At the novel's center is Durtal, a writer obsessed with the life of one of the blackest figures in history, Gilles de Rais – child murderer, sadist, necrophile and practitioner of all the black arts. The book's authentic, extraordinarily detailed...
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A Nobel laureate’s gripping historical novel about the Japanese invasion of Nanking.
Farmer Liang Tan knows only a quiet, traditional life in his remote Chinese farming community. When news filters in that Japanese forces are invading...
Интерес Борхеса к теме, связанной с тиграми, нашел свое отражение во многих произведениях писателя: в рассказах, притчах,...
Джеймс Джойс (1882–1941) – один из самых знаменитых писателей первой половины XX века. «Дублинцы» – сборник его рассказов, впервые...
Ducdame was John Cowper Powys' fourth novel published in 1925. It is set in Dorset. The protagonist, Rook Ashover (a wonderfully Powysian name) is an introverted young squire with a dilemma: to go on loving his mistress, Netta Page, or, make a...
Due Jesuitenkirche in...
Na początku zeszłego stulecia niezbyt zamożny ojciec pięciu córek nader często musiał zadawać sobie pytanie: kiedyż to w sąsiedztwie pojawi się jakiś odpowiedni kawaler? A kiedy już...