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U progu wiktoriańskiej ery Londyn ma nowego detektywa…Zimą 1835 roku młody Charles Dickens zostaje dziennikarzem „Evening Chronicle”. Zaproszony na kolację do posiadłości współredaktora gazety, jest oczarowany córką swojego szefa – pełną życia dziewiętnastoletnią Kate Hogarth. Wieczór zakłóca krzyk z domu sąsiadów. Charles, Kate i jej ojciec znajdują nieprzytomną pannę Christianę Lugoson. Kobieta wkrótce umiera.Kiedy Charles dowiaduje się od kolegi o bardzo podobnej tajemnicz...

Ta książka to krótki almanach dla kreatorów. Jeżeli masz do zrealizowania pomysł lub pracujesz nad takim pomysłem, to dobrze trafiłeś. Pomysły są jak małe drzwiczki do nowego świata, szczególnie te informatyczne. Zazwyczaj szybko się je odrzuca i idzie dalej utartym szlakiem. Dokąd prowadzą utarte szlaki? To w zasadzie każdy wie. Dokąd wiedzie droga, gdy przejdziemy przez małe drzwiczki? Do wciągającej, pasjonującej, niepowtarzalnej biznesowej przygody. Na tej drodze s...

Czasami prawda rozciąga się daleko za horyzont.Jałowe lata bez wschodów i zachodów słońca. Wspomnienia jak burza piaskowa, jak skrzypienie desek w starym domu. Smugi przeszłości płytko pod skórą. Gry komputerowe i bułgarski rap.Mieszkają obok siebie na warszawskim Mokotowie i wspólnie słuchają bułgarskiego rapu. Wydają się zupełnie inni, lecz oboje ciążą ku sobie. Za nim ciągną się palące niczym afgańskie słońce wspomnienia, za nią – rodzinna tajemnica i milczenie.Maniek, był...

Hryhorij Czubaj (1949–1982) – ukraiński poeta, legenda lwowskiego podziemia artystycznego lat 60. i 70. XX wieku. Od 1969 roku jego utwory były objęte zakazem publikacji w ZSRR. Tragiczne wydarzenia pogromu generalnego 1972 roku doprowadziły do tego, że zarzucił poezję. Jego twórczość, przywracana do publicznej świadomości od lat 90., ukształtowała intelektualnie pokolenie ukraińskich artystów pierwszych lat niepodległości. Spuściznę Czubaja spopularyzowali jego córka ...

Antanas A. Jonynas, jeden z najwybitniejszych współczesnych poetów litewskich, urodził się w Wilnie 26 listopada 1953 roku. Studiował na wydziale filologii litewskiej Uniwersytetu Wileńskiego. Po studiach objął stanowisko redaktora w czołowym litewskim wydawnictwie „Vaga”; przepracował tam siedemnaście lat. Po odzyskaniu przez Litwę niepodległości tworzył i prowadził program kulturalny w telewizji Baltijos TV. Od 1995 zajmuje się wyłącznie pracą literacką. Był w tym cz...

Po burzliwym rozstaniu z żoną dziennikarz Adam Lebuda stara się na nowo poukładać swoje życie i pobudzić nieco przykurzoną karierę. Presja w redakcji i obiecana premia są wystarczającą motywacją do poszukiwania tematu godnego najwyższych wyświetleń w sieci. Gdy pewnego dnia pod jego drzwi trafia tajemnicza łamigłówka, Adam nie zdaje sobie jeszcze sprawy, że nie tylko trafił mu się doskonały temat na artykuł, lecz również został przez to wciągnięty w sam wir zbrodni sza...

 Tom Innowacyjne terapie ‒ nadzieje i zagrożenia jest kolejnym, siódmym już ogniwem serii „Antologia bioetyki” ukazującej się w Wydawnictwie Universitas pod naukową redakcją Włodzimierza Galewicza. Przedmiotem tej publikacji są budzące wiele sporów normatywne aspekty eksperymentalnych procedur medycznych, takich jak terapia genowa, inżynieria tkankowa czy też najszerzej ostatnio dyskutowana terapia oparta na komórkach macierzystych.„Siódmy tom «Antologii bioetyki» Innowa...

Gdy robotnicy podczas prac na rzece odkopują drewniany posąg opatrzony wizerunkiem prastarego bóstwa, zaczynają się dziać rzeczy, których nie sposób wytłumaczyć. Tajemniczy totem skrywa w sobie odwieczne sekrety i wprowadza chaos w życie sennego miasteczka.Trzynastoletni Makary i jego przyjaciele zostają wciągnięci w spiralę tajemnic i niepokojących wydarzeń. Wspierają ich duchy i demony ze słowiańskich wierzeń, gotowe stanąć do walki z siłami ciemności.Dlaczego koty ...

Praktyczny poradnik dla osób osiągających przychody z najmu – zarówno prywatnego, jak i w ramach prowadzonej działalności gospodarczej. Szczegółowo i przystępnie omówiono w nim zasady opodatkowania z uwzględnieniem zmian, z którymi zarówno wynajmujący, jak i najemcy mierzą się od 2023 r. Praktyczne przykłady pomogą podjąć trafną decyzję dotyczącą wyboru formy opodatkowania oraz kwalifikacji przychodów do odpowiedniego źródła. Podatnik dowie się z poradnika, ja...

Strach też może się… bać! Strach ze strychu nie potrafi się wziąć w garść i wyjść „do ludzi”. A bardzo chce mieć wreszcie jakiegoś „dusznego” przyjaciela. Malwina i Antek postanawiają mu pomóc. Zabawna opowieść o przezwyciężaniu lęków. Książka wyróżniona w VI Konkursie Literackim im. Astrid Lindgren na współczesną książkę dla dzieci i młodzieży, zorganizowanym przez Fundację "ABCXXI – Cała Polska czyta dzieciom".

Moje podróże te małe i te duże to kolejna odsłona wspomnień Wojciecha Boreckiego, autora powieści autobiograficznej zatytułowanej Małymi krokami do celu, czyli jak zostałem emigrantem (Borgis 2022).Tym razem Autor ze swadą opowiada o podróżach, które odbywał od wczesnego dzieciństwa do czasów współczesnych. Miejsca, które odwiedził, to m.in. Licheń, polskie góry, Wielka Brytania, Madera, Majorka, Włochy, Portugalia oraz Cypr.Oprócz własnych spostrzeżeń i anegdot z odwiedzanyc...

Holly postawiła wszystko na jedną kartę. Po śmierci babci, która ją wychowała, sprzedała skromny dobytek i przeniosła się z mroźnej Alaski do samego serca Nowego Jorku. Wszystkie pieniądze zainwestowała w kupno i remont niewielkiego lokalu, który zamierzała zamienić w prestiżową galerię sztuki. Początki nowej drogi nie są jednak łatwe, zwłaszcza kiedy pech nie opuszcza Holly, a tajemniczy przystojniak zadaje zdecydowanie zbyt wiele pytań o jej galerię. Jaki jest jego prawdziw...

Rewolucja w Rosji – bez fałszów i uprzedzeń Dlaczego byli gotowi na śmierć lub wygnanie? Andrzej Andrusiewicz próbuje spojrzeć na rewolucję w sposób niezależny, wolny od uprzedzeń i uproszczeń. Nie poddaje się rusofobicznej narracji. Odsłania kręte nieraz ścieżki dziewiętnastowiecznych radykałów i pokazuje ich dramatyczne losy. Jedni szli na wieś i uczyli chłopów, inni zabijali carskich dygnitarzy. Różnymi drogami próbowali iść do szlachetnych celów. Książka jest szeroką i ba...

Według wielu czytelników to książka przerażająca, bo ukazuje ogrom tego, co w tej dziedzinie jest złe, a co niewidoczne na co dzień naszym oczom. Obowiązkowa lektura dla wszystkich, których interesuje psychologia, a którym nieobce są sceptycyzm i myślenie krytyczne.We wszystkich cywilizacjach rozwijały się przeróżne nauki tajemne. Powoli nauka pozbawiała je nimbu tajemniczości, na niektóre z nich wskazała jako na pozbawione podstaw. W naszej cywilizacji taką tajemnicą otoczon...

Maddox przyjechał do Willow Creek, by wspierać najlepszego kumpla w trudnych chwilach, jednak został w miasteczku, bo odnalazł tu coś, czego zawsze szukał – prawdziwy dom i nowych przyjaciół, którzy stali się jego przybraną rodziną.Elsie przeprowadziła się do Willow Creek z nadzieją na zbudowanie bezpiecznej przyszłości dla siebie i swoich dwóch córeczek. Mieszkańcy spokojnego miasteczka przyjmują je z otwartymi ramionami i otaczają nieoczekiwanym wsparciem, na jakie ...

There has never been a city that would be so inimitable. Most trains, too, completely ignore its existence and pass through it on the way to more useful stops. The story was supposed to strengthen many people during the First World War. The book is full of sentimentalism, but it describes well the different scenes of everyday life.

This novel takes place in southeastern Utah in the late 1800s. The main character, Chance Weimer, is a debater of wild horses. His greatest conquest would be to capture the great wild stallion Pankitch, whose refuge is the wild horse of Mesa. Naturally, the book is full of Indians, thieves, chases, wild river crossings and amazing love. After all, this is a love story.

This is a historical novel about the American border during the American Revolutionary War. At this time, the United States border began at Fort Pitt, and the Ohio River was the main artery for entry into the dense forest, unresolved and dangerous western countries. The area west of Fort Pitt was inhabited by Indians who were incited by Detroit-based British against rebellious American colonists.

After his partner was killed during a card game, Link Bradway travels to South Pass, Wyoming to find the killer. But South Pass is awash with players and gunsmiths, and Bradway’s quest leads him directly to a bloody battle when he discovers that he will need much more than a gun to stay alive.

Zane Gray had a hut on the Robber, and his affection and passion for this epic river make her the main theme of the book.It is the best writing about the Rogue that has been done before or since and poetically and descriptively traces the river from its birth below Crater Lake to its dispersal into the Pacific and then picks up a school of salmon and takes them all the way back up the river to spawn. Environmental organizations attempting to save Northwest salmon should be ha...

Swann’s Way is one of the preeminent novels of childhood – a sensitive boy’s impressions of his family and neighbors, all brought dazzlingly back to life years later by the famous taste of a madeleine. The first volume of the work that established Proust as one of the finest voices of the modern age – satirical, skeptical, confiding, and endlessly varied in his response to the human condition – Swann’s Way also stands on its own as a perfect rendering of a life in art, of the...

Totem and Taboo is a work by Sigmund Freud in which he develops his theory of the origin of morality and religion. This is one of the most significant works of Sigmund Freud. This work is a large-scale and original, balancing on the verge of psychoanalysis, cultural studies and anthropology study of the characteristics of the psychosexual perception of a primitive man, a study still considered an absolute classic of psychoanalysis...

Do dreams make sense? Do they disguise our desires? What is the function of sleep? Sigmund Freud answers all these and other questions in this classic guide to the psychology of dreams. This book is required not only for psychology students, but also for all people who want to know the meaning of their dreams. After reading this book, you will understand that you look at dreams differently.

An exquisite novel in which times of action are mixed and intertwined, and the summer spent by the wealthy Ramsey family on the Isle of Skye turns out to be a kind of British „chronicle of lost time” – a fragile, almost idyllic time, doomed to be destroyed soon by the First World War. Children will grow up – someone will survive and grow up, someone will lay their heads on the battlefields. Small failures and grievances will be forgotten. The old house will be abandoned, the ...

The story of how women can prevent war when they are deprived of education, professions and the public sphere. The name „Three Guineas” comes from Wolfe’s reflection on whether she should support three different reasons for giving a guinea donation – this creature; a society to end the war, a campaign to support the restoration of the women’s college, and an organization to promote the employment of women in professions.

The action of the novel „Years”, one of the most significant works of W. Woolf, takes place over fifty years – from the 1880s to the mid 30s of the twentieth century. Victorian traditions are breaking down, cars and planes are appearing, the First World War is covering Europe... All this serves as the backdrop for the family saga – the history of the Pargiter family: Colonel Abel Pargiter, his wife, lover, seven children, their wives, husbands, numerous relatives...

The novel is about six friends who have known since childhood: Bernard, Louis, Neville, Susie, Ron and Ginny. After a few key episodes, their life appears from early childhood to the last days. As in most Virginia Woolf books, the plot as such is absent, it is entirely focused on the inner world of its characters, the flow of their thoughts and feelings, the whole story is an uncontrollable, bubbling flow, stream of thoughts, stream of life, stream of time.

From the first essay of volume: The Moment and Other Essays, a multi-layered portrait of a summer evening in the English countryside in the company of friends, we are delighted with Wolfe’s perception and her ability to articulate them clearly. A series of sensory descriptions – the rumble of an airplane, the night darkness of an night, the flight of an owl – give way to a thought no less important, even inconspicuous: „If you are young, the future truly lies like a piece of ...

A fascinating fantastic story about a beautiful young man Orlando, who comes from a noble family, is distinguished by intelligence and beauty, loves life, women, poetry and in general has a very impressive nature and subtle imagination, resists, as far as possible, the influence of light and gravitates to solitude. All the time he seeks the meaning of life and does not find it... One fine day Orlando wakes up... a woman – also beautiful and noble, also delicately sensitive an...

An amazingly soft film adaptation of the novel, it subtly merges the past and present, „here and there”, because it is the world of feeling, and it is feeling, and not dry logic that determines what is important and what is not, turning the moment into eternity, and a trifle in event.. The author describes only one summer day in the life of the prosperous socialite lady Mrs. Dalloway. A meeting with an old acquaintance, Peter Welsh, her first love, opens the door to the world...

A woman looks at the mark on the wall and ponders the whims of thoughts and opinions; a series of couples is captured by nostalgia for their past as they stroll among the vibrant colors of Kew Gardens; the heron flies high above cities and towns, lakes and mountains, and below life continues in all its abundance; and blue and green are given in words.

Flush tells the story of the curious, determined boy Noah Underwood, his tough, persistent sister Abby and their unusual father, who defends everything that he believes is right. Papa Noah is imprisoned for drowning in the shoes of the Coral Queen Dusty Muleman casino. Noah’s father did not do this for any good reason, the true reason is that he thinks that Dusty discharges sewage into the ocean, where children swim and where marine life lives.

The author describes us only one day. One summer day of 1939. England. Between the Acts – plays devoted to the history of England and presented on the stage of the amateur theater, a drama of misunderstanding and alienation in real life of the main characters of the novel is played. Between acts, the ideals and hopes of people standing on the threshold of World War II are crumbling, the whole world is crumbling.

The beauty of „A Room of One’s Own” is that it serves as an example of peace of mind, which, as Wooolf insists, is the defining quality of all great artists. Her transparent and elegant essay is devoted not only to the necessary material conditions of writing, but also to the self-overcoming of the creator. Virginia Woolf, in her essay, talks about a woman’s right to work. The writer considers a centuries-old story during which a woman was only a silent shadow of a man....

„I had turned the corner at Thirty-fifth Street and was halfway down the block in my search for a number I had just taken from the telephone book when my attention was suddenly diverted by the quick movements and peculiar aspect of a man whom I saw plunging from the doorway of a large office-building some fifty feet or so ahead of me”.

The story of a strange, impenetrable, charming woman. Miss Hurd is certainly a very unusual person: „Miss Hurd in the garb of a working woman, and with a working woman’s bundle in her lap, but striking as ever in her appearance – possibly more so, –and as conspicuous among the mass of commonplace people surrounding her as she had ever been when clad in the habiliments of a lady and moving among persons of her own rank in life”.

Intoxicated by success, the crowd walked along the street, screaming and screaming, while broken glasses and women’s cries marked her progress. In a few minutes they will be ahead. Suddenly a second doorbell rang. This time the negro stopped before opening it.

Brawurowa historia, która nie przejdzie bez echa w świecie miłośników fantastyki i fanów detektywistycznych tajemnic!Jakim cudem detektyw, uparcie zwący się tropicielem, odnosi takie sukcesy?Gdy władze miasta Tin-Leve zlecają Kavlowi wyjątkowo trudne zadanie, ten radzi sobie znakomicie. Detektyw nie wie jednak, że to wyłącznie test, wstęp do ważniejszej misji. Tym razem będzie musiał wykorzystać swoje niespotykane umiejętności przeciwko Kościołowi Żywych, organ...

Nie(do)czytane prezentują twórczość zapomnianych pisarek przełomu XIX i XX wieku: Walerii Morzkowskiej-Marrené, Józefy Sawickiej, Eugenii Żmijewskiej, Zofii Niedźwiedzkiej, Kazimiery Alberti i Marii Wardasówny, a także mniej znane utwory autorek zajmujących trwałe miejsce w tradycji historycznoliterackiej, takich jak Maria Pawlikowska-Jasnorzewska, Maria Kuncewiczowa oraz Maria Dąbrowska. Zawarte w książce studia koncentrują się na tych aspektach twórczości, ale i biog...

Mary Earle’s mother passed away and then her father disappeared when she was very young. Now, after many years, being „adult” and not having her own money in her youth, she receives a rather large amount of money. Who wished this money and why? Of course, in this small town in Massachusetts there is a secret that happened many years ago!

The last part of the book includes a chase that ends with a terrible snowstorm. The problem with this is that the „twist” discovered at the end is what the reader will suspect long before Mr. Grice does. She explains in detail the heart and souls of all her characters – even Detective Grace.

The main plot of the story is a dying man and his will. Having no relatives, the man wants to give his money to someone worthy and resembling a woman whom he loved and lost too early. Most of the book is devoted to various actions of the characters, reactions and plans for this money – millions in the title. The book also has a love story.

A tall, elegant middle-aged woman sat in front of a mirror, and the finishing touches of her rich toilet seat young woman were kneeling on the floor next to her. The noted picture, and this is not from belonging to the wealth and splendor observed everywhere, but from the character of two persons who, although of completely different composition, and possibly belong to the two extremes of society, were both remarkable for their strength and individuality of expression, but al...

The poem in prose „Twenty-Six and One” is based on the writer’s impressions related to life in Kazan and work in Semenov’s bakery. Gorky considers the image of a tramp, revealing its negative qualities. The work tells about twenty-six bakers, attitude, feelings, the behavior of which is presented by the author as the attitude of one person. This is achieved by using Gorky a huge number of pronouns „we are all”

The stories, united under the name „Through Russia”, were originally printed by M. Gorky in various periodicals and collections. In the series of short stories „In Russia”. M. Gorky refers to the image of the „past in order to illuminate the paths to the future.” The writer reflected the harsh truth of the life of „little great people”, life-giving and decorating the earth with their labor.

Like Byron’s passionate sayings „sounding on the tones of a wild and completely unsophisticated melody”, this is Gorky’s crazy, unbridled, powerful voice when he sings about the „madness of the brave,” barefoot dreamers who are proud of their idleness, who have nothing and fear nothing who is cheerful in his suffering, but unhappy in his joy.

The novel „Mother”, one of Gorky’s most popular works, was based on the mass demonstration of 1902 in the city of Sormovo. Hence, an exciting plot based on real events, with a sharp political struggle, secret gatherings, searches, arrests, and the selfless heroism of the main revolutionary hero Pavel Vlasov. However, the central image in the novel is Pelageya Nilovna Vlasova, the mother of the hero, one of the most striking and exciting characters in Russian literature, symbo...

A collection of short stories by a popular and influential Russian author, the founder of the literary method of socialist realism and, possibly, the greatest Russian literary figure of the 20th century. He wrote short stories, plays, memoirs and novels that touched the imagination of the Russian people, and was the first Russian author to sympathize sympathetically with characters such as tramps and thieves, emphasizing their daily struggle with insurmountable difficulties....

The play is about a petty official Khlestakov, who does not stand out for anything special. He is traveling from St. Petersburg on business with his servant, they stop in one county town, where there was a rumor that the inspector will visit the city soon. Khlestakov, by chance and human imprudence, is mistaken for an auditor who decided to remain incognito. From that moment, all city officials are looking for an opportunity to stay in good standing, give him a bribe so that ...

The book describes the events that took place in the first half of the 17th century, when the Zaporizhzhya Cossacks defended their rights. Taras Bulba is a grown man, a Cossack colonel meets his sons. She finished her studies and returned home, her mother is glad of their arrival, Taras makes fun of them and rejoices at how strong sons he grew up with. However, Taras wants his children to know what struggle, courage and honor are. And he decides to send them to the Zaporizhzh...

Dead Souls is a unique novel that has become a unique standard of ironic prose for Russian literature. The story of the ingenious businessman Chichikov, buying up the „dead souls” of serfs in a remote province, still impresses with its modernity and subtle humor.

The tragic story of a young burgher, who could not find an answer to his feelings and rejected by society, was instantly translated into other languages and gave rise to a series of sequels and imitations – the so-called Verterian. Over time, „Werther, the rebellious martyr” became one of the „eternal images” of world literature and introduced the sociopsychological phenomenon of „verterism” into European culture, associated with the melancholic mentality and the problem of s...

The scene takes place in 1832, just 40 years after the fall of the royal family and about 15 years after the fall of Napoleon. There are we have characters who are designed to fight, perhaps for the last time, to ask the royal family again. This book focuses on a specific area in France, not in France as a whole.

This volume includes two novels, „The Shadow of a Great Man” and „The Tragedy with Corosco,” as well as historical stories. The Romans, who conquered Britain several hundred years ago, received orders to return to their homeland, besieged by barbarian troops. And at that moment a British deputation came to the Roman governor to ask for self-government.

The book contains several topics: the relationship between a man and a woman before marriage, the betrayal of loved ones and their forgiveness, fathers and children. As the life stories of two women are almost the same, as Ivan tried to prevent the same end for Natasha. The breaking lives of good people because of unclean ones on hand.

In the book „The Double” Dostoevsky appears before the reader as a writer with an inimitable sense of humor. The author shows an extraordinary skill in describing comic episodes from life and makes the reader cheerfully laugh at the shortcomings of his characters and the comic nature of the situations. Before the reader St. Petersburg streets of the XIX century come to life, he will get acquainted with the mores of the inhabitants of St. Petersburg.

The protagonist in the novel is a young man of 19, Arkady Dolgoruky, the illegitimate son of the landowner Versilov and the peasant woman Sophia. From childhood, he almost did not see his parents. He was sent to a special institution for rich children, where he was always humiliated and called, a footman. And after graduating from school he receives a letter from his father, in which he calls Arkady to St. Petersburg, where the main events of the novel take place with him....

A unique poetic work, about which historians and critics, philosophers and even adherents of various mystical and esoteric teachings are desperately arguing about. Hell is a colossal funnel of concentric circles, the tapering end of which is adjacent to the center of the earth. Having passed the threshold of hell, in which the souls of indecisive, insignificant people dwell, they enter the first circle of hell – the limb. In the earthly paradise, Dante meets Beatrice, seated ...

This is a story of less than 100 pages, but in it Conrad demonstrates how many great writers do it, the simple and elegant power of short work. Here, a writer can briefly convey a compelling message in an economic way. The situation is in the southern seas, and we see that our narrator takes his first command near the Gulf of Thailand. A strange young captain finds refuge and harbors another man, and they make a strange friendship.

This is both mystery and romance; the latter creates one of the recurring difficulties in Conrad: it preserves the Victorian histrionic element, which sometimes may seem a little attractive. But overall, it is well read and much less burdensome than some of his novels. The Rover was Conrad’s last book and probably one of his most accessible stories.

This is both mystery and romance; the latter creates one of the recurring difficulties in Conrad: it preserves the Victorian histrionic element, which sometimes may seem a little attractive. But overall, it is well read and much less burdensome than some of his novels.

Joseph Conrad’s Mirror of the Sea was a compelling read. From love to death, Conrad explains all this, using his life in the sea to match the human condition. The Mirror of the Sea is mainly about the adventures of Joseph Conrad when he was at sea. In the adventures described above, the author discusses the risks, struggles and dangers of sailing for sailors. While he and the crew sailed, they often encounter a great terrible storm. Sailors always run the risk of a storm, and...

Since this is not a very famous story, and most of the pleasure that it provides depends on the surprise that the highlight in the story will present to the reader. Winston Bunter, who registered as First Mate on Sapphire, a ship bound for Calcutta. His commander, Captain Jones, is described as an extremely unpleasant person, incredulous and capricious, who believes that sailors over forty are no longer suitable, and he always talks about ghosts and ways to contact them. Desp...

Prince Roman is a Pole who relinquishes his comfortable position in the aristocracy to fight as an unknown soldier, resisting Russian oppression. In captivity, he has every opportunity to avoid punishment, but he declares his unconditional commitment to the liberation of Poland. As a result, he suffers a quarter century in the imperial equivalent of the Gulag – Siberian mines in the ninth century, before returning to live in modest conditions in what should have been his own ...

Monikę poznajemy, kiedy ma trzynaście lat, a potem obserwujemy ją jako między innymi dwudziestosiedmiolatkę – kochankę starszego od siebie profesora, trzydziestosiedmiolatkę mieszkającą z Geirem i wychowującą córkę Maiken, czterdziestosześciolatkę rozmyślającą o tym, że życie to właściwie tylko seria nieudanych prób połączenia różnych rzeczy w całość. Gdy Monika ma pięćdziesiąt dwa lata, w sklepowym lustrze nad półką z owocami i warzywami dostrzega twarz własnej matki. Od poc...

Wspomnienia żony aresztowanego w sfingowanym procesie rosyjskiego inteligenta. Tatiana Czernawina opisuje urągające ludzkiej godności warunki życia w Rosji bolszewickiej, pobyt w więzieniu i ucieczkę przez zieloną granicę wraz z mężem i synkiem. Nakładem KARTY ukazały się wspomnienia jej męża Władimira Czernawina Zapiski „szkodnika”. To nie jest polityczna rozprawa, lecz opowieść o sowieckim losie kobiety w czasach terroru. Nie sądzę, aby ktokolwiek z rządzący...

This book is a collection of some of Konrad’s reviews and writings. The collection is divided into two parts, primarily the sections „Letters”, its reviews. The second section is called Life, but this is only true in a limited sense. It contains Conrad’s views on some of the pressing political issues of the day. They range from the Russo-Japanese War and the question of the independence of Poland to the death of the Titanic.

This is an exciting saga located in the Indian Ocean basin, against the stormy backdrop of barely suppressed military operations between the Dutch and British merchant fleets, told by one of Conrad’s classic passages. After all, Freya’s unique perspective on the sharply etched nature is one of Conrad’s most piercing studies of how power hunger can lead people to greatness – or its opposite.

The tale begins, like many books about Konrad, with a group of travelers gathered together and exchanging maritime stories. Falk is subtle and minimalistic, and perhaps only the writer of the great Conrad can still do this; a calm, introspective story, which, however, is worth reading. This is a charming romantic tale in which Conrad’s usual gloomy, psychological fabrications, but evocative, but truly pedestrian story of a Marine... with a dark, primitive twist.

Self-deception regarding his wife, inflicted on the good-natured captain of the ship and the like. the willingness to succumb to base men on the part of the „painted woman”. It truly demonstrates how even those who find themselves in the most extreme situations of life can find redemption, albeit at a terrible cost. And atonement is a rare thing in Conrad. And just to make sure you understand it, the final image of the captain is someone left alone and hopeless, despite his g...

„A Smile of Fortune” is located on a beautiful island in the Pacific Ocean, on which the narrator, captain docked; ship suppliers are supposedly brothers who have not talked to each other for 18 years. One of the brothers, Ernest, is an assimilated citizen. He owes a lot of money, has parties, has taste and manners, and is trusted. He treats the half-blood servants as cruelly as the rest of the colonists. Another, Arthur, is an outcast, not because of his race or profession, ...