Zbirka: Moderni romani (po l. 1945)
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Love And Garbage(2002) KLIMA, IVANThe narrator of Love and Garbage has temporarily abandoned his work-in-progress - an essay on Kafka - and exchanged his writer's pen for the orange vest of a Prague road-sweeper. Gradually he admits the impossibility of being at once an honest writer andVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Mr Palomar(1994) CALVINO, ITALOMr Palomar is a delightful eccentric whose chief activity is looking at things. Whether contemplating a fine cheese, a hungry gecko, a woman sunbathing topless or a flight of migrant starlings, Mr Palomar's observations render the world afresh.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Blue Heaven(2002) KEENAN, JOEMeet Gilbert and Moira - the strangest couple to ever marry for each other's money. And enter, finally, the Cellinis, Gilbert's huge internecine stepfamily, whose fortune has not been amassed as innocently as Gilbert first thought, and who conform ratherVezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Alexander the Great(1982) KAZANTZAKIS, NIKOSOpens with Alexander's first exploit, the taming of the horse, Bucephalas, and is seen in great part through the eyes of his young neighbor who eventually becomes an officer in his army and follows him on his campaign to conquer the world.Vezava: Mehka26,60 € -
At the Palaces of Knossos(1988) KAZANTZAKIS, NIKOSBlending historical fact and classical myth, the author transports the reader 3,000 years into the past, to a pivotal point in history: the final days before the ancient kingdom of Minoan Crete is to be conquered and supplanted by the emerging city-stateVezava: Mehka26,60 € -
Past Mortem(2005) ELTON, BENAs his old class begins to reassemble in cyberspace, the years slip away and old feuds and passions burn hot once more. Meanwhile, back in the present, Newson's life is no less complicated.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Man Who Forgot His Wife(2012) O'FARRELL, JOHNLots of husbands forget things: they forget that their wife had an important meeting that morning; some of them even forget their wedding anniversary. But Vaughan has forgotten he even has a wife. The Man Who Forgot His Wife is the funny, moving and poiVezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Shopaholic & Sister(2005) KINSELLA, SOPHIENow she's on a strict budget, she doesn't have a job - and worst of all her beloved Suze has a new best friend. hate shopping?Everybody loves Sophie Kinsella:"I almost cried with laughter" Daily Mail"Hilarious . you'll laugh and gasp on every page" JennyVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Fire On The Mountain(2001) DESAI, ANITANanda Kaul is old. It is an intrusion Nanda Kaul deeply resents, but this child has a capacity to change things. Through the long hot summer months hidden dependencies and old wounds are uncovered, until tragedy seems as inevitable as a forest fire on theVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
First Casualty(2006) ELTON, BENFlanders, June 1917: a British officer and celebrated poet, is shot dead, killed not by German fire, but while recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines.Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Red Dog(2002) DE BERNIERES, LOUISThe enchanting story of a very remarkable dog from the author of the bestselling Captain Corelli's Mandolin. ‘In early 1998 I went to Perth in Western Australia in order to attend the literature festival, and part of the arrangement was that I should goVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Brother & Sister(2005) TROLLOPE, JOANNANathalie and David have been good and dutiful children to their parents, and now, grown-up, with their own families, they are still close to one another. Brother and sister. Except that they aren't - brother and sister that is.They were both adopted, whVezava: Mehka16,81 € -
Popcorn(2003) ELTON, BENBruce shoots movies. Wayne and Scout shoot to kill. In a single night they find out the hard way what's real and what's not, who's the hero and who's the villain. The USA watches slack-jawed as Bruce and Wayne together resolve some serious questions. DoesVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
This Other Eden(2003) ELTON, BENSEMI DETACHED. If the end of the world is nigh, then surely it's only sensible to make alternative arrangements. All he cares is that his movie gets made and that there's somebody left to see it. In marketing terms the end of the world will be very biVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Shopaholic & Baby(2007) KINSELLA, SOPHIEShe couldn't be more overjoyed - especially since discovering that shopping cures morning sickness. She's shopping for two...but are there three in her marriage?Everybody loves Sophie Kinsella:"I almost cried with laughter" Daily Mail"Hilarious .Vezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Blueeyedboy(2011) HARRIS, JOANNE'Once there was a widow with three sons, and their names were Black, Brown and Blue. Black was the eldest; moody and aggressive. Brown was the middle child; timid and dull. But Blue was his mother's favourite. And he was a murderer.' Blueeyed boy is the bVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Year In The Merde(2005) CLARKE, STEPHENWhat are the French really like?Paul West, a young Englishman arriving in Paris to start a new job, is about to find out.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Thing About December(2014) RYAN, DONALWhile the Celtic Tiger rages, and greed becomes the norm, Johnsey Cunliffe desperately tries to hold on to the familiar, even as he loses those who all his life have protected him from a harsh world. Set over the course of one year of Johnsey's life, thisVezava: Mehka12,61 € -
When Madeline Was Young(2008) HAMILTON, JANEIn this moving story that follows one American family over several decades of wars fought on foreign soil, Jane Hamilton, with her usual humour and keen observation of family relationships, deftly explores notions of innocence and experience, loyalty andVezava: Mehka17,10 € -
Second Honeymoon(2007) TROLLOPE, JOANNAAt twenty-two, he's the youngest of the family. His father, Russell, a theatrical agent, is rather hoping to get his wife back. And his sister, Rosa, is wrestling with debt and the end of a turbulent love affair. Meet the Boyd family and the empty nest,Vezava: Mehka15,41 €
