Zbirka: Moderni romani (po l. 1945)
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Keeping the World Away(2007) FORSTER, MARGARETTalks about the fictional adventures of an early 20th-century painting and the women whose lives it touches. This novel opens with bold, passionate Gwen, struggling to be an artist, leaving for Paris where she becomes Rodin's lover and paints a small, intVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Form Line of Battle(2006) KENT, ALEXANDERJune 1793, Gibraltar - The gathering might of revolutionary France prepares to engulf Europe in another bloody war. For Richard Bolitho, the renewal of hostilities means a fresh command and the chance of action after long months of inactivity. Bolitho andVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Cross Of St George(2006) KENT, ALEXANDERFebruary 1813With convoys from Canada and the Caribbean falling victim to American privateers, Sir Richard Bolitho returns to Halifax to pursue a war he knows will not be won, but which neither Britain nor the United States can afford to lose. England'sVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Dublin 4(2006) BINCHY, MAEVEand a drink-ridden photographer tries to relaunch a shattered career... This vintage collection of stories from the bestselling author of Light a Penny Candle and Circle of Friends is Maeve Binchy at her best - her trademark warmth, wit and compassion aVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Crossing the River(2006) PHILLIPS, CARYLShortlisted for the Booker Prize Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for FictionCaryl Phillips’ ambitious and powerful novel spans two hundred and fifty years of the African diaspora.Vezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Cowboys and Indians(2008) O'CONNOR, JOSEPHAll alone, with only his electric guitar and his overactive ego for company, Eddie Virago, proud owner of the last mohican haircut in Dublin, leaves his home town to find fame in the wild world of the London rock scene.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Not That Sort Of Girl(2006) WESLEY, MARYFor the whole of Rose's respectable married life, she had kept faith with both men. To Ned she was a perfect wife and mother of his son. To Mylo, Rose was an unconventional mistress, answering his erratic calls. After Ned's funeral Rose looks back on a liVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Matters of Life & Death(2007) MACLAVERTY, BERNARDAny book of stories from Bernard MacLaverty is a cause for celebration, but Matters of Life and Death is more than that, as it is - without question - one of the finest contemporary examples of the short story as a genre.Vezava: Mehka23,82 € -
Lilac Bus(2006) BINCHY, MAEVEThe lilac-coloured minibus belongs to Tom Fitzgerald. Each Friday night it is a meeting place for the same seven people who use it to travel home from Dublin to spend the weekend in Rathdoon. This book conjures up a cast of human characters with real joysVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Sloop Of War(2006) KENT, ALEXANDERFor the young Richard Bolitho the spring of 1778 marked a complete transformation for himself and his future. It was the year in which the American War of Independence changed to an all-out struggle for freedom from British rule - and the year when BolithVezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Camomile Lawn(2006) WESLEY, MARYSet in August, 1939, this story moves from Cornwall to London and back again, over the years, telling the stories of five cousins who have gathered at their aunt's house for their annual ritual of a holiday. It presents a picture of wartime London: the raVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Passage To Mutiny(2006) KENT, ALEXANDEROCTOBER 1789, NEW SOUTH WALESInto Sydney, capital of Britain's infant colony, sails the frigate Tempest.Vezava: Mehka18,21 € -
Silver Wedding(2006) BINCHY, MAEVEDesmond and Deirdre Doyle will have been married for 25 years in October. It falls to the Doyles' eldest daughter, Anna, to decide how to commemorate her parents' Silver Wedding. No use in asking her sister or brother. But it is unthinkable not to have aVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Goodbye, Columbus(2006) ROTH, PHILIPTells the story of Neil Klugman and pretty, spirited Brenda Patimkin, he of poor Newark, she of suburban Short Hills, who meet one summer and fall into an affair that is as much about social class and suspicion as it is about love. This novella is accompaVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Relentless Pursuit(2006) KENT, ALEXANDERAs captain of His Majesty's frigate Unrivalled of forty-six guns, Adam Bolitho is required to assist the senior officer of the patrolling squadron. But all efforts of the patrols to curb a flourishing trade in human life are hampered by unsuitable ships,Vezava: Mehka14,01 €
