Jean-Baptiste Clamence, a successful Parisian barrister, has come to recognize the deep-seated hypocrisy of his existence. His epigrammatic and, above all, discomforting monologue gradually saps, then undermines, the reader's own complacency.
With its wonderfully observed lawmen (including the inimitable Martin Beck), its brilliantly rendered felons and their murky Stockholm underworld, and its deftly engineered plot, The Laughing Policeman is a classic of the police procedural and "must reading for anyone who claims to be Ýa student ̈ of the best detective fiction" ("Saturday Review").
Svazek zahrnuje téměř všechny autorovy publikované články, doslovy a eseje a je doplněn bibliografií Žilinových původních, překladových i redakčních prací. (Převzato z anotace na přebalu titulu.)
Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a random act of violence on a sun-drenched beach near Algiers, his lack of remorse compounds his guilt in the eyes of society and the law. Yet he is as much a victim as a criminal.
Dánský filozof konfrontuje podstatu „současnosti“ a „revoluční doby“, jeho kritika je zaměřena vůči stávající nadvládě „rozumnosti“.
Dvacet pikantních a žertovných příběhů slavného autora italské renesance.
Een zakenman, op zoek naar zijn in Zweden verdwenen dochter, blijkt niet de enige die haar wil vinden.
