Penguin Rabbit is Rich Апдайк Джон

It's 1989, and Harry 'Rabbit' Angstrom is far from restful. Fifty-six and overweight, he has a struggling business on his hands and a heart that is starting to fail. His family, too, are giving him cause for concern. His son Nelson is a wreck of a man, a cocaine addict with shattered self-respect. Janice, his wife, has decided that she wants to be a working girl. And as for Pru, his daughter-in-law, she seems to be sending out signals to Rabbit that he knows he should ignore, but somehow can't. He has to make the most of life, after all. He doesn't have much time left

At the Diamond County Home for the Aged, the inmates prepare for the annual ritual of the Poorhouse Fair, a summer celebration at which the old and infirm sell their produce on stalls to the people of the local town. Bitter, resentful and edging towards senility, the elderly residents of the Home take pride every year in the responsibility and self-respect they gain from this one day. But when the fair goes less well than the old folks had hoped, they are in no doubt who to blame: Conner, the new prefect of the home. Together, they begin to revolt against the younger man, and reassert their own independence

Джон Стейнбек, один из величайших писателей Америки, считал "К востоку от Эдема" своим самым важным произведением. Действие романа разворачивается в Калифорнии, и это история о любви и ревности, прощении и мести - и о том, что значит быть человеком • Книга на английском языке • Classic / American English • "All novels ...are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves between good and evil." John Steinbeck, one of America's greatest writers, considered East of Eden to be his most important work. Set in California, the novel is a story of love and jealousy, forgiveness and revenge--and what it means to be human

Красный пони» — эпизодическая новелла, написанная американским писателем Джоном Стейнбеком в 1933 году • Юный Джоди Тифлин живет на ранчо своего отца в Калифорнии. Он в восторге, когда отец дарит ему красного пони, а позже обещает жеребенка гнедой кобылы. Оба эти подарка приносят радость в жизнь Джоди, но вскоре за этим следует трагедия. По мере того, как Джоди начинает усваивать суровые уроки жизни и смерти, он начинает понимать, что на самом деле означает взросление • Книга на английском языке • Masterful linked short stories by Nobel prizewinner John Steinbeck, author of The Grapes of Wrath. The Red Pony is one of The Originals from Penguin - iconic, outspoken, first • Young Jody Tiflin lives on his father's California ranch. He is thrilled when his father gives him a red pony, and later promises him the colt of a bay mare

"Видение предшествует словам. Ребенок смотрит и распознает прежде, чем сможет говорить" • Но есть и другой смысл, в котором видение предшествует словам. Именно видение определяет наше место в окружающем мире; мы объясняем этот мир словами, но слова никогда не смогут отменить тот факт, что мы окружены им. Связь между тем, что мы видим, и тем, что мы знаем, никогда не устанавливается • "Способы видения" Джона Бергера - одна из самых вдохновляющих и влиятельных книг по искусству на любом языке • Книга на английском языке • Based on the BBC television series, John Berger's Ways of Seeing is a unique look at the way we view art, published as part of the Penguin on Design series in Penguin Modern Classics • 'Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak

Broke and working as a tour guide in Germany, rootless Englishman Ted Mundy catches a glimpse of an old friend hiding in the shadows. A friend he thought was lost to him. A friend who took him from radical 1960s Berlin to life as a double agent. Now, decades later, the Cold War is over and the war on terror has begun. Sasha has another mission for them both, but this time it is impossible to tell the difference between allies - and enemies • Set in a world of lies and shifting allegiances, Absolute Friends is a savage fable of our times

Jody Tiflin has the urge for rebellion, but he also wants to be loved. In The Red Pony, Jody begins to learn about adulthood - its pain, its responsibilities and its problems - through his acceptance of his father's gifts. First he is given a red pony, and later he is promised the colt of a bay mare. Yet both of these gifts bring him tragedy as well as joy, and Jody is taught not only the harsh lessons of life and death, but made painfully aware of the fallibilty of adults

Le Carre's post-Cold War masterpiece, filled with suspense, betrayal, desire and drama • The Cold War is over and retired secret servant Tim Cranmer has been put out to pasture, spending his days making wine on his Somerset estate. But then he discovers that his former double agent Larry - dreamer, dissolute, philanderer and disloyal friend - has vanished, along with Tim's mistress. As their trail takes him to the lawless wilds of Russia and the North Caucasus, he is forced to question everything he stood for • Set in a fragmented, uncertain post-Soviet world, le Carre's brutal story of falsehoods and betrayal shows men playing dangerous games beyond their control

Le Carre's post-Cold War masterpiece, filled with suspense, betrayal, desire and drama • The Cold War is over and retired secret servant Tim Cranmer has been put out to pasture, spending his days making wine on his Somerset estate. But then he discovers that his former double agent Larry ­- dreamer, dissolute, philanderer and disloyal friend - has vanished, along with Tim's mistress. As their trail takes him to the lawless wilds of Russia and the North Caucasus, he is forced to question everything he stood for • Set in a fragmented, uncertain post-Soviet world, le Carre's brutal story of falsehoods and betrayal shows men playing dangerous games beyond their control

Both a fast-paced story of social unrest and strike, and the tale of one young man's struggle for identity, IN DUBIOUS BATTLE is a novel about the apocalyptic violence that breaks out when the masses become the mob. Set in California apple country, a strike by migrant workers spirals out of control, as principled defiance turns into blind fanaticism. Caught in this upheaval is Jim Nolan, a once aimless man who finds himself briefly becoming the leader of the strike before being crushed in its service. IN DUBIOUS BATTLE explores and dramatises many of the ideas and themes key to Steinbeck's writing

Why was an English lawyer shot dead in Turkey by his firm's top client? How can a down-at-heel magician in Devon explain the vast fortune that has mysteriously appeared in his daughter's trust fund? With customs officer Nat Brock on the trail, the answers point to the House of Single - once a respectable finance company, now entangled with a Russian crime syndicate • West is pitted against East, and the British establishment against a labyrinthine criminal superpower, in le Carre's searing novel of lives built upon lies

Антропоцен – неформальное название нынешней геологической эпохи, в которую огромное влияние на планету и её биоразнообразие оказывает деятельность человека. В своём удивительном сборнике эссе, вышедших из его подкастов, отмеченный критиками любимец читателей и видеоблогер Джон Грин оценивает по пятибалльной шкале различные аспекты человекоцентричного мира, от клавиатуры QWERTY и кометы Галлея до пингвинов Мадагаскара • Автор таких популярных романов, как «Виноваты звёзды» и «В поисках Аляски», Джон Грин включил в этот сборник как уже известные свои эссе, так и совершенно новые. В каждом из них он обращает свой проницательный и сочувствующий взгляд на явления культуры, из которых состоит наш коллективный человеческий опыт • Сборник эссе «Хроники антропоцена