Peter Bieri Volgorde van de boeken (chronologisch)

Pascal Mercier bol vždy majstrom filozofického rozprávania. Romány Nočný vlak do Lisabonu či Váha slov podnietili milióny čitateľov k zamysleniu sa nad veľkými témami, ako sú identita, sloboda, čas či zmysel života. (vychádza 29. júna) Teraz sa s ním v piatich doteraz nepublikovaných, až posmrtne vydaných poviedkach môžeme zoznámiť aj ako s majstrom krátkej formy. Dokážeme sa s ľahkosťou vzdať domova, v ktorom sme strávili celý život? Má pre človeka na vrchole svojich síl zmysel vracať sa do obdobia, keď ešte len začínal? Kedy veľkorysosť štedrých filantropov poškodzuje dôstojnosť umelca? S Pascalom Mercierom sa opäť zoznamujeme s nezabudnuteľnými postavami, ktoré nám nečakane otvárajú pohľad aj do nášho vnútra.

A huge international best seller, this ambitious novel plumbs the depths of our shared humanity to offer up a breathtaking insight into life, love, and literature itself. A major hit in Germany that went on to become one of Europe’s biggest literary blockbusters in the last five years, Night Train to Lisbon is an astonishing novel, a compelling exploration of consciousness, the possibility of truly understanding another person, and the ability of language to define our very selves. Raimund Gregorius is a Latin teacher at a Swiss college who one day—after a chance encounter with a mysterious Portuguese woman—abandons his old life to start a new one. He takes the night train to Lisbon and carries with him a book by Amadeu de Prado, a (fictional) Portuguese doctor and essayist whose writings explore the ideas of loneliness, mortality, death, friendship, love, and loyalty. Gregorius becomes obsessed by what he reads and restlessly struggles to comprehend the life of the author. His investigations lead him all over the city of Lisbon, as he speaks to those who were entangled in Prado’s life. Gradually, the picture of an extraordinary man emerges—a doctor and poet who rebelled against Salazar’s dictatorship.