Najnovšie - Svetová beletria strana 42 z 494
zobraziť:
Pantagruel - Helikon Zsebkönyvek 148.
„Sokszor van az úgy, hogy ember tervez, Isten végez, de ha lemegy a nap, minden tehén ízibe’ fekete lesz.”
„Örömömre szolgálna, ha munkáját mindenki félbehagyná, dolgával nem törődnék, feledné minden ügyét-baját, és csak azon iparkodnék, hogy amíg ezt a történetet betéve meg nem tanulja, a figyelmét semmi el ne vonja, le ne kösse, avégből, hogy ha egyszer véletlenül a könyvnyomtatás mesterségének vége szakadna, vagy elenyészne minden könyv, legyen valaki, aki a gyerekeinek szépen, szórul szóra továbbadja, s utódai és az őt túlélők szájról szájra továbbörökíthessék, mint afféle kabbalát, mert több értelem szorult a könyvbe, mint azt a sok ótvaros nagyszájú gondolja”
François Rabelais
A hegyek éneke
Az epikus és líraian szép A hegyek éneke a Tran család több generációt átfogó történetét meséli el, háttérben a vietnámi háborúval. Tran Dieu Lan 1920-ban született, a földreform idején hat gyermekével együtt menekülni kényszerült a családi farmról, amikor északon a kommunista kormány került hatalomra. Évekkel később Hanoiban fiatal lányunokája, Huong akkor válik nagykorúvá, amikor szülei és nagybátyjai elindulnak a Ho-Si-Min ösvényen, hogy egy olyan konfliktusban harcoljanak, amely nemcsak szeretett hazájukat, hanem családjukat is szétszakította. Az izgalmas, megragadó, Vietnám nyelvével és hagyományaival átszőtt A hegyek éneke a vietnámi nép szemszögéből eleveníti fel, milyen árat követelt a háború, miközben bemutatja a szeretet és remény valódi erejét.
Kousek věčnosti
Laskavý a zároveň drsný a napínavý román francouzské autorky nás zavede do jejího rodného kraje Berry, kde sledujeme paralelně osud dvou silných žen: v současnosti je to Lisa, osamělá matka, které převrátí život několik zásadních událostí. Musí se postarat o svého dědečka, o svoji matku, potkává novou lásku a nádavkem nachází tajuplný kufřík plný vzpomínek.
Skrze tyto vzpomínky se setkáváme s Aurélií, neohroženou mladou dívkou zapojenou do protifašistického odboje, a prožíváme s ní její první milostné dobrodružství i překotné lidské zrání v nelítostných kulisách druhé světové války. Obě ženy spojuje nejen příbuzenský vztah, ale i odvaha postavit se čelem výzvám osudu a žít navzdory nepřízni okolností naplno.
dostupné aj ako:
Szeretni annyi, mint
Violet Powell huszonkét éves, fiatal nő Maine állam egyik kisvárosából. Éppen most engedik ki a börtönből, miután huszonkét hónapot ült ittas vezetés által okozott halálos balesetért, amelyben meghalt egy helyi óvónő.
Harriet Larson nyugdíjas angoltanárnő, a börtön könyvklubját vezeti elítélt nőknek, eközben az üresfészek-szindróma nyugtalanító kilátásaival néz szembe.
Frank Daigle nyugdíjas gépész, aki még mindig nem tudta feldolgozni a Violet által megölt feleségével töltött házasságának bonyodalmait.
Amikor egy reggel egy portlandi könyvesboltban ők hárman találkoznak egymással, mindhármuk élete megváltozik.
A Szeretni annyi, mint kíméletlenül őszinte és mélységesen reményteli történet arról, hogyan lehet elengedni a bűntudatot és megragadni a második esélyt. Monica Wood a könyveire jellemző empátiával, szellemességgel, jóindulattal és mély megértéssel világítja meg a sorsfordító döntéseket, és a jótetteket, amelyek miatt érdemes élni.
Free Food for Millionaires
Casey Han is a strong-willed, Queens-bred daughter of Korean immigrants immersed in a glamorous Manhattan lifestyle she can't afford. When a chance encounter with an old friend lands her a new opportunity, she's determined to make her way in a glittering world of privilege, power, and wealth - but at what cost?
This sharp-eyed epic exposes the intricate layers of a community clinging to its old ways - a portrait of intergenerational strife, immigrant struggle, and social and economic mobility - set against the glimmering backdrop of late-twentieth-century New York City.
The Samurai of the Red Carnation
An irresistibly winning romantic historical adventure, set in medieval Japan and tinged with fantasy, revolving around the art of waka poetry
Matsuo is expected to be a samurai, like his father before him. But as he is training in the art of war, he realises he was destined for a different art altogether. Turning his back on his future as a warrior of the sword, he decides instead to do battle with words, as a poet.
Thus begins a story of intrigue and adventure, passion and betrayal. Matsuo's quest to find his true self, and his true love, takes him across medieval Japan, through bloody battlefields and burning cities. But his ultimate test will be the uta awase - a tournament where Japan's greatest poets engage in fierce verbal combat for the honour of victory, and where Matsuo will find himself fighting for his life.
The Samurai of the Red Carnation is both a thrilling, swashbuckling adventure and a sensitive meditation on love and poetry. Denis Thériault, is known for his award-winning novel, The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman, which also made extensive use of original poetry in Japanese styles and which won the author the Japan-Canada Book Prize.
The Nights Are Quiet in Tehran
SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2026
A captivating, polyphonic novel of one family's flight from and return to Iran.
1979. Behzad, a young communist revolutionary, fights with his friends for a new order after the Shah's expulsion. He tells of sparking hope, of clandestine political actions, and of how he finds the love of his life in the courageous, intelligent Nahid.
1989. Nahid lives her new life in West Germany with Behzad. With their young children, they spend hour after hour in front of the radio, hoping for news from others who went into hiding after the mullahs came to power.
1999. Laleh returns to Iran with her mother, Nahid. Between beauty rituals and family secrets, she gets to know a Tehran that hardly matches her childhood memories.
2009. Laleh's brother Mo is more concerned with a friend's heartbreak than with student demonstrations in Germany. But then the Green Revolution breaks out in Iran and turns the world upside down …
A topical, moving novel about revolution, oppression, resistance, and the absolute desire for freedom.
My Friends
The beautiful new novel that will make you laugh and cry, from the global bestselling author of Anxious People and A Man Called Ove. Fredrik Backman returns with an unforgettably funny, deeply moving tale of four teenagers whose friendship creates a bond so powerful that it changes a complete stranger's life twenty-five years later…
You have to take life for granted, the artist thinks, the whole thing: sunrises and slow Sunday mornings and
water balloons and another person's breath against your neck. That's the only courageous thing a person can do.
In the corner of one of the most famous paintings in the world three tiny figures sit at the end of a pier. Most people don't even notice them. Most people think it's just a depiction of the sea. But Louisa, an aspiring artist herself, knows otherwise.
Twenty-five years earlier, in a distant seaside town, a group of teenagers seek refuge from their bruising home lives by spending long summer days together. They tell jokes, they share secrets, and they commit small acts of rebellion. These lost souls find in each other a reason to get up each morning, a reason to dream, a reason to love.
Out of that summer emerges a transcendent work of art, a painting that will unexpectedly be placed into 18-year-old Louisa's care. Determined to learn how it came to be and to decide what to do with it, Louisa embarks on a cross-country journey. But the closer she gets to the painting's birthplace, the more nervous she becomes.
In this stunning testament to the transformative, timeless power of friendship and art, Louisa is proof that happy endings don't always take the form we expect.
Yeonnam-dong's Smiley Laundromat
Situated at the heart of a rapidly gentrifying district of Seoul, the Yeonnam-dong Smiley Laundromat is a place where the extraordinary stories of ordinary residents unfold.
It is already a haven of tranquility and reflection for locals, but when someone leaves a notebook behind, the laundromat becomes a place that brings people together. One by one, customers start jotting down candid diary entries, opening their hearts and inviting acts of kindness from neighbours who were once just faces in the crowd.
But there is more to the diary than first appears, and before long the laundromat's regulars are teaming up to solve a mystery and help the notebook's former owner find peace.
A heartwarming, healing debut that instantly captured the hearts of Korean readers, this is a novel about the preciousness of human relationships and the power of solidarity in a world that is increasingly cold, fast-paced and virtual.
Őfelsége pincére voltam
Jan Díte leghőbb vágya, hogy milliomos legyen, és ezért hajlandó keményen megdolgozni. Szüksége is van elszántságra, mert egy kisvárosi vendéglő pikolófiújaként kezd bele álmai megvalósításába. Egyre feljebb jut a vendéglátószakma ranglétráján, mert lehet, hogy időnként korlátoltnak, együgyűnek tűnik, de alapvetően talpraesett és kitartó fiú, aki ráadásul mindig jó érzékkel választ magának újabb és újabb mestert.
„Jól figyeljenek arra, amit mondok!” - szól ránk időnként Jan, és mi figyelünk, mert érdekes és tanulságos dolgokat mesél, mert Jan nem csak a pénzt, a lányokat is nagyon szereti, és azok is szeretik őt, mert lehet, hogy nem egy dalia, de kedves, vidám és jól bánik velük.
Telnek-múlnak az évek, egyre közelebb ér a náci megszállás, a világháború tébolya, de Jan rendületlenül követi a maga elé kitűzött célt. Nem érdekli a történelem, és ugyan a politika sem érdekli, de persze nem a maga ellensége, így aztán német nemzetiségű, sőt kifejezetten náci feleséget választ magának. Gyűlik, ha lassan is, de gyűlik a pénz…
Hitler vereséget szenved, Jan pedig ügyesen sáfárkodik az elhurcolt zsidók vagyonával, végre milliomos lesz, és amikor beköszönt a béke, megveszi álmai szállodáját, ám nem sokáig örülhet, mert a hatalomra kerülő kommunisták első dolga az, hogy börtönbe küldik az összes milliomost…
Nedorozumění, 2. vydání
Tragický příběh muže a tří jemu blízkých žen odehrávající se v „podivném“ hostinci za nímž stojí absurdní nedorozumění. Návrat „ztraceného syna“ do vlasti, kterou opustil před mnoha lety, ke své matce a sestře, se dotýká věčných témat viny a trestu, osudu, schopnosti komunikace a revolty proti neutěšenému životu, lásky mezi lidmi a v neposlední řadě existence Boha. Camus příběh zasadil do „nevlídné krajiny“ Čech. Hra od držitele Nobelovy ceny za literaturu vychází v nové, u nás zatím nepublikované, verzi v překladu Ivana Zmatlíka jako 142. svazek edice D.
Na sklade 1Ks
13,10 €
13,60€
Caligula, 2. vydání
Postava šíleného římského císaře Caliguly, která se objevuje v mnoha literárních zpracováních, nabývá ve slavném Camusově dramatu nečekaných podob. Jeho Caligula vnímá nedostatky světa kolem sebe a bouří se proti nim. Na absurditu, kterou silně vnímá, reaguje smrtícími hrátkami, chce změnit svět a šíří kolem sebe smrt. Vyprovokuje vzpouru, a přestože se jí do poslední chvíle vysmívá, stane se její obětí. Hru, která překvapuje svou aktuálností, nabízíme v novém překladu I. Zmatlíka. Vychází jako 101. svazek edice D.
Lonesome Dove
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
Immerse yourself in the gritty realism of the American Frontier in Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurty - a powerful, triumphant tribute to the American West and a masterful epic from the screenwriter of Brokeback Mountain.
This is the story of a group of audacious cowboys on a perilous cattle drive across the sprawling wilderness, from Texas to Montana. Bound by duty and hardened by the relentless frontier, their shared journey embodies the enduring spirit of the West.
An iconic creation by the accomplished author of The Last Picture Show and Texasville, Lonesome Dove transcends boundaries - more than an adventure, beyond any love story. The saga paints the American West with a palette of nuanced characters, from heroes to outlaws, in a narrative that is as unflinching as it is captivating.
This novel, the first published, chronologically third in McMurtry's esteemed Lonesome Dove quartet, depicts an enduring American experience. A must-read for fans of evocative Western Americana, McMurtry propels you into the heart of 19th-century America, its triumphs and betrayals bound together in a dance of heightened drama and human spirit.
Now part of the Picador Collection, a series showcasing the very best of modern literature.
You Are Here
Sometimes you need to get lost to find your way...
Marnie is stuck.
Stuck working alone in her London flat, stuck battling the long afternoons and a life that often feels like it's passing her by.
Michael is coming undone.
Reeling from his wife's departure, increasingly reclusive, taking himself on long, solitary walks across the moors and fells.
When a persistent mutual friend and some very English weather conspire to bring them together, Marnie and Michael suddenly find themselves alone on the most epic of walks and on the precipice of a new friendship.
But can they survive the journey?
Love, Sex & Frankenstein
Villa Diodati, Lake Geneva, 1816.
The dark summer that birthed a monster . . .
Eighteen-year-old Mary Shelley has fled London with her lover, Percy Shelley, and her sister, Claire.
Tormented by Shelley's betrayals, haunted by the loss of their baby and suspicious of her sister's intentions, Mary seeks sanctuary.
But Lord Byron's villa, lying under ominous, ash-shrouded skies, feels more like a trap.
When Byron suggests each guest write a supernatural tale, Mary is as drawn to the challenge as she is, unexpectedly, to Byron himself.
And so an idea begins to form in her mind . . .
It spills out of her in thick, black ink. A thing given life is before her.
Day and night, she is possessed. Heart and mind. Body and soul.
But is she in control, or is it?
In this hauntingly evocative feminist retelling, Caroline Lea delves into the female rage, creative madness and steamy scandal that bore the world's most famous work of gothic fiction.
The Girls of Good Fortune (Deluxe Edition)
From New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday and The Ways We Hide comes a story of one woman's journey through Portland's Chinatown and its infamous Shanghai tunnels, giving voice to those in the shadows in a spellbinding story of a young half-Chinese mother and her determination to forge a future for her daughter in a world that shuns outsiders. From the New York Times bestselling author of Sold on a Monday and The Ways We Hide She came from a lineage known for good fortune...by those who don't know the whole story. Portland, 1888.
Amid the subterranean labyrinth of the notorious Shanghai Tunnels, a woman awakens in an underground cell, drugged and disguised. Celia soon realizes she's a "shanghaied" victim on the verge of being shipped off as forced labor, leaving behind those she loves most. Although well accustomed to adapting for survival-being half-Chinese, passing as white during an era fraught with anti-Chinese sentiment-she fears that far more than her own fate lay at stake. As she pieces together the twisting path that led to her abduction, from serving as a maid for the family of a dubious mayor to becoming entwined in the case of a goldminers' massacre, revelations emerge of a child left in peril. Desperate, Celia must find a way to escape and return to a place where unearthed secrets can prove even more deadly than the dark recesses of Chinatown.
A captivating tale of resilience and hope, The Girls of Good Fortune explores the complexity of family and identity, the importance of stories that echo through generations, and the power of strength found beneath the surface.
The Scrapbook
Harvard, 1996. Anna is about to graduate when she falls in love with Christoph, a German student visiting campus. As she visits Christoph in Germany and tries to understand the young, elegant man who fascinates her, he reveals his country to her.
Germany is still reckoning with the Holocaust and its pretty new squares belie the war’s destruction. Anna wants to believe in Christoph and the future he promises her but as their relationship becomes increasingly unsettling, she must face up to everything she has been unwilling to see, and everything Christoph has chosen to ignore.
The Sisters
An astonishing family drama of the highest order, addictively entertaining and utterly unforgettable
Meet the Mikkola sisters: Ina, Evelyn, and Anastasia. Their mother is a Tunisian saleswoman, their father a mysterious Swede who left them when they were young. Ina is tall, serious, a compulsive organizer. Evelyn is dreamy, magnetic, a smooth talker. And Anastasia is moody, chaotic, a shape-shifting presence, quick to anger.
Ina meets her future husband when she's dragged to a New Year's party by her sisters, only to suffer the ultimate betrayal. Evelyn drifts through life before embarking on a wild career as an actress. And Anastasia runs off to Tunisia, where she falls in love with a woman who, years later, will transform her life.
Following the sisters from afar is Jonas, the son of a Swedish mother and a Tunisian father. Over the course of three decades, his life intersects with the sisters, from a chance encounter in Tunis to the scene of a fighter jet crash in Stockholm. When Evelyn disappears on a trip to New York, Jonas manages to track her down - and helps her to break the curse that has been looming over the Mikkolas for decades. In the process, a shocking revelation changes everything about who they think they are.
Narrated in six parts, each spanning a period ranging from a year to a day to a single minute, The Sisters is a big, vivid family saga of the highest order - an addictively entertaining tour de force.
dostupné aj ako:
Hunger
No law, no gun, no God could stop me now. Only him.
A woman finds her man murdered on the street - and time stands still.
Until she cradles his corpse to her chest and carries it home, where she disinfects every inch of skin before seating herself to begin. What follows reverberates from this realm into the next, where the man is witnessing his own funeral.
Together, the lovers lament a lifetime of working themselves to the bone in a country sucking everyone dry - but time's up. The woman is already eating and beating them at their own barbaric game as she entombs the body in her own, where her soulmate will live again.
The word-of-mouth sensation that's on everyone's lips, HUNGER is a psychologically and philosophically thrilling cult classic that cuts to the very heart of love, money, and the things they do to us.
HUNGER charted for over half a year, breaking records for literary fiction in South Korea.
dostupné aj ako:
Nechajte sa vtiahnuť do sveta najznámejších príbehov svetovej literatúry. Prežívajte osudy hlavných hrdinov a objavujte novinky, ktoré vám neustále prinášame v oblasti svetovej beletrie. Čítajte romány, novely, či poviedky od známych autorov ako Jane Austen, Haruki Murakami, Fjodor Michajlovič Dostojevskij, Jules Verne, Erich Maria Remarque, Paulo Coelho, Daniel Defoe, George Orwell a mnohých ďalších.
