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Penelope. Immortalised in legend and myth as the devoted wife of the glorious Odysseus, silently weaving and unpicking and weaving again as she waits for her husband's return.Now Penelope wanders the underworld, spinning a different kind of thread: her own side of the story - a tale of lust, greed and murder.The Myths series brings together some of the world's finest writers, each of whom has retold a myth in a contemporary and memorable way. Authors in the series include Karen Armstrong, Margaret Atwood, A.S. Byatt, David Grossman, Natsuo Kirino, Alexander McCall Smith, Philip Pullman, Ali Smith and Jeanette Winterson.

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** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER ****A BBC BETWEEN COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ**Go back to where it all began with the dystopian novel behind the award-winning TV series.''As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it'' GuardianI believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford - her assigned name, Offred, means ''of Fred''. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.''A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist'', Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other.

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'It isn't running away they're afraid of. We wouldn't get far. It's those other escapes, the ones you can open in yourself, given a cutting edge'. Offred is a Handmaid. She has only one function: to breed. If she refuses to play her part she will, like all dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. She may walk daily to the market and utter demure words to other Handmaid's, but her role is fixed, her freedom a forgotten concept. Offred remembers her old life - love, family, a job, access to the news. It has all been taken away. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire. Includes exclusive content: In The 'Backstory' you can read Margaret Atwood's account of how she came to write this landmark dystopian novel. "Compulsively readable". (Daily Telegraph).

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** THE SUNDAY TIMES NO. 1 BESTSELLER ****A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BIG JUBILEE READ**Discover the cultural phenomenon behind the award-winning TV series that feels all the more powerful and prescient in a post-Roe vs. Wade world.''As relevant today as it was when Atwood wrote it'' GuardianI believe in the resistance as I believe there can be no light without shadow; or rather, no shadow unless there is also light.Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known as the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford - her assigned name, Offred, means ''of Fred''. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs.Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.''A fantastic, chilling story. And so powerfully feminist'', Bernardine Evaristo, author of Girl, Woman, Other.

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By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GraceThese short fictions and prose poems are beautifully bizarre: bread can no longer be thought of as wholesome comforting loaves; the pretensions of the male chef are subjected to a loght roasting; a poisonous brew is concocted by cynical five year olds; and knowing when to stop is of deadly importance in a game of Murder in the Dark.* 'Direct, unpretentious, humorous' SUNDAY TIMES.

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Offred is a Handmaid in The Republic of Gilead, a religious totalitarian state in what was formerly known the United States. She is placed in the household of The Commander, Fred Waterford - her assigned name, Offred, means `of Fred'. She has only one function: to breed. If Offred refuses to enter into sexual servitude to repopulate a devastated world, she will be hanged. Yet even a repressive state cannot eradicate hope and desire. As she recalls her pre-revolution life in flashbacks, Offred must navigate through the terrifying landscape of torture and persecution in the present day, and between two men upon which her future hangs. Masterfully conceived and executed, this haunting vision of the future places Margaret Atwood at the forefront of dystopian fiction.

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NOW A SMASH-HIT CHANNEL 4 TV SERIES Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She has only one function: to breed. If she deviates, she will, like dissenters, be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness. But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire - neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs. Brilliantly conceived and executed, this powerful evocation of twenty-first century America explores a world in which oppression of women, and repression of the truth, have become justified. 'Compulsively readable' Daily Telegraph.

Objev podobné jako The Handmaid´s Tale - Margaret Atwoodová

A dazzling collection of fifteen stories from Margaret Atwood, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning author of The Handmaid's Tale and The TestamentsMargaret Atwood is celebrated as one of the most gifted storytellers in the world.These stories explore the full warp and weft of experience, from two best friends disagreeing about their shared past, to the right way to stop someone from choking; from a daughter determining if her mother really is a witch, to what to do with inherited relics such as World War II parade swords.They feature beloved cats, a confused snail, Martha Gellhorn, George Orwell, philosopher-astronomer-mathematician Hypatia of Alexandria, a cabal of elderly female academics, and an alien tasked with retelling human fairy tales.At the heart of the collection is a stunning sequence that follows a married couple as they travel the road together, the moments big and small that make up a long life of love -- and what comes after.The glorious range of Atwood's creativity and humanity is on full beam in these tales, which by turns delight, illuminate and quietly devastate.

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„It’s got a thunderstorm in it. And revenge. Definitely revenge.’ Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he’s staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional wounds. Or that was the plan. Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel, haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter, Miranda. And also brewing revenge. After twelve years, revenge finally arrives in the shape of a theatre course at a nearby prison. Here, Felix and his inmate actors will put on his Tempest and snare the traitors who destroyed him. It’s magic! But will it remake Felix as his enemies fall? Margaret Atwood’s novel take on Shakespeare’s play of enchantment, revenge and second chances leads us on an interactive, illusion-ridden journey filled with new surprises and wonders of its own.Margaret Atwood is the author of more than forty books of fiction, poetry and critical essays including The Handmaid’s Tale, the Booker-winning The Blind Assassin, the MaddAddam trilogy and her latest novel, The Heart Goes Last. Her work has received many awards around the world. She has also worked as a cartoonist, illustrator, librettist, playwright and puppeteer. Her first encounters with Shakespeare took place in the 1950s at her Toronto high school, and she has consistently named him as one of the most important influences on her own work. 'The Tempest is, in some ways, an early multi-media musical. If Shakespeare were working today he’d be using every special effect technology now makes available. But The Tempest is especially intriguing because of the many questions it leaves unanswered. What a strenuous pleasure it has been to wrestle with it!'

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The instant number one bestseller from the legendary Margaret AtwoodMy heart is broken, Nell thinks. But in our family we don't say, 'My heart is broken.' We say, 'Are there any cookies?'In this dazzling collection of stories we meet beloved cats, George Orwell, a daughter whose mother may or may not be a witch, a cabal of elderly female academics, and an alien tasked with retelling human fairy tales. And we meet and re-meet Nell and Tig, a long-married couple, and see the moments big and small that make up a life of love - and what comes after.'She's Margaret Atwood, and she can do anything' Ann Patchett'There is no greater living writer' Daily Telegraph'The outstanding novelist of our age' Sunday Times 'A living legend' New York Times Book Review

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Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a modern classic-and now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel. More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets. As Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.

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THE NUMBER 1 BESTSELLER AND WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 'The Testaments is Atwood at her best . . . To read this book is to feel the world turning' Anne Enright The Republic of Gilead is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, two girls with radically different experiences of the regime come face to face with the legendary, ruthless Aunt Lydia. But how far will each go for what she believes? Now with additional material: book club discussion points and an interview with Margaret Atwood about the real-life events that inspired The Testaments and The Handmaid's Tale. House

Objev podobné jako The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid's Tale - Margaret Atwoodová

Margaret Atwood's dystopian masterpiece, The Handmaid's Tale, has become a modern classic-and now she brings the iconic story to a dramatic conclusion in this riveting sequel. More than fifteen years after the events of The Handmaid's Tale, the theocratic regime of the Republic of Gilead maintains its grip on power, but there are signs it is beginning to rot from within. At this crucial moment, the lives of three radically different women converge, with potentially explosive results. Two have grown up as part of the first generation to come of age in the new order. The testimonies of these two young women are joined by a third voice: a woman who wields power through the ruthless accumulation and deployment of secrets. As Atwood unfolds The Testaments, she opens up the innermost workings of Gilead as each woman is forced to come to terms with who she is, and how far she will go for what she believes.

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The collection of a lifetime from the bestselling novelist, poet -- and cultural phenomenonBefore she became one of the world's most important and loved novelists, Margaret Atwood was a poet. Dearly is her first collection in over a decade. It brings together many of her most recognisable and celebrated themes, but distilled -- from minutely perfect descriptions of the natural world to startlingly witty encounters with aliens, from pressing political issues to myth and legend.By turns moving, playful and wise, the poems gathered in Dearly are about absences and endings, ageing and retrospection, but also about gifts and renewals. They explore bodies and minds in flux, as well as the everyday objects and rituals that embed us in the present. Werewolves, sirens and dreams make their appearance, as do various forms of animal life and fragments of our damaged environment.Dearly is a pure Atwood delight, and long-term readers and new fans alike will treasure its insight, empathy and humour.

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Kočičí oko je kouzelná skleněnka, která mění svět. Z dívky, která se skrze ni dívala, vyrostla uznávaná malířka, jejíž život i dílo silně poznamenaly zážitky z dětství a dospívání. Když se Elaine po letech vrací do rodného Toronta, je to pro ni zároveň cesta do hloubi vlastní paměti. Nejostřeji vystupují vzpomínky na Cordelii, nemilosrdnou a jindy nečekaně labilní vůdkyní skupiny dívek, která Elaine kdysi šikanovala. Román zasazený do Kanady druhé poloviny 20. století sahá od konce druhé světové války až do osmdesátých let a krom toho, že je brilantní sondou do dívčí psychiky a nevyzpytatelných a mnohdy krutých pravidel, jež ovládají přátelství mezi dívkami, nabízí také neotřelý pohled na řadu kulturních fenoménů té doby, včetně feminismu a různých proudů moderního umění. "Kočičí oko je naprosto nevšední a stojí za pozornost, je vtipné, ale právě tak i vážné, a překypuje zázračnou moudrostí."

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Soubor povídek o počátku pandemie v New Yorku vymyšlený Margaret Atwoodovou. Koncept spočívá ve hře pro celou skupinu autorů. Výchozí situace: Kdo stihl před karanténou odjet z města na venkov, udělal to. Statisíce lidí však v New Yorku zůstalo, třeba jako obyvatelé jednoho činžáku. Skoro nikam se nesmí, ale střecha je pěkně plochá a dá se tam posedět. Někdo přinese křeslo, někdo basu piv a lidé se tam začínají scházet, bez mobilů, zato každý se svým příběhem. Soused pozná soused a hned se pandemie překonává o něco lépe. Mezi další autory povídkového souboru patří Neil Gaiman, David Byrne, John Grisham, Dave Eggers atd.

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Set in a Lower East Side tenement in the early days of the COVID-19 lockdowns, Fourteen Days is an irresistibly propulsive collaborative novel from the Authors Guild, with an unusual twist: each character in this diverse, eccentric cast of New York neighbors has been secretly written by a different, major literary voice—from Margaret Atwood and Celeste Ng to Tommy Orange and John Grisham. One week into the COVID-19 shutdown, tenants of a Lower East Side apartment building in Manhattan have begun to gather on the rooftop and tell stories. With each passing night, more and more neighbors gather, bringing chairs and milk crates and overturned pails. Gradually the tenants—some of whom have barely spoken to each other—become real neighbors. In this Decameron-like serial novel, general editors Margaret Atwood and Douglas Preston and a star-studded list of contributors create a beautiful ode to the people who couldn’t escape when the pandemic hit. A dazzling, heartwarming, and ultimately surprising narrative, Fourteen Days reveals how beneath the horrible loss and suffering, some communities managed to become stronger.

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Audiokniha: Musíme všichni táhnout za jeden provaz, nebo na něm budeme viset každý zvlášť. A co když ne? I patnáct let poté, co služebnice Fredova uprchla z Republiky Gileád, trvá na území Nové Anglie krutovláda založená na zotročení zdravých žen schopných rodit děti. Stav prohnilého režimu nám nyní střídavě přibližuje trojice mluvčích, jejichž postoje si nemohou být vzdálenější. Pravověrná teta Lydie coby spoluautorka gileádské ideologie se setkává s Ágnes z řad místních privilegovaných, která se vlivem pletich ocitla v jejím klášteře jako novicka. A k oběma zpoza hranic svobodné Kanady přistupuje rebelka Daisy, pátrající po nejasnostech ve svém rodokmenu. Trojhlas vypravěček postupně odkrývá netušené vazby i známou pravdu, že historie se zlomyslně rýmuje. I Češi kdysi na vlastní kůži poznali, že ani svět pokřivený totalitou nebývá černobílý a nepřežil by bez šedé zóny soukromých motivací. A že se především neobejde bez lásky, jež bude vždy silnější než smrt. Dlouho očekávané pokračování bestselleru Příběh služebnice. Kniha získala Bookerovu cenu za román roku 2019.

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From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays -- funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient -- which seek answers to Burning Questions such as: Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories?How can we live on our planet?What do zombies have to do with authoritarianism?In Burning Questions Atwood aims her prodigious intellect and impish humour at our world, and reports back to us on what she finds. The roller-coaster period covered in the collection brought an end to the end of history, a financial crash, the rise of Trump and a pandemic. From debt to tech, the climate crisis to freedom; from when to dispense advice to the young (answer: only when asked) to how to define granola, we have no better questioner of the many and varied mysteries of our human universe.INCLUDES NEW ESSAYS FOR PAPERBACK

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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.

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By the author of The Handmaid's Tale and Alias GraceAtwood entices us to flip through the photo album of a Canadian woman who closely resembles herself. Come here, sit beside me, she seems to say. Then she takes us on an emotional journey through loneliness, love, loss and old age' Sarah Emily Miano, THE TIMESShort stories that trace the course of a life, and the lives intertwined with it - MORAL DISORDER is Margaret Atwood at her very finest. 'Funny, touching, beady-eyed, slouchily elegant, giving us family life in all its horrors. The secret resentments and alignments - difficult siblings, unfair parents, hopeless yearnings and rage - are funny to read about, hellish to experience. Atwood makes it look so easy, doing what she does best: tenderly dissecting the human heart . . . A marvellous writer' Lee Langley, DAILY MAIL'A model of distillation, precision, clarity and detail . . . Atwood writes with compassion and intensity not only about her characters but also about the 20th century itself' Mary Flanagan, INDEPENDENT'MORAL DISORDER is an infinitely ingenious and perceptive study, as intimate as a self-portrait but with an epic breadth of vision. It deserves to become a quiet classic' Charlotte Moore, SPECTATOR.

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Historický román Alias Grace je založen na skutečných událostech, vraždách Thomase Kinneara a Nancy Montgomeryové, z nichž byla obviněna mladičká služebná Grace Marksová a sluha James McDermott. Za mladou Grace, trpící ztrátou paměti, přijíždí do věznice po deseti letech mladý psychiatr Simon Jordan, aby se v ní pokusil vzkřísit pohřbené vzpomínky a zjistil, jestli zločin skutečně spáchala. Během dlouhých rozhovorů hledá cestu do její paměti skrz sny a dotazy na dětství strávené v Irsku, odkud se celá rodina přesunula do Kanady za lepším životem. Přes původně čistě profesionální zájem o Gracin případ se postupně zaplétá do jejího příběhu. Gracino vyprávění i Jordanovy životní peripetie se odehrávají v kulisách Kanady první poloviny 19. století. Propracovaný historický román patří mezi nejdůležitější a nejčtenější díla Margaret Atwoodové - v roce 2017 podle něj natočila společnost Netflix oceňovaný televizní seriál. "Alias Grace uhání kupředu tempem komerčního román a má sílu budoucí klasiky." - Washington Post Book World "Ať už je Grace z pera Margaret Atwoodové zloduška, nebo oběť, vždycky je to fascinující společnice." - People "V románu Alias Grace je všechno, co má fantastická knížka mít: napětí, tajemství, vzrušení a dokonale propracované historické prostředí." - St. Louis Post-Dispatch

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Audiokniha: OZNAČENÍ VRAŽEDKYNĚ JE CEJCH. ZATOČILO S NÍ PRÁVO NEPRÁVEM? Ve staré Kanadě se píše rok 1859 a původem irská služtička Grace Marksová sedí už šestnáctým rokem ve vězení za vraždu svého pána a jeho rozverné hospodyňky. Soud dospěl k přesvědčení, že Grace je oba ještě v dívčím věku zabila a až do zatčení se projevovala neobyčejně chladnokrevně. Protože jí obhájce ex offo poradil hrát nepříčetnou, unikla šibenici a vyvázla „pouze“ s doživotním trestem, byť možná žádný zločin nespáchala. Kdo je tu oběť? To hodlá na popud dobročinného spolku vypátrat zapálený příznivce rodícího se oboru psychiatrie dr. Simon Jordan, který začal za odsouzenou docházet, aby ji přiměl mluvit – pochopitelně za nejpřísnějších viktoriánských opatření. Zrcadlo nastavené dávnému kanadskému justičnímu dramatu nám zásluhou autorky světové extratřídy umožní zjistit leccos o odsouzené, o době, o sobě i o povaze lidské pravdy. Jsme přece vždy a všude „tím, co si pamatujeme, ale i tím, co zapomínáme“. Podle románu natočila společnost Netflix v roce 2017 oceňovaný televizní seriál se Sarah Gadonovou (Nebezpečná metoda, Cosmopolis, Rozhořčení) a Annou Paquinovou (Piano, X-Men, True Blood) v hlavních rolích. „Vynikající. Autorčin pronikavý text je natolik důvěrný, jako by byl psaný na tělo.“ – Hilary Mantelová, Literary Review.

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Pigs might not fly but they are strangely altered. So, for that matter, are wolves and racoons. A man, once named Jimmy, lives in a tree, wrapped in old bedsheets, now calls himself Snowman. The voice of Oryx, the woman he loved, teasingly haunts him. And the green-eyed Children of Crake are, for some reason, his responsibility.

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Audiokniha: Dystopická vize ukazuje blízkou budoucnost na půdě dnešních Spojených států amerických, které se proměnily v republiku Gileád a vlády se chopil klerofašistický režim, jenž militantně volá po návratu k tradičním hodnotám. Země se potýká s ekologickými katastrofami a ztrátou lidské plodnosti, takže ženy, které ještě mohou mít děti, jsou jako „služebnice“ nuceny k sexuálnímu otroctví v rodinách velitelů, aby s nimi zplodily potomky místo neplodných chotí. Jednou z nich je i vypravěčka, která musí obezřetně manévrovat mezi Veliteli, jejich krutými Manželkami, hospodyněmi Martami i ostatními Služebnicemi – protože kdokoli z nich může být špionem Gileádu. Podle románu vznikl v roce 2017 úspěšný a oceňovaný televizní seriál s Elisabeth Moss, Josephem Fiennesem či Alexis Bledel v hlavních rolích. Připravuje se i jeho druhá řada, která už bude příběhem pouze inspirována. V roce 1990 byl natočen také stejnojmenný celovečerní film v režii Volkera Schlöndorffa (Plechový bubínek), v němž si zahrály např. Natasha Richardson či Faye Dunaway a scénář k němu napsal známý anglický dramatik Harold Pinter. Nahrávka obsahuje bonusovou kapitolu, napsanou autorkou POUZE pro audio verzi (v knize ji tedy nenajdete). Margaret Atwoodová (* 1939) Kanadská spisovatelka, básnířka, literární kritička, a feministická a sociální aktivistka je jednou z nejvíce ceněných autorek beletrie současné doby; za její literární dílo se jí dostalo mezinárodního uznání. Mezi lety 1984 až 1986 byla prezidentkou PEN klubu. Studovala na University of Toronto a později také na Harvard University. Vyučovala na University of British Columbia (v roce 1965), Sir George Williams University in Montreal (1967–1968), University of Alberta (1969–1979), York University (1971–1972) a New York University. Za román Příběh služebnice (BB art, 2008) získala vůbec první ocenění Arthur C. Clarke Award za nejlepší vědeckofantastický román, podle kterého byl v roce 2017 natočený úspěšný televizní seriál s herečkou Elisabeth Moss (seriály Mad Men, Top of the Lake) v hlavní roli. Česky vyšlo množství jejích próz jako Ublížení na těle (Odeon, 1989), Muzeum zkamenělin (Odeon, 2002), Přežívá nejsmutnější (Mladá Fronta, 2005), Z hlubin (NLN, 2006), Penelopiáda (Argo, 2007), Pýthie (Mladá Fronta, 2009), a povídkových sbírek Modrovousovo vejce (Volvox Globator, 2002), Hra na vraha (BB art, 2004), Dobré kosti (BB art, 2005) i dalších. Zuzana Kajnarová (* 1982) Už během studia na gymnáziu navštěvovala Herecké studio Mileny Asmanové a spolupracovala s činohrou Národního divadla Moravskoslezského v Ostravě. Poté studovala na pražské DAMU – ve třetím ročníku začala hostovat v Divadle ABC a do Městských divadel pražských také později nastoupila do stálého angažmá. Do povědomí filmových diváků se dostala díky roli služebné Dorotky v úspěšné pohádce Anděl Páně (2005). Pravidelně se objevuje v televizních seriálech, např. Redakce, Místo v životě, Proč bychom se netopili, Přešlapy, Vyprávěj, Labyrint či Specialisté. Martin Myšička (* 1970) Vystudoval činoherní herectví na pražské DAMU a Matematicko-fyzikální fakultu v oboru subnukleární fyziky. Ještě během studií hrál např. v Národním divadle nebo ve Studiu Ypsilon. V roce 1994 získal Cenu Alfréda Radoka jako talent roku za roli Knížete Myškina v dramatu Idiot. Od roku 1997 je ve stálém angažmá v Dejvickém divadle, od roku 2017 zde působí jako umělecký šéf. Jeho režijním debutem byla inscenace hry Joea Penhalla Krajina se zbraní. Filmoví a televizní diváci jej znají např. ze snímků Šeptej (1996), Jedna ruka netleská (2003), Karamazovi (2008), Protektor (2009), Občanský průkaz (2010), Rozkoš (2013), Díra u Hanušovic (2014), Ztraceni v Mnichově (2015), Zločin v Polné (2016) nebo ze seriálů Čtvrtá hvězda (2014), Vraždy v kruhu (2015), Pět mrtvých psů (2016), V. I. P. vraždy (2016), Já, Mattoni (2016), Kosmo (2016), Bohéma (2017) a dalších.

Objev podobné jako Příběh služebnice - Margaret Atwoodová - audiokniha

Audiokniha: Dystopická vize ukazuje budoucnost USA, jež se proměnily v republiku Gileád s vládnoucím klerofašistickým režimem, který militantně volá po návratu k tradičním hodnotám. Země se potýká s ekologickými katastrofami a ztrátou lidské plodnosti, takže ženy, které ještě mohou mít děti, jsou jako "služebnice" nuceny k sexuálnímu otroctví v rodinách velitelů, aby s nimi zplodily potomky namísto neplodných chotí. Jednou z nich je i vypravěčka, která musí obezřetně manévrovat mezi veliteli, jejich manželkami, hospodyněmi zvanými Marty i ostatními „služebnicemi“… Literární předloha filmu i úspěšného televizního seriálu. Délka nahrávky: 11 hodin 57 minut Interpret: Zuzana Kajnarová a Martin Myšička Formát: CD mp3.

Objev podobné jako Příběh služebnice - Margaret Atwoodová - audiokniha

eBook: Největší žijící kanadská spisovatelka s živelností sobě vlastní přetváří zápletku Shakespearovy tvůrčí závěti BOUŘE (1611) tak, aby v duchu alžbětinského barda poukázala nejen na křivdy a mříže, které nás uvnitř vězní, ale i na svátost odpuštění. Věhlasný divadelník Felix byl intrikány vyštípán ze svého postu, což pro něj znamená další katastrofu. Přesto nezahálí a podobně jako mág Prospero spřádá pomstu. V kuriózním divadelním kroužku, kde se mu coby nástroj zúčtování nabídne směska zločinců bažících po vzruchu, zinscenuje představení, jímž soky zasáhne na nejcitlivějším místě. V mistrovském provedení Margaret Atwoodové se ambiciózní námět divadla v kriminále hladce mění v grotesku, v níž místy mrazí a místy tajeme úlevou nad tím, že svět nepřestal být jevištěm a my na něm pouhými herci.

Objev podobné jako Kus temnoty - Margaret Atwoodová - e-kniha

From cultural icon Margaret Atwood comes a brilliant collection of essays -- funny, erudite, endlessly curious, uncannily prescient -- which seek answers to Burning Questions such as: Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories?How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating?How can we live on our planet? Is it true? And is it fair?What do zombies have to do with authoritarianism?In over fifty pieces Atwood aims her prodigious intellect and impish humour at our world, and reports back to us on what she finds. The roller-coaster period covered in the collection brought an end to the end of history, a financial crash, the rise of Trump and a pandemic. From debt to tech, the climate crisis to freedom; from when to dispense advice to the young (answer: only when asked) to how to define granola, we have no better questioner of the many and varied mysteries of our human universe. 'Brilliant and funny' Joan Didion'She's taken our times and made us wise to them' Ali Smith'Lights a fire from the fears of our age . . . Miraculously balances humor, outrage, and beauty' New York Times Book Review'All over the reading world, the history books are being opened to the next blank page and Atwood's name is written at the top of it' Anne Enright, Guardian'The outstanding novelist of our age' Sunday Times** A 2022 Book to Look Forward To in The Times, i, Financial Times, Guardian, Evening Standard, New Statesman, Cosmopolitan and SheerLuxe **

Objev podobné jako Burning Questions : Essays 2004-2021 - Margaret Atwoodová

Nejnovější povídkovou tvorbu oceňované kanadské autorky rámují reflexe šťastného soužití a proměny času po ztrátě nejbližší bytosti. Nejen věnování zesnulému Graemu Gibsonovi, s nímž spisovatelka sdílela téměř padesát let, zájmy i příznačný smysl pro humor, ale především láskyplnost a bolest napovídají, že jde o text silně, byť nepřiznaně autobiografický. Margaret Atwoodová dnešních dní alias Nell vzpomíná na ztřeštěnosti podzimu života, toulky milovanou přírodou či na snahu zvěčnit kocoura v přebásnění Tennysona. Probírá se tchánovou pozůstalostí a vlivem války na lidskou psychiku. Zakopává o věci, které nám zůstávají po tom, kdo vlastně nikdy tak docela neodešel. A dál píše. O matce, jež neodpovídá společenským představám, o mimozemském stvoření, které za pandemie baví lidstvo v karanténě absurditou našich dávných příběhů, o převtělení šneka do bankovní operátorky. Rozmlouvá s Orwellem nebo glosuje historii očima umučené antické filozofky. A je přitom břitká a neodolatelná jako vždycky.

Objev podobné jako A jestli umřeli, žijí tam spolu dodnes - Margaret Atwoodová

An extraordinary career-spanning collection from one of the most revered poets and storytellers of our ageTracing the legacy of Margaret Atwood – a writer who has fundamentally shaped our contemporary literary landscapes – Paper Boat assembles Atwood’s most vital poems in one essential volume. In pieces that are at once brilliant, beautiful and hyper-imagined, Atwood gives voices to remarkably drawn characters – mythological figures, animals and everyday people – all of whom have something to say about what it means to live in a world as strange as our own. ‘How can one live with such a heart?’ Atwood asks, casting her singular spell upon the reader, and ferrying us through life, death and whatever comes next.Walking the tightrope between reality and fantasy as only she can, Atwood’s journey through poetry illuminates our most innate joys and sorrows, desires and fears. Spanning six decades of work – from her earliest beginnings to brand new poems – this volume charts the evolution of one of our most iconic and necessary authors.

Objev podobné jako Paper Boat: New and Selected Poems 1961-2023 - Margaret Atwoodová

A fun and fearless anthology of feminist tales, by sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers.''Wonderful . . . all killer, no filler'' Red Magazine''Dazzling stories, as inventive as they are inspiring'' Daily Mirror''Where power and feminist rage meet'' StylistBANSHEE. DRAGON. TYGRESS. SHE-DEVIL. HUSSY. SIREN. WENCH. HARRIDAN. MUCKRAKER. SPITFIRE. VITUPERATOR. CHURAIL. TERMAGANT. FURY. WARRIOR. VIRAGO.For centuries past, and all across the world, there are words that have defined and decried us. Words that raise our hackles, fire up our blood; words that tell a story. In this blazing cauldron of a book, sixteen bestselling, award-winning writers have taken up their pens and reclaimed these words, creating an entertaining and irresistible collection of feminist tales for our time.

Objev podobné jako Furies - Emma Donoghue, Shamsie Kamila, Stella Duffy, Margaret Atwoodová, Caroline O'Donoghue, Smith Ali, Onuzo Chibundu, Linda Grant, Susie Boyt, Kir

Kings become outcasts and lovers become foes in The Faithless Hawk, the thrilling sequel to Margaret Owen's The Merciful Crow. As the new chieftain of the Crows, Fie knows better than to expect a royal to keep his word. Still she's hopeful that Prince Jasimir will fulfill his oath to protect her fellow Crows. But then black smoke fills the sky, signaling the death of King Surimir and the beginning of Queen Rhusana's merciless bid for the throne. With the witch queen using the deadly plague to unite the nation of Sabor against Crows--and add numbers to her monstrous army--Fie and her band are forced to go into hiding, leaving the country to be ravaged by the plague. However, they're all running out of time before the Crows starve in exile and Sabor is lost forever. A desperate Fie calls on old allies to help take Rhusana down from within her own walls. But inside the royal palace, the only difference between a conqueror and a thief is an army. To survive, Fie must unravel not only Rhusana's plot, but ancient secrets of the Crows--secrets that could save her people, or set the world ablaze.

Objev podobné jako The Faithless Hawk - Margaret Owen

East Anglia, 1645. Martha Hallybread, a midwife, healer and servant, has lived for more than four decades in her beloved coastal village of Cleftwater. Everyone knows Martha, but no one has ever heard her speak.One Autumn morning, the peaceful atmosphere of Cleftwater is shattered by a sinister arrival and Martha becomes a silent witness to a witch-hunt.As a trusted member of the community, she is enlisted to search the bodies of the accused women. But whilst Martha wants to help her friends, she also harbours a dark secret that could cost her own freedom. In desperation, she revives a wax witching doll that she inherited from her mother, in the hope that it will bring protection.But the doll's true powers are unknowable, the tide is turning, and time is running out . . .An immersive and deeply moving novel inspired by true events, The Witching Tide breathes new life into history whilst holding up a mirror to the world we live in now.A story of loyalty and betrayal, fear and obsession, the impact of misogyny and the power of resistance, it is a magnificent debut from a striking new literary voice.

Objev podobné jako The Witching Tide - Margaret Meyer

The pampered daughter of a wealthy Georgian plantation owner of Irish descent, sixteen-year-old Scarlett O'Hara soon realizes that young men can't resist her charms, despite her forthright manners and her refusal to embrace her mother's ladylike ways. Her romantic intrigues lead her to an early marriage, but when the war between the Union and the Southern States breaks out and she is left a young widow, Scarlett's life is turned upside down, and she finds herself embroiled, together with the world surrounding her, in a long struggle for survival. Both a coming-of-age tale and a historical epic, Gone with the Wind is regarded as one of the great American novels, and is perhaps one of the most popular stories in the Western canon. Famously inspiring the iconic 1939 Oscar-winning film starring Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable, it is Margaret Mitchell's only published novel, and a living testament to the irrepressible resilience of the American spirit.

Objev podobné jako Gone with the Wind - Margaret Mitchellová

A brilliant - and rather transgressive - collection of short stories from the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies.Including a new story The School of English.

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eBook: A young women is kidnapped and made Empress of The Blazing World. Taking root in this new community, she adapts to the culture and ways of the alien population, exploring the vast universe with their help. But when an invasion looms, she undertakes the role of a military leader. Will our protagonist follow in the footsteps of Earth’s Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar? And more importantly, can she conquer the land she once called home? Serving as the only known female work of utopian fiction in the 17th century, Margaret Cavendish’s quick witted and insightful novella weaves adventure, romance and autobiography in one impressive epic. Ideal for fans of Apple TV’s hit adaption of Isaac Asimov’s ‘Foundation’ series. Scare seekers will also admire 2021’s fantasy horror-thriller ‘The Blazing World’, inspired by Cavendish’s text. ‘The Blazing World’ is a must read for utopian fanatics who dare to question it all. Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, (1623-1673) was an English philosopher, poet, scientist, fiction writer and playwright. Spending most of the English Civil War in France, she wrote in her own name during a period when most female writers remained anonymous. Celebrated today as the first female writer of utopian and science fiction, her work spans topics of gender, power, scientific methods and philosophy. ‘The Blazing World’ remains as one of the earliest works of science fiction today. Challenging the contemporary belief that women were inferior to men, Cavendish advocated for women’s education and became the first woman to attend a meeting at the Royal Society of London.

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''Gorgeous prose, delicious magic'' V.E. SCHWAB Let''s get one thing straight - Vanja Schmidt wasn''t trying to start a cult. A scrappy jewel thief must outwit gods, injustice, and her own past in this sequel to Little Thieves by Margaret Owen. After breaking a deadly curse, and finding romance with the vexingly scrupulous Emeric Conrad, Vanja is ready for the straight and narrow.That is, until she runs into trouble, and invents a goddess to scam her way out. But Vanja''s lies spin out of control when Emeric appears to investigate, and the deity manifests, claiming him as her virgin sacrifice.Now, Emeric must discover whether Vanja is guilty of fraud - or if his life really is on the line. And with a simple way to save Emeric looming over them, he and Vanja face an even more dangerous question: is there a future for them, and at what price? Readers Love Margaret Owen''It''s the perfect sequel to Little Thieves. I enjoyed Little Thieves but this one was just amazing'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''Putting this up there in the book of the year category! I loved the first installment Little Thieves, I ADORE this second installment'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''The story: This story was DELIGHTFUL. The pining. The accidental cult. The family. I did not expect to feel feelings, but HOO BOY DID I'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''I would read 50 of these novels following the trials and tribulations of Emeric and Vanja''s lives. There''s something about Margaret Owens writing that translates into some sort of written sit com'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐''I really enjoyed this book, the plot was as chaotic as the characters, flitting from sub-plot to sub-plot all the while having Emeric''s looming sacrifice hanging over their heads. It''s funny, ferocious in parts and filled with heart'' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Objev podobné jako Painted Devils: The delightful sequel to Little Thieves - Margaret Owen

Classic / British EnglishGone with the Wind is a story of love and war and one of the best-selling books of all time. Part 1 follows the popular but selfish Scarlett OHara, the gentlemanly Ashley Wilkes, and dangerous but charming Rhett Butler as their world is destroyed in the terrible American Civil War.

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 4: Gone with the Wind Part 1 - Mitchell Margaret

Classic / British EnglishGone with the Wind is a great romantic story of love and war and one of the best-selling books of all time. In Part 2, the American Civil War has destroyed Scarlett OHaras comfortable world. Will she lose her home too? Or can she save it and rebuild her life?

Objev podobné jako PER | Level 4: Gone with the Wind Part 2 - Mitchell Margaret

Publikace nabízí zkrácenou verzi známého milostného příběhu, který se okamžitě po svém vydání v roce 1936 stal světovým bestsellerem. Upravená verze je určena pro mírně pokročilé studenty angličtiny. Anglický text doplňuje český zrcadlový překlad, který čtenářům umožní zkontrolovat, zda cizojazyčnému textu správně porozuměli. V závěru knihu doplňují zajímavé informace o autorce a stejnojmenném filmu. Audionahrávka, na níž text vypráví rodilá mluvčí, je k dispozici zdarma na stránkách nakladatelství.

Objev podobné jako Jih proti Severu / Gone with the Wind B1/B2 - Margaret Mitchellová, Sabrina D. Harris

Best compilation of work by one of the great pioneers of photography Spectacular gallery of the great and good of Victorian England At the age of 48, when she moved to the Isle of Wight, Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879) was given a camera by her daughter: "It might amuse you, Mother, to try to photograph during your solitude at Freshwater." The gift was to begin Cameron’s short but prolific career as one of photography’s first great artists. "From the first moment I handled my lens with a tender ardour, and it has become to me as a living thing, with voice and memory and creative vigour." The modern interest in Cameron’s photography began with the pioneering 1926 book by her great-niece Virginia Woolf and art critic Roger Fry. Their essays and the original plates are reprinted here, together with Cameron’s own account of her life in photography, Annals of My Glass House, her only surviving poem, On a Portrait, and an introduction by Tristram Powell. Thirty-nine plates and other illustrations have been added, including many of Cameron’s most famous images.

Objev podobné jako Julia Margaret Cameron - Virginia Woolfová, Julia Margaret Cameron, Roger Fry

From the New York Times bestselling author of Sorcery of Thorns and An Enchantment of Ravens comes a thrilling new YA fantasy about a teen girl with mythic abilities who must defend her world against restless spirits of the dead. Perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare, Leigh Bardugo, Alexandra Bracken and Holly Black. The dead of Loraille do not rest. Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on. She'd rather deal with the dead than the living, who point and whisper about the odd girl who was once possessed by a violent spirit. When her convent is attacked by possessed soldiers, Artemisia fights back by awakening an ancient spirit bound to a high saint's relic. It is a revenant, a malevolent being now whispering in her head. Wielding its extraordinary power almost consumes her in body and soul. But death has come to Loraille, and only a vespertine, a priestess trained to wield a high relic, has a chance of stopping it. As Artemisia investigates a mystery of saints, secrets and dark magic, an ancient evil is stirring. Can an untrained girl, tormented by the burden of containing the revenant's devouring power, have any hope of defeating it?

Objev podobné jako Vespertine - Margaret Rogerson

Noční košile Margaret ELDAR černá barva z vysoce kvalitní viskózy krátké krajkové rukávy horní část z krajkové aplikace

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*THE TOP-TEN BESTSELLER* From the New York Times bestselling author of Sorcery of Thorns and An Enchantment of Ravens comes a thrilling new YA fantasy about a teen girl with mythic abilities who must defend her world against restless spirits of the dead. Perfect for fans of Cassandra Clare, Leigh Bardugo, Alexandra Bracken and Holly Black. The dead of Loraille do not rest.Artemisia is training to be a Gray Sister, a nun who cleanses the bodies of the deceased so that their souls can pass on. She'd rather deal with the dead than the living, who point and whisper about the odd girl who was once possessed by a violent spirit. When her convent is attacked by possessed soldiers, Artemisia fights back by awakening an ancient spirit bound to a high saint's relic.It is a revenant, a malevolent being now whispering in her head. Wielding its extraordinary power almost consumes her in body and soul. But death has come to Loraille, and only a vespertine, a priestess trained to wield a high relic, has a chance of stopping it.As Artemisia investigates a mystery of saints, secrets and dark magic, an ancient evil is stirring. Can an untrained girl, tormented by the burden of containing the revenant's devouring power, have any hope of defeating it?

Objev podobné jako Vespertine - Margaret Rogersonová

Alžběta a Margaret k sobě měly tak blízko, jak jen to šlo. Když se však jejich strýc Eduard VIII. nečekaně vzdal trůnu, vztah mezi nimi se dramaticky změnil. Margaret najednou musela před sestrou dělat pukrlata a podřizovat se jejím přáním. Její boj o místo a postavení v královském systému byl často zdrojem napětí. Tato emotivní sonda do života sester z britské královské rodiny přináší nečekaný obraz turbulentního vztahu a jeho proměn v průběhu let.

Objev podobné jako Alžběta & Margaret - Andrew Morton

Isobel se živí portrétováním zlověstných víl, jejichž touha po lidském umění hraničí s posedlostí. Při vytváření podobizny podzimního prince Havrana se však dívka dopustí strašlivé chyby. Namaluje mu do očí smutek, který ho může stát život i trůn. Rozzuřený Havran ji odvede do svého království, aby tam stanula před soudem. Vlivem nečekaných okolností se však oba postupně sblíží a Isobel zjistí, že u víl existuje ještě nebezpečnější emoce než zuřivost – láska.

Objev podobné jako Magie havranů - Margaret Rogersonová

Bývalá britská premiérka se ve své knize Umění vládnout (Statecraft, 2002) věnuje geopolitice a mezinárodní strategii a má ambici podat praktický návod k patřičné zahraniční politice pro nejbližší budoucnost. Její práce začíná reflexí konce studené války a připomínkou jejích nejvýraznějších osobností, především Ronalda Reagana. Na geopolitické šachovnici se pak Thatcherová rozmáchne se vskutku širokým záběrem: pojednává o velmocích (Americe a Rusku), o asijských mocnostech (především Číně a Indii) a posléze se věnuje aktuálním otázkám terorismu, gangsterských režimů, lidských práv a jejich zneužívání. V Evropě se nejprve vrací k balkánskému konfliktu, ale především se vyjadřuje k otázce evropské integrace, v níž kontroverzně navrhuje postupné vystoupení Spojeného království z Evropské unie. V závěrečné kapitole se věnuje demokratickému kapitalismu a jeho morálním předpokladům.

Objev podobné jako Umění vládnout - Margaret Thatcherová

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Objev podobné jako Pozlacený náhrdelník Lilou Margaret