Pankaj Mishra Knihy

Odkud pramení hněv, který se šíří od Brazílie po Indii, od USA po Rusko, překračuje hranice náboženství i kultur a je rozšířen mezi chudými i bohatšími? Jaká logika vede k volbám autoritářů a politickému násilí? Jeden z nejvýznamnějších veřejných intelektuálů současnosti, indický spisovatel Pankádž Mišra, nás vrací ke kořenům kritiky modernity v Rousseauově kritice Voltaira. Fascinující esej provádí intelektuálními dobrodružstvími několika staletí a několika kontinentů. Analyzuje kořeny nacionalismu, náboženského fundamentalismu i dalších revolt vůči nespravedlnostem moderního světa a propojuje zdánlivě zapomenuté debaty a situace s dneškem.

"Since 'Thriller' and the widely acclaimed 'Orlando', writer-director Sally Potter has been known as a pioneer filmmaker. [... YES is] easily her masterpiece to date. The central action, set in contemporary London, involves a successful scientist locked in a passionless marriage and conducting an intensely sexual affair with a Lebanese immigrant worker. But this sturdy dramatic situation is only the beginning."--Publisher's description. Includes both the finished screenplay and the original short film script it was based on, as well as photos, credits, and a question-and-answer session with Sally Potter and actress Joan Allen

A surprising, gripping narrative depicting the thinkers whose ideas shaped contemporary China, India, and the Muslim world.

Exploring the relevance of the Buddha's teachings, this book delves into the challenges of contemporary society, marked by class oppression, religious violence, poverty, and terrorism. It seeks to uncover how ancient wisdom can provide insights and solutions to modern struggles, highlighting the enduring impact of Buddhist philosophy in addressing human suffering.

Historický román je inspirován obdobím protibritského povstání sípáhiů v Indii v roce 1857. Vypráví o skupince koloniálních úředníků a důstojníků v Krišnapuru, sdružených kolem správce okresu, komunitě, kde vládne duch viktoriánského osvícenství a puritánství, která musí čelit záplavě vzbouřenců. Během čtyřměsíční blokády z rozmazlených a nadřazených Angličanů pozvolna opadává nátěr civilizace, trpí hladem, strachem a nemocemi a jejich dosavadní svět se otřásá v základech. V poslední chvíli přichází pomoc a zbytek zbědované skupiny vysvobodí z obklíčení – jsou to však už jiní lidé, poznamenaní nedávným prožitkem a s jinou stupnicí hodnot. Doslov napsal Martin Hilský.

One of the most acclaimed essayists writing today on the political hysteria plaguing the West

"How can we explain the origins of the great wave of paranoid hatreds that seem inescapable in our close-knit world - from American 'shooters' and ISIS to Trump, from a rise in vengeful nationalism across the world to racism and misogyny on social media? In Age of Anger, Pankaj Mishra answers our bewilderment by casting his gaze back to the eighteenth century, before leading us to the present. He shows that as the world became modern those who were unable to fulfil its promises - freedom, stability and prosperity - reacted in horrifyingly similar ways- intense hatred of invented enemies, attempts to re-create an imaginary golden age, and self-empowerment through spectacular violence. Today, just as then, the wider embrace of mass politics, technology, and the pursuit of wealth and individualism has cast many more billions adrift in a literally demoralized world, uprooted from tradition but still far from modernity - with the same terrible results. Making startling connections and comparisons, Age of Angeris a history of our present predicament unlike any other."

Charting half a lifetime spent exploring the written word, these eleven articles include Naipaul’s boyhood experiences of reading books and his first youthful efforts at writing them; the evolution of his ideas about the extent to which individual cultures shape identities and influence literary forms; Naipaul’s observations on Conrad, his literary forebear; the moving preface he wrote to the only book his father ever published; and his reflections on his career, ending with his celebrated Nobel lecture ‘Two Worlds’. A remarkable companion piece to The Writer and the World, Naipaul’s previous volume of highly-acclaimed essays, Literary Occasions is a stirring contribution to the fading art of the critic, and a revelation of a life in letters.

FROM THE AWARD WINNING AUTHOR OF AGE OF ANGER COMES A GATSBY-ESQUE TALE OF WEALTH AND AMBITION 'A book that demands to be read' MOHSIN HAMID 'Terrific . . . deeply satisfying to read' KAMILA SHAMSIE Arun and his two classmates, Aseem and Virendra, are the success stories of their generation. As graduates of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology, they have smashed social barriers and played-out Gatsby-style fantasies across the globe. Run and Hide is a lyrical and piercing story of morality, materialism and upheaval in an every-changing world. 'Sharp, provocative and engaging . . . Run and Hide might be the most zeitgeisty novel you could read' SPECTATOR 'One of the finest, bravest writers we have' JUNOT DIAZ 'It'll entertain the hell out of you' MOHAMMED HANIF 'A novel of loss and moral collapse worthy of Henry James' JOSHUA FERRIS

Samar, a young man of limited means, moves to Benares, the ancient city of learning, to lose himself in the world of books. There he meets Rajesh, a poor student, and Catherine, a young French woman, who shows him a very different side of his own country--and self. A resonant and ambitious novel, The Romantics is both the story of a sentimental education and of the widening fault lines within contemporary India.