Kathy, Ruth and Tommy were pupils at Hailsham. The children there were tenderly sheltered from the outside world. But for what reason were they really there? It is only years later that Kathy, now aged 31, finally allows herself to yield to the pull of memory and try to make sense of the past...
Kathy, Ruth and Tommy were pupils at Hailsham. The children there were tenderly sheltered from the outside world. But for what reason were they really...
Etsuko, a Japanese woman, is living alone in England. As she contemplates the suicide of her daughter she retreats into the past and finds herself reliving a particular hot summer in Nagasaki as she and her friends tried to build a life together.
Etsuko, a Japanese woman, is living alone in England. As she contemplates the suicide of her daughter she retreats into the past and finds herself rel...
The year is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamtity of WW2. Masuji Ono, the celebrated painter, reflects on a life and career touched by the rise of Japanese militarism.
The year is 1948. Japan is rebuilding her cities after the calamtity of WW2. Masuji Ono, the celebrated painter, reflects on a life and career touched...
In 1930s England, Christopher Banks has become one of the country's most celebrated detectives. His cases are the talk of London society. Yet one mystery has always haunted him, the disappearance of his parents in Old Shanghai, when he was a boy.
In 1930s England, Christopher Banks has become one of the country's most celebrated detectives. His cases are the talk of London society. Yet one myst...
Ryder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he cannot remember agreeing to give. But then as he traverses a landscape by turns eerie and comical - and always strangely malleable, as a dream might be - he comes steadily to realise he is facing the most crucial performance of his life. Ishiguro's extraordinary study of a man whose life has accelerated beyond his control was met on publication by consternation, vilification - and the highest praise.
Ryder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he cannot remember agreeing to give. But then as he tra...
During the summer of 1956, Stevens, the aging butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely motoring holiday that will take him deep into the heart of the English countryside and thence into his past.
During the summer of 1956, Stevens, the aging butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely motoring holiday that will take him deep into the hear...
The Remains of the Day won the 1989 Booker Prize and cemented Kazuo Ishiguro's place as one of the world's greatest writers. David Lodge, chairman of the judges in 1989, said, it's "a cunningly structured and beautifully paced performance". This is a haunting evocation of lost causes and lost love, and an elegy for England at a time of acute change. Ishiguro's work has been translated into more than forty languages and has sold millions of copies worldwide. Stevens, the long-serving butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside, but...
The Remains of the Day won the 1989 Booker Prize and cemented Kazuo Ishiguro's place as one of the world's greatest writers. David Lodge, chairman of ...
Axl and Beatrice, set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen for years. They expect to face many hazards - some strange and other-worldly - but they cannot yet foresee how their journey will reveal to them dark and forgotten corners of their love for one another.
Axl and Beatrice, set off across a troubled land of mist and rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen for years. They expect to face many ...
Pohřbený obr je brilantní dílo z pera jednoho z největších žijících britských prozaiků. Děj románu na pomezí fantasy zasadil autor do počátků raného středověku, kdy se Británie, kterou dávno opustili Římané, nezadržitelně mění v trosky. Král Artuš jistě vykonal pro smír na ostrově své, ale i on už se odebral do propadliště dějin a neklidnou zemí bloumají různá individua včetně těch nadpřirozených. Příběh začíná rozhodnutím starých manželů Axla a Beatrice vydat se krajem mlhy a deště v naději, že se shledají se synem, kterého...
Pohřbený obr je brilantní dílo z pera jednoho z největších žijících britských prozaiků. Děj románu na pomezí fantasy zasadil autor do p...
„Za hranice areálu nikdy nechoďte. O své budoucnosti příliš nemluvte ani nepřemýšlejte. Pečlivě pečujte o své zdraví. Jste jiní než ostatní lidé – jste budoucí dárci,“ hlásají pravidla na odříznuté venkovské internátní škole Hailsham. Kathy, Ruth a Tommy jako dospívající děti příkazy nejdřív bezmyšlenkovitě plní, ale postupem času v nich začíná hlodat podezření, že jim jejich vychovatelé neříkají celou pravdu. Proč musí všechny děti neustále umělecky tvořit? Proč si musí tak ostražitě hlídat svůj zdravotní stav? Co...
„Za hranice areálu nikdy nechoďte. O své budoucnosti příliš nemluvte ani nepřemýšlejte. Pečlivě pečujte o své zdraví. Jste jiní než ...
