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Peter Mayle, autor znanych już czytelnikom Roku w Prowansji, Jeszcze raz Prowansja i Hotelu Pastis, i tym razem nie sprawia swym wielbicielom zawodu. Zawsze Prowansja to wiązanka uroczych obrazków z prowansalskiej wsi, zabarwionych charakterystycznym angielskim humorem. Przezabawne sytuacje i niesłychanie malownicze typy francuskich wieśniaków na...

Escaping the ills of the British climate, the Durrell family - acne ridden Margo, gun-toting Leslie, bookworm Lawrence and budding naturalist Gerry, along with their long-suffering mother and Roger the dog - take off for the island of Corfu. In a series of colourful villas, the yellow to accommodate friends, the white to avoid having to put up...

In King Solomon's Mines, Sir Henry Curtis and Captain Good persuade Allan Quatermain to help them find Sir Henry's brother George, who has gone missing in the unexplored African interior while searching for the legendary treasure trove of a lost kingdom. Quatermain agrees to lead the expedition, though he has little hope they will return alive....

Wilde's works are suffused with his aestheticism, brilliant craftsmanship, legendary wit and, ultimately, his tragic muse. He wrote tender fairy stories for children employing all his grace, artistry and wit, of which the best-known is The Happy Prince. Counterpoints to this were his novel The Picture of Dorian Gray, which shocked and outraged many...

Imre Kertesz's mesmerizing novel is a tale of identity and memory--the story of a middle-aged man taking stock of his life in the ever-present shadow of the Holocaust. The story unfolds at a writers retreat as the narrator, a survivor of the Holocaust, explains to a friend that he cannot bring a child into a world where the Holocaust occurred and...

Mroczna historia rodzinna, która powraca po stu latach. Declan Fitzgerald, znudzony dotychczasowym życiem adwokat z Bostonu, pod wpływem impulsu kupuje stary dwór leżący wśród bagien na obrzeżach Nowego Orleanu. Dom w przeszłości należał do rodziny Manetów i był miejscem dramatycznych wydarzeń, owianych mroczną tajemnicą. W czasie remontu Declan...