Epitaph of a Small Winner
ISBN: 9780374531232 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In these memoirs, Braz Cubas, a wealthy nineteenth-century Brazilian, examines (from beyond the grave) his rather undistinguished life in 160 short chapters that are filled with philosophical digressions and exuberant insights. A clear forerunner of Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Jorge Luis Borges, Epitaph for a Small Winner, first published in 1880, is one of the wittiest self-portraits in literary history as well as "one of the masterpieces of Brazilian literature" (Salman Rushdie). In these memoirs, Braz Cubas, a wealthy nineteenth-century Brazilian, examines (from beyond the grave) his rather undistinguished life in 160 short... |
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Iracema's Footprint
ISBN: 9781609111953 / Angielski / Miękka / 460 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The mysteries of village life come into focus for a young Brazilian who ventures into the interior of northeast Brazil to work at a federally funded health post. His relationships with his secretary and an American Peace Corps Volunteer and the political intrigues surrounding a local election immerse him in interwoven trails of violence, love, poverty, prostitution, and insanity. The landscape becomes as much a character as the quaint villagers who flavor the action of this expansive tale. The Amazon huntress, Iracema, for whom the village is named, is a vital presence in the folklore of...
The mysteries of village life come into focus for a young Brazilian who ventures into the interior of northeast Brazil to work at a federally funded h...
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Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma
ISBN: 9781512336924 / Portugalski / Miękka / 184 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma" from Lima Barreto. Jornalista e um dos mais importantes escritores brasileiros (1881-1922).
"Triste Fim de Policarpo Quaresma" from Lima Barreto. Jornalista e um dos mais importantes escritores brasileiros (1881-1922).
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73,78 zł |
To Love, intransitive verb
ISBN: 9781947074279 / Angielski / Twarda / 404 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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139,71 zł |
O primeiro Imortal
ISBN: 9788530600532 / Portugalski / Miękka / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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139,66 zł |
O melhor de Caio Fernando Abreu
ISBN: 9788520923795 / Portugalski / Miękka / 250 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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117,36 zł |
No Hospício
ISBN: 9786500511185 / Portugalski / Twarda / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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124,74 zł |
a lua ao avesso
ISBN: 9798985825428 / Portugalski / Miękka / 420 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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83,12 zł |
Macunaima
ISBN: 9781804270264 / Angielski / Miękka / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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65,99 zł |
Triste Fim de Policarpo e Quaresma
ISBN: 9786554700030 / Portugalski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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62,33 zł |
Os Contos de Belazarte
ISBN: 9786554700177 / Portugalski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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62,33 zł |
First World Third Class and Other Tales of the Global Mix
ISBN: 9780292706996 / Angielski / Miękka / 275 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Regina Rheda is a contemporary award-winning Brazilian writer whose original voice and style have won her many admirers. First World Third Class and Other Tales of the Global Mix presents some of her finest and most representative work to an English-speaking readership. Stories from the Copan Building consists of eight tales set in a famous residential building in Sao Paulo. The stories, like the apartment complex, are a microcosm of modern-day urban Brazil. They are witty, consistently caustic, and never predictable. Also in this volume is the poignant and... Regina Rheda is a contemporary award-winning Brazilian writer whose original voice and style have won her many admirers. First World Third Cl... |
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120,37 zł |
The Silence of the Rain: An Inspector Espinosa Mystery
ISBN: 9780312421182 / Angielski / Miękka / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Rio de Janeiro Thriller A Rio de Janeiro Thriller |
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87,32 zł |
December Heat: An Inspector Espinosa Mystery
ISBN: 9780312423438 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Rio de Janeiro Thriller A Rio de Janeiro Thriller |
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87,32 zł |
Southwesterly Wind: An Inspector Espinosa Mystery
ISBN: 9780312424541 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Rio de Janeiro Thriller A Rio de Janeiro Thriller |
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79,00 zł |
A Window in Copacabana: An Inspector Espinosa Mystery
ISBN: 9780312425661 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. Three policemen have been killed over the course of a few days. Espinosa, chief of the 12th Precinct, doesn't have much to go on. When the body of a woman connected to one of the dead cops is found on the sidewalk below her apartment window, things get even more complicated, as a reputed "witness"--the wife of a high-ranking government official--becomes obsessed with the case, and with Espinosa. Nothing is quite as it first appears as Espinosa finds himself in his old haunts of Leme and Copacabana, and in the all-too-familiar terrain of corruption, greed,... Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. Three policemen have been killed over the course of a few days. Espinosa, chief of the 12th Precinct, doesn't have much... |
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79,00 zł |
Blackout
ISBN: 9780312428860 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Rio de Janeiro Thriller A Rio de Janeiro Thriller |
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79,00 zł |
Alone in the Crowd
ISBN: 9780312429881 / Angielski / Miękka / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A HOUSTON CHRONICLE SUMMER READING PICK An elderly lady approaches the front desk at the Twelfth Precinct in Copacabana and demands to speak with the chief. Tired after a long day, she leaves without further explanation, promising to return. Two hours later, Dona Laureta is dead, and witnesses' accounts vary as to whether she was pushed or fell in front of the bus that killed her on one of the busiest avenues in the city. Veteran police chief inspector Espinosa quickly pinpoints a suspect in Hugo Breno, an unassuming... A HOUSTON CHRONICLE SUMMER READING PICK An elderly lady approaches the front des... |
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79,00 zł |