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*Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*Shortlisted for the Booker PrizeEngland, 1930s. Christopher Banks has become the country’s most celebrated detective, his cases the talk of London society. Yet one unsolved crime has always haunted him: the mysterious disappearance of his parents, in old Shanghai, when he was a small boy. Moving between London and Shanghai of the interwar years, When We Were Orphans is a remarkable story of memory, intrigue and the need to return.‘You seldom read a novel that so convinces you it is extending the possibilities of fiction.’ John Carey, Sunday Times‘Ishiguro is the best and most original novelist of his generation and When We Were Orphans could be by no other writer. It haunts the mind. It moves to tears.’ Susan Hill, Mail on Sunday‘Discloses a writer not only near the height of his powers but in a league all of his own.’ Boyd Tonkin, Independent

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NEW stunning hardback edition showcasing the original E.H.Shepard art with Milne’s classic, timeless poetry for children.‘Hush! Hush! Whisper who dares! Christopher Robin is saying his prayers!''E.H.Shepard’s original, iconic artwork has been reproduced for this 100th anniversary range so it truely pays homage to the vividness of the original art that accompanied Milne’s classic, favourite stories.In this famous collection of verse for children, we join Christopher Robin and his friends for a trip to Buckingham Palace, learn what a King likes for his breakfast and meet a much-loved bear for the very first time.Curl up with A.A.Milne’s classic book of poetry for children, When We Were Very Young. This is the first volume of rhymes written especially for children by Milne – as popular now as when they were first written.This special 100th anniversary hardback collection is a heart-warming and funny introduction to children’s poetry, offering the same sense of humour, imagination and whimsy that we’ve come to expect from Milne''s favourite books about Winnie-the-Pooh, that Bear of Very Little Brain.This book is all the more special due to E.H.Shepard’s decorations, which are shown in full, glorious colour. They are truly iconic and contributed to him being known as ‘the man who drew Pooh’.Milne and Shepard had a unique working relationship for their time, in that they closely collaborated on the design of the storybooks and poetry. This joint approach to laying out the words and illustrations was clearly the perfect partnership; Shepard entirely captured the charm of Pooh’s world, created by Milne, resulting in the gorgeous books we all know and love.The nation’s favourite teddy bear has been delighting generations of children for nearly 100 years. Milne’s classic children’s stories – featuring Piglet, Eeyore, Christopher Robin and, of course, Pooh himself – are gently humorous while teaching lessons about friendship and kindness.Pooh ranks alongside other beloved character such as Paddington Bear, and Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage. Whether you’re 5 or 55, Pooh is the bear for all ages.Do you own all the classic Pooh titles?Winnie-the-PoohThe House at Pooh CornerWhen We Were Very YoungNow We Are SixReturn to the Hundred Acre WoodThe Best Bear in All the WorldOnce There Was a BearTales from the ForestWinter in the WoodSome retro reviews of the original publication in the 1920s:“To children it is something more than a volume, it is a treasure trove – richer in value than Aladdin’s Cave or any sunken Spanish galleon that ever carried gold from Peru. In literature it ranks with the highest and the greatest. It is a classic!”, Northern Weekly Gazette, 18th September 1926“Now, when Mr. A. A. Milne started the ‘Christopher Robin’ poems in ‘Punch’ he was starting something altogether bigger than he knew.”, Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 9th December 1926“When Mr. Milne began four years ago to write verses for his small son, and, through ‘Punch’, had the good fortune to have them illustrated by Mr. E. H. Shepard, he little realised that within a few months five continents would be clamouring for the adventures of ‘Christopher Robin’ and his pets.”, Sunday Express, 21st October 1928

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NEW stunning paperback edition showcasing the original E.H.Shepard art with Milne’s classic, timeless poetry for children.‘Hush! Hush! Whisper who dares! Christopher Robin is saying his prayers!''E.H.Shepard’s original, iconic artwork has been reproduced for this 100th anniversary range so it truely pays homage to the vividness of the original art that accompanied Milne’s classic, favourite stories.In this famous collection of verse for children, we join Christopher Robin and his friends for a trip to Buckingham Palace, learn what a King likes for his breakfast and meet a much-loved bear for the very first time.Curl up with A.A.Milne’s classic book of poetry for children, When We Were Very Young. This is the first volume of rhymes written especially for children by Milne – as popular now as when they were first written.This special 100th anniversary paperback collection is a heart-warming and funny introduction to children’s poetry, offering the same sense of humour, imagination and whimsy that we’ve come to expect from Milne''s favourite books about Winnie-the-Pooh, that Bear of Very Little Brain.This book is all the more special due to E.H.Shepard’s decorations, which are shown in full, glorious colour. They are truly iconic and contributed to him being known as ‘the man who drew Pooh’.Milne and Shepard had a unique working relationship for their time, in that they closely collaborated on the design of the storybooks and poetry. This joint approach to laying out the words and illustrations was clearly the perfect partnership; Shepard entirely captured the charm of Pooh’s world, created by Milne, resulting in the gorgeous books we all know and love.The nation’s favourite teddy bear has been delighting generations of children for nearly 100 years. Milne’s classic children’s stories – featuring Piglet, Eeyore, Christopher Robin and, of course, Pooh himself – are gently humorous while teaching lessons about friendship and kindness.Pooh ranks alongside other beloved character such as Paddington Bear, and Peter Rabbit as an essential part of our literary heritage. Whether you’re 5 or 55, Pooh is the bear for all ages.Do you own all the classic Pooh titles?Winnie-the-PoohThe House at Pooh CornerWhen We Were Very YoungNow We Are SixReturn to the Hundred Acre WoodThe Best Bear in All the WorldOnce There Was a BearTales from the ForestWinter in the WoodSome retro reviews of the original publication in the 1920s:“To children it is something more than a volume, it is a treasure trove – richer in value than Aladdin’s Cave or any sunken Spanish galleon that ever carried gold from Peru. In literature it ranks with the highest and the greatest. It is a classic!”, Northern Weekly Gazette, 18th September 1926“Now, when Mr. A. A. Milne started the ‘Christopher Robin’ poems in ‘Punch’ he was starting something altogether bigger than he knew.”, Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 9th December 1926“When Mr. Milne began four years ago to write verses for his small son, and, through ‘Punch’, had the good fortune to have them illustrated by Mr. E. H. Shepard, he little realised that within a few months five continents would be clamouring for the adventures of ‘Christopher Robin’ and his pets.”, Sunday Express, 21st October 1928

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Mesmerising, mythic and timeless - the most unmissable debut novel of 2022 - for fans of Arundhati Roy, Toni Morrison and Monique Roffey'Exceptional' Jacob Ross'Exquisite' Avni Doshi'Combining the richness of myth with razor-sharp observation of contemporary life, When We Were Birds marks the emergence of a distinctive and powerful voice' Pat Barker'It's a knockout, and Ayanna Lloyd Banwo is a star. I want to read everything she writes' Niven GovindenDarwin is a down-on-his-luck gravedigger, newly arrived in the Trinidadian city of Port Angeles to seek his fortune, young and beautiful and lost. Estranged from his mother and the Rastafari faith she taught him, he is convinced that the father he never met may be waiting for him somewhere amid these bustling streets.Meanwhile in an old house on a hill, where the city meets the rainforest, Yejide's mother is dying. And she is leaving behind a legacy that now passes to Yejide: the power to talk to the dead. The women of Yejide's family are human but also not - descended from corbeau, the black birds that fly east at sunset, taking with them the souls of the dead.Darwin and Yejide both have something that the other needs. Their destinies are intertwined, and they will find one another in the sprawling, ancient cemetery at the heart of the island, where trouble is brewing...Rich with magic and wisdom, When We Were Birds is an exuberant masterpiece that conjures and mesmerises on every line. Ayanna Lloyd Banwo weaves an unforgettable story of loss and renewal, darkness and light; a triumphant reckoning with a grief that runs back generations and a defiant, joyful affirmation of hope.

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Discover the dark boarding school psychological thriller, an exploration of power, corruption and retribution, perfect for fans of Girl A, My Dark Vanessa and Anatomy of a Scandal.''Excruciating suspense'' Stephen King‘One of the most compelling books I''ve ever read…compulsive, tender and chilling’ Jessica Bull, author of Miss Austen Investigates‘A powerful, unforgettable read’ Andrea Mara, bestselling author of No One Saw A Thing_“I’m not here for prestige. I’m here for revenge.”Lou Manson is an outsider when she joins the final-year class at Highfield Manor, Dublin’s most exclusive private school.Beyond the granite pillars and the wrought-iron gates is a world of wealth, privilege and potential.But Highfield is also hiding a dark secret – and Lou is here to expose it.When she befriends the beautiful and talented Shauna Power, her plans are thrown into turmoil. Speaking out against the school would mean betraying Shauna, and Lou soon discovers that the Highfield elite will go to any lengths to protect their own reputation . . .. . . Even when the consequences are fatal.Thirty years later, Lou is called to testify in a new lawsuit against Highfield. But telling the truth means confronting her past.And there is one story she swore she’d never tell . . ._Praise for When We Were Silent: ‘I love a great literary psychological drama. I devoured Fiona McPhillips''s debut, a lovechild of Tana French and Patricia Highsmith, but also totally original. Absolutely brilliant!’ John Boyne, bestselling author of The Heart’s Invisible Furies''A twisting, turning dive into a web of long-buried secrets'' Jane Harper, internationally bestselling author of Exiles''Utterly amazing . . . Powerful, moving, enraging'' Marian Keyes, Sunday Times bestselling author of Rachel’s Holiday''This book absolutely nails what it feels like to be young, female, powerless, and dead set on redemption'' Julia Heaberlin, author of We Are All The Same in the Dark''This suspenseful novel perfectly captures teenage intensity and anguish'' Guardian''Tense and unsettling'' New York Times''Taut, compelling, powerful and devastatingly relevant'' Louise O''Neill, bestselling author of Idol''Full of twists, turns and dark secrets'' Reader review''A beautifully written, compulsive read'' Reader review''Secrets, scandal, elitism, lies, memories, abuse, love, loss . . . This book has it all'' Reader review

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The brilliant new novel from the author of The Last Summer of the Water Strider ‘A sharp and very funny portrait of a brash era which is also a surprisingly tender take on flawed masculinity.’ Sarah Hughes, i paper ‘What a terrific novel - wickedly sharp, wildly entertaining - I was gripped from start to finish. With its twisty plots and interwoven characters it paints a vivid portrait of a crucial decade. It's laugh-out-loud funny, too. And with property porn thrown in, what's not to like’ Deborah MoggachMillennium Eve and six people gather on a London rooftop. Recently married, Frankie Blue watches with his wife, Veronica, as the sky above the Thames explodes into a kaleidoscope of light. His childhood companion, Colin, ineptly flirts with Roxy, an unlikely first date, while another old friend, Nodge, newly ‘out’, hides his insecurities from his waspish boyfriend. New Labour are at their zenith. The economy booms, awash with cheap credit. The arrival of the smartphone heralds the sudden and vast expansion of social media. Mass immigration from Eastern Europe leave many unsettled while religious extremism threatens violent conflict. An estate agent in a property boom, Frankie is focused simply on getting rich. But can he survive the coming crash? And what will become of his friends - and his marriage - as they are scoured by the winds of change? When We Were Rich finds the characters introduced in Tim Lott's award-winning 1999 debut, White City Blue, struggling to make sense of a new era. Sad, shocking and often hilarious, it is an acutely observed novel of all our lives, set during what was for some a golden time - and for others a nightmare, from which we are yet to wake up. ‘Wickedly funny and deeply humane. I loved this book’ Sadie Jones ‘Tim Lott revisits the years between millennium fever and the financial crisis, and brings this already long-lost era back to life in a novel every bit as evocative and compelling as we would expect from this prodigiously gifted author’ Jonathan Coe Praise for The Last Summer of the Water Strider: 'I was very moved by The Last Summer of the Water Strider, which is both exquisitely specific to time and place and universal in its examination of humanity, grief and the bizarre prisons that people build for themselves - and one another. Funny, fascinating, mysterious and provocative' Sadie Jones, author of The Outcast'Great storytelling and superb characterisation. Very few writers can evoke quintessential Englishness in its myriad forms like Tim Lott. I loved it' Irvine Welsh'Lott is excellent when it comes to the psychology of a grieving adolescent' Observer

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A sweeping tale of love and loss, perfect for fans of Taylor Jenkins Reid and David Nicholls''Gloriously nostalgic and beautifully emotional..'' The Sun''Elaine Hastings’ stunning debut will keep you turning the pages until you close the book and either reach for someone you love, or get on the move and create something!’ Jessica Anya BlauSpring, 1994. Will, a talented busker, falls for Emily, a quirky art student. By 1997, Will is playing Glastonbury’s Pyramid Stage, and Emily is unveiling her first gallery show. They spend a whirlwind summer touring with Will''s band, caught up in their love for their art and each other.But within two years, Will is dead.Spring, 2016. Emily remains single. Her art is long forgotten. Now, life revolves around her 16-year-old daughter, Liv. But when Emily accidentally reveals she once knew Will, Liv is stunned. How could her ordinary, predictable mother have known someone like Will Bailey?And why does Emily blame herself for his death?Interweaving dual timelines, When We Were Young explores what it means to have loved and lost, and reminds you that the ones you love can set you free.

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Darwin is a down-on-his-luck gravedigger, newly arrived in the Trinidadian city of Port Angeles to seek his fortune, young and beautiful and lost. Estranged from his mother and the Rastafari faith she taught him, he is convinced that the father he never met may be waiting for him somewhere amid these bustling streets.Meanwhile in an old house on a hill, where the city meets the rainforest, Yejide's mother is dying. And she is leaving behind a legacy that now passes to Yejide: the power to talk to the dead. The women of Yejide's family are human but also not - descended from corbeau, the black birds that fly east at sunset, taking with them the souls of the dead.Darwin and Yejide both have something that the other needs. Their destinies are intertwined, and they will find one another in the sprawling, ancient cemetery at the heart of the island, where trouble is brewing...Rich with magic and wisdom, When We Were Birds is an exuberant masterpiece that conjures and mesmerises on every line. Ayanna Lloyd Banwo weaves an unforgettable story of loss and renewal, darkness and light; a triumphant reckoning with a grief that runs back generations and a defiant, joyful affirmation of hope.

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With a gorgeously redesigned cover and the original black and white interior illustrations by Ernest Shepard, this beautiful edition of the beloved classic poetry collection When We Were Very Young by A. A. Milne is sure to delight new and old fans alike!Before there was Winnie-the-Pooh, there was Mr. Edward Bear, a rotund teddy bear who was proud of his stature. Meet him and many other lovable characters in this verse collection that launched A. A. Milne’s career as a children’s author and led to the creation of his novels about Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin. Full of whimsy, humor, and imagination, these children’s poems tell of visits to the zoo and Buckingham Palace, the romance between Little Bo Peep and Little Boy Blue, the shenanigans of peculiar characters, quiet afternoons in nature, and more.

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LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2022WINNER OF THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023In this heartrending, lyrical debut work of fiction, Fatimah Asghar traces the intense bond of three orphaned siblings who, after their parents die, are left to raise one another. The youngest, Kausar, grapples with the incomprehensible loss of her parents as she also charts out her own understanding of gender; Aisha, the middle sister, spars with her ''crybaby'' younger sibling as she desperately tries to hold on to her sense of family in an impossible situation; and Noreen, the eldest, does her best in the role of sister-mother while also trying to create a life for herself, on her own terms.As Kausar grows up, she must contend with the collision of her private and public worlds, and choose whether to remain in the life of love, sorrow and codependency she''s known or carve out a new path for herself. When We Were Sisters tenderly examines the bonds and fractures of sisterhood, names the perils of being three Muslim American girls alone against the world, and ultimately illustrates how those who''ve lost everything might still make homes in each other.

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LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2022WINNER OF THE CAROL SHIELDS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023''[A] captivating, gorgeously written book'' Hala Alyan''A stunning accomplishment'' Safia Elhillo''A grief-soaked and gorgeous debut novel . . . A poet first, Asghar picks up on the themes of her debut collection If They Come for Us - partition and fragmentation, borders and bodies - and plays with space and silence on the page . . . this fragmentary form has the effect of ephemerality - much like life'' Sana Goyal, GuardianIn this heartrending, lyrical debut work of fiction, Fatimah Asghar traces the intense bond of three orphaned siblings who, after their parents die, are left to raise one another. The youngest, Kausar, grapples with the incomprehensible loss of her parents as she also charts out her own understanding of gender; Aisha, the middle sister, spars with her ''crybaby'' younger sibling as she desperately tries to hold on to her sense of family in an impossible situation; and Noreen, the eldest, does her best in the role of sister-mother while also trying to create a life for herself, on her own terms.As Kausar grows up, she must contend with the collision of her private and public worlds, and choose whether to remain in the life of love, sorrow and codependency she''s known or carve out a new path for herself. When We Were Sisters tenderly examines the bonds and fractures of sisterhood, names the perils of being three Muslim American girls alone against the world, and ultimately illustrates how those who''ve lost everything might still make homes in each other.

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When We Were Bad is a spellbinding, witty and poignant portrayal of a family in crisis, in love, and in denial.''As intelligent as it is funny. A beautifully observed literary comedy as well as a painfully accurate description of one big old family mess. A joy'' – The ObserverIn North London, Claudia Rubin is in her heyday. Wife, mother, rabbi – and sometimes moral voice of the nation – everyone wants to be with her at her son Leo''s glorious wedding. That is, until Leo jilts his bride, and the gleaming bubble surrounding the Rubins threatens to burst.Frances – Claudia''s calm, mature, married daughter – tries to hold the nucleus of the family together, but the stress forces her to re-examine her own life, leading her to make a decision as shocking as Leo''s choice to bolt.And Claudia''s husband, Norman, has an uncharacteristic secret. And, whether he likes it or not, he is powerless to stop it coming out . . .''A comedy with the warmest of hearts and the most deliciously subversive of agendas'' - Marie Claire''Fast-paced and engaging. Brilliant, touching and true'' - Naomi Alderman, bestselling author of The Power

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''Such a warm, uplifting read. It''s a celebration of the bond we have with our oldest friends, and it''s so funny'' Beth O''Leary''A brilliant, funny, insightful exploration of friendship, which properly made me laugh and cry'' Laura Marshall---------Theo has been living in his parents'' shed, nursing a broken heart and a wounded ego, convinced life can''t get any worse. Then he gets evicted on his 30th birthday. Theo thinks he''s done with the real world - until it shows up on his doorstep...Joel is a successful TV scriptwriter, still in love with his teenage sweetheart. A proper grown-up - and yet he''s falling apart at the seams. He''s headed home to reconnect with best friend Theo - except they haven''t spoken since the summer they turned 16.One of them is keeping a secret, and the other is living a lie. But can the promise they once made to walk all 184 miles of the Thames Path help them find their way back to the truth - and to their friendship?A tender and funny story about wanting to go back - when you know it''s time to move on.---------''An uplifting and redemptive journey'' Steven Rowley''A beautifully bittersweet tale about the enduring power of friendship, reminding us how sometimes the best way to face life''s biggest challenges is to take them one step at a time with your best friend by your side'' Oliver Sands''An absorbing and heartfelt tale of past mistakes and friendship lost but never forgotten. A joyful summer read'' Owen Nicholls---------Your favourite authors loved reading Richard Roper''s uplifting first novel, Something to Live For:''A magnificent read. Tender, funny, compelling'' Lucy Foley''Funny, moving and thought-provoking - I loved this'' Clare Mackintosh''I adored this! It warmed my heart, broke it a little, then put it back together'' Beth O''Leary''Funny, fresh and achingly tender. Richard''s writing hooked me in from the very first page'' Cathy Bramley''A life-affirming novel that simultaneously tweaks your funny-bone and tugs at your heartstrings. Brilliant!'' Matt Dunn''It pulls you in, makes you laugh and breaks your heart'' Gill Hornby

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In this heartfelt story about finding love in loss, three widows are forced under the same roof, where they’ll need to overcome grief, anger, and old secrets to put their family back together.Since her husband’s death six months ago, Yesica Diaz-Taylor seems to be taking her grief in stride. Then an angry outburst at work shatters the illusion. Her mandated support group counseling doesn’t help much. Yesica has always kept her feelings close, so even when an unlikely friendship blossoms with the group’s facilitator, she still has reasons for holding back. She’s just not ready to share.Ana Diaz has been widowed for five years and continues to live life exactly as she did with her late husband. When her house floods, she’s forced to shake things up. Although it was never part of her plan, Ana moves in with her eldest daughter, Yesica. But the new living arrangement tests their already strained relationship.Shadowed by unresolved tensions, Yesica, Ana, and matriarch Mama Melda must learn to share a home, their heartbreak, and, once and for all, the haunting family secrets that have kept them apart.

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“Profoundly thoughtful…An intimate portrait of female friendship laced with literal and metaphorical magic.” —Kirkus Reviews “A laugh-out-loud, exciting ride…a darkly comedic coming-of-age story.” —School Library Journal A moving, darkly funny novel about six teens whose magic goes wildly awry from Magic for Liars author Sarah Gailey, who Chuck Wendig calls an “author to watch.”Keeping your magic a secret is hard. Being in love with your best friend is harder. Alexis has always been able to rely on two things: her best friends, and the magic powers they all share. Their secret is what brought them together, and their love for each other is unshakeable—even when that love is complicated. Complicated by problems like jealousy, or insecurity, or lust. Or love. That unshakeable, complicated love is one of the only things that doesn’t change on prom night. When accidental magic goes sideways and a boy winds up dead, Alexis and her friends come together to try to right a terrible wrong. Their first attempt fails—and their second attempt fails even harder. Left with the remains of their failed spells and more consequences than anyone could have predicted, each of them must find a way to live with their part of the story.

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A tender and funny story about wanting to go back - when you know it's time to move on.---------Theo has been living in his parents' shed, nursing a broken heart and a wounded ego, convinced life can't get any worse. Then he gets evicted on his 30th birthday. Theo thinks he's done with the real world - until it shows up on his doorstep...Joel is a successful TV scriptwriter, still in love with his teenage sweetheart. A proper grown-up - and yet he's falling apart at the seams. He's headed home to reconnect with best friend Theo - except they haven't spoken since the summer they turned 16.One of them is keeping a secret, and the other is living a lie. But can the promise they once made to walk all 184 miles of the Thames Path help them find their way back to the truth - and to their friendship?

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‘The Hilary Mantel of children''s fiction.’ The Telegraph''Impossible to stop reading.'' The Times''A remarkable writer.'' Daily Mail''Compelling.'' BookTrustA body washed up on the beach...Evacuation to an old house with forbidden rooms and dark secrets...An animal rescue service...Set in World War Two, Emma Carroll explores the resilience, resourcefulness and inventiveness of children when their lives fall to pieces. Introducing some compelling new characters, as well as revisiting some familiar settings, these adventures are sure to win over new readers, as well as fans of old favourites such as Letters from the Lighthouse and Frost Hollow Hall.

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Hudební CD - George Roger Waters je britský rockový hudebník, zpěvák a skladatel. Rok vydání : 2017 ( 4.Album ) George Roger Waters (* 6. září 1943 Great Bookham, Surrey, Anglie) je britský rockový hudebník, zpěvák a skladatel. Proslavil se svým působením v kapele Pink Floyd v letech 1965-1985, kde hrál na baskytaru, zpíval a v pozdějších letech byl i hlavním skladatelem. Seznam stop When We Were Young / Déj? Vu / The Last Refugee / Picture That / Broken Bones / Is This The Life We Really Want? / Bird In A Gale / The Most Beautiful Girl / Smell The Roses / Wait For Her / Oceans Apart / Part of Me Died

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With a gorgeously redesigned cover and the original black and white interior illustrations by Ernest Shepard, this beautiful edition of the beloved classic poetry collection featuring Winnie-the-Pooh and Christopher Robin Now We Are Six by A. A. Milne is sure to delight new and old fans alike!Originally published after the novel Winnie-the-Pooh and the verse collection When We Were Very Young, A. A. Milne wrote this classic book of children’s poems about and for his son Christopher Robin when he turned six. With appearances from the beloved Winnie-the-Pooh throughout, these sweet and funny poems tell of playful adventures, the joys and pains of growing up, memorable animal friends, and more.

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Memorably introduced by Ishiguro himself, The Summer We crossed Europe in the Rain collects the sixteen song lyrics he wrote for world-renowned American singer, Stacey Kent, which were set to music by her partner Jim Tomlinson. An exquisite coming together of the literary and musical worlds, the lyrics are infused with a sense of yearning, melancholy, love, and the romance of travel and liminal spaces. Further exploring the notion of collaboration and interpretation, the collection is illustrated by the acclaimed Italian artist, Bianca Bagnarelli whose work perfectly captures the atmosphere and sensibility of the songs.

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Audiokniha: Pan Stevens byl celý život loajálním, oddaným, uctivým a pečlivým majordomem na Darlingtonském panství. Jeho pojetí svědomité služby má však za následek hradbu upjatosti, přes kterou si nikdy nedovolil projevit ani ty nejzákladnější city. Když jeho letitý zaměstnavatel prodá své sídlo zbohatlickým Američanům, pokusí se zrekapitulovat svůj život, který hrdě položil na oltář abstraktnímu ideálu, aniž by se dosud odvážil reflektovat, čemu to vlastně bez oddechu sloužil. Nejznámější román Kazuo Ishigura, který obdržel Nobelovu cenu za Literaturu 2017. Podle románu vznikla stejnojmenná filmová adaptace (režie James Ivory, 1993) s Anthonym Hopkinsem a Emmou Thompsonovou v hlavních rolích. Kazuo Ishiguro (*1954) Britský spisovatel japonského původu strávil rané dětství v Japonsku, ale již jeho v šesti letech se celá rodina přestěhovala do Velké Británie, kde Ishiguro také vystudoval (od základní školy po univerzitu v Kentu). V roce 1981 publikoval první povídky a o rok později vyšel jeho první román A Pale View of Hills. Pět let poté následoval další román Malíř pomíjivého světa (Argo, 1999), který byl nominován do užšího výběru na prestižní Bookerovu cenu. Tu nakonec získala roku 1989 autorova třetí kniha Soumrak dne (Leda, 2010, 2016), která byla zfilmována s Anthonym Hopkinsem a Emmou Thompsonovou v hlavních rolích (režie James Ivory, 1993). Na Bookerovu cenu pak byly nominovány i jeho další romány Když jsme byli sirotci (Barrister & Principal, 2005) a Neopouštěj mě (BB art, 2007) – druhý jmenovaný se rovněž dočkal filmové adaptace, v níž si zahráli Keira Knightley, Carey Mulligan a Andrew Garfield (režie Mark Romanek, 2010). Česky vyšla také sbírka povídek Nokturna (Plus, 2010) a román Pohřbený obr (Argo, 2017). V roce 2017 obdržel Nobelovu cenu za literaturu. Jan Vlasák (* 1943) Narodil se v Čáslavi, vystudoval brněnskou JAMU a následně se stal členem souboru divadla v Uherském Hradišti. Prošel mnoha scénami, v současné době je členem souboru Městských divadel pražských. Účinkoval v řadě televizních inscenací a seriálů (Ordinace v růžové zahradě, Cesty domů, Cukrárna, Cirkus Bukowsky, Svět pod hlavou) a filmů (Výchova dívek v Čechách, Milenci a vrazi, Vratné lahve, Bathory).

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Audiokniha: Je cosi pokryteckého na úhledných britských zátiších…Ve výběrové škole Hailsham plyne vše zdánlivě po anglicku: upjatě a spořádaně. A tak i trojice studentů, která tu utvořila milostný pakt, svědomitě respektuje, že zdejší vychovatelé vyžadují perfektní zdraví, umělecké nadání a loajální plnění nezvykle pojmenovaných úkolů. Jenže do elitního Etonu, Harrow nebo Winchesteru – natožpak do kouzelnických Bradavic – má toto venkovské učiliště daleko a připomíná spíš dům hrůzy na samotě. I s ochranitelskou vypravěčkou Kathy, vznětlivým Tommym a odbojnou Ruth se v „krásném novém světě“ za plotem areálu počítá pro něco neslýchaného. A nejhorší na jejich osudu je, že jim čísi zrůdnost namydlila schody – není jim totiž dáno nahlédnout pravdu o své existenci, jíž se zmateně řítí vstříc, dokud sám autor nestrhne závoj jejich nevinnosti…Kastovní manýry internátního vzdělávání poskytly držiteli Nobelovy ceny za literaturu za rok 2017 další skvělou příležitost, jak nabourat pochybné jistoty ostrovního způsobu života. Podezřele úhledná, místy až uhrančivá pokřivenost tragického příběhu – číhající ve všech Ishigurových románech jako morální test – ústí v naléhavou dystopii o bezútěšné budoucnosti, přešlapující dost možná už za nejbližším rohem. Nebo spíš ve zprávu o bezútěšném stavu lidskosti. Člověk je přece vždy a všude zodpovědný za ty, co stvořil, zvlášť když to ani nejsou frankensteinovská monstra.Román, figurující v nejužší šestici adeptů Man Bookerovy ceny 2005, je řazen ke stovce nejvýznamnějších próz posledního sta let. V jeho filmové adaptaci (2010, režie Mark Romanek) se hlavních ženských rolí ujaly Carey Mulliganová a Kiera Knightleyová.„Zneklidňující román drtivé síly. Nikdo nesvede dávkovat temnotu po malých doušcích tak jako Kazuo Ishiguro.“ – Entertainment Weekly„Kniha, která vám zlomí srdce, ale nedokážete se od ní odtrhnout. Bolest v ní zapouzdřená přerůstá v neuvěřitelné napětí.“ – Time Magazine„Elegie až okouzlujícím způsobem ošidná. Autor jako obvykle stáhne čtenáře pod hladinu.“ – Newsweek„Romány Kazua Ishigura mají pronikavost Goyových obrazů. Zdánlivě je v nich (…) krajinomalba úhledná a gesta kultivovaná, nicméně promluvy, úvahy i skutky postav prozrazují, že tvůrce čeká, nakolik se nás jeho úmysl dotkne.“ – PrávoMožná už od pěti nebo šesti let vám někde v hlavě cosi šeptá: „Jednoho dne, a možná to nebude dlouho trvat, poznáš, jaké to je.“ A tak čekáte (...) na ten moment, kdy si uvědomíte, že jste opravdu jiní než oni. Že tam venku existují lidé, jako je Madam, kteří ne že by vás nesnášeli nebo že by vám přáli něco zlého, ale přesto se otřesou při pouhé myšlence na vás – jak jste byli přivedeni na svět a proč –, a kteří se děsí toho, že byste jim mohli rukou zavadit o paži. Když na sebe poprvé pohlédnete očima takové osoby, zamrazí vás. Je to, jako byste prošli kolem zrcadla, kolem kterého chodíte každý den, a ono vám znenadání ukázalo něco jiného, něco znepokojivého a podivného. – ukázka z textu

Objev podobné jako Neopouštěj mě - Kazuo Ishiguro - audiokniha

Už v prvotině Vybledlá krajina s kopci otevírá držitel Nobelovy ceny za rok 2017 Kazuo Ishiguro téma, v němž se posléze stal mistrem tiché hrůzy naaranžované do úhledné ikebany. Noblesně, nevtíravě, a přece nesmlouvavě porovnává „zastydlé projevy velké sfingy“ – jak problém svého času pojmenoval kolega John Fowles – a zjišťuje, že zdánlivě prospěšná, ba důstojná uměřenost je typické japonské a britské povaze na škodu, protože ve skutečnosti strojeného člověka i jeho okolí drtí. Krátká návštěva jediné přeživší dcery přinutí stárnoucí Ecuko, ovdovělou Japonku žijící nyní na anglickém venkově, přenést se ve vzpomínkách zpět do horkého léta v rodném Nagasaki. Na sklonku druhé světové války se tu ale duše jejích spoluobčanů změnily k nepoznání. Nic už není jako za předválečného militantního režimu, po ulicích se plouží mátohy někdejších známých a jen málokdo v sobě najde sílu posunout se dál. Úslužná Ecuko si v krajině blednoucích vzpomínek vybavuje zejména měsíce před porodem prvního dítěte, kdy byla nucena přitakávat jediným žijícím příbuzným: panovačnému prvnímu choti a jeho stejně manipulátorskému otci. Zdá se, že poddajnou ženušku tehdy mohla posílit známost s nevyzpytatelnou sousedkou Sačiko a její neposlušnou dcerkou, které chtějí z města vypálených stínů za každou cenu pryč. Stupňující se neslyšný protest a všudypřítomné nagasacké trauma však dovedou drama těhotné Ecuko až k vyvrcholení, jehož kafkovské rysy umocní autorova oblíbená ich-forma. Ostatně právě díky tomuto Ishigurovu triku jsme názorně poznali, že si lidská paměť účelově vybírá a s léty klame, jak ukázaly znamenité romány Soumrak dne a Malíř pomíjivého světa. Příběh odměněný Pamětní cenou Winifred Holtbyové za nejlepší debut roku 1982 otevřel začínajícímu britskému spisovateli japonského původu dveře do magazínu Granta, jehož doporučení představuje nejlepší referenci pro vstup mezi ostrovní literární elitu. Ve zrádně hebké mollové tónině a s přispěním téměř minimalistického výrazu Kazuo Ishiguro líčí psychický blok vypravěčky, která se navzdory své malosti touží vysmeknout z oprátky „velkých“ dějin. Nesrazí ji paměť zase do jámy po bombě?

Objev podobné jako Vybledlá krajina s kopci - Kazuo Ishiguro

*The #1 Sunday Times Bestseller**Longlisted for the Booker Prize 2021**A Barack Obama Summer Reading Pick*''A delicate, haunting story'' The Washington Post''This is a novel for fans of Never Let Me Go . . . tender, touching and true.'' The Times''The Sun always has ways to reach us.''From her place in the store, Klara, an Artificial Friend with outstanding observational qualities, watches carefully the behaviour of those who come in to browse, and of those who pass in the street outside. She remains hopeful a customer will soon choose her, but when the possibility emerges that her circumstances may change for ever, Klara is warned not to invest too much in the promises of humans.In Klara and The Sun, Kazuo Ishiguro looks at our rapidly changing world through the eyes of an unforgettable narrator to explore a fundamental question: what does it mean to love?Kazuo Ishiguro''s book Klara and the Sun was a #1 Sunday Times Bestseller w/c 06-03-2021

Objev podobné jako Klara and the Sun - Kazuo Ishiguro

In this debut novel from acclaimed Booker Prize-winning Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day, Never Let Me Go), post-war Japan serves as the haunting backdrop to a subtle story of memory, suicide, and psychological trauma. Etsuko lives alone in rural England, trying to come to terms with the recent suicide of her daughter, Keiko. A visit from her other daughter Niki sends Etsuko retreating into the depths of her memory. She finds herself reliving one particular hot summer in Nagasaki, when she and her friends struggled to rebuild their lives after the horrors of the bomb and WWII. But when her thoughts turn to her strange friendship with Sachiko and Sachiko's daughter Mariko, the memories begin to take on a disturbing cast. As Etsuko examines her relationship with her daughters and struggles to cope with her guilt, the lines between the past and the present-between Etsuko's own daughter and Mariko, between reality and recollection-start to blur. Read the evocative and atmospheric novel that began Kazuo Ishiguro's illustrious literary career. Winner of the Winifred Holtby Prize in 1982, A Pale View of the Hills is still haunting readers decades later.

Objev podobné jako A Pale View of Hills - Kazuo Ishiguro

Audiokniha: Chápou umělé bytosti věci, které jejich tvůrcům unikají? Až doteď robotka Klára, umělý přítel generace B2, čekala ve výloze obchodu na puberťáka, jemuž by sloužila jako submisivní společnice. Přitom vůbec nepatří do výprodeje: snad trochu divně mluví a nerozumí plně souvislostem světa „tam venku“, zato je všímavá a má i solidní kapacitu emocí, byť stále neodpovídají běžné lidské spontaneitě. Pak se jí konečně poštěstí. V rodině dospívající Josie se však střetne s realitou z masa a kostí – dívka trpí nevyléčitelnou chorobou a zbývají jí poslední měsíce… Noblesní britský nobelista Kazuo Ishiguro znovu tiše přitvrdil v kritice elitářství a diskutuje s odkazem Raye Bradburyho a Arthura C. Clarka o tom, kde hledat meze robotiky a kde kaňky na obrazu lidskosti. A mezitím jeho nejnovější svědomitá služebnice Klára bere publiku dech. S utkvělou vírou v solární pohon totiž hodlá požádat Slunce – odnepaměti považované za zjevení boží tváře –, aby její svěřenku uzdravilo. Bude to na spásu stačit? „Ishiguro se zas a znovu ptá, co obnáší být člověkem, a tedy cítit vlastní já. A kolik z onoho já smíme a máme věnovat druhým.“ – National Public Radio. „Jedinečná šance, jak zásadně zrevidovat naše pojetí krásy a připomenout si, že jsme v hloubi duše zoufale křehcí.“ – The Observer. „Autor čtyřicet let sleduje, co s námi dělá paradox očitého svědka a klamy vlastní paměti. Jeho nové pozorování dává této snaze korunu tak průzračnou, tak lidskou. Nepostradatelnou.“ – The New York Times Book Review. „Strašidelná pohádka o osamělém, skomírajícím světě, který je až příliš věrohodný.“ – Kirkus Reviews. „Mistrovské dílo, které vás donutí přemýšlet o životě, smrtelnosti, spásné milosti lásky: zkrátka o tom všem.“ – Maureen Corrigan, NPR. „Ishigurova próza je jemná a tichá. Román je zajímavým pohledem na to, jakou roli může umělá inteligence sehrát v naší budoucnosti... je to dojemná meditace o lásce a osamělosti.“ – Maggie Sprayregen.

Objev podobné jako Klára a Slunce - Kazuo Ishiguro - audiokniha

V románové tvorbě britského nobelisty Kazua Ishigura představují Neutěšenci (The Unconsoled, 1995) význačný předěl. Po světově úspěšném Soumraku dne (The Remains of the Day, 1989, č. 1997), jemuž předcházela dvě raná díla s japonskou tematikou, Vybledlá vyhlídka s kopci (A Pale View of Hills, 1982, č. 2018) a Malíř pomíjivého světa (An Artist of the Floating World, 1986, č. 1999), se autor rozhodl opustit tvůrčí jistoty, jimiž si vydobyl přední postavení na britské literární scéně: ať už jde o postkoloniální tematiku, "tichý", ale vycizelovaný jazykový styl, realistický způsob vyprávění ve dvou prolínajících se časových rovinách či celkově melancholické ladění próz. Nově se pustil do odvážného experimentu: jeho výsledkem je osobitá románová tragikomedie, která si v mnohém nezadá s absurdní komikou Kafkova Zámku či Beckettova Čekání na Godota, případně se satirickým řízem próz Thomase Bernharda. Do nejmenované evropské metropole, připomínající složený portrét Prahy a Vídně, přijíždí světově proslulý klavírní virtuóz. Od jeho vystoupení si místní občané slibují nejen nevšední hudební zážitek, ale hlavně duchovní obrodu upadající obce. Právě hudba představuje ve světě alegorizujícího románu médium, v němž se odehrává veškerý kulturně-politický život - od tužeb a snů nadaných jedinců přes působení občanských spolků až po dění na radnici a krizové zvraty v politickém směřování společnosti. Podaří se klavírnímu géniovi naladit místní lid na kýženou hudebně-politickou notu dřív, než bude muset na další štaci? Dokáže tento duševně labilní spasitel najít v labyrintu neznámého města - kde je snadné zabloudit, nebo se s někým nepříjemně zaplést -, ten pravý klíč k nastartování obdoby "pražského jara"? Ishiguro získal za dílo, jež v době vydání vzbudilo rozporuplné ohlasy, cenu Cheltenhamského literárního festivalu. S odstupem času je čím dál tím jasnější, že zcela zaslouženě.

Objev podobné jako Neutěšenci - Kazuo Ishiguro

Román Když jsme byli sirotci patří k vrcholným dílům britského nositele Nobelovy ceny za literaturu Kazua Ishigura. Autor zde v mnohém navazuje na své předchozí čtyři prózy, v nichž zkoumá nejistý vztah člověka k prožité skutečnosti a jeho věčnou náchylnost k sebeklamu. Tentokrát tak činí skrze vzpomínky a osudy Christophera Bankse, jenž poté, co se stane slavným detektivem, napne všechny své síly, aby vyřešil případ svých rodičů, kteří beze stopy zmizeli v době jeho dětství prožitém v čínské Šanghaji. Román se geograficky pohybuje mezi Dálným východem a Londýnem v době před druhou světovou válkou a zdá se, že v něm nejde o nic menšího než o záchranu světa před zlem, které ho má brzy pohltit. Je však také možné, že realita tohoto světa, již Ishiguro zobrazuje optikou archetypu geniálního soukromého detektiva, nakonec bude úplně jiná. Autor prostřednictvím odkazů ke klasickým britským autorům, ke zlatému věku anglické detektivky či Kafkovým románům vytváří na první pohled ishigurovsky nenápadnou, ale čtenářsky vzrušující fikci, která mu podprahově klade ty nejzákladnější otázky týkající se paměti, historie a mechanismů, jimiž si tvoříme příběh vlastního života.

Objev podobné jako Když jsme byli sirotci - Kazuo Ishiguro

Druhý román Kazua Ishigura Malíř pomíjivého světa nás přivádí do Japonska po konci druhé světové války, kdy mnozí z těch, kteří zemi přivedli do zkázy, čelí historické změně a svému svědomí. Jedním z nich je i vypravěč, malíř Ono, věhlasný umělec, který své umění odevzdal do služeb válečného režimu. Ono nespáchá sebevraždu, jak to učinili mnozí jiní; namísto toho se pokouší ve své paměti zrekonstruovat svou životní cestu. Poté, co mu ve válce zemřela manželka a syn, mu totiž zbývá poslední úkol - provdat dceru, což se v poválečném Japonsku stále ještě neobejde bez důkladného prověřování rodinné historie. Jeho pohled do minulosti se ovšem vyznačuje zvláštní strategií, v níž se slučuje upřímné hledání pravdy a prozření se záměrnou manipulací, vytěsňováním, přetrvávajícím sebeklamem a melancholií. Ishiguro nám skrze svého nespolehlivého vypravěče pronikavě předvádí, jakými cestami se ubírá naše paměť a jak se ji snažíme prezentovat svému okolí, abychom si o sobě vytvořili "dobrý příběh". Malíř pomíjivého světa se tak stává komplexním obrazem plným skrytého napětí mezi realitou a vlastní fikcí - obrazem, který je v dnešní době více než aktuální.

Objev podobné jako Malíř pomíjivého světa - Kazuo Ishiguro

Ishigurův román Klára a Slunce je zpovědí vyřazené robotky jménem Klára, nadané pokročilou umělou inteligencí i pozoruhodnými pozorovacími schopnostmi. Klářiným úkolem je starat se o dospívající dítě, které si ji v obchodě vybralo, podle svého nejlepšího vědomí a svědomí. Klára ovšem coby výjimečný robot dostává výjimečný úkol – starat se o dítě vážně nemocné, na jehož nemoc není léku. V příběhu vyprávěném jazykem poznamenaným zvláštnostmi v Klářině vnímání a vyjadřování skutečnosti potvrzuje Ishiguro opět své literární mistrovství. Průzračně prostými slovy vytváří záludně složitý obraz současného spíš než budoucího lidstva. Klára v něm figuruje coby výplod civilizace, v níž obyčejný, technologicky nevylepšený lidský život stále více připomíná minulost, která bude brzy definitivně překonána, případně politováníhodný omyl. Díky rafinovanosti, s níž Ishiguro vtahuje čtenáře do Klářiny snahy pochopit, jak vlastně lidi fungují, přesahuje román meze pouhé společenské kritiky, satiry či alegorie. Podobně jako dřívější Ishigurova próza Neopouštěj mě sice i jeho nový román patří do žánru sci-fi, daleko víc však připomíná tu tragikomickou, tu melancholickou pohádku. Pohádku o lidském světě odkázaném na nelidské Slunce, v jehož proměnlivém světle se dospělí nejednou jeví dětinštější než děti a roboti lidštější než lidé.

Objev podobné jako Klára a Slunce - Kazuo Ishiguro

"Almost certainly a masterpiece." (Anita Brookner). Ryder, a renowned pianist, arrives in a Central European city he cannot identify for a concert he cannot remember agreeing to give. But then as he traverses a landscape by turns eerie and comical - and always strangely malleable, as a dream might be - he comes steadily to realise he is facing the most crucial performance of his life. Ishiguro's extraordinary and original study of a man whose life has accelerated beyond his control was met on publication by consternation, vilification - and the highest praise. If you enjoyed The Unconsoled, you might also like Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day, now available in Faber Modern Classics.

Objev podobné jako The Unconsoled - Kazuo Ishiguro

We Were There is about a Black Britain that for too long has been unknown and unexplored – the one that exists beyond London.''A vital corrective that enhances our understanding of black British history'' STEVE MCQUEEN''Utterly brilliant'' DIPO FALOYIN''Captivated me from the first page'' PRAGYA AGARWAL ''Essential reading'' EKOW ESHUNFrom the late 1970s to the early 1990s Britain was in tumult: rocked by Margaret Thatcher’s radical economic policy, the rise of the National Front, widespread civil unrest. With anti-immigration policies in the political mainstream, Black lives were on the frontline of a racial reckoning. But it was also a time of unrivalled Black cultural creation, organising and resistance. This was the crucible in which modern Britain came into existence.We Were There brings into the spotlight for the first time extraordinary Black lives in once-rich cities now home to failing industries: the foundries of Birmingham, the docks of Liverpool and Cardiff, the mills of Bradford. We are in Wigan, Wolverhampton, Manchester and the green expanse of the British countryside. We meet feminists and Rastafarians, academics and pan-Africanists, environmental campaigners and rugby-league superstars; witness landmark campaigns against miscarriages of justice; encounter radical groups of artists and pioneering thinkers; tread dancefloors that hosted Northern Soul all-nighters and the birth of Acid House.Together, these voices and stories rewrite our idea of Black British culture. London was only ever part of the picture – We Were There is about incorporating a vastly broader range of Black Britons into the fabric of our national story.Alive with energy and purpose, We Were There decisively expands our sense of who we are. Confronting, joyful and thrilling, this is a profoundly important new portrait of modern Britain.

Objev podobné jako We Were There - Lanre Bakare

From the USA TODAY bestselling author of Sweet Thing and Nowhere But Here comes a love story about a Craigslist "missed connection" post that gives two people a second chance at love fifteen years after they were separated in New York City. To the Green-eyed Lovebird: We met fifteen years ago, almost to the day, when I moved my stuff into the NYU dorm room next to yours at Senior House. You called us fast friends.I like to think it was more. We lived on nothing but the excitement of finding ourselves through music (you were obsessed with Jeff Buckley), photography (I couldn't stop taking pictures of you), hanging out in Washington Square Park, and all the weird things we did to make money. I learned more about myself that year than any other.Yet, somehow, it all fell apart. We lost touch the summer after graduation when I went to South America to work for National Geographic. When I came back, you were gone.A part of me still wonders if I pushed you too hard after the wedding... I didn't see you again until a month ago. It was a Wednesday.You were rocking back on your heels, balancing on that thick yellow line that runs along the subway platform, waiting for the F train. I didn't know it was you until it was too late, and then you were gone. Again.You said my name; I saw it on your lips. I tried to will the train to stop, just so I could say hello. After seeing you, all of the youthful feelings and memories came flooding back to me, and now I've spent the better part of a month wondering what your life is like.I might be totally out of my mind, but would you like to get a drink with me and catch up on the last decade and a half?

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*Kazuo Ishiguro’s new novel Klara and the Sun is now available*In Nocturnes, Kazuo Ishiguro explores ideas of love, music and the passing of time. From the piazzas of Italy to the ‘hush-hush floor’ of an exclusive Hollywood Hotel, the characters we encounter range from young dreamers to cafe musicians to faded stars, all of them at some moment of reckoning. Gentle, intimate and witty, this quintet is marked by a haunting theme – the struggle to keep alive a sense of life’s romance, even as one gets older, relationships founder and youthful hopes recede.‘Each of these stories is heartbreaking in its own way, but some have moments of great comedy, and they all require a level of attention that, typically, Ishiguro’s writing rewards.’ Observer ‘[They] come up on you quietly, but then haunt you for days … These little pieces could only be the work of a great composer.’ Evening Standard‘A fine and moving collection of stories, displaying his unique combination of the sad, the stoic and the consoling. It’s about failure, but it dignifies failure, and with it, the human condition.’ Margaret Drabble, Guardian

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When I Were a Lad… looks at the glorious-yet-risky childhoods of yesteryear before the Health and Safety officers told us we couldn’t do everything because it was too dangerous.The sleeper hit of Christmas 2009 – more than 4,000 copies sold through Bookscan.A book to send shivers down the spine of any parent who has spent years protecting their children from the slightest bump and bash.A glorious romp though some of the most reckless photos from the 1930s, 40s, 50s and 60s, tagged with side-splitting captions.Ah, the past. A time when children could play in the snow without a helmet, crampons and a risk assessment report. When footballs were made from rhino hide and cricket was played with one pad, if you were lucky. When I Were a Lad… looks at the glorious-yet-risky childhoods of yesteryear before the Health and Safety officers told us we couldn’t do everything because it was too dangerous. It reflects on a time when children were allowed in with the animals at London Zoo; a time before the car seatbelt was invented (let alone used); a time when you were allowed to dress up endangered species in goalkeeping kit and take penalties against them. The authors have trawled through the major historic archives to find some glorious photo opportunities where the safety angle of the participants was the last thing anyone thought of. Children perch happily on lethal, limb-mangling machinery, stand all-smiles on live crocodiles, feed brown bears with their hands and get scooped from the street by passing tram conductors! These truly were the days that Health and Safety forgot, back when I were a lad…

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'A beautiful, brilliant, lively book that weaves together fascinating and moving examples with thoughtful analysis. Both heartfelt and rigorous, entertaining and scholarly, Before We Were Trans invites us to expand our sense of communities - past and present - in welcoming ways, rather than contracting them and policing their borders' MEG-JOHN BARKER, author of Gender: A Graphic Guide'Celebrates trans history, whilst acknowledging the reality of what it means to live within our community with joy and kindness. In-depth research and personal stories tie Before We Were Trans up into a true treat for the mind' JAMIE WINDUST, author of In Their ShoesAcross the world today, people of all ages are doing fascinating, creative, messy things with gender.These people have a rich history - but one that is often left behind by narratives of trans lives that focus on people with stable, binary, uncomplicated gender identities. As a result, these stories tend to be recent, binary, stereotyped, medicalised and white. Before We Were Trans is a new and different story of gender, that seeks not to be comprehensive or definitive, but - by blending culture, feminism and politics - to widen the scope of what we think of as trans history by telling the stories of people across the globe whose experience of gender has been transgressive, or not characterised by stability or binary categories.Transporting us from Renaissance Venice to seventeenth-century Angola, from Edo Japan to North America, the stories this book tells leave questions and resist conclusions. They are fraught with ambiguity, and defy modern Western terminology and categories - not least the category of 'trans' itself. But telling them provides a history that reflects the richness of modern trans reality more closely than any previously written.Before We Were Trans is a history and celebration of gender in all its fluidity, ambiguity and complexity.

Objev podobné jako Before We Were Trans - Kit Heyam

Author of the 2021 Booker Longlisted Klara and the SunOne of the BBC'S '100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD'Winner of the 1989 Booker PrizeIn the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside and into his past . . .A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House, of lost causes and lost love.

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One of the most celebrated writers of our time gives us his first cycle of short fiction: five brilliantly etched, interconnected stories in which music is a vivid and essential character. A once-popular singer, desperate to make a comeback, turning from the one certainty in his life . . . A man whose unerring taste in music is the only thing his closest friends value in him . . . A struggling singer-songwriter unwittingly involved in the failing marriage of a couple he's only just met . . . A gifted, underappreciated jazz musician who lets himself believe that plastic surgery will help his career . . . A young cellist whose tutor promises to "unwrap” his talent . . . Passion or necessity-or the often uneasy combination of the two-determines the place of music in each of these lives. And, in one way or another, music delivers each of them to a moment of reckoning: sometimes comic, sometimes tragic, sometimes just eluding their grasp. An exploration of love, need, and the ineluctable force of the past, Nocturnes reveals these individuals to us with extraordinary precision and subtlety, and with the arresting psychological and emotional detail that has marked all of Kazuo Ishiguro's acclaimed works of fiction.

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Pohřbený obr je nejnovější próza držitele Nobelovy ceny za literaturu za rok 2017. Děj románu zasadil autor do počátků raného středověku, kdy se Británie, kterou dávno opustili Římané, nezadržitelně mění v trosky. Král Artuš jistě vykonal pro smír na ostrově své, ale i on už se odebral do propadliště dějin a neklidnou zemí bloumají různá individua, včetně těch nadpřirozených. Příběh začíná rozhodnutím starých manželů Axla a Beatrice vydat se krajem mlhy a deště v naději, že se shledají se synem, kterého léta neviděli. Očekávají mnohá nebezpečí, ale netuší, že jim tato cesta odhalí dávno zapomenutá temná místa jejich vzájemné lásky. Kazuo Ishiguro nabízí podmanivý, hluboce jímavý příběh o ztracených vzpomínkách, lásce, pomstě, válce a síle zapomnění.

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Někdy se říká, že praví majordomové se vyskytují pouze v Anglii. V ostatních zemích mají - i když jsou nazýváni různě - jenom sluhy. Já se k tomuto názoru přikláním. Evropané nemohou být majordomy, protože svou přirozeností nejsou schopni potlačovat city tak, jak to dokážou jen příslušníci anglické rasy," říká o sobě majordom Stevens, vypravěč románu Sou- mrak dne, který celý svůj život zasvětil oddané službě na panství Darlington Hall. A jeho charakteristika trefně vystihuje především jeho samého: jeho loajalitu vůči pánovi i ochotu nevidět znepokojivé dění na panství předčí právě jen jeho schopnost potlačovat city, včetně těch milostných, jejichž adresátkou byla po dlouhá léta společného zaměstnání hospodyně slečna Ken- tonová. Vytěsněné city i tužby se ovšem rády vracejí, a nejinak tomu je i u Stevense: během šestidenní dovolené se mu jeho minulost zpřítomní s nečekanou silou - a on se s ní musí chtě nechtě vyrovnat. Román Soumrak dne, oceněný prestižní Booker Prize, je obec- ně považován za vrcholné dílo Kazua Ishigura; k jeho nesmírné popularitě nepochybně přispělo i mistrné filmové zpracování s Anthony Hopkinsem a Emmou Thompsonovou.

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Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now thirty-one, Never Let Me Go dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love, friendship and memory, Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life.

Objev podobné jako Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro

Designed to meet the requirements for students at GCSE and A level, this accessible educational edition offers the complete text of Never Let Me Go with a comprehensive study guide. Intended for individual study as well as class use, Geoff Barton''s guide:– clearly introduces the context of the novel and its author;– examines in detail its themes, characters and structure;– looks at the novel in the author’s own words, and at different critical receptions;– provides glossaries and test questions to prompt deeper thinking.In one of the most memorable novels of recent years, Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England. Narrated by Kathy, now thirty-one, Never Let Me Go hauntingly dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at a seemingly idyllic school, Hailsham, and with the fate that has always awaited her and her closest friends in the wider world. A story of love, friendship and memory, Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life.

Objev podobné jako Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro

A beautiful anniversary edition to mark twenty years of Kazuo Ishiguro's modern classic, in which he imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of 1990s England. Narrated by Kathy H, as she tries to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, it is a story of love, friendship and memory, charged throughout with a sense of life's fragility.

Objev podobné jako Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro

THE MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY‘Masterly.’ Sunday Times‘A brilliantly executed book by a master craftsman.’ MARGARET ATWOOD‘A page-turner and a heartbreaker, a tour de force of knotted tension and buried anguish.’ TIME**Complete with a brand new introduction from the Nobel Prize–winning author.**A beautiful anniversary edition to mark twenty years of Kazuo Ishiguro''s modern classic, in which he imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of 1990s England.Narrated by Kathy H, as she tries to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School, it is a story of love, friendship and memory, charged throughout with a sense of life’s fragility.Readers adore Never Let Me Go: ''A masterpiece . . . a beautifully written, skilfully crafted story that reveals what lies in the core of the human heart.''''Touches the depths of your intellect and your soul.''''A genuinely moving illustration of an aspect of human nature that we usually like to ignore.''''I guarantee it will move you and probably bring you close to tears.'' ''A masterful read: gripping, thought-provoking, and immensely sad . . . I have found myself thinking about it for days.''''Undoubtedly a modern classic that spans genres.''''I read it in a day and I am certain it will stay with me for years.''

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Delivered in Stockholm on 7 December 2017, My Twentieth Century Evening and Other Small Breakthroughs is the lecture of the Nobel Laureate in Literature, Kazuo Ishiguro. A generous and hugely insightful biographical sketch, it explores his relationship with Japan, reflections on his own novels and an insight into some of his inspirations, from the worlds of writing, music and film. Ending with a rallying call for the ongoing importance of literature in the world, it is a characteristically thoughtful and moving piece.

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In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the English countryside and into his past . . .A haunting tale of lost causes and lost love, The Remains of the Day, winner of the Booker Prize, contains Ishiguro's now celebrated evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House - within its walls can be heard ever more distinct echoes of the violent upheavals spreading across Europe.

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‘We were three: complete, as we were meant to be…’ Ego, Zina and Eriife were always destined to be best friends, ever since their grandmothers sat next to each other on a dusty bus to Lagos in the late 1940s, forging a bond that would last generations. But over half a century later, Nigeria is a new and modern country. As the three young women navigate the incessant strikes and political turmoil that surrounds them, their connection is shattered by a terrible assault. In the aftermath, nothing will remain the same as life takes them down separate paths. For Ego, now a high-powered London lawyer, success can’t mask her loneliness and feelings of being an outsider. Desperate to feel connected to Nigeria, she escapes into a secret life online. Zina’s ambition is to be anyone but herself; acting proves the ultimate catharsis, but it comes at the cost of her family. And Eriife surprises everyone by morphing from a practising doctor to a ruthless politician’s perfect wife. When Ego returns home, the three women’s lives become entwined once more, as Nigeria’s political landscape fractures. Their shared past will always connect them, but can they – and their country – overcome it?

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The title of this book We Were Not the Savages speaks to the truth of what happened when Europeans invaded Mi'kmaw lands in the 17th century. Prior to the European invasion the Mi'kmaq lived healthy lives and for thousands of years lived harmoniously with nature in the land they called Mi'kma'ki. This book sets the record straight. When the Europeans arrived, they were welcomed and sustained by the Mi'kmaq. After they became well established, over the next three centuries, they turned on the Mi'kmaq; their language, culture and their way of life was systematically ravaged by the newcomers to whom they had extended human kindness. The murderous savagery of white supremacist policies that begot residential schools, Indian reserves, scalping proclamations, etc., all but wiped out the Mi'kmaw people. Yet the Mi'kmaq survived and today stand defending the land, the water and nature's bounty from the European way of life, which threatens the natural world we live in and need to survive. Since the first edition was published in 1993, Daniel Paul's ongoing research puts the lie to the mainstream record of Canadian settler colonialism and reveals that the mistreatment of Indigenous Peoples throughout the Americas is not confined to the past. In this 4th edition the author shares his research, which catalogues not only the historical tragedy but the ongoing attempts to silence the Mi'kmaq and other Indigenous Peoples. Paul's work continues to give the Mi'kmaw people a voice that must be heard. It is a guiding light in a dark world.

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LP vinyl - Americká zpěvačka a skladatelka Billie Eilish vydává album When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?"Když jsem složila skladbu bury a friend, celé album do sebe najednou v mé hlavě zapadlo," přibližuje novou muziku Billie. Americká zpěvačka a skladatelka Billie Eilish vydává album When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?"Když jsem složila skladbu bury a friend, celé album do sebe najednou v mé hlavě zapadlo," přibližuje novou muziku Billie. "Okamžitě jsem věděla, o čem bude, jak bude vypadat a jak bych chtěla, aby ho posluchači chápali. Z názvu titulního singlu mě napadl motiv: bury a friend je psané z perspektivy monstra, které sídlí pod mojí postelí - co bych jako tohle stvoření dělala, co bych cítila? Já sama se přiznávám, že jsem monstrum a že jsem svým největším nepřítelem. Možná jsem i monstrem pod tvojí postelí." Billie Eilish patří mezi aktuálně nejplodnější a nejzajímavější interprety, kam jí katapultoval debut Ocean Eyes. Přední popovou linii...

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A propulsive new young adult thriller from the author of Dead Girls Can''t Tell Secrets, featuring a compelling mystery about buried secrets and lies passed between generations – and protected at all costs. ***Everyone knows the legend of Fairport Village: twenty-five years ago, a shocking murder closed the place down. This year, the ruins will be bulldozed at last. But tonight, it''s not too late to die.All her life, Eden Stafford has heard the lore about the abandoned beach resort at the edge of town: ever since the notorious murder there, anyone who sets foot on the property is cursed to die. It’s more than just a story: over the years, two high school students who dared to explore the ruins of Fairport Village were killed there.Eden is no stranger to notoriety, having endured a family scandal that''s made her a target at school. So when she reluctantly attends an overnight party at the ruins, she''s on edge – not because of some legend, but because the clique that has made her life hell for years is there too, including Caleb Durham, the worst of them all.Yet out of all the things Eden expected to happen that night, finding another student dead at Fairport Village wasn''t one of them.Though the death is ruled an accident, Eden knows she saw something suspicious at the ruins – and Caleb and her other longtime tormentors did, too. Now they''re all being followed by a deadly stranger, and to save themselves, they must work together to uncover the truth about Fairport Village. But after all that’s happened, can Eden really trust Caleb and his friends? Or will they leave her to face a killer alone?We Were Warned is a YA mystery thriller rife with dark, local lore and buried secrets. With twists and shocking deaths aplenty, this is a mystery not to be missed by fans of haunting teen thrillers.TropesMurder MysterySuspenseYoung Adult ThrillerAbandoned RuinsFamily Scandal

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