New Romantic

Ocena: 0 (0 głosów)
Selin belongs to that rare type of writer who tells a story not straightforwardly but through a series of carefully chosen and cleverly arranged vivid details. Many of his stories resemble video-clips-visual, sparkling with humor, aphoristic comparisons, apt observations, and ready wit. He often employs fantastic plots involving unexpected metamorphoses to convey his wonder at life's inscrutable mysteries and inimitable beauty. In the long story "The Parachutist," Death offers the hero, a champion parachutist, to fulfill his last wish as he is falling to earth with his defective parachute. The clever man asks for a spare parachute and Death automatically fulfills his wish realizing only too late that he has saved his life instead of killing him. Death starts pursuing the hero only to be outwitted every time in a series of harrowing and hilarious adventures. In "Alpatovka," the crafty villagers openly steal from one another while pretending that it's the surrounding magic forest that swallows up their property and people. "It's simply not proper in Alpat

Informacje dodatkowe o New Romantic:

Wydawnictwo: angielskie
Data wydania: b.d
Kategoria: Literatura piękna
ISBN: 978-5-71720-064-6
Liczba stron: 0

więcej

Kup książkę New Romantic

Sprawdzam ceny dla ciebie ...
Cytaty z książki

Na naszej stronie nie ma jeszcze cytatów z tej książki.


Dodaj cytat
REKLAMA

Zobacz także

New Romantic - opinie o książce

Recenzje miesiąca
Srebrny łańcuszek
Edward Łysiak ;
Srebrny łańcuszek
Dziadek
Rafał Junosza Piotrowski
 Dziadek
Aldona z Podlasia
Aldona Anna Skirgiełło
Aldona z Podlasia
Egzamin na ojca
Danka Braun ;
Egzamin na ojca
Rozbłyski ciemności
Andrzej Pupin ;
Rozbłyski ciemności
Cień bogów
John Gwynne
Cień bogów
Wstydu za grosz
Zuzanna Orlińska
Wstydu za grosz
Jak ograłem PRL. Na scenie
Witek Łukaszewski
Jak ograłem PRL. Na scenie
Pokaż wszystkie recenzje
Reklamy