Zbirka: Moderni romani (po l. 1945)
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Glue(2002) WELSH, IRVINEA story of four boys growing up in the Edinburgh schemes, and about the loyalties, the experiences - and the secrets - that hold them together into their thirties. What binds the four of them is the friendship formed by the scheme, their school, and theirVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Mohawk(2001) RUSSO, RICHARDMohawk, New York, is one of those small towns that lie almost entirely on the wrong side of the tracks. And their son, Randall, is deliberately neglecting his schoolwork - because in a place like Mohawk it doesn't pay to be smart. Mohawk chronicles overVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Satan in Goray(2000) SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVISThe pogrom that swept through Poland was interpreted as a sign of the Coming of the Lord. In the little town of Goray, laid waste by murder and famine, grief becomes joy as good news arrives of the second coming of the Messiah. But such perilously high hoVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Gun for Sale(2001) GREENE, GRAHAMRaven is a ruthless assassin, a hired killer, whose cold-blooded murder of the Minister for War will have violent repercussions across Europe.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Save Me The Waltz(2001) FITZGERALD, ZELDADuring the years when Fitzgerald was working on Tender is the Night, Zelda Fitzgerald was preparing her own story, which strangely parallels the narrative of her husband, throwing a fascinating light on Scott Fitzgerald's life and work.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Pobby and Dingan(2002) RICE, BENPobby and Dingan live in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, the opal capital of Australia. Ashmol Williamson, Kellyanne's brother thinks his sister should grow up and stop being such a fruit loop - until the day when Pobby and Dingan disappear.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Catalina(2001) MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSETIn the dark days of the Spanish Inquisition, such a claim to blessedness has serious consequences, especially when Catalina seems more inclined to obey her heart than the demands of the Church. The last of Maugham's novels, Catalina is a romantic celebrVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Narrow Corner(2001) MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSETOn his way home from a remote Pacific island, Dr Saunders travels with two strangers: the treacherous Captain Nichols, and Fred, a handsome Australian with a shadowy past. Driven to shelter from a storm on the island of Kanda, the trio meet good-natured EVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Dark Room(2002) SEIFFERT, RACHELThe Dark Room tells the stories of three ordinary Germans: Helmut, a young photographer in Berlin in the 1930s who uses his craft to express his patriotic fervour; and, fifty years later, Micha, a young teacher obsessed with what his loving grandfather diVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
England Made Me(2001) GREENE, GRAHAMAnthony Farrant has always found his way, lying to get jobs and borrowing money to get by when he leaves them in a hurry. His twin suster Kate persuades him to move and sets him up with a job as a bodyguard to Krogh, which has drastic results.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Summing Up(2001) MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSETAutobiographical without being an autobiography, confessional without disclosing his private self, The Summing Up, written when Maugham was sixty-four, is an inimitable expression of a personal credo.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Two Hearts Of Kwasi Boachi(2001) JAPIN, ARTHURYears later, as the twentieth century dawns, the elderly Kwasi, now owner of a coffee plantation in Java, sits down to write his autobiography. Based on a true story, The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi is both a brilliant piece of storytelling and a moving poVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Then And Now(2001) MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSETMaugham found a parallel to the turmoil of our own times in the duplicity, intrigue and sensuality of the Italian Renaissance. Then and Now enters the world of Machiavelli, and covers three important months in the career of that crafty politician, worldlyVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Waiting(2000) JIN, HAFor more than seventeen years, Lin Kong, a devoted and ambitious doctor, has been in love with an educated, clever, modern woman, Manna Wu. Every summer, he returns to ask her for a divorce and every summer his compliant wife agrees but then backs out.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Eva Trout(1999) BOWEN, ELIZABETHEva Trout has a 'capacity for making trouble, attracting trouble, strewing trouble around her' that is endless. Eva Trout was Elizabeth Bowen's last completed novel, and in it her elegant style, her gift for social comedy and her intense sensibility combiVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Tulip Fever(2000) MOGGACH, DEBORAHSophia's husband Cornelis is one of the lucky ones who grew rich dealing with the Tulip flower. To celebrate, he commissions a young artist to paint him with his beautiful young bride. But as the portrait grows, so does the passion between Sophia and theVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Mrs Craddock(2000) MAUGHAM, W. SOMERSETBut, intelligent and sensual, she quickly becomes bored by her oppressively conventional life, and finds her love for her husband slipping away. Originally rejected by publishers, Mrs Craddock was first published only on condition that certain 'shockingVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Human Factor(1999) GREENE, GRAHAM‘Graham Greene's beautiful and disturbing novel is filled with tenderness, humour, excitement and doubt’ The Times A leak is traced to a small sub-section of the secret service, sparking off the inevitable security checks, tensions and suspicions.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Discreet Charm of the Big Bad Wolf(2023) MCCALL SMITH, ALEXANDERIn the hilarious new novel in the best-selling Detective Varg series, Ulf Varg will need to resolve both a sensitive crime and his own delicate dilemma in the hopes of preserving the peace.Vezava: Trda26,62 €
