Mitterrand, Short, Philip

Автор: Philip Short
Название: Pol Pot
ISBN: 0719565693 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780719565694
Издательство: Little Brown
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Описание: The definitive portrait of Pol Pot, the enigmatic man behind the most terrifying regime of modern times

Автор: Hensher, Philip (Ed)
Название: The Penguin Book of the British Short Story: II
ISBN: 0141396024 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141396026
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: `Eclectic, entertaining ...almost all British, if not human, life is here` Boyd Tonkin, Independent `Mind-stretching, heart-breaking, beautifully-crafted fiction` Claire Harman, Evening Standard `She would tear the house down - shatter the windows, slash the furniture, flood the baths, fire the curtains!` Hilarious, exuberant, surreal, subtle, tender, brutal, spectacular and above all unexpected: this extraordinary selection celebrates the British short story from the 1920s to the present day. From Angela Carter to V. S. Pritchett, Elizabeth Taylor to J. G. Ballard, Ali Smith to a host of little-known works from magazines and periodicals, and including tales of air-raids, phone sex, snobbery, modern-day slavery, grief, desire, the familiar and the strange, here is the short story in all its limitless possibilities. Edited and with an introduction by Philip Hensher, the award-winning novelist, critic and journalist.

Автор: Hensher, Philip (Ed)
Название: The Penguin Book of the British Short Story: I
ISBN: 0141396008 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780141396002
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Hilarious, exuberant, subtle, tender, brutal, spectacular, and above all unexpected: these two extraordinary volumes contain the limitless possibilities of the British short story. This is the first anthology capacious enough to celebrate the full diversity and energy of it's writers, subjects and tones. The most famous authors are here, and many others, including some magnificent stories never republished since their first appearance in magazines and periodicals. The Penguin Book of the British Short Story has a permanent authority, and will be reached for year in and year out. This volume takes the story from it's origins with Defoe, Swift and Fielding to the "golden age" of the fin de siecle and Edwardian period. Edited and with an introduction by Philip Hensher, the award-winning novelist, critic and journalist.