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From the master of historical fiction, this book follows an unforgettable family after the Second World War. Some bonds are hard to break... Daniel Pitt was an RAF fighter in the First World War and an espionage agent for the SOE in the Second. Now the conflicts he faces are closer to home. Daniel's marriage has fractured beyond repair and Daniel's relationship with his son, Bertie, has been a failure since Bertie was a small boy. But after his brother Archie's death, Daniel is keen for new perspectives. He first travels to Peshawar to bury Archie in the place he loved best, and then finds himself in Canada, avoiding his family and friends back in England. Daniel and Bertie's different experiences of war, although devastating, also bring with them the opportunity for the two to reconnect. If only they can find a way to move on from the past...

Chris is in his forties: bored, lonely, trapped in a loveless, sexless marriage. He's a stranger to the 1970s youth culture of London, a stranger to himself on the night he invites a prostitute into his car. Roza is Yugoslavian, recently moved to London. She's in her twenties, but has already lived a life filled with danger, misadventure, romance, and tragedy. And though she's not a prostitute, when she's propositioned by Chris, she gets into his car anyway. Over the next few months Roza tells Chris the stories of her past. She's a fast-talking Scheherazade, saving her own life by telling it to Chris. And he takes in her tales as if they were oxygen in an otherwise airless world. But is Roza telling the truth? Does it even matter?

Louis de Bernieres is the master of historical fiction which makes you both laugh and cry. This book follows an unforgettable family after the Second World War. Daniel Pitt was an RAF fighter in the First World War and an espionage agent for the SOE in the Second. Now the conflicts he faces are closer to home. Daniel's marriage has fractured beyond repair and Daniel's relationship with his son, Bertie, has been a failure since Bertie was a small boy. But after his brother Archie's death, Daniel is keen for new perspectives. He first travels to Peshawar to bury Archie in the place he loved best, and then finds himself in Canada, avoiding his family and friends back in England. But some bonds are hard to break. Daniel and Bertie's different experiences of war, although devastating, also bring with them the opportunity for the two to reconnect. If only they can find a way to move on from the past. Louis de Bernieres' new novel is a moving account of an extraordinary life in extraordinary times. Daniel is a flawed but captivating hero, and this coming-of-old-age story illuminates both the effect of two World Wars on a generation and the irrepressible spirit and love that can connect people despite great obstacles.

Jako dějiště svého posledního románu si Louis de Bernieres netradičně vybral Londýn na sklonku sedmdesátých let a zasadil do něj příběh nešťastně ženatého Chrise a Rozy, mladé Srbky, která se nedávno přistěhovala do hlavního města. Chris si Rozy všimne při cestě autem na rohu ulice a neohrabané oslovení nakonec skončí pozváním kafe. Nezůstane u jednoho setkání a Roza mu začne vyprávět svůj životní příběh od dětství v rodině Titova partyzána až nedávnou barvitou a riskantní minulost v Londýně. Partyzánova dcera je poutavý a dojemný román o moci vyprávění a nepravděpodobné lásce od autora Mandolíny kapitána Corelliho a Ptáků bez křídel.

Ptáci bez křídel se odehrávají na pozadí rozpadu osmanské říše a sledují osudy obyvatel městečka Eskibahçe, kde spolu křesťané a muslimové celá staletí žili v míru a pokoji a kde přátelství i láska dokázaly překonat náboženské rozdíly.

It is 1941 and Captain Antonio Corelli, a young Italian officer, is posted to the Greek island of Cephallonia as part of the occupying forces. At first he is ostracised by the locals, but as a conscientious but far from fanatical soldier, whose main aim is to have a peaceful war, he proves in time to be civilised, humorous – and a consummate musician.nnWhen the local doctor’s daughter’s letters to her fiancé – a member of the underground – go unanswered, the working of the eternal triangle seems inevitable. But can this fragile love survive as a war of bestial savagery gets closer and the lines are drawn between invader and defender?

Louis de Bernières sa vo svojich spomienkach vracia do malej anglickej dedinky, kde v šesťdesiatych a sedemdesiatych rokoch vyrastal, a sprevádza nás Anglickom, ktoré sa pomaly vytráca, prostredníctvom pôvabných príbehov. Bizarné postavy voľne prechádzajú knihou, objavujú sa nielen vo vlastných príbehoch, ale aj v príbehoch iných, a vykresľujú tak obraz celého spoločenstva. Z knihy vanie vidiecka atmosféra dávnych čias, a tie neponúkajú vymyslenú idylu, ale hovoria o ľuďoch, ktorých stojí za to si pamätať a pripomínať si, ako žili, a ktorí by inak upadli do zabudnutia.

Chris is in his forties: bored, lonely, trapped in a loveless, sexless marriage. He's a stranger to the 1970s youth culture of London, a stranger to himself on the night he invites a prostitute into his car. Roza is Yugoslavian, recently moved to London. She's in her twenties, but has already lived a life filled with danger, misadventure, romance, and tragedy. And though she's not a prostitute, when she's propositioned by Chris, she gets into his car anyway. Over the next few months Roza tells Chris the stories of her past. She's a fast-talking Scheherazade, saving her own life by telling it to Chris. And he takes in her tales as if they were oxygen in an otherwise airless world. But is Roza telling the truth? Does it even matter?