Zbirka: Moderni romani (po l. 1945)
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Lucky Jim(2000) AMIS, KINGSLEYJim Dixon has accidentally fallen into a job at one of Britain's new red brick universities. A moderately successful future in the History Department beckons - as long as Jim can stave off the unwelcome advances of fellow lecturer Margaret, survive a madrVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Member of the Wedding(2001) MCCULLERS, CARSONPresents three phases of a weekend crisis in the life of a motherless twelve-year-old girl.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Day of the Locust and the Dream Life of Balso Snell(2000) WEST, NATHANAELTod Hackett is a brilliant young artist - and a man in danger of losing his heart. Brought to an LA studio as a set-designer, he is soon caught up in a fantasy world where the cult of celebrity rules. But when he becomes besotted by the beautiful Faye, anVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Moondance(2016) CHANDLER, DIANEHow can you long for someone who doesn't exist? An emotional, moving story about a London power couple with pregnancy problems trying to get pregnant.Vezava: Mehka12,34 € -
Peace Breaks Out(2020) THIRKELL, ANGELABoth wry and poignant, Peace Breaks Out was written in the tumultuous year that it was set. It is an unforgettable portrait of the joy and misgivings felt in the final days of the Second World War.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
You Can't Betray Your Best Friend and Learn to Sing at the Same Time(2016) HIORTHØY, KIMVezava: Trda12,62 € -
East of Acre Lane(2006) WHEATLE, ALEXEast of Acre Lane is the fast-paced and razor sharp story of a young man trying to do the right thing and establishes Alex Wheatle as the exciting new voice of the urban experience.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Educating Jack(2012) SHEFFIELD, JACKAs the 1982 school year begins, Jack Sheffield returns to Ragley village school for his sixth year as headteacher. Nora Pratt celebrates twenty-five years in her coffee shop, Ronnie Smith finally tries to get a job, and little Krystal Entwhistle causes coVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Please Sir!(2011) SHEFFIELD, JACKIt's 1981, the time of Adam and the Ants, Rubik's Cube, the Sony Walkman and the Falklands War, as head teacher Jack Sheffield returns to Ragley-on-the-Forest School for another rollercoaster year. Vera, the ever-efficient chool secretary, has to grappleVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Samurai's Daughter(2013) DOWNER, LESLEYIn the brave new Japan of the 1870s, Taka and Nobu meet as children and fall in love; But Nobu will have to fight and maybe kill Taka's father and brother, while Taka now has to make a terrible choice - between her family and the man she loves ...Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Shogun's Queen(2017) DOWNER, LESLEYBehind the palace’s immaculate façade, amid rumours of murder and whispers of ghosts, Atsu must uncover the secret of the man whose fate, it seems, is irrevocably linked to hers – the shogun himself – if she is to rescue her people .Vezava: Mehka21,02 € -
Sea Garden(2013) WILLETT, MARCIAJess Penhaligon is on her way to Devon to receive an award for her botanical painting. Hosting her will be Kate, who gladly welcomes her into her home. Jess' own family fell apart several years ago, so she is grateful for Kate's friendliness - and her cloVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Seize the Day(2001) BELLOW, SAULFading charmer, Tommy Wilhelm has reached his day of reckoning and is scared. In his forties, he still retains a boyish impetuousness that has brought him to the brink of chaos: he is separated from his wife and children, at odds with his vain, successfulVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Grain of Wheat(2002) WA THIONG'O, NGUGIA novel that portrays several characters in a village whose intertwined lives are transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency in Kenya. It features a reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
River Between(2002) WA THIONG'O, NGUGIExplores life on the Makuyu and Kameno ridges of Kenya in the early days of white settlement. Faced with an alluring, new religion and 'magical' customs, the Gikuyu people are torn between those who fear the unknown and those who see beyond it. Some felloVezava: Mehka15,41 €
