Книги жанра контркультура
Счастье Ронинов- цинично и холодно написанная книга, которая рассказывает о жестокой механической стратегии достижения счастья в месте, где счастья нет и быть не может, где добро можно сделать только из зла. Это холодное путешествие в мир истины, рассказанное потому убедительно, что оно имеет штамп "Прожито и Понято" поставленный Богом формальному автору, Денису Саклакову, предпринимателю из Нью-Й…
Вашему вниманию, дорогой читатель, представляю сатирический рассказ о трудностях в жизни писателя, который решил впервые опубликовать свое творчество.
Ночные приключения главного героя и встреча со служителями закона на пустынной дороге.
Вашему вниманию, дорогой читатель, рассказ о том, как главный герой начинает новый бизнес-проект - пчеловодство.
Что будет делать человек, если ему в руки попадет фотоаппарат, способный запечатлевать не просто людей, а их души, какими бы они ни были? Что будет делать человек, если поймет, что любое движение ползунка в Photoshop меняет не только душу, но и жизнь этих людей? Что будет делать человек, если поймет, что не все души достойны изменения и каким-то из них прямая дорога в Хаос? На эти вопросы предстои…
At once a love letter and challenge to the traditional transgender memoir, Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars is a playful, surrealist dance through queer coming of age. A haunted young girl (who happens to be a kung-fu expert and pathological liar) runs away from an oppressive city, where the sky is always grey, in search of love and sisterhood-and finds herself in a magical place known only as th…
It's the mid-to-late 1800s and the British have banished Wajid Ali Shah-the nawab of Awadh in Lucknow-to Calcutta. To the sound of the soulful melody of the sarangi, the mercurial courtesan Laayl-e Aasman is playing a dangerous game of love, loyalty, deception, and betrayal. Bajrangi and Kundan, bound by their love for each other and for Laayl-e, struggle to keep their balance. Ranging across…
Everyone has a chapter they don't want to read out loud. This is mine… There are moments in our lives that define us. For Brooklyn Tanner, it's the summer before her junior year of high school. The summer boys finally begin to notice her. The summer he finally begins to notice her. Andrew Brinks. Handsome. Popular. Star hockey player. Her best friend's brother. For one summer, she&a…
Linda and Earl are a happy couple. Although married for many years, they have never had children. Still, they are content being together, and watching reruns of «I Love Lucy» keeps them close. That, and a magical garden that never seems to grow what they plant. One day Earl finds a set of infant toes in the loam. He and Linda plant them and watch in amazement as the garden produces an enormous bab…
"An unforgettable new female detective bursts onto the audio scene in a historical mystery series set in 1920's Ireland, featuring the Reverend Mother Aquinas. Read by Audie award-winning narrator Rosalyn Landor. A dead body washed up after a flood dressed in evening finery is not a sight often seen in the slums of Cork city, Ireland. When Reverend Mother Aquinas discovers the body at th…
Young Jaimie, a high school senior, holes himself up in an isolated cabin on a New Hampshire lake to mourn the tragic death of his girlfriend. He expects to be alone. So who is that swimmer he sees through the mist, out on the lake? What is the wailing he hears as night falls…the cry of the loon? Maybe Jannie had something else in mind when she made him promise they would be together forever. Afte…
The Metamorphosis was first published in 1915 and is one of the seminal works of fiction of the 20th century. The novel is the masterpiece of Franz Kafka, who is cited as a key influence for many of today's leading authors and is one of the most influential writers of the 20th Century. Traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, wakes to find himself transformed into a large, monstrous insect-like crea…
Даже самое безропотное существо способно восстать против окружающей его неприглядной реальности. Подчас таким способом, что у всех волосы встанут дыбом. Хотя автор не взялся бы утверждать, что люди к этому не готовы.
Lisa's grandfather is turning 100, and her family is gathering from across the country to celebrate at Grandpa Joe's home-a sprawling apricot orchard in southern California. The orchard is both the heart of their family and a reminder of its past. Like many immigrants to America, Joe and his wife, Anna, fled their home country in one of the horrific ethnic cleansings of the twentieth cen…