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LABYRINTHS
Ordinær pris 179,00 krJorge Luis Borges's Labyrinths is a collection of short stories and essays showcasing one of Latin America's most influential and imaginative writers. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is edited by Donald A. Yates and James E. Irby, with an introduction by James E. Irby and a preface by André Maurois.
Jorge Luis Borges was a literary spellbinder whose tales of magic, mystery and murder are shot through with deep philosophical paradoxes. This collection brings together many of his stories, including the celebrated 'Library of Babel', whose infinite shelves contain every book that could ever exist, 'Funes the Memorious' the tale of a man fated never to forget a single detail of his life, and 'Pierre Menard, Author of the Quixote', in which a French poet makes it his life's work to create an identical copy of Don Quixote. In later life, dogged by increasing blindness, Borges used essays and brief tantalising parables to explore the enigma of time, identity and imagination. Playful and disturbing, scholarly and seductive, his is a haunting and utterly distinctive voice.
Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina. A poet, critic and short story writer, he received numerous awards for his work including the 1961 International Publisher's Prize (shared with Samuel Beckett). He has a reasonable claim, along with Kafka and Joyce, to be one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century.
If you enjoyed Labyrinths, you might like Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis and Other Stories, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.
Forfatter: Jorge Luis Borges
Publisert år: 2000
Utgave: 3.utg
Antall sider: 287
On the Road
Ordinær pris 169,00 krOn the Road chronicles Jack Kerouac's years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, "a sideburned hero of the snowy West." As "Sal Paradise" and "Dean Moriarty," the two roam the country in a quest for self-knowledge and experience. Kerouac's love of America, his compassion for humanity, and his sense of language as jazz combine to make On the Road an inspirational work of lasting importance.
Kerouac’s classic novel of freedom and longing defined what it meant to be “Beat” and has inspired every generation since its initial publication more than fifty years ago.
- Forfatter: Jack Kerouac
- Publisert: 2011
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9780141182674
The importance of being aisling
Ordinær pris 199,00 kr Salgspris 149,00 kr Spar 25%THE NO 1 IRISH BESTSELLER and hilarious follow-up to the smash-hit romantic comedy Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling. 'Should come with a health warning. Ten pages in my face hurts from grinning' Sunday Independent 'Hilarious and life-affirming, this is just the book to banish the winter blues' - Red (Best books of 2018) __________You can take the small-town girl out of the big city - but can you take the big city out of the girl? Job.
Flat. Boyfriend. Tick.
Tick. Tick. Aisling (seems) to be winning at life.
But life has other ideas. Fired. Homeless.
Dumped. Tick. Tick.
Tick. When everything comes crashing down around her, moving back in with her mam seems like a disaster. But might returning to her roots provide the answers Aisling's looking for? ___________WINNER OF POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 - IRISH BOOK AWARDS'With its ability to have you laughing out loud one minute and crying the next, this is a joyful, emotional, heartfelt, hilarious romp of a novel' Heat 'My neck hurts from nodding along in recognition at the universal wisdoms.
There's a smile in every page, some genuinely hilarious moments, and so much heart' Sunday Independent'Fans will be thrilled to be reunited with country girl Aisling as she navigates yet more life changes. It's stuffed with laughs, but made me cry' Daily Mail Praise for Oh My God, What a Complete Aisling' Comparisons with Bridget Jones are spot on' Independent-The year's funniest book' Hello-There aren't enough words for how much I love it' Marian Keyes
- Publisert: Nov. 2018
- Antall sider: 384
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9780241361757
Travels with Charley
Ordinær pris 169,00 krIn 1960, John Steinbeck set out in his pick-up truck with his dog Charley to rediscover and chronicle his native USA, from Maine to California. He felt that he might have lost touch with its sights, sounds and the essence of the American people. Moving through the woods and deserts, dirt tracks and highways to large cities and glorious wildernesses, Steinbeck observed - with remarkable honesty, insight and a humorous eye - the gamut of America and the people who inhabited it.
- Forfatter: John Steinbeck
- Publisert: Mars 2001
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9780141186108
Travels with Herodotus
Ordinær pris 169,00 krTravels with Herodotus records how Kapuscinski set out on his first forays - to India, China and Africa - with the great Greek historian constantly in his pocket. He sees Louis Armstrong in Khartoum, visits Dar-es-Salaam, arrives in Algiers in time for a coup when nothing seems to happen (but he sees the Mediterranean for the first time). At every encounter with a new culture, Kapuscinski plunges in, curious and observant, thirsting to understand its history, its thought, its people.
And he reads Herodotus so much that he often feels he is embarking on two journeys - the first his assignment as a reporter, the second following Herodotus' expeditions.
- Forfatter: Ryszard Kapuscinski
- Publisert: 2008
- Innbinding: Heftet
- Språk: Engelsk
- ISBN: 9780141021140