Tennessee Williams’s sensuous, atmospheric plays transformed the American stage with their passion, exoticism and vibrant characters who rage against their personal demons and the modern world. In A Streetcar Named Desire fading southern belle Blanche Dubois finds her romantic illusions brutally shattered; The Glass Menagerie portrays an introverted girl trapped in a fantasy world; and Sweet Bird ...
Майже два місяці Артем Чапай провів за кермом мотоцикла, мандруючи Україною – від Коломиї до Луганська і назад. Зустрічним людям він ставив два запитання: «Про що ви мрієте?» та «Що для вас значить Україна?». Як відповідали на них звичайні громадяни, що трапилися Чапаю на довгій дорозі через Галичину, Буковину, Поділля, Черкащину, Київ, Полісся, Сіверщину, Слобожанщину, Донбас, Запоріжжя, Крим і О...
On a day like any other, Kleinzeit gets fired. Hours later, he finds himself in hospital with a pair of adventurous pyjamas and a recurring geometrical pain. Here, he falls instantly in love with a beautiful night nurse called Sister. And together they are pitched headlong into a wild and flickering world of mystery Kleinzeit. In German that means 'hero', or 'smalltime'. It dep...
Повседневная жизнь Владимира Шевченко уже почти двадцать лет непосредственно связана с Кремлем; ему известно очень многое из того, что для большинства наших граждан представляет жгучий интерес: как планируется и осуществляется работа российского президента, какие службы задействованы в организации его поездок, какие машины стоят в Гараже особого назначения, что из себя представляет яхта президент...
Неожиданный вызов корабля на одну из Звездных Баз связан с необходимостью доставить в тюрьму опасного преступника – знаменитого физика, доктора Мордо. Но виновен ли он? Первый помощник Спок решает докопаться до истины…
Just know from the start that it wasn’t supposed to go like this. All we wanted was to get near them. That’s why we got a room in the hotel where they were staying. We were not planning to kidnap one of them. Especially not the most useless one. But we had him—his room key, his cell phone, and his secrets. We were not planning on what happened next. We swear. From thrilling new talent ...
Romana stastits par laiku, kad ne autore, ne romana vestitaja Erika vel nebija dzimusas. Romana vesturiskais pamats saknojas latviesu inteligences peckara laika dzives faktos, ta sauktas ?francu grupas? gara aristokratijas meklejumos un tragiskajos liktenos. Vestijums pausts 1. persona - Erikas, Karla meitas, skatijuma.
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