In Vintage Living Texts, teachers, students and any lover of literature will find the essential guide to the major works of Roddy Doyle. Featuring the texts: Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha, The Van and A Star Called Henry.
Offering an engaging introduction to contemporary literature, this series serves as a comprehensive guide to notable authors. Each volume explores key themes, genres, and narrative techniques, providing readers with valuable insights into the works of the featured author. This approach not only enhances understanding but also enriches the reading experience, making it an essential resource for literature enthusiasts.
'A remarkable book...wise and arresting' Sarah Winman 'Exquisite... a deeply insightful memoir which charts our fundamental longings for place and identity, and ultimately our yearnings for love.' Helena Kennedy Single, in her mid-forties and having experienced a sudden early menopause, a realisation comes to Peggy quietly, and clearly- she decides to adopt a child. But the preparation is arduous and the scrutiny intense. There are questions about past lives, about capability and expectations. Asking big questions about identity and belonging, as well as about what makes a mother - and a home - this is a beautiful meditation on how the legacies of childhood might be overcome by a mother's determination to love. 'Extremely moving...an unusually thoughtful take on becoming a mother, enabled by removing babyhood and biology.' Guardian
Spisovatelka zde podává životopis Orlanda, syna anglického šlechtice vysokého postavení z doby královny Alžběty I. Kromě skutečnosti, že je to životopis fiktivní, má ještě jiné zvláštnosti. Orlandův (či Orlandin) život ubíhá v „normálním“ čase asi od šestnácti do třiceti let jeho věku. Postava si pak svoje stáří víceméně podrží po celý zbytek románu, kde se postupně střídají jednotlivé historické epochy, až do konce knihy, který je totožný s okamžikem jejího dopsání – rokem 1928. Orlando je literárním putováním napříč staletími, kde historie splývá s fikcí v typicky impresionistickém a humorném podání. V mistrné zkratce vyjadřuje autorka povahu jednotlivých historických údobí, zkoumavým okem pátrá i v literárních dějinách a s nadhledem hodnotí vlastní profesi stejně jako lidskou touhu po slávě a nesmrtelnosti. Kromě bohatých dramatických vnějších událostí a popisů se nám dostává také psychologicky zajímavého pohledu do nitra člověka, kde nechybí ani feministické téma.
In Vintage Living Texts, teachers and students will find the essential guide to the works of Salman Rushdie. Vintage Living Texts is unique in that it offers an in-depth interview with Salman Rushdie, relating specifically to the texts under discussion. schovat popis
In this anthology, Margaret Reynolds brings together the work of 32 women from Britain, Europe and the Americas, including three specially commissioned pieces, covering nearly a century of lesbian writing, from Sarah Orne Jewett (1897) to Jeanette Winterson (1993).
In Vintage Living Texts teachers and students will find the essential guide to the works of Margaret Atwood.
In "Vintage Living Texts", teachers and students will find the essential guide to the works of Ian McEwan. It is unique in that it offers an in-depth interview with Ian McEwan, relating specifically to the texts under discussion. This guide will deal with McEwan's themes, genre and narrative technique, and a close reading of the texts will provide a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels.
In Vintage Living Texts, teachers, students and any lover of literature will find the essential guide to the major works of Iris Murdoch. Iris Murdoch's themes, genre and narrative techniques are put under scrutiny and the emphasis is on providing a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels. Amongst many other features you'll find inspirational reading plans and contextual material, suggested complementary and comparative reading and an indispensable glossary. Featured texts: The Black Prince, The Sea, The Sea, The Bell'I didn't realise just how good the series was until I started working closely with it. The questions are so thoughtful and probing-the texts really do occupy their own niche between guides purely for teachers and the ubiquitous student crib, and are much better than either' Head of English, Newington College, Australia
