Книга Renoir: Father and Son

A deliciously funny and moving comedy-of-manners about a Chinese father and son's experiences at the height of London's Jazz Age • 'He was in London - why be bothered looking at it? Wasn't it bad enough just being there?' • Newly arrived from China, Mr Ma and his son Ma Wei run an antiques shop nestled by St Paul's Cathedral, where they try to make a living amid the smog and bustle of 1920s London. As they struggle with money, misunderstandings and the ways of the English - from the overbearing patronage of missionary Reverend Ely to their well-meaning landlady Mrs Weddeburn and her carefree daughter - can understanding, even love, blossom? Both a moving story of the Chinese immigrant experience and a bitingly funny satire on the English, Mr Ma and Son delicately portrays the dreams and disappointments of those seeking a new life in a distant land

Meet Knightley and Son – two great detectives for the price of one • Darkus Knightley is not your average 13-year-old: ferociously logical, super-smart and with a fondness for tweed, detective work is in his blood. His dad Alan Knightley was London's top private investigator and an expert in crimes too strange for Scotland Yard to handle, but four years ago the unexplained finally caught up with him – and he fell into a mysterious coma. Darkus is determined to follow in his father's footsteps and find out what really happened. But when Alan suddenly wakes up, his memory is wonky and he needs help. The game is afoot for Knightley & Son – with a mystery that gets weirder by the minute, a bestselling book that makes its readers commit terrible crimes, and a sinister organisation known as the Combination

Роман «Домби и сын» повествует о человеке, ставшем заложником собственной гордости, и показывает разрушительные эффекты, которые оказывает эмоциональная закрытость на неблагополучную семью. Пол Домби отсносится к семье как к бизнесу – холодно, расчётливо и практично. Для него имеет значение только его сын, а Флоренс, дочь от первого брака, для него всего лишь «разменная монета, которую нельзя инвестировать». Чёрствость Домби распространяется и на остальных, включая его непокорную вторую жену, и вскоре приведёт к его неминуемому краху • «Домби и сын», роман одного из самых видных авторов классической британской литературы Чарльза Диккенса, станет отличным подарком для ценителей нестареющей классики • Книга на английском языке • 'There's no writing against such power as this - one has no chance' William Makepeace Thackeray • A compelling depiction of a man imprisoned by his own pride, Dombey and Son explores the devastating effects of emotional deprivation on a dysfunctional family