Amor Towles
Table for two

Name: Table for two
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SKU: 4254871
Price: 469 CZK
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ISBN: 9781529154115

2024 | Nakladatelství Hutchinson Heinemann

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFROM THE AUTHOR OF A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW, THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY AND RULES OF CIVILITY'A knockout . . . Table for Two is a winner'NEW YORK TIMES'There is no better writer working today'CHRIS CLEAVE'He makes it all seem effortless'TANA FRENCH'A gem of a book that spring…s delights and surprises on every page'JEFFREY ARCHER'There is a great deal to relish in Table for Two . . . If you take only one book on holiday this summer, you couldn't ask for a better literary capsule wardrobe'THE TIMESMillions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages.In Towles's novel Rules of Civility, the indomitable Evelyn Ross leaves New York City in September 1938 with the intention of returning home to Indiana. But as her train pulls into Chicago, where her parents are waiting, she instead extends her ticket to Los Angeles. Told from seven points of view, "Eve in Hollywood" describes how Eve crafts a new future for herself-and others-in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows, and dive bars of Los Angeles.Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles's canon of stylish and transporting fiction.Praise for The Lincoln Highway:"A rollicking cross-country adventure, rife with unforgettable characters, vivid scenery and suspensethat will keep readers flying through the pages." Time"Elegantly constructed and compulsively readable . . . hitch onto this delightful tour de force and you'll be pulled straight through to the end, helpless against the inventive exuberance of Towles' storytelling." NPR"Wise and wildly entertaining . . . Towles goes all in on the kind of episodic, exuberant narrativehaywire found in myth or Homeric epic." The New York Times Book ReviewInstant New York Times bestseller, May 2024 THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES and NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFROM THE AUTHOR OF A GENTLEMAN IN MOSCOW, THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY AND RULES OF CIVILITY'A knockout . . . Table for Two is a winner'NEW YORK TIMES'Ther…e is no better writer working today'CHRIS CLEAVE'He makes it all seem effortless'TANA FRENCH'A gem of a book that springs delights and surprises on every page'JEFFREY ARCHER'There is a great deal to relish in Table for Two . . . If you take only one book on holiday this summer, you couldn't ask for a better literary capsule wardrobe'THE TIMESMillions of Amor Towles fans are in for a treat as he shares some of his shorter fiction: six stories based in New York City and a novella set in Golden Age Hollywood.The New York stories, most of which take place around the year 2000, consider the fateful consequences that can spring from brief encounters and the delicate mechanics of compromise that operate at the heart of modern marriages.In Towles's novel Rules of Civility, the indomitable Evelyn Ross leaves New York City in September 1938 with the intention of returning home to Indiana. But as her train pulls into Chicago, where her parents are waiting, she instead extends her ticket to Los Angeles. Told from seven points of view, "Eve in Hollywood" describes how Eve crafts a new future for herself-and others-in a noirish tale that takes us through the movie sets, bungalows, and dive bars of Los Angeles.Written with his signature wit, humor, and sophistication, Table for Two is another glittering addition to Towles's canon of stylish and transporting fiction.Praise for The Lincoln Highway:"A rollicking cross-country adventure, rife with unforgettable characters, vivid scenery and suspensethat will keep readers flying through the pages." Time"Elegantly constructed and compulsively readable . . . hitch onto this delightful tour de force and you'll be pulled straight through to the end, helpless against the inventive exuberance of Towles' storytelling." NPR"Wise and wildly entertaining . . . Towles goes all in on the kind of episodic, exuberant narrativehaywire found in myth or Homeric epic." The New York Times Book ReviewInstant New York Times bestseller, May 2024

Stav

Nová

Skladem do týdne Odešleme nejpozději 12. 6. 2026

O knize

Stav:

Nová

Vazba:

Brožovaná

Počet stran:

451

Jazyk:

anglicky

ISBN10:

1529154111

ISBN:

9781529154115

Vydáno v:

London

Vystaveno:

25. 8. 2025 20:9

Číslo položky:

1358756

O autorovi

Amor Towles

Amor Towles je oceňovaný současný americký spisovatel. Narodil se a vyrostl v Bostonu. Absolvoval Yale College a získal magisterský titul z angličtiny na Stanford University. Když mu bylo 10 let, hodil do Atlantiku láhev se vzkazem. Za několik týdnů dostal dopis od Harrisona Salisburyho, pozdějšího ředitele periodika The New York Times. Mnoho let si pak dopisovali. Po absolutoriu na Yale měl dva roky vyučovat v Číně, což bylo ale zrušeno po masakru na Náměstí nebeského klidu v roce 1989. Přes 20 let působil na vysoké manažerské pozici v investiční firmě na Wall Street. Nečekaný úspěch románu Pravidla zdvořilosti mu však umožnil ten luxus toto zaměstnání opustit a věnovat se pouze psaní. S manželkou, synem a dcerou žije na Manhatanu v New Yorku. Na svém kontě má zatím dva romány, které vyvolaly ve světě ohromný čtenářský ohlas a sklidily mnoho pozitivních recenzí. Je sběratelem umění a starožitností.

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