Der sechzehnjährige durch New York irrende Holden Caulfield ist zu einer Kultfigur ganzer Generationen geworden. "Der Fänger im Roggen" war J. D. Salingers erster Roman, mit dem er weltweit berühmt wurde. Allein im Rowohlt Taschenbuch wurden anderthalb Millionen Exemplare verkauft. ... |
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"The Catcher in Rye" is the ultimate novel for disaffected youth, but it's relevant to all ages. The story is told by Holden Caulfield, a seventeen-year-old dropout who has just been kicked out of his fourth school. Throughout, Holden dissects the "phony" aspects of society, and the "phonies" themselves: the headmaster whose affability depends on the wealth of the parents, his roommate who scores with girls using sickly-sweet affection. Lazy in style, full of slang and swear words, it's a novel whose interest and appeal comes from its observations rather than its plot intrigues (in ... |
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Изданието е с нов превод на български език. Колекция "Селинджър" в четири книги. ... "Претенциите на новия превод са, че в много по-голяма степен се доближава до автентичния текст на автора и езика на неговите герои. Някои от направените вече коментари и сравнения между двата превода скоро ще подпалят социалните мрежи. Изборът на преводач не беше случаен: висок професионализъм, рутина, стотици преведени заглавия, лингвистична изобретателност, която може да бъде доведена до еквилибристика, но и преводаческа смелост, за която някои твърдят, че е на крачка от езиковата бруталност. Тънко познаване на ... |
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Translation by Angela Rodel. ... The world is a book, which someone is constantly recopying and rewriting. The world is a mirror, out of which peer ancient images. There are exercises in style. There are also exercises in meaning. "Love Stories from the Babylonian Library" is an exercise in both. In this book, the biblical tale of Bathsheba and David is retold through the idiom and worldview of six of the 20 th century's great writers - Jaroslav Hasek, Franz Kafka, Andrey Platonov, Jorge Luis Borges, J. D. Salinger и Robert M. Pirsing. Valery Stefanov is a professor of literary history at Sofia ... |
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Compiled and edited by Nevena Dishlieva-Krysteva. ... This anthology contains twenty-six personal tales of youthful adventures, ridiculous hairstyles, bootleg cassette tapes, mafia thugs, hitchhiking and guitar-playing, free falling, and hopes for a bright future. All this took place against the backdrop of political and social cataclysms during the most vertiginous decade in Bulgaria’s recent history. A chronicle of euphoria, aspirations, and painful collapse. Stories from the '90s is the third and final book in the series of themed anthologies published by ICU, which also include My Brother's Suitcase and ... |