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Mistress Oriku

Stories from a Tokyo Teahouse

podle Matsutaro Kawaguchi ...

Překlad: Royall Tyler ...

Série série Tuttle Classics
"Royall Tyler's translations are nothing short of superb-crisp, restrained, ably balancing the ribald and the profound."-BooklistSensitive, compassionate, and indomitable, Mistress Oriku has abandoned the pleasure trades of Tokyo to run an elegant teahouse on the city's outskirts. Despite her hopes for a quieter, less hectic life, she finds she can't escape her involvement in the city's creative, ... Přečtěte si více

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"Royall Tyler's translations are nothing short of superb-crisp, restrained, ably balancing the ribald and the profound."-BooklistSensitive, compassionate, and indomitable, Mistress Oriku has abandoned the pleasure trades of Tokyo to run an elegant teahouse on the city's outskirts. Despite her hopes for a quieter, less hectic life, she finds she can't escape her involvement in the city's creative,
... Přečtěte si více

Saraswati Park

podle Anjali Joseph ...

A tremendous first novel from an exciting young author.Feted for its electric chaos, the city of Bombay also accommodates pockets of calm. In one such enclave, Mohan, a middle-aged letter writer – the last of a dying profession – sits under a banyan tree in Fort, furnishing missives for village migrants, disenchanted lovers, and when pickings are slim, filling in money order forms. But Mohan's ... Přečtěte si více

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A tremendous first novel from an exciting young author.Feted for its electric chaos, the city of Bombay also accommodates pockets of calm. In one such enclave, Mohan, a middle-aged letter writer – the last of a dying profession – sits under a banyan tree in Fort, furnishing missives for village migrants, disenchanted lovers, and when pickings are slim, filling in money order forms. But Mohan's
... Přečtěte si více
The Sound of Water

Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets

Série série Shambhala Centaur Editions
Over 200 of the best haiku poems from Japanese literature, translated by one of America’s premier poet-translators and now in one giftable volumeThe haiku is one of the most popular and widely recognized poetic forms in the world. In just three lines a great haiku presents a crystalline moment of image, emotion, and awareness. This illustrated collection includes haiku by the great masters from ... Přečtěte si více

266,59 Kč

Over 200 of the best haiku poems from Japanese literature, translated by one of America’s premier poet-translators and now in one giftable volumeThe haiku is one of the most popular and widely recognized poetic forms in the world. In just three lines a great haiku presents a crystalline moment of image, emotion, and awareness. This illustrated collection includes haiku by the great masters from
... Přečtěte si více
Water

A Novel

podle Bapsi Sidhwa ...

An eight-year-old is sent to live in a community of widows in India, and finds a new purpose there, in a novel by "a writer of enormous talent" ( Newsday).Set in 1938, against the backdrop of Gandhi's rise to power, Water follows the life of eight-year-old Chuyia, abandoned at a widow's ashram after the death of her elderly husband. There, she must live in penitence until her death. Unwilling to ... Přečtěte si více

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An eight-year-old is sent to live in a community of widows in India, and finds a new purpose there, in a novel by "a writer of enormous talent" ( Newsday).Set in 1938, against the backdrop of Gandhi's rise to power, Water follows the life of eight-year-old Chuyia, abandoned at a widow's ashram after the death of her elderly husband. There, she must live in penitence until her death. Unwilling to
... Přečtěte si více
Counterfeiter and Other Stories

podle Yasushi Inoue ...

Překlad: Leon Picon ...

"These three stories illustrate Inoue's versatility, his mastery of detail and his control of narrative structure. Inoue presents the tale as mystery and solution, the tale as psychoanalytic exploration, the tale as emblematic social history."-Arizona QuarterlyIn The Counterfeiter, a writer is commissioned to write the biography of a famous painter but becomes fascinated by a man who produced ... Přečtěte si více

147,89 Kč

"These three stories illustrate Inoue's versatility, his mastery of detail and his control of narrative structure. Inoue presents the tale as mystery and solution, the tale as psychoanalytic exploration, the tale as emblematic social history."-Arizona QuarterlyIn The Counterfeiter, a writer is commissioned to write the biography of a famous painter but becomes fascinated by a man who produced
... Přečtěte si více
Kitchen

podle Banana Yoshimoto ...

The acclaimed debut of Japan's "master storyteller" ( Chicago Tribune).With the publication of Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, the literary world realized that Banana Yoshimoto was a young writer of enduring talent whose work has quickly earned a place among the best of contemporary Japanese literature. Kitchen is an enchantingly original book that ... Přečtěte si více

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The acclaimed debut of Japan's "master storyteller" ( Chicago Tribune).With the publication of Kitchen, the dazzling English-language debut that is still her best-loved book, the literary world realized that Banana Yoshimoto was a young writer of enduring talent whose work has quickly earned a place among the best of contemporary Japanese literature. Kitchen is an enchantingly original book that
... Přečtěte si více
Eat Sleep Sit

My Year at Japan's Most Rigorous Zen Temple

podle Kaoru Nonomura ...

Překlad: Juliet Winters Carpenter ...

At the age of thirty, Kaoru Nonomura left his family, his girlfriend, and his job as a designer in Tokyo to undertake a year of ascetic training at Eiheiji, one of the most rigorous Zen training temples in Japan. This book is Nonomura's recollection of his experiences. He skillfully describes every aspect of training, including how to meditate, how to eat, how to wash, even how to use the toilet, ... Přečtěte si více

178,99 Kč

At the age of thirty, Kaoru Nonomura left his family, his girlfriend, and his job as a designer in Tokyo to undertake a year of ascetic training at Eiheiji, one of the most rigorous Zen training temples in Japan. This book is Nonomura's recollection of his experiences. He skillfully describes every aspect of training, including how to meditate, how to eat, how to wash, even how to use the toilet,
... Přečtěte si více
Wild Geese

podle Ogai Mori ...

Překlad: Sanford Goldstein, Kingo Ochiai ...

This modern classic, written in 1913, was the source for the highly acclaimed film, The MistressIn The Wild Geese, prominent Japanese novelist Ogai Mori offers a poignant story of unfulfilled love, set against the background of the dizzying social change accompanying the fall of the Meiji regime. The young heroine, Otama, is forced by poverty to become a moneylender's mistress. She is surrounded ... Přečtěte si více

236,79 Kč

This modern classic, written in 1913, was the source for the highly acclaimed film, The MistressIn The Wild Geese, prominent Japanese novelist Ogai Mori offers a poignant story of unfulfilled love, set against the background of the dizzying social change accompanying the fall of the Meiji regime. The young heroine, Otama, is forced by poverty to become a moneylender's mistress. She is surrounded
... Přečtěte si více
Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts, The Dark Room, The English Teacher

Introduction by Alexander McCall Smith

podle R. K. Narayan ...

Série série Everyman's Library Contemporary Classics Series
R. K. Narayan (1906—2001) witnessed nearly a century of change in his native India and captured it in fiction of uncommon warmth and vibrancy. The four novels collected here, all written during British rule, bring colonial India into intimate focus through the narrative gifts of this master of literary realism.Swami and Friends introduces us to Narayan’s beloved fictional town of Malgudi, where ... Přečtěte si více

192,79 Kč

R. K. Narayan (1906—2001) witnessed nearly a century of change in his native India and captured it in fiction of uncommon warmth and vibrancy. The four novels collected here, all written during British rule, bring colonial India into intimate focus through the narrative gifts of this master of literary realism.Swami and Friends introduces us to Narayan’s beloved fictional town of Malgudi, where
... Přečtěte si více
The River of Heaven

The Haiku of Basho, Buson, Issa, and Shiki

podle Robert Aitken ...

“In this, his final work, American senior Zen Roshi Robert Aitken lovingly ties together two threads, Zen practice and haiku.” —Spirituality & HealthKnown to many as the study of quiet stillness and introspection, Zen Buddhism distinguishes itself through brilliant flashes of insight and its terseness of expression. In River of Heaven these concepts and pillars lend themselves to an exploration of ... Přečtěte si více

205,89 Kč

“In this, his final work, American senior Zen Roshi Robert Aitken lovingly ties together two threads, Zen practice and haiku.” —Spirituality & HealthKnown to many as the study of quiet stillness and introspection, Zen Buddhism distinguishes itself through brilliant flashes of insight and its terseness of expression. In River of Heaven these concepts and pillars lend themselves to an exploration of
... Přečtěte si více
Shards of Sunlight

podle Anand Nair ...

Indu is eight years old and is in her 'why' phase. The year is 1942 and there is a war somewhere, which is causing a lot of problems even in the little coastal town, Thalassery, where Indu lives. But no one will tell her why her father was taken away by the police.'Because he is a freedom-fighter,' says Ammamma, her aunt, who is in charge of the all-female household. 'What's that?' asks Indu. 'Is ... Přečtěte si více

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Indu is eight years old and is in her 'why' phase. The year is 1942 and there is a war somewhere, which is causing a lot of problems even in the little coastal town, Thalassery, where Indu lives. But no one will tell her why her father was taken away by the police.'Because he is a freedom-fighter,' says Ammamma, her aunt, who is in charge of the all-female household. 'What's that?' asks Indu. 'Is
... Přečtěte si více
Climbing the Stairs

podle Padma Venkatraman ...

**In British-occupied India, a young girl’s dream defies the limitations of her society.“This novel vivifies a unique era and culture as it movingly expresses how love and hope can blossom even under the most dismal of circumstances.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review“Venkatraman paints an intricate and convincing backdrop of a conservative Brahmin home in a time of change.”—Booklist, starred ... Přečtěte si více

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**In British-occupied India, a young girl’s dream defies the limitations of her society.“This novel vivifies a unique era and culture as it movingly expresses how love and hope can blossom even under the most dismal of circumstances.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review“Venkatraman paints an intricate and convincing backdrop of a conservative Brahmin home in a time of change.”—Booklist, starred
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Tuttle Classics E-knižní řady

Mistress Oriku

Lidem, kteří si to přečetli, se také líbilo

Saraswati Park

The Sound of Water

Water

Counterfeiter and Other Stories

Kitchen

Eat Sleep Sit

Wild Geese

Swami and Friends, The Bachelor of Arts, The Dark Room, The English Teacher

The River of Heaven

Shards of Sunlight

Climbing the Stairs