Čtrnáctiletý chlapec Juan Diego, který se narodil a vyrůstal na skládce odpadů v mexické Oaxace, má o rok mladší sestru Lupe. Dívka je přesvědčená ...viac o knihe
Román Čtvrtá ruka si klade zajímavou otázku: Jak má člověk poznat, že se mu zdá o jeho vlastní budoucnosti? A odpověď zní: Budoucí věci si lze představit ...viac o knihe
Komika či absurdní situace jsou pro Irvinga prostředkem, jak poukazovat na vážnější témata. Fred Trumper je dalším z plejády jeho svérázných hrdinů ...viac o knihe
Juan Diego's little sister is a mind reader. As a teenager, he struggles to keep anything secret - Lupe knows all the worst things that go through his mind. And sometimes ...viac o knihe
The World According to Garp is a comic and compassionate coming-of-age novel that established John Irving as one of the most imaginative writers of his generation. A worldwide ...viac o knihe
Také jste se už někdy probudili uprostřed noci a zaslechli podivné šramocení? Tiché vrzání, které vychází jakoby z podlahy, ze stěn, ze schodů? Tajemné ...viac o knihe
'Like all extraordinary books, The World According to Garp defies synopsis', wrote the Chicago Sun Times when Garp was first published in 1978. It is a marvellous, important ...viac o knihe
It is 1967 and two Viennese university students decide to liberate the Vienna Zoo, as was done after World War II. The eccentric duo, Graff and Siggy, embark on an adventure-filled ...viac o knihe
Fred 'Bogus' Trumper is a wayward knight-errant in the battle of the sexes and the pursuit of happiness. He also happens to have a complaint more serious than Portnoy's ...viac o knihe
While reporting a story from India, a New York television journalist has his left hand eaten by a lion; millions of TV viewers witness the accident. In Boston, a renowned ...viac o knihe
A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love -- tormented, funny, and affecting -- and an impassioned embrace ...viac o knihe
As we grow older - most of all, in what we remember and what we dream - we live in the past. Sometimes, we live more vividly in the past than in the present. As an older man, Juan ...viac o knihe