Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «Tuesday Nights in 1980» LONGLISTED FOR THE 2016 CENTER FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE.One town. Three people. A single year that will change them all forever. Welcome to the chaotic, seductive, unpredictable world of 1980s, downtown New YorkRaul is an Argentinian painter, fresh on New York’s downtown scene, about to…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «Alice in Zombieland» Что такое Страна чудес для Алисы? Место, где кролики носят жилеты, время течет как захочет, и смысл — предмет торга, а не истины. Там вопросы остаются без ответа, вход без выхода, а чудеса на поверку оборачиваются гнилыми яблоками в карамели. Что такое Алиса для Страны чудес? Незваная…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «City of Girls (м) Gilbert (бол. формат)» New York, 1940. Young, glamorous and inseparable, Vivian and Celia are chasing trouble from one end of the city to the other. But there is risk in all this play — that’s what makes it so fun, and so dangerous. Sometimes, the world…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «The Book Thief (10th Anniversary Re-issue)» SPECIAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION with exclusive extra behind-the-scenes material from the author. It is 1939. In Nazi Germany, the country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier — and will become busier still. By her brother’s graveside, Liesel’s life is changed forever…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «The Secret Chapter» A Librarian’s work is never done, and once Irene has a quick rest after their latest adventure, she is summoned to the Library. The world where she grew up is in danger of veering deep into chaos, and she needs to obtain a particular book to stop…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «On the road — Original Scroll» On the Road (Jack Kerouac) «On the Road» chronicles Jack Kerouac’s years traveling the North American continent with his friend Neal Cassady, «a sideburned hero of the snowy West.» As «Sal Paradise» and «Dean Moriarty,» the two roam the country in a quest for…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «Mostly Hero: Faber Stories» Mostly Hero (Anna Burns) Of course, of everybody of whom this particular hero was suspicious, he was most suspicious of femme fatale, of this woman he was in love with. Even before he discovered she had a spell on her he was distrustful of her. He…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «Desire» Desire (Murakami Haruki) You’ve just passed someone on the street who could be the love of your life, the person you’re destined for – what do you do? In Murakami’s world, you tell them a story. The five weird and wonderful tales collected here each unlock the many-tongued language…
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «Lala» Lala has lived a dazzling life. Born in Poland just after the First World War and brought up to be a perfect example of her class and generation tolerant, selfless and brave Lala is an independent woman who has survived some of the most turbulent events of her times….
Читать книгу Аннотация к книге «Sunny Side Up (Geek Girl Special, Book 2)» “My name is Harriet Manners, and I am a geek.”A brand new summer story from the no. 1 bestselling and award-winning GEEK GIRL series! Harriet Manners knows many facts.And she knows everything there is to know about Paris… except what to do…