Autor Colm Tóibín
'Heartbreak, wistfulness, cracking dialogue . . . This is Tóibín at his best' The Times'A masterful novel full of longing and regret… Intensely moving and yet full of restraint' Douglas StuartLong Island is Colm Tóibín’s masterpiece: an exquisite, exhilarating…
A Guest at the Feast uncovers the places where politics and poetics meet, where life and fiction overlap, where one can be inside writing and also outside of it. From the melancholy and amusement within the work of the writer John McGahern to an extraordinary…
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Tells about writers and their families. This book explores the often tense relationship between writers and their families.
In January 1895 Henry James anticipates the opening of his first play, Guy Domville, in London. The production fails, and he returns, chastened and humiliated, to his writing desk. The result is a string of masterpieces, but they are produced…
'They cut her hair before they dragged her to the place of sacrifice. Her mouth was gagged to stop her cursing her father, her cowardly, two-tongued father. Nonetheless, they heard her muffled screams.' On the day of his daughter's wedding, Agamemnon…
A Guest at the Feast uncovers the places where politics and poetics meet, where life and fiction overlap, where one can be inside writing and also outside of it. From the melancholy and amusement within the work of the writer John McGahern to an extraordinary…
Uznávaný autor slavného „Brooklynu“ přichází s rozsáhlým historickým románem a „osobitě čarodějným literárním počinem“ (podle Oprah Daily), v němž beletrizuje život nositele Nobelovy ceny Thomase Manna, otce šesti dětí, který před nacisty uprchl z Německa,…
From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side…
From one of our greatest living writers comes a sweeping novel of unrequited love and exile, war and family. The Magician tells the story of Thomas Mann, whose life was filled with great acclaim and contradiction. He would find himself on the wrong side…
Román cenami ověnčeného irského autora Colma Toibína Brooklyn vypráví prostý příběh obyčejné mladé ženy, která na popud rodiny odejde za prací do New Yorku. Dobrý úmysl sestry a matky podpořený tou nejlepší vůlí ze strany samotné Eilis vede k tomu, že…
It is Ireland in the early 1950s and for Eilis Lacey, as for so many young Irish girls, opportunities are scarce. So when her sister arranges for her to emigrate to New York, Eilis knows she must go, leaving behind her family and her home for the first…
Pôsobivý a hlboko znepokojivý historický román nielen pre kresťanov Pamätám si všetko. Pamäť mi zapĺňa telo rovnako ako krv a kosti. Dojímavý a obdivuhodný román írskeho spisovateľa Colma Tóibína rozpráva príbeh ukrižovania celkom ináč, ako ho poznáme…
Mariin příběh, jak jej nevypráví Bible: Dlouhé roky po Kristově smrti na kříži nechce Ježíšova matka o svatosti svého syna nic slyšet. Vůči jeho zázrakům je skeptická a bolest z jeho ztráty dosud nepřekonala. Pak se rozhodne vyprávět svou vlastní verzi…
It is the late 1960s in Ireland. Nora Webster is living in a small town, looking after her four children, trying to rebuild her life after the death of her husband. She is fiercely intelligent, at times difficult and impatient, at times kind, but she…
Prázdno rodiny je zbierka deviatich poviedok významného írskeho spisovateľa Colma Tóibina. Sú ovplyvnené autorovými zážitkami a spomienkami z Írska, Španielska či Spojených štátov. Suverénne napísané príbehy, nežné, ale i kruté, neobyčajne citlivo vyrozprávané.…