bloomsbury trade dez 2016 (9 results)

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Beinharte Stories aus einer kanadischen KleinstadtDie Männer heißen Will, Ray und Mitch, die Frauen Kelly oder Tracey. Allerweltsnamen. Sie können Leitungen verlegen, Wände verputzen, Zaunpfähle einschlagen. Ihre Sätze sind knapp, Gefühle schlucken sie runter.Es sind vom Leben Gebeutelte, die trotzdem hoffen - auf die große Liebe, ein Dach über dem Kopf, eine bessere Zukunft. Sie leben im Kootenay Valley, westlich der kanadischen Rockies. Invermere heißt ihre kleine Stadt, eine enge Welt der Gewalt, Einsamkeitund Sehnsucht: Ein Teenager stirbt beim Seilschwingen, als der angesägte Ast auf ihn herabkracht - die Rache eines Jüngeren; ein Mathematiklehrer baut für seinen Sohn ein Heliotrop, obwohl er nicht weiß, ob er den Jungen wiedersieht; ein Vater und sein Sohn können ihre Liebe zueinander nur über schmerzhaftes Kräftemessen ausdrücken. Alle sind sie widerborstige Menschen mit der Verletzlichkeit von Romantikern. 256 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -Beinharte Stories aus einer kanadischen KleinstadtDie Männer heißen Will, Ray und Mitch, die Frauen Kelly oder Tracey. Allerweltsnamen. Sie können Leitungen verlegen, Wände verputzen, Zaunpfähle einschlagen. Ihre Sätze sind knapp, Gefühle schlucken sie runter.Es sind vom Leben Gebeutelte, die trotzdem hoffen - auf die große Liebe, ein Dach über dem Kopf, eine bessere Zukunft. Sie leben im Kootenay Valley, westlich der kanadischen Rockies. Invermere heißt ihre kleine Stadt, eine enge Welt der Gewalt, Einsamkeitund Sehnsucht: Ein Teenager stirbt beim Seilschwingen, als der angesägte Ast auf ihn herabkracht - die Rache eines Jüngeren; ein Mathematiklehrer baut für seinen Sohn ein Heliotrop, obwohl er nicht weiß, ob er den Jungen wiedersieht; ein Vater und sein Sohn können ihre Liebe zueinander nur über schmerzhaftes Kräftemessen ausdrücken. Alle sind sie widerborstige Menschen mit der Verletzlichkeit von Romantikern. 256 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -_______________'One of the most emotive accounts of life in Nazi Austria that I've ever read' - Guardian'A moving portrait of a girl forced to come of age in a world at war' - Sunday Times'Vividly depicted and shrewdly observed . The world evoked here strikes me as fundamentally true' - Sydney Morning Herald_______________An unforgettable, nightmarish coming-of-age story set in rural Austria towards the end of the Second World War.It is 1944, and war has taken the men in Nazi-controlled Austria to the front line. For thirteen-year-old Ursula Hildesheim, life in the village of Felddorf remains almost as it was: bullied by her schoolmates, idly thieving from the village shop, enlisted in endless chores by her mama and sister and running wild with her adored older brother Anton. But when Russian prisoners escape from the local concentration camp, her mama starts an affair with a married man, her friend goes missing and her brother's allegiance to the Hitler Youth emerges in shocking ways, Ursula finds herself alone, disturbed by dark memories, and surrounded by threat. In this new world of conflict, Ursula discovers a bravery she has never known before and is forced to recognise that danger comes not only from the enemy at the door but from the enemy within. My Own Dear Brother is a remarkable coming-of-age story and an unflinching study of both cruelty and courage. Rich in folklore, it introduces a daring young heroine and a powerful new literary voice._______________'Intensely imagined' - Independent'A powerful and absorbing novel . Brilliantly done' - Esther Freud, author of Mr Mac and Me'A touching chronicle of some of the lesser-known casualties of war and of the resilience of human spirit' - Washington Independent Review of Books'Muller creates a flawed and vulnerable young heroine we believe in' - The Australian 464 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -_______________'One of the most emotive accounts of life in Nazi Austria that I've ever read' - Guardian'A moving portrait of a girl forced to come of age in a world at war' - Sunday Times'Vividly depicted and shrewdly observed . The world evoked here strikes me as fundamentally true' - Sydney Morning Herald_______________An unforgettable, nightmarish coming-of-age story set in rural Austria towards the end of the Second World War.It is 1944, and war has taken the men in Nazi-controlled Austria to the front line. For thirteen-year-old Ursula Hildesheim, life in the village of Felddorf remains almost as it was: bullied by her schoolmates, idly thieving from the village shop, enlisted in endless chores by her mama and sister and running wild with her adored older brother Anton. But when Russian prisoners escape from the local concentration camp, her mama starts an affair with a married man, her friend goes missing and her brother's allegiance to the Hitler Youth emerges in shocking ways, Ursula finds herself alone, disturbed by dark memories, and surrounded by threat. In this new world of conflict, Ursula discovers a bravery she has never known before and is forced to recognise that danger comes not only from the enemy at the door but from the enemy within. My Own Dear Brother is a remarkable coming-of-age story and an unflinching study of both cruelty and courage. Rich in folklore, it introduces a daring young heroine and a powerful new literary voice._______________'Intensely imagined' - Independent'A powerful and absorbing novel . Brilliantly done' - Esther Freud, author of Mr Mac and Me'A touching chronicle of some of the lesser-known casualties of war and of the resilience of human spirit' - Washington Independent Review of Books'Muller creates a flawed and vulnerable young heroine we believe in' - The Australian 464 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - Beinharte Stories aus einer kanadischen KleinstadtDie Männer heißen Will, Ray und Mitch, die Frauen Kelly oder Tracey. Allerweltsnamen. Sie können Leitungen verlegen, Wände verputzen, Zaunpfähle einschlagen. Ihre Sätze sind knapp, Gefühle schlucken sie runter.Es sind vom Leben Gebeutelte, die trotzdem hoffen - auf die große Liebe, ein Dach über dem Kopf, eine bessere Zukunft. Sie leben im Kootenay Valley, westlich der kanadischen Rockies. Invermere heißt ihre kleine Stadt, eine enge Welt der Gewalt, Einsamkeitund Sehnsucht: Ein Teenager stirbt beim Seilschwingen, als der angesägte Ast auf ihn herabkracht - die Rache eines Jüngeren; ein Mathematiklehrer baut für seinen Sohn ein Heliotrop, obwohl er nicht weiß, ob er den Jungen wiedersieht; ein Vater und sein Sohn können ihre Liebe zueinander nur über schmerzhaftes Kräftemessen ausdrücken. Alle sind sie widerborstige Menschen mit der Verletzlichkeit von Romantikern. 256 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'Publish and be damned', Wellington's famous adage, runs like a leitmotiv through John Calder's memoirs. He has been damned by a censorious press, by politicians, by other publishers and by organs of the state for publishing books on sensitive issues. Damned also for publishing such authors as Henry Miller, William Burroughs, Alexander Trocchi and Hubert Selby Jr, as well as for bringing to public notice the abuses of the armies and security forces of colonial countries. He took on American authors who could not be published in the United States during the McCarthy witch-hunt. He exposed the atrocities of the Algerian and other African wars, and produced many books on British political, social and moral issues, which only a totally independent publisher could have done.Born into the most conservative of establishment families, John Calder has always gone his own way - seeking out literary genius and creating a greater awareness of the world we inhabit. His publishing programme contained a large proportion of the leading writers of the twentieth century, including Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Luigi Pirandello, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Marguerite Duras, Heinrich Böll and such British authors as Howard Barker, Edward Bond, Steven Berkoff and Ann Quin. Anecdotes abound in these memoirs about Bertrand Russell, Alger Hiss, Graham Greene, J.B. Priestley, Jo Grimond and dozens of others whom the author encountered in his activities, both within and outside of publishing. This book is too outspoken to make many friends, but it will open eyes and upset apple carts. Never a saint, Calder is as frank about his own failings as of those of others. 648 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware -'Publish and be damned', Wellington's famous adage, runs like a leitmotiv through John Calder's memoirs. He has been damned by a censorious press, by politicians, by other publishers and by organs of the state for publishing books on sensitive issues. Damned also for publishing such authors as Henry Miller, William Burroughs, Alexander Trocchi and Hubert Selby Jr, as well as for bringing to public notice the abuses of the armies and security forces of colonial countries. He took on American authors who could not be published in the United States during the McCarthy witch-hunt. He exposed the atrocities of the Algerian and other African wars, and produced many books on British political, social and moral issues, which only a totally independent publisher could have done.Born into the most conservative of establishment families, John Calder has always gone his own way - seeking out literary genius and creating a greater awareness of the world we inhabit. His publishing programme contained a large proportion of the leading writers of the twentieth century, including Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Luigi Pirandello, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Marguerite Duras, Heinrich Böll and such British authors as Howard Barker, Edward Bond, Steven Berkoff and Ann Quin. Anecdotes abound in these memoirs about Bertrand Russell, Alger Hiss, Graham Greene, J.B. Priestley, Jo Grimond and dozens of others whom the author encountered in his activities, both within and outside of publishing. This book is too outspoken to make many friends, but it will open eyes and upset apple carts. Never a saint, Calder is as frank about his own failings as of those of others. 648 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - _______________'One of the most emotive accounts of life in Nazi Austria that I've ever read' - Guardian'A moving portrait of a girl forced to come of age in a world at war' - Sunday Times'Vividly depicted and shrewdly observed . The world evoked here strikes me as fundamentally true' - Sydney Morning Herald_______________An unforgettable, nightmarish coming-of-age story set in rural Austria towards the end of the Second World War.It is 1944, and war has taken the men in Nazi-controlled Austria to the front line. For thirteen-year-old Ursula Hildesheim, life in the village of Felddorf remains almost as it was: bullied by her schoolmates, idly thieving from the village shop, enlisted in endless chores by her mama and sister and running wild with her adored older brother Anton. But when Russian prisoners escape from the local concentration camp, her mama starts an affair with a married man, her friend goes missing and her brother's allegiance to the Hitler Youth emerges in shocking ways, Ursula finds herself alone, disturbed by dark memories, and surrounded by threat. In this new world of conflict, Ursula discovers a bravery she has never known before and is forced to recognise that danger comes not only from the enemy at the door but from the enemy within. My Own Dear Brother is a remarkable coming-of-age story and an unflinching study of both cruelty and courage. Rich in folklore, it introduces a daring young heroine and a powerful new literary voice._______________'Intensely imagined' - Independent'A powerful and absorbing novel . Brilliantly done' - Esther Freud, author of Mr Mac and Me'A touching chronicle of some of the lesser-known casualties of war and of the resilience of human spirit' - Washington Independent Review of Books'Muller creates a flawed and vulnerable young heroine we believe in' - The Australian 464 pp. Englisch.

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - 'Publish and be damned', Wellington's famous adage, runs like a leitmotiv through John Calder's memoirs. He has been damned by a censorious press, by politicians, by other publishers and by organs of the state for publishing books on sensitive issues. Damned also for publishing such authors as Henry Miller, William Burroughs, Alexander Trocchi and Hubert Selby Jr, as well as for bringing to public notice the abuses of the armies and security forces of colonial countries. He took on American authors who could not be published in the United States during the McCarthy witch-hunt. He exposed the atrocities of the Algerian and other African wars, and produced many books on British political, social and moral issues, which only a totally independent publisher could have done.Born into the most conservative of establishment families, John Calder has always gone his own way - seeking out literary genius and creating a greater awareness of the world we inhabit. His publishing programme contained a large proportion of the leading writers of the twentieth century, including Samuel Beckett, Eugène Ionesco, Luigi Pirandello, Alain Robbe-Grillet, Marguerite Duras, Heinrich Böll and such British authors as Howard Barker, Edward Bond, Steven Berkoff and Ann Quin. Anecdotes abound in these memoirs about Bertrand Russell, Alger Hiss, Graham Greene, J.B. Priestley, Jo Grimond and dozens of others whom the author encountered in his activities, both within and outside of publishing. This book is too outspoken to make many friends, but it will open eyes and upset apple carts. Never a saint, Calder is as frank about his own failings as of those of others.