Современная зарубежная литература

Различные книги в жанре Современная зарубежная литература

Деньги

Поль-Лу Сулицер

«Деньги» – это роман сегодняшнего мира, роман о тех, кто, оставаясь в тени, дергает за веревочки. Это правдивый роман о возможностях. А также история о невероятной мести и безумной любви. Для широкого круга читателей.

Английский XXI века. Дж. Смит. Истории с сюрпризом / John M. W. Smith. Twist-ending Stories

Джон М. У. Смит

Как часто то, что мы наблюдаем в жизни, является таковым на самом деле? В своем новом сборнике великолепный мастер короткого рассказа, обладающий неповторимым стилем Джон М. У. Смит наглядно иллюстрирует давнюю истину: в действительности всё не так, как кажется! Рассказы, вошедшие в книгу, адаптированы (без упрощения текста оригинала) по методу Ильи Франка. Уникальность метода заключается в том, что запоминание слов и выражений происходит за счет их повторяемости, без заучивания и необходимости использовать словарь. Книги из серии «Английский XXI века» представляют собой новейшие произведения англоязычной литературы и являются неоценимым подспорьем в изучении «живого» современного английского языка.

Герои. Человечество и чудовища. Поиски и приключения

Стивен Фрай

Вторая книга античного цикла Стивена Фрая. В ней речь пойдет о героях и их подвигах. Фрай блестяще пересказывает драматические, смешные, трагические истории. Ясон и Геракл, Персей и Орфей, Эдип и Беллерофонт. Загадки, погони, сражения, головоломки, убийства и спасения. «Герои» – это истории о тех невероятных подвигах, глупостях, актах отчаянии и храбрости, на которые мы, смертные, способны, только если уж очень припечет.

Блокбастер

Зоран Жмирич

Роман «Блокбастер» хорватського письменника Зорана Жмирича присвячений подіям, що відбувалися у його країні у 1991-1995 роках, коли палало протистояння між прибічниками примарної «Великої Сербії» і тими, хто прагнув незалежності на своїх землях. Про людський вимір таких історичних зсувів, про прагнення до свободи, про її справжню ціну. А ще й про те, що війна героїчна та пафосна лише в кіно, в реальності ж вона брудна й злочинна. Читаючи цю книжку, автор якої був безпосереднім учасником цих подій, вам доведеться чимало пережити й передумати. Тому що це не військовий бойовик, а справжня людська трагедія, що калічить не тільки тіла, а й душі.

Green Card

Володимир Кошелюк

«Green Card» – воістину чоловічий роман, книга про протистояння долі, становлення характеру, подолання жорстких обставин і неабияких випробувань. Читача чекає яскраво й динамічно написана історія перетворення юного лузера на суворого і досвідченого воїна-спецпризначенця, а поштовхом до цього стає випадково виграна у лотерею картка, що надає право на проживання в Сполучених Штатах.

Reunion

Therese Fowler

A heartbreaking new novel about lost loves and past regrets. A guaranteed tearjerker.Blue Reynolds has the world at her feet. Her successful daytime chat show and the attendant wealth make her the envy of women all over the globe. But little do her fans know that behind the façade of designer clothes and luxury apartments, Blue is tormented by a tragic event in her past.Whilst on a work trip to Florida, Blue finds herself caught up in a love triangle between two men – a situation made even more problematic by the fact that the two men are father and son. Whilst Blue is drawn to her old flame Mitch, she also finds herself deeply attracted to his enigmatic son Julian.Her troubles are further increased when the press discover that she gave up a child for adoption as a troubled teen – a child that she has desperately tried to find in the years that followed.With the media camping outside her door, desperate to tarnish the reputation of one of the world's most famous women, Blue realizes she must face her demons and overcome her fears as well as follow her heart – even if that means giving up the life she has worked so hard to create.Old conflicts, long-held secrets, and thwarted expectations provoke the question of what makes love true. A compelling and poignant novel that will captivate readers of Anita Shreve and Rosie Thomas.

Once Upon a River

Bonnie Jo Campbell

A girl with a gun fights for survival in the American wilderness, in a tale that will enthral fans of The Hunger Games and True Grit.After the violent death of her father, in which she is complicit, Margo takes to the Stark River in her boat, with only a few supplies and a biography of Annie Oakley, in search of her vanished mother.But the river, Margo’s childhood paradise, is a dangerous place for a young woman travelling alone, and she must be strong to survive, using her knowledge of the natural world and her ability to look unsparingly into the hearts of those around her. Her river odyssey through rural Michigan becomes a defining journey, one that leads her beyond self-preservation and to deciding what price she is willing to pay for her choices.

Mistakes in the Background

Laura Dockrill

Feast your eyes on a treasury of words and illustrations from one of the most exciting young talents around, recently voted by The Times as one of the top ten literary talents of 2008.Enter the weird and wonderful world of Laura Dockrill …I draw like a left-handed baby, I can hardly spell my own name and watching me use a glue-stick is a bit like watching a large bear trying to ram his own head into a pocket-sized cat-flap …no, really.But once the book is finished, when I can see the pages coming together, getting thicker and thicker, detailed and covered with stories and my imagination recorded on pages …everything at last makes sense (to me at least).I did this because I have got things to say. I've got pictures I want you to see and characters I want you to meet – the crying ice-skating boy, the Rolf Harris obsessive, the rude girl in McDonalds with the chocolate milkshake and the try-hard Mighty Boosh watching mum.I don't keep a diary. I think they’re crap.But this is much more than a diary. This is my map.

Good Trouble

Joseph O’Neill

Back at dinner, somebody said that the goose thinks it’s a dog. No, it doesn’t. It doesn’t think it’s a dog. The goose doesn’t think. The goose just is. And what the goose is is goose. But goose is not goose, Robert thinks. Even the goose isn’t goose.In Good Trouble, the first story collection from Joseph O’Neill, author of Netherland, characters are forced to discover exactly who they are, and who they can never quite be.There’s Rob, who swears he is a dependable member of society, but can’t scrape together a character reference to prove that’s the case. And Jayne, who has no choice but to investigate a strange noise downstairs while her husband lies glued to the bed with fear. A mother tries to find where she fits into her son’s new life of semi-soft rind-washed cheeses, and a poet tries to fathom what makes a poet. Do you even have to write poetry?Packed with O’Neill’s trademark acerbic humour, Good Trouble explores the maddening and secretly political space between thoughts and deeds, between men and women, between goose and not-goose.

Fresh Complaint

Jeffrey Eugenides

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEARAN EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR‘What was it about complaining that felt so good? You and your fellow sufferer emerging from a thorough session as if from a spa bath, refreshed and tingling?’The first-ever collection of short stories from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jeffrey Eugenides presents characters in the midst of personal and national emergencies.We meet Kendall, a failed poet who, envious of other people’s wealth during the real estate bubble, becomes an embezzler; and Mitchell, a lovelorn liberal arts graduate on a search for enlightenment; and Prakrti, a high school student whose wish to escape the strictures of her family leads to a drastic decision that upends the life of a middle-aged academic.Jeffrey Eugenides’s bestselling novels Middlesex, The Virgin Suicides and The Marriage Plot have shown him to be an astute observer of the crises of adolescence, self-discovery and family love. These stories, from one of our greatest authors, explore equally rich and intriguing territory.Narratively compelling and beautifully written, Fresh Complaint shows all of Eugenides’s trademark humour, compassion and complex understanding of what it is to be human.