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Kořeny
Povídky předních českých spisovatelek a spisovatelů. Jak se vyrovnat se situací, že je váš táta někdo jiný, než jste si celý život mysleli? Co když na vás sestra nikdy nepřestane žárlit? Dá se vyhrát hádka s rodičem, když je majitelem všech pravd, které kdy člověk přivedl na svět? Kořeny, to je nedělní oběd před televizí, první školní den, který navždy otočí váš život vzhůru nohama, nebo nesehnatelná instantní polévka. V knize najdete povídky Viktorie Hanišové, Marka Epsteina, Marie Doležalové, Pavly Horákové, Denisy Proškové, Ivy Pekárkové, Biancy Bellové, Martina Goffy, Marka Torčíka a Adély Elbel.
"I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer"
A fascinating collection of questions and answers—about courtship, marriage, love, and sex—from a seventeenth-century periodical The Athenian Mercury—a one-page, two-sided periodical published in 1690s London—included the world’s first personal advice column. Acclaimed historian and Pulitzer Prize–finalist Mary Beth Norton’s “I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer” is a remarkable collection of questions and answers drawn from this groundbreaking publication. In these exchanges, anonymous readers look for help with their most intimate romantic problems—about courting, picking a spouse, getting married, securing or avoiding parental consent, engaging in premarital sex and extramarital affairs, and much more. Spouses ask how to handle contentious marriages and tense relationships with in-laws. Some correspondents seek ways to ease a conscience troubled by romantic and sexual misbehavior. The lonely wonder how to meet a potential partner—or how to spark a warmer relationship with someone they already have an eye on. And both men and women inquire about how to extract themselves from relationships turned sour. Many of these concerns will be familiar to readers of today’s advice columns. But others are delightfully strange and surprising, reflecting forgotten social and romantic customs and using charmingly unfamiliar language in which, for example, “kissing is a luscious diet,” a marriage might provide “much love and moderate conveniency,” and an “amorous disposition” can lead to trouble. Delightful and entertaining, “I Humbly Beg Your Speedy Answer” provides a unique, intriguing, and revealing picture of what has—and hasn’t—changed over the past three centuries when it comes to love, sex, and relationships.
The Story of Stone
James Kelman has made use of the short form all of his writing life, calling on the different traditions where such stories are central within the culture, beginning and ending in freedom, the freedom to create. People should know that their stories count, no matter how personal, how emotional, how eccentric, how trivial, how stupid or how self-centred they may appear. Just make them, and make them your own, in spite of hostility, of negativity, of the threat of punishment: go to it. Language is with the user and you are the user. Take these stories and make them your own
The Story of Stone
James Kelman has made use of the short form all of his writing life, calling on the different traditions where such stories are central within the culture, beginning and ending in freedom, the freedom to create. People should know that their stories count, no matter how personal, how emotional, how eccentric, how trivial, how stupid or how self-centred they may appear. Just make them, and make them your own, in spite of hostility, of negativity, of the threat of punishment: go to it. Language is with the user and you are the user. Take these stories and make them your own
Krvavý kompot
Reportážní povídky z válečného Charkova. Toto je syrová, osobní a naléhavá kniha, v níž spisovatelka a novinářka Adéla Knapová podává autentické svědectví o zemi, která se odmítá vzdát, o městě, které stojí navzdory, a o lidech, kteří drží svou budoucnost ve vlastních rukou.
Name
Set partly in the narrator's childhood, it explores ideas about origins and reshapes relationships to our various inheritances: name, family, class, habits. As the novel unravels, freedom is revealed as a redefining of these relationships on one's own terms. Brilliant and unflinching, Name affirms and extends Debré's radical project.
Deliverywoman
Deliverywoman is the stunning debut collection from Eva Wyles - thirteen short stories that dive into the complexities of human connection, the pursuit of meaning, and modern-day loneliness. Across a diverse cast of characters - from teachers and gas station workers to hedonistic revellers and wealthy gamers - Wyles explores the strange dimensions of our world and the dangers of ordinary life, with needle-sharp writing both real and surreal. Deliverywoman sits alongside A.M.Homes'' The Safety of Objects and Ottessa Moshfegh''s Homesick for Another World, announcing the arrival of a powerful new voice in contemporary fiction.
Beneath the Surface of Things
?Wade Davis is a true wayfinder, and these essays offer new insight into his visionary approach to culture, landscape, and the planet he loves as fiercely as any writer working today.??John Vaillant, author of Fire WeatherA timely and eclectic collection from one of the foremost thinkers of our time, ?a powerful, penetrating and immensely knowledgeable writer? (The Guardian).The essays in this collection came about during the unhurried months when one who had traveled incessantly was obliged to stay still, even as events flared on all sides in a world that never stops moving. Wade Davis brings his unique cultural perspective to such varied topics as the demonization of coca, the sacred plant of the Inca; the Great War and the birth of modernity; the British conquest of Everest; the endless conflict in the Middle East; reaching beyond climate fear and trepidation; on the meaning of the sacred. His essay, ?The Unraveling of America,? first published in Rolling Stone, attracted five million readers and generated 362 million social media impressions. Media interest in the story was sustained over many weeks, with interview requests coming in from 23 countries.The anthropological lens, as Davis demonstrates, reveals what lies beneath the surface of things, allowing us to see, and to seek, the wisdom of the middle way, a perspective of promise and hope that all of the essays in this collection aspire to convey.?Wade Davis has a gift for saying the unsayable. He?s a fearless explorer in the intellectual world, as in the physical. His refusal to embrace conventional wisdom on climate change, for example, and instead think through the issue for himself, is a model of independent thinking. Even when I disagree with Wade, as with some of his bleak comments about the United States, I?m grateful for his voice. We usually live on the surface of ideas when we talk about issues such as war and racism; Wade takes us far deeper.??David Ignatius, columnist and associate editor, Washington Post
I Have Not Considered Consequences: Short Stories
New flash fiction collection by Sherrie Flick, coeditor of Flash Fiction America and author of Thank Your Lucky Stars and Whiskey, Etc., a Foreword INDIES bronze prize for best story collection.I Have Not Considered Consequences delves into the complexities of grief, desire, and a peculiar intersection between humans and bears. Flick’s evocative and thought-provoking stories follow characters like Bobby, a local home inspector who zips into a bear suit on his daily rounds, and a Gen-X couple, Matty and Trudy, navigating the ups and downs of their adult lives, from a dead fish named Patti Smith to dashed dreams of indie rock stardom. Women wander through small-town streets as they ponder love, allegiance, and Edith Wharton.In Flick’s world, bears don’t just roam the wild—they play basketball, dance, and even work as midlevel business professionals. Through this memorable cast of characters, Flick reveals intriguing secrets about humanity and yearning with her signature blend of stark honesty and humor.
With All My Soul
Imagine finding the love of your life, but they are utterly unreachable. Pamela is a young Australian, not long out of convent school, trying to forge a life of adventure, culture and self-reliance by travelling through Europe. There, in a sunlit lecture hall in Perugia in 1968, she meets Kieran O'Cuneen, an Irish Catholic missionary priest whose conviction and charm captivate her soul. They fall in love, but Kieran's vows to the Church stand between them. When Kieran returns to his duties in Africa, severing all ties, Pamela is cast adrift in London. She immerses herself in a new life of work, friendships, and fleeting romances, yet her heart belongs to Kieran, and his absence devastates her life. With All My Soul is a true story, but it isn't just a memoir. It's a portrait of a changing world, and a deeply moving exploration of the agony of separation, the power of faith, and the choices that shape our destiny. For anyone who has questioned fate or dared to follow their heart, this book is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the enduring power of love.
Náměstí Hrdinů
Náměstí hrdinů je sbírka sedmi povídek balkanisty Františka Šístka, známého také jako básník Viktor Žižkov. Autor provede čtenáře nejen labyrintem vzpomínek, jakýmsi zábavným lusthauzem své mysli, ale - jako zkušený globetrotter - též místy, kam může zavítat každý, byť každý si z toho odnese něco jiného: od náměstí Hrdinů přes Tatry po Laos. Šístkova pozorování jsou výstižná, historky hravé a uzávěry - inu, s některými lidmi se i přes vzdálenost, v čase, nebo v místě, cítíme býti na stejně vlně. Totéž přeji čtenáři - je to vážně česká radost toho světoběžníka z Mostu, Jižáku a Žižkova číst.
Večer v ráji
Lucia Berlinová si získala čtenáře i kritiky po celém světě až dlouhých jedenáct let po své smrti: výbor z její povídkové tvorby nazvaný Manuál pro uklízečky vyšel ve větším nakladatelství až v roce 2015, zaznamenal ihned obrovský – a nečekaný – úspěch a byl následně přeložen do více než 30 jazyků. Soubor Večer v ráji přináší další porci toho, čím nám Berlinová učarovala – v povídkách inspirovaných vlastními osudy vypráví o neúprosnosti života, o životních prohrách a ztroskotáních, o obtížném hledání naděje tam, kde se žádná naděje neskýtá… I v těch nejtemnějších prožitcích ovšem autorka dovede najít krásu – a činí tak bez sentimentu a s ďábelským smyslem pro humor. Při čtení jejích krátkých, úderných, vražedně vycizelovaných próz chápeme, proč ji americká kritika řadí po bok Raymonda Carvera, Alice Munroové, či dokonce Antona Pavloviče Čechova a proč je Lucia Berlinová dnes za oceánem obecně vnímána jako jedna z nejzajímavějších amerických povídkářek 20. století.
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Bookish Words & their Surprising Stories
The world of books has played a striking role in the history of English vocabulary. Book itself is one of the oldest words in the language, originating from boc in Old English, and appears in many commonly used expressions today – by the book, bring to book and bookworm – to name a few. With the arrival of printing, typesetting and the development of the newspaper industry came terminology that developed into commonly used phrases such as stop the press, front-page news and hit the headlines, and the emergence of the internet generated still more. This anthology presents a selection of more than 100 words which show the influence of writing, reading and publishing books on our everyday vocabulary over the centuries, telling the stories behind their linguistic origins, and uncovering some surprising twists in the development of their meaning through time.
Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2025 DYLAN THOMAS PRIZEA Granta Best Young British Novelist''A thrilling love for the stuff of language … Magical'' JON McGREGOR‘Poignant and playful’DAILY MAIL ‘A writer with few real rivals’IRISH TIMES''A visionary writer'' JAN CARSONThe stunning new collection of stories from the award-winning author of The Liar’s Dictionary and Attrib. and Other Stories.Granta Best Young British novelist and acclaimed author of Attrib. and other stories, Eley Williams returns with a thrilling collection of short stories exploring the nature of relationships both intimate and transient – from the easy gamesmanship of contagious yawns to the horror of a smile fixed for just a second too long.A courtroom sketch artist delights in committing portraits of their lover to paper but their need to capture likenesses forever is revealed to have darker, more complex intentions. A child’s schoolyard crush on a saint marks a confrontation with the reality of a teenage body in flux. Elsewhere, an editor of canned laughter loses their confidence and seeks divine intervention, and an essayist annotates their thoughts on Keats by way of internet-gleaned sex tips.Moderate to Poor, Occasionally Good hums with fossicking language and ingenious experiments in form and considers notions of playfulness, authenticity and care as it holds relationships to account: their sweet misunderstandings, soured reflections, queer wish fulfilments and shared, held breaths.‘Undeniably a skilful book’TELEGRAPH‘Stories that work from the inside out… glancing,intriguing’GUARDIAN''Erudite and audacious'' KEIRAN GODDARD‘Frequently brilliant and deeply pleasurable’ CAOILINN HUGHES‘I don’t know anyone else who can write like this … What a joy!'' BEN PESTER‘A joy for the head and the heart'' RUBY COWLING
Everything Must Go
A brilliantly original exploration of our obsession with the end of the world, from Mary Shelley’s The Last Man to the HBO’s The Last of Us.''Will make you happy to be alive and reading – until the lights go out . . . Brilliant'' – The Spectator''Clever and voluminous . . . So engagingly plotted and written’ – The GuardianWe have always told ourselves stories about the end of the world. Long before we watched superintelligent AI wage war on humanity in The Terminator, or read about a catastrophic deluge in J. G. Ballard’s The Drowned World, art, literature and politics were all haunted by recurring visions of apocalypse.In Everything Must Go – a colourful, witty and stirring cultural history of the modern world that weaves in politics, history and science – Dorian Lynskey explores the endings that we have read, listened to, or watched with morbid fascination, from the sci-fi terrors of H. G. Wells and John Wyndham to the apocalyptic ballads of Bob Dylan and planet-shattering movie blockbusters.Whether we’re fantasizing about nuclear holocaust or a collision with an asteroid, a devastating pandemic or a robot revolution, why do we like to scare ourselves, and why do we keep coming back for more? And how do fictional premonitions of the end play into real-life responses to existential threats?Deeply illuminating about our past and our present, and surprisingly hopeful about our future, Everything Must Go will grip you from beginning to, well, end.''I was blown away by this book'' – Sathnam Sanghera, author of Empireland''Impossibly epic, brain-expanding, life-affirming and profound'' – Ian Dunt, author of How Westminster Works . . . and Why It Doesn''t
Someone to Watch Over You
It's early 2020, and with the world in chaos as covid spreads, two lonely people, both seeking to break with their pasts, meet and start sharing a home.
One is a former security guard who was captured on video knocking down a protester who died soon afterward; the other, a former teacher accused of driving a student to suicide.
In an oppressive atmosphere of tension and fear, the pair avoid direct contact and communicate through notes and their shared presences, close yet distant. Their odd connection, with neither affection nor trust, brings them a kind of privacy and safety they both need - but at what cost?
The book's creeping tension draws out an unforgettable story of disconnection and disruptive change.
The Accidentals
When an albatross strays too far from its home, or loses its bearings, it becomes an ‘accidental’, an unmoored wanderer. The protagonists of these eight stories each find the ordinary courses of their lives disrupted by an unexpected event and are pushed into unfamiliar terrain: a girl encounters her uncle in hospital, who was cast out of the family for reasons unknown; a menacing force hovers over a fracturing family on a rural holiday; a couple and their children inhabit a stifling world where it is better to be asleep than awake; a man’s desire for a solution to his marital dissatisfaction has unforeseen consequences. Deft and disquieting, oscillating between the real and the fantastical, The Accidentals is the brilliant new book from International Booker-shortlisted duo Guadalupe Nettel and Rosalind Harvey.
The Underground Sea
The Underground Sea is a succinct, urgent collection of writing from John Berger''s archive. It brings together for the first time his work on mineworkers and the miners'' strikes and has been edited as a set of actions for today: a time when people are rediscovering the necessity, power and possibilities of collective action.Including essays, transcripts, interviews and images, it places itself in the heart of a Derbyshire mining village, with reflections on the everyday life of a typical pit community.
Heart Lamp: Winner of the 2025 International Booker Prize
Winner of the 2025 International Booker PrizeIn the twelve stories of Heart Lamp, Banu Mushtaq exquisitely captures the everyday lives of women and girls in Muslim communities in southern India. Praised for their dry and gentle humour, these portraits of family and community tensions have garnered both censure from conservative quarters as well India’s most prestigious literary awards.‘A significant presence in Kannada literature, Banu Mushtaq reveals the varied realities of contemporary women with rare talent and art. Deepa Bhasthi’s rich translation captures the original’s nuances of voice, context and experience, bringing this important work into English for new readers in India and internationally.’ PEN Presents Selection Panel
Radi siahnete po kvalitnej literatúre no dlhé knihy nie sú to čo hľadáte? Všetci poznajú známe svetové romány. Skúsme si však na moment odpočinúť od veľkej literatúry. Objavte s nami čaro kratších žánrov a vychutnajte si novely z pera Williama Saroyana, (ne)nechajte sa zastrašiť poviedkami Edgara Allana Poea alebo sa pobavte na irónii a sarkazme Roalda Dahla.
Čo spája známe české filmy Postřižiny, Slavnosti sněženek či Něžný barbar? Všetky majú námet v pôvodnej literárnej predlohe spisovateľa Bohumila Hrabala. Ak sú i vaše obľúbené, príjemné čítanie vás čaká aj pri listovaní iných jeho diel. Skúste napríklad novelu Příliš hlučná samota, kritikou označovanú za jeden z najvýraznejších literárnych počinov 20. storočia. Nadšencov filmu oslovia tiež Filmové příběhy od Zdeněka Svěráka či kniha Bez peria neopakovateľného Woodyho Allena.
A čo slovenská tvorba? Vo svete noviel a poviedok sa, samozrejme, nedajú zahanbiť ani naši majstri slova. Pavel Vilikovský, Pavol Rankov alebo úspešné spisovateľky približujúce ženský svet Zuzana Šedá či Viera Švenková sú toho dôkazom.
Nezabúdame ani na študentov. Čo pri písaní seminárnej práce pomôže viac ako kvalitná antológia? Potrebujete pohľad odborníkov zo sféry filozofie, politológie, hudby? Nájdite všetko čo potrebujete na jednom mieste.
Novely, poviedky a antológie sú dôležité literárne kategórie, ktoré prinášajú rôznorodé a kompaktné diela, vhodné na krátke čítanie. Každá z týchto kategórií má svoje vlastné charakteristiky a prínosy.
Novela je kratšie prozaické dielo, ktoré je zvyčajne dlhšie ako poviedka, ale kratšie ako román. Novely sa zameriavajú na konkrétny príbeh, ktorý je vyrozprávaný s dôrazom na charakterizáciu postáv a atmosféru.
Poviedka je krátke prozaické dielo, ktoré sa zameriava na jednoduchý príbeh s obmedzeným rozsahom a počtom postáv. V poviedkach sa často uplatňuje umelecký prístup, kde autor dokáže v krátkom texte vykresliť významné momenty, konflikty alebo emócie.
Antológia je zbierka literárnych diel rôznych autorov. Môže obsahovať novely, poviedky, básne alebo iné literárne formy. Antológie majú často určitú tematickú alebo žánrovú zameranie, a ich cieľom je ponúknuť čitateľovi širokú škálu diel od rôznych autorov na jednom mieste.
