Dino Buzzati Traverso Knihy

Podtitul : Souborné malířské dílo Monografie věnovaná dílu a osobnosti pozoruhodného holandského malíře 15. století.

V první próze (Láska, 1963) líčí reálný příběh padesátiletého milánského architekta pokoušejícího se probudit hlubší cit v mladé baletce, přivydělávající si prostitucí. Druhá próza (Tatarská poušť, 1940) má naopak snový charakter – odehrává se v zastrčené pouštní pevnosti poblíž hranice, která je dějištěm životního dramatu mladého, ambiciózního poručíka.... celý text

Vědeckofantastický román o profesoru elektrotechniky, jenž se v opuštěných horách se skupinou vědců pokouší vytvořit umělého člověka, zobrazuje lidské a morálni aspekty prudkého rozvoje vědy a techniky.

Výbor krátkých, namnoze autobiografických povídek ze života reálného i snového.

Výbor z povídek italského spisovatele Dina Buzattiho.

'Undoubtedly a masterpiece, a sublime book' Sunday TimesA dark and beautiful tale full of pain and longing, introduced by Tim Parks

A wonderful story for children and an allegory for adults about the absurdity of war, presented here with an introduction and guide to the text by Lemony Snicket. Starving after a harsh winter, the bears descend from the mountains in search of food and invade the valley below, where they face fierce opposition from the army of the Grand Duke of Sicily. After many battles, scrapes and dangers, the bears' reign is established over the land, but their victory comes at a price.

Accomplished in his career but unaccomplished in love, a middle-aged architect is torn apart by his obsession with an enigmatic young woman in this delicately told story of desire and abjection by a titan of Italian literature. Antonio Dorigo is a successful architect in Milan, nearing fifty, who has always been afraid of women. A regular at an upscale brothel for years, he mourns the lack of close female companionship in his life. One afternoon, the madam at the brothel introduces Tonio to “a new girl,” Laide. Tonio sees nothing especially remarkable about her, though it intrigues him that she dances at La Scala and also at a strip club, and yet in a very short time he becomes completely obsessed with her. Laide leads Antonio on, confounds him, uses and humiliates him, treats him tenderly from time to time, lies to him, makes no apologies to him, and he loves her ever more. This helpless and hopeless love, he feels, is what he is, even as it prevents him from ever seeing Laide for who she is. Because Who is she? is the question at the heart of Buzzati’s clear-eyed and darkly comic tale of infatuation. Is A Love Affair a love story or is it a story of anything but love? Buzzati’s novel, with its psychological subtleties, vivid cityscapes, unsettling comedy, and compassion, keeps the reader guessing till the end.