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Napisana z rozmachem polifoniczna opowieść o rodzinie i nadchodzącej katastrofie.W powrocie do domu jest coś szczególnego. Albo się to lubi, albo się tego nie lubi, ale nie można być wobec tego obojętnym.Rodzina Toimich liczy czternaścioro dzieci, jeśli brać pod uwagę także nieżyjącą dwójkę. Wychowane przez surowego ojca i bezradną matkę rodzeństwo dzieli się na tych, którzy opuścili rodzinny dom i próbują uporać się z traumami, oraz tych, którzy zostali. Zbliżające się święt...

…Miasteczko Middlemarch to jedna z najważniejszych pozycji w kanonie klasycznej literatury angielskiej. George Eliot, jedna z najbardziej nowoczesnych postaci epoki wiktoriańskiej, erudytka, okrzyknięta z powodu wyzwań, jakie rzuciła opinii publicznej - angielską George Sand, podniosła powieść do rangi dyskursu filozoficznego, a pasjonujący romans umiejscowiła w sferze społeczno-moralnej.Dzieją się w Anglii lat 20. XIX wieku rzeczy ważne, a miasteczko Middlemarch, tak jak każ...

“Speed” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Speed” is a short story by Sinclair Lewis. “Out in the road were two new automobile tires, and cans of gasoline, oil, water. The hose of a pressure air-pump stretched across the cement sidewalk, and beside it was an air-gauge in a new chamois case. Across the street a restaurant was glaring with unshaded electric lig...

Opowieść o czterech cichociemnych, których pokochały miliony Polaków.Cichociemni to pierwsza część epickiej sagi o losach czterech młodych ludzi, których wojna połączyła i wystawiła na ciężką próbę.Arystokrata Bronek, praski rzemieślnik Janek oraz synowie przedwojennego oficera Władek i Michał wygnani przez obcą inwazję we wrześniu 1939 roku, po wielu trudach trafiają do szkoły Oficerów Wywiadu w Anglii. Powrócą do ojczyzny jako wszechstronnie wyszkoleni cichociemni – spadoch...

Tadeusz Borowski, poeta, wraca z piekła obozu zagłady. Witają go przyjaciele, zapraszają przedstawiciele władz, z przekonaniem włącza się budowę nowej socjalistycznej Polski. Jako dziennikarz obsługuje procesy „antykomunistycznych bandytów”, jako literat spotyka się z czytelnikami różnych miast i pokoleń, nawet współpracuje z wywiadem. Powoli dociera do niego prawda, że trafił znów do łagru - tym razem jako członek załogi obozu. Sowiecki wariant obozu jest lepiej zamaskowan...

Rozpalająca serce opowieść o trudnych chwilach, w których rodzina okazuje się lekiem na największe smutki. Patrick, dawna gwiazda telenoweli i wyoutowany gej, żyje spokojnym życiem samotnika. Gdy jego brat, po śmierci żony, w desperacji powierza mu swoje dzieci, cały świat staje do góry nogami. Chociaż Patrick zgadza się przyjąć bratanków pod swój dach, to najchętniej widziałby ich u siebie tylko w święta i weekendy. Opieka nad dziećmi to zawsze wyzwanie dla kogoś, kto ...

“The Willow Walk” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“The Willow Walk” is a short story by Sinclair Lewis. “From the drawer of his table Jasper Holt took a pane of window glass. He laid a sheet of paper on the glass and wrote, “Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.” He studied his round business-college script, and rewrote the sen...

“Young Man Axelbrod” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Young Man Axelbrod” is a short story by Sinclair Lewis. “In Joralemon we call Knute Axelbrod “Old Cottonwood.” As a matter of fact, the name was derived not so much from the quality of the man as from the wide grove about his gaunt white house and red barn. He made a comely row of trees on each side of t...

“Free Air” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Free Air” is a road novel about Claire Boltwood, who, in the early days of the 20th century, travels by automobile from New York City to the Pacific Northwest, where she falls in love with a nice, down-to-earth young man and gives up her snobbish Estate.

“The Job” is a book by Sinclair Lewis an American writer. In 1930, he became the first writer from the United States to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature.The Job is an early work by American novelist Sinclair Lewis. It is considered an early declaration of the rights of working women. The focus is on the main character, Una Golden, and her desire to establish herself in a legitimate occupation while balancing the eventual need for marriage.

“Keep The Aspidistra Flying“ is a novel by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.Keep the Aspidistra Flying, first published in 1936, is a socially critical novel by George Orwell. It is set in 1930s London. The main theme is Gordon Comstock's romantic ambition to defy worship of the money-god and status and the dismal life that results in....

“Coming Up For Air“ is a novel by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.Coming Up for Air is the seventh book by English writer George Orwell. The story follows George Bowling, a 45-year-old husband, father, and insurance salesman, who foresees World War II and attempts to recapture idyllic childhood innocence and escape his dreary life by returning to...

“Down and Out in Paris and London“ is a book by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.Down and Out in Paris and London is the first full-length work by the English author George Orwell, published in 1933. It is a memoir in two parts on the theme of poverty in the two cities. Its target audience was the middle- and upper-class members of society—those w...

W świecie Europy doby renesansu, przesyconym konfliktami i dramatami, na pograniczu, gdzie zderzają się ze sobą imperia i religie, ważą się losy świata… Z Senjanu, cieszącego się złą sławą pirackiego miasteczka, wyrusza młoda kobieta, która szuka zemsty za utratę rodziny. Tej samej wiosny z bogatego państwa-miasta Seressy, słynącego ze swoich kanałów i laguny, wyprawiają się dwie bardzo różniące się od siebie osoby: młody malarz, który zmierza na niebezpieczny wschód, by...

“A Clergyman’s Daughter“ is a novel by George Orwell, an English novelist, essayist, and journalist. He is best known for the allegorical novella Animal Farm and the dystopian novel Nineteen Eighty-Four.A Clergyman's Daughter is a 1935 novel by English author George Orwell. It tells the story of Dorothy Hare, the clergyman's daughter of the title, whose life is turned upside down when she suffers an attack of amnesia.

“Heartbreak House” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Heartbreak House is a play written by George Bernard Shaw. According to A. C. Ward, the work argues that "cultured, leisured Europe" was drifting toward destruction, and that "Those in a position to guide Europe to safety failed to learn their proper business of political navigation". The "Russian ma...

“Back to Methuselah” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.Back to Methuselah by George Bernard Shaw consists of a preface (The Infidel Half Century) and a series of five plays: In the Beginning: B.C. 4004 (In the Garden of Eden), The Gospel of the Brothers Barnabas: Present Day, The Thing Happens: A.D. 2170, Tragedy of an Elderly Gentleman: A.D. 3000, and...

“Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Annajanska, the Bolshevik Empress” is a one-act play by George Bernard Shaw, written in 1917.The play is obviously influenced by the Russian Revolution that year. It takes place in an imaginary country which has recently experienced a similar revolution. The two main characters are ...

“The Inca of Perusalem” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The Inca of Perusalem is a comic one-act play written during World War I by George Bernard Shaw. The plot appears at first to be a fairy-tale like story about a fantastical "Inca", but it eventually becomes obvious that the Inca is Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany.

“Augustus Does His Bit” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.“Augustus Does His Bit” is a comic one-act play by George Bernard Shaw about a dim-witted aristocrat who is outwitted by a female spy during World War I.

“O'Flaherty V.C.” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.“O'Flaherty V.C.” is a comic one-act play written during World War I by George Bernard Shaw. The plot is about an Irish soldier in the British army returning home after winning the Victoria Cross. The play was written at a time when the British government was promoting recruitment in Ireland, while ma...

“The Music Cure” is a play by George Bernard Shaw, an Irish playwright who became the leading dramatist of his generation, and in 1925 was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.The Music Cure is a short comedy sketch by George Bernard Shaw.Lord Reginald Fitzambey, Under-Secretary of State for War, is in a distressed state. He explains to his doctor that, knowing the British army would soon be put on a vegetarian diet, he bought shares in the Macaroni Trust. Brought before a p...

„TA WYSPA CAŁA JEST BLUŹNIERSTWEM.JEŚLI STWORZYŁ JĄ JAKIŚ BÓG, TO STRACH SIĘ DO NIEGO MODLIĆ…” Był starszy od Józefa o 13 miesięcy. Rywalizowali o te same dziewczyny i zaplątali się w ten sam spisek na życie cara. Lecz to 21-letni Bronisław został skazany na karę śmierci, zmienioną ostatecznie na 15 lat zesłania. Sachalin, odległa wyspa między wybrzeżem Rosji a Japonią, to piekło, jak pisał Czechow. Ale dla żyjących tam plemion jest domem. Staje się nim również dla Bronisława...

Film Macieja Pieprzycy otrzymał nominacje do ORŁÓW 2020 – prestiżowej narody przyznawanej przez POLSKĄ AKADEMIĘ FILMOWĄ – w 11 kategoriach: – najlepszy film; – najlepsza reżyseria (Maciej Pieprzyca); – najlepszy scenariusz (Maciej Pieprzyca); – najlepsza główna rola męska (Dawid Ogrodnik); – najlepsza drugoplanowa rola kobieca (Jowita Budnik); – najlepsza scenografia (Joanna Anastazja Wójcik); – najlepsze kostiumy (Agata Culak); – najlepsza muzyka (Leszek Możdżer); – odkrycie...