Homer`s epic chronicle of the Greek hero Odysseus` journey home from the Trojan War has inspired writers from Virgil to James Joyce. Odysseus survives storm and shipwreck, the cave of the Cyclops and the isle of Circe, the lure of the Sirens` song and a trip to the Underworld, only to find his most difficult challenge at home, where treacherous suitors seek to steal his kingdom and his loyal wife, Penelope. Favorite of the gods, Odysseus embodies the energy, intellect, and resourcefulness that were of highest value to the ancients and that remain ideals in out time. In this new verse translation, Allen Mandelbaum - celebrated poet and translator of Virgil`s "Aeneid" and Dante`s "Divine Comedy" - realizes the power and beauty of the...
ISBN: 978-0-553-21399-7
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Homer`s great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. His colourful adventures, his endurance, his love for his wife and son have the same power to move and inspire readers today as they did in Archaic Greece, 2800 years ago. This poem has been translated many times over the years, but Chapman`s sinewy, gorgeous rendering (1616) stands in a class of its own. Chapman believed himself inspired by the spirit of Homer himself, and matches the breadth and power of the original with a complex and stunning idiom of his own. John Keats expressed his admiration for the resulting work in the famous sonnet, "On first looking into...
ISBN: 1-85326-025-8
Издательство:
Wordsworth Editions Ltd.
Дата выхода: декабрь 1999
Даниель Пеннак – современный французский автор. Мастер литературы. Любая книга, которая выходит из под его пера достойна прочтения самым заядлым книголюбом. Ему с одинаковой легкостью и гениальностью удаются такие жанры как триллер, автобиография, сказки, комедия.Глаз Волка – удивительная детская сказка. Но только ли для детей она?Главный герой – маленький африканский мальчик, живущий во Франции с...
Up in the house that sits on the hill, a strange spell is To Meridia, growing up with her father Gabriel, who vanishes daily in clouds of mist, and her bewitching mother Ravenna, the outside world is a refuge. So when as a young woman her true love Daniel offers her marriage, it seems an escape to a more straightforward existence. Yet behind the welcoming facade of her new home lies a life of drudgery and a story even stranger than that she left behind. Aged retainers lurk in the background; swarms of bees appear at will, and of course, there`s her indomitable mother-in-law, Eva, hiding secrets that it will take Meridia years to unravel. Surrounded by seemingly unfathomable mysteries, can Meridia unlock the intrigues of the past, and...
ISBN: 978-0-7553-5658-4
Издательство:
Headline Publ.
Дата выхода: июль 2011
One of the great novels of the twentieth century, "Of Human Bondage" tells a fascinating tale of sexual obsession. The story - taking its title from Spinoza`s Ethics: "Of human bondage, or the strength of the emotions" - follows Philip Carey in his search for freedom from the strict, oppressive Christian upbringing he suffered as an orphan in an English vicarage. Philip sets out on a journey of discovery that leads him to Heidelberg and to Paris. But it is back in London that Philip`s enthrallment with Mildred - the slatternly, pale waitress who makes him a slave to desire - awakens him to the world of obsessive love, deep passion, and true self-discovery. The unforgettable love story is as timeless as it is involving, an intimate tale...
ISBN: 0-553-21392-X
Издательство:
Random House (USA)
Дата выхода: январь 2011
Продолжаем знакомить читателей с творчеством современного американского прозаика Р.Н. Митры, признанного мастера психологического детектива. Главный герой, являясь большим поклонником Агаты Кристи, берется за расследование преступлений наркомафии. Захватывающий сюжет, точные и тонкие психологические характеристики персонажей, глубокое проникновение во внутренний мир героев, в их подсознание делают...
ISBN: 5-8346-0277-0
Издательство:
Менеджер
Дата выхода: февраль 2005
When a witch doctor appears on the Marquis de Casalduero`s doorstep prophesizing a plague of rabies in their Colombian seaport, he dismisses her claims - until he hears that his young daughter, Sierva Maria, was one of four people bitten by a rabid dog, and the only one to survive. Sierva Maria appears completely unscathed - but as rumours of the plague spread, the Marquis and his wife wonder at her continuing good health. In a town consumed by superstition, it`s not long before they, and everyone else, put her survival down to a demonic possession and begin to see her supernatural powers as the cause of the town`s woes. Only the young priest charged with exorcizing the evil spirit recognizes the girl`s sanity, but can he convince the...
ISBN: 978-0-14-103254-2
Издательство:
Penguin Group
Дата выхода: ноябрь 2012
""I dreamed a dream of angels. I saw them and heard them in a great and endless galactic night. I saw the lights that were these angels, flying here and there, in streaks of irresistible brilliance . . . I felt love around me in this vast and seamless realm of sound and light . . . And something akin to sadness swept me up and mingled my very essence with the voices who sang, because the voices were singing of me . . . " " Thus begins Anne Rice`s lyrical, haunting new novel, a metaphysical thriller of angels and assassins that once again summons up dark and dangerous worlds set in times past. Anne Rice takes us to other realms, this time to the world of fifteenth-century Rome, a city of domes and rooftop gardens, rising towers and...
ISBN: 978-0-09-955698-5
Издательство:
Random House
Дата выхода: сентябрь 2011
Classic / American English George and Lennie are friends and they have plans for the future. But Lennie is not very smart and he sometimes makes trouble. George wants to help him but that is not always easy. Then one night, when Lennie is alone, something happens. What can George do now? Can he help — or is it too late?
ISBN: 978-1-4082-8515-2
Издательство:
Pearson
Дата выхода: май 2012
