Зэди Смит3.6 "Белые зубы" Зэди Смит - один из самых ярких и успешных дебютных романов, появившихся за последние годы в британской литературе. Блестящее комическое повествование, в котором рассказывается о дружбе, любви, войне, землетрясении, трех культурах, трех семьях на протяжении трех поколений и одной очень необычной мыши.
Lawrence Norfolk0.0 Lawrence Norfolk's In the Shape of a Boar is a juggernaut of a novel, an epic tour de force of love and betrayal, ancient myths and modern horrors. The story begins in the ancient world of mythic Greece, where a dark tale of treachery and destructive love unfolds amid the hunt for the Boar of Kalydon -- a tale that will reverberate in those same hills across the millennia in the final chaotic months of World War II, as a band of Greek partisans pursues an S.S. officer on a mission of vengeance. After the war, a young Jewish Romanian refugee, Solomon Memel, who was among the hunters will create a poem based on the experience, which becomes an international literary sensation. But the truth of what happened in the hills of Kalydon in 1945 is more complicated than it seems, and as the older Sol reunites with his childhood love in 1970s Paris, the dark memories and horrors of those days will emerge anew. ".... classical Greek culture and twentieth-century barbarism, the nature of human evil and the ambiguity of storytelling itself ... Dazzling." -- David Kipen, San Francisco Chronicle "Wonderfully complex ... a fascinating story built from layered narrative lines." -- Reamy Jansen,The Washington Post Book World "In the Shape of a Boar is a Herculean task accomplished with bravado and style ... storytelling of the highest echelon." -- Andrew Ervin, The Hartford Courant
Марк Z. Данилевский3.9 Джонни Труэнт (Johnny Truant) находит рукопись, написанную слепым стариком Зампано. Рукопись — это книга, которая представляет собой детальнейший и подробнейшим образом комментированный анализ документального фильма «The Navidson Record», снятого лауреатом Пулитцеровской премии, фотокорреспондентом Уиллом Нэвидсоном. Однажды Уилл обнаруживает, что одна из стен его нового дома внутри на четверть дюйма длиннее, чем снаружи…
Только в реальности нет и никогда не существовало ни этого фильма, ни Уилла Нэвидсона.
Trezza Azzopardi0.0 A scalding, thrilling book - Observer . Set in the Maltese community of Tiger Bay, and peopled with sharp-edged, luminously drawn characters, The Hiding Place is the story of Frank Gauci, his wife Mary, and their six daughters. Through the eyes of Dolores, the youngest daughter, we see the underworld of 1960's Cardiff, a life of gaming rooms and cafes, of crumbling houses and burning secrets which tear this family apart. Thirty years on, a reunion with her estranged sisters brings Dolores face to face with the betrayals which have haunted her past, where the truth is finally and tragically played out. An extraordinarily instinctive write with a delicate feel for language...Azzopardi has written a scalding, thrilling book about the havoc and despair it is possible to wreak inside a family - Observer . The Hiding Place manages to be heart-breaking without being sentimental. Fans of Kate Atkinson and Andrea Ashworth will love this Read and weep - Mirror . The Hiding Place is an accomplished and courageous debut...In its sheer strangeness and poetic charge, the novel sometimes recalls other literary one-offs such as Wuthering Heights . - Times Literary Supplement . A gripping tale, horrifying and often funny. This relationship between girls, who must fight to survive, is brilliantly evoked . - Marie Claire, Book of the month .
Martin Amis4.0 The son of the comic novelist Kingsley Amis, Martin Amis explores his relationship with this father and writes about the various crises of Kingsley's life. He also examines the life and legacy of his cousin, Lucy Partington, who was abducted and murdered by one of Britain’s most notorious serial killers. Experience also deconstructs the changing literary scene, including Amis' portraits of Saul Bellow, Salman Rushdie, Allan Bloom, Philip Larkin, and Robert Graves, among others.
