Zbirka: Moderni romani (po l. 1945)
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Monsignor Quixote(2000) GREENE, GRAHAMDriven away from his parish by a censorious bishop, Monsignor Quixote sets off across Spain accompanied by a deposed renegade mayor as his own Sancho Panza, and his noble steed Rocinante – a faithful but antiquated SEAT 600. Like Cervantes’s classic, thisVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
No Great Mischief(2001) MACLEOD, ALISTAIRIn 1779, driven out of his home, Calum MacDonald sets sail from the Scottish Highlands with his extensive family. After a long, terrible journey he settles his family in 'the land of trees', and eventually they become a separate Nova Scotian clan: red-haiVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Waiting For The Wild Beasts To Vote(2004) KOUROUMA, AHMADOUBut when the 'First World' decides it no longer want to support dictatorships and call for democracy, he needs another ruse to maintain himself in power... Part magic, part history, part savage satire, Waiting for the Wild Beasts to Vote is nothing lessVezava: Mehka26,62 € -
What Are You Like(2001) ENRIGHT, ANNEShe has the same smile, but she is wearing the wrong clothes: she is the same, only different. Anne Enright's astonishing novel moves between Dublin, New York and London, following the lives of the real Maria and the girl in the picture.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Star Called Henry(2000) DOYLE, RODDYBorn in the Dublin slums of 1901, his father a one-legged whorehouse bouncer and settler of scores, Henry Smart has to grow up fast. With his father's wooden leg as his weapon, Henry becomes a Republican legend - one of Michael Collins' boys, a cop killerVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Mist in the Mirror(1999) HILL, SUSANA terrifying ghost story by the bestselling author of The Woman in Black. One dark and rainy night, Sir James Monmouth returns to London after years spent travelling alone.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Lamb(2000) MACLAVERTY, BERNARDOn a promontory jutting out into the Atlantic wind stands the Home run by Brother Benedict, where boys are taught a little of God and a lot of fear. But as the outside world closes in around them - as time, money and opportunity run out - Michael finds hiVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Diary of a Mad Old Man(2000) TANIZAKI, JUNICHIROWhile recovering from a stroke, seventy-seven-year-old Utsugi turns to his diary to wryly record his struggle with his ageing body and his growing desire for his beautiful daughter-in-law Satsuko, a chic, Westernised dancer with a shady past.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Air and Angels(1999) HILL, SUSANAn unsettling and absorbing tale from the bestselling author of The Woman in Black. Celibate, irreproachable and distinguished, Thomas Cavendish is in his mid-fifties and the obvious man to become Master of his college.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Severed Head(2001) MURDOCH, IRISMartin believes he can possess both a beautiful wife and a delightful lover. But when his wife, Antonia, suddenly leaves him for her psychoanalyst, Martin is plunged into an intensive emotional re-education. Then he meets a woman whose demonic splendour aVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
All Souls(2012) MARIAS, JAVIERThe pretty young tutor Clare Bayes attracts many eyes at an Oxford college dinner, not least those of a visiting Spanish lecturer. As they begin an affair, meeting in hotel bedrooms away from the eyes of Clare's husband, the Spaniard finds himself increasVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Sundial(2014) JACKSON, SHIRLEYMrs Halloran has inherited the great Halloran house on the death of her son, much to the disgust of her daughter-in-law, the delight of her wicked granddaughter and the confusion of the rest of the household.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Crossing to Safety(2013) STEGNER, WALLACEWhen two young couples meet for the first time during the Great Depression, they quickly find they have much in common: Charity Lang and Sally Morgan are both pregnant, while their husbands Sid and Larry both have jobs in the English department at the UniVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Death Kit(2013) SONTAG, SUSANA narrative of the suffering of Dalton 'Diddy' Harron, told through his own observations. He works in advertising for a microscope manufacturer, is thirty-three and divorced and a month ago tried to commit suicide.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Untouchable(2014) ANAND, MULK RAJTells the story of an Untouchable in India's caste system, with an introduction by Ramachandra Guha, author of Gandhi Bakha is a proud and attractive young man, yet none the less he is an Untouchable - an outcast in India's caste system.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Under Fire(2014) BARBUSSE, HENRIFollows the fortune of a French battalion during the First World War. This title presents a critique of inequality between ranks, the incomprehension of those who have not experienced battle, and of war itself.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Married Man(2001) WHITE, EDMUNDA middle-aged American works out in a Paris gym - an ordinary day, except that he catches the eye of a stranger, Julien, a young French architect with a gleam in his eye. Slowly, life takes on the colour of romance. But there is sadness in Julien's past aVezava: Mehka23,82 €
