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A superb new translation by Michael Hofmann of some of Kafka's most frightening and visionary short fiction Strange beasts, night terrors, absurd bureaucrats and sinister places abound in this collection of stories by Franz Kafka. Some are less than a page long, others more substantial; all were unpublished in his lifetime. These matchless short works range from the gleeful miniature horror 'Little Fable' to the off-kilter humour of 'Investigations of a Dog', and from the elaborate waking nightmare of 'Building the Great Wall of China' to the creeping unease of 'The Burrow', where a nameless creature's labyrinthine hiding place turns into a trap of fear and paranoia.

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HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.`Dear Prince, I must leave you, but I will never forget you, and next spring I will bring you back two beautiful jewels in place of those you have given away. The ruby shall be redder than a red rose, and the sapphire shall be as blue as the great sea.'In `The Happy Prince' a statue - jewelled and opulent - keeps careful watch over the city and its inhabitants. Enlisting the help of a swallow, his selfless acts bring comfort to those most in need. `The Nightingale and the Rose' is a tragic tale of personal sacrifice in the name of love, while in `The Selfish Giant' the end of an eternal winter finally brings springtime and happiness.In this collection of enchanting tales from a master storyteller, Oscar Wilde has entranced readers both young and old since publication in the late nineteenth century.

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Discover Angela Carter’s classic feminist retelling of favourite fairy tales interwoven by a master of seductive, luminous storytelling.From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast, vampires and werewolves - Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories.‘Magnificent set pieces of fastidious sensuality’ Ian McEwan‘A quirky, original, and baroque stylist’ Margaret AtwoodFeaturing an introduction from award-winning short story writer Helen Simpson

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A new selection of E. M. Forster's exquisite short stories, now in the beautifully designed Penguin English Library Series'We created the Machine, to do our will, but we cannot make it do our will now.It has robbed us of the sense of space and of the sense of touch, it has blurred every human relation and narrowed down love to a carnal act, it has paralyzed our bodies and our wills, and now it compels us to worship it.'Like his much-loved novels, E. M. Forster's short stories are rich in irony and alive with sharp observations on the surprises life holds.Telling tales of violent events, discomforting coincidences, and other disruptive happenings, his sharp and vivid prose has the ability to throw the characters', and reader's, perceptions and beliefs off balance. Selected to appeal to a new generation of readers around the world, this new selection of short stories in the Penguin English Library series celebrates E. M.Forster's unparalleled skill for storytelling, beginning with his masterful work of science fiction, The Machine Stops.

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A highly original and engaging appraisal of Kafka’s life, work, legacy, and thought Franz Kafka was the poet of his own disorder. Throughout his life he struggled with a pervasive sense of shame and guilt that left traces in his daily existence—in his many letters, in his extensive diaries, and especially in his fiction. This stimulating book investigates some of the sources of Kafka’s personal anguish and its complex reflections in his imaginary world. In his query, Saul Friedländer probes major aspects of Kafka’s life (family, Judaism, love and sex, writing, illness, and despair) that until now have been skewed by posthumous censorship. Contrary to Kafka’s dying request that all his papers be burned, Max Brod, Kafka’s closest friend and literary executor, edited and published the author’s novels and other works soon after his death in 1924. Friedländer shows that, when reinserted in Kafka’s letters and diaries, deleted segments lift the mask of “sainthood” frequently attached to the writer and thus restore previously hidden aspects of his individuality. Saul Friedländer is a renowned historian of the Holocaust and a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. He is Distinguished Emeritus Professor of History and Club 39 Endowed Chair in Holocaust Studies at UCLA. He lives in Los Angeles, CA.

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An essential new translation of the author's complete, uncensored diaries--a revelation of the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers. Dating from 1909 to 1923, the handwritten diaries contain various kinds of writing: accounts of daily events, reflections, observations, literary sketches, drafts of letters, accounts of dreams, as well as finished stories. This volume makes available for the first time in English a comprehensive reconstruction of the diary entries and provides substantial new content, including details, names, literary works, and passages of a sexual nature that were omitted from previous publications. By faithfully reproducing the diaries' distinctive--and often surprisingly unpolished--writing in Kafka's notebooks, translator Ross Benjamin brings to light not only the author's use of the diaries for literary experimentation and private self-expression, but also their value as a work of art in themselves.

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Interpret / Téma: And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead Země původu: Evropská unie Typ: LP deska;Album;CD Hmotnost: 180 g Gramáž desky: 180 g Subžánr: Rock Žánr: Rock Varianta: X: The Godless Void and Other Stories (LP + CD) Barva podle výrobce: Black Balení obsahuje: LP;CD Datum vydání: 2020-01-17 Vydavatelství: Inside Out Music Barva: Černá Dekáda interpreta: 2000 - 2009;2010 - 2019;1990 - 1999;2020 - 2029 Složení setu: 2 ks Rok vydání: 2020.0 Země interpreta: USA Rychlost: 33 1/3 RPM

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Since his first literary appearance in 1886, the murderous Mr. Hyde has embodied the evil that even good men—including his alter ego, Henry Jekyll—are capable of when the constraints of civilized life are loosed. This chilling anthology also collects nine of Stevenson’s best-known tales of horror, including The Body-Snatcher," "Markheim," "Thrawn Janet," "The Bottle Imp," "The Isle of Voices," "The Waif Woman," "Olalla," and "Will o' the Mill."

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A beautiful hardback edition of Angela Carter's feminist retelling of fairy tales - masterful, seductive and luminous. From familiar fairy tales and legends - Red Riding Hood, Bluebeard, Puss in Boots, Beauty and the Beast, vampires and werewolves - Angela Carter has created an absorbing collection of dark, sensual, fantastic stories. 'Magnificent set pieces of fastidious sensuality' Ian McEwan'A quirky, original, and baroque stylist' Margaret AtwoodVINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautifulINTRODUCED BY HELEN SIMPSON

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As Mabel Waring takes off her cloak and steps into the drawing room of Clarissa Dalloway, she immediately realizes that something is not right: her pale-yellow silk dress, which she has had specially made for the occasion, is clearly old-fashioned, dowdy and out of place. Everyone seems to be looking at her in dismay or mocking her appearance. Crushed at once by her insecurity, Mabel is pervaded by a sense of selfloathing, and feels utter revulsion for the social world she has tried so hard to impress.Written in 1924 and perhaps intended for inclusion in Mrs Dalloway, a book Woolf was working on at the time, The New Dress is here accompanied by most of the short stories she published in her lifetime, as well as six posthumously published pieces that share the milieu and some of the characters of her celebrated novel. Together, they reveal their author as one of the finest practitioners in the field of short fiction.

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A beautiful hardback edition of the famously terrifying ghost story, The Woman in Black, together with four other spine-chilling tales in one beautiful volume. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House. The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but it is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black - and her terrible purpose.This illustrated edition includes four of Susan Hill's scariest ghost stories: Dolly, The Man in the Picture, Printer's Devil Court and The Small Hand. 'Heartstoppingly chilling' Daily Express'No one chills the heart like Susan Hill' Daily TelegraphVINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautifulIllustrated by Nick Tankard

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In Bulgakov's 'Diaboliad', the modest and unassuming office clerk Korotkov is summarily sacked for a trifling error from his job at the Main Central Depot of Match Materials, and tries to seek out his newly assigned superior, responsible for his dismissal. His quest through the labyrinth of Soviet bureaucracy takes on the increasingly surreal dimensions of a nightmare. This early satirical story, reminiscent of Gogol and Dostoevsky, was first published in 1924 and incurred the wrath of pro-Soviet critics.Along with the three other stories in this volume, which also explore the themes of the absurd and bizarre, it provides a fascinating glimpse into the artistic development of the author of The Master and Margarita.

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Bringing together the first three classic novels in one bumper paperback volume, this is the perfect introduction to Paddington Bear!"A bear on Paddington Station?” said Mrs Brown in amazement. “Don’t be silly – there can’t be.”When the Brown family find a bear on Paddington station, their lives are soon changed forever… for whether he is settling into his new home, taking an interest in DIY, or going for a picnic on the river – extraordinary things just seem to happen to a bear called Paddington!The first three classic novels – A Bear Called Paddington, More About Paddington and Paddington Helps Out are brought together in this wonderfully entertaining classic collection.

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FROM THE AUTHOR OF KIM JIYOUNG, BORN 1982 Eight women. Eight stories. One reality. A woman is born. A woman is filmed in public without consent. A woman suffers domestic violence. A woman is gaslit. A woman is discriminated against at work. A woman grows old. A woman becomes famous. A woman is hated, and loved, and then hated again. Written in Cho Nam-Joo's masterful, razor-sharp prose, Miss Kim Knows brings together the lives of eight Korean women, aged 10 to 80. Contained in each of these biographies is a microcosm of contemporary Korea, and the challenges and injustices that women face from childhood to old age. As with Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982, the fates of these eight women are the fates of women the world over. And under Cho Nam-Joo's precise, unveiled gaze, nothing and nobody escapes scrutiny--not even herself.

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Summoned from London, journalist Edward Malone, narrator of Arthur Conan Doyle’s prehistoric-adventure novel The Lost World, finds himself reunited with his erstwhile travelling companions at the country home of their leader, the indomitable Professor Challenger, who, confining his guests in a sealed room with the cylinders of oxygen they have brought at his request, informs them that the Earth is passing through an immense miasma of poisonous ether that will likely extirpate all life. And so the isolated inmates begin a grim and terrifying vigil – but will the toxic vapour dissipate before their limited supply of oxygen is exhausted?Presented here with two short stories representing further thrilling episodes in the illustrious career of Conan Doyle’s other great anti-hero, Professor Challenger – ‘The Disintegration Machine’ and ‘When the World Screamed’ – The Poison Belt is a tour de force of speculative fiction that is the equal of any of the author’s best-known works.The Poison Belt and Other Professor Challenger’s Stories is part of Alma Classics Arthur Conan Doyle Collection which includes: Tales of Adventure and Medical Life, Tales of Long Ago, Tales of Terror and Mystery, Tales of Twilight and the Unseen, The Lost World and The Tragedy of the Korosko.Alma Classics is committed to making available a wide range of literature from around the globe. Most of the titles are enriched by an extensive critical apparatus, notes and extra reading material, as well as a selection of photographs. The texts are based on the most authoritative edition and edited using a fresh, accessible editorial approach. With an emphasis on production, editorial and typographical values, Alma Classics aspires to revitalize the whole experience of reading classics.

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eBook: “It grew dark and a mist spread over the countryside like a curtain. We were at the Bohemian border. Customs control, shouting, the din of the station, and finally the train moved on with a monotonous drone. ‘It was right here that I met Teresa Elinson,’ Marta said, in the corner of the cozy compartment. I replied: ‘Who is Teresa Elinson? I don’t remember you ever mentioning her.’ ‘No, never. It was a kind of adventure. That time too the train hurtled into the dark, where red sparks flew and lights flashed, scattering in the mist...’” Thus begins the story by Růžena Jesenská that gives this book its name. In this anthology, Kathleen Hayes has selected and translated eight stories by Czech female authors at the turn of the 19th and 20th century: a period of female political emancipation and impressive literary development. All of the writers included in the present volume were recognized in their own day and constitute a cross-section of the literary styles of the period. Tilschová’s “A Sad Time” is written in a Naturalist style; Jesenská’s “A World Apart” presents themes and motifs that appealed to the Decadents. Malířová’s “The Sylph” is both diaristic and satirical, while Svobodová’s ironical “A Great Passion”, with its rural setting and folklore motifs, reminds one of the writings of Karel Jaromír Erben. Preissová’s short story may be read as a celebration of folk culture. Benešová’s “Friends” is interesting for its psychological presentation of a child’s point of view and its implicit criticism of anti-Semitism. The book is accompanied by the biographies of each author and an introduction by Kathleen Hayes.

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A collection of nine exceptional stories from the acclaimed author of The Catcher in the Rye'This is the squalid, or moving, part of the story, and the scene changes. The people change, too. I'm still around, but from here on in, for reasons I'm not at liberty to disclose, I've disguised myself so cunningly that even the cleverest reader will fail to recognize me.'This collection of nine stories includes the first appearance of J.D. Salinger's fictional Glass family, introducing Seymour Glass in the unforgettable 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish'. 'The most perfectly balanced collection of stories I know' Ann Patchett

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The first book to publish the entirety of Franz Kafka's graphic output, including more than 100 newly discovered drawings"The figures he drew stand alone as stories in themselves."-Lauren Christensen, New York Times Book Review"A sensational new book [that] reveals these hitherto hidden artworks for the first time . . . This valuable volume allows us to see how, for Kafka, word and image walk arm in arm."-Benjamin Balint, Jewish Review of BooksThe year 2019 brought a sensational discovery: hundreds of drawings by the writer Franz Kafka (1883-1924) were found in a private collection that for decades had been kept under lock and key. Until now, only a few of Kafka's drawings were widely known. Although Kafka is renowned for his written work, his drawings are evidence of what his literary executor Max Brod termed his "double talent." Irresistible and full of fascinating figures, shifting from the realistic to the fantastic, the grotesque, the uncanny, and the carnivalesque, they illuminate a previously unknown side of the quintessential modernist author.Kafka's drawings span his full career, but he drew most intensively in his university years, between 1901 and 1907. An entire booklet of drawings from this period is among the many new discoveries, along with dozens of loose sheets. Published for the first time in English, these newly available materials are collected with his known works in a complete catalogue raisonne of more than 240 illustrations, reproduced in full color. Essays by Andreas Kilcher and Judith Butler provide essential background for this lavish volume, interpreting the drawings in their own right while also reconciling their place in Kafka's larger oeuvre.

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The best-known novellas and stories of one of the seminal writers of the twentieth century. Included are "The Judgment, " "A Country Doctor, " and "A Hunger Artist." New Foreword by Anne Rice. Review "Kafka's survey of the insectile situation of young Jews in inner Bohemia can hardly be improved upon: 'With their posterior legs they were still glued to their father's Jewishness and with their wavering anterior legs they found no new ground.' There is a sense in which Kafka's Jewish question ('What have I in common with Jews?') has become everybody's question, Jewish alienation the template for all our doubts. What is Muslimness? What is femaleness? What is Polishness? These days we all find our anterior legs flailing before us. We're all insects, all Ungeziefer, now." --Zadie Smith "Kafka engaged in no technical experiments whatsoever; without in any way changing the German language, he stripped it of its involved constructions until it became clear and simple, like everyday speech purified of slang and negligence. The common experience of Kafka's readers is one of general and vague fascination, even in stories they fail to understand, a precise recollection of strange and seemingly absurd images and descriptions--until one day the hidden meaning reveals itself to them with the sudden evidence of a truth simple and incontestable." --Hannah Arendt

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Zámek – nedokončený román Franze Kafky z roku 1922 – znovu a znovu oslovuje, znovu vybízí k interpretaci a ukazuje možnosti chápání literárního díla. Hrdina K., který se vydává za zeměměřiče, přichází do vesnice a marně se pokouší kontaktovat úředníky ze zámku. Prožívá milostný vztah s výčepní Frídou. Bezvýsledně usiluje o uznání své profese a existence. Naše edice představuje první překlad do češtiny podle kritického německého vydání. Kniha vychází padesát let od posledního překladu a devadesát let od úmrtí autora.

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Written in 1914, The Trial is the terrifying tale of Josef K., a respectable bank officer who is suddenly and inexplicably arrested and must defend himself against a charge about which he can get no information. Whether read as an existential tale, a parable, or a prophecy of the excesses of modern bureaucracy wedded to the madness of totalitarianism, Kafka's nightmare has resonated with chilling truth for generations of readers. This new edition is based upon the work of an international team of experts who have restored the text, the sequence of chapters, and their division to create a version that is as close as possible to the way the author left it.

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Kafka's last great, unfinished novel - the book that hangs over the whole modern era like a nightmare. With a new introduction and notes by John Zilcosky The Castle is the story of K., the unwanted Land Surveyor who is never to be admitted to the Castle nor accepted in the village, and yet cannot go home. As he encounters dualities of certainty and doubt, hope and fear, and reason and nonsense, K.'s struggles in the absurd, labyrinthine world where he finds himself seem to reveal an inexplicable truth about the nature of existence.Kafka began The Castle in 1922 and it was never finished, yet this, the last of his three great novels, draws fascinating conclusions that make it feel strangely complete.

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Kafka's gripping work of psychological horror, with a new introduction and notes by Carolin Duttlinger A terrifying psychological trip into the life of one Joseph K., an ordinary man who wakes up one day to find himself accused of a crime he did not commit, a crime whose nature is never revealed to him. Once arrested, he is released, but must report to court on a regular basis--an event that proves maddening, as nothing is ever resolved. As he grows more uncertain of his fate, his personal life--including work at a bank and his relations with his landlady and a young woman who lives next door--becomes increasingly unpredictable.As K. tries to gain control, he succeeds only in accelerating his own excruciating downward spiral.

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Franz Kafka's final novel tells the haunting tale of a man known only as K. and of his relentless, unavailing struggle with an inscrutable authority in order to gain entrance to the Castle. Although Kafka seemed to consider `The Castle` a failure, critics, in wrestling with its enigmatic meaning, have recognized it as one of the great novels of our century.Unfinished at Kafka's death in 1924, the manuscript of `The Castle` was edited for publication by Kafka's friend and literary executor, Max Brod. Both Brod's edition and the English-language translation of it that was prepared by Willa and Edwin Muir in 1930 have long been considered flawed.This new edition of Kafka's terrifying and comic masterpiece is the product of an international team of experts who went back to Kafka's original manuscript and notes to create an edition that is as close as possible to the way the author left it. The `Times Literary Supplement` hailed their work, saying that it will `decisively alter our understanding of Kafka and render previous editions obsolete.`Mark Harman's brilliant translation closely follows the fluidity and breathlessness of the sparsely punctuated original manuscript, revealing levels of comedy, energy, and visual power that have not been previously accessible toEnglish-language readers.W. H. Auden likened Kafka to Dante, Shakespeare, and Goethe as the single most important writer of his age. Here, in this new edition, is a Kafka for the twenty-first century.

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Jedno z vrcholných děl spisovatele Franze Kafky zobrazuje bezmocný konflikt mezi člověkem a nepřístupnou mašinérií moci. Zeměměřič K. přijíždí do jakési vesnice, aby zde provedl geodetické práce. K samotnému zámku se však, ať se snaží sebevíc, nemůže žádným způsobem dostat. Místní lidé mu, zdá se, nevěří a mají z něho strach. K. se neustále pokouší navázat kontakt s úředníky zámku, ale marně. Román bývá interpretován jako střet člověka s byrokratickým aparátem, ale i nejrůznějšími jinými způsoby, například coby náboženské podobenství nebo metafora touhy po moci. Přitažlivost Zámku, tak jako jiných Kafkových děl, spočívá i v tom, že jednoznačný výklad nenabízí, ale podněcuje čtenáře k přemýšlení a vlastnímu výkladu.

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Život se může někdy změnit doslovně z minuty na minutu. Tento pocit musel asi mít i velmi slušný a spořádaný bankovní úředník Josef K. Místo kuchařky se snídaní do jeho pokoje vstoupil úplně cizí muž a z místnosti vedle uslyšel neznámé hlasy. Když se rozhodl s nečekanou situací něco udělat, uslyšel šokující slova. „Jste přece zatčen.“Proces je často označován za vrcholné dílo Franze Kafky. V tomto absurdním románu čtenář může prožít postupnou psychickou změnu člověka, který je drcen nemilosrdným soukolím státní mašinérie. Z dnešního pohledu vnímáme knihu nejen jako prorockou, ale i jednoznačně nadčasovou.

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Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil. One morning, ordinary salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant cockroach. Metamorphosis, Kafka's masterpiece of unease and black humour, is one of the twentieth century's most influential works of fiction, and is accompanied here by two more classic stories. 'He is the greatest German writer of our time. Such poets as Rilke or such novelists as Thomas Mann are dwarfs or plaster saints in comparison to him' - Vladimir Nabokov Review He is the greatest German writer of our time. Such poets as Rilke or such novelists as Thomas Mann are dwarfs or plaster saints in comparison to him -- Vladimir Nabokov Kafka described with wonderful imaginative power the future concentration camps, the future instability of the law, the future absolutism of the state, the paralysed, inadequately motivated, floundering lives of the many individual people; everything appeared as a nightmare and with the confusion and inadequacy of a nightmare -- Bertolt Brecht

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This lavish book about the most famous native of Prague Franz Kafka is intended for everyone who wishes to learn more about his life and work, and his world. It brings to life the world of Prague German literature, the world of Kafka's interests, family and friends, and also the world of his strange stories, which continue to fascinate and puzzle both readers and experts. The author of the text is the poet, translator and Germanist Radek Maly, twice recipient of the Magnesia Litera Prize. The illustrations have been created by Renáta Fučíková, a leading Czech illustrator and holder of many Czech and international awards.

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Život se může někdy změnit doslovně z minuty na minutu. Tento pocit musel asi mít i velmi slušný a spořádaný bankovní úředník Josef K. Místo kuchařky se snídaní do jeho pokoje vstoupil úplně cizí muž a z místnosti vedle uslyšel neznámé hlasy. Když se rozhodl s nečekanou situací něco udělat, uslyšel šokující slova. „Jste přece zatčen.“Proces je často označován za vrcholné dílo Franze Kafky. V tomto absurdním románu čtenář může prožít postupnou psychickou změnu člověka, který je drcen nemilosrdným soukolím státní mašinérie. Z dnešního pohledu vnímáme knihu nejen jako prorockou, ale i jednoznačně nadčasovou.

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Život se může někdy změnit doslovně z minuty na minutu. Tento pocit musel asi mít i velmi slušný a spořádaný bankovní úředník Josef K. Místo kuchařky se snídaní do jeho pokoje vstoupil úplně cizí muž a z místnosti vedle uslyšel neznámé hlasy. Když se rozhodl s nečekanou situací něco udělat, uslyšel šokující slova. „Jste přece zatčen.“Proces je často označován za vrcholné dílo Franze Kafky. V tomto absurdním románu čtenář může prožít postupnou psychickou změnu člověka, který je drcen nemilosrdným soukolím státní mašinérie. Z dnešního pohledu vnímáme knihu nejen jako prorockou, ale i jednoznačně nadčasovou.

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eBook: Rodiče poslali šestnáctiletého Karla Rossmana do Ameriky. Chtěli se vyhnout pikantnímu skandálu – chlapce totiž svedla jejich služka. Pracovitého a čestného, nicméně i velmi naivního hocha na začátku ubytuje zámožný strýc. Brzy se nepohodnou, Karel dostane kufr, jízdenku do San Franciska a musí se začít protloukat životem na vlastní pěst. Podle některých odborníků je román Amerika nejlepší Kafkova kniha. Kromě typických popisů osamocení v absurdním a bezohledném světě v ní najdeme také nemalou dávku specifického situačního humoru, který není u tohoto autora příliš obvyklý.

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eBook: Život se může někdy změnit doslovně z minuty na minutu. Tento pocit musel asi mít i velmi slušný a spořádaný bankovní úředník Josef K. Místo kuchařky se snídaní do jeho pokoje vstoupil úplně cizí muž a z místnosti vedle uslyšel neznámé hlasy. Když se rozhodl s nečekanou situací něco udělat, uslyšel šokující slova. „Jste přece zatčen.“Proces je často označován za vrcholné dílo Franze Kafky. V tomto absurdním románu čtenář může prožít postupnou psychickou změnu člověka, který je drcen nemilosrdným soukolím státní mašinérie. Z dnešního pohledu vnímáme knihu nejen jako prorockou, ale i jednoznačně nadčasovou.

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Próza Popis jednoho zápasu je prvním Kafkovým rozsáhlejším literárním pokusem, který se dochoval. Je to typ experimentální literatury, avšak ne ve smyslu programového experimentu, jaký známe ze soudobého i pozdějšího modernismu a avantgardy. Autor si tu - chtěje zachytit vnější, ale především svůj vnitřní svět naprosto přesně a autenticky, bez ohledu na literární konvence a vzory - doslova zkoušel, jak, či zda vůbec, dovede vyjádřit to, co vidí, i své nálady, afekty, zážitky, ale také, v neposlední míře, své fantazie a sny. Popis jednoho zápasu dává možnost nahlédnout do počátků procesu, v němž krystalizoval Kafkův specifický, ve 20. století s ničím nesrovnatelný způsob psaní a znázorňování světa. Celý text pozůstává z řady víceméně samostatných úseků bez vzájemné souvislosti, která by ukazovala na nějaký jednotný ideový záměr nebo dějový plán. O psychologické motivaci jednání postav nemůže být řeč, postavy nepředstavují žádné pevně dané charaktery. Ani sám vypravěč v první osobě není uchopitelný jako jednotná instance. V atmosféře textu lze vysledovat zřetelný pocit ohrožení, ale není to spíš nespokojenost sama se sebou, pocit trapnosti z vlastní existence? Zřejmé je, že na takové otázky se Kafka svým textem nesnaží dávat žádné odpovědi; pouze konstatuje jisté stavy, podává "popis". Což platí pro celé vydávané životní dílo. Popis jednoho zápasu je z tohoto hlediska prvním vyjádřením toho, že Kafka přikládal svému "psaní" přímo existenciální závažnost: psaní pro něj byla životní potřeba či nutnost, jediná činnost, jež ho cele naplňovala; takové naplnění mu, jak si postupně uvědomoval, nemohlo poskytnout povolání, manželství, společenské postavení či jiné konstanty života. Účelem (a pro něj samého zdůvodněním) již tohoto raného textu tedy pro něj nebylo napsat kus literatury, nýbrž "popsat", tj. sepsat si z duše všechny možné obavy, nejistoty a nenaplněné potřeby, s nimiž se nedokázal vyrovnat v reálném životě. Kafka tedy nepsal, aby oslovil čtenáře, nýbrž psal takříkajíc pro sebe - a úžasný, dodnes nevysvětlený paradox jeho odkazu je, že tím svým psaním pro sebe oslovil a hluboko zasáhl tolik čtenářů jako málokterý spisovatel 20. století.

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Franz Kafka's letters to his one-time muse, Milena Jesenska - an intimate window into the desires and hopes of the twentieth-century's most prophetic and important writerKafka first made the acquaintance of Milena Jesenska in 1920 when she was translating his early short prose into Czech, and their relationship quickly developed into a deep attachment. Such was his feeling for her that Kafka showed her his diaries and, in doing so, laid bare his heart and his conscience. While at times Milena's 'genius for living' gave Kafka new life, it ultimately exhausted him, and their relationship was to last little over two years. In 1924 Kafka died in a sanatorium near Vienna, and Milena died in 1944 at the hands of the Nazis, leaving these letters as a moving record of their relationship.

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Mladý a pracovitý obchodní cestující Řehoř Samsa, na jehož platu závisí fungování celé rodiny, se jednoho dne probudí a zjistí, že se změnil v jakýsi odporný hmyz a místo normálních slov se mu z úst linou jen zvláštní zvuky. Bohužel jeho mysl zůstala lidská a tak musí postupně sledovat, jak se mu jeho nejbližší vzdalují... Kromě Proměny, která je asi nejslavnější povídkou Franze Kafky a inspirovala filmaře k natočení věhlasného hororu Moucha, kniha obsahuje i další neméně zdařilé příběhy, jako například Ortel, V kárném táboře a původně samostatnou sbírku Drobné povídky otci, kde najdeme i známé vyprávění Venkovský lékař.

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V povídkách Ortel i V kárném táboře rezonuje téma soudu a rozsudku. Obě díla patří k několika málo textům, které měly zůstat na Kafkovo přání po jeho smrti zachovány. V tomto svazku vycházejí společně v novém překladu. Rozsáhlá odborná literatura interpretuje povídku Ortel z nejrůznějších zorných úhlů - výklady sahají od prostého konstatování zřejmých paralel mezi životem hlavního hrdiny Georga a Kafkovým (vztah ke snoubence, složitý vztah mezi synem a otcem, resp. mezi jejich světy) přes úvahy o obecné podstatě soudu či rozsudku až po existencialistické náhledy na člověka a společnost. Způsob, jímž Kafka zkoumá lidskou duši a motivace, o které se opírá naše konání, většina studií shodně uvádí do spojitosti s teoriemi Friedricha Nietzscheho a Sigmunda Freuda. Kafkovské téma soudu a rozsudku rezonuje i v povídce V kárném táboře, zde je však dovedeno do hrůzyplné krajnosti. Proceduru mučení svěřil Kafka programovatelnému stroji, zatímco katův úkol spočívá pouze v dohlížení na bezchybný chod mašiny, jejíž kódy nikdo, kromě kata, nezná. Alibismus a odmítání odpovědnosti a viny působí zvláště dnes, kdy roboti vykonávají mnohem složitější práci, jako sotva překonatelný znak nelidskosti. Povídka Ortel (Das Urteil) pochází z roku 1912, povídku V kárném táboře (In der Strafkolonie) napsal Kafka v říjnu 1914. Sám Kafka dospěl k závěru, že by se mohly spolu s povídkou Proměna publikovat pod názvem Tresty (Strafen).

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"Franz Kafka byl Praha a Praha byla Franz Kafka", napsal kdysi Johannes Urzidil. A skutečně, kdo se vydá po stopách života Franze Kafky, toho cesta zavede přímo do srdce starého císařského města nad Vltavou. Až do morku kostí, celou svou bytostí je spisovatel Kafka zakořeněn v pražské půdě, všude v jeho díle probleskuje na povrch město a jeho lidé. Tento kompaktní průvodce zve čtenáře do Kafkova světa. Učí jej vidět Prahu tak, jak ji viděl Kafka. Při tom se tato publikace, překypující více než 150 historickými vyobrazeními a hojnými citáty z Kafkova díla a korespondence, stala díky autorově hutnému vypravěčskému stylu sama pražskou klasikou. Kniha je neustále průběžně aktualizována tak, aby odpovídala nejnovějšímu stavu poznání Kafkova života a díla, a je už dlouho ve svých četných vydáních nesporným standardním dílem pro všechny, kdož se chtějí nechat vést ... a svést: k intimní známosti se?spisovatelem Franzem Kafkou i Zlatou Prahou, jaká byla před zhruba sto lety.

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Franz Kafka, einer der berühmtesten Söhne der Stadt Prag, ist ein Mythos, eine Marke. Bis heute zerbrechen sich sowohl Leser als auch Fachleute den Kopf über seine teils rätselhaften Texte. Aber Kafka ist eben auch ein Mensch gewesen. Im Mittelpunkt dieses aufwändig illustrierten Buches stehen seine Welt und seine sagenumwobene Heimatstadt, sein Alltag und seine Interessen, die Familie und der Freundeskreis, Erlebnisse und Ansichten des schon mit 44 Jahren verstorbenen Schriftstellers. Eine Reise ins Herz Europas.

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Kniha – autor Radek Malý; Renáta Fučíková, 104 stran, česky, pevná bez přebalu matná Výpravná kniha o nejslavnějším pražském rodákovi Franzi Kafkovi přibližuje jeho život a dílo všem, kdo chtějí podrobněji poznat jeho svět. Ožívá v ní svět pražské německy psané literatury, svět jeho zájmů, rodiny a přátel a také svět prazvláštních příběhů, nad kterými si dodnes lámou hlavu čtenáři i odborníci na slovo vzatí. Autorem textu je dvojnásobný držitel ocenění Magnesia Litera, básník, překladatel a germanista Radek Malý. Ilustrace vytvořila Renáta Fučíková, přední česká ilustrátorka a držitelka řady tuzemských i zahraničních cen. Srozumitelně a přitom poutavě je představen Kafkův život, jeho rodina, jeho vztah k ženám, ale především jeho přístup k literární tvorbě. Některá zásadní díla jsou představena zhuštěnou formou komiksu (např. povídka Proměna), z jiných děl v knize najdeme nově přeložené ukázky (např. Dopis otci). Smyslem ukázek i úvodních kapitol je ukázat...

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During his run into turning FIFTY, CHRIS EVANS is on a MISSION. To take stock of WHERE HE IS and WHERE HE'S AT in order to figure out how BEST to get the MOST out of what he BELIEVES are the BEST YEARS yet to come.His typically positive and upbeat journey involves ONE HUNDRED DAYS of contemplation, research, focus, frustration and DECISION MAKING while SECRETLY:*Training for The London MARATHON*Bringing back his cult Nineties TV show TFI FRIDAY*And the small matter of suddenly being asked to take over TOP GEAR.HEALTH, LOVE, MARRIAGE, SEX, DEATH and even RELIGION all come under his witty microscope as he poses the conundrum - MIDLIFE: CRISIS vs OPPORTUNITY ?There can only be one winner.

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The complete stories of one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century, the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial. "An important book, valuable in itself and absolutely fascinating. The stories are dreamlike, allegorical, symbolic, parabolic, grotesque, ritualistic, nasty, lucent, extremely personal, ghoulishly detached, exquisitely comic, numinous, and prophetic.” -The New York Times The Complete Stories brings together all of Kafka's stories, from the classic tales such as "The Metamorphosis,” "In the Penal Colony,” and "A Hunger Artist” to shorter pieces and fragments that Max Brod, Kafka's literary executor, released after Kafka's death. With the exception of his three novels, the whole of Kafka's narrative work is included in this volume. "[Kafka] spoke for millions in their new unease; a century after his birth, he seems the last holy writer, and the supreme fabulist of modern man's cosmic predicament.” -from the Foreword by John Updike

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Darkness Will Bind Them… watch The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 2 on Prime Video J.R.R. Tolkien’s writings on the Second Age of Middle-earth, collected for the first time in one volume. Guided by the Dark Lord Sauron, the Elves of Eregion forge the Rings of Power.Yet in secret he has begun building the Barad-dûr in Mordor, and here, in the fires of Mount Doom, he makes the One Ring. Seeking to rule Middle-earth, Sauron begins to wage terrible war upon them. On the island-kingdom of Númenor, the Men of the West become mighty, building great ships to increase their influence throughout Middle-earth.But as their power grows, the seed of their downfall is sown. Only by uniting in alliance with the Elves can they hope to overcome Sauron. Adhering to ‘The Tale of Years’ timeline in The Lord of the Rings, Brian Sibley assembles a new chronicle of Middle-earth, a tragic tale of pride, envy and downfall told substantially in the words of J.R.R.Tolkien from the various published texts originally edited by Christopher Tolkien, and illustrated with pencil drawings by Alan Lee.

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Kniha - autor Rick Riordan, 212 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Join Percy Jackson, Annabeth Chase and Carter and Sadie Kane as they do battle with an ancient Egyptian magician determined to become a god. Against impossible odds, the four demigods and magicians team up to prevent the apocalypse.Contains the short stories The Son of Sobek, The Staff of Serapis and The Crown of Ptolemy, together in one volume for the first time.Plus, read an exciting extract from The Sword of Summer, the first book in Rick Riordan's latest series, Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard.

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‘In the beginning was the Word,’ says the Gospel of John. This sentence – and the words of all four gospels – is central to the teachings of the Christian church and has shaped Western art, literature and language, and the Western mind.Yet in the years after the death of Christ there was not merely one word, nor any consensus as to who Jesus was or why he had mattered. There were many different Jesuses, among them the aggressive Jesus who scorned his parents and crippled those who opposed him, the Jesus who sold his twin into slavery and the Jesus who had someone crucified in his stead.Moreover, in the early years of the first millennium there were many other saviours, many sons of gods who healed the sick and cured the lame. But as Christianity spread, they were pronounced unacceptable – even heretical – and they faded from view. Now, in Heresy, Catherine Nixey tells their extraordinary story, one of contingency, chance and plurality. It is a story about what might have been.

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eBook: Také se občas rádi bojíte? Přitahují vás příběhy o strašidlech, která se zjevují ve starých hradech, o kostlivcích, kteří o půlnoci vylézají z rakví, o zvířatech či věcech, které mají nadpřirozené schopnosti, o ďáblovi, který zasahuje do lidských životů, nebo o záhadných zjeveních, která varují člověka před neštěstím? Pak vás jistě zaujme nová kniha The Devil‘s Apple and Other Tales / Ďáblovo jablko a jiné povídky. Kniha je určena všem milovníkům tohoto žánru, ale především středně pokročilým studentům anglického jazyka, kteří si rádi doplňují znalosti četbou napínavých příběhů. Anglický text povídek je doplněn českým překladem, což pomůže samoukům porozumět obtížnějším pasážím. Na konci každé povídky je výběr nejzajímavějších výrazů, které je užitečné si zapamatovat, a podrobný rozbor gramatiky s příklady. V závěru učebnice najdete gramatická cvičení a test pro pilné studenty s klíčem, pomocí nichž si ověříte své znalosti gramatiky i slovní zásoby. Nová kniha vám poskytne nejen poutavou četbu, ale po jejím prostudování získáte také cenný pocit osvěžených a rozšířených znalostí anglického jazyka.

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The essential guide to the world of Aztec mythology, based on Nahuatl-language sources that challenge the colonial history passed down to us by the Spanish. How did the jaguar get his spots? What happened to the four suns that came before our own? Where was Aztlan, mythical homeland of the Aztecs? For decades, the popular image of the Mexica people - better known today as the Aztecs - has been defined by the Spaniards who conquered them. Their salacious stories of pet snakes, human sacrifice and towering skull racks have masked a complex world of religious belief. To reveal the rich mythic tapestry of the Aztecs, Camilla Townsend returns to the original tales, told at the fireside by generations of Indigenous Nahuatl-speakers. Through their voices we learn the contested histories of the Mexica and their neighbours in the Valley of Mexico - the foundations of great cities, the making and breaking of political alliances, the meddling of sometimes bloodthirsty gods - and understand more clearly how they saw their world and their place in it. The divine principle of Ipalnemoani connected humans with all of nature and spiritual beliefs were woven through the fabric of Aztec life, from the sacred ministrations of the ticitl, midwives whose rituals saw women through childbirth, to the inevitable passage to Mictlan, 'our place of disappearing together' - the land of the dead.

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Hans Christian Andersen is one of the world's most popular storytellers, and his fairy tales are among the best-loved works of literature. Readers the world over know his poignant tale of "The Little Mermaid," who sacrifices everything for love, and "Thumbelina," the miniscule maiden who captures the heart of many members of the animal kingdom. Several of Andersen's stories are so well known—among them "The Emperor's New Clothes" and "The Ugly Duckling"—that their titles alone have become meaningful figures of speech. The Little Mermaid and Other Fairy Tales collects seventeen of Andersen's incomparable stories, among them "The Princess and the Pea," "The Red Shoes," "The Wild Swans," and his fantasy masterpiece, "The Snow-Queen." The book is illustrated in full color by W. Heath Robinson. The Little Mermaid and Other Fairy Tales is one of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed foil-stamped binding, with distinctive gilt edging and an attract silk-ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for any home library.

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This beautiful collectible edition presents three novels from one of the most beloved American authors: Louisa May Alcott. It includes her most famous and cherished classic, Little Women, about the lives of four sisters in Civil War–era America, as well as its sequels, Little Men and Jo’s Boys.

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These stories cover the whole span of Kafka's writing career, from "Looking to See" written in his twenties, to his last work, "Josephine", and culminating in "The Metamorphosis"

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With paper and pen or needle and thread, storytelling has many traditions. Penguin's award-winning art director Paul Buckley presents Penguin Threads, a series of Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions inspired by the aesthetic of handmade crafts with specially commissioned cover art. Jillian Tamaki's embroidered artwork appears on The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Emma by Jane Austen, and Black Beauty by Anna Sewell. This latest set features three beloved classics for both adults and children with cover art by painter and illustrator Rachell Sumpter. Sketched in a traditional illustrative manner, the final covers are sculpt embossed and present full front and reverse hand-stitched designs. Through story, style and texture, the Penguin Threads is an exciting chapter in Penguin's long history of excellence in book design, for true lovers of the book, design, and handcrafted beauty.

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The undisputed pioneer of the horror, detective and science-fiction genres, Edgar Allan Poe was just as influential as a poet as he is now a celebrated writer of short stories. The present edition contains a large selection of his works in verse, from those he published during his lifetime - such as his famous ballads 'The Raven' and 'Lenore' - to those that were collected immediately after his premature death in 1849, including the ones he wrote in his youth.Also included in this volume is a selection of Poe's essays on poetical composition and prosody, revealing that poetry was at the core of the American master's vision of literature - something also demonstrated by the accomplished productions and enduring legacy he has left behind in this field.

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