kawakami hiromi people from my neighbourhood
Kawakami Hiromi People From My Neighbourhood
Take a story and shrink it. Make it tiny, so small it can fit in the palm of your hand. Carry the story with you everywhere, let it sit with you while you eat, let it watch you while you sleep. Keep it safe, you never know when you might need it. In Kawakami's super short 'palm of the hand' stories the world is never quite as it should be: a small child lives under a sheet near his neighbour's house for thirty years; an apartment block leaves its visitors with strange afflictions, from fast-growing beards to an ability to channel the voices of the dead; an old man has two shadows, one docile, the other rebellious; two girls named Yoko are locked in a bitter rivalry to the death. Small but great, you'll find great delight spending time with the people in this neighbourhood.
2315 Руб.
Kawakami Hiromi Strange Weather in Tokyo
Tsukiko is in her late 30s and living alone when one night she happens to meet one of her former high school teachers, ‘Sensei’, in a bar. He is at least thirty years her senior, retired and, she presumes, a widower. After this initial encounter, the pair continue to meet occasionally to share food and drink sake, and as the seasons pass – from spring cherry blossom to autumnal mushrooms – Tsukiko and Sensei come to develop a hesitant intimacy which tilts awkwardly and poignantly into love. Perfectly constructed, funny, and moving, Strange Weather in Tokyo is a tale of modern Japan and old-fashioned romance.
2314 Руб.
Kawakami Hiromi The Nakano Thrift Shop
Among the jumble of paperweights, plates, typewriters and general bric-a-brac in Mr Nakano’s thrift store, there are treasures to be found. Each piece carries its own story of love and loss – or so it seems to Hitomi, when she takes a job there working behind the till. Nor are her fellow employees any less curious or weatherworn than the items they sell. There’s the store’s owner, Mr Nakano, an enigmatic ladies’ man with several ex-wives; Sakiko, his sensuous, unreadable lover; his sister, Masayo, an artist whose free-spirited creations mask hidden sorrows. And finally there’s Hitomi’s fellow employee, Takeo, whose abrupt and taciturn manner Hitomi finds, to her consternation, increasingly disarming. A beguiling story of love found amid odds and ends, The Nakano Thrift Shop is a heart-warming and utterly charming novel from one of Japan’s most celebrated contemporary novelists.
1505 Руб.
Kawakami Hiromi The Ten Loves of Mr Nishino
Over the course of his life, Mr Nishino falls hopelessly in love again and again. One woman is a colleague, another a chance encounter; one is the girlfriend of a classmate, another the best friend of Nishino’s latest conquest. Some are entranced by Nishino, others care more for their freedom, their children (or their cats). As we come to learn of the torments, desires and delights of each woman, a portrait emerges of a complicated man whose great capacity for love may well be the cause of his downfall.
1164 Руб.
Компакт-Диски, ROUGH TRADE, ALABAMA SHAKES - Sound & Color (CD)
Каталожный номер RT0221CDX, Формат CD, Лейбл ROUGH TRADE1 Sound & Color2 Don't Wanna Fight3 Dunes4 Future People5 Gimmie All Your Love6 This Feeling7 Guess Who8 The Greatest9 Shoegaze10 Miss You11 Gemini12 Over My Head13 Drive By Baby14 Joe15 Someday16 Don’t Wanna Fight (Live From Capitol Studio A)17 Future People (Live From Capitol Studio A)18 Dunes (Live From Capitol Studio A)19 Over My Head (Live From Capitol Studio A)
3100 Руб.
Theocritus, Virgil, Ovid Stories of Southern Italy
Woven through all these tales are the unique histories and mythologies of the regions of Southern Italy, encompassing Sicily, Calabria, Cantania, Basilicata, Apulia and Campania. Theocritus, Virgil and Ovid evoke a Sicily populated by Cyclopes and sea monsters, while in an excerpt from The Smile of the Unknown Mariner Vincenzo Consolo depicts the island in 1860, on the frontline in Italy's war of independence. The South's legendary legacy of brigandage and organized crime enlivens the stories of Leonardo Sciascia, Carlo Levi and Joseph Conrad. Curzio Malaparte and Norman Lewis immortalize the wreckage of Naples and the indomitable spirit of its people during World War II, and Elena Ferrante paints a spectacular portrait of a poor but vibrant Neapolitan neighbourhood in an excerpt from the bestselling My Brilliant Friend. Collectively, these entertaining tales plunge readers into the sometimes harsh and troubled, but always seductive and vital world of Italy's Mezzogiorno
3101 Руб.
Wideman J. Philadelphia Fire
In 1985 police bombed a West Philadelphia row house. Eleven people died and a fire started that destroyed sixty other houses. John Edgar Wideman brings these events and their repercussions to shocking life in this seminal novel. At the heart of Philadelphia Fire is Cudjoe, a writer and exile who returns to his old neighbourhood and who becomes obsessed with the search for a lone survivor of the event, a young boy seen running from the flames.
1049 Руб.
Wideman J. Philadelphia Fire
In 1985 police bombed a West Philadelphia row house. Eleven people died and a fire started that destroyed sixty other houses. John Edgar Wideman brings these events and their repercussions to shocking life in this seminal novel. At the heart of Philadelphia Fire is Cudjoe, a writer and exile who returns to his old neighbourhood and who becomes obsessed with the search for a lone survivor of the event, a young boy seen running from the flames.
1049 Руб.
Penfold Alexandra We Are All Neighbours
A bright and uplifting celebration of cultural diversity, belonging and community, from the creators of the New York Times bestselling picture book, All Are Welcome Let's go walking down our street. Friends and neighbours here to greet. Oh so many folks to meet. We are all neighbours here. Welcome to a neighbourhood where everyone is welcome. A neighbourhood where children of every culture play together, sharing food and laughter, and learning from each other's traditions. A neighbourhood where diversity is a strength. From the creators of the no.1 New York Times bestselling All Are Welcome comes a triumphant picture book that celebrates diversity, kindness and the power of community. Here, we are ALL neighbours!
1637 Руб.
Mackenzie Ian Feast Days
So. We were Americans abroad. We weren't the doomed travellers in a Paul Bowles novel, and we weren't the idealists or the malarial, religion-damaged burnouts in something by Greene; but we were people far from home nevertheless. Our naivety didn't have political consequences. We had G.P.S. in our smartphones. I don't think we were alcoholics. Our passports were in the same drawer as our collection of international adapters, none of which seemed to fit in Brazilian wall sockets. My husband was in the chrysalis stage of becoming a rich man, and idealism was never my vice. I was ancillary - a word that comes from the Latin for 'having the status of a female slave'. That's the sort of thing I know, and it tells you something about how I misspent my education. The term among expats for people like me was 'trailing spouse'…
1685 Руб.
North Claire Touch
He tried to take my life. Instead I took his. It was a long time ago. I remember it was dark, and I didn't see my killer until it was too late. As I died, my hand touched his. That's when the first switch took place. Suddenly, I was looking through the eyes of my killer, and I was watching myself die. Now switching is easy. I can jump from body to body, have any life, be anyone. Some people touch lives. Others take them. I do both.
2670 Руб.
Beatty Paul The White Boy Shuffle
White Boy Shuffle is Man Booker-winner Paul Beatty’s electrifying debut novel about teenage-surf-bum Gunnar Kaufman who is forced to wise up when his mother moves from suburban Santa Monica to urban West Los Angeles. There, he begins to undergo a startling transformation from neighbourhood outcast to basketball superstar, and eventually to reluctant messiah of a ‘divided, downtrodden people’. A bombastic coming-of-age novel that has the uncanny ability to make readers want to laugh and cry at the same time,Beatty mingles horrific reality with wild fancy in this outlandish, laugh-out-loud funny and poignant vision of contemporary America.
972 Руб.
Рок Mute Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds - The Boatman's Call (Black Vinyl LP)
A1. Into My Arms A2. Lime-Tree Arbour A3. People Ain't No Good A4. Brompton Oratory A5. There Is A Kingdom A6. (Are You) The One That I've Been Waiting For? B1. Where Do We Go Now But Nowhere? B2. West Country Girl B3. Black Hair B4. Idiot Prayer B5. Far From Me B6. Green
6949 Руб.
Виниловая пластинка Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Live From KCRW (VINYL). 2 LP
Треклист: A1. Higgs Boson Blues A2. Far From Me A3. Stranger Than Kindness B1. The Mercy Seat B2. And No More Shall We Part B3. Wide Lovely Eyes B4. Mermaids C1. People Ain't No Good C2. Into My Arms C3. God Is In The House C4. Push The Sky Away D1. Jack The Ripper
5399 Руб.
Виниловая пластинка McCartney, Paul, Paul Is Live
McCartney, Paul, Paul Is LiveСписок композиций:A1. Drive My CarA2. Let Me Roll ItA3. Looking For ChangesA4. Peace In The NeighbourhoodA5. All My LovingA6. Robbie's Bit (Thanks Chet)B1. Good Rockin' Tonight B2. We Can Work It OutB3. Hope Of DeliveranceB4. MichelleB5. Biker Like An IconB6. Here, There And EverywhereB7. My LoveC1. Magical Mystery Tour C2. C'mon PeopleC3. Lady MadonnaC4. Paperback WriterC5. Penny LaneC6. Live And Let DieD1. Kansas City D2. Welcome To Soundcheck (link)D3. Hotel In Benidorm (soundcheck)D4. I Wanna Be Your Man (soundcheck)D5. A Fine Day (soundcheck)
7830 Руб.
Ferriss Timothy Tools of Titans. The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performer
The latest groundbreaking tome from Tim Ferriss, the best-selling author of The 4-Hour Workweek. From the author: "For the last two years, I've interviewed nearly two hundred world-class performers for my podcast,The Tim Ferriss Show. The guests range from super celebs (Jamie Foxx, Arnold Schwarzenegger, etc.) and athletes (icons of powerlifting, gymnastics, surfing, etc.) to legendary Special Operations commanders and black-market biochemists. For most of my guests, it's the first time they've agreed to a two-to-three-hour interview, and the show is on the cusp of passing 100 million downloads. "This book contains the distilled tools, tactics, and 'inside baseball' you won't find anywhere else. It also includes new tips from past guests, and life lessons from new 'guests' you haven't met. "What makes the show different is a relentless focus on actionable details. This is reflected in the questions. For example: What do these people do in the first sixty minutes of each morning? What do their workout routines look like, and why? What books have they gifted most to other people? What are the biggest wastes of time for novices in their field? What supplements do they take on a daily basis? "I don't view myself as an interviewer. I view myself as an experimenter. If I can't test something and replicate results in the messy reality of everyday life, I'm not interested. "Everything within these pages has been vetted, explored, and applied to my own life in some fashion. I've used dozens of the tactics and philosophies in high-stakes negotiations, high-risk environments, or large business dealings. The lessons have made me millions of dollars and saved me years of wasted effort and frustration. "I created this book, my ultimate notebook of high-leverage tools, for myself. It's changed my life, and I hope the same for you."
6368 Руб.