Зарубежная классика
Различные книги в жанре Зарубежная классикаМилочка Мэгги
В детстве Маргарет Роуз Мур, девчушку, рожденную в семье ирландских эмигрантов в Бруклине, прозвали Милочкой Мэгги за ее непоседливый и веселый нрав. Но жизнь не пощадила Мэгги – в шестнадцать в двери постучалась беда, и ей пришлось бросить школу и целиком посвятить себя дому, отцу и новорожденному брату. Когда же наконец Мэгги встретила Клода, любовь всей своей жизни, он оказался совсем не из тех, с кем просто стать счастливой. Однако Милочка Мэгги всегда черпала силы в том, чтобы быть полезной другим, поэтому она, подобно стойкой тростинке на ветру, ни за что не сдастся под ударами судьбы.
Nothing So Strange
A strange story, told by indirection, as Jane Waring, through recurrent interviews with a mysterious Mr. Small who is trying to get from her all she can give him of her knowledge of Mark Bradley, tells Brad’s story, as she knows it. In complete darkness as to Small’s purpose, Jane withholds (both from him and the reader) many connecting links, impressions, emotional overtones and undertones—telling only what each question involves. Bit by bit the pieces fall into place—and when after some time contact is made again with Brad in California, and he is given leave from the neuropsychiatric ward where he has been assigned to visit her, he himself fills in the gaps. Jane’s faith in him—her willingness to let things take their course—achieve the desired results, as Hiroshima and the news release of the secret of the Manhattan Project gives Brad the final release from horror and tension that has held him through the years.<P> "The plot itself is an original one." —Kirkus Reviews"
Last Tales
"Last Tales" is a collection of twelve of the last tales that Karen Blixen wrote under the pen name Isak Dinesen, before her death in 1962. They include seven tales from Albondocani, a projected novel that was never completed; “The Caryatids,” an unfinished Gothic tale of a couple bedeviled by an old letter and a gypsy’s spell; and three tales of winter, including “Converse at Night in Copenhagen,” a drunken, allnight conversation between a boyking, a prostitute, and a poor young poet.
Great Stories from the German Romantics
This outstanding compilation presents stories by two of the writers who helped launch the early nineteenth-century German Romanticism movement: Ludwig Tieck and Jean Paul Richter. Translated by the great British historian Thomas Carlyle, it features seven highly influential tales that range in mood from fantasy and fairy tale lightness to witty satire. Shemlzie's Journey to Fletz and Life of Quintus Fixlien, a story and a novella by Richter, the least translated of the major German Romantics, are of particular note. Ludwig Tieck (1773–1859) is best known for his fantastic stories and short novels, which appeal more to the emotions than the intellect. He translated the works of Shakespeare and Cervantes into German, served as a literary advisor to Dresden's Court Theater, and ranked second only to Goethe as Germany's leading literary authority. Jean Paul Richter (1763–1825) bridged the shift in literature from the formal ideals of Weimar Classicism to the intuitive transcendentalism of early Romanticism. His works range in tone from sentimental humor to bitter satire and span a variety of genres, from fiction to treatises on education and aesthetics.
The Homer King
An Idaho farm-country family man faces challenges to his moral and honesty standards as he is put to the test several times. His reward is to become what most every young baseball player dreams of—to be a major league batter with perfect home run–hitting ability. The resulting strategies to make him an effective designated hitter for the American League Los Angeles Angels puts major league ethics to the test.
Blue Is the Warmest Color
A New York Times bestsellerThe original graphic novel adapted into the film Blue Is the Warmest Color, winner of the Palme d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film FestivalIn this tender, bittersweet, full-color graphic novel, a young woman named Clementine discovers herself and the elusive magic of love when she meets a confident blue-haired girl named Emma: a lesbian love story for the ages that bristles with the energy of youth and rebellion and the eternal light of desire.First published in France by Glénat, the book has won several awards, including the Audience Prize at the Angoulême International Comics Festival, Europe's largest.The live-action, French-language film version of the book, entitled Blue Is the Warmest Color, won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2013. Directed by director Abdellatif Kechiche and starring Lea Seydoux and Adele Exarchopoulos, the film generated both wide praise and controversy. It will be released in the US through Sundance Selects/IFC Films.Julie Maroh is an author and illustrator originally from northern France."Julie Maroh, who was just 19 when she started the comic, manages to convey the excitement, terror, and obsession of young love—and to show how wildly teenagers swing from one extreme emotion to the next … Ultimately, Blue Is the Warmest Color is a sad story about loss and heartbreak, but while Emma and Clementine’s love lasts, it’s exhilarating and sustaining." —Slate.com"A beautiful, moving graphic novel." —Wall Street Journal"Blue Is the Warmest Color captures the entire life of a relationship in affecting and honest style." —Comics Worth Reading"Delicate linework conveys wordless longing in this graphic novel about a lesbian relationship." —New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)"A tragic yet beautifully wrought graphic novel." —Salon.com"Love is a beautiful punishment in Maroh’s paean to confusion, passion, and discovery … An elegantly impassioned love story." —Publishers Weekly (STARRED REVIEW)"A lovely and wholehearted coming-out story … the illustrations are infused with genuine, raw feeling. Wide-eyed Clementine wears every emotion on her sleeve, and teens will understand her journey perfectly." —Kirkus Reviews «The electric emotions of falling in love and the difficult process of self-acceptance will resonate with all readers … Maroh’s use of color is deliberate enough to be eye-catching in a world of grey tones, with Emma’s bright blue hair capturing Clementine’s imagination, but is used sparingly enough that it supports and blends naturally with the story.» —Library Journal (STARRED REVIEW)"It's not just the French who have a better handle on sexy material than Americans – Canadians do, too … Who's publishing it? Not an American publishing house but by Arsenal Pulp Press, a Canadian independent." —Los Angeles Times
Волшебная гора. Часть 1
Что их ждет, cмерть или выздоровление? «Волшебная гора» – туберкулезный санаторий в Швейцарских Альпах. Его обитатели вынуждены находиться здесь годами, общаясь с внешним миром лишь редкими письмами и телеграммами. Здесь время течет незаметно, жизнь и смерть утрачивают смысл, а мельчайшие нюансы человеческих отношений, напротив, приобретают болезненную остроту и значимость. Любовь, дружба, вражда, ревность для обитателей санатория словно отмечены тенью небытия… Эта история имеет множество возможных прочтений – мощнейшее философское исследование жизненных основ, тонкий психологический анализ разных типов человеческого характера, отношений, погружение в историю культуры, религии и в историю вообще – Манн изобразил общество в канун Первой мировой войны. © S.Fischer Verlag AG, Berlin, 1924 © Перевод. В. Станевич, наследники, 2009 © Перевод. В. Курелла, наследники, 2013
Out of India
Chosen by The New York Times Book Review as one of the best books of 1986, this volume of stories, selected by the author from her own early work, represents the essence of her Indian experience. Bearing Jhabvala’s hallmark of balance, subtlety, wry humor, and beauty, these stories present characters that prove to be as vulnerable to the contradictions and oppressions of the human heart as to those of India itself.
To You Mr. Chips
Seven short stories of Mr. Chipping and his days as a schoolmaster. The book, however, begins with an account of Chipping’s own experience with the English public school system.
The Last Summer
The Last Summer is a story of friendships that were born on a baseball field in a small but growing North Carolina town. Swansville once had baseball fever, and over a decade later, a group of twelve-year-old boys reignite the love of baseball for everyone in town. Narrator Carson Smith is nearly thirty-eight years old as he looks back on the magical summer when he was only twelve years old. Carson, or sometimes called Worm, as in bookworm, chronicles his and his teammates’ summer playing Little League Baseball before a new middle school is built on the other side of town. The new middle school will split up the boys, and the town will eventually need to choose sides, but for one last summer, everyone in Swansville cheers for the boys from the brown water of Pisgah Lake.
Carson has always lived in the shadow of his twin sister, Whitley, until the summer of 1994, when his all-star baseball team begins to have success. She reluctantly follows the team on their quest to Williamsport, Pennsylvania. New student Wyatt Hartley becomes the missing piece of a talented but flawed Little League all-star team. Drake Duckworth and Darren “Ogre” Winslow happily concede to the new boy in town as he takes the reins of leadership, but Travis Harrison and his dad, Coach Alex, will not let the newcomer take over without a challenge. Wyatt and Carson’s unlikely friendship strengthens each other’s weaknesses as the two boys navigate the final months of the sixth grade and the last summer before becoming teenagers. Their bond stays strong despite the challenges of growing up.