Michael Chabon, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of `The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay` and `The Yiddish Policemen`s Union`, offers his first major work of non-fiction, an autobiographical narrative as inventive, beautiful and powerful as his novels. A shy manifesto; an impractical handbook; the true story of a fabulist; an entire life in parts and pieces: `Manhood for Amateurs` is the first sustained work of personal writing from Michael Chabon. In these insightful, provocative, slyly interlinked essays, one of our most brilliant and humane writers presents his autobiography and vision of life in the way so many of us experience our own: as a series of reflections, regrets and re-examinations, each sparked by an encounter, in the...
ISBN: 978-0-00-715041-0
Издательство:
HarperCollins Publishers
Дата выхода: июль 2012
If you want to see rich people act really rich, go to St. Henrys School for Boys at on any weekday. Or you could just read Holly Petersons debut novel, The Manny. The first line of this rather delicious story sets us up for what is to come: a satire of money, marriage, men and mannys. (The Manny of the title is actually a male nanny, just another parenting trend for Manhattans uber-rich).
When an unidentified body is discovered in the harbour town of Axmouth, twenty miles from Exeter, Sir John de Wolfe, the county coroner is called to investigate. The manner of the young man`s death is a matter of some dispute - but, as Sir John soon discovers, it was no accident. The victim did not drown, as the manor reeve alleges, but was strangled to death. In the ensuing murder investigation, Sir John is frustrated by what appears to be a conspiracy of silence among the seamen and townsfolk. Just what is the local population trying to hide? As Crowner John is to learn, there are those who would go to any length to ensure the shocking truth remains hidden. And the coroner must draw on all his resources of courage, cunning and...
ISBN: 978-1-4165-2594-3
Издательство:
Pocket Books
Дата выхода: август 2011
"Мэнсфилд-Парк" - одно из известных произведений английской писательницы Джейн Остин. В нём рассказывается о судьбе девушки Фанни, взятой на воспитание богатыми родственникам, но высокомерно относящихся из-за её принадлежности к низшему сословию. Сможет ли главная героиня найти своё настоящее счастье в обществе с подобными нравами и доказать, чего она стоит на самом деле? Читайте зарубежную литературу в...
ISBN: 978-5-521-05177-9
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: июнь 2017
A subtle examination of social position and moral integrity, Mansfield Park is one of Jane Austen`s most profound works. Taken from the poverty of her parents` home, Fanny Price is brought up with her rich cousins at Mansfield Park, acutely aware of her humble rank and with only her cousin Edmund as an ally. When Fanny`s uncle is absent in Antigua, Mary Crawford and her brother Henry arrive in the neighbourhood, bringing with them London glamour and a reckless taste for flirtation. As her female cousins vie for Henry`s attention, and even Edmund falls for Mary`s dazzling charms, only Fanny remains doubtful about the Crawfords` influence and finds herself more isolated than ever.
ISBN: 978-5-521-06427-4
Издательство:
Т8
Дата выхода: январь 2018
