Mary Doria Russellová je americká autorka, jejíž díla se často zaměřují na hluboké lidské otázky a hledání smyslu. Její jedinečný styl tkví ve spojení intelektuální hloubky s poutavým vyprávěním, což čtenářům nabízí nezapomenutelný literární zážitek. Russellová zkoumá složité etické dilemata a povahu lidské duše, často zasazuje své příběhy do neobvyklých prostředí, které provokují k zamyšlení. Její psaní je charakteristické silnými postavami a pronikavými postřehy o životě, víře a budoucnosti lidstva.
Vizionářský příběh o podstatě dobra a zla, který nadchne fanoušky Duny i Atlasu mraků. Lidstvo konečně získalo důkaz života ve vesmíru. Zatímco diplomaté OSN vedou debaty o tom, jak zorganizovat misi na planetu Rakhat, odkud byl zachycen signál, řád jezuitů tam tajně vysílá vlastní osmičlennou vědeckou výpravu. Z té se však v roce 2059 vrací pouze kněz Emilio – zohavený a psychicky na dně. Co se na Rakhatu událo? Kde je zbytek posádky? Zdá se, že jezuitská výprava objevila svět zpochybňující samotnou definici lidství.
In July 1913, twenty-five-year-old Annie Clements had seen enough of the world to know that it was unfair. She's spent her whole life in the coal-mining town of Calumet, Michigan where men risk their lives for meager salaries--and had barely enough to put food on the table and clothes on their backs. The women labor in the houses of the elite, and send their husbands and sons deep underground each day, dreading the fateful call of the company man telling them their loved ones aren't coming home. When Annie decides to stand up for herself, and the entire town of Calumet, nearly everyone believes she may have taken on more than she is prepared to handle
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Born to the life of a Southern gentleman, Dr. John Henry Holliday arrives on the Texas frontier hoping that the dry air and sunshine of the West will restore him to health. Soon, with few job prospects, Doc Holliday is gambling professionally with his partner, Mária Katarina Harony, a high-strung, classically educated Hungarian whore. In search of high-stakes poker, the couple hits the saloons of Dodge City. And that is where the unlikely friendship of Doc Holliday and a fearless lawman named Wyatt Earp begins— before the gunfight at the O.K. Corral links their names forever in American frontier mythology—when neither man wanted fame or deserved notoriety.
From the acclaimed author of The Sparrow comes a new, extraordinarily imaginative SF novel which continues the powerful, moving story of Emilio Sandoz, the charismatic Jesuit priest who led the well-intentioned but catastrophic mission to the distant planet of Rakhat, and journeyed to the furthest reaches of the human soul. Now, in Children of God, Father Emilio Sanchoz returns and - against his will - is forced to continue his quest for the meaning, if any, of God's plan. Dazzlingly imaginative, philosophically provocative and immeasurably entertaining, Children of God is a must-read for fans of The Sparrow, and a startlingly fresh adventure for newcomers to Mary Doria Russell's special literary magic.
Set against the backdrop of the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral, this novel delves into the events leading up to the clash and the characters involved, exploring their motivations and the societal tensions of the era. It intricately weaves historical facts with fiction, shedding light on how this pivotal moment in American history has been mythologized over time. Through vivid storytelling, the narrative captures the drama, conflict, and lasting impact of the gunfight on the American psyche.
Set in Italy during the dramatic finale of World War II, this new novel is the first in seven years by the bestselling author of The Sparrow and Children of God.It is September 8, 1943, and fourteen-year-old Claudette Blum is learning Italian with a suitcase in her hand. She and her father are among the thousands of Jewish refugees scrambling over the Alps toward Italy, where they hope to be safe at last, now that the Italians have broken with Germany and made a separate peace with the Allies. The Blums will soon discover that Italy is anything but peaceful, as it becomes overnight an open battleground among the Nazis, the Allies, resistance fighters, Jews in hiding, and ordinary Italian civilians trying to survive.Mary Doria Russell sets her first historical novel against this dramatic background, tracing the lives of a handful of fascinating characters. Through them, she tells the little-known but true story of the network of Italian citizens who saved the lives of forty-three thousand Jews during the war’s final phase. The result of five years of meticulous research, A Thread of Grace is an ambitious, engrossing novel of ideas, history, and marvelous characters that will please Russell’s many fans and earn her even more.
You won't really understand your times until you understand mine...'Reeling
from the aftermath of the twin tragedies of the Great War and the influenza
epidemic, diffident schoolteacher Agnes Shanklin has taken the trip of a
lifetime: to Egypt and the Holy Land.
