Shuggie bain: winner of the booker prize 2020 (152901929x)

Kniha - autor Stuart Douglas, 400 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves trapped in a decimated mining town. As she descends deeper into drink, the children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves. It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest. Shuggie is different. Fastidious and fussy, he shares his mother’s sense of snobbish propriety. The miners' children pick on him and adults condemn him as no’ right. But Shuggie believes that if he tries his hardest, he can be normal like the other boys and help his mother escape this hopeless place. Douglas... (alza.cz)

Cuddy is a bold and experimental retelling of the story of the hermit St. Cuthbert, unofficial patron saint of the North of England.Incorporating poetry, prose, play, diary and real historical accounts to create a novel like no other, Cuddy straddles historical eras - from the first Christian-slaying Viking invaders of the holy island of Lindisfarne in the 8th century to a contemporary England defined by class and austerity.Along the way we meet brewers and masons, archers and academics, monks and labourers, their visionary voices and stories echoing through their ancestors and down the ages.And all the while at the centre sits Durham Cathedral and the lives of those who live and work around this place of pilgrimage – their dreams, desires, connections and communities. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

It is 1953. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member, trying to understand a new bill that is soon to be put before Congress. The US Government calls it an 'emancipation' bill; but it isn't about freedom - it threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land, their very identity. How can he fight this betrayal?Unlike most of the girls on the reservation, Pixie - 'Patrice' - Paranteau has no desire to wear herself down on a husband and kids. She works at the factory, earning barely enough to support her mother and brother, let alone her alcoholic father who sometimes returns home to bully her for money. But Patrice needs every penny to get if she's ever going to get to Minnesota to find her missing sister Vera.In The Night Watchman multi-award winning author Louise Erdrich weaves together a story of past and future generations, of preservation and progress. She grapples with the worst and best impulses of human nature, illuminating the loves and lives, desires and ambitions of her characters with compassion, wit and intelligence. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 A searing tale of a young woman discovering her troubled family history and cultural past Dottie Badoura Fatma Balfour finds solace amidst the squalor of her childhood by spinning warm tales of affection about her beautiful names. But she knows nothing of their origins, and little of her family history - or the abuse her ancestors suffered as they made their home in Britain. At seventeen, she takes on the burden of responsibility for her brother and sister and is obsessed with keeping the family together. However, as Sophie, lumpen yet voluptuous, drifts away, and the confused Hudson is absorbed into the world of crime, Dottie is forced to consider her own needs. Building on her fragmented, tantalising memories, she begins to clear a path through life, gradually gathering the confidence to take risks, to forge friendships and to challenge the labels that have been forced upon her. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Selected as one of the top ten reads of 2024 by The Times and Sunday Times'Percival Everett is a giant of American letters, and JAMES is a canon-shatteringly great book' – Hernan Diaz, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Trust'Who should read this book? Every single person in the country' – Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Tom LakeJAMES is an enthralling and ferociously funny novel that leaves an indelible mark, inspiring us to see Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in a wholly new and transformative light. Shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize for his novel The Trees, Percival Everett is one of the most decorated writers of our lifetime.The Mississippi River, 1861. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a new owner in New Orleans and separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby Jackson’s Island until he can formulate a plan. Meanwhile, Huck Finn has faked his own death to escape his violent father who recently returned to town. Thus begins a dangerous and transcendent journey by raft along the Mississippi River, towards the elusive promise of the free states and beyond. As James and Huck begin to navigate the treacherous waters, each bend in the river holds the promise of both salvation and demise.With rumours of a brewing war, James must face the burden he carries: the family he is desperate to protect and the constant lie he must live. And together, the unlikely pair must face the most dangerous odyssey of them all . . .From the shadows of Huck Finn’s mischievous spirit, Jim emerges to reclaim his voice, defying the conventions that have consigned him to the margins. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A dazzling tale of cultural identity and displacement, this is the story of a man's escape from his native Zanzibar to England to build a new life By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021** He thinks, as he escapes from Zanzibar, that he will probably never return, and yet the dream of studying in England matters above that. Things do not happen quite as he imagined - the school where he teaches is cramped and violent, he forgets how it feels to belong. But there is Emma, beautiful, rebellious Emma, who turns away from her white, middle-class roots to offer him love and bear him a child. And in return he spins stories of his home and keeps her a secret from his family. Twenty years later, when the barriers at last come down in Zanzibar, he is able and compelled to go back. What he discovers there, in a story potent with truth, will change the entire vision of his life. Review I don't think I've ever read a novel that is so convincingly and hauntingly sad about the loss of home, the impossible longing to belong -- Michele Roberts-Independent on Sunday Abdulrazak Gurnah's fifth novel, Admiring Silence, is his best to date . There is a wonderful sardonic eloquence to this unnamed narrator's voice, and the playful humour and lack of self-pity which characterises his narrative is totally convincing- Financial Times Through a twisting, many-layered narrative, Admiring Silence explores themes of race and betrayal with bitterly satirical insight-Sunday Times 'There is a wonderful sardonic eloquence to this unnamed narrator's voice' Financial Times 'I don't think I've ever read a novel that is so convincingly and hauntingly sad about the loss of home' Independent on Sunday (knihydobrovsky.cz)

By the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2021 An extraordinary depiction of the life of an immigrant, as he struggles to come to terms with the horror of his past and the meaning of his pilgrimage to England Dear Catherine, he began. Here I sit, making a meal out of asking you to dinner. I don't really know how to do it. To have cultural integrity, I would have to send my aunt to speak, discreetly, to your aunt, who would then speak to your mother, who would speak to my mother, who would speak to my father, who would speak to me and then approach your mother, who would then approach you. Demoralised by small persecutions and the squalor and poverty of his life, Daud takes refuge in his imagination. He composes wry, sardonic letters hectoring friends and enemies, and invents a lurid colonial past for every old man he encounters. His greatest solace is cricket and the symbolic defeat of the empire at the hands of the mighty West Indies. Although subject to attacks of bitterness and remorse, his captivating sense of humour never deserts him as he struggles to come to terms with the horror of his past and the meaning of his pilgrimage to England. Review Exile has given Gurnah a perspective on the "balance between things" that is astonishing, superb -Observer [A] captivating storyteller, with a voice both lyrical and mordant, and an oeuvre haunted by memory and loss. His intricate novels of arrival and departure . reveal, with flashes of acerbic humour, the lingering ties that bind continents, and how competing versions of history collide-Guardian Gurnah is a master storyteller -- Aminatta Forna- Financial Times Gurnah etches with biting incisiveness the experiences of immigrants exposed to contempt, hostility or patronising indifference on their arrival in Britain-Spectator Gurnah writes with wonderful insight about family relationships and he folds in the layers of history with elegance and warmth- The Times (knihydobrovsky.cz)

It is 1953. Thomas Wazhushk is the night watchman at the first factory to open near the Turtle Mountain Reservation in rural North Dakota. He is also a prominent Chippewa Council member, trying to understand a new bill that is soon to be put before Congress. The US Government calls it an 'emancipation' bill; but it isn't about freedom - it threatens the rights of Native Americans to their land, their very identity. How can he fight this betrayal?Unlike most of the girls on the reservation, Pixie - 'Patrice' - Paranteau has no desire to wear herself down on a husband and kids. She works at the factory, earning barely enough to support her mother and brother, let alone her alcoholic father who sometimes returns home to bully her for money. But Patrice needs every penny to get if she's ever going to get to Minnesota to find her missing sister Vera.In The Night Watchman multi-award winning author Louise Erdrich weaves together a story of past and future generations, of preservation and progress. She grapples with the worst and best impulses of human nature, illuminating the loves and lives, desires and ambitions of her characters with compassion, wit and intelligence. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2023. The International Bestseller. A beautiful and moving novel about grief, sisterhood and a teenage girl's struggle to transcend herself.'With this gorgeous debut, Maroo blows most of the competition off the court.' - The TimesEleven-year-old Gopi has been playing squash since she was old enough to hold a racket. When her mother dies, her father enlists her in a quietly brutal training regimen, and the game becomes her world. Slowly, she grows apart from her sisters.Her life is reduced to the sport, guided by its rhythms: the serve, the volley, the drive, the shot and its echo. But on the court, she is not alone. She is with her pa.She is with Ged, a thirteen-year-old boy with his own formidable talent. She is with the players who have come before her. She is in awe.An indelible coming-of-age story, Chetna Maroo's first novel captures the ordinary and annihilates it with beauty. Western Lane is a valentine to innocence, to the closeness of sisterhood, to the strange ways we come to know ourselves and each other. 'WOW.Western Lane is glorious. You'll want to read it over and over again.' - Aravind Adiga, author of The White Tiger'Feels like the work of a writer who knows what they want to do, and who has the rare ability to do it' - The Guardian (knihydobrovsky.cz)

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 OPEN BOOK'Brilliantly recounts the story of the American theatrical dynasty that produced Lincoln's assassin' Sunday Times Book of the MonthIn 1822, a stage is set: Englishman Junius Booth - celebrated Shakespearean actor and man of mesmerising charm and instability - moves to a remote cabin outside Baltimore with his wife, who bears him ten children.Of the six who survive infancy, one is John Wilkes - the hot-tempered but much-loved middle son who, in 1865, fatally shoots Abraham Lincoln in a Washington theatre, changing the course of history.What makes a murderer? His family or the world? And how can those who love him ever come to terms with his actions? Strikingly relevant to the world today, Booth is the story of one extraordinary family and the terrible act that shattered their bonds forever. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Ambitious, expansive, hugely entertaining tragicomic fiction' Irish TimesThe Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie's once-lucrative car business is going under - but rather than face the music, he's spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman.His wife Imelda is selling off her jewellery on eBay while their teenage daughter Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge-drink her way to her final exams. And twelve-year-old PJ is putting the final touches to his grand plan to run away from home.Where did it all go wrong? A patch of ice on the tarmac, a casual favour to a charming stranger, a bee caught beneath a bridal veil?Can a single moment of bad luck change the direction of a life? And if the story has already been written - is there still time to find a happy ending? (knihydobrovsky.cz)

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2022A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2022AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 OPEN BOOK'Brilliantly recounts the story of the American theatrical dynasty that produced Lincoln's assassin' Sunday Times Book of the MonthIn 1822, a stage is set: Englishman Junius Booth - celebrated Shakespearean actor and man of mesmerising charm and instability - moves to a remote cabin outside Baltimore with his wife, who bears him ten children.Of the six who survive infancy, one is John Wilkes - the hot-tempered but much-loved middle son who, in 1865, fatally shoots Abraham Lincoln in a Washington theatre, changing the course of history.What makes a murderer? His family or the world? And how can those who love him ever come to terms with his actions? Strikingly relevant to the world today, Booth is the story of one extraordinary family and the terrible act that shattered their bonds forever. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Paul Beatty, 288 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná (alza.cz)

Kniha - 436 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná (alza.cz)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018, a wondrous, exhilarating novel about nine strangers brought together by an unfolding natural catastrophe `The best novel ever written about trees, and really, just one of the best novels, period' Ann Patchett An artist inherits a hundred years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light. A hearing- and speech-impaired scientist discovers that trees are communicating with one another. An Air Force crewmember in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. This is the story of these and five other strangers, each summoned in different ways by the natural world, who are brought together in a last stand to save it from catastrophe. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Hugh "Shuggie" Bain je křehký, osamělý chlapec, který vyrůstá v 80. letech na zanedbaném sídlišti skotského Glasgow. Politika Margaret Thatcherové připravila obyvatele průmyslového města o práci a uvrhla je do kolektivní agónie. Shuggieho matka Agnes sní o vlastním domě, listuje stránkami katalogu s oblečením a objednává si na dluh trochu štěstí. Po tom, co ji opustí záletný manžel, nachází stále větší útěchu v pití, a sociální dávky utrácí za plechovky extra silného piva. Shuggieho dospívající sourozenci si raději rychle najdou způsob, jak z domova zmizet, a malého bratra nechají, aby se o matku staral sám. Shuggie se mezitím snaží stát se obyčejným klukem, jenže zjišťuje, že je všechno, jen ne "normální". Román oceněný Man Bookerovou cenou je drásavý příběh o závislosti, sexualitě a lásce a naléhavý obraz dělnické rodiny, který připomíná díla Édouarda Louise, Hanyi Yanagihary nebo Alana Hollinghursta. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2020Shortlisted for the National Book Award for Fiction 2020The Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year 2020'Douglas Stuart has written a first novel of rare and lasting beauty.' - ObserverIt is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves trapped in a decimated mining town. As she descends deeper into drink, the children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves. It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest.Shuggie is different. Fastidious and fussy, he shares his mother's sense of snobbish propriety. The miners' children pick on him and adults condemn him as no' right. But Shuggie believes that if he tries his hardest, he can be normal like the other boys and help his mother escape this hopeless place.Douglas Stuart's Shuggie Bain lays bare the ruthlessness of poverty, the limits of love, and the hollowness of pride. A counterpart to the privileged Thatcher-era London of Alan Hollinghurst's The Line of Beauty, it also recalls the work of Edouard Louis, Frank McCourt, and Hanya Yanagihara, a blistering debut by a brilliant writer with a powerful and important story to tell. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook: Hugh „Shuggie“ Bain je osamělý, citlivý chlapec, který vyrůstá v 80. letech ve zchátralých obecních bytech ve skotském Glasgow. Politika Margaret Thatcherové připravila obyvatele průmy slového města o práci, schyluje se tu k drogové epidemii a Shuggieho matka Agnes sní o vlastním domě, listuje stránkami katalogu s oblečením a objednává si na dluh trochu štěstí. Když její manžel odejde od rodiny, nachází stále větší útěchu v pití a sociální dávky utrácí za plechovky extra silného piva. Shuggieho dospívající sourozenci si raději rychle najdou způsob, jak z domova utéct, a malého bratra nechají, aby se o matku staral sám. Shuggie se mezitím snaží stát se obyčejným klukem, jenže zjišťuje, že je všechno, jen ne „normální“. A jedinou oporou je mu matka, která se propadá do alkoholismu. Román Douglase Stuarta v roce 2020 získal Bookerovu cenu a stanice BBC ve spolupráci s produkční společností A24 připravují televizní seriál. Douglas Stuart (1976) vyrůstal v Glasgow jako nejmladší ze tří sourozenců. Jeho otec rodinu opustil, když byl Stuart malý. Vychovávala ho matka, která bojovala s alkoholismem a závislostí a zemřela, když bylo autorovi 16 let. Vyrůstal se svým starším bratrem. Vystudoval střední textilní školu a poté Královskou akademii umění. Dnes žije Douglas Stuart v New Yorku, kde se živí jako módní návrhář. Za román Shuggie Bain získal v roce 2020 Man Bookerovu cenu, byl nominován na Carnegieho medaili a stal se finalistou Národní knižní ceny. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Stuart Douglas, 500 stran, česky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá Shuggie Bain je nezapomenutelným příběhem mladého Hugha "Shuggie" Baina, sladkého a osamělého chlapce, který tráví své dětství v 80. letech ve zchátralém veřejném bytě ve skotském Glasgow. Thatcherova politika připravila manžele a syny o práci a ve městě čeká nechvalně známá drogová epidemie. Shuggieho matka Agnes kráčí svéhlavou cestou: je Shuggieho vůdčím světlem, ale břemenem pro něj a jeho sourozence. Sní o domě s vlastními vchodovými dveřmi, zatímco listuje stránkami katalogu Freemans a objednává si trochu štěstí na úvěr, cokoliv, co rozjasní její šedý život. Agnes, provdaná za záletného manžela taxikáře, si udržuje svou hrdost tím, že dobře vypadá – její včelí úl, make-up a perleťově bílé umělé zuby poskytují okouzlující podobu Glaswegance Elizabeth Taylorové. Ale pod povrchem Agnes nachází stále větší útěchu v pití a lví podíl týdenních výhod – všeho, čím se rodina musí živit –... (alza.cz)

Elektronická kniha - autor Douglas Stuart, česky Hugh „Shuggie“ Bain je osamělý, citlivý chlapec, který vyrůstá v 80. letech ve zchátralých obecních bytech ve skotském Glasgow. Politika Margaret Thatcherové připravila obyvatele průmy slového města o práci, schyluje se tu k drogové epidemii a Shuggieho matka Agnes sní o vlastním domě, listuje stránkami katalogu s oblečením a objednává si na dluh trochu štěstí. Když její manžel odejde od rodiny, nachází stále větší útěchu v pití a sociální dávky utrácí za plechovky extra silného piva. Shuggieho dospívající sourozenci si raději rychle najdou způsob, jak z domova utéct, a malého bratra nechají, aby se o matku staral sám. Shuggie se mezitím snaží stát se obyčejným klukem, jenže zjišťuje, že je všechno, jen ne „normální“. A jedinou oporou je mu matka, která se propadá do alkoholismu. Román Douglase Stuarta v roce 2020 získal Bookerovu cenu a stanice BBC ve spolupráci s produkční společností A24... (alza.cz)

'Original, compulsive, uplifting: this is another triumph for Balen' - Alex O'Connell, The Times Children's Book of the Week'Balen's best book yet: ambitious, funny, spirited, moving, heartfelt and bold all at once. She's a force to be reckoned with' - Ross Montgomery_______________From the author of October, October, winner of the Yoto Carnegie Medal 2022, comes a life-affirming story about blended families and learning to find room in your heart for new life and new love.Tom is still quiet and timid, even though his dad has been gone for nearly two years now. Zofia has a raging storm that makes her want to fight the whole world until she gets what she wants.And what she wants is for scaredy-cat Tom to get out of her life. Tom hates loud, unpredictable Zofia just as much, but he's moving into Zofia's house. Because his mum and Zofia's dad are in love... and they're having a baby.Tom and Zofia both wish the stupid baby had never happened. But then Tom's mum gets ill, and it begins to look horribly like their wish might come true...A story of learning to trust, trying to let go and diving into the unknown with hope in your heart, with a stunning cover illustrated by CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal winner Sydney Smith. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

From the award-winning master of sci-fi Adrian Tchaikovsky, Children of Memory is the unmissable follow-up space opera to the highly acclaimed Children of Time and Children of Ruin. They dreamed of a new homeThey woke to a nightmareOn Imir, Captain Holt founded a new colony on an empty world. In the process, he created hope and a new future for humanity.But generations later, his descendants are struggling to survive. As harvests worsen and equipment fails, strangers appear in a town where everyone knows their neighbour. Now the inexplicable lurks in the woods and the community fears it's being observed - that they're not alone.They'd be right, as explorers from the stars have arrived in secret to help this lost outpost. Confident of their superior technology, and overseen by the all-knowing construct of Doctor Avrana Kern, they begin to study their long-lost cousins from Earth. Yet the planet hides deeper mysteries.It seems the visitors aren't the only watchers. And when the starfarers discover the scale of their mistake, it will be far too late to escape. Children of Memory by Arthur C.Clarke Award-winning author Adrian Tchaikovsky is a far-reaching space opera spanning generations, species and galaxies. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Hudební CD - Deutsche Grammophon zveřejňuje živé nahrávky pořízené během různých fází 18. Chopinovy mezinárodní klavírní soutěže. Bruce Liu je nově korunovaným vítězem nejprestižnější světové klavírní soutěže. Deutsche Grammophon zveřejňuje živé nahrávky pořízené během různých fází 18. Chopinovy mezinárodní klavírní soutěže. Bruce Liu je nově korunovaným vítězem nejprestižnější světové klavírní soutěže. Rok vydání : 2021 Seznam stop CD Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22: Andante spianato. Tranquillo / Andante spianato et Grande polonaise brillante, Op. 22: Polonaise. Allegro molto / Mazurka in G Sharp Minor Op. 33, No.1 / Mazurka in C Major, Op. 33, No.2 / Mazurka in D Major Op. 33, No.3 / Mazurka in B Minor Op. 33, No.4 / Étude in C-Sharp Minor Op. 10, No. 4 / Étude in A Minor Op. 25, No. 4 / Nocturne in C-Sharp Minor Op. 27, No.1 / Waltz No. 4 in A Flat, Op. 42 / Scherzo No.4 In E, Op. 54 / Variations On L? ci darem la mano From... (alza.cz)

In March 2020 Lucy Barton's ex-husband William pleads with her to leave New York and escape to a coastal house he has rented in Maine. Lucy reluctantly agrees, leaving the washing-up in the sink, expecting to be back in a week or two. Weeks turn into months, and it's just Lucy, William, and their complex past together in a little house nestled against the sea.Rich with empathy and a searing clarity, Lucy by the Sea evokes the fragility and uncertainty of the recent past, as well as the possibilities that those long, quiet days can inspire. At the heart of this miraculous novel are the deep human connections that sustain us, even as the world seems to be falling apart. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Kniha - autor Hilary Mantel, 740 stran, česky, pevná bez přebalu lesklá V románu Zrcadlo a světlo se završuje trilogie pojednávající o osudech Thomase Cromwella, chudého kovářského syna, který se vlastními schopnostmi vypracoval na pravou ruku anglického krále Jindřicha VIII. První dva svazky - Wolf Hall a Předveďte mrtvé - líčí Cromwellův vzestup a okolnosti, za kterých se postupně stal Jindřichovým nepostradatelným rádcem. Zrcadlo a světlo navazuje přesně v okamžiku, kde druhý díl končil: kat si čistí krvavý meč, dvoní dámy ukládají do rakve bezhlavé tělo Anny Boleynové. A Thomas Cromwell vyráží na závěrečný úsek své pouti, přes vrchol politické moci a pád z výsluní královy obliby až k popravčímu špalku. Kritika označuje cromwellovskou trilogii Hilary Mantel za největší anglicky psaný historický román, který zatím v tomto století vznikl. Vydání knihy podpořilo Ministerstvo kultury České republiky (alza.cz)

Figurka - soška, postavička, materiál PVC, nepohyblivá Zásadní vlastnosti figurky Taito Prize Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun Coreful figurka Nanachi Použitým materiálem je PVC Taito Prize Made in Abyss: The Golden City of the Scorching Sun Coreful figurka Nanachi poslouží jako dekorace V balení obdržíte jednu figurku (alza.cz)

Figurka - soška, postavička, výška 2 cm, materiál PVC, nepohyblivá Hlavní vlastnosti figurky Taito Prize Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina Coreful figurka Elaina Mandarin Dress Materiálem je PVC Taito Prize Wandering Witch: The Journey of Elaina Coreful figurka Elaina Mandarin Dress představuje dekorativní sošku Balení obsahuje jednu figurku Figurka Taito Prize měří 2 cm (alza.cz)

Figurka - soška, postavička, výška 2 cm, materiál PVC, nepohyblivá Klíčové vlastnosti figurky Taito Prize Wandering Witch : The Journey of Elaina Coreful figurka Elaina Sweet Devil Použitým materiálem je PVC Taito Prize Wandering Witch : The Journey of Elaina Coreful figurka Elaina Sweet Devil představuje dekorativní sošku V balení najdete jednu figurku Figurka Taito Prize měří 2 cm (alza.cz)

LP vinyl - Vinylová reedice debutového alba soulové skupiny, které původně vyšlo na legendární značce Stax Records v roce 1962. Americká instrumentální R&B a funková skupina byla v roce 1992 nominovaná do rock'n'rollové síně slávy. Vinylová reedice debutového alba soulové skupiny, které původně vyšlo na legendární značce Stax Records v roce 1962. Americká instrumentální R&B a funková skupina byla v roce 1992 nominovaná do rock'n'rollové síně slávy. Rok vydání : 1962 (1.album) Rok reedce : 2017 Seznam stop LP Green Onions / Rinky Dink / I Got A Woman / Mo' Onions / Twist And Shout / Behave Yourself / Stranger On The Shore / Lonely Avenue / One Who Really Loves You / You Can't Sit Down / A Woman, A Lover, A Friend / Comin' Home Baby (alza.cz)

Interpret / Téma: Shuggie Otis Subžánr: Soul;Psychedelic;Folk Rock Typ: LP deska;Album;Nové vydání Země interpreta: USA Žánr: Soul;Funk;Rock Datum vydání: 2015-09-14 Dekáda interpreta: 1960 - 1969;2020 - 2029;2010 - 2019;1980 - 1989;1990 - 1999;2000 - 2009;1970 - 1979 Rychlost: 33 1/3 RPM Hmotnost: 180 g Barva: Černá Rok vydání: 2015.0 Složení setu: 1 ks Barva podle výrobce: Black Vydavatelství: Music On Vinyl Země původu: Německo Varianta: Here Comes Shuggie Otis (LP) Balení obsahuje: LP (muziker.cz)

Kryt na mobil - pro Apple iPhone SE (2016),iPhone SE (2020) a iPhone SE (2022), materiál silikon a TPU, měkký, výřezy pro konektory a tlačítka Ochraňte svůj mobilní telefon pomocí ochranného krytu TopQ iPhone SE 2020 silikon Heroes Of The Storm 49267. Jde o zadní kryt, který je svým precizním provedením spolehlivou zárukou velmi vysoké odolnosti. Materiál krytu je příjemný na dotek a nevyklouzne vám z rukou. Silikon je oblíbený pro svou tenkost, odolnost proti nárazům a jednoduchost. Jistotou je také, že u tohoto krytu na mobil TopQ zůstane nezakryt přístup k napájecímu konektoru i tlačítkům nutným pro plynulé používání vašeho telefonu. Kryt na mobilní telefon je měkký, díky tomu jeho nasazení otázkou pár vteřin. Kryt na mobil pro Apple iPhone SE (2016), iPhone SE (2020) a iPhone SE (2022) zajistí ochranu vašeho telefonu. Podstatné vlastnosti ochranného krytu na mobil TopQ iPhone SE 2020 silikon Heroes Of The Storm 49267 Zaručená ochrana telefonu Apple iPhone... (alza.cz)

LP vinyl - První album kapely Booker T. & the M.G.'s. na tomto barevném LP. První album kapely Booker T. & the M.G.'s. na tomto barevném LP. Rok vydání : 1962 Rok reedice : 2021 Seznam stop LP Green Onions / Rinky-Dink / I Got A Woman / Mo' Onions / Twist And Shout / Behave Yourself / Stranger On The Shore / Lonely Avenue / One Who Really Loves You / You Can't Sit Down / A Woman, A Lover, A Friend / Comin' Home Baby (alza.cz)

Kniha - autor Stuart Douglas, 400 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The extraordinary, powerful second novel from the Booker prizewinning author of Shuggie Bain, Young Mungo is both a vivid portrayal of working-class life and the deeply moving story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James. Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper-masculine world. They are caught between two of Glasgow’s housing estates where young working-class men divide themselves along sectarian lines, and fight territorial battles for the sake of reputation. They should be sworn enemies if they’re to be seen as men at all, and yet they become best friends as they find a sanctuary in the doocot that James has built for his prize racing pigeons. As they begin to fall in love, they dream of escaping the grey city, and Mungo must work hard to hide his true self from all those around him, especially from his elder brother... (alza.cz)

The extraordinary, powerful second novel from the Booker Prize-winning author of Shuggie Bain, Young Mungo is both a vivid portrayal of working-class life and the deeply moving story of the dangerous first love of two young men: Mungo and James.Born under different stars, Protestant Mungo and Catholic James live in a hyper-masculine world. They are caught between two of Glasgow's housing estates, where young working-class men divide themselves along sectarian lines, and fight territorial battles for the sake of reputation. They should be sworn enemies if they're to be seen as men at all, and yet they become best friends as they find a sanctuary in the doocot that James has built for his prize racing pigeons. As they begin to fall in love, they dream of escaping the grey city, and Mungo must work hard to hide his true self from all those around him, especially from his elder brother Hamish, a local gang leader with a brutal reputation to uphold.But the threat of discovery is constant and the punishment unspeakable. When Mungo's mother sends him on a fishing trip to a loch in western Scotland with two strange men behind whose drunken banter lie murky pasts, he needs to summon all his inner strength and courage to get back to a place of safety, a place where he and James might still have a future.Imbuing the everyday world of its characters with rich lyricism, Douglas Stuart's Young Mungo is a gripping and revealing story about the meaning of masculinity, the push and pull of family, the violence faced by so many queer people, and the dangers of loving someone too much. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2016. "One of China's greatest living authors and fiercest satirists". (Guardian). In the ninety-ninth district of a sprawling labour camp, the Author, Musician, Scholar, Theologian and Technician - and hundreds just like them - are undergoing Re-education, to restore their revolutionary zeal and credentials. In charge of this process is the Child, who delights in draconian rules, monitoring behaviour and confiscating treasured books. But when bad weather arrives, followed by the 'three bitter years', the intellectuals are abandoned by the regime and left on their own to survive. Divided into four narratives, The Four Books tells the story of the Great Famine, one of China's most devastating and controversial periods. WINNER OF THE FRANZ KAFKA PRIZE 2014. NOMINATED FOR CZECH AWARD MAGNESIA LITERA 2014. HUA ZHONG WORLD CHINESE LITERATURE PRIZE 2013. FINALIST FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2013. WINNER OF THE HUA ZHONG WORLD CHINESE LITERATURE PRIZE 2013. SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE 2012. SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX FEMINA ETRANGER 2012. SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE 2011. WINNER OF THE LAO SHE LITERATURE AWARD 2004. WINNER OF THE LU XUN AWARD 1997 (knihydobrovsky.cz)

SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2016. "One of China's greatest living authors and fiercest satirists". (Guardian). In the ninety-ninth district of a sprawling labour camp, the Author, Musician, Scholar, Theologian and Technician - and hundreds just like them - are undergoing Re-education, to restore their revolutionary zeal and credentials. In charge of this process is the Child, who delights in draconian rules, monitoring behaviour and confiscating treasured books. But when bad weather arrives, followed by the 'three bitter years', the intellectuals are abandoned by the regime and left on their own to survive. Divided into four narratives, The Four Books tells the story of the Great Famine, one of China's most devastating and controversial periods. WINNER OF THE FRANZ KAFKA PRIZE 2014. NOMINATED FOR CZECH AWARD MAGNESIA LITERA 2014. HUA ZHONG WORLD CHINESE LITERATURE PRIZE 2013. FINALIST FOR THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE 2013. WINNER OF THE HUA ZHONG WORLD CHINESE LITERATURE PRIZE 2013. SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE 2012. SHORTLISTED FOR THE PRIX FEMINA ETRANGER 2012. SHORTLISTED FOR THE MAN ASIAN LITERARY PRIZE 2011. WINNER OF THE LAO SHE LITERATURE AWARD 2004. WINNER OF THE LU XUN AWARD 1997 (knihydobrovsky.cz)

The luminous new novel from 'one of the best writers of our time', twice winner of the Booker Prize 'The Death of Jesus is full of truth' -- David Sexton, Book of the Week, Evening Standard In The Childhood of Jesus, Simon found a boy, David, and they began life in a new land, together with a woman named Ines. In The Schooldays of Jesus, the small family searched for a home in which David could thrive. In The Death of Jesus, David, now a tall ten-year-old, is spotted by Julio Fabricante, the director of a local orphanage, playing football with his friends. He shows unusual talent. When David announces that he wants to go and live with Julio and the children in his care, Simon and Ines are stunned. David is leaving them, and they can only love him and bear witness. With almost unbearable poignancy J. M. Coetzee explores the meaning of a world empty of memory but brimming with questions. **A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK TO WATCH OUT FOR IN 2020** (knihydobrovsky.cz)

eBook: The Rocking-Horse Winner\" is a short story by D. H. Lawrence. The story describes a young middle-class Englishwoman who \"had no luck.\" Though outwardly successful, she is haunted by a sense of failure; her husband is a ne\'er-do-well and her work as a commercial artist doesn\'t earn as much as she\'d like. The family\'s lifestyle exceeds its income and unspoken anxiety about money permeates the household. Her children, a son Paul and his two sisters, sense this anxiety; moreover, the kids even claim they can hear the house whispering \"There must be more money.\" Paul tells his Uncle Oscar Cresswell about betting on horse races with Bassett, the gardener. He\'s been placing bets using his pocket money and has won and saved three hundred twenty pounds. Sometimes he says he is \"sure\" of a winner for an upcoming race, and the horses he names do in fact win, sometimes at remarkable odds. Uncle Oscar and Bassett both place large bets on the horses Paul names. After further winning, Paul and Oscar arrange to give the mother a gift of five thousand pounds, but the gift only lets her spend more. Disappointed, Paul tries harder than ever to be \"lucky.\" As the Derby approaches, Paul is determined to learn the winner. Concerned about his health, his mother rushes home from a party and discovers his secret. He has been spending hours riding his rocking horse, sometimes all night long, until he \"gets there,\" into a clairvoyant state where he can be sure of the winner\'s name. Paul remains ill through the day of the Derby. Informed by Cresswell, Bassett has placed Paul\'s bet on Malabar, at fourteen to one. When he is informed by Bassett that he now has 80,000 pounds, Paul says to his mother: \"I never told you, mother, that if I can ride my horse, and get there, then I\'m absolutely sure - oh absolutely! Mother, did I ever tell you? I am lucky!\" \"No, you never did,\" said his mother. The boy dies in the night and his mother hears her brother say, \"My God, Hester, you\'re eighty-odd thousand to the good, and a poor devil of a son to the bad. But, poor devil, poor devil, he\'s best gone out of a life where he rides his rocking horse to find a winner. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Krátce před smrtí v osmdesátých letech minulého století předal Hertmansův dědeček svému vnukovi několik hustě popsaných starých sešitů. Celá léta se autor neodvážil sešity otevřít, až to jednoho dne přece jen udělal a nalezl v nich netušená tajemství. Dědečkův život byl poznamenán dětstvím prožitým v bídě na přelomu 19. a 20. století, strašlivými zážitky vojáka na frontách první světové války a předčasnou smrtí životní lásky. Po zbytek života ukrýval dědeček svůj smutek v tichých krajinomalbách a kopírování uctívaných malířských velikánů. Hertmans přepracoval dědečkův fascinující životní příběh do jímavého románového děje opřeného o autentické deníkové záznamy frontového vojáka. "Silné... Hrůzyplné... Válka a Terpentýn je označován jako román, ale to je sotva to správně slovo. Je to zázračné dílo historické rekonstrukce... Odvážný, a přesto melancholický popis války a paměti a umění, které může některým čtenářům připomínat práci německého spisovatele W. G. Sebalda." - The NY Times "Láskyplně promyšlený život obyčejného člověka, jehož život byl navždy poznamenán první světovou válkou." - The Economist (Nejlepší kniha roku) Jenom v Belgii se prodalo přes 250 000 knih a práva prodali do 25 zemí. Longlisted for the International Man Booker Prize A New York Times Top 10 Best Book of the Year An Economist Best Book of the Year Longlisted for the Best Translated Book Award Ocenění: Flemish Culture Award for Literature Prose 2012/2013 Winner of the ECI Literature Prize 2014 Winner of the Spycher Literaturpreis Leuk 2017 Shortlisted for the Libris Literature Prize 2014, the Fintro Prize History Prize (Davidsfonds) and Premio Strega Europeo Selected by The New York Times as one of the five best novels of 2016 long-listed for the International Man Booker Prize Vydání knihy podpořil Fond vlámské literatury. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES AND TOP FIVE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC ONE DRAMA COMING SOON WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2018 WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR WINNER OF NOVEL OF THE YEAR AND BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019 Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life-changing begins. Normal People is a story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find they can't. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

OVER ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES AND TOP FIVE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BBC ONE DRAMA COMING SOON WINNER OF THE COSTA NOVEL AWARD 2018 WINNER OF THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS NOVEL OF THE YEAR WINNER OF NOVEL OF THE YEAR AND BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS NATIONAL BOOK AWARDS INTERNATIONAL AUTHOR OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2019 Connell and Marianne grow up in the same small town in the west of Ireland, but the similarities end there. In school, Connell is popular and well-liked, while Marianne is a loner. But when the two strike up a conversation - awkward but electrifying - something life-changing begins. Normal People is a story of mutual fascination, friendship and love. It takes us from that first conversation to the years beyond, in the company of two people who try to stay apart but find they can't. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Winner of the 2012 Man Booker Prize Winner of the 2012 Costa Book of the Year Award The sequel to Hilary Mantel's 2009 Man Booker Prize winner and New York Times bestseller, Wolf Hall delves into the heart of Tudor history with the downfall of Anne Boleyn Though he battled for seven years to marry her, Henry is disenchanted with Anne Boleyn. She has failed to give him a son and her sharp intelligence and audacious will alienate his old friends and the noble families of England. When the discarded Katherine dies in exile from the court, Anne stands starkly exposed, the focus of gossip and malice. At a word from Henry, Thomas Cromwell is ready to bring her down. Over three terrifying weeks, Anne is ensnared in a web of conspiracy, while the demure Jane Seymour stands waiting her turn for the poisoned wedding ring. But Anne and her powerful family will not yield without a ferocious struggle. Hilary Mantel's Bring Up the Bodies follows the dramatic trial of the queen and her suitors for adultery and treason. To defeat the Boleyns, Cromwell must ally with his natural enemies, the papist aristocracy. What price will he pay for Anne's head? Bring Up the Bodies is one of The New York Times' 10 Best Books of 2012, one of Publishers Weekly's Top 10 Best Books of 2012 and one of The Washington Post's 10 Best Books of 2012 (knihydobrovsky.cz)

John le Carre was a defining writer of his time. This enthralling collection letters - written to readers, publishers, film-makers and actors, politicians and public figures - reveals the playfully intelligent and unfailingly eloquent man behind the penname. _____'The symbiosis of author and editor, father and son, has resulted in a brilliant book, le Carre's final masterpiece' 5*, Jake Kerridge, Sunday Telegraph_____A Private Spy spans seven decades and chronicles not only le Carre's own life but the turbulent times to which he was witness.Beginning with his 1940s childhood, it includes accounts of his National Service and his time at Oxford, and his days teaching the 'chinless, pointy-nosed gooseberry-eyed British lords' at Eton. It describes his entry into MI5 and the rise of the Iron Curtain, and the flowering of his career as a novelist in reaction to the building of the Berlin Wall. Through his letters we travel with him from the Second World War period to the immediate moment in which we live.We find le Carre writing to Sir Alec Guinness to persuade him to take on the role of George Smiley, and later arguing the immorality of the War on Terror with the chief of the German internal security service. What emerges is a portrait not only of the writer, or of the global intellectual, but, in his own words, of the very private, very passionate and very real man behind the name. _____Includes letters to:John BanvilleWilliam BurroughsJohn CheeverStephen FryGraham GreeneSir Alec GuinnessHugh LaurieBen MacintyreIan McEwanGary OldmanPhilip RothPhilippe SandsSir Tom StoppardMargaret ThatcherAnd more... (knihydobrovsky.cz)

WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 One of the world’s great writers venturing into exciting new territory – a heartbreaking, visceral novel about a stand-up comedian WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 The setting is a comedy club in a small Israeli town. An audience that has come expecting an evening of amusement instead sees a comedian falling apart on stage; an act of disintegration, a man crumbling, as a matter of choice, before their eyes. They could get up and leave, or boo and whistle and drive him from the stage, if they were not so drawn to glimpse his personal hell. Dovaleh G, a veteran stand-up comic – charming, erratic, repellent – exposes a wound he has been living with for years: a fateful and gruesome choice he had to make between the two people who were dearest to him. A Horse Walks into a Bar is a shocking and breathtaking read. Betrayals between lovers, the treachery of friends, guilt demanding redress. Flaying alive both himself and the people watching him, Dovaleh G provokes both revulsion and empathy from an audience that doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry – and all this in the presence of a former childhood friend who is trying to understand why he’s been summoned to this performance. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature The matchless Munro makes art out of everyday lives in this exquisite collection. Here are men and women of wildly different times and circumstances, their lives made vividly palpable by the nuance and empathy of Munro's writing. Runaway is about the power and betrayals of love, about lost children, lost chances. There is pain and desolation beneath the surface, like a needle in the heart, which makes these stories more powerful and compelling than anything she has written before. Winner of the Man Booker International Prize 2009. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

A beautiful hardback edition of a modern Indian classic and winner of 'The Best of the Booker' - the best novel from Booker Prize history. Born at the stroke of midnight at the exact moment of India's independence, Saleem Sinai is a special child. However, this coincidence of birth has consequences he is not prepared for: telepathic powers connect him with 1,000 other 'midnight's children' all of whom are endowed with unusual gifts.Inextricably linked to his nation, Saleem's story is a whirlwind of disasters and triumphs that mirrors the course of modern India at its most impossible and glorious. 'A wonderful, rich and humane novel that is safe to call a classic' GuardianVINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautiful (knihydobrovsky.cz)

By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GraceElaine Risley, a painter, returns to Toronto to find herself overwhelmed by her past. Memories of childhood - unbearable betrayals and cruelties - surface relentlessly, forcing her to confront the spectre of Cordelia, once her best friend and tormentor, who has haunted her for forty years.'Not since Graham Greene has a novelist captured so forcefully the relationship between school bully and victim...Atwood's games are played, exquisitely, by little girls' LISTENERAn exceptional novel from the winner of the 2000 Booker Prize. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

THE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014'S MAGNIFICENT FIRST NOVEL Beneath a waterfall on the Franklin, Aljaz Cosini, river guide, lies drowning. Beset by visions at once horrible and fabulous, he relives not just his own life but that of his family and forebears. In the rainforest waters that rush over him he sees those lives stripped bare of their surface realities, and finds a world where dreaming reasserts its power over thinking. As the river rises his visions grow more turbulent, and in the flood of the past Aljaz discovers the soul of his country. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

THE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014'S MAGNIFICENT FIRST NOVEL Beneath a waterfall on the Franklin, Aljaz Cosini, river guide, lies drowning. Beset by visions at once horrible and fabulous, he relives not just his own life but that of his family and forebears. In the rainforest waters that rush over him he sees those lives stripped bare of their surface realities, and finds a world where dreaming reasserts its power over thinking. As the river rises his visions grow more turbulent, and in the flood of the past Aljaz discovers the soul of his country. (knihydobrovsky.cz)

FROM THE WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZEBirnam Wood is on the move...A landslide has closed the Korowai Pass in New Zealand's South Island, cutting off the town of Thorndike, leaving a sizable farm abandoned. The disaster presents an opportunity for Birnam Wood, a guerrilla gardening collective that plants crops wherever no one will notice. But they hadn't figured on the enigmatic American billionaire Robert Lemoine, who also has an interest in the place. Can they trust him? And, as their ideals and ideologies are tested, can they trust each other?A propulsive literary thriller from the Booker Prize-winning author of The Luminaries, Birnam Wood is Shakespearean in its wit, drama and immersion in character. It is a brilliantly constructed tale of intentions, actions and consequences, and an unflinching examination of the human impulse to ensure our own survival. (knihydobrovsky.cz)