Scarlett Thomas Book order (chronological)

From 'one of the UK's most interesting authors' (Kirkus Reviews), this surprising and suspenseful modern gothic tale follows a couple escaping their secretive pasts and present dangers while honeymooning on a Greek island. After the chaos of their wedding, Evelyn and Richard arrive at the Villa Rosa, a tiny hotel, just as a storm approaches. Feeling insecure amidst the glamorous guests—models and musicians—Evelyn grows wary of Isabella, the hotel owner, who seems fixated on Richard and disapproves of Evelyn's requests. Isabella is also captivated by the story of 'the sleepwalkers,' a couple who drowned during a previous stay. What initially appears eccentric soon spirals into a living nightmare. When the storm separates Evelyn and Richard, they confront dark truths about themselves. Their confessions regarding their relationship's origins and their past may hold the key to their survival. Exhilarating, suspenseful, and subversively funny, this story explores urgent themes of relationships, sexuality, and the hidden darkness of contemporary society, where our most terrible secrets lie in plain sight.

Když váš život ovládají síly mocné jako podzimní středomořská bouře… Když Evelyn a Richard koncem sezony přijíždějí na líbánky na zapadlý řecký ostrůvek, stále se vzpamatovávají z překvapivého průběhu vlastní svatby. K dusivé atmosféře nemalou měrou přispívá i podivné chování majitelky hotelu Isabelly, která má očijen pro Richarda, zato Evelyn odmítá splnit byť to nejobyčejnější přání. Navíc všichni neustále mluví o „náměsíčnících“, manželském páru, který na ostrově utonul při velké podzimní bouři téměř přesně před rokem. Co mělo být sluncem zalitou svatební cestou, to se pro Evelyn a Richarda plíživě mění v noční můru. A nyní se velká bouře opět blíží a během jediné noci vyplouvá na světlo řada temných tajemství. Osudy turistů a místních se nenávratně proplétají a čtenáři i sami protagonisté si musí stále znovu klást znepokojivou otázku: Co se vlastně stalo?

Still reeling from the chaos of their wedding, Evelyn and Richard arrive on an idyllic Greek island for their honeymoon. It's the end of the season and out at sea a storm is brewing.They check in to an exclusive hotel, the Villa Rosa, where the proprietor Isabella - a strangely intense woman of indeterminate accent - flirts outrageously with Richard while treating Evelyn with a rudeness bordering on contempt. Isabella tells them the story of 'the sleepwalkers': a couple who stayed at the hotel the year before and drowned in a tragic and unexplained accident. It starts to feel like the entire island is obsessed with 'the sleepwalkers', but what at first seems like a fun tale to tell before bed quickly evolves into a living nightmare.Caught in a web of deception and intrigue, where nothing and nobody are quite what they seem, Evelyn and Richard discover that their island paradise may in fact be hell on earth and that their only means of escape is to confront dark truths about themselves and those they love.Exhilarating, suspenseful, and subversively funny, in The Sleepwalkers Thomas takes elements on Daphne Du Maurier and Patricia Highsmith and blends them with her own unique sensibility to create an unforgettable thriller of rare intelligence that cements her reputation as the most exciting and original author of her generation.

Tense, atmospheric and darkly funny, The Sleepwalkers is a a sublimely creepy contemporary gothic work about a relationship unravelling that asks urgent questions about a contemporary society where our basest selves are hidden in plain sight.

A darkly funny sports memoir about a mid-life crisis, exercise addiction, tennis, and how to grow up when you really, really don't want to. At forty-one, Scarlett Thomas was a successful novelist and a senior academic. She'd quit smoking, gotten healthier, settled down in a lovely house with a wonderful partner. She'd had all the therapy. Then her beloved dog died. Of her three fathers (she'd acquired a stepfather at ten), one died of a heroin overdose and the other two were diagnosed with cancer. Her sister-in-law became pregnant at the same time that she realized that she really was never going to become a mother. For the first time in her life, maintaining her ideal weight had become nearly impossible.She was supposed to grow up, but she didn't know how. So instead, she decided to regress: to go back to the thing she'd loved best as a child but had inexplicably abandoned: tennis. Thomas knows she's not the only person to have wondered if you throw enough money and time and passion at something, whether you can make your dream come true. 41-Love is heartbreaking but frequently darkly funny as Scarlett finds she'll do anything to win--almost anything.

In a magical library filled with Midwinter spells, Effie and her friends face the challenge of reuniting to avert the universe's destruction. As they navigate the mystery of disappearing cats, their adventure intertwines elements of fantasy and friendship, highlighting the importance of collaboration in overcoming dire threats.

Publikace představuje první české přehledové dějiny dramatického žánru ve Spojených státech amerických od jeho úplných začátků v polovině 17. století do roku 1916. Nejvýznamnější směry a díla začleňuje do kontextu uměleckých, divadelních a společensko-politických změn, jež měly na konkrétní dobovou tvorbu přímý vliv. Kniha je strukturována do dvou oddílů. První představuje přehledově výkladovou část členěnou podle dějinných etap vývoje staršího amerického dramatu, druhý oddíl sestává z překladů ukázek reprezentativních děl tohoto období. Čtenář tak má k dispozici nejen přehledové dějiny vývoje poněkud opomíjeného žánru, ale rovněž antologii, která prostřednictvím ukázkových textů tento vývoj dokumentuje.

Oligarchy is Scarlett Thomas's fierce and brilliant new novel about power, privilege, and peer pressure. When Natasha, daughter of a Russian oligarch, arrives for her first day at an all-girl British boarding school, she finds herself thrown into a world of fierce pecking orders, eating disorders, and Instagram angst. Then her friend Bianca mysteriously vanishes, and the world of the school gets ever darker and even weirder. Scarlett Thomas's first adult fiction since 2015 is a major return. Wildly frank, funny, and full of humanity, Oligarchy reminds us how insightful, vulnerable, brilliant, and misunderstood teenagers are, never more so than now.

Some people think opening a book is a simple thing. It's not. Most people don't realise that you can get truly lost in a book. You can. Especially you. After the worldquake, magic is seeping into our world Effie Truelove is a new pupil at the Tusitala School for the Gifted, Troubled and Strange, with its twisted grey spires and an English teacher so frightening she gives the class nightmares. When her beloved grandfather is brutally attacked, Effie promises to look after his magical books. But when shady book-collector Leonard Levar gets his hands on them and Effie has to embark on the most dangerous adventure of her life . . . Effie must travel to the mysterious Otherworld, unlock the hidden meaning of an old book called Dragon's Green, and brave the terrifying Diberi, a secret organisation with plans that could destroy the entire universe. But Effie can't face the Diberi alone. Can her new school-friends Maximilian, Wolf, Lexy and Raven combine their gifts and discover their true powers in time?

Alice is quietly becoming the star of PopCo's 'ideation' team. Now she's been called to a mysterious 'thought camp' in Devon where they are brainstorming over the toy market for teenage girls. Alice thinks she's cracked it, but suddenly she's not sure she wants to unleash it on the world.