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Wild Fictions
'Brims with ideas and insights . . . Ghosh is at his sparkling best' IRISH TIMESWild Fictions brings together Amitav Ghosh's extraordinary writing on the subjects that have obsessed him over the last twenty-five years: literature and language; climate change and the environment; human lives, travel, and discoveries. The spaces that we inhabit, and the way in which we occupy them, is a constant thread throughout this striking and expansive collection. From the significance of the commodification of the clove, the diversity of the mangrove forests in West Bengal and the radical fluidity of multilingualism, Wild Fictions is a powerful refutation of imperial violence, a fascinating exploration of the fictions we weave to absorb history, and a reminder of the importance of empathy. With the combination of moral passion, intellectual curiosity and literary elegance that defines his writing, Amitav Ghosh makes us understand the world in new, and urgent, ways. Together, the pieces within Wild Fictions chart a course that allows us to heal our relationships and restore a delicate balance with the volatile landscapes to which we all belong. 'We owe a great debt to Ghosh's brilliant mind, avenging pen, and huge soul' NAOMI KLEIN, author of This Changes Everything
Life of a Counterfeiter
'Masterfully understated prose' New York Times Book Review'A Japanese literary master' Publishers Weekly, starred reviewA master forger lives in obscurity and disappointment, oppressed by the shadow of the artist whose work he copies. A young man embarks on an investigation into his family's past, prompted by a newspaper clipping and a vague memory of a beautiful young woman. And another young narrator is consumed with curiosity about his grandfather's mistress - and why she cherishes an old pair of gloves, given to her by a visiting Englishman.Unglamorous, unadorned lives such as this form the focus of Yasushi Inoue's tenderly observed, elegantly distilled short stories - two of which are appearing in English for the first time. With a haunting emotional intensity, they offer glimpses of love lost and lives wasted. Asking how we place value, what counts as real, and where the struggle for acceptance will lead us, each story is a perfectly balanced exploration of regret.These three luminous, compassionate tales showcase the mastery and exquisite talent of one of Japan's most beloved writers.Part of the Pushkin Press Classics series: timeless storytelling by icons of literature, hand-picked from around the globe.Translated by Michael Emmerich.Born in 1907, Yasushi Inoue worked as a journalist and literary editor for many years, only beginning his prolific career as an author in 1949 with Bullfight. He went on to publish 50 novels and 150 short stories, both historical and contemporary, his work making him one of Japan's major literary figures. In 1976 Inoue was presented with the Order of Culture, the highest honour granted for artistic merit in Japan. He died in 1991. Bullfight and Inoue's novella The Hunting Gun are also available from Pushkin Press.Michael Emmerich is a translator, editor and an professor in the department of Asian Languages and Cultures at UCLA. His many translations include work by Yasunari Kawabata, Genichiro Takahashi and Banana Yoshimoto.
Dobrý den a další nechutné sprosťárny
Kniha krátkých povídek novináře a hudebníka Marka Hlavici, ve které navazuje na nejlepší tradici českého fejetonu. Na své si přijdou automobilisté, milovníci Vinnetoua, manželé a manželky, nostalgici i hudební fanynky. A samozřejmě taky čtenářky knih Ivanky Deváté - autorovy maminky, v jejíchž textech se dotyčný mnohokrát mihnul.
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Scarlet Dragonflies and Other Stories From The Sunderbans
Man and beast come together, rage together in the undulating staccato of Amrita Nilanjana's ambitious collection of short stories from Sundarbans and beyond. The shimmering waves of the Ganges, pungent tiger musk too close for comfort, the menacing, oppressive silence of the Sundarbans, its terrifying beauty and the valiant perseveration of the people who inhabit it-make up the diegetic universe of this land.
Deceit Brought us to Assam and Other Stories from the Barak Valley
Fresh from prison, a woman returns home to grapple with her husband's betrayal; accused of witchcraft, an aging midwife becomes the scapegoat for a tragedy; and a destitute widow's life takes a surreal turn when she is thrust into local politics. Barak Valley-lush, picturesque, and seemingly tranquil to outsiders-emerges in these stories as both tormentor and refuge, a witness to its people's quiet hunger for connection, belonging, and dignity. Whether it is a mother confronting her daughter's pregnancy out of wedlock, an octogenarian rediscovering her forgotten love for the sitar, or a child forming an unlikely friendship with an elderly man, the characters in this anthology reveal the singularity of seemingly ordinary lives.
Colour my grave purple and other stories
Colour My Grave Purple is an unusual anthology of historical fiction from Assam which spans a century of the Northeastern state's colourful past, evoking a vivid journey from the 1850s to the 2000s. Through stories about the peoples, cultures, ecology and socio-political paradigms of the frontier region, readers will stumble upon a fascinating mix of characters and entities; from occult practitioners and drunk elephants to a British-Naga queen and the Chinese red army. In these stories, Assam will encounter Britain, Japan and China through lived experiences that seamlessly traverse the natural-supernatural dichotomy, while attempting to understand its own identity as a state.
The Penguin Book of Bengali Short Stories
A landmark new anthology of Bengali literature in English, including many previously untranslated stories 'A splendid guide to unmapped lands… [Sinha] is one of the best living translators at work bringing the Bengali classics into English… he writes with exceptional elegance and wit' Spectator The prose short story arrived in Bengal in the wake of British colonizers, and Bengali writers quickly made the form their own. By the twentieth century a profusion of literary magazines and journals meant they were being avidly read by millions. Writers responded to this hunger for words with a ferocious energy which reflected the turmoil of their times: these stories covered land wars, famine, the caste system, religious conflict, patriarchy, Partition and the liberation war that saw the emergence of the independent country of Bangladesh. Across these shifting geographical borders, writers also looked inward, evolving new literary styles and stretching the possibilities of social realism, political fiction and intimate domestic tales. A first in English, this anthology gathers together a century's worth of extraordinary stories. From a woman who eats fish in secret to the woes of an ageing local footballer, from the anxieties of a middle-class union rep to a lawyer who stumbles upon a philosopher's stone, this is a collection that celebrates making art of life, in all its difficulty and joy.
Enough About Angels
WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2025Human being - astonishing creature - who are yo? elivered in Stockholm in December 2025, Enough About Angels is the extraordinary Nobel Lecture from László Krasznahorkai. Characteristically brilliant and unforgettable, it is a message about hope, compassion, the force of humanity and how, from our degraded current epoch, destruction might emerge - or rebellion. 'A compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art' Nobel Prize JudgesTRANSLATED BY OTTILIE MULZET
The History of the Vertebrate
‘On 20 December 2015 I became a mother and I went mad.’On a single day, Mar García Puig gives birth to twins and becomes elected to the Spanish Parliament as a member of the insurgent left-wing party Podemos. What might have been the best day of her life becomes the start of a terrifying ordeal; García Puig’s grip on reality begins to slip as she grapples with uncertainty, the weight of expectation, and misogyny in both of her new roles. In defiance of a culture that tells her the problem lies within, García Puig chooses to look outwards, examining the imbrication of madness and motherhood across centuries of science, myth, and politics while dissecting the ways in which women have been pathologized and banished from public life. At once intimate and epic, The History of the Vertebrate is a searing account of postpartum madness. Moving between memory, culture, and the history of medicine, García Puig transforms her experience into a story about the countless women who have felt that sanity was leaving them, and about the patriarchal forces that have silenced them.
Lány a cseresznyefán
Ha azt állítom, hogy Kiss Edina Lány a cseresznyefán című novellagyűjteménye egy kifejezetten női kötet, talán leszűkítem az olvasótáborát, mégis, azt gondolom, igazán rólunk szól. A novellák témái - a gyerekvállalás, a párkapcsolat, a munka és a magánélet finom libikókája -, ezek a fő kérdéseink az életben harminctól ötven éves korunkig. Jók vagyunk? Elég jók vagyunk? Megkapjuk az élettől, amit ígért? Kibe és mibe kapaszkodunk, ha a talaj elvészni látszik a talpunk alól? Ha a kapcsolataink elkopnak a hétköznapokban és a testünk nem teszi azt, amire mások szerint rendeltetett, növeszthetünk-e szárnyakat? A szerző lágy képei és éles témafelvetései közötti kontraszt zsigeri szinten behúz, mert keresetlen és őszinte. Kevesen képesek ennyire bátran, nyűglődés és képmutatás nélkül hozzányúlni ehhez a nyers témához, de ez a jó író egyik ismérve, a kortárs irodalomnak pedig nagy hiányossága a női írók, a valódi női témák beengedése. Bondár-Andor Kata, a kötet szerkesztője.
Diana tükre
Meghökkentően sok csillogó alkalmi ruha, hímzett papucs, finom kalap, kincseket rejtő ékszeres és piperés ládikák kerültek elő, amikor a debreceni emlékházban a kurátorok Szabó Magda személyes tárgyait rendezték. Nincs új a nap alatt: a nő tetszeni vágyik, és bár az írónő prózájának egyik alapgondolata, hogy a túlzásba vitt testi szépség helyett a lélek ápolására kell gondot fordítani, ezek a tárgyak arról tanúskodnak, hogy tulajdonosuk a női szépségre, a stílusos megjelenésre éppoly érzékeny volt, mint a lélek finom rezdüléseire.
Ezt bizonyítja kötetünk is, amelyben az írónő kiadatlan és kevésbé ismert írásaiból válogattunk olyan önéletrajz- és regényrészleteket, novellákat és esszéket, amelyek valamilyen módon mind a női szépséget állítják a középpontba. Megtaláljuk benne Szabó Magda doktori értekezésének rövidített változatát is a római szépségápolásról, amelyben a szépítkezés története, egy-egy különleges kenőcs elkészítési módja mellett a szerző arra is kíváncsi volt, hogy a túlzásba vitt szépségápolás és ezzel együtt az emberi hiúság milyen viszonyban áll egy birodalom bukásával...
E különleges válogatás tükrében az írónő személyiségének eddig talán kevésbé ismert oldalát ismerhetjük meg, és megint közelebb kerülünk ahhoz, "ami voltam, vagy amit teremtettem".
Zpívat bříze
Mám strach, protože někdo narušuje můj privátní prostor, moje zvyklosti, moje bariéry, které jsem si kolem sebe za celé ty roky postavila, a ten někdo ke mně kráčí ve žluté křiklavé pláštěnce a ten někdo je mladý, moc mladý a moc krásný na to, abych s ním mohla strávit celé léto na svém opuštěném ostrově, já, která jsem vyhnala svět, utekla před ním a on mě stejně dostihl. Stejně jsem neunikla. Stojí tady přímo přede mnou, s havraními vlasy, usmívá se a je tak bezprostřední, až se mi zatočí hlava. Jsem už starší, jsem o tolik starší než on. A stejně. Mám pocit, že proti němu nic nevím. Že to on, ne já, už všechno prožil. Vyzařuje z něj tolik bolesti. br br Pronikavě žlutá. Jako ta jeho pláštěnka. Moc výrazná. Jako on. br br Zpívat bříze je příběhem kontrastů. Mládí a stáří, naivity a cynismu, příliš velké snahy a přílišné pasivity. Ale hlavně je příběhem o naději a léčebné síle přírody, samoty a rozhodnutí zvládnout i to, co se zdá nezvladatelné.
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Humeccan
A collection of short stories exposing human nature as mechanistic. The backdrop of our evolution is first painted via a quixotic character’s mission to alert his neighbourhood to coming doom. Two stories then follow different trajectories from the same inflection point of our shifting culture. One has doom averted, another careers towards the prophesied doom. Intimate tales follow, evoking both unseemly and more humane aspects of our nature. The central story, the dark heart, turns, presenting pathological behaviours as seen from the gene’s eye view and as resulting from forces that created us to be the gene-serving ape-machines we are. Further elaborating stories lead deeper into our psychology, dissecting the assumptions we make about ourselves and others. Projections are reflected back. We are challenged to justify our beliefs, and to confront a seemingly bleak view: that of a deterministic universe in which we evolved not for our wellbeing, but to propagate immortal genes. The final story in the collection imagines a future in which an evolved culture helps us live better with our evolved natures. Mechanical devices and scientific concepts are embraced in story titles, anchoring the narratives in the mechanistic character of human nature. The natural world reverberates throughout what is, ultimately, a humane vision.
Encountering Baboons and Other African Stories
Set in the years between 1970 and 1982 in three newly independent countries, these stories dramatize the interactions between different cultures in the post-colonial period. The Night Watchman, based on the theme of theft, tells the tale of an Englishwoman and her husband living in West Africa, who hire a local man to guard their property and become intimately involved with the health of him and his wife. In Dealing with the Health of the People, an American Ph.D. student discovers that everything must be bartered for, from articles for daily living, to his use of local labour, to providing health care for ordinary people, as he gathers data from a West African maternal and child health clinic for his dissertation. Encountering Baboons follows a young American teaching first year science at a Southern African agricultural college as he faces wild animals; prejudiced colonial attitudes; clashes between African and Western beliefs and practices; directing a group of students in performing Shakespeare’s The Tempest; relations with three very different women; and both political and natural storms.
Part of the Story
This rare self-portrait from pioneering publisher, writer and cultural activist Margaret Busby underscores her powerful legacy and celebrates some of the people and places that have shaped her exceptional lifeMargaret Busby has been at the heart of cultural life in the UK for over 50 years. From becoming Britain’s youngest and first Black woman publisher when she founded publishing house Allison & Busby, to editing the ground-breaking international anthologies Daughters of Africa and New Daughters of Africa, her many achievements are testament to her dedication to championing the lives and stories of others, particularly those throughout the world who have been marginalised by the mainstream.With little attention previously given to her own skills as a writer, Part of the Story is a unique opportunity to enjoy her own remarkable literary output. It brings together her writings on people, places, politics and publishing, and provides a rich insight into the many elements that have contributed to shaping her life, from her childhood in Ghana to the Black writers, intellectuals, artists and activists she has worked with, befriended, supported and championed for over half a century.
The News from Dublin
The instant Sunday Times besteller'The work of a writer who has once again demonstrated complete command of his craft' - The Irish Times 'Short stories to astonish and delight' Financial Times'Tales of quiet power' The GuardianIn The News from Dublin, a beautiful collection of short stories from the bestselling author of Brooklyn and Long Island, Colm Tóibín delves into the days and nights of those living far from home: lives of great longing, at a great distance from past lives and past selves. A woman in Galway hears of the death of her son in the First World War. An Irishman seeks anonymity in Barcelona, haunted by crimes he has committed. A man goes to Dublin from Enniscorthy to implore the Minister for Health for a special favour. A young woman is pregnant during the Spanish Civil War. An undocumented worker finds himself living an illegal life and must leave San Francisco, and his child, after thirty years in America. Three sisters who have been living in Argentina decide to return to Catalonia. 'Tóibín is the consummate cartographer of the private self, summoning with restrained acuity (and a delicious streak of sly humour) the thoughts his characters struggle to find words for' – Clare Clark, Guardian
After the Tall Timber
A visionary reporter, novelist, essayist and critic, Renata Adler is one of our most renowned and unmissable literary figures. But she is first and foremost a journalist. This collection of her her non-fiction showcases her rigorous journalistic voice in twenty-one pieces that are concerned with, in her words, misrepresentation, coercion, and abuse of public process - and, to a degree, the journalist''s role in it.With a brilliant literary and legal mind, Adler parses power by analysing language: of courts, of journalists, of political figures, of the man on the street. In doing so, she unravels the tangled narratives that pass for the resolution of scandal and finds the threads that others miss. In these essays, Adler draws on Toward a Radical Middle (a selection of her earliest New Yorker pieces), A Year in the Dark (her film reviews), and Canaries in the Mineshaft (a selection of essays on politics and media), as well as uncollected work from the past two decades.
Dost málo
Chtěla jen být pro všechny dost dobrá. Kam až taková touha může zajít? Příběh nejen o mentální anorexii a odvaze říct si o pomoc.
Žofka. Holka, která si jen přála být dost dobrá. Tak moc, až nakonec stačilo málo, aby jí mohlo být už navždy všechno jedno. Toxické přátelství. Problémy v rodině. Špatný vztah k sobě samé. Jak daleko to může zajít? Příběh na motivy skutečnosti. O tom, jak mentální anorexie pomalu, ale jistě ovládne život. Ničí tělo i duši. Příběh doplněný o autentické příběhy. S poselstvím, že říct si o pomoc je to nejodvážnější, co můžete udělat.
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The Gloria Wekker Reader
The Gloria Wekker Reader compiles articles, essays, interviews, poems, and letters by the Afro-Surinamese Dutch theorist and activist, Gloria Wekker. Wekker is a preeminent scholar in feminist Black diaspora studies, especially known for her developments in epistemology and methodology, conceptualizations of sexuality, and mapping of the connections between race, gender, and empire. These writings demonstrate Wekker’s theoretical and political prowess, illuminating how her scholarship was foundational in shifting the fields of anthropology, feminist and queer studies, and Black diasporic studies. Featuring a foreword by Angela Y. Davis, engaging with The Gloria Wekker Reader is an invitation for interdisciplinary and intergenerational dialogue to inspire political action.
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.
