vonnegut kurt slaughterhouse five or the children s crusade
Vonnegut Kurt Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade
Курт Воннегут: Американский писатель-фантаст. В конце Второй мировой войны был ранен, попал в плен, и в лагере для военнопленных под Дрезденом стал свидетелем варварской бомбардировки города. Это наложило отпечаток на его жизнь и творчество и нашло отражение в лучшем его романе "Бойня номер пять". В 1967 г. он приехал в Дрезден, чтобы собрать материал для романа, который впоследствии был признан шедевром. Один из ведущих мастеров прозы, в произведениях которого современная жизнь предстает как абсурдная, неуправляемая, апокалиптическая комедия. Ведущие темы его творчества - дегуманизирующее влияние технологий, доброта как единственное средство одолеть человеческую глупость и жестокость. Давая художественную интерпретацию этих тем, писатель сплавляет воедино иронию, сатиру, научную фантастику и трагикомедию.
175 Руб.
Vonnegut Kurt Slaughterhouse-Five or The Children's Crusade
As a young man and a prisoner of war, Kurt Vonnegut witnessed the 1945 US fire-bombing of Dresden in Germany, which reduced the once proudly beautiful city to rubble and claimed the lives of thousands of its citizens. For many years, Kurt tried to write about Dresden but the words would not come. When he did write about it, he combined his trademark humour, unfettered imagination, boundless humanity and keen sense of irony to create one of the most powerful anti-war books every written, and an enduring American classic. This special edition is published with notes of appreciation from some of the book's ardent fans (Kate Atkinson, Richard Herring, Robin Ince) as well as fascinating extra material from Vonnegut's archive which casts light on the genesis, reception and enduring influence of an iconic American classic.
4598 Руб.
Vonnegut Kurt Slaughterhouse-Five or the Children's Crusade
Предлагаем вниманию читателей роман знаменитого американского писателя К.Воннегута, в основе которого - впечатления автора от событий февраля 1945 г., когда союзническая авиация бомбила Дрезден. Книга снабжена заданиями на понимание текста, комментариями и словарем. Для учащихся языковых вузов и всех любителей англоязычной литературы. Подготовка текста, комментарии и словарь Ю.В.Гадаевой.
479 Руб.
Vonnegut K. Slaughterhouse-five or The children s crusade
Бойня номер пять. Книга для чтения на английском языке. Предлагаем вниманию читателей роман знаменитого американского писателя Курта Воннегута, в основе которого - впечатления автора от событий февраля 1945 г., когда союзническая авиация бомбила Дрезден. Книга снабжена заданиями на понимание текста, комментариями и словарем. Для учащихся языковых вузов и всех любителей англоязычной литературы.
482 Руб.
Vonnegut K. Slaughterhouse-five or The children s crusade
Бойня номер пять. Книга для чтения на английском языке. Предлагаем вниманию читателей роман знаменитого американского писателя Курта Воннегута, в основе которого - впечатления автора от событий февраля 1945 г., когда союзническая авиация бомбила Дрезден. Книга снабжена заданиями на понимание текста, комментариями и словарем. Для учащихся языковых вузов и всех любителей англоязычной литературы.
482 Руб.
Vonnegut Kurt Slaughterhouse 5
Read Kurt Vonnegut's powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published. Billy Pilgrim – hapless barber's assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower and soldier – has become unstuck in time. Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War. But when, exactly? How did he get here? And how does he get out? Travel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself. This is a book about war. Listen to what he has to say: it is of the utmost urgency. ‘The great, urgent, passionate American writer of our century, who offers us a model of the kind of compassionate thinking that might yet save us from ourselves.’ George Saunders
3171 Руб.
Vonnegut Kurt Slaughterhouse 5
Prisoner of war, optometrist, time-traveller - these are the life roles of Billy Pilgrim, hero of this miraculously moving, bitter and funny story of innocence faced with apocalypse. Slaughterhouse 5 is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centring on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden in the Second World War, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.
959 Руб.
Vonnegut Kurt Cat's Cradle
With his trademark dry wit, Kurt Vonnegut's Cat's Cradle is an inventive science fiction satire that preys on our deepest fears of witnessing Armageddon - and, worse still, surviving it. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an introduction by Benjamin Kunkel. Dr Felix Hoenikker, one of the founding 'fathers' of the atomic bomb, has left a deadly legacy to humanity. For he is the inventor of ice-nine, a lethal chemical capable of freezing the entire planet. Writer Jonah's search for his whereabouts leads him to Hoenikker's three eccentric children, to an island republic in the Caribbean where the absurd religion of Bokononism is practised, to love and to insanity. Told with deadpan humour and bitter irony, Kurt Vonnegut's cult tale of global destruction is a frightening and funny satire on the end of the world and the madness of mankind. Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) was born in Indianapolis. During the Second World War he was a prisoner in Germany and present at the bombing of Dresden, an experience he recounted in his famous novel Slaughterhouse Five (1969). His first novel, Player Piano, was published in 1951 and since then he has written many novels, including The Sirens of Titan, Jailbird, Deadeye Dick, Galapagos and Hocus Pocus.
2186 Руб.
Vonnegut K. Slaughterhouse Five
Read Kurt Vonneguts powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published. An extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist New York Times Book Review Billy Pilgrim - hapless barbers assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower and soldier - has become unstuck in time. Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War. But when, exactly? How did he get here? And how does he get out? Travel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself. This is a book about war. Listen to what he has to say: it is of the utmost urgency. The great, urgent, passionate American writer of our century, who offers us a model of the kind of compassionate thinking that might yet save us from ourselves. George Saunders
652 Руб.
Vonnegut K. Slaughterhouse Five
Read Kurt Vonneguts powerful masterpiece, which is as timely now as when it was first published. An extraordinary success. A book to read and reread. He is a true artist New York Times Book Review Billy Pilgrim - hapless barbers assistant, successful optometrist, alien abductee, senile widower and soldier - has become unstuck in time. Hiding in the basement of a slaughterhouse in Dresden, with the city and its inhabitants burning above him, he finds himself a survivor of one of the most deadly and destructive battles of the Second World War. But when, exactly? How did he get here? And how does he get out? Travel through time and space on the shoulders of Vonnegut himself. This is a book about war. Listen to what he has to say: it is of the utmost urgency. The great, urgent, passionate American writer of our century, who offers us a model of the kind of compassionate thinking that might yet save us from ourselves. George Saunders
652 Руб.
Vonnegut Kurt A Man Without a Country
Comic riffs and diatribes on the America of G.W. Bush from the author of Slaughterhouse 5 This is vintage Vonnegut - hilariously funny and razor-sharp as he fixes his gaze on art, politics, himself and the condition of the soul of America today. Written over five years in the form of a loose memoir, A Man Without a Country is an intimate and tender communication to us all, sometimes despairing, always searching and ultimately wise and compassionate.
1622 Руб.
Vonnegut Kurt Bluebeard
From the author of Slaughterhouse 5. In Rabo Karabekian’s fictional autobiography, Vonnegut creates an impeccably funny satirical piece, through the reflections of a seventy-one-year-old man.
1336 Руб.
Vonnegut Kurt Bagombo snuff box
Издание полностью на английском языке. Before the Golden Age of magazines drew to a close half a century ago, a young PR man at General Electric sold his first short story to one of the doomed publications. With four major magazines running five stories each week and smaller ones scouting as well, it was a seller's market and Kurt Vonnegut was published regularly. For this unusual collection Vonnegut has selected 24 of his stories never published before in book form.
1598 Руб.
Vonnegut K. Slaughterhouse-Five / (мягк). Vonnegut K. (ВБС Логистик)
Книга для чтения на английском языке.
1138 Руб.
Vonnegut K. Slaughterhouse-Five / (мягк). Vonnegut K. (ВБС Логистик)
Книга для чтения на английском языке.
1138 Руб.
Nesbit Edith Five Children And It
This beautiful HarperCollins Children's Classics edition of E. Nesbit's Five Children and It is the perfect addition to any bookshelf. When Cyril, Anthea, Robert, Jane and their baby brother move to the countryside, they encounter 'It' - a grumpy, strange-looking Sand-fairy known as a Psammead. The Psammead can grant the children one wish every day - but whether they request to be beautiful or rich, to fly or live in a castle, it seems every wish is destined to lead the five children into a great deal of trouble . . . This classic fantasy adventure from the author of The Railway Children is full of magic and mishaps, bringing to life the saying 'be careful what you wish for'.
1613 Руб.