Catapult jun 2019 (2 Ergebnisse)
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - LONG-LISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE'Grimly comic . . . Brilliant and laconic.' -The New York Times Book Review, Editors' ChoiceAt the heart of the Ottoman Empire, in the main square of Constantinople, a niche is carved into ancient stone. Here, the sultan displays the seve…red heads of his adversaries. People flock to see the latest head and gossip about the state of the empire: the province of Albania is demanding independence again, and the niche awaits a new trophy . . . Tundj Hata, the imperial courier, is charged with transporting heads to the capital-a task he relishes and performs with fervor. As he travels through obscure and impoverished territories, he makes money from illicit side-shows, offering villagers the spectacle of death. The head of the rebellious Albanian governor would fetch a very high price indeed.The Traitor's Nicheis a surreal tale of tyranny and rebellion, in a land where armies carry scarecrows, state officials ban entire languages, and the act of forgetting is more complicated than remembering.
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice 'To read Ruth Prawer Jhabvala is to regard the human heart through a magnifying glass.' -Claire Luchette, O, The Oprah MagazineNobody has written so powerfully of the relationship between and within India and the Western middle classes than Ruth Pr…awer Jhabvala. In this selection of stories, chosen by her surviving family, her ability to tenderly and humorously view the situations faced by three (sometimes interacting) cultures-European, post-Independence Indian, and American-is never more acute.In 'A Course of English Studies,' a young woman arrives at Oxford from India and struggles to adapt, not only to the sad, stoic object of her infatuation, but also to a country that seems so resistant to passion and color. In the wrenching 'Expiation,' the blind, unconditional love of a cloth shop owner for his wastrel younger brother exposes the tragic beauty and foolishness of human compassion and faith. The wry and triumphant 'Pagans' brings us middle-aged sisters Brigitte and Frankie in Los Angeles, who discover a youthful sexuality in the company of the languid and handsome young Indian, Shoki. This collection also includes Jhabvala's last story, 'The Judge's Will,' which appeared in The New Yorker in 2013 after her death. The profound inner experience of both men and women is at the center of Jhabvala's writing: she rivals Jane Austen with her impeccable powers of observation. With an introduction by her friend, the writer Anita Desai, At the End of the Century celebrates a writer's astonishing lifetime gift for language, and leaves us with no doubt of Ruth Prawer Jhabvala's unique place in modern literature. 'The stories¿all of them elegantly plotted and unsentimental, with an addictive, told-over-tea quality¿are largely character studies of people isolated, often tragically, by custom or self-delusion . . . Vivid, unsparing portraits are leavened with the kind of humanizing moments that evoke a total world within their compression.' ¿Megan O'Grady, The New York Times Book Review.
