Vintage books Journey without Maps Грин Грэм

Роман Грэма Грина "Англия создала меня" - это мощная и необычная история любви, действие которой разворачивается в мире, утратившем национальную идентичность и индивидуализм • Энтони Фаррант вернулся домой после того, как лгал и мошенничал, работая на Дальнем Востоке. Когда его сестра Кейт находит для него работу: стать телохранителем ее босса. Кажется, что Энтони встает на путь искупления. Но когда он получает приказы от Крога, которые идут вразрез с его принципами, Энтони начинает сливать информацию журналисту. И это решение обойдется ему гораздо дороже, чем потеря работы • Книга на английском языке • A powerful and unusual love story set in a world that has lost the comfort of national identity and individualism, told by one of the 20th century's greatest writers

"Двадцать одна история" • Знаменитый сборник рассказов одного из самых выдающихся британских писателей двадцатого века. В нем представлен самый известный рассказ Грина "Разрушители" • Написанная между 1929 и 1954 годами, каждая из этих историй несет в себе характерные темы, характерные для великих романов Грина: предательство и месть, любовь и ненависть, жалость и насилие • Начиная с культового рассказа "Разрушители", в котором банда школьников разрушает дом, переживший бомбежку, Грин предлагает нам восхитительно захватывающий взгляд на двадцать один мир, причем каждое произведение написано так же мастерски, как и его романы. От леденящей душу кульминации детского дня рождения до человека, чьи юношеские опрометчивости возвращаются, чтобы преследовать его, - это безошибочно узнаваемая работа одного из величайших и наиболее обожаемых рассказчиков двадцатого века

Действие "Человека внутри" происходит в начале 19 века и является единственным историческим романом Грина, а также его первым опубликованным романом • Это история Фрэнсиса Эндрюса, молодого человека, чье предательство по отношению к своим коллегам-контрабандистам привело к смерти человека. Опасаясь мести, он бежит и находит убежище в доме молодой одинокой женщины, которая убеждает его дать показания против своих сообщников в суде. Но ни она, ни Эндрюс не знают, что как для преступников, так и для властей, предательство является таким же тяжким преступлением, как и контрабанда • Книга на английском языке • Set in the early 19th Century, The Man Within is Greene’s only historical novel, as well his first published novel • This is the story of Francis Andrews, a young man whose betrayal of his fellow smugglers has left a man dead

"Тихий американец" был написан Грином под воздействием личных впечатлений, полученных во время работы корреспондентом в Индокитае. События романа разворачиваются в Сайгоне в начале 1950-х годов. Политические игры здесь соседствуют с детективной интригой, а любовная линия придает этой истории особое напряжение • Книга на английском языке • Into the intrigue and violence of Indo-China comes Pyle, a young idealistic American sent to promote democracy through a mysterious 'Third Force'. As his naive optimism starts to cause bloodshed, his friend Fowler, a cynical foreign correspondent, finds it hard to stand aside and watch. But even as he intervenes he wonders why: for the sake of politics, or for love…

Bright, photographic, evocative new covers for Greene's backlist, to celebrate one of the keystone writers of the Vintage Classics list • ‘Graham Greene's beautiful and disturbing novel is filled with tenderness, humour, excitement and doubt’ The Times • A leak is traced to a small sub-section of the secret service, sparking off the inevitable security checks, tensions and suspicions. The sort of atmosphere, perhaps, where mistakes could be made? For Maurice Castle, it is the end of the line anyway, and time for him to retire to live peacefully with his wife and child. But no-one escapes so easily from the lonely, isolated, neurotic world of the SIS

Bright, photographic, evocative new covers for Greene's backlist, to celebrate one of the keystone writers of the Vintage Classics list • WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY IAN RANKIN • 'In a class by himself...the ultimate chronicler of twentieth-century man's consciousness and anxiety' William Golding • In a small continental country civil war is raging. Once a lecturer in medieval French, now a government agent, D is a scarred stranger in England, sent on a mission to buy coal at any price. Initially, this seems to be a matter of straightforward negotiation, but soon, implicated in murder, accused of possessing false documents and theft, held responsible for the death of a young woman, D becomes a hunted man, tormented by allegiances, doubts and love

A gripping tragicomedy of a bungled kidnapping in a provincial Argentinean town, considered to be one of Greene's finest novels • Charley Fortnum is the 'Honorary Consul', a whisky-sodden figure of dubious authority taken by a group of rebels. As Eduardo Plarr, a local doctor, negotiates with revolutionaries and the authorities for Fortnum's release, the corruption of both becomes evident. In this spare, tense novel, Graham Greene explores the morality of a political system that turns priests into killers

'A masterpiece - tapped out in the lean, sharp prose that film work taught Greene to perfect' - Sunday Times • WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THE AUTHOR • In a prison in Occupied France during the Second World War, the order is given that every tenth inmate is to be executed. Louis Chavel, a rich lawyer, draws the short straw and barters everything he owns to exchange places with another man and survive. Destitute but free, Chavel later returns to the house that he sold for his life, where he must face the consequences of his cowardice and seek redemption

Cyprus, spring 1972. Tensions are rising between the Greek South and the Turkish North. Within two years, the country will become divided • It is at this distinctive time in history British travel writer Colin Thubron embarks on a 600 mile trek across the country. Moving from Greek villages to Turkish towns, the author of Shadow of the Silk Road and Night of Fire provides a profound look into the people of Cyprus – from Orthodox monks to wedding parties to peasant families – against the landscape of a beautiful Mediterranean island on the eve of chaos and tragedy. A remarkable quest rich in literature, classics and architecture, Journey Into Cyprus ingeniously intertwines the history and politics of Cyprus and its mythical past with the tumultuous present – from the master of travel books and writing, Colin Thubron

A timely and powerful must-read on how the big tech companies are damaging our culture – and what we can do to fight their influence • Four titanic corporations are now the most powerful gatekeepers the world has ever known • We shop with Amazon, socialise on Facebook, turn to Apple for entertainment, and rely on Google for information. They have conquered our culture and set us on a path to a world without private contemplation or autonomous thought: a world without mind • In this book, Franklin Foer makes a passionate, deeply informed case for the need to restore our inner lives and reclaim our intellectual culture before it is too late. At stake is nothing less than who we are, and what we will become. It is a message that could not be more timely

Set against the backdrop of the collapsing Ottoman Empire, Birds Without Wings traces the fortunes of one small community in south-west Anatolia - a town in which Christian and Muslim lives and traditions have co-existed peacefully for centuries • When war is declared and the outside world intrudes, the twin scourges of religion and nationalism lead to forced marches and massacres, and the peaceful fabric of life is destroyed. Birds Without Wings is a novel about the personal and political costs of war, and about love: between men and women; between friends; between those who are driven to be enemies; and between Philothei, a Christian girl of legendary beauty, and Ibrahim the Goatherd, who has courted her since infancy. Epic in sweep, intoxicating in its sensual detail, it is an enchanting masterpiece

Jose Saramago takes us on a thrilling literary journey through the land, history and culture of his native country • From the misty mountains of the north to the southern seascape of the Algarve, the travels of Nobel Laureate Jose Saramago are a passionate rediscovery of his own land • Embarking in the autumn of 1979, Saramago resolves to travel to Portugal, as well as through it. As his country emerges from an authoritarian dictatorship, he traverses his beloved homeland, neglecting its grand 'sights' in favour of Romanesque churches and cobweb-ridden chapels, determined to find belonging in the landscape which went on to inform his greatest works of fiction