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"Meet the happy couple. Luke and Celine, are in mutual unrequited love with each other, set to marry in a year's time. The best man, Archie, is meant to want to move up the corporate ladder and on from his love for Luke; yet he stands where he is, admiring the view. The bridesmaid, Phoebe, Celine's sister, has no long-term aspirations beyond smoking her millionth cigarette and getting to the bottom of Luke's frequent unexplained disappearances. Then there's the guest, Vivian, who with the benefit of some emotional distance, methodically observes her friends like ants. As the wedding approaches and these five lives intersect, each character will find themselves looking for a path to their happily ever after - but does it lie at the end of an aisle?"--Publisher.

Marion a Tom se poznají v 50. letech v Brightonu. Učí ji plavat, jemně ji ve vodě nadnáší ve stínu slavného městského mola a Marion se zamiluje. Je přesvědčená, že pro fungování jejich vztahu to bude stačit. O několik let později potkává Tom poblíž brightonského muzea Patricka. Patrick je okouzlen a otevírá Tomovi bránu do nového, okouzlujícího, sofistikovaného světa umění, cestování a krásy. Tom je policista a v této době je pro něj bezpečnější oženit se s Marion a s Patrickem se setkávat tajně. Oba milenci se o něj musí dělit, dokud to jednoho z nich nezlomí. V tomto sugestivním portrétu Anglie 50. let Bethan Roberts znovu představuje skutečný milostný trojúhelník policisty Boba Buckinghama, jeho ženy a spisovatele E. M. Forstera. Je to hluboce procítěný příběh o vášnivé vytrvalosti lásky a o zkáze, kterou způsobuje represivní společnost.

“Complete Stories, a collection of Carrington’s published and unpublished short stories—many newly translated from their original French and Spanish—is a terrific introduction to her bizarre, dreamlike worlds.” —Carmen Maria Machado, NPR Surrealist writer and painter Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) was a master of the macabre, of gorgeous tableaus, biting satire, roguish comedy, and brilliant, effortless flights of the imagination. Nowhere are these qualities more ingeniously brought together than in the works of short fiction she wrote throughout her life. Published to coincide with the centennial of her birth, The Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington collects for the first time all of her stories, including several never before seen in print. With a startling range of styles, subjects, and even languages (several of the stories are translated from French or Spanish), The Complete Stories captures the genius and irrepressible spirit of an amazing artist’s life.