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In this, her fourteenth novel--and one of her most endearing--Anne Tyler tells the story of a lovable loser who's trying to get his life in order.

Barnaby Gaitlin has been in trouble ever since adolescence. He had this habit of breaking into other people's houses. It wasn't the big loot he was after, like his teenage cohorts. It was just that he liked to read other people's mail, pore over their family photo albums, and appropriate a few of their precious mementos.

But for eleven years now, he's been working steadily for Rent-a-Back, renting his back to old folks and shut-ins who can't move their own porch furniture or bring the Christmas tree down from the attic. At last, his life seems to be on an even keel.

Still, the Gaitlins (of "old" Baltimore) cannot forget the price they paid for buying off Barnaby's former victims. And his ex-wife would just as soon he didn't show up ever to visit their little girl, Opal. Even the nice, steady woman (his guardian angel?) who seems to have designs on him doesn't fully trust him, it develops, when the chips are down, and it looks as though his world may fall apart again.

There is no one like Anne Tyler, with her sharp, funny, tender perceptions about how human beings navigate on a puzzling planet, and she keeps us enthralled from start to finish in this delicious new novel.

In this, her fourteenth novel--and one of her most endearing--Anne Tyler tells the story of a lovable loser who's trying to get his life in order.

Barnaby Gaitlin has been in…

Действие романа "Тайная история", разошедшегося в США пятимиллионным тиражом, разворачивается в небольшом колледже в Вермонте, куда девятнадцатилетний Ричард Пэйпен приезжает из Калифорнии изучать древнегреческий язык. Новые друзья Пэйпена - четверо молодых людей и одна девушка - умны, раскованны, богаты и так увлечены античной культурой, что рассматривают себя чуть ли не как особую касту ее хранителей. Их дружба не выдерживает, однако, натиска современного мира. В веселой и сплоченной компании происходит убийство. Пытаясь через много лет осмыслить случившееся, герой по дням воспроизводит свою студенческую жизнь, этапы отношений с однокурсниками и любимой девушкой, и под виртуозным пером Донны Тартт его исповедь превращается в высококлассный психологический триллер.

Действие романа "Тайная история", разошедшегося в США пятимиллионным тиражом, разворачивается в небольшом колледже в Вермонте, куда девятнадцатилетний Ричард Пэйпен приезжает из…

The multi-award-winning, widely-acclaimed mystery master Donald E. Westlake delivers a masterpiece with this brilliant, laser-sharp tale of the deadly consequences of corporate downsizing.

Burke Devore is a middle-aged manager at a paper company when the cost-cutting ax falls, and he is laid off. Eighteen months later and still unemployed, he puts a new spin on his job search -- with agonizing care, Devore finds the seven men in the surrounding area who could take the job that rightfully should be his, and systematically kills them. Transforming himself from mild-mannered middle manager to ruthless murderer, he discovers skills ne never knew ne had -- and that come to him far too easily.

The multi-award-winning, widely-acclaimed mystery master Donald E. Westlake delivers a masterpiece with this brilliant, laser-sharp tale of the deadly consequences of corporate…

Роман У. Фолкнера «Когда я умирала» — уникален. Авторской речи нет вовсе, книга разорвана на цепь монологов, иногда длинных, иногда кратких, а то и вовсе в одну-две фразы умещающихся, и ведут их четырнадцать персонажей — главным образом, Бандрены, а рядом с ними соседи, та же фермерская беднота. И хоть время здесь движется в естественной хронологии и даже композиционный центр есть — монолог покойницы, все равно образуется изрядный словесный хаос. Но не просто задачи натурального воспроизведения человеческой речи интересуют художника, пусть порою техника и впрямь подавляет смысл. Из мозаики частных впечатлений, случайных эпизодов, походя брошенных взглядов и фраз должна вырасти цельность.

Роман У. Фолкнера «Когда я умирала» — уникален. Авторской речи нет вовсе, книга разорвана на цепь монологов, иногда длинных, иногда кратких, а то и вовсе в одну-две фразы…

The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of not only the titans of the age: Eisenhower Dulles, Oppenheimer, MacArthur, Hoover, and Nixon, but also of Harley Earl, who put fins on cars; Dick and Mac McDonald and Ray Kroc, who mass-produced the American hamburger; Kemmons Wilson, who placed his Holiday Inns along the nation's roadsides; U-2 pilot Gary Francis Powers; Grace Metalious, who wrote Peyton Place; and "Goody" Pincus, who led the team that invented the Pill.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam…

Если стрелять, так стрелять много, и тогда рано или поздно попадешь в цель. Меткость вовсе не обязательна для людей, которые самым веским аргументом считают выстрел в затылок. Полицейский Бад Пьюти начинает охоту на трех опасных преступников,

Если стрелять, так стрелять много, и тогда рано или поздно попадешь в цель. Меткость вовсе не обязательна для людей, которые самым веским аргументом считают выстрел в затылок.…

"Ambitious, but never seeming so, Kent Haruf reveals a whole community as he interweaves the stories of a pregnant high school girl, a lonely teacher, a pair of boys abandoned by their mother, and a couple of crusty bachelor farmers. From simple elements, Haruf achieves a novel of wisdom and grace-a narrative that builds in strength and feeling until, as in a choral chant, the voices in the book surround, transport, and lift the reader off the ground."
-FROM THE CITATION FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD

"Ambitious, but never seeming so, Kent Haruf reveals a whole community as he interweaves the stories of a pregnant high school girl, a lonely teacher, a pair of boys abandoned by…

Она читает снег, как раскрытую книгу. Она верит числам, но не верит людям. Особенно - официальным лицам, тем, кто пытается ей доказать, что мальчик-гренландец просто играл на крыше и случайно сорвался вниз. Потому что она знает, как сильно он боялся высоты. Потому что следы на снегу ведут прямо к краю. И это не следы играющего ребенка.
Она - Смилла Кваавигаак Ясперсен, полудатчанка-полуэскимоска, родившаяся в Гренландии, живущая в Копенгагене. Для нее с этой смерти начинается поиск ответов на вопросы, поставленные недомолвками, голосом на старой кассете, полосами на рентгеновском снимке. Поиск, который уводит ее все дальше: город - море - лед.

Она читает снег, как раскрытую книгу. Она верит числам, но не верит людям. Особенно - официальным лицам, тем, кто пытается ей доказать, что мальчик-гренландец просто играл на…

A group of mismatched adults sets out on an ecological survey. Their airship is brought down, marooning them on an offshore island near Sumatra. The group splits into two with the ecowarriors on one side and those who would survive by any means on the other. Internecine war and the predations of a rogue tiger whittle their number down until only two remain alive. Only one will escape to tell the tale ...

A group of mismatched adults sets out on an ecological survey. Their airship is brought down, marooning them on an offshore island near Sumatra. The group splits into two with the…

Book DescriptionAs products of the same urban landscape, Pete Hamill and Frank Sinatra have both been credited with giving the American city a voice. In this widely acclaimed and bestselling appreciation-now available in paperback for the first

Book DescriptionAs products of the same urban landscape, Pete Hamill and Frank Sinatra have both been credited with giving the American city a voice. In this widely acclaimed and…

The author of Wonder Boys returns with a powerful and wonderfully written collection of stories. Caught at moments of change, Chabon's men and women, children and husbands and wives, all face small but momentous decisions. They are caught in events that will crystallize and define their lives forever, and with each, Michael Chabon brings his unique vision and uncanny understanding of our deepest mysteries and our greatest fears.

The author of Wonder Boys returns with a powerful and wonderfully written collection of stories. Caught at moments of change, Chabon's men and women, children and husbands and…

... Армия. Просто - армия.
Армия интеллектуалов-офицеров и бесстрашных солдат - или армия издерганных мальчишек, умирающих неизвестно за что, и пожилых циников, которым давно уже все равно, за что умирать.
Армия неудачников - или армия героев?
А, строго говоря, есть ли разница?..

... Армия. Просто - армия.
Армия интеллектуалов-офицеров и бесстрашных солдат - или армия издерганных мальчишек, умирающих неизвестно за что, и пожилых циников, которым давно уже…

Told with great lyrical beauty and power, James Agee's novel is an exquisitely tender account of the pain and bewilderment of loss.
Driving back home to Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1915 after tending to a family emergency, Jay Follet is killed in a car accident. He leaves behind a wife and two small children, who must come to terms with his absence as the days after his death slowly unfold. "A Death in the Family" interweaves the thoughts of Jay's loved ones - from his wife, Mary, struggling to cope and take comfort from her religion, to his six-year-old son, Rufus, bewildered by the mysteries of the adult world and clinging to fragile childhood pleasures.

Told with great lyrical beauty and power, James Agee's novel is an exquisitely tender account of the pain and bewilderment of loss.
Driving back home to Knoxville, Tennessee, in…

Look who's on the "Dick Gibson Radio Show": Arnold the Memory Expert ("I've memorized the entire West Coast shoreline - except for cloud cover and fog banks"). Bernie Perk, the burning pharmacist. Henry Harper, the nine-year old orphan millionaire, terrified of being adopted. The woman whose life revolves around pierced lobes. An evil hypnotist. Swindlers. Con-men. And Dick Gibson himself. Anticipating talk radio and its crazed hosts, Stanley Elkin creates a brilliant comic world held together by American manias and maniacs in all their forms, and a character who perfectly understands what Americans want and gives it to them.

Look who's on the "Dick Gibson Radio Show": Arnold the Memory Expert ("I've memorized the entire West Coast shoreline - except for cloud cover and fog banks"). Bernie Perk, the…