John Banville (13 kníh)
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John Banville Ancient Light ENJohn Banville's Ancient Light is a story of obsessive young love and the power of grief.
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John Banville Ancient Light'Billy Gray was my best friend and I fell in love with his mother.'...
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John Banville Kniha doličná CZGroteskní zpověď člověka, kterého nejtěžší zločin zavedl na očistnou, slastně ponižující cestu sebepoznání.
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John Banville Moře CZBanville v románu Moře dokonale prokázal, jak mistrovsky ovládá jazyk, především pak jeho možnosti, jak nečekanými a naléhavými obrazy vykreslit i ta nejskrytější hnutí lidské mysli. Kunsthistorik Max Morden se vrací do přímořské vesnice, kde kdysi, jako chlapec, trávil prázdniny. Snaží se tím uniknout před nedávnou ztrátou, ale i čelit traumatům, na která dávno téměř zapomněl. Tady se kdysi setkal s nevšední…
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John Banville Mrs OsmondA rich historical novel about the aftermath of betrayal, from the Booker prize-winner...
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John Banville The Blue Guitar ENFrom John Banville, one of the world's greatest writers, comes The Blue Guitar, a story of theft and the betrayal of friendship. Adultery is always put in terms of thieving. But we were happy together, simply happy. Oliver Orme used to be a painter, well known and well rewarded, but the muse has deserted him. He is also, as he confesses, a petty thief; he does not steal for gain, but for the thrill of it. HIs worst…
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John Banville The Infinities ENIn his first novel since the Booker Prize–winning The Sea, John Banville gives us a dazzling new book that chronicles both a human family and a rather unholy gathering of immortals. On a languid midsummer’s day, old Adam Godley, a renowned theoretical mathematician, is dying. His family gathers at his bedside: his son, young Adam, struggling to maintain his marriage to a radiantly beautiful actress; his nineteen…
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John Banville The Sea ENThe brilliant new novel by the Booker-shortlisted author of Shroud and The Book of Evidence, John Banville is, quite simply, one of the greatest novelists writing in the English language today. When Max Morden returns to the coastal town where he spent a holiday in his youth he is both escaping from a recent loss and confronting a distant trauma. The Grace family appear that long ago summer as if from another world.…
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John Banville The Sea ENIncandescent prose. Beautifully textured characterisation. Transparent narratives. The adjectives to describe the writing of John Banville are all affirmative, and The Sea is a ringing affirmation of all his best qualities. His publishers are claiming that this novel by the Booker-shortlisted author is his finest yet, and while that claim may have an element of hyperbole, there is no denying that this perfectly…
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John Banville The Sea (film tie-in) ENNow a major film starring Ciarán Hinds, Charlotte Rampling, Natascha McElhone, Rufus Sewell and Sinéad Cusack. When Max Morden returns to the seaside village where he once spent a childhood holiday, he is both escaping from a recent loss and confronting a distant trauma. Mr and Mrs Grace and their twin children Myles and Chloe appeared that long-ago summer as if from another world. Max grew to know them intricately…
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