Bloomsbury Transatlantic Маккэнн Колум

Colum McCann's first novel goes back to the years before the Spanish Civil War, following the adventures of a peripatetic Irish photographer from the war-strewn shores of Europe to the exotic plains of Mexico • The story is told in the words of the photographer's only son, a wanderer himself, who uses his father's unreliable memories and the fading remnants of his art to piece together his family history and explain the mystery surrounding his mother - a Mexican beauty brought back by his father to Ireland

An ageing nun is tracked to ground by her sister; a garrulous beautician must lay out the corpse of a loved one • These are eloquent tales of exile and displacement, of characters always in search of a way back home or of a way to leave it. Mischievous, assured and versatile, Colum McCann's collection of short stories marks him out as one of our best contemporary writers

One powerful novella, with two thematically linked short stories on either side of it, forms the basis of Everything in This Country Must. Although these are stories about Ireland and the Troubles, they have an almost mythical rather than a political feel • In the title story, four young soldiers help a farmer and his daughter free their horse from a stream in flood, unable to understand that their help will never be anything but an insult • In the novella, Hunger Strike, a young boy and his mother flee to Galway as the boy's uncle succumbs to a hunger strike in a Derry gaol • In Wood, a ten-year-old boy is asked by his mother to make poles for the marching season

Роман, охватывающий континенты, столетия, соединяющий в одну историю вымышленных персонажей и реальных людей... Ньюфаундленд, 1919-й год. Два летчика, воевавших в Первую Мировую, задумали эпохальную авантюру - они мечтают совершить беспосадочный трансатлантический перелет между Европой и Америкой - впервые в истории... Дублин, 1845-й год. Фредерик Дагласс совершает мировое турне, рекламируя свою автобиографическую книгу. В Ирландию он прибыл намеренно, полагая, что именно ирландцы сочувственно воспримут идеи аболиционизма, ведь гонимый всегда поймет гонимого, а нищеты и тяготы ирландцев могут удивить даже черного американского раба... Нью-Йорк, 1998-й год. Сенатор Джордж Митчелл, оставив молодую жену и новорожденного малыша, летит в Белфаст, где он должен провести переговоры о перемирии между ИРА и британскими властями

Золи Новотна - цыганка. Она живет в таборе, следуя традициям своего народа и претерпевая вместе с ним муки и страдания: ее детство приходится на годы геноцида цыган • Золи - гениальный поэт, это признают и ее соплеменники, и их гонители "белые" люди, гадже. Они даже предлагают Золи издать книгу ее стихотворений, и девушка вопреки цыганскому запрету записывать песни соглашается. Когда же власти начинают использовать имя Золи, чтобы разрушить многовековой уклад жизни ее народа, старейшины проклинают певицу и изгоняют из привычного мира. Обычно за этим следуют безумие и смерть, но Золи все же найдет в себе силы жить, любить и петь

Дети за отцов не отвечают, но иногда взваливают на себя груз ответственности за жизнь и смерть близких людей и тем самым безвозвратно разрушают собственную жизнь. Этот путь выбрал внук землепроходца Натана Уокера, превратившись из гордого и самостоятельного человека в полубезумного изгоя, по иронии судьбы обитающего в тоннелях, которые некогда с колоссальным риском для жизни прокопал его дед • Один из первых романов прославленного ирландского писателя Колума Маккэнна принес автору всемирную известность и был признан книгой 1998 года по версии сразу нескольких авторитетных американских изданий

The ultimate Spring activity book, packed full of activities and stickers for hours of holiday fun. Help the rabbits through the maze, decorate the eggs, find the hiding chick and much more! Bloomsbury Activity Books is an exciting new Bloomsbury brand designed to provide hours of colouring, doodling, stickering and activity fun for boys and girls alike. Every book includes enchanting, bright and beautiful illustrations which children and parents will find very hard to resist. Perfect for providing entertainment at home or on the move!

This beautiful activity book is packed full of colourful illustrations and stickers to help you write fantastic fairytales! The first sentence of every story has been written for you, but you need to decide what will happen and how your amazing tales will end. Also features two completed stories to add fun stickers to. Bloomsbury Activity Books provide hours of colouring, doodling, stickering and activity fun for boys and girls alike. Every book includes enchanting, bright and beautiful illustrations which children and parents will find very hard to resist. Perfect for providing entertainment at home or on the move!

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This wonderful activity book is bursting with colourful illustrations and stickers to help you write your own magical fairy stories! The first sentence of every story has been written for you, but you need to decide what will happen and how your amazing tales will end. Also features two completed stories to add fun stickers to. Bloomsbury Activity Books provide hours of colouring, stickering and activity fun for boys and girls alike. Every book includes enchanting, bright and beautiful illustrations which children and parents will find very hard to resist. Perfect for providing entertainment at home or on the move!

Daniel knows that his mum was very ill once – mentally ill. But he doesn't like to think about it – and anyway, she's fine now. She's even landed a big new job as a head teacher. The problem is, she's head of his new school! It's so embarrassing – everyone is going to make fun of him • But then things get even tougher for Daniel. With his father abroad, his mum stops taking the medication that prevents her illness coming back. As his mum starts to act like she's from another planet, Daniel realises that something is terribly wrong. And that he is the only person who can help her … • Earth to Daniel comes to Bloomsbury for a refreshed cover look and renewed marketing and publicity to bring new readers to this quirky, lovely modern classic • Moving, funny and totally relatable, Earth to Daniel is a story about looking out for yourself, looking out for your family and finding friends in unlikely places

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