Paul Theroux (8 kníh)
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Paul Theroux Figures in a LandscapeThe Sunday Times bestseller Paul Theroux collects a rich feast of his writing and essays - from travel to personal memoir - published all together here for the first time. Drawing together a fascinating body of writing from over 14 years of work, ...
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Paul Theroux Figures in a LandscapeDrawing together a fascinating body of writing from over 14 years of work, Figures in a Landscape ranges from profiles of cultural icons (Oliver Sacks, Elizabeth Taylor, Robin Williams) to intimate personal remembrances; ...
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Paul Theroux Mr. Bones ENA family watches, horrified, as their patriarch transforms into the wise-cracking lead of an old-timey minstrel show. An art collector gleefully destroys his most valuable pieces. A young artist devotes himself to a wealthy, malicious gossip, knowing that it's just a matter of time before she turns on him. In this new collection of short stories, Paul Theroux explores the tenuous leadership of the elite and the…
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Bruce Chatwin, Paul Theroux Návrat do Patagonie CZBruce Chatwin je jedním z čelných představitelů literární formy travelog - beletristicky pojatého cestopisu, jejž mísí s nejrůznějšími úvahami meditativního charakteru z oblasti historie, filosofie, biologie, antropologie či literárni historie. Oba autoři patří k těm, kteří považovali travelog za literárni formu, jež nejlépe vyhovuje jejich vidění světa.
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Paul Theroux On the Plain of SnakesThe master of contemporary travel writing, Paul Theroux, immerses himself in the beautiful and troubled heart of modern Mexico. Nogales is a border town caught between Mexico and the United States of America...
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Paul Theroux The Mosquito Coast ENThe Mosquito Coast - winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize - is a breathtaking novel about fanaticism and a futile search for utopia from bestseller Paul Theroux. Published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Allie Fox is going to re-create the world. Abominating the cops, crooks, junkies and scavengers of modern America, he abandons civilisation and takes the family to live in the Honduran jungle.…
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Paul Theroux The Mosquito CoastContemporary / American English Allie Fox hates the United States and he hates the twentieth century. He takes his wife and children to the jungle in Honduras to find a new, simpler way of living...
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Paul Theroux The Old Patagonian Express ENThe Old Patagonian Expresstells of Paul Theroux's train journey down the length of North and South America. Beginning on Boston's subway, he depicts a voyage from ice-bound Massachusetts to the arid plateau of Argentina's most southerly tip, via pretty Central American towns and the ancient Incan city of Macchu Pichu. Shivering and sweating by turns as the temperature and altitude rise and plummet, he describes the…
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