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ROCK CRYSTAL
Εκδότης: PUSHKIN PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3226-0021
This seemingly simple fable of two children lost in an icy landscape is eloquent in its innocence, but is implicit with the fragility of life and the inevitability of death. This quasi-fairy tale speaks of village life in the high mountains, but is also a parable of belief and faith. "Rock Crystal" is a Christmas story and a story about the heart of the ice, the crystal. (From the publisher)... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE
Εκδότης: PUSHKIN PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3226-0006
In the depths of the Sarladais, a land of ghosts, cool caves and woods, a teenage boy is sent to live with a thirty-five-year-old priest, but soon the man becomes more than just his teacher. Published in the United Kingdom for the first time. The Sorcerer's Apprentice is a gallant, almost magical book that is one of modern literature's esoteric, underground texts. (From the publisher)... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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(P/B) A JOURNEY TO MOUNT ATHOS
Εκδότης: PUSHKIN PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3226-0005
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(P/B) FANTASTIC NIGHT
AND OTHER STORIES
Εκδότης: PUSHKIN PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3226-0000 Five of Stefan Zweig's most compelling novellas are presented together in this volume for the first time. Fantastic Night is the story of one transforming evening in the life of a rich and bored young man. Letter from an Unknown Woman is a poignant and heartbreaking tale of the strength and madness of unrequited love; in The Fowler Snared, it is the man whose passion remains unrequited. The Invisible Collection and Buchmendel explore lives led in the single-minded pursuit of art and literature against a backdrop of poverty and war. (From t... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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TWILIGHT - MOONBEAM ALLEY
Εκδότης: PUSHKIN PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3226-0032
Twilight, based on the real life of Madame de Prie, brilliantly evokes the downfall of a powerful lady who is banished from Versailles by order of the King. She tries to make the best of living on her country estate, but although she takes a lover and invites friends from Paris, she finds her exile intolerable. Life at court, for all its essential emptiness, was the only thing that gave her existence meaning. The traveller delayed in a French port on his way home to Germany explores the sailors' quarter as night falls, in Moonbeam Alley. E... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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THE MAN WHO SEES GHOSTS
Εκδότης: PUSHKIN PRESS Κωδ. Πολιτείας: 3226-0029
A mysterious and disorienting tale of deception and adventure, set against the background of eighteenth-century Venice. One of Germany's greatest writers, Schiller is best known for his influential dramatic works. The Man Who Sees Ghosts, his only novel, was first published in 1789 and proved to be his most popular work, mainly owing to its masterful treatment of the then fashionable theme of the occult. While in Venice, a young prince of Protestant faith becomes embroiled in a diabolical net of political intrigue and religious conspiracy.... Διαβάστε περισσότερα... |
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