Yoko Ogawa
autor
Mina's Matchbox
On sleepless nights, I open the matchbox and reread the story of the girl who gathered shooting stars.
After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life.
While the 1970s transform Japan, her uncle's magnificent colonial mansion is a place out of time; its sprawling gardens are even home to a pet pygmy hippo. Equally beguiling are Tomoko's relatives, especially her cousin Mina. Their growing friendship draws her into an intoxicating world - one full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling.
Rich with the magic and mystery of youth, Mina's Matchbox is an evocative snapshot of a moment frozen in time, and a striking depiction of a family on the edge of collapse.
Profesorova milovaná rovnice
On je „Profesor“, vynikající znalec matematiky s neobvyklou poruchou: od úrazu hlavy, který utrpěl při dávné autonehodě, umí v paměti uchovat pouze vzpomínky mladší osmdesáti minut, vše ostatní zapomíná. Ona je zručná hospodyně, svobodná matka desetiletého syna, kterou najali, aby o něj pečovala. Profesorova milovaná rovnice je okouzlující příběh o tom, co to znamená žít v přítomnosti, a o podivuhodných rovnicích, které dokáží utvářet rodinu.
Na sklade 1Ks
11,99 €
Profesorova rovnica
On je Profesor s brilantnou mysľou a nezvyčajným problémom – pri dopravnej nehode utrpel vážne zranenie a odvtedy má jeho krátkodobá pamäť kapacitu iba osemdesiat minút. Ona je pomocnica v domácnosti a matka desaťročného syna, ktorej pracovnou náplňou sa stala starostlivosť o Profesora. Každé ráno pre nich znamená nové zoznámenie, každý deň sa stáva neopakovateľnou príležitosťou pre zvláštny a krásny vzťah.
Ostrov bez pamäti, 2. vydanie
Desivo-krásny orwellovský román o totálnom ovládnutí ľudských životov štátnou mocou od jednej z najoceňovanejších autoriek súčasnosti. Na bezmennom ostrove miznú objekty: najskôr klobúky, potom stuhy, vtáky, ruže. Obyvatelia na stratené predmety okamžite zabúda, akoby im ktosi vygumoval spomienky. Lenže po tých, čo neprišli o schopnosť pamätať si, pátra pamäťová polícia. Keď mladá spisovateľka zistí, že jej redaktor patrí do kategórie prenasledovaných, snaží sa ho udržať pri živote v tajnej skrýši.
Ostrov bez pamäti
Desivo-krásny orwellovský román o totálnom ovládnutí ľudských životov štátnou mocou od jednej z najoceňovanejších autoriek súčasnosti. Na bezmennom ostrove pri bezmennom pobreží miznú objekty: najskôr klobúky, potom stuhy, vtáky, ruže. Väčšina obyvateľov ostrova na stratené predmety okamžite zabúda, akoby im ktosi vygumoval spomienky. Lenže tí, čo neprišli o schopnosť pamätať si, žijú v ustavičnom strachu. Pátra po nich pamäťová polícia, ktorá má za úlohu zabezpečiť, aby to, čo zmizlo, upadlo navždy do zabudnutia. Keď mladá spisovateľka zistí, že aj jej redaktor patrí do kategórie prenasledovaných, snaží sa ho udržať pri živote v tajnej skrýši pod podlahou. Ich jedinou nádejou na záchranu pred hrôzou a vecným zabudnutím je román, na ktorom tajne pracujú... No čo ak o chvíľu prídu aj o schopnosť písať?
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Revenge
'A conspicuously gifted writer...To read Ogawa is to enter a dreamlike state tinged with a nightmare, and her stories continue to haunt. She possesses an effortless, glassy, eerie brilliance' Guardian
Murderers and mourners, mothers and children, lovers and innocent bystanders - locked in the embrace of an ominous and darkly beautiful web, their fates all converge through the eleven stories here in Yoko Ogawa's Revenge. As tales of the macabre pass from character to character - an aspiring writer, a successful surgeon, a cabaret singer, a lonely craftsman - Ogawa provides us with a slice of life that is resplendent in its chaos, enthralling in its passion and chilling in its cruelty.
Translated by Stephen Snyder
Elegant, pocket-sized paperbacks, VINTAGE Editions celebrate the audacity and ambition of the written word, transporting readers to wherever in the world literary innovation may be found.
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The Memory Police
A compelling speculative mystery by one of Japan's greatest writers.
Hat, ribbon, bird, rose. To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown in the river or handed over to the Memory Police. Soon enough, the island forgets it ever existed.
When a young novelist discovers that her editor is in danger of being taken away by the Memory Police, she desperately wants to save him. For some reason, he doesn't forget, and it's becoming increasingly difficult for him to hide his memories. Who knows what will vanish next?
The Memory Police is a beautiful, haunting and provocative fable about the power of memory and the trauma of loss, from one of Japan's greatest writers.
The Housekeeper and the Professor
VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS - five masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions.
Each morning, the Professor and the Housekeeper are introduced to one another. The Professor may not remember what he had for breakfast, but his mind is still alive with elegant mathematical equations from the past. He devises clever maths riddles - based on her shoe size or her birthday - and the numbers reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the Housekeeper and her ten-year-old son. With each new equation, the three lost souls forge an affection more mysterious than imaginary numbers, and a bond that runs deeper than memory.
The Housekeeper and the Professor
He is a brilliant maths professor with a peculiar problem - ever since a traumatic head injury seventeen years ago, he has lived with only eighty minutes of short-term memory. She is a sensitive but astute young housekeeper who is entrusted to take care of him. Each morning, as the Professor and the Housekeeper are reintroduced to one another, a strange, beautiful relationship blossoms between them. The Professor may not remember what he had for breakfast, but his mind is still alive with elegant equations from the past. He devises clever maths riddles - based on her shoe size or her birthday - and the numbers reveal a sheltering and poetic world to both the Housekeeper and her ten-year-old son. With each new equation, the three lost souls forge an affection more mysterious than imaginary numbers, and a bond that runs deeper than memory.
Mina's Matchbox
A tale of friendship and family secrets in 1970s Japan from the International Booker Prize nominated author.
After the death of her father, twelve-year-old Tomoko is sent to live for a year with her uncle in the coastal town of Ashiya. It is a year which will change her life. The 1970s are bringing changes to Japan and her uncle's magnificent colonial mansion opens up a new and unfamiliar world for Tomoko; its sprawling gardens are even home to a pygmy hippo the family keeps as a pet.
Tomoko finds her relatives equally exotic and beguiling and her growing friendship with her cousin Mina draws her into an intoxicating world full of secret crushes and elaborate storytelling.
As the two girls share confidences their eyes are opened to the complications of the adult world. Tomoko’s understanding of her uncle’s mysterious absences, her grandmother’s wartime experiences and her aunt’s unhappiness will all come into clearer focus as she and Mina build an enduring bond.
Rich with the magic and mystery of youth, Mina’s Matchbox is an evocative snapshot of a moment frozen in time, and a striking depiction of a family on the edge of collapse.
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17,95 €
Profesorova rovnica
On je Profesor s brilantnou mysľou a nezvyčajným problémom – pri dopravnej nehode utrpel vážne zranenie a odvtedy má jeho krátkodobá pamäť kapacitu iba osemdesiat minút. Ona je pomocnica v domácnosti a matka desaťročného syna, ktorej pracovnou náplňou sa stala starostlivosť o Profesora. Každé ráno pre nich znamená nové zoznámenie, každý deň sa stáva neopakovateľnou príležitosťou pre zvláštny a krásny vzťah.
Predaj skončil
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Ostrov bez pamäti
Desivo-krásny orwellovský román o totálnom ovládnutí ľudských životov štátnou mocou od jednej z najoceňovanejších autoriek súčasnosti. Na bezmennom ostrove miznú objekty: najskôr klobúky, potom stuhy, vtáky, ruže. Obyvatelia na stratené predmety okamžite zabúda, akoby im ktosi vygumoval spomienky. Lenže po tých, čo neprišli o schopnosť pamätať si, pátra pamäťová polícia. Keď mladá spisovateľka zistí, že jej redaktor patrí do kategórie prenasledovaných, snaží sa ho udržať pri živote v tajnej skrýši.
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dostupné aj ako:
The Memory Police
Hat, ribbon, bird, rose. To the people on the island, a disappeared thing no longer has any meaning. It can be burned in the garden, thrown in the river or handed over to the Memory Police. Soon enough, the island forgets it ever existed.
When a young novelist discovers that her editor is in danger of being taken away by the Memory Police, she desperately wants to save him. For some reason, he doesn't forget, and it's becoming increasingly difficult for him to hide his memories. Who knows what will vanish next?
The Memory Police is a beautiful, haunting and provocative fable about the power of memory and the trauma of loss, from one of Japan's greatest writers.
Vypredané
15,95 €
