951 established him as one of the most promising writers of his generation. Duke University Press is proud to publish, in facsimile form, the long-lost drafts of Styron's earliest versions of Lie Down in Darkness.Although Styron began the narrative twice, he realized both times that his writing was derivative and his characters not yet fully conceived. These drafts show young...
From 1947 to 1949, William Styron twice attempted to write a novel under the working title Inheritance of Night. On the third attempt he produced the ...
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168,22 zł |
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The Long March and in the Clap Shack
ISBN: 9780679736752 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Two extraordinary works about soldiers in a time of dubious peace by a writer of vast eloquence and moral authority. With stylistic panache and vitriolic wit, William Styron depicts conflicts between men of somewhat more than average intelligence and the military machine. In The Long March, a novella, two Marine reservists fight to retain their dignity while on a grueling exercise staged by a posturing colonel. The uproariously funny play In the Clap Shack charts the terrified passage of a young recruit through the prurient inferno of a Navy hospital VD ward. In both works,...
Two extraordinary works about soldiers in a time of dubious peace by a writer of vast eloquence and moral authority. With stylistic panache and vitrio...
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78,81 zł |
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Set This House On Fire
ISBN: 9780099285557 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The day after Peter Leverett met his old friend Mason Flagg in Italy, Mason was found dead. The hours leading up to his death were a nightmare for Peter - both in their violence and in their maddening unreality.
The day after Peter Leverett met his old friend Mason Flagg in Italy, Mason was found dead. The hours leading up to his death were a nightmare for Pet...
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99,55 zł |
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Sophie's Choice
ISBN: 9780679736370 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Three stories are told: a young Southerner wants to become a writer; a turbulent love-hate affair between a brilliant Jew and a beautiful Polish woman; and of an awful wound in that woman's past--one that impels both Sophie and Nathan toward destruction.
Three stories are told: a young Southerner wants to become a writer; a turbulent love-hate affair between a brilliant Jew and a beautiful Polish woman...
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83,19 zł |
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Wybór Zofii Audiobook QES
ISBN: 9788366044043 / Polski / Digipack / 2019 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych. Książka opowiada historię pełnego namiętności trójkąta: Zofii – polskiej imigrantki, która przeżyła Oświęcim i nie jest w stanie zapomnieć o piekle, jakie przeszła, Natana – amerykańskiego Żyda, w dodatku chorego psychicznie narkomana z obsesją na punkcie holocaustu oraz Stinga – początkującego pisarza z Południa, który jest jednocześnie narratorem. Bolesna przeszłość kładzie się cieniem na teraźniejszości i popycha bohaterów do określonych działań, a uczucia, które łączą te osoby, prowadzą do szekspirowskiego wręcz, tragicznego finału. Wybór...
Książka opowiada historię pełnego namiętności trójkąta: Zofii – polskiej imigrantki, która przeżyła Oświęcim i nie jest w stanie zapomn...
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32,89 zł |
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Samobójcza runda Audiobook QES
ISBN: 9788361593645 / Polski / Plastikowa / 2013 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 1-3 dni roboczych. "Samobójcza runda" to zbiór pięciu opowiadań wybitnego amerykańskiego pisarza Williama Styrona, autora słynnego "Wyboru Zofii".
Tematyka wszystkich opiera się na doświadczeniach Styrona, jakie wyniósł ze służby w Korpusie Piechoty Morskiej Stanów Zjednoczonych. Opowiadania prezentują złożony obraz życia w wojsku - zarówno jego trudy, niedostatki i niedorzeczności, jak również koleżeństwo oraz poczucie wspólnoty i solidarności żołnierskiej. Autor przyrównuje wojnę do choroby która opętała rasę ludzką. Kwintesencję wojennego żywota ukazuje portret młodego... "Samobójcza runda" to zbiór pięciu opowiadań wybitnego amerykańskiego pisarza Williama Styrona, autora słynnego "Wyboru Zofii".
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27,25 zł |
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Sophie's Choice
ISBN: 9780099470441 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 656 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Stingo, an inexperienced 22 year old Southerner, takes us back to the summer of 1947 and a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There, he meets Nathan, a fiery Jewish intellectual; and Sophie, a beautiful and fragile Polish Catholic. Ultimately, he arrives at the dark core of Sophie's past: her memories of pre-war Poland, and her choice.
Stingo, an inexperienced 22 year old Southerner, takes us back to the summer of 1947 and a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There, he meets ...
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57,00 zł |
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Set This House on Fire
ISBN: 9780679736745 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) The day after Peter Leverett met his old friend Mason Flagg in Italy, Mason was found dead. The hours leading up to his death were a nightmare for Peter both in their violence and in their maddening unreality. The blaze of events which followed was, Peter soon realized, ignited by a conflict between two men: Mason Flagg himself, and Cass Kinsolving, a tortured, self-destructive painter, a natural enemy and prey to the monstrous evil of Mason Flagg. Three events murder, rape and suicide explode in the is relentless and passionate novel, almost overwhelming in its conception of the varieties of...
The day after Peter Leverett met his old friend Mason Flagg in Italy, Mason was found dead. The hours leading up to his death were a nightmare for Pet...
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96,33 zł |
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The Suicide Run
ISBN: 9780099532224 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The five narratives which make up this posthumous collection draw upon William Styron's experiences in the US Marine Corps, giving the reader an insight into the early life of one of America's greatest modern writers.
The five narratives which make up this posthumous collection draw upon William Styron's experiences in the US Marine Corps, giving the reader an insig...
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71,88 zł |
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The Long March
ISBN: 9780099573555 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In the blaze of a Carolina summer, eight Marines are killed almost casually by misfired mortar shells. To reinstall discipline, Colonel Templeton takes his battalion on a 36-mile forced march.
In the blaze of a Carolina summer, eight Marines are killed almost casually by misfired mortar shells. To reinstall discipline, Colonel Templeton take...
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71,88 zł |
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The Confessions of Nat Turner
ISBN: 9780099285564 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In 1831, Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history of 'that peculiar institution'. This novel is Turner's confession, made to jailers under the duress of his
In 1831, Nat Turner awaits death in a Virginia jail cell. He is a slave, a preacher, and the leader of the only effective slave revolt in the history ...
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105,08 zł |
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Depression: Vintage Minis
ISBN: 9781784872618 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) How does a writer compose a suicide note? This was not a question that the prize-winning novelist had ever contemplated before. In this true account of his depression, the author describes an illness that reduced him from a successful writer to a man arranging his own destruction.
How does a writer compose a suicide note? This was not a question that the prize-winning novelist had ever contemplated before. In this true account o...
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31,07 zł |
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Dog Eat Dog
ISBN: 9780312168186 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Dog Eat Dog, Bunker's fourth novel, follows Troy Cameron, a reformatory graduate like Bunker. A terrifying and brutal narrative, the novel tracks his lawless spree in the company of two other reform school alumni, Diesel Carson and Mad Dog Cain. Dog Eat Dog is a novel of excruciating authenticity, with great moral and social resonance, and it could only have been written by Edward Bunker, who has been there. Dog Eat Dog, Bunker's fourth novel, follows Troy Cameron, a reformatory graduate like Bunker. A terrifying and brutal narrative, the novel t... |
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83,15 zł |
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