В сборник включены 13 рассказов американского писателя Джона Чивера. Рассказы затрагивают острые актуальные проблемы. Писатель повествует о жизни обитателей маленьких городов и окрестностей больших городов. В центре внимания, как правило, представители...
Set in cities, in suburbia and in the outback, this selection of short stories explores the subtleties, the humour and the sadness of human life. This book includes stories by E. Dyson, E. Jolley, M. Wilding, P. Carey and T. Winton.
- A rediscovery. WICKFORD POINT follows "The Late George Apley as the second of Marquand's acclaimed and bestselling novels that Back Bay has restored to print.- John P. Marquand is regarded as one of the 20th century's masters of sophisticated domesti...
Серия: #1 New York Times Bestseller 2003 г.; Изд-во: Random Rouse
When Mitch McDeere signed on with Bendini, Lambert & Locke of Memphis, he thought he and his beautiful wife, Abby, were on their way. The firm leased him a BMW, paid off his school loans, arranged a mortgage, and hired him a decorator. Mitch McDeere sh...
Winner of the 1997 Booker Prize. The richly exotic story of the childhood the twins Esthappen and Rahel craft for themselves amongst India's vats of banana jam and mountains of peppercorns. Repackaged as part of the 2008 Perennial fiction promotion. Mo...