Jaroslav Hronek Boeken

Kniha je přelomovou a kritikou oceňovanou knihou o původních obyvatelích Ameriky. Wilson kombinuje tradiční historické prameny s novými poznatky z etnografie, archeologie, indiánské ústní tradice a dlouholetého původního výzkumu a splétá historické vyprávění, které staví původní obyvatele Ameriky do centra jejich boje o přežití proti přílivu invazních evropských národů a kultur. Kniha mapuje střetávání mezi Euroameričany a původními obyvateli kontinentu, od prvních interakcí v anglických osadách na pobřeží Atlantiku, přes staletí postupná pronikání a otevřených válek až po novou politickou sílu dnešních indiánských aktivistů. Text je silným a dojemným vyprávěním příběhu původních obyvatel Ameriky, které se stalo novým standardem pro budoucí práce v této oblasti. Kniha byla v roce 2000 oceněna Myersovou cenou za mimořádnou publikaci.

In the stories that make up Oblivion , David Foster Wallace joins the rawest, most naked humanity with the infinite involutions of self-consciousness -- a combination that is dazzlingly, uniquely his. These are worlds undreamt of by any other mind. Only David Foster Wallace could convey a father's desperate loneliness by way of his son's daydreaming through a teacher's homicidal breakdown ( The Soul Is Not a Smithy ). Or could explore the deepest and most hilarious aspects of creativity by delineating the office politics surrounding a magazine profile of an artist who produces miniature sculptures in an anatomically inconceivable way ( The Suffering Channel ). Or capture the ache of love's breakdown in the painfully polite apologies of a man who believes his wife is hallucinating the sound of his snoring ( Oblivion ). Each of these stories is a complete world, as fully imagined as most entire novels, at once preposterously surreal and painfully immediate.

Scarlet is the colour of sin, and the letter 'A' stands for 'Adultery'. In the 1600s, in Boston, Massachusetts, love was allowed only between a husband and a wife. A child born outside marriage was a child of sin. Hester Prynne must wear the scarlet letter on her dress for the rest of her life. How can she ever escape from this public shame? What will happen to her child, growing up in the shadow of the scarlet letter? The future holds no joy for Hester Prynne. And what will happen to her sinful lover - the father of her child?

This anthology is a thorough introduction to classic literature for those who have not yet experienced these literary masterworks. For those who have known and loved these works in the past, this is an invitation to reunite with old friends in a fresh new format. From Shakespeare's finesse to Oscar Wilde's wit, this unique collection brings together works as diverse and influential as The Pilgrim's Progress and Othello. As an anthology that invites readers to immerse themselves in the masterpieces of the literary giants, it is must-have addition to any library.