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Justin Cartwright

    20. duben 1945 – 3. prosinec 2018

    Justin Cartwright je britský romanopisec, jehož dílo se často zabývá komplexními vztahy a psychologií postav. Jeho styl je charakteristický pronikavým vhledem do lidské povahy a precizním jazykem. Cartwright zkoumá témata identity, paměti a dopadu minulosti na současnost. Jeho romány nabízejí hluboké zamyšlení nad světem a místem člověka v něm.

    Justin Cartwright
    Interior
    To Heaven by Water
    Masai Dreaming
    Merry Christmas Stories
    Look at it this Way
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    • Peníze těch druhých

      • 288 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení
      3,5(42)Ohodnotit

      Románový vhled do horních vrstev britské společnosti, tradiční anglické bankéřské rodiny, kterou sice také semele ekonomická krize, ale rodina to díky svému vlivu a kontaktům na politiky uhraje ve svůj prospěch. Starobylá banka Tubal & Co. má možná v nepořádku aktiva a zahardovala si s důvěrou, kterou do ní vložila klientela, ale přece jen tradiční anglická značka, spjatá s historií, solidností a noblesou, pořád něco znamená. Kdo ví – třeba o ni projeví zájem fi nanční šíbři ve Spojených státech? Těm se však pozlacené bulíky na nos věšet nedají...

      Peníze těch druhých
    • Look at it this Way

      • 288 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení
      4,3(4)Ohodnotit

      'The satirical English novel of the decade.' Observer schovat popis

      Look at it this Way
    • Merry Christmas Stories

      • 128 stránek
      • 5 hodin čtení
      4,0(4)Ohodnotit

      Fifteen seasonal stories, including "The Night Before Christmas," "The Christmas Tree that Went Walking," "Why the Top Sings," "The Star Angel," "Old Mother Bear's Christmas Stocking," "The Story of Baby Gretel," and other tales, with the original illustrations from the 1926 edition.

      Merry Christmas Stories
    • Masai Dreaming

      • 304 stránek
      • 11 hodin čtení
      3,5(14)Ohodnotit

      'Cartwright makes his pages as vividly sensuous as they are caustically intelligent' The Sunday Times schovat popis

      Masai Dreaming
    • David Cross is surrounded by secrets. When his wife Nancy was alive he kept secrets from her and now that she is dead, he must hide his new happiness from his children, Lucy and Ed. But they too have their troubles: Ed's marriage is in trouble, Lucy is being stalked by her ex-boyfriend, and both worry that their father will find a new partner.

      To Heaven by Water
    • This novel, set in an African country, Banguniland, with diversions to America and other countries, attempts to exploit 1950s political and social mores. The narrator, son of a journalist who disappeared in Africa in 1959, tells the story of his attempt to unravel the mystery of his father's ill-fated expedition.

      Interior
    • Up Against the Night

      • 256 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení
      2,3(4)Ohodnotit

      Frank McAllister has become wealthy in England, where he has lived for thirty years. He has a house in Notting Hill, a house in the New Forest, and a house near Cape Town. But more and more he feels alienated in England. As the book opens, he is preparing to go to South Africa with his lover, Nellie, and waiting anxiously for his daughter, Lucinda, to arrive from California, where she has been in rehab. Frank is a descendant of the Boer leader, Piet Retief, who was murdered by the Zulu king Dingane, along with all his followers, in 1838. He has been an icon of Afrikaners ever since. Frank's Afrikaner cousin, Jaco, has become moderately famous on YouTube for having faced down a huge white shark. He is now in America, where he has joined the Scientologists. His chaotic and violent life spills over on to Frank. He is drawn into a world of violence and delusion that is to threaten the family

      Up Against the Night
    • White Lightning

      • 256 stránek
      • 9 hodin čtení
      3,0(21)Ohodnotit

      The Whitbread-shortlisted novel from the bestselling author of THE PROMISE OF HAPPINESS

      White Lightning