Герой повести Дж. Лондона «До Адама» – вполне образованный человек, современник автора. Он страдает раздвоением личности – ему с...
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Early works of an author who has hit the big-time are often reissued for reasons more venal than literary. None of the pre- and post- publications of Tracy Chevalier come anywhere near the standard of The Girl with the Pearl Earring, but that...
A Soviet political prisoner is ordered to use her unique talents to explore a strange scientific phenomenon. It could be a trap… or a way out.
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Garth Nix was born in 1963 in Melbourne, Australia, to the sound of the Salvation Army...
Малые литературные формы прозы, Юмористическая проза
On Masturbation: Some Thoughts on the Science of Onanism
One evening in Paris in 1879, The Stomach Club, a society of American writers and artists, gathered to drink well, to eat a good dinner and hear an address by Mark Twain. He was among friends and, according to the custom of the club, he delivered a...
The Shooting...
After the international success of his collection of World War II newspaper articles, German Autumn—a book that solidified his status as the most promising and exciting writer in Sweden—Stig Dagerman was sent to France with an assignment to...
From the towers of Manhattan to the ruins of Greece, from Nuremberg to Vietnam, Swift takes readers on an intensely moving journey of conflict, loss and the small miracles of...
Eight days to planetfall, and I’m being transferred to Gunner. My tentacles slime in disgust.
Or is it fear?
If this is the last planet we ever conquer, I’ll be glad. Be nice to settle down somewhere, get off this ship, own a...
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An unforgettable fable about the brutality of war—and one girl’s quest for revenge and healing, from the author of the acclaimed international bestseller “Silk.”
When—in an unnamed place and time—Manuel Roca’s enemies hunt him down...