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„Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the soughing of the pines is heard in our kettle.” In this charming book from 1906, Okakura explores Zen, Taoism, Tea Masters and the significance of the Japanese tea ceremony. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries – including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

„Oh the cruelty of time, that destroys all things!” Beguiling, strange and hair-raising tales from early 20th century Japan: Nagai's Behind the Prison, Uno's Closet LLB and Akutagawa's deeply macabre General Kim. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

Na Wall Street, dzięki protekcji wpływowej ciotki, pojawia się młody finansista Peter, który rozpoczyna staż w jednej z największych instytucji zajmujących się funduszami hedgingowymi. W Nowym Jorku poznaje świat podejrzanych interesów i oszustw. Pewnego dnia przypadkowo staje się świadkiem samobójstwa znanego bankiera i odkrywa intrygę, w którą zamieszana jest cała finansjera Wall Street… Wall Street, giełdowe przekręty, podejrzane interesy, handel informacjami, samobójstwo, bezwzględność i romans nowojorskiego finansisty. Wall Street Story to wciągający thriller finansowy, z którym poznasz współczesne amerykańskie słownictwo (American English) na poziomie zaawansowanym (C1), utrwalisz poprawne konstrukcje leksykalno-gramatyczne i przekonasz się, że nau...

By turns rapturous, erotic and despairing, this astonishingly modern verse tells of an ancient Roman poet's all-consuming infatuation with one woman.

„The pleasure is twice as sweet When you cheat a cheat.” An illustrated collection of fables from one of France's most vital writers. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries – including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

THE ORIGINAL AND BEST TRANSLATION BY MICHAEL GLENNY 50th Anniversary Edition. Afterwards, when it was frankly too late, descriptions were issued of the man: expensive grey suit, grey beret, one green eye and the other black. He arrives in Moscow one hot summer afternoon with various alarming accomplices, including a demonic, fast-talking black cat. When he leaves, the asylums are full and the forces of law and order are in disarray. Only the Master, a man devoted to truth, and Margarita, the woman he loves, can resist the devil?s onslaught. Brilliant and blackly comic, The Master and Margarita was repressed by Stalin?s authorities and only published after the author?s death. The Vintage Classic Russians Series: Published for the 100th anniversary of the 1917 Russian Revolution, these are m...

Sadder than salad. From apples to artichokes, these glittering, fragmented, painterly portraits of food by the avant-garde pioneer Gertrude Stein are redolent of sex, laughter and the joy of everyday life. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

'If I think about it, and I have the time and inclination and capacity to do so, we dogs are an odd lot.' How does a dog see the world? How do any of us? In this playful and enigmatic story of a canine philosopher, Kafka explores the limits of knowledge. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

'The illegible signature of teetering disaster' Three great stories – The Aurelian, Signs and Symbols and Lance – the last both a derisive attack on science-fiction and an attempt to imagine the real pain and horror that would accompany space travel. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

'Like rotting stakes in a forest clearing' The great journalist of conflict in the Third World finds an even stranger and more exotic society in his own home of post-War Poland Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

'INTENSE SEXUAL DESIRE IS THE GREATEST THING IN THE WORLD' A tale of art, sex, blood, junkies and whores in New York's underground, from cult literary icon Kathy Acker Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

'Time is a catastrophe, perpetual and irreversible.' Science and fiction interweave delightfully in these playful Cosmicomic short stories. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.

The Outsider is an enduring classic of existential writing by Albert Camus 'Mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know' Meursault is different. He will not lie. He will not pretend. He is true to himself. So when his mother dies and he is unmoved, he refuses to do the proper thing and grieve. Returning to Algiers after the funeral, he carries on life as usual until he becomes involved in a violent murder. In court, it is clear that Meursault's guilt or innocence will not be determined by what he did or did not do. He is on trial for being different - an outsider.

Jedna z najbardziej cenionych powieści XX wieku to nie tylko szkic miasta w czasie wielkiego zagrożenia, to przede wszystkim studium postaci stojących w obliczu Zła. Dżuma, która niezauważalnie wkrada się w bramy Oranu zmienia dotychczasowy porządek rzeczy. Strach, cierpienie, odizolowanie, nieustanna walka z chorobą ukazuje bohaterstwo i determinację niektórych, ale i nikczemność, przebiegłość innych. Paraboliczna kronika odarta ze zbędnego patosu, będąca manifestem humanizmu to ponadczasowa historia ludzkiej solidarności i moralności.

Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil. Jean-Baptiste Clamence - refined, handsome, forty, a former successful lawyer - is in turmoil. Over several drunken nights he regales a chance acquaintance with his story. He talks of parties and his debauchery, of Parisian nights and the Aege...

Metaforyczny obraz świata walczącego ze złem, którego symbolem jest tytułowa dżuma, pustosząca Oran w 194... roku. Wybuch epidemii wywołuje różne reakcje u mieszkańców, jednak stopniowo uznają słuszność postępowania doktora Rieux, który od początku aktywnie walczy z zarazą, uznając to za swój obowiązek jako człowieka i lekarza.

A philosophical exploration of the idea of 'rebellion' by one of the leading existentialist thinkers, Albert Camus' The Rebel looks at artistic and political rebels throughout history, from Epicurus to the Marquis de Sade. This Penguin Modern Classics edition is translated by Anthony Bower with an introduction by Oliver Todd. The Rebel is Camus' 'attempt to understand the time I live in' and a brilliant essay on the nature of human revolt. Published in 1951, it makes a daring critique of communism - how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain and the resulting totalitarian regimes. It questions two events held sacred by the left wing - the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian Revolution of 1917 - that had resulted, he believed, in terrorism as a political instrument. In this towerin...

Jedna z najbardziej cenionych powieści XX wieku to nie tylko szkic miasta w czasie wielkiego zagrożenia, to przede wszystkim studium postaci stojących w obliczu Zła. Dżuma, która niezauważalnie wkrada się w bramy Oranu, zmienia dotychczasowy porządek rzeczy. Strach, cierpienie, odizolowanie, nieustanna walka z chorobą, ukazuje bohaterstwo i determinację niektórych, ale także nikczemność i przebiegłość innych mieszkańców. Paraboliczna kronika odarta ze zbędnego patosu, będąca manifestem humanizmu to ponadczasowa historia ludzkiej solidarności i moralności. Książka należy do kanonu lektur szkolnych. Do książki dołączone jest także opracowanie, w skład, którego wchodzi: • Streszczenie • Plan wydarzeń • Motywy występujące w utworze • Biografi...

Albert Camus' existentialist masterpiece, now in a wonderful new Clothbound Classics edition In The Outsider, his classic existentialist novel, Camus explores the alienation of an individual who refuses to conform to social norms. Meursault, his anti-hero, will not lie. When his mother dies, he refuses to show his emotions simply to satisfy the expectations of others. And when he commits a random act of violence on a sun-drenched beach near Algiers, his lack of remorse compounds his guilt in the eyes of society and the law. Yet he is as much a victim as a criminal.

Obcy przyniósł Albertowi Camusowi popularność. Stał się bestselerem, czego Camus chyba nie do końca rozumiał, nie chciał być autorem wyłącznie Obcego. Chciał nie chciał, w roku 1940 dał światu zwierciadło, w którym może przejrzeć się człowiek. To jedna z książek (nie tylko francuskich czy dwudziestowiecznych, ale książek w ogóle), które są w ciągłym obiegu czytelniczym, to znaczy są nieustannie czytane, przemyśliwane, interpretowane. Wciąż aktualne, niepokojące. Domagające się kolejnych edycji, kolejnych przekładów. Bohater zagadka, Meursault, który imię zawdzięcza czy to znanemu burgundowi, czy skażonemu burgundzkim „u” mariażowi słońca i morza, z których się zrodził, z którymi się stapia, które przynoszą mu szczęście i zadają c...