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Fonos. Zbrodnia po grecku

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 Teksty w antologii zostały dobrane tak, by pokazać bogactwo i pomysłowość gatunku – greckiego opowiadania kryminalnego. Dwa pierwsze, z początku lat 60. XX wieku, są już klasyczne, pozostałe jedenaście powstało najwyżej dwie dekady temu. Większość pisarzy jest wciąż aktywna, znaczna część nieznana polskiemu czytelnikowi. Aby zapewnić różnorodność stylu, właściwie każdy tekst został przełożony przez inną tłumaczkę bądź innego tłumacza. "Zwraca uwagę fakt, że zdecydowana większość spośród prezentowanych w tomie zbrodni odbywa się w kontekście rodziny. Nie rodu czy całej sieci krewnych, które zgodnie z ustaleniami antropologów kultury tradycyjnie wyznaczają tak prywatną, jak i publiczną sferę życia Greków, ale rodziny nuklearnej, postrzeganej często w kategoriach freudowskiego trójkąta ról: rodziców i dziecka. W antologii wyróżniają się zwłaszcza rodzinne zbrodnie międzypokoleniowe: matka zabija syna, który publicznie ją upokorzył, inna córkę, gdy ta – w jej mniemaniu – splamiła honor rodziny." (z posłowia Ewy Róży Janion) Grecy to specjaliści od zbrodni. Ci antyczni i współcześni też. Zaczytajcie się na śmierć. Mariusz Czubaj

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Edgar Wallace

One of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, Edgar Wallace was an immensely popular author, who created exciting thrillers spiced with tales of treacherous crooks and hard-boiled detectives. In total Wallace is credited with over 170 novels, almost 1,000 short stories, and 18 stage plays. This comprehensive work presents a collection of nine short stories, primarily detective fiction of Edgar Wallace. These are largely adventure narratives with elements of crime or mystery, and usually combine a bombastic sensationalism with hammy violence. The stories are well written and definitely a product of their time and place.

For the Queen

E. Phillips Oppenheim

A novel written in 1912. These are good Victorian or Edward tales about representatives of the English upper class who are engaged in uncovering crimes, espionage, good deeds and shrouded by secrets. Some of these stories Oppenheim continued to develop in full novels. Others are short master classes with sketches, character and description. Unlike many of his stories, the ending for a couple of them is more acute or sad than usual.

Found and Fettered. A Series of Thrilling Detective Stories

Dick Donovan

Found and Fettered A Series of Thrilling Detective Stories is a collection of short stories dates from 1894 written by British journalist and author of mystery and horror fiction J. E. Preston Muddock. For a time his detective stories were as popular as those of Arthur Conan Doyle. Between 1889 and 1922 he published nearly 300 detective and mystery stories. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world.

Found Dead

Fred M. White

Found Dead is the story of Sir John Mortmain, who was a bum. He was a rich man, owning one of the best estates in North Devon. He was also one of the best novlist in his early years and almost made a name for himself. In a sense, he was quite popular, and yet there was a strange sensation of the abyss between him and the locals.

Four-Square Jane

Edgar Wallace

Four-Square Jane is a daring and successful crook, created by the pen of Edgar Wallace, a famous British author of mystery genre. Her resourcefulness is boundless and she employs outstanding cunning to get away with a series of risky crimes performed with admirable cleverness, which cannot but evoke admiration. Four-Square Jane is not even a typical love story though there is a marriage in it. Often the women in this era detective novel start out strong but end up falling in love with someone and being controlled by some man. Jane takes life on her own terms and doesnt let anyone push her around.

Fourteen notes

Krzysztof Łanda, Jan Bielecki

The Church has always been intrinsically linked to politics, although it would never admit that. Information is the most valuable commodity of the 21st century, a power which can be used to either create or destroy. It is behind the Vatican walls that strategies, and means that can change the world are being developed. One of them, stored on a memory stick, has exactly that power. Giuseppe, a long-serving employee of archbishop Luca receives a seemingly straightforward task of delivering the information to the Monastery. This information is more valuable than the life of one man and Guiseppe owes a debt of gratitude to the archbishop. A major threat to the Church turns out to be the Church itself. There is an enemy on the inside and hence special precautions are necessary. Expect plot twists worthy of the best action films. Shootings, chases, murders ... A tense, deftly written thriller of goings-on in the highest ecclesiastical echelons. How much of it is fiction and how much a record of actual recent events? The authors depict the Vatican structures and customs with great fluency. The Church is in dire need of reform but at what price?

Fragmenty winem poplamionego notatnika

Charles Bukowski

Na tom Fragmenty winem polamionego notatnika Charlesa Bukowskiego składają się utwory prozatorskie, które od ukazania się w podziemnych gazetkach, periodykach literackich, a nawet pismach pornograficznych nigdy potem nie zostały wydane drukiem. Wśród pomieszczonych w tomie tekstów na uwagę zasługują pierwsze i ostatnie opublikowane opowiadania pisarza, pierwsze i ostatnie eseje oraz przymiarki do - znanych z polskiego przekładu - Zapisków starego świntucha. Oprócz tego znajdziemy tu bardzo osobiste rozważania autora na ulubione tematy, rozmyślania o takich tuzach literatury, jak Ezra Pound i Ernest Hemingway, jak również minitraktaty estetyczne. Spod pozornie niedbałego stylu wyziera charakterystyczna dla Bukowskiego i jedyna w swoim rodzaju mieszanka chropawego liryzmu, autentyczności i poczucia humoru.