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    Reservoir Bitches
    Pink Slime
    Ikigai. Šťastný a dlouhý život
    • Tato knížka vás bude inspirovat a povzbuzovat, abyste objevili svoje osobní IKIGAI, japonské tajemství dlouhého a šťastného života. Nabídne vám cestu, na které zapomenete na spěch, najdete svoje životní cíle a poslání, lépe si uvědomíte, v čem jste opravdu dobří a co vám opravdu přináší uspokojení. A najdete odvahu, abyste se právě tomu věnovali. Každý svůj den pak prožijete radostně a naplno – a zůstanete celý život mladí!

      Ikigai. Šťastný a dlouhý život
      3,7
    • Pink Slime

      • 224 stránek
      • 8 hodin čtení

      Winner of the Uruguayan National Literature Prize for Fiction, the Bartolomé-Hidalgo Fiction Prize, and the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Literature Prize. A port city is in the grips of an ecological crisis. The river has filled with toxic algae, and a deadly 'red wind' blows through its streets; much of the coast has been evacuated as the wealthy migrate inland to safety, leaving the rest to shelter in abandoned houses as blackouts and food shortages abound. The unnamed narrator is one of those who has stayed. She spends her days trying to disentangle herself from the two relationships that had once meant everything to her, and looking after the young boy who's been placed in her care. As the world in which they move becomes smaller, she reflects on the collapse of the other emotional ties in her life and the emergence of a radical yet tender solitude. With striking prose and vivid characters, the multi-award-winning Pink Slime offers profound reflections on motherhood, marriage, and caregiving, set against the backdrop of a crumbling city.

      Pink Slime
      3,6
    • Reservoir Bitches

      • 192 stránek
      • 7 hodin čtení

      LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE A debut linked story collection of gritty, streetwise, and wickedly funny fiction from Mexico. Life's a bitch. That's why you gotta rattle her cage, even if she's foaming at the mouth. In the linked stories of Reservoir Bitches, thirteen Mexican women prod the bitch that is Life as they fight, sew, skirt, cheat, cry, and lie their way through their tangled circumstances. From the all-powerful daughter of a cartel boss to the victim of transfemicide, from a houseful of spinster seamstresses to a socialite who supports her politician husband by faking Indigenous roots, these women spit on their own reduction and invent new ways to survive, telling their stories in bold, unapologetic voices. At once social critique and black comedy, Reservoir Bitches is a raucous debut from one of Mexico's most thrilling new writers.

      Reservoir Bitches
      4,0