Najnovšie - Novely, poviedky, antológie strana 5 z 100
zobraziť:
Across Sicily with Garibaldi's Thousand
The 1860 Expedition of the Thousand, in which a group of volunteers led by Giuseppe Garibaldi sailed from Quarto, near Genoa, landing on the west coast of Sicily and advancing to its capital Palermo in a bid to liberate the island from Bourbon rule, is perhaps the defining moment of the unification of Italy, and a testament to the bravery, resilience and vision of the country’s last condottiere. Drawing on a wealth of contemporary diaries and other first-hand accounts by the protagonists of the events, and interspersing them with his own penetrating remarks, best-selling author Tim Parks retraces the journey of the “Mille” through the ragged landscape of Sicily under the blazing summer heat, bringing back to life an entire world in all its intricate complexity. Along the way he revisits old controversies and provides answers to many unresolved questions – as well as offering a vivid commentary on the Italy of today.
Devotions
'Exhilarating, devastating, comforting, essential.' CLAIRE KILROY'These are stories which sing off the page.' JAN CARSON'Powerful, compelling and richly crafted.' MARY COSTELLO'Profoundly intimate.' TAHMIMA ANAMThe highly-anticipated new collection from the BBC National Short Story Award-winning author of Multitudes, Intimacies and Openings'There must be moments when we let go - let go of all that we do, all that we are.'A young Belfast theatre troupe brings its experimental production of Hamlet to New York. On a night-flight, travelling with a violin older than the United States, a professional musician slips through time. A man who loses all he thought he had, and finds himself haunted by all he never will, comes to a painful new understanding of what it might mean to love. Transporting and profound, these are stories of love, grief, longing, of new beginnings, and the ways we find shelter in each other. 'One of our best short story writers.' THE TIMES'[Caldwell] holds the reader right up against the tender humanity of her characters.' EIMEAR McBRIDE'A next-level author of short stories.' THE HERALD
Great Literary Sisters
Sisterly relationships feature prominently in some of our best-loved classic literature. From Jane and Elizabeth Bennet in Pride and Prejudice to Hasina and Nazneen in Brick Lane, they have provided inspiration for novelists over the centuries. Sisters can be best friends, mother figures, rivals, heroes, sounding boards or partners in crime, depending on literary genre, era, or the demands of plot. They can bring into focus the changing roles of women in society, especially in literature that predates the twentieth century, such as Middlemarch, The Woman in White and The Old Wives’ Tale. Their bonds with younger or older siblings, like those of Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy in Little Women, are often complex and nuanced, and occasionally devastating. Covering childhood, adventure, affairs of the heart and mental health, this book explores the role of sisters in twenty individual entries, each one providing a synopsis and analysis of the work in question. Including writers as diverse as Charles Dickens, E.M. Forster, J.D. Salinger, Toni Morrison and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, it makes the perfect read for book-loving sisters whatever their connection.
Multitudes
AN IRISH TIMES BEST IRISH BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY ''Beautifully crafted, and so finely balanced that she holds the reader right up against the tender humanity of her characters.'' Eimear McBride''A writer of rare elegance and beauty, Caldwell doesn''t just get inside her characters'' minds. She perches in the precarious chambers of their hearts, telling their stories truthfully and tenderly.'' IndependentMultitudes is the beautiful debut story collection from the acclaimed, prize-winning novelist and playwright Lucy CaldwellFrom Belfast to London and back again the ten stories that comprise Caldwell''s first collection explore the many facets of growing up - the pain and the heartache, the tenderness and the joy, the fleeting and the formative - or ''the drunkenness of things being various''. Stories of longing and belonging, they culminate with the heart-wrenching and unforgettable title story.
Pinen
A fierce, tender collection of stories about the lives, traumas, and dreams of Mapuche youth in modern-day Chile.Jesús, Valeska, Yajaira, and Ale are some of the vivid characters that inhabit the stories told in Pinen , a book that casts an unflinching gaze on the stark margins of urban life. Within its pages unfold the bullet-ridden death of a big shot from the blocks; the fraught, often violated sexuality of women in a displaced community; the unwavering bond between two friends navigating the waria ; the toxicity that seeps through youth and the distances that inevitably come with growing up; and, finally, a fierce declaration of love to the clandestine spirit of a brother. These are young lives that drift through the many peripheries of the city carrying a hope as immense as the injustice that defines their days.The stories that make up Pinen invite the reader into an intimate, often overlooked space – those small, enclosed rooms where the everyday tragedies of the many silently unfold. With brutal realism and lyrical restraint, Daniela Catrileo renders these acts of courage and violence with masterful precision, granting voice and presence to those rarely seen in literature.
Magdalena Is Brighter than You Think
"With care and attention to its brilliantly complicated and kaleidoscopic characters, Magdalena Is Brighter Than You Think is a breathtaking collection that is rooted in place, people, and the full scope of who you are and who you get to be. Exploring queerness, gender, poverty, generational trauma, and the ways in which we are formed and form others, the stories in this collection have the scope of sagas and the intimacy of untold secrets." —K-Ming Chang, author of Exhausted Monsters“Our Most Anticipated Queer Books for April 2026,” Autostraddle“Our Most Anticipated Books of 2026,” Chicago Review of Books“Reads for the Rest of Us: The Most Anticipated Feminist Books of 2026,” Ms. Magazine Inventive and emotionally nuanced, Grace Spulak’s debut story collection explores the complexities of gender, queerness, trauma, and resilience through characters who live in the margins and imagine new ways to survive there. Pushing the boundaries of traditional narratives and forms, these stories suggest paths for picking up our pieces—and for transforming and escaping the realities that constrain us. A social worker becomes entangled in the life of a woman she’s meant to investigate, blurring the line between empathy and obsession. A veterinary student communes with a yak that seems to speak to her—if only she could understand its message. And a separating couple embarks on one last errand together to unburden themselves of an unsettling memento. Set in rural New Mexico—a place of isolation, strange beauty, and potential transformation—this collection offers unexpected flashes of grace and hope.
Of Love & Dragons
Dragons may be fierce but they are symbols of great power, and the bond between human and dragon, once forged, can never be broken. Or can it? Can romance deal a deathly trail of vows abandoned, or forgotten, and can realms beyond our time conjure tales of Dragon Lords, warrior princesses and great rivalries?
Modern writers have sought to explore these questions and more, in a new anthology of enchanting romantic fantasy fiction. Strong-willed, independent leads navigate epic fantasy worlds and emotionally charged quests, featuring lyrical romance, and of course, majestic dragons.
A Breath of Time
Time – at once fleeting and eternal – is a tricksy, intangible dimension. A Breath of Time, part of Flame Tree's exciting new series of Romantic Fantasy titles, is a collection filled with stories of lost loves, love discovered, love unreachable unless Time itself is conquered; stories of time-bending, time traveling, time distorting; of alternate history and parallel timelines, of ancient forests returning to haunt the present and great adventures through dreams and timeless mountain tops, all with hearts beating to the rhythm of romance.
Hunting the Whole Way Home
A thoughtful meditation on the central paradox of 20th-century hunting: stalking and killing wild animals can bring one closer to a mostly forgotten elemental earth.
Krabica
Zbierka Krabica približuje v krátkych príbehoch niektoré, možno i prevrátené osudy. Umelci na prahu existenčných kríz, niekedy až bizarné úvahy a konania hlavných postáv, odzrkadľujú autorovo hľadanie v ľudskom osude, viere, vzťahoch.
Konečne, predkladaná zbierka svojím názvom symbolicky poukazuje nielen na priestor, kde je možné niečo uzavrieť či odložiť, ale i poburuje... Čo ak sú knihy, podobne ako táto, len obyčajnými krabicami?- fádne, bežné, už veľmi rozšírené, síce potrebné, ale vlastne bez väčšej hodnoty?!
A aké je tu vlastne vnútro hlavných hrdinov? Javí sa možno bez vzťahov zdanlivo prázdne, duté, ale i tajomné... niekde v týchto miestach zaiste začínajú autorove postavy snívať, túžiť, oslavovať život a snažiť sa chápať smrť. Vám predkladané dielo si snáď nájde verných čitateľov a bude navždy autentickým. Kiež by poslúžilo ako miesto návratov. Nech by nieslo jeho každé otvorenie so sebou i moment prekvapenia- dráždiac, vyzývajúc k opakovanému čítaniu...
Veľká blondínka a iné poviedky
Hoci patrí medzi najvýraznejšie postavy americkej literatúry prvej polovice 20. storočia, v našich končinách zostáva Dorothy Parker takmer neznáma. Jej autorský rukopis je pritom nezameniteľný – ostrý, vtipný, citlivý a zároveň sarkastický. Jej básne, poviedky a fejtóny pre časopis The New Yorker sú nielen detailným obrazom americkej mestskej inteligencie, ale aj prenikavou obžalobou dobového rasizmu a patriarchálnych vzťahov. I keď sa Dorothy Parker preslávila najmä svojím humorom, jej poviedky dokazujú, že ho používala najmä ako zbraň spoločenskej kritiky, ktorá dodnes nestratila nič zo svojej naliehavosti.
Veľká blondínka a iné poviedky prináša výber z autorkinej prózy prvýkrát v slovenčine.
A Hosting: Interviews with Irish Writers 1991-2026
Martin Doyle, Books Editor of The Irish Times, has been an arts journalist for more than 35 years and in that time has interviewed many of the most talented and successful Irish writers at different stages of their careers. This selection of his journalism offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of the Irish literary world as it has evolved in the past four decades. It provides booklovers with a privileged insight into the creative processes of many of their favourite writers, while serving as an appetiser for some of the greatest works of modern Irish fiction and nonfiction, both prizewinning titles and some overlooked gems which deserve to be rediscovered. Writers interviewed include: Sally Rooney, Anne Enright, Claire Keegan, Roddy Doyle, Colm Tóibín, Claire Kilroy, Donal Ryan, Alice Taylor, Paul Murray. 'I'm not a great reader of writers' interviews. Writers so often lie when the truth's not intriguing enough. Martin Doyle, however, is a canny, immensely well-prepared, fastidious and intuitive interrogator. He extracts remarkable witness out of these remarkable Irish writers. Read one interview per night. It'll keep you awake.' Richard Ford'A brilliantly illuminative journey into some piercing literary minds.' Books Ireland Magazine
Moment sily
Pohyb je dôležitejší než domov. Svoj moment sily hľadá vyčerpaná tatérka v malomeste; matka s dcérou, ktorým v prežití pomáha psychedelický nápoj; bývalá lyžiarka, ktorá v čase víchrice uviazne pri horskom priechode Čertovica; aj žena, ktorá počas rodinnej oslavy narazí na chybu v rodokmeni. Príbehmi sa vinie prízrak autonehôd a ciest. Autá premieňajú telá a krajinu, ale tiež umožňujú útek. Pre niektoré je auto domovom.
Smrti, smrď
Jednadvacet povídek a nepohádek, jejímž společným jmenovatelem je Smrt. Nicméně autor zdůrazňuje, že nejde o texty velebící Smrt, nýbrž texty oslavující Život. Snad je to i jemně naznačeno v samotném titulu – Smrti, smrď! A snad je to i naznačeno v závěru stejnojmenné pohádky, kde je psáno, že „Smrt chodí vždy jen tam, kde se žije“. Kniha by ráda byla určitým mementem, jak moc je třeba Život chránit a bránit, nehazardovat s ním, vážit si jej jako celku, bez rozdílu komu právě náleží, tak jako posléze nedává rozdílu, komu náleží Smrt. Čtěte tedy, prosím, příběhy – někdy temné a drsné, pohádkové i fantastické, i úsměvné a provokující – s pokorou ke Smrti a úctou k Životu.
Povídky doprovázejí koláže autora. Snad ještě malé upozornění na závěr – zde uvedené texty nejsou příliš vhodné pro děti.
Léto v kempu
Připravte se na léto plné smíchu, zážitků a rodinné pohody. Pavel, Lucie a jejich tři děti se rozhodnou strávit dovolenou pod stanem v kempu, a to rozhodně nebude žádná nuda! Společně s přáteli si užívají koupání v rybníce, večery u ohně, výlety člunem, houbaření i odvážné stezky odvahy. Vraťte se s nimi do starých dobrých časů, kdy prázdniny v srdci Čech znamenaly opravdové dobrodružství.
dostupné aj ako:
The Great Good Places
'There aren't many chroniclers of our older years who do it so well, with such wit and realism and intelligence' TESSA HADLEY'I have learned so much from Margaret Drabble's work' SALLY ROONEY'Wise, elegiac' The Times'One of Britain's most dazzling writers' New York Times'Generous, perceptive and good-humoured' JOAN BAKEWELL'One of the most thought-provoking and intellectually challenging writers around' Financial TimesWe all age differently, some stoically, some angrily, some calmly, some with an unfailing spirit of adventure and an undimmed curiosityFrom one of our finest literary voices, The Great Good Places is a luminous collection of essays, stories and memoir that traverses the experience of growing older and looking back on a life deeply lived. Drawing on decades of reading, writing and observation, Margaret Drabble reflects on the complex business of ageing, the strange workings of memory - its wonders and its fragility - and on the 'great good places', the childhood homes, coastal sanctuaries and cherished libraries that shape who we are. Rich with a lifetime's worth of insight and wisdom and peppered with Drabble's trademark lucidity and wit, The Great Good Places is an elegantly layered and profoundly moving meditation on time, place and the enduring power of recollection.
Animal Stories
A curious exploration of mortality, alienation, boredom, surveillance and how we regard ourselves among the animals. ‘Few human animals have Zambreno’s baleful honesty, insight, or relish for comedy, when they look at themselves’ Daisy Hildyard, author of Hunters in the Snow and EmergencyAnimal Stories begins with Kate Zambreno’s visit to the monkey house at the Jardin des Plantes in Paris, where one stark tree ‘seems to be the stage design for a simian production of Waiting for Godot’. But who are the players and who is the audience, and can they recognise each othe? hat follows is a series of reports from the deep strangeness of the zoo, a space that is ‘more often than not deeply sad, an odd choice for regular pilgrimages of fun’. Amid these excursions with their young children, Zambreno turns to Garry Winogrand’s photographs and John Berger’s writings on animals, reshaping the spectator as the subject to decipher our complex ‘zoo feelings’ – what we project, and what we refuse to see. In ‘My Kafka System’, which dovetails with these zoo studies, Zambreno thinks through the notebooks and animal stories of a writer known for playing at the threshold between species, continuing their investigation into the false divide between human and animal. In writing that is inquisitive and inventive, Zambreno renders visible the enclosures we construct and those we occupy ourselves.
If This Be Magic
Why might Hamlet be even longer in Italian? How does the story of Romeo and Juliet begin . . . in Thai? How do you build a joke in German, or recreate a rhyme in Japanese? And why are Lady Macbeth's pronouns such a proble? hat does it mean to translate Shakespeare? When we change all the poetry, all the wordplay, all the syntax - all the words! - is it still Shakespeare? And is it still any good? Daniel Hahn, seasoned translator and Shakespeare fanatic, will change the way you think about language itself. Ranging widely across Shakespeare's works, and across the world's languages, this book explores why we choose the words we do and what effect they have. No knowledge of any particular language is required, though a bit of patience for the nerdiest of close reading is desirable. This micro-attention to detail reveals anew the joy of Shakespeare, celebrates creativity and revels in the power of words.
Eros
She keeps her eyes on me while she lights the end of my cigarette. I stare back at her. Something in the pills and in her eyes is opening up my muscles like hands parting from prayer, like trees breathing.
EROS is a stunning collection of short stories, grounded in truth and coloured with dazzling imagination and alluring, unpredictable mystery. Revealing how queerness, nature and myth have been intertwined for eternity, these are stories of gods and goddesses. Of Zeus, of Eurydice, of Hermaphroditus, of Icarus before he flew into the sun. Stories of queer life, lust, revenge, wrath, passion and sex. Of yearning, love, loss. Some transformations span across a life, and others, an evening. Perspectives will shift. Houses will burn. Lovers will learn their fate.
Zoe Terakes has skilfully blended myth and modernity to illuminate the complex and enduring truth of trans lives, resisting a history of erasure and delivering a sexy, soul-touching book to read to your lover . . . or yourself.
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.
