Англичанин Мелвин Брэгг известен у себя на родине не только как сценарист — один из авторов киноверсии прославленного мюзикла «Иисус...
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Мелвин Брэгг — популярный английский прозаик, для творчества которого характерен пристальный интерес к быту и нравам провинциальной...
Герой книги — английский язык — для автора персонаж одушевленный. Он живет собственной жизнью и обладает собственным характером....
«Земля обетованная» — многоплановый роман о современной Англии. Писатель продолжает и развивает лучшие традиции английской...
The King James Bible has often been called the Book of Books both in itself and in what it stands for. Since its publication in 1611 it has been the best selling book in the world, and many believe, had the greatest impact.
The King James Bible has...
Melvyn Bragg's A Son of War begins where A Soldier's Return ended. The previous novel--a moving account of the struggles, social and psychological, faced by a Burma veteran returning to Cumbrian hometown life with his wife and six-year-old...
"Enthralling, a joy to read ... immensely satisfying, written with honesty and imagination ... [it] enriches the reader's life." - Allan Massie
Set in Britain during the 1950s, this moving and evocative novel follows the intertwined fates of people...
A profoundly moving story spanning three generations. Could he not put together a memory for her? Perhaps he could become her memory. To build it from fragments, or make it up. And most of all bring back Grace. Her own mother.
John visits his ageing...
Here is the riveting story of the English language, from its humble beginnings as a regional dialect to its current preeminence as the one global language, spoken by more than two billion people worldwide. In this groundbreaking book, Melvyn Bragg...