Philip Hensher (8 kníh)
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Philip Hensher Morušové impérium CZDěj se odehrává v rozmezí deset let a jeho děj je situován převážně do Londýna, Kalkaty a Petrohradu. Jde o brilantní spojení skutečnosti a fantazie, dílo hýřící historickými fakty, věrně zachycenými reáliemi i popisy těch nejspletitějších zákoutí lidské duše. Philipu Hensherovi se zkrátka podařilo napsat mistrovský román, nadčasový příběh o věrnosti a snech, víře a náhodě, epos o impériích, která byla vybudována,…
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Philip Hensher The Emperor Waltz ENThe Emperor Waltz is a single novel with three narrative strands: fourth-century Rome, 1920s Germany, and 1980s London. In each place, a small coterie is closely connected and separated from the larger world. In each story, the larger world regards the small coterie and its passionately-held beliefs and secrets with suspicion and hostility. It is the story of eccentricity, its struggle, its triumph, its influence -…
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Philip Hensher The Missing Ink ENA smart, funny book about the rise and slow death of the art of handwriting; and why it still matters. The simple pleasure of picking up a pen and writing is a skill that has existed for thousands of years - but that skill is slowly dying. Where once we would have reached for a pen and paper to commit our innermost thoughts to a diary, to send a letter home or to slip a note to a loved one, instead we now stare at…
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Philip Hensher The Missing Ink ENA smart, funny book about the rise and slow death of the art of handwriting; and why it still matters. The simple pleasure of picking up a pen and writing is a skill that has existed for thousands of years - but that skill is slowly dying. Where once we would have reached for a pen and paper to commit our innermost thoughts to a diary, to send a letter home or to slip a note to a loved one, instead we now stare at…
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Philip Hensher The Penguin Book of the British Short Story ENThe British short story tradition is probably the richest, most varied and historically extensive in the world. This new anthology celebrates the full diversity and energy of its writers, subjects and tones, from the story's origins with Defoe, Swift and Fielding, to the 'golden age' of the fin de siècle and Edwardian period, ending with the First World War. Including the most famous authors as well as some…
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Philip Hensher The Penguin Book of the British Short Story from P.G. Wodehouse to Zadie Smith EN'Eclectic, entertaining ... almost all British, if not human, life is here' Boyd Tonkin, Independent'. She would tear the house down - shatter the windows, slash the furniture, flood the baths, fire the curtains!' Hilarious, exuberant, surreal, subtle, tender, brutal, spectacular and above all unexpected: this extraordinary selection celebrates the British short story from the 1920s to the present day. From Angela…
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Philip Hensher The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short StoryA spectacular treasury of the best British short stories published in the last twenty yearsWe are living in a particularly rich period for British short stories. Despite the relative lack of places in which they can be published, the challenge the medium
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Philip Hensher The Penguin Book of the Contemporary British Short StoryA spectacular treasury of the best British short stories published in the last twenty years. We are living in a particularly rich period for British short stories. Despite the relative lack of places in which they can be ...
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