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Art of Joy(2014) SAPIENZA, GOLIARDABorn in a small Sicilian village and orphaned at age nine, Modesta spends her childhood in a convent raised by nuns. Through sheer cunning, she manages to escape, and eventually becomes a princess. Sensual, proud, and determined, Modesta wants to discoverVezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Resurrection(2009) TOLSTOY, LEOTells the story of a nobleman's attempt to redeem the suffering his youthful philandering inflicted on a peasant girl who ends up a prisoner in Siberia. This title describes the social life in Russia at the end of the nineteenth century.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
The Cossacks and Other Stories (Penguin Classics)(2006) TOLSTOY, LEOIn 1851, at the age of twenty-two, Tolstoy joined the Russian army and travelled to the Caucasus as a soldier. Begun in 1852 but unfinished for a decade, "The Cossacks" describes the experiences of Olenin, a young cultured Russian who comes to despise civVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Everything Flows(2011) GROSSMAN, VASILYIvan Grigoryevich has been in the Gulag for thirty years. Released after Stalin's death, he finds that the years of terror have imposed a collective moral slavery. He must struggle to find a place for himself in an unfamiliar world.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Satyricon(2011) PETRONIUSMost likely written by an advisor of Nero, this title recounts the adventures of Encolpius and his companions as they travel around Italy. Estimated to date from 63 - 65 AD, and only surviving in fragments, it offers a satirical portrait of the age of NerVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Tale of Genji(2010) SHIKIBU, MURASAKICenturies before Shakespeare, Murasaki Shikibu's "The Tale of Genji" was already acknowledged as a classic of Japanese literature and the past century has seen this book gain worldwide acceptance. This edition contains the complete translation of all sixVezava: Mehka35,04 € -
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Old Man Goriot (Penguin Classics)(2011) BALZAC, HONORE DEMonsieur Goriot is one of a disparate group of lodgers at Mademe Vauquer's dingy Parisian boarding house. At first his wealth inspires respect, but as his circumstances are mysteriously reduced he becomes shunned by those around him, and soon his only remVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Gift(2001) NABOKOV, VLADIMIRAn autobiography of Fyodor Godunov-Cherdynstev, a writer living in the closed world of Russian intellectuals in Berlin shortly after the First World War. It tells the story of Fyodor's pursuits as a writer.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Glory(2006) NABOKOV, VLADIMIRLinking various minor events, this work switches back-and-forth producing an illusion of impetus.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Enemies: A Love Story(2012) SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVISHerman Broder, a refugee and Holocaust survivor, has three women in his life: Yadwiga, the loyal Polish peasant who hid him in a hayloft from the Nazis; Masha, his beautiful and neurotic true love; and Tamara, his first wife.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Slave(2012) SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVISJacob, a Jewish slave held in a mountain village after escaping a massacre by Cossacks, will be killed if he tries to escape. The one saving grace is his love for his master's daughter, Wanda. They begin a secret affair, trying to avoid the cruelty of theVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Shosha(2012) SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVISAaron Greidinger is an aspiring young writer and the son of a rabbi, who struggles to be true to his art when he is faced with the chance of riches and a passport to America. But as the Nazis threaten to invade Poland, Aaron rediscovers Shosha, his childhVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
The Secret Life of Saeed the Pessoptimist(2010) EMILE HABIBYNYP-SEPTEMBER 2010-3674-NARVezava: Mehka16,81 €









