Malcolm Bradbury (6 kníh)
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Malcolm Bradbury Bořitel dějin CZHoward Kirk, docent sociologie na jedné anglické provinční univerzitě, zosobňuje proroka nových pořádků, proti kterému je Mojžíš rozhrnující mořské vody ubohý břídil. Radí, pátrá, intrikuje, pořádá večírky a obšťastňuje studentky tak, že laik žasne a odborník se nediví, neboť neradno věřit nikomu přes třicet. Slavný univerzitní román báječného britského satirika předčí cokoli od Davida Lodge.
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Malcolm Bradbury Doctor Criminale EN‘Eminently readable . . . perceptive and poignant’ Time Out. Francis Jay is a man of the ’90s. Street-wise but eco-friendly, smart yet charmingly naive, when his journalism career falls on the rocks he sets out to salvage it by embarking on a quest to write about one of the greatest philosophers of the modern age for a TV documentary. The myth of Doctor Bazlo Criminale proves almost impossible to penetrate, but Jay…
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Malcolm Bradbury, Richard Ruland From Puritanism to Postmodernism ENFrom a Modernist/Postmodernist perspective, leading critics Richard Ruland (American) and Malcolm Bradbury (British) address questions of literary and cultural nationalism. They demonstrate that since the seventeenth century, American writing has reflected the political and historical climate of its time and helped define America's cultural and social parameters. Above all, they argue that American literature has…
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Malcolm Bradbury Stepping Westward ENJames Walker, like so many British writers, sets off for the heartland of America to reinvigorate himself. Unfortunately this is still the age of McCarthyism. He also discovers that besides being the home of Benedict Arnold University - Take a BA at BA - the town of Party is famous for its annual rodeo competition. Throwing himself into the swing of things, he embarks on two affairs and an uninhibited performance…
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Malcolm Bradbury Who Do You Think You Are ? ENWho Do You Think You Are? contains all the wit, verbal dexterity and spot-on satirical humour of Malcolm Bradbury’s finest novels, including the work that helped to define a generation, The History Man. In seven short stories he takes a subtly ironic look at a variety of targets; American academics, provincial Britain, the aspirations of social workers, psychologists, the well-intentioned . . . In addition he…
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