Obzirom na to da nam u poslednje vreme pristize i po nekoliko stotina
knjiga tokom jednog dana, trenutno unosimo zbirno knjige istog autora u jedan post, dok
ne budemo u mogucnosti da ih razdvojimo. Zahvaljujemo na razumevanju.
F - 2294 - The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne (Historical Fiction, World War II, Holocaust, Young Adult,...) -
Bestseller
The story of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
is very difficult to describe. Usually we give some clues about the
book on the cover, but in this case we think that would spoil the
reading of the book. We think it is important that you start to read
without knowing what it is about.
If you do start to read this
book, you will go on a journey with a nine-year-old boy called Bruno.
(Though this isn't a book for nine-year-olds.) And sooner or later you
will arrive with Bruno at a fence. We hope you never have to cross such a
fence.
F - 2293 - A History of Loneliness by John Boyne (Historical Fiction, Cultural - Ireland, Contemporary,...)
Propelled into the
priesthood by a family tragedy, Odran Yates is full of hope and
ambition. When he arrives at Clonliffe Seminary in the 1970s, it is a
time in Ireland when priests are highly respected, and Odran believes
that he is pledging his life to "the good."
Forty years later,
Odran's devotion is caught in revelations that shatter the Irish
people's faith in the Catholic Church. He sees his friends stand trial,
colleagues jailed, the lives of young parishioners destroyed, and grows
nervous of venturing out in public for fear of disapproving stares and
insults. At one point, he is even arrested when he takes the hand of a
young boy and leads him out of a department store looking for the boy's
mother.
But when a family event opens wounds from his past, he is
forced to confront the demons that have raged within the church, and to
recognize his own complicity in their propagation, within both the
institution and his own family.
A novel as intimate as it is universal, A History of Loneliness
is about the stories we tell ourselves to make peace with our lives. It
confirms Boyne as one of the most searching storytellers of his
generation.
F - 2295 - A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne (Fiction and Fantasy)
Maurice Swift is
handsome, charming, and hungry for success. The one thing he doesn't
have is talent - but he's not about to let a detail like that stand in
his way. After all, a would-be writer can find stories anywhere. They
don't need to be his own.
Working as a waiter in a West Berlin
hotel in 1988, Maurice engineers the perfect opportunity: a chance
encounter with celebrated novelist Erich Ackermann. He quickly
ingratiates himself with the powerful - but desperately lonely - older
man, teasing out of Erich a terrible, long-held secret about his
activities during the war. Perfect material for Maurice's first novel.
Once Maurice has had a taste of literary fame, he knows he can stop at
nothing in pursuit of that high.
F - 2297 - Mutiny on the Bounty by John Boyne (Adventure, Action, Historical Fiction, ...)
An action-packed fictional telling of the events on the HMS Bounty.
Fourteen-year-old
John Jacob Turnstile has gotten into trouble with the police on one too
many occasions and is on his way to prison when an offer is put to him -
a ship has been refitted over the last few months and is about to set
sail with an important mission. The boy who was expected to serve as the
captain’s personal valet has been injured and a replacement must be
found immediately. The deal is struck and Turnstile finds himself
onboard, meeting the captain, just as the ship sets sail.
The ship is the HMS Bounty, the captain is William Bligh, and their destination is Tahiti.
Mutiny on the Bounty
is the first novel to explore all the events relating to the Bounty’s
voyage, from their long journey across the ocean to their adventures on
the island of Tahiti and the subsequent forty-eight-day expedition
towards Timor. A vivid recreation of the famous mutiny, the story is
packed with humour, violence, and historical detail, presenting a very
different portrait of Captain Bligh and Mr. Christian than has been
shown before.
F - 2296 - Beneath the Earth by John Boyne (
Short Stories, LGBT, Fiction and Fantasy)
In this collection of
twelve dark, unerring and surprising short stories, John Boyne explores
the extremities of the human condition in all its brilliance and
brutality. The secrets we keep and the ways in which they shape us, the
impossibility of shared loss, the lengths we will go to in order to
protect our families and the distance we will run to protect ourselves.
Drawing
on a host of enthralling characters – a farmer, a cuckold and a
teenager exploring his sexuality; good parents, bad parents, writers and
soldiers; a student, a rent boy and a hitman – Boyne examines the
hopeful and the damaged without prejudice or judgement.
This, his
first collection of short stories, is some of John Boyne’s finest
writing to date. It includes ‘Rest Day’ which won the 2015 Writing.ie
Short Story of the Year award in Ireland.
F - 2298 - Next of Kin by John Boyne (Thriller, Historical Fiction)
In
Next of Kin,John Boyne steps into the drawing rooms and private clubs of the prewar English
aristocracy to offer an unobstructed view of a social elite driven by
the conflicting desires to uphold tradition and to acquire vast wealth.
It is 1936, and London is abuzz with gossip about the affair
between Edward VIII and Mrs. Simpson. But the king is not the only
member of the aristocracy with a hard decision to make.
Owen Montignac,
the handsome and charismatic scion of a wealthy family, is anxiously
awaiting the reading of his late uncle's will, for Owen has run up
huge gambling debts and casino boss Nicholas Delfy has given him a
choice: Find 50,000 pounds by Christmas or find yourself six feet under.
Next of Kin vividly captures the spirit of 1930s London,
revealing the secrets of the upperclass, complete with gambling, murder,
an art heist, and a conspiracy to unseat the new king that could change
the future of the country.
F - 2299 - Noah Barleywater Runs Away: A Fairytale by John Boyne, Oliver Jeffers (Childrens/Middle Grade, Adventure, Young Adult, ...)
In Noah Barleywater Runs Away,
bestselling author John Boyne explores the world of childhood and the
adventures that we can all have there.
Noah is running away from his
problems, or at least that's what he thinks, the day he takes the
untrodden path through the forest. When he comes across a very unusual
toyshop and meets the even more unusual toymaker he's not sure what to
expect. But the toymaker has a story to tell, a story full of adventure,
and wonder and broken promises. And Noah travels with him on a journey
that will change his life for ever.
F - 2300 - Stay Where You Are and Then Leave by John Boyne (Childrens/Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Young Adult,
World
War I, ...)
The day the First World
War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's father promised he wouldn't go away
to fight - but he broke that promise the following day. Four years
later, Alfie doesn't know where his father might be, other than that
he's away on a special, secret mission.
Then, while shining shoes
at King's Cross Station, Alfie unexpectedly sees his father's name - on
a sheaf of papers belonging to a military doctor. Bewildered and
confused, Alfie realises his father is in a hospital close by - a
hospital treating soldiers with an unusual condition. Alfie is
determined to rescue his father from this strange, unnerving place . . .
F - 2311 - Crippen by John Boyne (True Crime, Historical Fiction, ...)
July 1910: A gruesome discovery has been made at 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden.
Chief
Inspector Walter Dew of Scotland Yard did not expect the house to be
empty. Nor did he expect to find a body in the cellar. Buried under the
flagstones are the remains of Cora Crippen, former music-hall singer and
wife of Dr. Hawley Crippen. No one would have thought the quiet,
unassuming Dr. Crippen capable of murder, yet the doctor and his
mistress have disappeared from London, and now a full-scale hunt for
them has begun.
Across the Channel in Antwerp, the S.S. Montrose has
just set off on its two-week voyage to North America. Slipping in among
the first-class passengers is a Mr. John Robinson, accompanied by his
teenage son, Edmund. The pair may be hoping for a quiet, private voyage,
but in the close confines of a luxury ocean liner, anonymity is rare.
And with others aboard looking for romance, or violence, or escape from
their past in Europe, it will take more than just luck for the Robinsons
to survive the voyage unnoticed.
An accomplished, intricately plotted novel, Crippen brilliantly
reimagines the amazing escape attempt of one of history's most
notorious killers and marks the outstanding American debut of one of
Ireland's best young novelists.
F - 2301 - The Absolutist by John Boyne (Historical Fiction,
World
War I, LGBT, ... )
It is September 1919:
twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich
to deliver a package of letters to the sister of Will Bancroft, the man
he fought alongside during the Great War.
But the letters are
not the real reason for Tristan's visit. He can no longer keep a secret
and has finally found the courage to unburden himself of it. As Tristan
recounts the horrific details of what to him became a senseless war, he
also speaks of his friendship with Will - from their first meeting on
the training grounds at Aldershot to their farewell in the trenches of
northern France. The intensity of their bond brought Tristan happiness
and self-discovery as well as confusion and unbearable pain.
The
Absolutist is a masterful tale of passion, jealousy, heroism, and
betrayal set in one of the most gruesome trenches of France during World
War I.
This novel will keep readers on the edge of their seats until
its most extraordinary and unexpected conclusion, and will stay with
them long after they've turned the last page.
F - 2302 - The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne (Childrens/Middle Grade, Historical Fiction, Young Adult,
World
War II, Holocaust, ...)
When Pierrot becomes an
orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt
Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of the German
mountains. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 and the Second
World War is fast approaching; and this is no ordinary house, for this
is the Berghof, the home of Adolf Hitler.
Quickly, Pierrot is
taken under Hitler's wing, and is thrown into an increasingly dangerous
new world: a world of terror, secrets and betrayal, from which he may
never be able to escape.
F - 2303 - The Brockets Get a Dog by John Boyne (Childrens, Humor, Short Stories, ...)
A humorous short story from the collection, BEYOND THE STARS, written by an internationally bestselling author.
Abigail
Crumb is forever making mistakes at the veterinary surgery where she
works after school, and now she’s on her final warning. So when she
loses – and then finds again – one of the puppies in her care, she
doesn’t tell her boss; she’s saving up for a houdah for her elephant,
after all, and knows she has to hide the puppy if she wants to keep her
job. But how will she keep her secret?
After several chance
encounters with Henry Brocket – a forlorn little boy who’s always
dressed as a pilot and is obsessed with Biggles – and discovering why
he’s so sad, Abigail suddenly realises what she must do.
F - 2304 - The Congress Of Rough Riders by John Boyne (Historical Fiction, ...)
William Cody grows up
surrounded by his father's tales of Buffalo Bill, to whom he is
distantly related, and his fantasies of the Wild West.
Though he
escapes his heritage by fleeing abroad and starting a new life for
himself, he finds that he is always drawn back to England and to his
ancestry.
When his father proposes that together they should
recreate Buffalo Bill's stage show, "The Congress of Rough Riders of the
World" for a contemporary audience, William refuses to have any part of
it. When tragedy strikes, however, it is to his father that he must
eventually return.
F - 2305 - The Dare by John Boyne (Short Stories, Contemporary, Young Adult, Family, ...)
At the start of his
school holidays, Danny Delaney is looking forward to a trouble-free
summer. But when his mother returns home one afternoon, flanked by two
policemen, he knows that something terrible has happened. Mrs Delaney
has accidentally hit a small boy with her car. The boy is in a coma at
the local hospital and nobody knows if he will ever wake up. Consumed by
guilt, Danny's mother closes herself off, while Danny and his father
are left to pick up the pieces of their fractured family.
Told in John Boyne's unique style from the point of view of a twelve-year-old boy, The Dare is a brilliantly compelling story about how one moment can change a family forever.
F - 2306 - The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne (Historical Fiction, LGBT, Contemporary, Family, Cultural - Ireland, ...)
Cyril Avery is not a real
Avery or at least that’s what his adoptive parents tell him. And he
never will be. But if he isn’t a real Avery, then who is he?
Born
out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish
community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the
intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the
world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the
infinitely more glamourous and dangerous Julian Woodbead.
At the
mercy of fortune and coincidence, he will spend a lifetime coming to
know himself and where he came from – and over his three score years and
ten, will struggle to discover an identity, a home, a country and much
more.
In this, Boyne's most transcendent work to date, we are
shown the story of Ireland from the 1940s to today through the eyes of
one ordinary man. The Heart's Invisible Furies is a novel to make you laugh and cry while reminding us all of the redemptive power of the human spirit.
F - 2307 - The House of Special Purpose by John Boyne (Historical Fiction, Cultural - Russia -
Romanovs, Romance, War, ...)
From the author of The Absolutist, a propulsive novel of the Russian Revolution and the fate of the Romanovs.
Part love story, part historical epic, part tragedy, The House of Special Purpose illuminates an empire at the end of its reign.
Eighty-year-old
Georgy Jachmenev is haunted by his past—a past of death, suffering, and
scandal that will stay with him until the end of his days. Living in
England with his beloved wife, Zoya, Georgy prepares to make one final
journey back to the Russia he once knew and loved, the Russia that both
destroyed and defined him.
As Georgy remembers days gone by, we are
transported to St. Petersburg, to the Winter Palace of the czar, in the
early twentieth century—a time of change, threat, and bloody revolution.
As Georgy overturns the most painful stone of all, we uncover the story
of the house of special purpose.
F - 2308 - The Terrible Thing That Happened to Barnaby Brocket by John Boyne, Oliver Jeffers (Childrens/Middle Grade, Young Adult, Contemporary, Magical Realism, Adventure, Magic, ...)
There's nothing unusual
about the Brockets. Normal, respectable, and proud of it, they turn up
their noses at anyone strange or different. But from the moment Barnaby
Brocket comes into the world, it's clear he's anything but ordinary. To
his parents’ horror, Barnaby defies the laws of gravity - and floats.
Desperate
to please his parents, Barnaby does his best to keep both feet on the
ground – but he just can't do it. One fateful day, the Brockets decide
enough is enough. They never asked for a weird, abnormal, floating child. Barnaby has to go . . .
Betrayed,
frightened and alone, Barnaby floats into the path of a very special
hot air balloon – and so begins a magical journey around the world, with
a cast of extraordinary new friends.
F - 2309 - The Thief of Time by John Boyne (Historical Fiction, SF, ...)
John Boyne has become internationally known for his acclaimed novels Crippen and the bestselling The Boy in the Striped Pajamas. Now, for the first time in the United States, comes the book that started the career of the author that the Irish Examiner calls "one of the best and original of the new generation of Irish writers."
It
is 1758 and Matthieu Zela is fleeing Paris after witnessing the murder
of his mother and his stepfather's execution. Matthieu's life is
characterized by one extraordinary fact: before the eighteenth century
ends, he discovers that his body has stopped ageing. At the end of the
twentieth century and the ripe old age of 256 he is suddenly forced to
answer an uncomfortable question: what is the worth of immortality
without love?
In this carefully crafted novel, John Boyne
juxtaposes history and the buzz of the modern world, weaving together
portraits of 1920s Hollywood, the Great Exhibition of 1851, the French
Revolution, the Wall Street Crash, and other landmark events into one
man's story of murder, love, and redemption.
F - 2310 - This House is Haunted by John Boyne (Paranormal, Ghosts, Gothic, Historical Fiction, ...)
1867. Eliza Caine
arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall
on a dark and chilling night. As she makes her way across the station
platform, a pair of invisible hands push her from behind into the path
of an approaching train. She is only saved by the vigilance of a passing
doctor.
When she finally arrives, shaken, at the hall she is
greeted by the two children in her care, Isabella and Eustace. There are
no parents, no adults at all, and no one to represent her mysterious
employer. The children offer no explanation. Later that night in her
room, a second terrifying experience further reinforces the sense that
something is very wrong.
