Marakeš je srce i duša drevne marokanske pripovjedačke tradicije. Gotovo tisuću godina pripovjedači su se okupljali na legendarnom gradskom trgu zvanom Džemaa el-Fna kako bi zanesenom slušateljstvu kazivali drevne narodne priče i bajke. Važnost tog mjesta i tamošnjih pripovjedača prepoznao je i UNESCO, koji je taj trg proglasio prvim „remek-djelom oralne i nematerijalne baštine čovječanstva“. No desetak godina poslije taj jedinstveni lanac usmene tradicije koja je bešavno prelazila s naraštaja na naraštaj dospio je na rub nestajanja. Atrakcije i distrakcije televizije, filmova i interneta udaljavaju mnoštvo od pripovjedača, i u tom trenutku na trgu ostaje samo njih šestero, a svi su već u poznim godinama. Više nema nikoga tko želi naučiti njihove pripovijesti i nastaviti njihovu baštinu. Richard Hamilton svjedočio je iz prve ruke iščezavanju i posljednjim proplamsajima te bogate i čarobne tradicije te je u labirintu marakeške medine ušao u trag nekolicini preostalih pripovjedača, bilježeći priče koje su bremenite tajnama i ljepotama Magreba. Neprocjenjive priče marokanskih pripovjedača bit će u Posljednjim pripovjedačima prvi put sačuvane za potomstvo. „Posljednji pripovjedači genijalno su proniknuli u beskrajne isprepletene slojeve života u Marakešu te otkrili njihovo izvanredno naličje, drevno kulturno uporište izgrađeno na pričama i pripovijedanju. Pronicljivim razumijevanjem društva koje zapadnjačkom umu može izgledati zapanjujuće, Richard Hamilton ostvario je velik uspjeh ondje gdje su mnogi prije njega podbacili.“ – Tahir Shah, autor knjiga Kalifova kuća i U tisuću i jednoj noći
Što čitamo kad čitamo hrvatskog Sherlocka Holmesa znanstvena je knjiga utemeljena na arhivskom istraživanju književnih prijevoda objavljivanih u hrvatskoj periodici na prijelazu 19. u 20. stoljeće. Kroz fokus na pregled prevoditeljskih praksi najstarijih hrvatskih prijevoda pripovijedaka i romana o jednom od globalno najpopularnijih fikcionalnih detektiva, Sherlocku Holmesu, te kroz analizu doprinosa digitalizacije istih izdanja proučavanju povijesti prevođenja anglofone književnosti na hrvatski jezik, autorica ukazuje na mogućnosti koje uključivanje prijevoda otvara za promišljanje razvoja žanrova unutar svjetske književnosti u kontekstu digitalne humanistike. Na primjeru krimića kao žanra i detektivske proze kao podžanra te kroz analizu uloge posrednog prijevoda u prevođenju anglofonih književnih djela u navedenom razdoblju, autorica pokazuje kako je književnost u prijevodu upravo ona karika koja nedostaje u teorijama o rasprostranjivanju i razvoju književnih žanrova te u promišljanjima o uzajamnim odnosima između različitih kanona i književnih tradicija unutar svjetske književnosti kao jedinstvenog sustava.
Autocesta koja prolazi kroz gradić Cold Creek proteže se gotovo osamsto kilometara kroz divljinu Britanske Kolumbije, sve do obale Tihoga oceana. Mlade žene ondje već desetljećima nestaju i do danas nijedan ubojica nije priveden pravdi. Cold Creek dom je mlade Hailey McBride. Ostavši kao mala bez majke, a sad i bez voljenog oca, prisiljena je živjeti s tetom i njezinim mužem – markantnim policijskim narednikom. Kada Hailey posumnja da taj dobri momak vodi dvostruki život, za nju počinje noćna mora. Dok je on kontrolira, brani izlaske i druženje, Hailey pokušava razotkriti njegove tajne. Na koncu prestravljena i stjerana u kut, Hailey bježi u planine gdje joj se gubi svaki trag, zbog čega se prošire glasine da je i ona završila kao žrtva ubojice s autoceste. Godinu dana kasnije u Cold Creek dolazi Beth Chevalier kako bi istražila nasilnu smrt svoje sestre Amber, inače Haileyine bliske prijateljice. Riskirajući da i sama postane žrtvom, sve je bliže otkrivanju istine…
Ovo je prva opsežna znanstvena monografija na hrvatskom jeziku koja nudi kritički pregled irske književnosti od 1600. do 2000. godine. Jezična promjena, tj. prijelaz s irskog na engleski jezik, nalazi se u središtu kritičke perspektive pristupa ove studije proučavanju irske književnosti, tako da su interpretacije pojedinih djela u konstantnom su dijalogu s irskom političkom i društvenom poviješću. S obzirom da je ovaj jezični zaokret najdugotrajniji rezultat britanske uprave u Irskoj, autor smješta irsku književnost unutar okvira kolonijalnog i postkolonijalnog iskustva irske kulture. This is the first large-scale survey of Irish literature in this period in Croatian. It offers readings of individual key texts that place these in their broader cultural, political and social contexts. While its perspective is informed by postcolonial approaches to Irish experience, it also introduces Croatian audiences to the latest interdisciplinary approaches that have been developed in Irish Studies over the past decade.
Lou Clark has lots of questions. Like how it is she’s ended up working in an airport bar, watching other people jet off to new places. Or why the flat she’s owned for a year still doesn’t feel like home. Whether her family can ever forgive her for what she did eighteen months ago. And will she ever get over the love of her life. What Lou does know for certain is that something has to change. Then, one night, it does. But does the stranger on her doorstep hold the answers Lou is searching for – or just more questions ? Close the door and life continues : simple, ordered, safe. Open it and she risks everything. But Lou once made a promise to live. And if she’s going to keep it, she has to invite them in…
The Scarlet Letter is the story of Hester Prynne, a married woman who has an affair and gives birth to an illegitimate daughter. Condemned by society for her adultery, she is forced to wear a scarlet A for ‘Adulteress’ on her dress for the rest of her life. Publicly disgraced and ostracised, Hester refuses to name her lover – drawing on her strength and certainty of spirit to emerge as the first true heroine of American fiction. Hester bears her shame with dignity, and attitudes towards her soften as time passes; Arthur Dimmesdale, her lover, is steadily consumed by his guilt, having disavowed his passion for Hester and any love for their daughter Pearl; while her husband is destroyed by his determination to discover the lover’s identity.
From the author of the riotous, controversial and hugely popular Fucking Apostrophes Manners are a minefield. Remembering which behaviours are appropriate for which situation (who it is okay to swear in front of, and for who that is a definite no), can leave even the most laid back exasperated. Enter Simon Griffin, and his no-nonsense guide to getting it fucking right. Whether you’re at work, on an airplane, out for dinner or on your phone, learn right from wrong in this furiously hilarious gift book. Fucking Good Manners is the perfect stocking-filler for a manners enthusiast, those who could do with a few polite behavioural tips, or anyone who just loves anything a bit sweary. This is the essential guide to fucking good manners.
When the doors of the lift crank open, the only thing Thomas remembers is his first name. But he’s not alone. He’s surrounded by boys who welcome him to the Glade – a walled encampment at the centre of a bizarre and terrible stone maze. Like Thomas, the Gladers don’t know why or how they came to be there – or what’s happened to the world outside. All they know is that every morning when the walls slide back, they will risk everything – even the Grievers, half-machine, half-animal horror that patrol its corridors, to try and find out …
Sixteen-year-old, not-so-openly-gay Simon Spier is blackmailed into playing wingman for his classmate or else his sexual identity–and that of his pen pal–will be revealed.
When her high school sweetheart and beloved husband, Gerry, dies at 30, Holly doesn’t know how to go on without him – nor does she want to. But two months after his death, Holly receives a mysterious package and opens it to find that Gerry has left her a letter.
Few have failed to be charmed by the witty and independent spirit of Elizabeth Bennet in Austen’s beloved classic Pride and Prejudice. When Elizabeth Bennet first meets eligible bachelor Fitzwilliam Darcy, she thinks him arrogant and conceited; he is indifferent to her good looks and lively mind. When she later discovers that Darcy has involved himself in the troubled relationship between his friend Bingley and her beloved sister Jane, she is determined to dislike him more than ever. In the sparkling comedy of manners that follows, Jane Austen shows us the folly of judging by first impressions and superbly evokes the friendships, gossip and snobberies of provincial middle-class life. This Penguin Classics edition, based on Austen’s first edition, contains the original Penguin Classics introduction by Tony Tanner and an updated introduction and notes by Viven Jones. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Extravagant rumors abound of a man named Jay Gatsby who has newly arrived to the coastline of a section of Long Island known colloquially as West Egg. Long into the night, the mysterious Gatsby threw lavish parties at his sprawling estate, but when alone, Gatsby could be found staring longingly at a solitary green light across the dark water. For all Gatsby has attained in his life, that green light represents all that he lost. The greatest story to encapsulate the roaring twenties, The Great Gatsby follows the eventful lives of the denizens from East and West Egg in this timeless classic of American literature.
Even though Leah’s mom knows she’s bisexual, she hasn’t mustered the courage to tell her friends – not even her openly gay BFF, Simon
A compelling and beautiful story about a girl who learns to live from a boy who wants to die. ‘If you’re looking for the next The Fault in Our Stars, this is it’ – Guardian A New York Times bestseller Soon to be a major film starring Elle Fanning. Theodore Finch is fascinated by death, and he constantly thinks of ways he might kill himself. But each time, something good, no matter how small, stops him. Violet Markey lives for the future, counting the days until graduation, when she can escape her Indiana town and her aching grief in the wake of her sister’s recent death. When Finch and Violet meet on the ledge of the bell tower at school, it’s unclear who saves whom. And when they pair up on a project to discover the ‘natural wonders’ of their state, both Finch and Violet make more important discoveries: It’s only with Violet that Finch can be himself – a weird, funny, live-out-loud guy who’s not such a freak after all. And it’s only with Finch that Violet can forget to count away the days and start living them. But as Violet’s world grows, Finch’s begins to shrink. How far will Violet go to save the boy she has come to love? An intense, gripping novel, perfect for fans of John Green, Jay Asher, Rainbow Rowell, Gayle Forman and Jenny Downham. ‘This book is amazing – I couldn’t put it down’ – Zoe Sugg aka Zoella ‘A searingly honest and heartbreakingly poignant tale about the power and beauty of love’ – Heat ‘Sparkling’ – Entertainment Weekly
Ostali autori: Ivan Lovrinović Dubravko Radošević
