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Barbara nemirs

Valteris ir Barbara Šmitai – įamžėjusi sutuoktinių pora. Jų kasdienybė paprasta ir aiški, neperkrauta emocijomis ir bendravimu. Tačiau vieną dieną Barbarą pakerta liga ir nuo to laiko jai reikalinga nuolatinė priežiūra. Valteriui nėra tekę rūpintis žmona, juolab buitimi. Netikėtai jis turi sukurti save tarsi iš naujo: kaip slaugė, kaip namų šeimininkė ir kaip partneris, koks….. Skaityti daugiau

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Intermezzo

Peter is a Dublin lawyer in his thirties—successful, competent, and apparently unassailable. But in the wake of their father’s death, he’s medicating himself to sleep and struggling to manage his relationships with two very different women—his enduring first love, Sylvia, and Naomi, a college student for whom life is one long joke. Ivan is a….. Skaityti daugiau

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Time of the flies 

Fifteen years after poisoning her husband’s lover, Ines is released from prison and left to put together a life. Her old friend Manca is out now too, and they decide to work together in pest control. But Señora Bonar, one of their clients, wants them to do more than kill bugs―she wants their expertise, and….. Skaityti daugiau

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Creation lake

Creation Lake is a novel about a secret agent, a thirty-four-year-old American woman of ruthless tactics and clean beauty who is sent to do dirty work in France. “Sadie Smith” is how the narrator introduces herself to the rural commune of French subversives on whom she is keeping tabs, and to her lover, Lucien, a young….. Skaityti daugiau

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I left you behind

Spanning several decades and three countries, these enchanting short stories dwell unsentimentally on shifting homes and lost ancestral homelands, distant memories and fragmented family ties. Largely inspired by the author’s own life experiences, they depict close parental bonds, poignant encounters, tragedies and personal triumphs. Injustice, the importance of education and a love of literature are….. Skaityti daugiau

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Highway thirteen

In the small town of Barrow, Australia, people go about their ordinary lives. They drive to work through the dense state forest. They raise their families. They flirt and yearn. They lie and confess. Some of them leave home. Some of them return. Darkness thrums beneath the surface of these ordinary lives: the violence of….. Skaityti daugiau

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Tiesiog motina

Ingrida po ilgos kelionės sugrįžo į Barioją. Gyvenimas iš pažiūros nusistovėjo, bet karas vis dar meta tamsų šešėlį ant šalies. Kolaborantai sulaukia atpildo, o daugelis paprastų gyventojų ištikusią tragediją trokšta pamiršti. Vieną dieną į salą atvyksta penkerių metų berniukas, netrukus paslaptingai dingsta jo tėvas. Ir Ingrida mėgina perprasti, kas tas mažasis Matis, atkeliavęs pas ją….. Skaityti daugiau

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Best British short stories, 2024

Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover – or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories published in the previous calendar year by British writers, whether based in the UK or elsewhere.

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Entitlement

Brooke wants. She isn’t in need, but there are things she wants. A sense of purpose, for instance. She wants to make a difference in the world, to impress her mother along the way, to spend time with friends and secure her independence. Her job assisting an octogenarian billionaire in his quest to give away….. Skaityti daugiau