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Rudolf Toman

    Jaro v Prátru
    Georg Letham, lékař a vrah
    Amor im Hause Habsburg
    Alexandra. Tragédie poslední carevny
    The Night in Lisbon
    Německá čítanka pro gymnázia
    • Pigeons on the Grass

      • 208 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      "Pigeons on the Grass is told over a single day in Munich in 1948. The first new cinemas and insurance offices are opening atop the ruins, Korea and Persia are keeping the world in panic, planes rumble in the sky (but no one looks up), newspaper headlines announce war over oil and atomic bomb tests. Odysseus Cotton, a black man, alights at the station and hires a porter; Emilia sells the last of her jewelry; Philipp gives himself up to despair; with their interracial love affair, Carla Behrend and Washington Price scandalize their neighbors-who still expect gifts of chocolate and coffee; a boy hustles to sell a stray dog; Mr. Edwin, a visiting poet, prepares for a reading; Frau Behrend disowns her daughter; Alexander stars as the Archduke in a new German Super-production; and Susanne seeks out a night to remember. In Michael Hofmann's words, "in their sum, they are the totality of existence." Koeppen spares no one and sees all in this penetrating and intense novel that surveys those who remain, and those who have just arrived, in a damaged society. As inventive as Joyce and as compulsively readable as Dickens, Pigeons on the Grass is a great lost classic"-- Provided by publisher

      Pigeons on the Grass2008
      3.2
    • Jaro v Prátru

      • 211 pages
      • 8 hours of reading

      Výbor sedmi kratších próz, povídek a novel. Krásným jazykem je v nich zachyceno několik velmi odlišných podob lásky.

      Jaro v Prátru1997
      4.3
    • В "Повести о господине Зоммере" Патрик Зюскинд, известный во всем мире автор романа "Парфюмер" и пьесы "Контрабас", обращается к внутреннему миру подростка, рассказывая о нем с неподдельной нежностью и легкой иронией. Книга иллюстрирована Жан-Жаком Семпе.

      Повесть о господине Зоммере1995
      3.8
    • Alexandra. Tragédie poslední carevny

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      Životní příběh Alice Hesenské, vnučky královny Viktorie, která se provdala za cara Mikuláše II. a byla korunována v r. 1896 jako carevna Alexandra Fjodorovna.

      Alexandra. Tragédie poslední carevny1995
      4.4
    • Normalerweise gehen Kontrabässe unter im Orchester, es gibt keine Soloparts, höchstens Duos. Im Leben des Musikers ist der Kontrabaß Geliebte, Freund, Feind und Verhinderer des eigenbestimmten Weges. Soziale Analyse, Slapstick und Milieukomik und ein fest gespannter Bogen, der monologisch und entschlossen den Schwingungen des menschlichen Zusammenspiel(en)s nachstreicht.

      Der Kontrabass1995
      3.8
    • History and fate collide as the Nazis rise to power in The Night in Lisbon, a classic tale of survival from the renowned author of All Quiet on the Western Front.   With the world slowly sliding into war, it is crucial that enemies of the Reich flee Europe at once. But so many routes are closed, and so much money is needed. Then one night in Lisbon, as a poor young refugee gazes hungrily at a boat bound for America, a stranger approaches him with two tickets and a story to tell.   It is a harrowing tale of bravery and butchery, daring and death, in which the price of love is beyond measure and the legacy of evil is infinite. As the refugee listens spellbound to the desperate teller, in a matter of hours the two form a unique and unshakable bond—one that will last all their lives.

      The Night in Lisbon1993
      4.4
    • Dva výstřely za novoluní

      • 280 pages
      • 10 hours of reading

      V mnichovské vilové čtvrti objeví mladí milenci mrtvého muže v oplu.Ohlásí vše na policii.Vražedná zbraň ani nábojnice se nenaleznou.Nikdo nic neslyšel a otisky prstů také nejsou.Dost dlouho kriminalistům potrvá než najdou správnou stopu a zjistí,že jde o komplikovaný zločin finančního podvodu,provedeného přes švícarskou úvěrovou banku.

      Dva výstřely za novoluní1992
      3.0