Hľadanie: Triumphs and Turbulence EN
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Turbulence
Úspěšný byznysmen ze Senegalu, hongkongská žena v domácnosti, německý pilot nákladního letadla, indický zahradník v luxusní katarské rezidenci nebo matka dospělého Angličana léčícího se s rakovinou prostaty. Dvanáct lidí na palubě dvanácti různých dálkových letů obkrouží během několika desítek hodin celou Zemi. Štafeta jejich krátkých příběhů, vzájemně propojených postavami, které se v jedné epizodě jen mihnou a v další pak hrají ústřední roli, je výstižnou metaforou stavu dnešního světa a mezilidských vztahů: tisícikilometrové vzdálenosti mezi kontinenty jsme schopni snadno překlenout díky výkonným letadlům a moderním komunikačním prostředkům, jen velmi málo nám to ale pomáhá k tomu, abychom překonali bariéry mezi kulturami, mezi generacemi, bariéry, které se často vytvoří i mezi těmi nejbližšími.
Každá z dvanácti kapitol nazvaných lakonicky podle označení letu (LGW — MAD, MAD — DSS atd.) přitom přináší nejen změnu prostředí a odlišný způsob vyprávění, ale především novou perspektivu: žena, která svému zaměstnanci za každodenní dvanáctihodinovou dřinu na zahradě platí „asi sto dolarů měsíčně“, se tak v následujícím příběhu ukáže být starostlivou milující matkou. Szalay však nemoralizuje, ani by na to neměl čas. Řadí osudy a příběhy tolik odlišných hrdinů své prózy jeden za druhým v tak svižném tempu, že vytvářejí dlouhou souvislou linku, ne nepodobnou kondenzační stopě tryskového letadla, která se ale na rozdíl od zlopověstných chemtrails jen tak nerozplyne. Turbulence, kterou autor použil jako titul své prózy, je metaforou znejišťujícího okamžiku, krátkého vytržení z iluzorního bezpečí naší existence, z toho, co jsme až dosud považovali za samozřejmé. Čtenářům, pasažérům svého pomyslného letu napříč kontinenty, předává David Szalay tenhle pocit tak sugestivně, že jim vydrží i po přistání.
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Turbulence
Úspěšný byznysmen ze Senegalu, hongkongská žena v domácnosti, německý pilot nákladního letadla, indický zahradník v luxusní katarské rezidenci nebo matka dospělého Angličana léčícího se s rakovinou prostaty. Dvanáct lidí na palubě dvanácti různých dálkových letů obkrouží během několika desítek hodin celou Zemi. Štafeta jejich krátkých příběhů, vzájemně propojených postavami, které se v jedné epizodě jen mihnou a v další pak hrají ústřední roli, je výstižnou metaforou stavu dnešního světa a mezilidských vztahů: tisícikilometrové vzdálenosti mezi kontinenty jsme schopni snadno překlenout díky výkonným letadlům a moderním komunikačním prostředkům, jen velmi málo nám to ale pomáhá k tomu, abychom překonali bariéry mezi kulturami, mezi generacemi, bariéry, které se často vytvoří i mezi těmi nejbližšími.
Každá z dvanácti kapitol nazvaných lakonicky podle označení letu (LGW — MAD, MAD — DSS atd.) přitom přináší nejen změnu prostředí a odlišný způsob vyprávění, ale především novou perspektivu: žena, která svému zaměstnanci za každodenní dvanáctihodinovou dřinu na zahradě platí „asi sto dolarů měsíčně“, se tak v následujícím příběhu ukáže být starostlivou milující matkou. Szalay však nemoralizuje, ani by na to neměl čas. Řadí osudy a příběhy tolik odlišných hrdinů své prózy jeden za druhým v tak svižném tempu, že vytvářejí dlouhou souvislou linku, ne nepodobnou kondenzační stopě tryskového letadla, která se ale na rozdíl od zlopověstných chemtrails jen tak nerozplyne. Turbulence, kterou autor použil jako titul své prózy, je metaforou znejišťujícího okamžiku, krátkého vytržení z iluzorního bezpečí naší existence, z toho, co jsme až dosud považovali za samozřejmé. Čtenářům, pasažérům svého pomyslného letu napříč kontinenty, předává David Szalay tenhle pocit tak sugestivně, že jim vydrží i po přistání.
En ten tulipán
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A je to práve slečna Lemonová, kto upozorní Hercula Poirota na čudné udalosti v študentskom penzióne Tulipán na Hickory Road, ktorý spravuje jej sestra pani Hubbardová. Za normálnych okolností by drobné krádeže sotva vzbudili záujem slávneho detektíva. Keď si však prečíta bizarný zoznam ukradnutých a zničených vecí - vrátane stetoskopu, pudrenky, starých nohavíc, bonboniéry, rozstrihaného ruksaka a diamantového prsteňa, ktorý sa neskôr našiel v polievke -, musí blahoželať pani Hubbardovej k „jedinečnému a úžasnému rébusu“. Zoznam nedáva vôbec žiadny zmysel, no Poirotovi neschádza z mysle: Ak sú to len obyčajné krádeže a páchateľom je neškodný kleptoman, prečo sú potom obyvatelia penziónu takí vystrašení?
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