Lionel Shriver (8 kníh)
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Lionel Shriver Big Brother EN
The new novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin. Pandora has looked up to her older brother Edison since they were children. Now she revels in the anonymity of her suburban Iowa life, while her brother basks in the limelight as a New York jazz musician. But when Edison arrives in Iowa, suddenly in need of a place to stay, Pandora literally doesn't recognize him. The once slim, hip…
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Lionel Shriver Musíme si promluvit o Kevinovi
Před dvěma lety Kevin, syn Evy Khatchadourianové, zavraždil sedm svých spolužáků ze střední školy, zaměstnance školní jídelny a oblíbenou učitelku angličtiny. V době činu mu bylo teprve patnáct let, takže dostal velmi mírný trest...
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Lionel Shriver Musíme si promluvit o Kevinovi
Před dvěma lety Kevin, syn Evy Khatchadourianové, zavraždil sedm svých spolužáků ze střední školy, zaměstnance školní jídelny a oblíbenou učitelku angličtiny. V době činu mu bylo teprve patnáct let, takže dostal velmi mírný...
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Lionel Shriver So Much for That EN
What do you pack for the rest of your life? The explosive new novel from the Orange Prize-winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin Shepherd Knacker has been saving all his working life for a one way ticket away from the daily grind. When he sells his handyman business for $1million, 'The Afterlife' seems tantalisingly within reach. Yet his wife has concocted one reason after another why now isn't the time to go…
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Lionel Shriver The Mandibles
The year is 2029, and nothing is as it should be. The very essence of American life, the dollar, is under attack. In a coordinated move by the rest of the world’s governments, the dollar loses all its value. The American President declares that...
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Lionel Shriver The Post-Birthday World EN
The new novel from the Orange Prize winning author of We Need to Talk About Kevin It all hinges on one kiss. Whether Irina McGovern does or does not lean in to a specific pair of lips in London will determine whether she stays with her disciplined, intellectual partner Lawrence or runs off with Ramsey, a hard-living snooker player. Using a parallel universe structure, we follow Irina's life as it unfolds under the…
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Lionel Shriver We Need To Talk About Kevin EN
Eva never really wanted to be a mother; certainly not the mother of the unlovable boy who murdered seven of his fellow high school students, a cafeteria worker and a teacher who tried to befriend him. Now, two years later, it is time for her to come to terms with marriage, career, family, parenthood and Kevin's horrific rampage in a series of startlingly direct correspondences with her absent husband, Franklyn.…
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