Istanbul has always been a place where stories and histories collide and crackle, where the idea is as potent as the historical fact. From the Qu\''ran to Shakespeare, this city with three names - Byzantium, Constantinople, Istanbul - resonates as an idea and a place, and overspills its boundaries - ...
"Kafka on the Shore" follows the fortunes of two remarkable characters. Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father''s dark prophesy. The aging Nakata, tracker of lost cats, who never recovered from a bizarre childhood affliction, finds his pleasantly simplified life suddenly ...
Historie jedné lásky, vyprávěná autorovým alteregem, začínajícím spisovatelem Aronem. Ten tápe ve svým milostných vztazích, aby dospěl ke konečnému prozření a našel svou lásku v prosté, upřímné a čisté duši dívky jménem Šoša.Dátum vydania: 18.3.2002Vydanie: 1.Väzba: viazanáISBN: 978-80-7203-406-2Strán: ...
Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective in fiction, a crime-solver gifted with powers of observation that allow him to see clues that ordinary detectives easily overlook. For more than a century, his adventures have thrilled generations of readers with crimes that are seemingly insoluble until the ...
George R. R. Martin''''s superb fantasy epic continues in consummate style as bloodshed and alchemy lay waste the Seven Kingdoms in the second volume of A Song of Ice and Fire. The Iron Throne once united the Sunset Lands, but King Robert is dead, his widow is a traitor to his memory, and his surviving ...
Treasure Island is an adventure novel, narrating a tale of "pirates and buried gold”. Treasure Island is an adventure tale known for its atmosphere, characters and action. After Jim Hawkins finds a map in an old sea chest, he starts an exciting adventure which will take him to a far off island in search ...
