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Produkt Judge and His Hangman (Durrenmatt Friedrich)(Paperback / softback) popisuje EAN kód 9781782273417.
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EAN | 9781782273417 |
This volume offers bracing new translations of two precursors to the modern detective novel by Friedrich Durrenmatt, whose genre-bending mysteries recall the work of Alain Robbe-Grillet and anticipate the postmodern fictions of Paul Auster and other contemporary neo-noir novelists. Both mysteries
The mysterious and unbearably tense tale of a detective's obsessive pursuit of a child murderer, from one of the post-war era's greatest writers in
Drama Friedrich Durrenmatt, adapted by Maurice Valency Characters: 25 male, 5 female, 2 children Drop and wing; frags. The Lunts chose this unforgettable play for their swan song. A wealthy woman returns to her debt ridden home town and offers a sum greater than they have ever imagined to help
In The Visit (original title Der Besuch der alten Dame), Claire Zachanassian, now a multimillion heiress and an older woman, returns to the impoverished town of her youth with a dreadful bargain: in exchange for returning the town to prosperity through her vast wealth, she wants the townspeople to
V nové verzi vychází mimořádné Dürrenmattovo dílo, které bývá i díky původnímu podtitulu Opera o jedné soukromé bance přirovnáváno k Brechtově Žebrácké opeře. Tato verze má podtitul Komedie o jedné soukromé bance. Autor v příběhu o pádu banky, která je po pět
They say you should never judge a book by its cover... well, you should never judge a man by his taste in
Ústřední postavou „nehistorické historie“ je poslední císař rozpadající se Římské říše. Tragickou situaci bývalé mocnosti Dürrenmatt ve své hře traktuje jako absurdní komedii. Vladař země ohrožené nájezdem Germánů a zcela zpustošené se věnuje především chovu
Hlavním tématem významného autorova dramatu je otázka odpovědnosti vědce za vynálezy, které mohou zničit svět. Protagonisty hry jsou tři fyzikové, kteří se skrývají v ústavu pro choromyslné a předstíráním duševní choroby chtějí zabránit zneužití plodů své práce. V
His opponents - including editors, union representatives, lawyers and judges - were beaten into submission. Caroline Moorehead draws readers into the lives of this remarkable family - their loves, their loyalties, their laughter and their ultimate
Judge Dee and his entourage, seeking refuge from a mountain storm, become trapped in a Taoist monastery, where the Abbott Jade mysteriously dies after delivering an ecstatic sermon. The monks call it a supernatural experience, but the judge calls it murder. Recalling the allegedly accidental deaths
Modelová hra, která spojuje prvky komické a tragické, svého autora proslavila. Milionářka Klára Zachanassianová se vrací do svého rodného chudobného městečka a chce se pomstít své lásce z mládí Alfredu Illovi. Přistoupí obyvatelé městečka na její nabídku zabít ho za
Významný švýcarský autor své vyznání, že „ke šlendriánu tohoto století se pro nás hodí už jen komedie“, uplatňuje i ve svém dramatu o antickém hrdinovi Herkulovi, který vykonal za svého života tucet velikých hrdinských činů. Zavede nás do Elidy, která se za vlády
For readers who enjoy Angela Marsons, Robert Bryndza and Mark Edwards. Fawkes and Baxter return in the rocket-paced followup to the global bestseller
Friedrich H lderlin was one of Europe's greatest poets. The strange and beautiful language of his late poems is recreated by David Constantine in these remarkable verse translations. This is a new expanded edition of Constantine's widely-praised H lderlin Selected Poems (1990/1996), containing many
(Schirmer Performance Editions). Johann Friedrich Burgmuller (1806-1874) settled in Paris and his light and intimate playing style won popularity in the salons of the day. His Opus 100 pieces are perennial favorites of students and
Friedrich H lderlin (1770-1843) is now recognized as one of Europe's supreme poets. He first found his true voice in the epigrams and odes he wrote when transfigured by his love for the wife of a rich banker. He later embarked on an extraordinarily ambitious sequence of hymns exploring cosmology
Desperate to salvage their reputation, the cousins turn to Albert Campion - but will his investigations clear the Barnabas family name, or besmirch it forever?As urbane as Lord Wimsey...as ingenious as Poirot... Meet one of crime fiction's Great Detectives, Mr Albert
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