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Vintage Voyages: A world of journeys, from the tallest mountains to the depths of the mind Henry Pulling, a retired bank manager, meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time in over fifty years at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. Soon after, she persuades Henry to abandon Southwood, to travel to Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, Paraguay, and a shiftless, twilight society of hippies, war criminals, CIA men that will help Henry come alive after a dull suburban life.

"Hale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him..." Graham Greene's chilling exposé of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Pinkie, a teenage gangster on the rise, is devoid of compassion or human feeling, despising weakness of both the spirit and the flesh. Responsible for the razor slashes that killed mob boss Kite and also for the death of Hale, a reporter who threatened the livelihood of the mob, Pinkie is the embodiment of calculated evil. As a Catholic, however, Pinkie is convinced that his retribution does not lie in human hands. He is therefore not prepared for Ida Arnold, Hale's avenging angel. Ida, whose allegiance is with life, the here and now, has her own ideas about the circumstances surrounding Hale's death. For the sheer joy of it, she takes up the challenge of bringing the infernal Pinkie to an earthly kind of justice. This Penguin Classics Deluxe edition features an introduction by J. M. Coetzee. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

"A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses a moment of experience from which to look ahead..." "This is a record of hate far more than of love," writes Maurice Bendrix in the opening passages of The End of the Affair, and it is a strange hate indeed that compels him to set down the retrospective account of his adulterous affair with Sarah Miles. Now, a year after Sarah's death, Bendrix seeks to exorcise the persistence of his passion by retracing its course from obsessive love to love-hate. At first, he believes he hates Sarah and her husband, Henry. Yet as he delves further into his emotional outlook, Bendrix's hatred shifts to the God he feels has broken his life, but whose existence at last comes to recognize. Originally published in 1951, The End of the Affair was acclaimed by William Faulkner as "for me one of the best, most true and moving novels of my time, in anybody's language." This Penguin Deluxe Edition features an introduction by Michael Gorra. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

"I met Aunt Augusta for the first time at my mother's funeral..." Described by Graham Greene as "the only book I have written just for the fun of it," Travels with My Aunt is the story of Hanry Pulling, a retired and complacent bank manager who meets his septuagenarian Aunt Augusta for the first time at what he supposes to be his mother's funeral. She soon persuades Henry to abandon his dull suburban existence to travel her way--winding through Brighton, Paris, Istanbul, and Paraguay. Through Aunt Augusta, one of Greene's greatest comic creations, Henry joins a shiftless, twilight society; mixes with hippies, war criminals, and CIA men; smokes pot; and breaks all currency regulations. Originally published in 1970, Travels with My Aunt offers intoxicating entertainment, yet also confronts some of the most perplexing human dilemmas. This Penguin Deluxe Edition features an introduction by Gloria Emerson. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Egy hajóval utazik Haitira a hencegő Mr. Jones, a jóhiszemű, vegetáriánus missziójú Smith házaspár, és Mr. Brown, az elbeszélő. A gyönyörű nők és a gondtalan szórakozás letűnt világába, a 20. század közepén tomboló Doki Papa (Duvalier) diktatúrájába érkeznek. Komédiások valamennyien, maguk választották vagy belekényszerültek, de mindig a túlélésért. A valóság és az ezt alig-alig tudomásul vevő szereplők összeütközéseiből egyre fokozódik a drámai feszültség... Az események szemtanúja a hűvös, cinikus Mr. Brown, aki megpróbálja fenntartani szállodáját, miközben viszonyt folytat a nagykövet feleségével. Az izgalmas légkörben az író művészien bontja ki a féltékenységgel terhes szerelem és a botcsinálta hőssé váló Jones "őrnagy" történetét.

Graham Greene's classic exploration of love, innocence, and morality in Vietnam "I never knew a man who had better motives for all the trouble he caused," Graham Greene's narrator Fowler remarks of Alden Pyle, the eponymous "Quiet American" of what is perhaps the most controversial novel of his career. Pyle is the brash young idealist sent out by Washington on a mysterious mission to Saigon, where the French Army struggles against the Vietminh guerrillas. As young Pyle's well-intentioned policies blunder into bloodshed, Fowler, a seasoned and cynical British reporter, finds it impossible to stand safely aside as an observer. But Fowler's motives for intervening are suspect, both to the police and himself, for Pyle has stolen Fowler's beautiful Vietnamese mistress. Originally published in 1956 and twice adapted to film, The Quiet American remains a terrifiying and prescient portrait of innocence at large. This Graham Greene Centennial Edition includes a new introductory essay by Robert Stone. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Egy hajóval utazik Haitira a hencegő Mr. Jones, a jóhiszemű, vegetáriánus missziójú Smith házaspár, és Mr. Brown, az elbeszélő. A gyönyörű nők és a gondtalan szórakozás letűnt világába, a 20. század közepén tomboló Doki Papa (Duvalier) diktatúrájába érkeznek. Komédiások valamennyien, maguk választották vagy belekényszerültek, de mindig a túlélésért. A valóság és az ezt alig-alig tudomásul vevő szereplők összeütközéseiből egyre fokozódik a drámai feszültség... Az események szemtanúja a hűvös, cinikus Mr. Brown, aki megpróbálja fenntartani szállodáját, miközben viszonyt folytat a nagykövet feleségével. Az izgalmas légkörben az író művészien bontja ki a féltékenységgel terhes szerelem és a botcsinálta hőssé váló Jones "őrnagy" történetét.

This is the story of Francis Andrews, a young man whose betrayal of his fellow smugglers has left a man dead. Fearing vengeance, he flees and takes refuge in the house of a young, isolated woman who persuades him to give evidence against his accomplices in court. But neither she nor Andrews is aware that to both criminals and authority, treachery is as great a crime as smuggling.

The love affair between Maurice Bendix and Sarah, flourishing in the turbulent times of the London Blitz, ends when she suddenly and without explanation breaks it off. After a chance meeting rekindles his love and jealousy two years later, Bendix hir es a private detective to follow Sarah, and slowly his love for her turns into an obsession.Upozornenie: Vzhľadom na častejšie obmeny vydaní tejto knihy v zahraničí, kus, ktorý vám zašleme, nemusí mať rovnakú obálku ako je zobrazená tu. Zobrazená obá lka môže byť iba ilustračná. Obsah knihy aj cena budú však identické, bez ohľadu na obálku.

Ač nebyl odsouzen, považuje Arthur Rowe sám sebe za vraha, protože nemohl snést utrpení své smrtelně nemocné manželky a urychlil její odchod ze života. Muž, který osaměle živoří ve válečném Londýně sužovaném nacistickým bombardováním, se náhodou zúčastní dobročinné slavnosti a za zvláštních okolností tu získá podivnou cenu - dort. V tu chvíli se nechtěně stává klíčovou postavou záhadné a nebezpečné špionážní hry, jejíž význam mu zprvu zcela uniká. Životem usmýkaný človíček neustále koketující se sebevraždou je najednou okolnostmi nucen bojovat nejen o svoji budoucnost… Podobně jako jiná díla Grahama Greena i román Ministerstvo strachu nabízí čtenáři napínavý příběh okořeněný řadou groteskních situací, jejichž pravá podstata se vyjevuje teprve postupně. Ještě dramatičtější než barvitý děj je ale psychologický vývoj hlavního hrdiny, jenž během překotného toku událostí přijímá břemeno svého osudu a doslova se znovu stává člověkem.

Ač nebyl odsouzen, považuje Arthur Rowe sám sebe za vraha, protože nemohl snést utrpení své smrtelně nemocné manželky a urychlil její odchod ze života. Muž, který osaměle živoří ve válečném Londýně sužovaném nacistickým bombardováním, se náhodou zúčastní dobročinné slavnosti a za zvláštních okolností tu získá podivnou cenu - dort. V tu chvíli se nechtěně stává klíčovou postavou záhadné a nebezpečné špionážní hry, jejíž význam mu zprvu zcela uniká. Životem usmýkaný človíček neustále koketující se sebevraždou je najednou okolnostmi nucen bojovat nejen o svoji budoucnost… Podobně jako jiná díla Grahama Greena i román Ministerstvo strachu nabízí čtenáři napínavý příběh okořeněný řadou groteskních situací, jejichž pravá podstata se vyjevuje teprve postupně. Ještě dramatičtější než barvitý děj je ale psychologický vývoj hlavního hrdiny, jenž během překotného toku událostí přijímá břemeno svého osudu a doslova se znovu stává člověkem.