Bravúrne rytmická, komická, delirická i tragická kniha Alaina Mabanckou sa odohráva v malom bare s názvom Na sekeru sa nedáva v konžskom hlavnom meste Brazaville. Hlavný hrdina, známy ako Rozbitý pohár, tu utápa svoju ľútosť v hektolitroch červeného vína, no predovšetkým snaží sa napísať knihu. Zásadnú ...
Elektronická kniha - autor Halina Pawlowská, 136 stran.Život je opravdu strašný. Strašné je být dítětem. Rodiče a učitelé vás mučí. Je strašné být v produktivním věku. Rodiče a děti vás mučí. A je strašné být starý. Všichni vás mučí. A úplně nejstrašnější je být ženou a nechat se mučit muži. To pak někdy ...
After decades of British rule Kenya has declared its independence, but drought and poor harvests still govern the village of Ilmorog. Undeterred by nature, Munira, Karega, Wanja, and Abdulla, move to Ilmorog in search of a more provincial life, only to find themselves suspects in a crime that signals ...
Greetings, initiate!Carter Kane, here. Congratulations on reaching Brooklyn House in one piece. You are quite clearly descended from Egyptian royalty, with magi….
They said I''ve done something wrong?. And they''ve just left me down here to starve. Haven''t had a drop in days more so.Salem, Massachusetts, 1851: McGlue is in the hold, still too drunk to be sure of his name or situation or orientation – he may have killed a man. That man may have been his best friend. ...
''Cracking. A journey into the dark underbelly of the British Raj'' Daily ExpressIndia, 1920. Captain Sam Wyndham is visiting the kingdom of Sambalpore, home to diamond mines and the beautiful Palace of the Sun. But when the Maharaja''s eldest son is assassinated, Wyndham realises that the realm is riven ...
Want to hear a ghost story? That’s good. I know a few...After their recent adventures, the Lockwood &,amp, Co team deserve a well-earned break... so naturally they decide to risk their lives breaking into a heavily-guarded crypt. A building full of unsettled souls, it’s also the final resting place ...
Kniha - autor Alastair Reynolds, 784 stran, anglicky, Brožovaná bez přebalu matná.This is an amazing collection of some of the best short fiction ever written in the SF genre, by an author acclaimed as ''the mastersinger of space opera'' THE TIMES.With an introduction by noted SF critic Johnathan Strahan, ...
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTION SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER FROM THE BOOKER-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GOD OF SMALL THINGS ''A sprawling kaleidescopic fable'' Guardian, Books of the ...
So, the thing is, I come from the world we were supposed to have.That means nothing to you, obviously, because you live here, in the crappy world we do have. But it never should''ve turned out like this. And it''s all my fault - well, me and to a lesser extent my father. And, yeah, I guess a little bit ...
Here for the first time is the complete short fiction of one of the 20th century''s greatest writers. More than half of Vonnegut''s output was short fiction, and never before has the world had occasion to wrestle with it all together. Organised thematically - War, Women, Science, Romance, Work Ethic ...
''Obsessed with sex!'' said Jassy, ''there''s nobody so obsessed as you, Linda. Why if I so much as look at a picture you say I''m a pygmalionist.'' In the end we got far more information out of a book called Ducks and Duck Breeding. ''Ducks can only copulate,'' said Linda, after studying this for a ...
