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Thailand - Pattaya: Tears For The Thai Girl
ISBN: 9780971485532 / Angielski / Miękka / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jarapan had it all. A wonderful family, a good job, and a fiance she loved and would soon marry. But that was before the incident. When a friend offers work in Pattaya, she leaves her home in Khon Kaen to start a new life. Mike Johnson had it all, too. He was living every man's dream of owning a successful go-go bar in Thailand. When he hired a new accountant, he got more than he expected. For the first time in years he was in love and he was happy. Then he got sick - really sick. Walk with Mike and Jarapan as fate twists their romantic dream into a terrifying nightmare. Oriignally printed as...
Jarapan had it all. A wonderful family, a good job, and a fiance she loved and would soon marry. But that was before the incident. When a friend offer...
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64,11 zł |
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Shyama: In English
ISBN: 9781440402043 / Angielski / Miękka / 32 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Shyama, Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's classic 1939 dance musical, is known to many of the 230 million Bengali-speaking people around the world. This English translation was prepared for the 2009 feature film version of Shyama, starring Kaberi Chatterjee, TS Vasunni, K Jatindra (Jiten) Singh and Basanta Mukherjee. Perhaps best described as a cross between opera and ballet, Shyama was Tagore's last major work for the stage. It reflects his artistic and philosophical reaction to both the turbulence of pre-Independence India and Hitler's persecution of Jews in Germany. This English...
Shyama, Nobel laureate Rabindranath Tagore's classic 1939 dance musical, is known to many of the 230 million Bengali-speaking people around the world....
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27,88 zł |
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Chakra
ISBN: 9781452050096 / Angielski / Miękka / 48 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. of duty, love, revenge and healing of Draupadi -- a Queen, a wife and mother. Universal and timeless, the existential questions Draupadi grapples with are equally relevant to our time as they were to hers. This play lingers in your heart long after you experience it.
"Chakra" opens a door to the Mahabharata -- it is a cultural odyssey into ancient India -- her royal palaces and battlefields, her mythology and mores -- and most importantly her ancient wisdom. And yet, though the Mahabharata is thousands of years old, it is as fresh today as it was during the time it was written. Chakra... of duty, love, revenge and healing of Draupadi -- a Queen, a wife and mother. Universal and timeless, the existential questions Draupadi grapples with...
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58,33 zł |
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Wedding Album
ISBN: 9780195699944 / Angielski / Miękka / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Wedding Album, the latest play written by renowned playwright Girish Karnad, is a hilarious and moving spectacle that is deeply revelatory about the India that we live in today. The central characters of this play portray the modern, middle-class, Indian family: a daughter who lives in Australia with her husband and children, a son who is a media professional, a younger daughter who is willing to marry a 'suitable' boy from the US whom she has never met, a doting mother, an ageing father rapidly losing his authority, and a loyal cook.
Wedding Album operates at two levels: it explores the... Wedding Album, the latest play written by renowned playwright Girish Karnad, is a hilarious and moving spectacle that is deeply revelatory about the I...
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135,53 zł |
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Jaya: Performance in Epic Mahābhārata
ISBN: 9780674062467 / Angielski / Miękka / 122 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Presents the study of how the four poets of the Indian epic Mahabharata fuse their separate performances of the poem into a single and seamless work of art. This book examines the different mnemonic forms engaged by this verbal activity focusing primarily on the distinction between what is seen and what is heard.
Presents the study of how the four poets of the Indian epic Mahabharata fuse their separate performances of the poem into a single and seamless work o...
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68,40 zł |
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Modern Korean Drama: An Anthology
ISBN: 9780231149471 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Carefully selected and represented, the plays in this collection showcase both the fantastic and the realistic innovations of Korean dramatists during a time of rapid social and historical change. Stretching from 1962 to 2004, these seven works tackle major subjects, such as the close of the Choson dynasty and the aftermath of the Korean War, while delving into trenchant cultural issues, such as the marginalization of students who rebel against mainstream education and the role of traditional values in a materialistic society. Longtime scholar of Korea and its vibrant, politically acute...
Carefully selected and represented, the plays in this collection showcase both the fantastic and the realistic innovations of Korean dramatists during...
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200,72 zł |
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The Shanghai Twins: It's Nighttime in Shanghai, Do You Know Where Your Children Are?
ISBN: 9781456574048 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Shanghai Twins by Herman Franck, Esq. In 1935 my grandparents decided to leave their small town roots of Spokane, Washington and Lewiston Idaho, and moved to Shanghai, China. This period was quite an exciting time for Shanghai. There was a country inside a country known as the International Settlement. Within the safe walls of the international settlement, a french society, english society, russian society, german sector and American sector were set up, complete with their own courts, police, and state sovereignty. This was a time of contrasts in Shanghai. Many chinese would come to the...
The Shanghai Twins by Herman Franck, Esq. In 1935 my grandparents decided to leave their small town roots of Spokane, Washington and Lewiston Idaho, a...
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38,56 zł |
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A Gathering of Spirits: Japan's Ghost Story Tradition: From Folklore and Kabuki to Anime and Manga
ISBN: 9781462029426 / Angielski / Miękka / 276 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Prepare for a sampling of Japanese ghosts and spirits, from sources that include the world's oldest novel, the urban legends of contemporary Japanese schoolchildren, movies both classic and modern, anime, manga, and more." For hundreds of years Japan has lived in a reality consisting of the real world and the spirit world; sometimes the wall between the two worlds gets thin enough for spirits to cross over. In such a reality, ghost stories have been popular for centuries. Patrick Drazen, author of "Anime Explosion," looks at these stories: old and new, scary or funny or sad, looking at...
"Prepare for a sampling of Japanese ghosts and spirits, from sources that include the world's oldest novel, the urban legends of contemporary Japanese...
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73,32 zł |
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Warrior Ghost Plays from the Japanese Noh Theater
ISBN: 9780939657605 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Translations of six shura (battle)-Noh that have for the main character the ghost of a warrior whose story is told in the Tale of Heike. Each Noh has a detailed introduction and footnote.
Translations of six shura (battle)-Noh that have for the main character the ghost of a warrior whose story is told in the Tale of Heike. Each Noh has ...
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85,25 zł |
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Undercurrents: Queer Culture and Postcolonial Hong Kong
ISBN: 9780774814690 / Angielski / Twarda / 186 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Undercurrents engages the critical rubric of "queer" to examine Hong Kong's screen and media culture during the transitional and immediate postcolonial period. Helen Hok-Sze Leung draws on theoretical insights from a range of disciplines to reveal parallels between the crisis and uncertainty of the territory's postcolonial transition and the queer aspects of its cultural productions. Leung explores Hong Kong cultural productions -- cinema, fiction, popular music and subcultural projects -- and argues that while there is no overt consolidation of gay and lesbian identities in... Undercurrents engages the critical rubric of "queer" to examine Hong Kong's screen and media culture during the transitional and immediate p... |
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436,52 zł |
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Like Clouds or Mists: Studies and Translations of No Plays of the Genpei War
ISBN: 9781933947594 / Angielski / Miękka / 564 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is organized to roughly follow the order of events presented in the Kakuichi-bon variant of the Heike. The essays and translations focus on a series of major events from the Heike: Kiyomori's rise (the "Gio" cycle of plays); Yoshinaka's push to the capital; the flight of the Heike and the battle of Ichi-no-tani; and the aftermath of the war. This volume is organized to roughly follow the order of events presented in the Kakuichi-bon variant of the Heike. The essays and translations focu... |
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140,44 zł |
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Like Clouds or Mists: Studies and Translations of No Plays of the Genpei War
ISBN: 9781933947297 / Angielski / Twarda / 564 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume is organized to roughly follow the order of events presented in the Kakuichi-bon variant of the Heike. The essays and translations focus on a series of major events from the Heike: Kiyomori's rise (the "Gio" cycle of plays); Yoshinaka's push to the capital; the flight of the Heike and the battle of Ichi-no-tani; and the aftermath of the war. This volume is organized to roughly follow the order of events presented in the Kakuichi-bon variant of the Heike. The essays and translations focu... |
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301,05 zł |
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The Djinns of Eidgah
ISBN: 9781783190485 / Angielski / Miękka / 112 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ashrafi and Bilal are orphaned siblings stranded and defined by the troubles in Kashmir. 18 year old Bilal is the pride of the region, part of a teenage football team set for great heights, and pushed to the limits by the violence around them. Haunted by hope, his sister is caught in the past, and Bilal is torn between escaping the myths of war and the cycles of resistance. Interweaving true stories and testimonies with Islamic storytelling, the play paints a magical portrait of a generation of radicalised kids, and a beautiful landscape lost to conflict. 'A play can be a means of...
Ashrafi and Bilal are orphaned siblings stranded and defined by the troubles in Kashmir. 18 year old Bilal is the pride of the region, part of a teena...
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60,15 zł |
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Théâtres d'Asie Et d'Orient: Traditions, Rencontres, Métissages
ISBN: 9789052018478 / Francuski / Miękka / 586 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ce livre offre un panorama des formes theatrales traditionnelles ou modernes d Asie et d Orient, du Japon au Maroc en passant par la Turquie et Israel, pour la premiere fois reunies en un meme volume dans une perspective comparatiste. Deux espaces s y dessinent, d une part l Extreme-Orient et l Inde ou l art theatral est une evidence et appartient a la - grande - litterature, et d autre part le Moyen-Orient ou son statut est moins assure en raison de sa position mineure dans la hierarchie des arts. De meme, deux sortes de theatres se succedent, se completent ou s opposent: les formes...
Ce livre offre un panorama des formes theatrales traditionnelles ou modernes d Asie et d Orient, du Japon au Maroc en passant par la Turquie et Israel...
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313,64 zł |
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The Recognition of Sakuntala: A Play in Seven Acts
ISBN: 9780199540600 / Angielski / Miękka / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Kalidasa's play about the love of King Dusyanta for Sakuntala, a monastic girl, is the supreme work of Sanskrit drama by its greatest poet and playwright (c.4th century CE). Overwhelmingly erotic in tone and in performance, The Recognition of Sakuntala aimed to produce an experience of aesthetic rapture in the audience, comparable to certain types of mystical experience. The pioneering English translation of Sakuntala in 1789 caused a sensation among European composers and writers (including Goethe), and it continues to be performed around the world. This vibrant new verse translation...
Kalidasa's play about the love of King Dusyanta for Sakuntala, a monastic girl, is the supreme work of Sanskrit drama by its greatest poet and playwri...
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44,73 zł |
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Strange Eventful Histories: Identity, Performance, and Xu Wei's Four Cries of a Gibbon
ISBN: 9780674066854 / Angielski / Twarda / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. When it comes to really knowing a person, is what you see really what you get? Is it ever all you get? In this first critical study and annotated translation of the dramatic masterpiece "Four Cries of a Gibbon" by the late-Ming dynasty Chinese playwright Xu Wei, author Shiamin Kwa considers the ways that people encounter and understand each other in extraordinary circumstances. With its tales of crimes redressed in the next world and girls masquerading as men to achieve everlasting fame, "Four Cries of a Gibbon" complicated issues of self and identity when it appeared in the late Ming...
When it comes to really knowing a person, is what you see really what you get? Is it ever all you get? In this first critical study and annotated tran...
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179,31 zł |
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Akbar Ahmed - Two Plays: "Noor" and "The Trial of Dara Shikoh"
ISBN: 9780863564352 / Angielski / Miękka / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Noor is the tale of three brothers attempting to rescue their sister Noor, who has been kidnapped during Ramadan. Each brother represents a different ideological position in the contemporary Islamic world. While exploring the crisis of modern Islam, Noor is a heartfelt treatise for religious tolerance. Ahmed points out that the play could be set in Baghdad but also Cairo, Karachi or Kabul. The Trial of Dara Shikoh tells the story of the eldest son of 17th century Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan. Heir apparent, Dara Shikoh is a learned scholar with a strong belief in the unity of different faiths:...
Noor is the tale of three brothers attempting to rescue their sister Noor, who has been kidnapped during Ramadan. Each brother represents a different ...
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52,76 zł |
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Harlesden High Street
ISBN: 9781783190249 / Angielski / Miękka / 64 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Meet Karim, Rehaan and Ammi, three first and second generation Pakistani immigrants trying to make a living, a life and a home in the UK's cultural capital, London. Another day on Harlesden High Street and business is not going well. Karim needs to save for Ammi's operation and time is running out. Rehaan wants to marry Firoza but who will take a man with such pitiful prospects? Something has to change and it has to change soon, but what hope is there when all they can sell is toilet roll and jackfruit?
Harlesden High Street is a feast for the senses, an explosive exploration of... Meet Karim, Rehaan and Ammi, three first and second generation Pakistani immigrants trying to make a living, a life and a home in the UK's cultural ca...
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50,13 zł |
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Teahouse
ISBN: 9789629961251 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Set in an old teahouse in Beijing, the play is typical of Lao She's art that seeks to provide a panoramic view of Chinese history and culture in their transformation from tradition to modernity. Teahouse spans fifty years in modern Chinese history from the collapse of the Qing dynasty and the Republican Revolution to the birth of the People's Republic. The play brings together over sixty characters, representing all walks of life in change. It is noted for its vivid portrayal of characters and lively use of Beijing dialect, but its main thrust lies in Lao She's vision of history, which is...
Set in an old teahouse in Beijing, the play is typical of Lao She's art that seeks to provide a panoramic view of Chinese history and culture in their...
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63,33 zł |
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Shanghai: A Novel by Yokomitsu Riichivolume 33
ISBN: 9781929280018 / Angielski / Miękka / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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132,10 zł |
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