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9 kirjaa tekijältä Carol Oates
Infected by the vampire virus on the streets of Dublin in 1886, the search for a cure brought Henry Clayton to London and to the brink of madness. Salvation and friendship arrived in the form of Dougal, an immortal Highlander with a devilish sense of humor and a love of life. Amidst turmoil in vampire society, Henry returns to modern day Dublin. The Circle, a cult determined to awaken their Celtic blood god, the first vampire, is once again active. When Henry meets a young American woman who sees past his human pretense, he fears exposure. However, his fear is overshadowed by curiosity. What is the source of the strange energy between them? Why are vampires stalking her? Determined to find answers, Henry takes Ari into his home and under his protection. As their connection grows, Henry begins to suspect Ari isn't what she claims to be. Their shared history may hold the answers to his uncontrollable bouts of rage and thirst. Perhaps, even a cure for his wicked blood.
V novoj semejnoj sage sovremennogo klassika Dzhojs Kerol Outs (neodnokratnogo finalista Pulitserovskoj premii, laureata premii imeni O. Genri, Natsionalnoj knizhnoj premii SSHA i mnozhestva drugikh prestizhnykh nagrad) vnezapnaja tragedija proverjaet na prochnost kazavshiesja nerushimymi familnye uzy. Kogda patriarkh semejstva, byvshij mer gorodka v shtate Nju-Jork, stanovitsja zhertvoj politsejskogo nasilija, ego zhena i vse pjatero detej reagirujut samym neozhidannym obrazom, i davnie familnye tajny stanovjatsja javnymi, i gluboko zakopannye psikhologicheskie katastrofy dajut vskhody, i ni odin skelet v mnogochislennykh shkafakh ne ostaetsja nepotrevozhennym. Starshij syn gotov na vse, lish by prizvat "strazhej porjadka" k otvetu, odna doch ischet uteshenija v butylke, drugaja - v nauchnoj rabote, a mladshij syn - v khudozhestvennoj kommune. No samym neozhidannym, esli ne skazat skandalnym, obrazom reagiruet bezuteshnaja vdova... "Poistine monumentalnyj trud - i do chego zhe svoevremennyj" (Star Tribune). Vpervye na russkom!
Merilin Monro - devushka-legenda, Printsessa-Blondinka, neotrazimaja kinodiva, podlinno kultovaja figura XX veka. Ee sudba byla pokhozha na skazku - poroj nevynosimo strashnuju, poroj volshebnuju, polnuju neverojatnykh chudes. Ee korotkaja i blestjaschaja zhizn legla v osnovu mnogikh proizvedenij, o nej byli napisany desjatki knig. Odnako ni odna iz nikh ne idet ni v kakoe sravnenie s romanom izvestnoj amerikanskoj pisatelnitsy Dzhojs Kerol Outs. "Blondinka" - eto ne sukhaja biografija znamenitoj kinozvezdy. "Blondinka" - eto khudozhestvennyj roman o khrupkoj amerikanskoj devushke po imeni Norma Dzhin Bejker, otdavshej vsju sebja bez ostatka sverkajuschemu besposchadnomu miru Gollivuda. "Blondinka" - eto uvlekatelnyj, dramatichnyj, neprikrashennyj rasskaz o zhizni Zvezdy, osveschajuschij samye temnye ugolki chelovecheskogo serdtsa. V 2022 godu sostojalas mirovaja premera ekranizatsii romana s Anoj de Armas i Edrianom Broudi v glavnykh roljakh.
Semejnyj roman, khronika roda Likhtov ot talantlivoj avantjuristki vosemnadtsatogo veka Sary Likht do besslavnogo kontsa etogo roda v tridtsatye gody veka dvadtsatogo.Abrakham, patriarkh semejstva, vyrastil i slepil po svoemu obrazu i podobiju tselyj vyvodok odarennykh moshennikov, zhulikov i ubijts, znatokov Igry, kak on nazyvaet svoju zhiznennuju filosofiju. Puteshestvuja po Amerike, oni masterski obvodjat vokrug paltsa doverchivykh zhertv, igraja na ikh porokakh - zhadnosti, pokhotlivosti, chvanstve.Abrakham vovlekaet svoju semju vo vse bolee zaputannye i effektnye avantjury, no v kontse kontsov tschatelno podgotovlennye makhinatsii rushatsja, i on s glubokim razocharovaniem obnaruzhivaet, chto semejnye uzy okazyvajutsja stol zhe nenadezhnymi, skol ego plany po naduvatelstvu naivnykh chuzhakov.Porazitelnaja izobretatelnost, burnyj potok fantazii zavorazhivaet chitatelja romana "Ispoved moego serdtsa"... Dejli telegrafRaskovannoe do bezrassudnosti, nichem ne sderzhivaemoe voobrazhenie. Dzhojs Kerol Outs voskhischaet... Ona polnostju otdaetsja svoemu tvoreniju. Ee roman napisan na redkost plotnoj, bogatoj, iskusno vystroennoj prozoj... Sandi telegrafV "Ispovedi moego serdtsa" Outs demonstriruet velikolepnoe sochetanie ironii, ekstsentrichnosti i sjuzhetnoj izobretatelnosti. San-Frantsisko kroniklDzhojs Kerol Outs - amerikanskaja pisatelnitsa, prozaik, poetessa, dramaturg, kritik. Laureat Natsionalnoj Knizhnoj Premii, ee romany byli nominirovany na Pulittserovskuju premiju. Svoju pervuju knigu vypustila v 1963 godu i s tekh por opublikovala bolee pjatidesjati romanov, bolshoe kolichestvo rasskazov, stikhov i dokumentalnoj prozy. Zasluzhiv reputatsiju plodovitogo avtora, ona byla odnim iz veduschikh amerikanskikh romanistov s 60-kh godov. Takzhe pisala pod psevdonimami Rozamund Smit i Loren Kelli.Perevodchik: Doronina Irina
Merilin Monro - devushka-legenda, Printsessa-Blondinka, neotrazimaja kinodiva, podlinno kultovaja figura XX veka. Ee zhizn byla pokhozha na skazku - poroj nevynosimo strashnuju, poroj volshebnuju, polnuju neverojatnykh chudes. Ee korotkaja i blestjaschaja zhizn legla v osnovu mnogikh proizvedenij, o nej byli napisany desjatki knig. Odnako ni odna iz nikh ne idet ni v kakoe sravnenie s romanom izvestnoj amerikanskoj pisatelnitsy Dzhojs Kerol Outs."Blondinka" - eto ne sukhaja biografija znamenitoj kinozvezdy."Blondinka" - eto khudozhestvennyj roman o khrupkoj amerikanskoj devushke po imeni Norma Dzhin Bejker, otdavshej vsju sebja bez ostatka sverkajuschemu besposchadnomu miru Gollivuda."Blondinka" - eto uvlekatelnyj, dramatichnyj, neprikrashennyj rasskaz o zhizni Zvezdy, osveschajuschij samye temnye ugolki chelovecheskogo serdtsa.