wyszukanych pozycji: 51
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The Sailor who Fell from Grace with the Sea
ISBN: 9780099284796 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 144 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. A band of savage 13-year-old boys reject the adult world as hypocritical and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness. When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealise the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic.
A band of savage 13-year-old boys reject the adult world as hypocritical and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness. When the mothe...
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Death in Midsummer
ISBN: 9780241678947 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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Thirst for Love
ISBN: 9780099530275 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. After the early death of her philandering husband, Etsuko moves into her father-in-law's house, where she numbly submits to the old man's advances. But soon she finds herself in love with the young servant Saburo. Tormented by his indifference, yet invigorated by her desire, she makes her move, with catastrophic consequences.
After the early death of her philandering husband, Etsuko moves into her father-in-law's house, where she numbly submits to the old man's advances. Bu...
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Voices of the Fallen Heroes: And Other Stories
ISBN: 9780241723616 / Angielski / Miękka / 2026 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
ISBN: 9780679752707 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Because of the boyhood trauma of seeing his mother make love to another man in the presence of his dying father, Mizoguchi becomes a hopeless stutterer. Taunted by his schoolmates, he feels utterly alone until he becomes an acolyte at a famous temple in Kyoto. He quickly becomes obsessed with the beauty of the temple. Even when tempted by a friend into exploring the geisha district, he cannot escape its image. In the novel's soaring climax, he tries desperately to free himself from his fixation.
Because of the boyhood trauma of seeing his mother make love to another man in the presence of his dying father, Mizoguchi becomes a hopeless stuttere...
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Confessions of a Mask
ISBN: 9780241301197 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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Sun and Steel
ISBN: 9786159424645 / Angielski / Miękka / 1970 / 110 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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The Temple of Dawn
ISBN: 9780099282792 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Honda, a brilliant lawyer and man of reason, is called to Bangkok on legal business, where he is granted an audience with a young Thai princess - an encounter that radically alters the course of his life.
Honda, a brilliant lawyer and man of reason, is called to Bangkok on legal business, where he is granted an audience with a young Thai princess - an e...
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The Frolic of the Beasts
ISBN: 9780241675311 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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Life for Sale
ISBN: 9780241333150 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. 'The best book I've read this year ... darkly comedic and full of tension and surprise' Marina Abramovic 'Life for sale. Use me as you wish. I am a twenty-seven-year-old male. Discretion guaranteed. Will cause no bother at all.' When Hanio Yamada realises the future holds little of worth to him, he puts his life for sale in a Tokyo newspaper, thus unleashing a series of unimaginable exploits. A world of murderous mobsters, hidden cameras, a vampire woman, poisoned carrots, code-breaking, a hopeless junkie heiress and makeshift explosives reveals itself to the unwitting hero. Is...
'The best book I've read this year ... darkly comedic and full of tension and surprise' Marina Abramovic 'Life for sale. Use me as you wish. I am ...
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The Decay of the Angel
ISBN: 9780099284574 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, discovers and adopts a sixteen-year-old orphan, Toru, as his heir, identifying him with the tragic protagonists of the three previous novels, each of whom died at the age of twenty. Honda raises and educates the boy, yet watches him, waiting.
Honda, now an aged and wealthy man, discovers and adopts a sixteen-year-old orphan, Toru, as his heir, identifying him with the tragic protagonists of...
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Leben zu verkaufen
ISBN: 9783036961682 / Niemiecki / Miękka / 2023 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. »Leben zu verkaufen. Verfügen Sie frei über mich. Ich bin männlich, 27 Jahre alt und kann Geheimnisse wahren.« Als Hanio diese Anzeige schaltet, ahnt er nicht, was er damit auslöst. Bald findet er sich auf einem wilden Ritt durch eine Welt voller blutrünstiger Gangster, vergifteter Karotten, verzweifelter Junkies und verliebter Vampirfrauen wieder. Während sich um Hanio herum die Leichen sammeln, bleibt er wie durch ein Wunder am Leben und fragt sich, wie diese Höllenmaschine gestoppt werden kann. Nur: Ist es nicht schon viel zu spät für einen Sinneswandel?
»Leben zu verkaufen. Verfügen Sie frei über mich. Ich bin männlich, 27 Jahre alt und kann Geheimnisse wahren.« Als Hanio diese Anzeige schaltet, ...
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Spring Snow: The Sea of Fertility, 1
ISBN: 9780679722410 / Angielski / Miękka / 1990 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Yukio Mishima s "Spring Snow" is the first novel in his masterful tetralogy, "The Sea of Fertility. "Here we meet" "Shigekuni Honda, who narrates this epic tale of what he believes are the successive reincarnations of his friend, Kiyoaki Matsugae.
"" It is 1912 in Tokyo, and the hermetic world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders rich provincial families unburdened by tradition, whose money and vitality make them formidable contenders for social and political power. Shigekuni Honda, an aspiring lawyer and his childhood friend, Kiyoaki Matsugae,... Yukio Mishima s "Spring Snow" is the first novel in his masterful tetralogy, "The Sea of Fertility. "Here we meet" "Shigekuni Honda, who narrates this...
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Słońce i stal
ISBN: 9788381964364 / Polski / broszurowa / 2022 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 6-8 dni roboczych. Słońce i stal - pierwszy polski przekład klasycznego, autobiograficznego i kontrowersyjnego eseju Yukio Mishimy, w którym koncentruje się na upodobaniu do sztuk walki i odkrywaniu fizycznych możliwości ciała. Książka ta (pisana w latach 1965-1968) uchodzi za punkt zwrotny w karierze wybitnego japońskiego pisarza oraz przez niektórych również uważana jest za zapowiedź jego samobójczej śmierci. Wybitny znawca twórczości Mishimy i jego przyjaciel John Nathan (Mishima. Życie PIW, 2022) tak przedstawia znaczenie tego eseju: W Słońcu i stali Mishima wyjaśniał swoje...
Słońce i stal - pierwszy polski przekład klasycznego, autobiograficznego i kontrowersyjnego eseju Yukio Mishimy, w którym koncentruje się na upod...
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The Sound of Waves
ISBN: 9780099289982 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Features Shinji, a young fisherman and Hatsue, the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. Shinji is entranced at the sight of Hatsue in the twilight on the beach and they fall in love. When the villagers' gossip threatens to divide them, Shinki must risk his life to prove his worth.
Features Shinji, a young fisherman and Hatsue, the beautiful daughter of the wealthiest man in the village. Shinji is entranced at the sight of Hatsue...
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Der Held der See
ISBN: 9783036950464 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 10-14 dni roboczych. Für den dreizehnjährigen Noboru und seine Freunde ist die Erwachsenenwelt illusionär, heuchlerisch und sentimental. Nur der Seemann Ryuji bildet eine Ausnahme. Fasziniert vergöttert der vaterlose Noboru den Mann vom Meer und prahlt vor seinen Freunden mit dem Liebhaber seiner Mutter. Als er jedoch erfährt, dass sich Ryuji gegen das Leben auf See und für die Ehe mit Noborus Mutter entscheidet, fühlt der Junge sich verraten und beginnt, sein einstiges Idol immer mehr zu verachten. Wie konnte er sich so in dem Seemann täuschen? Noboru und seine Freunde fassen einen grausamen Plan.Yukio...
Für den dreizehnjährigen Noboru und seine Freunde ist die Erwachsenenwelt illusionär, heuchlerisch und sentimental. Nur der Seemann Ryuji bildet ei...
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The Temple Of The Golden Pavilion
ISBN: 9781857151695 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Bringing together Mishima's preoccupations with violence, desire, religious life and the history of Japan, this novel is based on an actual incident, the burning of a celebrated temple. The novel is a meditation on the state of Japan in the post-war period.
Bringing together Mishima's preoccupations with violence, desire, religious life and the history of Japan, this novel is based on an actual incident, ...
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Death in Midsummer: And Other Stories
ISBN: 9780811201179 / Angielski / Miękka / 1966 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Nine of Yukio Mishima s finest stories were selected by Mishima himself for translation in this book; they represent his extraordinary ability to depict a wide variety of human beings in moments of significance. Often his characters are sophisticated modern Japanese who turn out to be not so liberated from the past as they had thought."
Nine of Yukio Mishima s finest stories were selected by Mishima himself for translation in this book; they represent his extraordinary ability to depi...
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The Frolic of the Beasts
ISBN: 9780241386705 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. The gripping story of an affair gone horribly wrong, from one of Japan's greatest twentieth-century writers Koji, a young student, has fallen hopelessly in love with the beautiful, enigmatic Yuko. But she is married to the literary critic and serial philanderer Ippei. Tormented by desire and anger, Koji is driven to an act of violence that will bind this strange, terrible love triangle together for the rest of their lives. A starkly compelling story of lust, guilt and punishment, The Frolic of the Beasts explores the masks we wear in life, and what happens when they slip. 'One of...
The gripping story of an affair gone horribly wrong, from one of Japan's greatest twentieth-century writers Koji, a young student, has fallen hopel...
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