Edward Aubyn
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Parallel Lines
A brother and sister lost and found, in a novel that seizes your heart and enthrals your mind, from the author of the Patrick Melrose series. ‘Perhaps the most brilliant English novelist of his generation’ Alan Hollinghurst‘We set off in opposite directions and walked around the world until we met, and I’m very pleased we have…’Sebastian is in treatment following a breakdown that has left him with a fragile hold on reality and a hunger to connect with the mother who abandoned him. His therapist, Martin, also faces challenges, including his adopted daughter Olivia’s tenuous relationship with her biological mother. Olivia, meanwhile, is producing a radio series on natural disasters, which itself seems to be running parallel to the events unfolding in her personal life. Over a year, their fates collide and each of their destinies is revealed in a marvellous new light. ‘A tale of art and family…brimming with wordplay’ Financial Times‘Sentences that whoosh past like arrows… St Aubyn’s talents are mighty’ New York Times‘I love Edward St Aubyn’ Donna Tartt
Dunbar
Henry Dunbar, the once all-powerful head of a global media corporation, is not having a good day. In his dotage he handed over care of the corporation to his two eldest daughters, Abby and Megan. But relations quickly soured, leaving him to doubt the wisdom of past decisions.
Now imprisoned in a care home in the Lake District with only a demented alcoholic comedian as company, Dunbar starts planning his escape. As he flees into the hills, his family is hot on his heels. Who will find him first, his beloved youngest daughter, Florence, or the tigresses Abby and Megan, so keen to divest him of his estate?
Mother's Milk
Shortlisted for the Booker PrizeWinner of the South Bank Literature Award‘So good – so fantastically well-written, profound and humane . . . it is heart-stopping’ - ObserverThe once illustrious, once wealthy Melroses are in peril. Caught up in the wreckage of broken promises, child-rearing, adultery and assisted suicide, Patrick finds his wife Mary consumed by motherhood, his mother in thrall to a New Age foundation, and his young son Robert understanding far more than he should. But even as the family struggles against the pull of its ever-present past, a new generation brings a new tenderness, and the possibility of change. ‘Wonderful caustic wit . . . Polished yet profound, it’s even better than his previous work, and that’s saying something’ - The Guardian ‘Mother’s Milk has the cerebral excitement and piercing funniness of St Aubyn at his brilliant best’ - TatlerPart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
Some Hope
‘Our purest living prose stylist’ – The Guardian‘Tantalizing . . . A memorable tour de force’ – The New York Times Book ReviewSome Hope is the third in Edward St Aubyn’s semi-autobiographical series, The Patrick Melrose novels. Patrick Melrose, cleaned-up and world-weary, is a reluctant guest at a glittering party deep in the English countryside. Amid a crowd of flitting social dragonflies, he finds his search for redemption and capacity for forgiveness challenged by his observation of the cruelties around him. Armed with his biting wit and a newly fashioned openness, can Patrick, who has been to the furthest limits of experience and back again, find release from the savageries of his childhoo? his title was originally published, along with Never Mind and Bad News, as part of a three-book omnibus, also called Some Hope. ‘This is beautifully written novel . . . whose harrowing but fiercely funny portrait of addiction is the best I’ve ever read’ – Time OutThe Patrick Melrose books inspired a Sky Atlantic series starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the aristocratic addict. Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
Parallel Lines
A brother and sister lost and found, in a novel that seizes your heart and enthrals your mind, from the author of the Patrick Melrose series. ‘Perhaps the most brilliant English novelist of his generation’ Alan Hollinghurst‘We set off in opposite directions and walked around the world until we met, and I’m very pleased we have…’Sebastian is in treatment following a breakdown that has left him with a fragile hold on reality and a hunger to connect with the mother who abandoned him. His therapist, Martin, also faces challenges, including his adopted daughter Olivia’s tenuous relationship with her biological mother. Olivia, meanwhile, is producing a radio series on natural disasters, which itself seems to be running parallel to the events unfolding in her personal life. Over a year, their fates collide and each of their destinies is revealed in a marvellous new light. ‘A tale of art and family…brimming with wordplay’ Financial Times‘Sentences that whoosh past like arrows… St Aubyn’s talents are mighty’ New York Times‘I love Edward St Aubyn’ Donna Tartt
Bad News
‘I’ve loved Edward St Aubyn’s Patrick Melrose novels. Read them all, now’ - David Nicholls, author of One DayBad News is the second of Edward St Aubyn’s semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels, adapted for TV for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as the aristocratic addict, Patrick. Twenty-two years old and in the grip of a massive addiction, Patrick Melrose is forced to fly to New York to collect his father’s ashes. Over the course of a weekend, Patrick’s remorseless search for drugs on the avenues of Manhattan, haunted by old acquaintances and insistent inner voices, sends him into a nightmarish spiral. Alone in his room at the Pierre Hotel, he pushes body and mind to the very edge – desperate always to stay one step ahead of his rapidly encroaching past. Bad News was originally published, along with Never Mind and Some Hope, as part of a three-book omnibus also called Some Hope. ‘The Melrose novels are remarkable – ferociously funny, painfully acute and exhilaratingly written’ - Peter Kemp, Sunday TimesPart of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
Never Mind
Winner of the Betty Trask Award, Never Mind is the first in Edward St Aubyn's semi-autobiographical Patrick Melrose novels. 'Perhaps the most brilliant English novelist of his generation' - Alan HollinghurstAt his mother’s family house in the south of France, Patrick Melrose has the run of a magical garden. Bravely imaginative and self-sufficient, five-year-old Patrick encounters the volatile lives of adults with care. His father, David, rules with considered cruelty, and Eleanor, his mother, has retreated into drink. They are expecting guests for dinner. But this afternoon is unlike the chain of summer days before, and the shocking events that precede the guests’ arrival tear Patrick’s world in two. Never Mind was originally published, along with Bad News and Some Hope, as part of a three book omnibus, also called Some Hope. 'At once epic and intimate, appalling and comic, the novels are masterpieces, each and every one’ - Maggie O’Farrell, author of The Marriage PortraitAdapted for TV for Sky Atlantic and starring Benedict Cumberbatch as aristocratic addict, Patrick. Part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the best of modern literature.
The Patrick Melrose Novels
The Patrick Melrose Novels hilariously dissect the English upper class, conjuring a world of decadence, amorality, greed, snobbery, and cruelty, but never without the possibility of grace. Taken together, they are one of the most thrilling reading experiences in contemporary fiction.
Edward St. Aubyn chronicled the life of Patrick Melrose across five short novels, painting an acrid portrait of a beleaguered and self-loathing world of privilege. Never Mind unfolds over a day and an evening at the family’s chateau in the south of France, where the sadistic and terrifying figure of David Melrose dominates the lives of his rich and unhappy American wife, Eleanor, and their five-year-old son, Patrick.
Bad News opens as Patrick, now twenty-two years old, sets off to collect his father’s ashes from New York, where he will spend a drug-crazed twenty-four hours.
Back in England, Some Hope offers Patrick the possibility of recovery (and the most debauched and riotous dinner party in contemporary fiction).
The Booker-shortlisted Mother’s Milk returns to the family chateau, where Patrick, now married and a father himself, struggles with child rearing, adultery, his mother’s desire for assisted suicide, and the loss of the family home.
At Last, set over the single day of a funeral, is the stunning final volume.
Patrick Melrose: Tak konečne
Záverečný diel série o Patrickovi Melrosovi Tak konečne sa roztáča okolo pohrebu Patrickovej matky Eleanor. Bude preňho život bez rodičov vytúženým vyslobodením?
Edward St. Aubyn nám otvára dvere do sveta dekadencie, nemorálnosti, nenásytnosti, snobstva a krutosti – vitajte vo svete upadajúcej britskej smotánky!
Knižná séria o Patrickovi Melrosovi zachytáva príbeh hlavného hrdinu od čias nevinného detstva až k finálnej sebadeštrukcii. Viac ako dvadsať rokov písal Edward St. Aubyn kroniku života Patricka Melrosa, ktorá je rozložená do piatich samostatných noviel. Stvoril tak nezvyčajný portrét uzavretého a sebeckého sveta privilegovaných s nezvyčajným hlavným hrdinom.
Tak konečne je záverečnou časťou knižnej pentalógie, ktorej prvé štyri časti už postupne vyšli vo Vydavateľstve Absynt.
Rámcom záverečného dielu je pohreb Patrickovej matky Eleanor, na ktorom sa schádzajú priatelia, príbuzní i nepriatelia, aby jej vzdali poslednú úctu. Patrick si kladie otázku, či život bez rodičov bude tým skutočným vyslobodením, po akom tak dlho túžil. Zdá sa, že mnohé traumy týmto dňom pominú. Možno to však znamená, že sa otvorí priestor na celkom nové.
Knižná séria o Patrickovi Melrosovi, ktorej jednotlivé diely zožali najprestížnejšie literárne ocenenia, je fenomenálny bildungsroman pre 21. storočie.
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Patrick Melrose 5: Tak konečne
Záverečný diel série o Patrickovi Melrosovi Tak konečne sa roztáča okolo pohrebu Patrickovej matky Eleanor. Bude preňho život bez rodičov vytúženým vyslobodením?
Edward St. Aubyn nám otvára dvere do sveta dekadencie, nemorálnosti, nenásytnosti, snobstva a krutosti – vitajte vo svete upadajúcej britskej smotánky!
Knižná séria o Patrickovi Melrosovi zachytáva príbeh hlavného hrdinu od čias nevinného detstva až k finálnej sebadeštrukcii. Viac ako dvadsať rokov písal Edward St. Aubyn kroniku života Patricka Melrosa, ktorá je rozložená do piatich samostatných noviel. Stvoril tak nezvyčajný portrét uzavretého a sebeckého sveta privilegovaných s nezvyčajným hlavným hrdinom.
Tak konečne je záverečnou časťou knižnej pentalógie, ktorej prvé štyri časti už postupne vyšli vo Vydavateľstve Absynt.
Rámcom záverečného dielu je pohreb Patrickovej matky Eleanor, na ktorom sa schádzajú priatelia, príbuzní i nepriatelia, aby jej vzdali poslednú úctu. Patrick si kladie otázku, či život bez rodičov bude tým skutočným vyslobodením, po akom tak dlho túžil. Zdá sa, že mnohé traumy týmto dňom pominú. Možno to však znamená, že sa otvorí priestor na celkom nové.
Knižná séria o Patrickovi Melrosovi, ktorej jednotlivé diely zožali najprestížnejšie literárne ocenenia, je fenomenálny bildungsroman pre 21. storočie.
O preklad všetkých piatich románov sa postaral Milan Kopecký.
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Lacná kniha Patrick Melrose 4: Materské mlieko (-43%)
Štvrté pokračovanie obľúbenej knižnej série Edwarda St. Aubyna o Patrickovi Melrosovi pred nami otvára dospelý život hlavného hrdinu. Aký bude Patrick otec?
Patrick je zrelý štyridsiatnik. Jeho existenciu by tak už nemali vypĺňať drogy a šialenstvo. Mal by sa pozrieť životu priamo do očí a uvedomiť si svoju rolu rodiča. Patricka a jeho manželku Mary však celkom pohltí úzkostný strach z toho, že pri výchove svojich synov zopakujú všetky chyby rodičov a špirála sklamaní a utrpenia sa nikdy nepreruší. Namiesto snahy byť dobrým otcom sa Patrick dostane do iného bludného kruhu – alkohol, sebaľútosť, sklamanie. Popritom musí dohliadať na svoju matku Eleanor, u ktorej prepukla Alzheimerova choroba a rozhodla sa, že rodinný majetok prenechá pochybnému írskemu duchovnému menom Seamus.
V novele Materské mlieko sa Edward St. Aubyn vrátil k príbehu Patricka Melrosa po šestnástich rokoch. Vyslúžil si za ňu nomináciu na medzinárodnú Bookerovu cenu a kniha bola aj úspešne sfilmovaná. V roku 2018 z tejto série vznikol úspešný televízny seriál s Benedictom Cumberbatchom v hlavnej úlohe.
Sériu Edwarda St. Aubyna o Patrickovi Melrosovi prekladá Milan Kopecký.
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Lacná kniha Patrick Melrose 4: Materské mlieko (-15%)
Štvrté pokračovanie obľúbenej knižnej série Edwarda St. Aubyna o Patrickovi Melrosovi pred nami otvára dospelý život hlavného hrdinu. Aký bude Patrick otec?
Patrick je zrelý štyridsiatnik. Jeho existenciu by tak už nemali vypĺňať drogy a šialenstvo. Mal by sa pozrieť životu priamo do očí a uvedomiť si svoju rolu rodiča. Patricka a jeho manželku Mary však celkom pohltí úzkostný strach z toho, že pri výchove svojich synov zopakujú všetky chyby rodičov a špirála sklamaní a utrpenia sa nikdy nepreruší. Namiesto snahy byť dobrým otcom sa Patrick dostane do iného bludného kruhu – alkohol, sebaľútosť, sklamanie. Popritom musí dohliadať na svoju matku Eleanor, u ktorej prepukla Alzheimerova choroba a rozhodla sa, že rodinný majetok prenechá pochybnému írskemu duchovnému menom Seamus.
V novele Materské mlieko sa Edward St. Aubyn vrátil k príbehu Patricka Melrosa po šestnástich rokoch. Vyslúžil si za ňu nomináciu na medzinárodnú Bookerovu cenu a kniha bola aj úspešne sfilmovaná. V roku 2018 z tejto série vznikol úspešný televízny seriál s Benedictom Cumberbatchom v hlavnej úlohe.
Sériu Edwarda St. Aubyna o Patrickovi Melrosovi prekladá Milan Kopecký.
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Patrick Melrose 4: Materské mlieko
Štvrté pokračovanie obľúbenej knižnej série Edwarda St. Aubyna o Patrickovi Melrosovi pred nami otvára dospelý život hlavného hrdinu. Aký bude Patrick otec?
Patrick je zrelý štyridsiatnik. Jeho existenciu by tak už nemali vypĺňať drogy a šialenstvo. Mal by sa pozrieť životu priamo do očí a uvedomiť si svoju rolu rodiča. Patricka a jeho manželku Mary však celkom pohltí úzkostný strach z toho, že pri výchove svojich synov zopakujú všetky chyby rodičov a špirála sklamaní a utrpenia sa nikdy nepreruší. Namiesto snahy byť dobrým otcom sa Patrick dostane do iného bludného kruhu – alkohol, sebaľútosť, sklamanie. Popritom musí dohliadať na svoju matku Eleanor, u ktorej prepukla Alzheimerova choroba a rozhodla sa, že rodinný majetok prenechá pochybnému írskemu duchovnému menom Seamus.
V novele Materské mlieko sa Edward St. Aubyn vrátil k príbehu Patricka Melrosa po šestnástich rokoch. Vyslúžil si za ňu nomináciu na medzinárodnú Bookerovu cenu a kniha bola aj úspešne sfilmovaná. V roku 2018 z tejto série vznikol úspešný televízny seriál s Benedictom Cumberbatchom v hlavnej úlohe.
Sériu Edwarda St. Aubyna o Patrickovi Melrosovi prekladá Milan Kopecký.
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Patrick Melrose: Materské mlieko
Štvrté pokračovanie obľúbenej knižnej série Edwarda St. Aubyna o Patrickovi Melrosovi pred nami otvára dospelý život hlavného hrdinu. Aký bude Patrick otec?
Patrick je zrelý štyridsiatnik. Jeho existenciu by tak už nemali vypĺňať drogy a šialenstvo. Mal by sa pozrieť životu priamo do očí a uvedomiť si svoju rolu rodiča. Patricka a jeho manželku Mary však celkom pohltí úzkostný strach z toho, že pri výchove svojich synov zopakujú všetky chyby rodičov a špirála sklamaní a utrpenia sa nikdy nepreruší. Namiesto snahy byť dobrým otcom sa Patrick dostane do iného bludného kruhu – alkohol, sebaľútosť, sklamanie. Popritom musí dohliadať na svoju matku Eleanor, u ktorej prepukla Alzheimerova choroba a rozhodla sa, že rodinný majetok prenechá pochybnému írskemu duchovnému menom Seamus.
V novele Materské mlieko sa Edward St. Aubyn vrátil k príbehu Patricka Melrosa po šestnástich rokoch. Vyslúžil si za ňu nomináciu na medzinárodnú Bookerovu cenu a kniha bola aj úspešne sfilmovaná. V roku 2018 z tejto série vznikol úspešný televízny seriál s Benedictom Cumberbatchom v hlavnej úlohe. Sériu Edwarda St. Aubyna o Patrickovi Melrosovi prekladá Milan Kopecký.
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Lacná kniha Patrick Melrose 4: Materské mlieko (-15%)
Štvrté pokračovanie obľúbenej knižnej série Edwarda St. Aubyna o Patrickovi Melrosovi pred nami otvára dospelý život hlavného hrdinu. Aký bude Patrick otec?
Patrick je zrelý štyridsiatnik. Jeho existenciu by tak už nemali vypĺňať drogy a šialenstvo. Mal by sa pozrieť životu priamo do očí a uvedomiť si svoju rolu rodiča. Patricka a jeho manželku Mary však celkom pohltí úzkostný strach z toho, že pri výchove svojich synov zopakujú všetky chyby rodičov a špirála sklamaní a utrpenia sa nikdy nepreruší. Namiesto snahy byť dobrým otcom sa Patrick dostane do iného bludného kruhu – alkohol, sebaľútosť, sklamanie. Popritom musí dohliadať na svoju matku Eleanor, u ktorej prepukla Alzheimerova choroba a rozhodla sa, že rodinný majetok prenechá pochybnému írskemu duchovnému menom Seamus.
V novele Materské mlieko sa Edward St. Aubyn vrátil k príbehu Patricka Melrosa po šestnástich rokoch. Vyslúžil si za ňu nomináciu na medzinárodnú Bookerovu cenu a kniha bola aj úspešne sfilmovaná. V roku 2018 z tejto série vznikol úspešný televízny seriál s Benedictom Cumberbatchom v hlavnej úlohe.
Sériu Edwarda St. Aubyna o Patrickovi Melrosovi prekladá Milan Kopecký.
Na sklade 1Ks
12,68 €
14,90€
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Double Blind
From the author of the internationally acclaimed Patrick Melrose books: a major new novel exploring some of the biggest ideas and most pressing questions of our times.
'The experience of St Aubyn is indelible' Jonathan Franzen
Double Blind follows three close friends and their circle through a year of extraordinary transformation. Set between London, Cap d'Antibes, Big Sur and a rewilded corner of Sussex, this thrilling, ambitious novel is as compelling about ecology, psychoanalysis, genetics and neuroscience as it is about love, fear and courage.
When Olivia meets a new lover, Francis, just as she is welcoming her dearest friend Lucy back from New York, her life expands precipitously. Her connection to Francis, a committed naturalist living off-grid, is immediate and startling. Eager to involve Lucy in her joy, Olivia introduces the two -- but Lucy has news of her own that binds the trio unusually close. Over the months that follow, Lucy's boss Hunter, Olivia's psychoanalyst parents, and a young man named Sebastian are pulled into the friends' orbit, and not one of them will emerge unchanged.
Expansive, playful and compassionate, Double Blind investigates themes of inheritance, determinism, freedom, consciousness, and the stories we tell about ourselves. Most of all, it is a perfect expression of the interconnections it sets out to examine, and a moving evocation of an imagined world that is deeply intelligent, often tender, curious, and very much alive.
