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Martin Rowson

    15. únor 1959

    Martin Rowson is known for his darkly humorous and often satirical writing, frequently delving into themes of human folly and societal absurdities. His work is characterized by a sharp wit and a distinctive, often cynical, observational style that challenges conventional thinking. Rowson's approach to storytelling is both intellectually engaging and viscerally impactful, inviting readers to confront uncomfortable truths with a wry smile. He possesses a unique voice that blends profound insights with an unapologetic, irreverent perspective.

    Martin Rowson
    Plague Songs
    As I Please
    The Cuntsiad
    The Waste Land
    The Communist Manifesto
    Komunistický manifest
    • Druhá nejprodávanější kniha všech dob, unikátně v komiksovém provedení hlavního kreslíře britského deníku The Guardian. Povinná četba: nemusíte jej milovat, ale měli byste jej znát. Proletáři všech zemí, spojte se! Nemáte co ztratit, leda své okovy. Dobýt můžete celý svět. V roce 2018 uplynulo 200 let od narození Karla Marxe, jedné z nejkontroverznějších postav světové historie. Text Komunistického manifestu Marx napsal ve svých necelých 30 letech, údajně během víkendu v Bruselu v lednu 1848. Ani on sám v době psaní jistě netušil, že v příštím století se bude bezmála polovině lidstva alespoň formálně vládnout v souladu s idejemi a ambicemi poprvé vyloženými na těchto stranách. V době, kdy pouhých několik desítek lidí má stejný majetek jako polovina lidstva dohromady, se však Marxovi nedá upřít ani velká míra vizionářství. Právě rozpor mezi zrůdností ideologií, které Marxovy myšlenky přebíraly a reálnou podstatou jeho myšlenek se snaží vykreslit známý britský kreslíř Martin Rowson, dvorní karikaturista prestižního deníku The Guardian.

      Komunistický manifest
    • The Communist Manifesto

      • 80 stránek
      • 3 hodiny čtení
      4,0(484)Ohodnotit

      ...a jauntily irreverent but fundamentally serious take on a vastly influential political work. Publishers Weekly

      The Communist Manifesto
    • This is a cartoon rendition of T.S. Eliot's poem with Chandleresque overtones.

      The Waste Land
    • As I Please

      And Other Textual Journalism, 1997-2022

      • 543 stránek
      • 20 hodin čtení

      The book features a selection of Martin Rowson's incisive columns, reflecting on the political landscape over the past two decades. Through his sharp wit, Rowson examines the rise of nationalism, internal ideological conflicts within the Labour Party, and various societal issues, including terrorism and cultural commentary. This collection showcases his contributions to both underground and mainstream publications, offering a unique perspective on contemporary politics and society, while also highlighting his broader journalistic work.

      As I Please
    • In May 2020 the award-winning cartoonist Martin Rowson set himself the challenge of writing a Lockdown Diary in verse. The result is Plague Songs, a unique cycle of furious, bleakly comic and often offensive poems about COVID-19, fiercely inventive and desperately funny. Rowson, who recovered from the virus at the start of the year (sweating in freezing fits, embalmed in bed/ In sulphurous miasmata, my joints like broken walnuts,/ With hogtied eyeballs and less energy than dissipating smoke) records in manic verse the long lockdown Summer of 2020 coughs and sneezes, lockdown-haircuts, funerals and furloughs, hangovers and hauntings, track and trace, when Death and Pestilence were playing on the swings, or visiting the elderly in their Care Homes. Plague Songs is also book about living in Banarnia a nightmarish world of jingoism and xenophobia, hierarchy and inequality, government incompetence, Boris Johnsons world-beating wet dreams, and the deadly twin viruses of stupidity and selfishness. What rhymes with COVID except bovid? Is Matt Hancock the Tory Partys answer to Fred West? Does every shroud have a silver lining?

      Plague Songs
    • Award winning cartoonist, graphic novelist and poet Martin Rowson slows down a bit to weave together his customary fusion of fury & poignancy. Sitting in the back of a minicab driving round London at 2am in the rain, and listening to the commercial radio's endless easy-listening playlist, the award-winning cartoonist, graphic novelist and poet Martin Rowson reflects on the commodification of music, art, death, memory, funerals, love, bucket lists and dreams in the twenty-first century.

      The Love Songs of Late Capitalism
    • Witty and tongue-in-cheek, over the past five years Martin Rowson's limericks and cartoons have retold the story of world literature, appearing each week in the Independent on Sunday. Now collected together, 'The Limerickiad' takes us from John Donne to Jane Austen, showcasing the author's reverence for texts.

      The Limerickiad
    • Nicht nur Goethe war von Tristram Shandy – der fiktiven Autobiografie eines Mannes, die auf fast 1000 Seiten kaum über dessen Geburt hinauskommt – begeistert, auch Sigmund Freud und Thomas Mann waren leidenschaftliche Sterne-Leser. Wie kein anderes satirisches Werk des 18. Jahrhunderts hat Laurence Sternes Tristram Shandy die deutsche und die internationale Literatur beeinflusst. Martin Rowson hat diesen überbordenden Klassiker des hintergründigen Humors als kongeniale Graphic Novel umgesetzt. Nun erscheint sein Meisterwerk endlich auf Deutsch. Laurence Sternes 'Lies, lies, lies, lies, mein ungelehrter Leser, lies!' folgt nun auch ein 'Schau'!

      Leben und Ansichten von Tristram Shandy, Gentleman