Рохинтон Мистри4.6 Рохинтон Мистри (р. В 1952 г.) – известный канадский писатель индийского происхождения, лауреат нескольких престижных национальных и международных литературных премий, номинант на Букеровскую премию. Его произведения переведены на множество языков, а роман "Хрупкое равновесие", впервые опубликованный в 1995 году, в 2003 году был включен в список двухсот лучших книг всех времен и народов по версии Би-би-си.
…Индия 1975 года – в период чрезвычайного положения, введенного Индирой Ганди. Индия – раздираемая межкастовыми, межрелигиозными и межнациональными распрями, пестрая, точно лоскутное покрывало, которое шьет из обрезков ткани молодая вдова Дина Далал, приютившая в своем доме студента и двух бедных портных из касты неприкасаемых. Снаружи гремят политические бури, вспыхивают волнения и беспорядки, но в их крошечном доме царят мир и согласие. Они дарят друг другу любовь и поддержку, помогая удерживать хрупкое равновесие на грани отчаяния и надежды…
Тимоти Финдли0.0 Narrated by Charlie Kilworth, whose birth is an echo of his mother's own illegitimate beginnings, The Piano Man's Daughter is the lyrical, multilayered tale of Charlie's mother, Lily, his grandmother Ede, and their family. Lily is a woman pursued by her own demons, "making off with the matches just when the fires caught hold," "a beautiful, mad genius, first introduced to us singing in her mother's belly." It is also the tale of people who dream in songs, two Irish immigrant families facing a new and uncertain future in turn-of-the-century Toronto. Finally, it is a richly detailed tribute to a golden epoch in our history and of a generation striking the last, haunting chord of innocence.
The Piano Man's Daughter is a symphony of wonderful storytelling, unforgettable characters, and a lilting, lingering melody that plays on long after the last page has been turned.
Барбара Гауди0.0 Gowdy’s “delightfully quirky novel”(New York Times Book Review) about an oddball Toronto family is “so brilliantly crafted and flat-out fun to read that she makes sinners of us all” (Washington Post Book World). A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year.
Leo McKay Jr.0.0 Set in a fictional town called Albion Mines, (the old name for author Leo McKay's home town of Stellarton), Like This offers a gripping, and at times frightening, look at small-town Nova Scotia life. These superb stories are startling and often disturbing, filled with complexity and power. McKay portrays characters with astonishing depth and dead-on emotional rightness. The world is not fair in these stories. There is pain, abuse, solitude; but somehow there is also hope.
Richard B. Wright0.0 Set in small-town Ontario and spanning three generations, Richard B. Wright's acclaimed novel of Howard Wheeler's search for self-understanding is a journey through the past, both real and imagined, a brilliant gathering-together of the many threads of emotional inheritance that make up life.
