en-US Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:20:18 -0700 60 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg 125502 370 Siri Hustvedt pola 0 to-read 4.10 2002
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Fiona Maye is a High Court judge in London presiding over cases in family court. She is fiercely intelligent, well respected, and deeply immersed in the nuances of her particular field of law. Often the outcome of a case seems simple from the outside, the course of action to ensure a child's welfare obvious. But the law requires more rigor than mere pragmatism, and Fiona is an expert in considering the sensitivities of culture and religion when handing down her verdicts.

But Fiona's professional success belies domestic strife. Her husband, Jack, asks her to consider an open marriage and, after an argument, moves out of their house. His departure leaves her adrift, wondering whether it was not love she had lost so much as a modern form of respectability; whether it was not contempt and ostracism she really fears. She decides to throw herself into her work, especially a complex case involving a seventeen-year-old boy whose parents will not permit a lifesaving blood transfusion because it conflicts with their beliefs as Jehovah's Witnesses. But Jack doesn't leave her thoughts, and the pressure to resolve the case - as well as her crumbling marriage - tests Fiona in ways that will keep readers thoroughly enthralled until the last stunning page.]]> 221 Ian McEwan 0385539703 pola 0 to-read 3.69 2014
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Nico jest na poz贸r przeciwie艅stwem Britt. Nie jest w艣ciek艂a ani przem臋czona. Nie ma zobowi膮za艅. Ani rodziny. Mimo to uwielbia gniew Britt.

Nowa ksi膮偶ka Linn Str酶msborg opowiada o oczekiwaniach, na jakie kobieta mo偶e sobie pozwoli膰 wobec 偶ycia, i ograniczeniach, kt贸re nasza kultura wci膮偶 kobietom stawia. Pora na w艣ciek艂o艣膰 by艂a ju偶 dawno. Na w艣ciek艂o艣膰 i zniszczenie. Przysz艂a pora na nowe 偶ycie.]]> 240 Linn Str酶msborg 836751548X pola 4
Polecam audiobook czytany przez Ew臋 Abart. ]]> 3.86
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4,5, bo jednak troch臋 za kr贸tko; chcia艂abym wi臋cej szczeg贸艂贸w i g艂臋bi. Ale mo偶e si臋 czepiam. Bardzo dobry manifest i obraz kobiety w spo艂ecze艅stwie. Surowo i skandynawsko, ale bez przesady czy zgry藕liwo艣ci. Mam du偶o zrozumienia dla wszystkich bohater贸w.

Polecam audiobook czytany przez Ew臋 Abart.
]]> 206303793 The darkly comic tale of three generations of a Jewish family, from one of Poland鈥檚 most renowned contemporary authorsConfidential follows on the success of acclaimed photographer, psychologist, and writer Miko艂aj Grynberg鈥檚 highly acclaimed short story collection, I鈥檇 Like to Say Sorry, but There鈥檚 No One to Say Sorry To, which was a finalist for numerous awards, including Poland鈥檚 most prestigious literary prize, the Nike, a National Jewish Book Award, the Sami Rohr Prize, and the National Translation Award in Prose for Sean Gasper Bye鈥檚 excellent translation.

This powerful new novella is a darkly comic portrait of a Jewish family in today鈥檚 Poland, struggling to express their love for another one another in the face of a past that cannot and will not be forgotten. The grandfather is a doctor, a Holocaust survivor who has now vowed to live only for pleasure. His son, born at the start of the war, becomes a doctor like his father, but finds himself emotionally unable to attend the medical conferences in Germany, despite the benefit it would give his career. The mother is loving but firm, though she has a secret habit of attending strangers鈥� funerals so that she can cry.

A masterpiece of concision, Confidential expands on one of the stories in I鈥檇 Like to Say Sorry听.听.听., tackling themes of memory and care, trauma and memory, as well as enduring anti-Semitism with unforgettable power, emotional complexity, and Grynberg鈥檚 trademark black humor.]]> 160 Miko艂aj Grynberg 1620978806 pola 0 to-read 3.62 2025
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]]> 211025375 A sexy, atmospheric mid-century novel about two Shakespearean actors in an unusual marriage during one听summer that will drive them closer than ever or rip them apart for good.

Up-and-coming stage actress Margaret Shoard has just taken a bow as Lady Macbeth, the role she has always believed was destined for her. At home, she plays wife to her best friend Wesley, even if she doesn鈥檛 hold his sole attention romantically. After a public breakdown threatens all she holds dear, Margaret鈥檚 doctor prescribes her uppers鈥攋ust a little help to get through the days.

When Wesley is invited by eccentric director Vaughn Kline to join the cast for an inaugural Shakespeare performance in the New Mexico desert, Margaret decides to accompany him in the hopes that time away from the city will set her back to rights . . . but the world she finds in Vaughn鈥檚 company is filled with obsession and betrayal. Margaret and Wesley, embroiled in an affair with a man who may not be all he seems, must find a way forward together before their story becomes the real tragedy.]]> 368 Isa Ars茅n 0593718364 pola 0 to-read 3.45 2025
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Balle is hypnotic and masterful in her remixing of the endless recursive day, creating curious little folds of time and foreshadowings: her flashbacks light up inside the text like old flash bulbs.

The first volume鈥檚 gravitational pull鈥昦 force inverse to its constriction鈥昲as the effect of a strong tranquilizer, but a drug under which your powers of observation only grow sharper and more acute. Give in to the book's logic (its minute movements, its thrilling shifts, its slant wit, its slowing of time) and its spell is utterly intoxicating.

Solvej Balle鈥檚 seven-volume novel wrings enthralling and magical new dimensions from time and its hapless, mortal subjects. As one Danish reviewer beautifully put it, Balle鈥檚 fiction consists of writing that listens. 鈥淩eading her is like being caressed by language itself.鈥漖]> 160 Solvej Balle 0811237257 pola 0 to-read 3.91 2020
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]]> 219521090 A publishing event ten years in the making鈥�a searing, exquisite new novel by the best-selling and award-winning author of Americanah and We Should All Be Feminists鈥�the story of four women and their loves, longings, and desires.

Chiamaka is a Nigerian travel writer living in America. Alone in the midst of the pandemic, she recalls her past lovers and grapples with her choices and regrets. Zikora, her best friend, is a lawyer who has been successful at everything until 鈥� betrayed and brokenhearted 鈥� she must turn to the person she thought she needed least. Omelogor, Chiamaka鈥檚 bold, outspoken cousin, is a financial powerhouse in Nigeria who begins to question how well she knows herself. And Kadiatou, Chiamaka鈥檚 housekeeper, is proudly raising her daughter in America 鈥� but faces an unthinkable hardship that threatens all she has worked to achieve.

In Dream Count, Adichie trains her fierce eye on these women in a sparkling, transcendent novel that takes up the very nature of love itself. Is true happiness ever attainable or is it just a fleeting state? And how honest must we be with ourselves in order to love, and to be loved? A trenchant reflection on the choices we make and those made for us, on daughters and mothers, on our interconnected world, Dream Count pulses with emotional urgency and poignant, unflinching observations on the human heart, in language that soars with beauty and power. It confirms Adichie鈥檚 status as one of the most exciting and dynamic writers on the literary landscape.]]> 416 Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 059380273X pola 0 to-read 3.97 2025
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]]> 60683642 鈥榃e ache for love, but love eludes us. Out of this crisis comes so much of what it means to be human鈥�

Shon Faye grew up quietly obsessed with the feeling that love was not for her. Not just romantic love: the secret fear of her own unworthiness penetrated every aspect and corner of her life. It was a fear that would erupt in destructive, counterfeit versions of the real love she craved: addictions and short-lived romances that were either euphoric and fantastical, or excruciatingly painful and unhinged, often both. Faye鈥檚 experience of the world as a trans woman, who grew up visibly queer, exacerbated her fears. But, as she confronted her damaging ideas about love and lovelessness, she came to realize that this sense of exclusion is symptomatic of a much larger problem in our culture.

Love, she argues, is as much a collective question as a personal one. Yet our collective ideals of love have developed in a society which is itself profoundly sick and loveless; in which consumer capitalism sells us ever new, engrossing fantasies of becoming more loved or lovable. In this highly politicized terrain, boundaries are purposefully drawn to keep some in and to keep others out. Those who exist outside them are ignored, denigrated, exiled.

In Love in Exile, Shon Faye shows love is much greater than the narrow ideals we have been taught to crave so desperately that we are willing to bend and break ourselves to fit them. Wise, funny, unsparing, and suffused with a radical clarity, this is a book of and for our times: for seeing and knowing love, in whatever form it takes, is the meaning of life itself.]]> 208 Shon Faye 0241605989 pola 0 to-read 4.29
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An A-Z of Chinese Food (Recipes Not Included) is not a recipe book, but a deliberate 'anti-glossary' - a delectable edible anthology that serves up Chinese flavour beyond just its taste.

Jenny Lau always found herself sitting between cultures, connected to both east and west. Hungry to understand herself, she threw herself into researching the Chinese food of her heritage. The result is An A-Z of Chinese Food - a surprising, unputdownable and deliciously enriching anthology that uses food to explore who we are and how we relate to the world.

From A is for Authentic, breaking down our assumptions of who 'owns' what cuisine, to R is for Rice Cooker, a humorous entry from the point of view a hard-working kitchen appliance that has seen a family through its ups and downs, An A-Z of Chinese Food will change the way you think about, see, and eat, food.

'An A-Z of Chinese Food is a landmark in British food writing, somewhere between a book, a magazine, and a treatise, but completely its own thing. Jenny has the rare ability to dissect unwieldy matters of identity, race and culture with the lightness of touch that all serious topics need, combatting preconceived notions about Chinese cuisine with immaculate research and subversive humour. This book is a tonic to the mainstream of food writing' Jonathan Nunn

'A leading light in the British Chinese community' Fuchsia Dunlop

'A balm for the soul... Jenny Lau is a compelling and evocative storyteller, an important voice that shines bright in the world of modern food writing' Hetty Lui McKinnon, author of To Asia, With Love

'There is so much to admire about Jenny's writing... Brilliant' Anna Jones, author of One: Pot, Pan, Planet

'She is a writer of force and warmth. Everything she writes is a must-read!' Dr Mukta Das, food anthropologist

'Essential reading for any serious culture enthusiast' Daniel York Loh, Associate Artistic Director at Kakilang Arts]]> 373 Jenny Lau 140874838X pola 0 to-read 4.54
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A girl can get in almost anywhere, even if she can鈥檛 get out.

In Berlin鈥檚 artistic underground, where techno and drugs fill warehouses still pockmarked from the wars of the twentieth century, nineteen-year-old Nila at last finds her tribe. Born in Germany to Afghan parents, raised in public housing graffitied with swastikas, drawn to philosophy, photography, and sex, Nila has spent her adolescence disappointing her family while searching for her voice as a young woman and artist.

Then in the haze of Berlin鈥檚 legendary nightlife, Nila meets Marlowe, an American writer whose fading literary celebrity opens her eyes to a life of personal and artistic freedom. But as Nila finds herself pulled further into Marlowe鈥檚 controlling orbit, ugly, barely submerged racial tensions begin to roil Germany鈥攁nd Nila鈥檚 family and community. After a year of running from her future, Nila stops to ask herself the most important question: Who does she want to be?

A story of love and family, raves and Kafka, staying up all night and surviving the mistakes of youth, Good Girl is the virtuosic debut novel by a celebrated young poet and, now, a major new voice in fiction.]]> 368 Aria Aber pola 0 to-read 3.73 2025
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One day, Greta recognizes Big Swiss鈥檚 voice in town and they quickly become enmeshed. While Big Swiss is unaware Greta has eavesdropped on her most intimate exchanges, Greta has never been more herself with anyone. Her attraction to Big Swiss overrides her guilt, and she鈥檒l do anything to sustain the relationship鈥]> 336 Jen Beagin 1982153083 pola 0 currently-reading 3.69 2023
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Moving through something that only resembles normal life, Miri comes to realize that the life that they had before might be gone. Though Leah is still there, Miri can feel the woman she loves slipping from her grasp.

Our Wives Under The Sea is the debut novel from Julia Armfield, the critically acclaimed author of Salt Slow. It鈥檚 a story of falling in love, loss, grief, and what life there is in the deep deep sea.]]> 240 Julia Armfield 152901722X pola 3 want-to-read-soon 3.75 2022
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intryguj膮ca, klimatyczna i buduj膮ca napi臋cie, ale napi臋cie w pewnym momencie po prostu nie rozp艂yn臋艂o. brakowa艂o jakiekolwiek punktu kulminacyjnego i g艂臋bi. no i gdzie ten horror?
]]> 45032 488 Jane Austen pola 0 to-read 3.86 1814
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]]> 5113 鈥楨verything everybody does is so鈥擨 don鈥檛 know鈥攏ot wrong, or even mean, or even stupid necessarily. But just so tiny and meaningless and鈥攕ad-making. And the worst part is, if you go bohemian or something crazy like that, you鈥檙e conforming just as much only in a different way.鈥�

First published in The New Yorker as two sequential stories, 鈥楩ranny鈥� and 鈥榋ooey鈥� offer a dual portrait of the two youngest members of J. D. Salinger鈥檚 fictional Glass family.

Franny Glass is a pretty, effervescent college student on a date with her intellectually confident boyfriend, Lane. They appear to be the perfect couple, but as they struggle to communicate with each other about the things they really care about, slowly their true feelings come to the surface. The second story in this book, 鈥榋ooey鈥�, plunges us into the world of her ethereal, sophisticated family. When Franny鈥檚 emotional and spiritual doubts reach new heights, her older brother Zooey, a misanthropic former child genius, offers her consolation and brotherly advice.

Written in Salinger鈥檚 typically irreverent style, these two stories offer a touching snapshot of the distraught mindset of early adulthood and are full of the insightful emotional observations and witty turns of phrase that have helped make Salinger鈥檚 reputation what it is today.]]> 201 J.D. Salinger 0316769029 pola 5 want-to-read-soon smart, witty, thought provoking, funny. gdyby tylko cz臋艣膰 franny by艂a d艂u偶sza

鈥瀊o mam sk艂onno艣膰 do przyjmowania cudzych warto艣ci, zale偶y mi na uznaniu i lubi臋, kiedy ludzie mnie podziwiaj膮. a to niedobrze. wstydz臋 si臋 tego. brzydz臋 si臋 tym. brzydz臋 si臋 sam膮 sob膮, 偶e nie mam tyle odwagi, aby by膰 absolutnie nikim鈥漖]> 3.97 1957
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4,5
smart, witty, thought provoking, funny. gdyby tylko cz臋艣膰 franny by艂a d艂u偶sza

鈥瀊o mam sk艂onno艣膰 do przyjmowania cudzych warto艣ci, zale偶y mi na uznaniu i lubi臋, kiedy ludzie mnie podziwiaj膮. a to niedobrze. wstydz臋 si臋 tego. brzydz臋 si臋 tym. brzydz臋 si臋 sam膮 sob膮, 偶e nie mam tyle odwagi, aby by膰 absolutnie nikim鈥�
]]> 202102084 From #1 New York Times bestselling author Ava Reid comes a reimagining of Lady Macbeth, Shakespeare鈥檚 most famous villainess, giving her a voice, a past, and a power that transforms the story men have written for her.

The Lady knows the stories: how her eyes induce madness in men.听

The Lady knows she will be wed to the Scottish brute, who does not leave his warrior ways behind when he comes to the marriage bed.听听

The Lady knows his hostile, suspicious court will be a game of strategy, requiring all of her wiles and hidden witchcraft to survive.听

But the Lady does not know her husband has occult secrets of his own. She does not know that prophecy girds him like armor. She does not know that her magic is greater and more dangerous, and that it will threaten the order of the world.听

She does not know this yet. But she will.]]> 320 Ava Reid 0593722566 pola 0 to-read 3.47 2024
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]]> 14288164 Ksi膮偶ka ukaza艂a si臋 w 1926 roku - i wywo艂a艂a w Pary偶u prawdziw膮 sensacj臋 towarzysk膮 jako tzw. roman a clef, powie艣膰 z kluczem, portretuj膮ca r贸偶ne osobisto艣ci ze 艣rodowiska "Amerykan贸w w Pary偶u" (by艂o ich tam wtedy mn贸stwo). Oczywi艣cie dopatrzono si臋 i autoportretu pisarza w postaci Jake'a Barnesa.
Dzisiejszy czytelnik b臋dzie jednak w tej powie艣ci szuka艂 nie tyle osobistych z艂o艣liwo艣ci wobec rywali(tak偶e wobec wdzi臋k贸w lady Twysden!) autora, ale z uwag膮 wczyta si臋 w to studium "fa艂szu i tragiczno艣ci sytuacji moralnej" (jak to okre艣li艂 jeden z wybitnych krytyk贸w ameryka艅skich) protagonisty tego utworu- typowego przedstawiciela "straconego pokolenia", nad kt贸rego dojrzewaniem 偶yciowym zaci膮偶y艂y wojenne tragedie.
I dlatego chyba "S艂o艅ce te偶 wschodzi" jest utworem 偶ywym i wzruszaj膮cym tak偶e dla czytelnik贸w 偶yj膮cych o trzy 膰wier膰wiecza p贸藕niej, jest powie艣ci膮 rzucaj膮c膮 ci膮gle przenikliwe i krystalicznie czyste 艣wiat艂o na ludzkie rozterki i moralne konflikty uczuciowe.]]> 275 Ernest Hemingway 8372004757 pola 0 to-read 3.47 1926
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]]> 199215806 G艂o艣na powie艣膰 palesty艅skiej autorki nominowana do Mi臋dzynarodowego Bookera i National Book Award.

Rok 1949, spieczona sierpniowym s艂o艅cem pustynia Negew blisko granicy z Egiptem. Izraelscy 偶o艂nierze, oczyszczaj膮cy terytorium z wrog贸w pa艅stwa, bior膮 do niewoli Beduink臋, gwa艂c膮 j膮 i zabijaj膮. XXI wiek, Ramallah, Zachodni Brzeg Jordanu. M艂oda kobieta, kt贸ra natrafia w gazecie na artyku艂 o zbrodni sprzed lat, wyrusza do Negewu, chc膮c dowiedzie膰 si臋, co dok艂adnie spotka艂o tamt膮 dziewczyn臋 鈥� prze艣laduje j膮 bowiem pewien "drobny szczeg贸艂" 艂膮cz膮cy jej 偶ycie z 贸wczesnymi wydarzeniami.

Drobny szczeg贸艂 to medytacja nad mechanizmami przemocy, groz膮 wojny i prac膮 pami臋ci, przypominaj膮ca, 偶e histori臋 pisz膮 zwyci臋zcy, a los ofiar obj臋ty jest milczeniem. John Maxwell Coetzee, laureat literackiej Nagrody Nobla w 2003 roku, napisa艂, 偶e "zawierzaj膮c nasz dost臋p do wiedzy o kluczowym wydarzeniu dla ca艂ej fabu艂y 鈥� o zgwa艂ceniu i zabiciu m艂odej Beduinki 鈥� dwojgu skupionym na sobie narratorom, izraelskiemu psychopacie i detektywce amatorce w spektrum autyzmu, Shibli podejmuje ryzyko zapo艣redniczenia, kt贸re jednak, gdy historia osi膮ga sw贸j szokuj膮cy fina艂, okazuje si臋 w pe艂ni uzasadnione".]]> 120 Adania Shibli 8396898804 pola 5 4.20 2017
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average rating: 4.20
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poza tymi oczywistymi, najwi臋ksz膮 warto艣ci膮 tej ksi膮偶ki jest ukazanie jak losy ofiar wojny i przemocy s膮 pomijane i zapomniane, bo - po prostu - nie ma ich kto opowiedzie膰. wniosek banalny, ale pokazany w spos贸b dobitny i uderzaj膮cy. must read
]]> 68616484 Zemsta nale偶y do mnie (2021) odbi艂a si臋 szerokim echem w艣r贸d francuskiej krytyki. Jej bohaterk膮 jest adwokatka, kt贸ra podejmuje si臋 obrony morderczyni trojga w艂asnych dzieci. Jak zrozumie膰 t臋 zbrodni臋? Kochaj膮ca, a w oczach znajomych wzorowa i szcz臋艣liwa matka postanawia odebra膰 偶ycie tym, kt贸rych darzy najwi臋kszym uczuciem鈥� M膮偶 oskar偶onej to trudne zadanie powierza mecenas Susane. M臋偶czyzna zdaje si臋 nie pami臋ta膰, 偶e w przesz艂o艣ci z adwokatk膮 po艂膮czy艂o go dziwne zdarzenie. Ale czy rzeczywi艣cie ono mia艂o miejsce, czy jest tylko wytworem wyobra藕ni naszej bohaterki?

Mecenas Susane to uciekinierka ze swojej klasy spo艂ecznej 鈥� rodzice widz膮 w niej jeden wielki sukces, ona sama natomiast cierpi na syndrom oszustki, tym bardziej, 偶e robotnicze pochodzenie nie pozwala jej odnale藕膰 si臋 w bur偶uazyjnym 艣rodowisku palestry. Jak w wielu ksi膮偶kach NDiaye awans klasowy si臋 tu nie do ko艅ca udaje, a cena, jak膮 si臋 p艂aci za 鈥炁紋cie pomi臋dzy鈥� jest ogromna: mecenas Susane jest kobiet膮 bez w艂a艣ciwo艣ci, pozbawion膮 imienia, zredukowan膮 do swojej zawodowej roli. Co po艂膮czy adwokatk臋 z morderczyni膮? W czym ich los oka偶e si臋 podobny?

Jak w wielu ksi膮偶kach NDiaye przemieszczamy si臋 w tej opowie艣ci w czasie i przestrzeni, tera藕niejszo艣膰 przeplata si臋 tu z przesz艂o艣ci膮, krzy偶uj膮 si臋 narracyjne punkty widzenia. Specyficzny j臋zyk powie艣ci t臋tni jakby osobnym 偶yciem, nadaj膮c powie艣ci halucynacyjne, oniryczne tempo. Nie wiemy ju偶, co jest prawd膮, a co nie, czy istnieje w og贸le jaka艣 prawda czy tylko poszczeg贸lne prawdy jednostek. Czy mo偶emy ufa膰 naszym wspomnieniom 鈥� zdaje si臋 pyta膰 NDiaye 鈥� czy nasza pami臋膰 to kr臋taczka?

Zemsta nale偶y do mnie sw膮 wyrafinowan膮 struktur膮 rozsadza gatunkowe ramy. Z jednej strony czyta si臋 j膮 jak thriller, z drugiej jak traktat o spo艂ecznej hierarchii, m臋skiej dominacji i opresji kobiet. Nie jest to jednak w 偶aden spos贸b proza ideologiczna. Rz膮dz膮 ni膮 wieloznaczno艣膰 i ambiwalencja. Jak odmalowane tu Bordeaux, z jego mroczn膮 histori膮 handlu niewolnikami, wszystko zasnuwa mg艂a.]]> 248 Marie NDiaye pola 2 3.03 2021
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average rating: 3.03
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co za absolutny bezsens. mia艂a by膰 ksi膮偶ka o awansie spo艂ecznym i zrozumieniu zbrodni matki na w艂asnych dzieciach, wyszed艂 monolog wewn臋trzny bohaterki, kt贸ra w 偶adnym stopniu mnie nie interesuje. 85% tej ksi膮偶ki to ca艂kowity nonsens
]]> 59634120 An exhilarating and expansive new novel about fathers and sons, faith and friendship from Caleb Azumah Nelson, the no.1 bestselling, award-winning author of Open Water

The one thing that can solve Stephen's problems is dancing. Dancing at Church, with his parents and brother, the shimmer of Black hands raised in praise; he might have lost his faith, but he does believe in rhythm. Dancing with his friends, somewhere in a basement with the drums about to drop, while the DJ spins garage cuts. Dancing with his band, making music which speaks not just to the hardships of their lives, but the joys too. Dancing with his best friend Adeline, two-stepping around the living room, crooning and grooving, so close their heads might touch. Dancing alone, at home, to his father's records, uncovering parts of a man he has never truly known.

Stephen has only ever known himself in song. But what becomes of him when the music fades? When his father begins to speak of shame and sacrifice, when his home is no longer his own? How will he find space for himself: a place where he can feel beautiful, a place he might feel free?

Set over the course of three summers in Stephen's life, from London to Ghana and back again, Small Worlds is an exhilarating and expansive novel about the worlds we build for ourselves, the worlds we live, dance and love within.]]> 260 Caleb Azumah Nelson 024157434X pola 0 to-read 4.29 2023
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]]> 45701509
Nawet kiedy na jej drodze staje Rhett Butler 鈥� bezkompromisowy, inteligentny i cyniczny oficer 鈥� nie zamierza zmienia膰 swoich plan贸w. A Rhett nie zamierza zrezygnowa膰 z niej...

Jednak w 偶yciu Scarlett to nie m臋偶czy藕ni s膮 najwa偶niejsi. Zdana tylko na siebie, po艣wi臋ca wszystko, aby w ogniu wojny secesyjnej ratowa膰 rodzinny maj膮tek 鈥� Tar臋. I z beztroskiej dziewczyny zaczyna si臋 zmienia膰 w dojrza艂膮 kobiet臋.

笔辞飞颈别艣膰 o kobiecej niez艂omno艣ci, walce o rodzin臋 i w艂asne szcz臋艣cie. A tak偶e o b艂臋dach, za kt贸re czasami trzeba zap艂aci膰 najwy偶sz膮 cen臋...

Filmowa adaptacja Przemin臋艂o z wiatrem z Vivien Leigh i Clarkiem Gable'em po prawie 80 latach od premiery nadal nale偶y do najwa偶niejszych film贸w w historii kina.]]> 576 Margaret Mitchell 837985960X pola 0 to-read 4.41 1936
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]]> 23942 160 William S. Burroughs 0330300164 pola 0 to-read 3.57 1985
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]]> 64228610 Claudia Salazar Jim茅nez ukazuje wojn臋 oczyma kobiet, mieszaj膮c w swej brutalnej prozie polityk臋, po偶膮danie i b贸l. Osobiste historii, cho膰 fikcyjne, przybli偶aj膮 czytelnikom traum臋 ca艂ego narodu, kt贸ra do dzi艣 pozostaje 偶ywa. 鈥濳rew o 艣wicie鈥� dowodzi, 偶e tylko sztuka pozwala nam pami臋ta膰, i przypomina, 偶e 鈥瀔a偶dy, kto ma jakie艣 poj臋cie o historii, wie, 偶e wielkie zmiany spo艂eczne nie s膮 mo偶liwe bez kobiecego fermentu鈥�.]]> 100 Claudia Salazar Jim茅nez pola 4 3.90 2013
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average rating: 3.90
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rating: 4
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]]> 48727091 776 Sylvia Plath 836633533X pola 0 to-read 4.38 2000
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]]> 61986136 A young woman pretends to be someone she isn't in this stunning novel by the New York Times bestselling author of The Girls.

Summer is coming to a close on the East End of Long Island, and Alex is no longer welcome.

A misstep at a dinner party, and the older man she's been staying with dismisses her with a ride to the train station and a ticket back to the city.

With few resources and a waterlogged phone, but gifted with an ability to navigate the desires of others, Alex stays on Long Island and drifts like a ghost through the hedged lanes, gated driveways, and sun-blasted dunes of a rarified world that is, at first, closed to her. Propelled by desperation and a mutable sense of morality, she spends the week leading up to Labor Day moving from one place to the next, a cipher leaving destruction in her wake.

Taut, propulsive, and impossible to look away from, Emma Cline's The Guest is a spellbinding literary achievement.]]> 304 Emma Cline 0812998626 pola 4
jedyne co: mog艂aby by膰 jeszcze troch臋 pog艂臋biona ]]> 3.29 2023
author: Emma Cline
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average rating: 3.29
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rating: 4
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popularna teraz tematyka uj臋ta w bardzo nienachalny spos贸b, na plus

jedyne co: mog艂aby by膰 jeszcze troch臋 pog艂臋biona
]]> 2187 Middlesex tells the breathtaking story of Calliope Stephanides, and three generations of the Greek-American Stephanides family, who travel from a tiny village overlooking Mount Olympus in Asia Minor to Prohibition-era Detroit, witnessing its glory days as the Motor City and the race riots of 1967 before moving out to the tree-lined streets of suburban Grosse Pointe, Michigan. To understand why Calliope is not like other girls, she has to uncover a guilty family secret, and the astonishing genetic history that turns Callie into Cal, one of the most audacious and wondrous narrators in contemporary fiction. Lyrical and thrilling, Middlesex is an exhilarating reinvention of the American epic.]]> 529 Jeffrey Eugenides 0312422156 pola 0 currently-reading 4.03 2002
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average rating: 4.03
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]]> 59788674 The first full account of the Slenderman stabbing, a true crime narrative of mental illness, the American judicial system, the trials of adolescence, and the power of the internet

The Slenderman stabbing of May 31, 2014, in the Milwaukee suburb of Waukesha, Wisconsin, shocked the local community and the world. The violence of Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier, two twelve-year-old girls who attempted to stab their classmate to death, was extreme, but what seemed even more frightening was that they had done so under the influence of a figure born by the internet: the so-called 鈥淪lenderman.鈥� Yet the even more urgent aspect of the story, that the children involved were suffering from undiagnosed mental illness, was often overlooked in coverage of the case.

Slenderman: Online Obsession, Mental Illness, and the Violent Crime of Two Midwestern Girls tells that full story for the first time in deeply researched detail, using court transcripts, police reports, individual reporting, and exclusive interviews. Morgan and Anissa were bound together by their shared love of geeky television shows and animals, and their discovery of the user-uploaded scary stories on the Creepypasta website could have been nothing more than a brief phase. But Morgan was suffering from early-onset childhood schizophrenia. She believed that she had been seeing Slenderman for many years, and the only way to stop him from killing her family was to bring him a sacrifice: Morgan鈥檚 best friend Payton 鈥淏ella鈥� Leutner, whom Morgan and Anissa planned to stab to death on the night of Morgan鈥檚 twelfth birthday. Bella survived the attack, but was deeply traumatized, while Morgan and Anissa were immediately remanded into jail, and the severity of their crime meant that they would be prosecuted as adults. There, as Morgan continued to suffer from worsening mental illness after being denied antipsychotics, her life became more and more surreal.

Slenderman is both a page-turning true crime story and a search for justice.]]> 348 Kathleen Hale 080215980X pola 0 to-read 3.94 2022
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average rating: 3.94
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]]> 60180249
芦驴Sab铆as que en la 茅poca de los Tudor todos los burdeles estaban al sur del r铆o, en Southwark, y que no fue hasta mucho despu茅s cuando se trasladaron al Soho? Lupanares, los llamaban en esa 茅poca.禄

Soho: un sitio c谩ustico, h煤medo, insaciable. La 煤nica zona de Londres que realmente nunca duerme. Turistas que se pasean, oportunistas que merodean, adictos que se arrastran, trabajadoras del sexo que se exhiben para los clientes que las rondan, personas sin hogar, gente que est谩 perdida. Bajan por la calle Wardour, se asoman por Dean, se meten en L'Escargot, se escabullen por callejones desiertos, esquivando borrachos y contenedores de basura, y salen a las bulliciosas avenidas desbordantes de energ铆a, llenas de vida y desenfreno.

En una esquina descansa un edificio, igual que los edificios contiguos. Sin embargo, este alberga una heterog茅nea muchedumbre de ricos y pobres, desde el s贸tano hasta la terraza de la azotea. En las 煤ltimas plantas, Precious y Tabitha han establecido su hogar, pero ahora corre peligro: la propietaria, una multimillonaria llamada Agatha, quiere expulsar a las mujeres que viven y trabajan all铆 para construir restaurantes caros y apartamentos de lujo. Los hombres como Robert, que visitan el burdel, tendr谩n que ir a otro sitio. Y las personas que, como Cheryl, duermen en el s贸tano, deber谩n encontrar otro lugar donde esconderse al caer la noche. Pero esas mujeres no piensan rendirse. Soho es su territorio y est谩n dispuestas a luchar.]]> 464 Fiona Mozley 8413626366 pola 0 to-read 3.36 2021
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]]> 61672
La villa est magnifique, l'茅t茅 br没lant, la M茅diterran茅e toute proche. C茅cile a dix-sept ans. Elle ne conna卯t de l'amour que des baisers, des rendez-vous, des lassitudes. Pas pour longtemps. Son p猫re, veuf, est un adepte joyeux des liaisons passag猫res et sans importance. Ils s'amusent, ils n'ont besoin de personne, ils sont heureux. La visite d'une femme de c艙ur, intelligente et calme, vient troubler ce d茅licieux d茅sordre. Comment 茅carter la menace ? Dans la pin猫de embras茅e, un jeu cruel se pr茅pare.
C'茅tait l'茅t茅 1954. On entendait pour la premi猫re fois la voix s猫che et rapide d'un 芦 charmant petit monstre 禄 qui allait faire scandale. la deuxi猫me moiti茅 du XXe si猫cle commen莽ait. Elle serait 脿 l'image de cette adolescente d茅chir茅e entre le remords et le culte du plaisir.

Set against the translucent beauty of France in summer, Bonjour Tristesse is a bittersweet tale narrated by Cecile, a seventeen-year-old girl on the brink of womanhood, whose meddling in her father's love life leads to tragic consequences.

Endearing, self-absorbed, seventeen-year-old C茅cile is the very essence of untroubled amorality. Freed from the stifling constraints of boarding school, she joins her father鈥攁 handsome, still-young widower with a wandering eye鈥攆or a carefree, two-month summer vacation in a beautiful villa outside of Paris with his latest mistress. C茅cile cherishes the free-spirited moments she and her father share, while plotting her own sexual adventures with a "tall and almost beautiful" law student. But the arrival of her late mother's best friend intrudes upon a young girl's pleasures. And when a relationship begins to develop between the adults, C茅cile and her lover set in motion a plan to keep them apart...with tragic, unexpected consequences.

The internationally beloved story of a precocious teenager's attempts to understand and control the world around her, Fran莽oise Sagan's Bonjour Tristesse is a beautifully composed, wonderfully ambiguous celebration of sexual liberation, at once sympathetic and powerfully unsparing.]]> 154 Fran莽oise Sagan 2266127748 pola 4 3.76 1954
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name: pola
average rating: 3.76
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]]> 59693959 In a village in a medieval fiefdom buffeted by natural disasters, a motherless shepherd boy finds himself the unlikely pivot of a power struggle that puts all manner of faith to a savage test, in a spellbinding novel that represents Ottessa Moshfegh鈥檚 most exciting leap yet

Little Marek, the abused and delusional son of the village shepherd, never knew his mother; his father told him she died in childbirth. One of life鈥檚 few consolations for Marek is his enduring bond with the blind village midwife, Ina, who suckled him as a baby, as she did so many of the village鈥檚 children. Ina鈥檚 gifts extend beyond childcare: she possesses a unique ability to communicate with the natural world. Her gift often brings her the transmission of sacred knowledge on levels far beyond those available to other villagers, however religious they might be. For some people, Ina鈥檚 home in the woods outside of the village is a place to fear and to avoid, a godless place.

Among their number is Father Barnabas, the town priest and lackey for the depraved lord and governor, Villiam, whose hilltop manor contains a secret embarrassment of riches. The people鈥檚 desperate need to believe that there are powers that be who have their best interests at heart is put to a cruel test by Villiam and the priest, especially in this year of record drought and famine. But when fate brings Marek into violent proximity to the lord鈥檚 family, new and occult forces upset the old order. By year鈥檚 end, the veil between blindness and sight, life and death, the natural world and the spirit world, civility and savagery, will prove to be very thin indeed.]]> 313 Ottessa Moshfegh pola 2 no thank you 3.53 2022
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average rating: 3.53
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]]> 59336344
鈥淐aptures the ache-inducing quality of art and desire . . . a deeply relatable and profoundly enjoyable read, one drenched in prismatic color and light.鈥濃�擪risten Arnett, New York Times bestselling author of With Teeth

It鈥檚 2011: America is in a deep recession and Occupy Wall Street is escalating. But at the elite Wrynn College of Art, students paint and sculpt in a rarefied bubble. Louisa Arceneaux is a thoughtful, observant nineteen-year-old when she transfers to Wrynn as a scholarship student, but she soon finds herself adrift in an environment that prizes novelty over beauty. Complicating matters is Louisa鈥檚 unexpected attraction to her charismatic roommate, Karina Piontek, the preternaturally gifted but mercurial daughter of wealthy art collectors. Gradually, Louisa and Karina are drawn into an intense sensual and artistic relationship, one that forces them to confront their deepest desires and fears. But Karina also can鈥檛 shake her fascination with Preston Utley, a senior and anti-capitalist Internet provocateur, who is publicly feuding with visiting professor and political painter Robert Berger鈥攁 once-controversial figurehead seeking to regain relevance.

When Preston concocts an explosive hoax, the fates of all four artists are upended as each is unexpectedly thrust into the cutthroat New York art world. Now all must struggle to find new identities in art, in society, and among each other. In the process, they must find either their most authentic terms of life鈥攐f success, failure, and joy鈥攐r risk losing themselves altogether.

With a canny, critical eye, Sirens & Muses overturns notions of class, money, art, youth, and a generation鈥檚 fight to own their future.]]> 368 Antonia Angress pola 3 want-to-read-soon 3,5 3.91 2022
author: Antonia Angress
name: pola
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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]]> 471808 A Certain Smile, the second novel by French author Fran莽oise Sagan, tells the story of Dominique, a bored twenty-year-old law student at the Sorbonne in mid-1950s Paris who embarks on a love affair with a middle-aged man. Frank and spontaneous, vulnerable and cruel, thoughtless and insightful, Sagan's young narrator explores such perennial themes as unrequited love and the precarious balance of irrational emotions and self-restraint.]]> 128 Fran莽oise Sagan 9997413393 pola 0 to-read 3.82 1955
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]]> 63337133
For as long as she can remember, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare videos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies, Belle finds herself back in Southern California, dealing with her mother鈥檚 considerable debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stakes escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral, offering a tantalizing clue about her mother鈥檚 demise, followed by a cryptic video about a transformative spa experience. With the help of a pair of red shoes, Belle is lured into the barbed embrace of La Maison de M茅duse, the same lavish, culty spa to which her mother was devoted. There, Belle discovers the frightening secret behind her (and her mother鈥檚) obsession with the mirror鈥攁nd the great shimmering depths (and demons) that lurk on the other side of the glass.

Snow White meets Eyes Wide Shut in this surreal descent into the dark side of beauty, envy, grief, and the complicated love between mothers and daughters. With black humor and seductive horror, Rouge explores the cult-like nature of the beauty industry鈥攁s well as the danger of internalizing its pitiless gaze. Brimming with California sunshine and blood-red rose petals, Rouge holds up a warped mirror to our relationship with mortality, our collective fixation with the surface, and the wondrous, deep longing that might lie beneath.]]> Mona Awad pola 5 3.58 2023
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name: pola
average rating: 3.58
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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najg艂臋bsza i najbardziej dojrza艂a ksi膮偶ka mony. czy je艣li jej pozosta艂ym ksi膮偶kom da艂am 5 gwiazdek to tej mog臋 da膰 6?
]]> 195481664 Kiedy Eichmedien sta艂y si臋 Nakomiadami? Kiedy Rastenburg by艂 Rastemborkiem i kiedy sta艂 si臋 K臋trzynem? Carlshof 鈥� Karolewem, a Gro脽 St眉rlack 鈥� Ster艂awkami?

罢辞艅 opowiada losy kilku pokole艅 rodziny zwi膮zanej z dawnymi Prusami Wschodnimi, gdzie od wiek贸w miesza艂y si臋 to偶samo艣膰 polska, mazurska, niemiecka i litewska: Histori臋 babki Janki, arystokratki Gudrun i jej ukochanego Maxa 鈥� niemieckiego chirurga, ciotki Gertraud, syna Janki 鈥� Wolfa, i wreszcie Alicji 鈥� najm艂odszej z rodziny, antropolo偶ki, kt贸ra musi zmierzy膰 si臋 z konieczno艣ci膮 sprzeda偶y rodzinnej siedziby nad Gubrem 鈥� domu pe艂nego wspomnie艅 i naznaczonego tajemnic膮.

艢ledzimy losy bohater贸w i bohaterek, pocz膮wszy od czas贸w wojny, katastrofy K枚nigsbergu i Rastenburga, sowieckiej nawa艂nicy, przez komunistyczn膮 Polsk臋 鈥� ju偶 odmienion膮, gdzie o przesz艂o艣ci nie m贸wi si臋 wcale lub m贸wi si臋 szeptem 鈥� a偶 do czas贸w wsp贸艂czesnych, w kt贸rych rozgrywa si臋 nowy uchod藕czy dramat.]]> 408 Ishbel Szatrawska 8367121341 pola 0 to-read 4.28 2023
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name: pola
average rating: 4.28
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]]> 209821428 Krwawy kobalt to wstrz膮saj膮cy reporta偶 o ogromnym 偶niwie, jakie wydobycie kobaltu zbiera w艣r贸d ludzi Demokratycznej Republiki Konga. Aktywista i badacz Siddharth Kara uda艂 si臋 w g艂膮b kobaltowego terytorium, aby udokumentowa膰 zeznania ludzi 偶yj膮cych, pracuj膮cych i umieraj膮cych dla kobaltu. Aby odkry膰 prawd臋 o brutalnych praktykach wydobywczych, zbada艂 obszary wydobywcze kontrolowane przez milicj臋, prze艣ledzi艂 艂a艅cuch dostaw kobaltu i zebra艂 szokuj膮ce zeznania ludzi.

艢ledztwo ujawnia naruszenia praw cz艂owieka stoj膮ce za wydobyciem kobaltu w Kongu i moralne implikacje, kt贸re maj膮 wp艂yw na nas wszystkich.]]> 368 Siddharth Kara 8383196431 pola 0 to-read 4.36 2023
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]]> 62627655
Claire Keegan jest mistrzyni膮 kr贸tkiej formy. Z zaledwie kilku s艂贸w buduje ca艂y 艣wiat, tworz膮c uniwersaln膮 opowie艣膰 o krzywdzie i 偶yczliwo艣ci, o ludzkiej dobroci i milcz膮cym przyzwoleniu na z艂o. Z empati膮 pochyla si臋 nad tym, co naj艂atwiej przeoczy膰, i nad tymi, kt贸rych najtrudniej us艂ysze膰. To r贸wnie偶 g艂os w sprawie wstrz膮saj膮cych wydarze艅, do jakich dochodzi艂o w klasztorach si贸str magdalenek w Irlandii, w kt贸rych zajmowano si臋 "upad艂ymi kobietami". Drobiazgi takie jak te to poruszaj膮ca opowie艣膰 o codziennych aktach dobroci, kt贸re nieraz wymagaj膮 od nas najwi臋kszej odwagi, oraz o drobnych decyzjach, kt贸re sk艂adaj膮 si臋 na nasze 偶ycie.]]> 96 Claire Keegan 8381915856 pola 0 to-read 3.83 2021
author: Claire Keegan
name: pola
average rating: 3.83
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]]> 275 117 Marguerite Duras pola 0 to-read 3.79 1984
author: Marguerite Duras
name: pola
average rating: 3.79
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As the train pressed on, I realised that my life was in the process of taking a different direction, plotted according to a new constellation. Because, although I didn't know it yet, I was about to meet Ben and nothing would ever be the same again.

Martin Gilmour is an outsider. When he wins a scholarship to Burtonbury School, he doesn't wear the right clothes or speak with the right kind of accent. But then he meets the dazzling, popular and wealthy Ben Fitzmaurice, and gains admission to an exclusive world. Soon Martin is enjoying tennis parties and Easter egg hunts at the Fitzmaurice family's estate, as Ben becomes the brother he never had.

But Martin has a secret. He knows something about Ben, something he will never tell. It is a secret that will bind the two of them together for the best part of 25 years.

At Ben's 40th birthday party, the great and the good of British society are gathering to celebrate in a haze of champagne, drugs and glamour. Amid the hundreds of guests鈥攖he politicians, the celebrities, the old-money and newly rich鈥擬artin once again feels that disturbing pang of not-quite belonging. His wife, Lucy, has her reservations too. There is disquiet in the air. But Ben wouldn't do anything to damage their friendship. Would he?]]> 294 Elizabeth Day 0008194262 pola 0 to-read 3.52 2017
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Babitz鈥檚 inimitable voice propels these stories forward, corralling everything that gets in their sex, rage, the Ch芒teau Marmont, youth, beauty, Jim Morrison, men, women, and black swans. This exciting reissue further celebrates the phenomenon of Eve Babitz, cementing her reputation as the voice of a generation.]]> 256 Eve Babitz 051714445X pola 4 3.86 1993
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]]> 57693262 For readers of Modern Lovers and Conversations with Friends, an addictive, humorous, and poignant debut novel about the shock waves caused by one couple's impulsive marriage.

Twenty-four-year-old British painter Cleo has escaped from England to New York and is still finding her place in the sleepless city when, a few months before her student visa ends, she meets Frank. Twenty years older and a self-made success, Frank's life is full of all the excesses Cleo's lacks. He offers her the chance to be happy, the freedom to paint, and the opportunity to apply for a Green Card. But their impulsive marriage irreversibly changes both their lives, and the lives of those close to them, in ways they never could've predicted.

Each compulsively readable chapter explores the lives of Cleo, Frank, and an unforgettable cast of their closest friends and family as they grow up and grow older. Whether it's Cleo's best friend struggling to embrace his gender queerness in the wake of Cleo's marriage, or Frank's financially dependent sister arranging sugar daddy dates to support herself after being cut off, or Cleo and Frank themselves as they discover the trials of marriage and mental illness, each character is as absorbing, and painfully relatable, as the last.

As hilarious as it is heartbreaking, entertaining as it is deeply moving, Cleopatra and Frankenstein marks the entry of a brilliant and bold new talent.]]> 384 Coco Mellors 1635576814 pola 4 3.70 2022
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obraz zagubienia, samotno艣ci i pr贸by zape艂nienia pustki (i moje osobiste pozytywne zaskoczenie)
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Murong Xuecun postanawia sprawdzi膰, jak wygl膮da strefa zero. "Po prostu zr贸b to i nie my艣l, czym to grozi" 鈥� powtarza za ka偶dym razem, wiedz膮c, 偶e tajna policja obserwuje ka偶dy jego ruch.

艢miertelnie ciche miasto to reporta偶 o pierwszych tygodniach pandemii w Wuhanie opowiedziany z perspektywy zwyk艂ych ludzi. Lekarza z pierwszej linii frontu. Sprz膮taczki w g艂贸wnym szpitalu miejskim, bezpo艣rednio obserwuj膮cej narastanie grozy. Aktywistki pr贸buj膮cej ujawnia膰 skal臋 zaniedba艅 rz膮du. Wolontariuszy przybywaj膮cych do Wuhanu wbrew nasilaj膮cej si臋 inwigilacji. Wreszcie obywateli, kt贸rzy ca艂e 偶ycie podporz膮dkowali w艂adzy, a w obliczu pandemii zrozumieli, 偶e zastawiono na nich pu艂apk臋.]]> 248 Murong Xuecun 8381918553 pola 0 to-read 3.67 2022
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]]> 205352212 Miasta zwanego samotno艣ci膮 w swojej nowej ksi膮偶ce przygl膮da si臋 fenomenowi cielesno艣ci. Zabiera nas w fascynuj膮c膮 podr贸偶 od klasyk贸w filozofii przez feminizm a偶 po ruchy walcz膮ce o prawa mniejszo艣ci. Pokazuje, 偶e zawsze chodzi o szans臋 na uwolnienie si臋 od ogranicze艅 wynikaj膮cych z tego, jak wygl膮damy: by m贸c 偶y膰, pracowa膰 i kocha膰 na w艂asnych warunkach, nie nara偶aj膮c si臋 na przemoc.

Olivia Laing 艂膮czy obszern膮 wiedz臋 krytyczki kultury z osobistymi do艣wiadczeniami dziecka wychowanego w t臋czowej rodzinie i osoby niebinarnej. Analizuje zagadnienia dotycz膮ce seksualno艣ci, rasy, choroby. Interesuje j膮 tak偶e aspekt duchowy: do jakiego stopnia mo偶emy uto偶samia膰 si臋 z naszym cia艂em, a na ile to tylko pow艂oka, za kt贸r膮 si臋 skrywamy? Dlaczego czasem chcemy od niego uciec, a nawet je poskromi膰? Odpowiedzi szuka w biografiach wielkich artyst贸w i naukowc贸w, kt贸rzy marzyli o rewolucji w sposobie my艣lenia o fizyczno艣ci: Susan Sontag, Niny Simone, Martina Luthera Kinga, Williama Burroughsa i Allena Ginsberga, a偶 wreszcie najwybitniejszego ucznia Freuda 鈥� Wilhelma Reicha.

Pragnienia bohater贸w Republiki cia艂 jeszcze si臋 nie zi艣ci艂y. Wci膮偶 czekamy na republik臋 cia艂 nieskr臋powanych konwenansami ani w艂adz膮. Ale marzenia o wolno艣ci nie znikaj膮. Wci膮偶 wibruj膮 g艂臋boko w nas.]]> 344 Olivia Laing 8381918545 pola 0 to-read 4.17 2021
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Mercy is hard in a place like this . . .
It鈥檚 February 1976, and Odessa, Texas, stands on the cusp of the next great oil boom. While the town鈥檚 men embrace the coming prosperity, its women intimately know and fear the violence that always seems to follow.

In the early hours of the morning after Valentine鈥檚 Day, fourteen-year-old Gloria Ram铆rez appears on the front porch of Mary Rose Whitehead鈥檚 ranch house, broken and barely alive. The teenager had been viciously attacked in a nearby oil field鈥攁n act of brutality that is tried in the churches and barrooms of Odessa before it can reach a court of law. When justice is evasive, the stage is set for a showdown with potentially devastating consequences.

Valentine is a haunting exploration of the intersections of violence and race, class and region in a story that plumbs the depths of darkness and fear, yet offers a window into beauty and hope. Told through the alternating points of view of indelible characters who burrow deep in the reader鈥檚 heart, this fierce, unflinching, and surprisingly tender novel illuminates women鈥檚 strength and vulnerability, and reminds us that it is the stories we tell ourselves that keep us alive.]]> 320 Elizabeth Wetmore 0062913263 pola 0 to-read 3.73 2020
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]]> 46164 Tender Is the Night is the tragic romance of the young actress Rosemary Hoyt and the stylish American couple Dick and Nicole Diver. A brilliant young psychiatrist at the time of his marriage, Dick is both husband and doctor to Nicole, whose wealth goads him into a lifestyle not his own, and whose growing strength highlights Dick's harrowing demise. A profound study of the romantic concept of character, Tender Is the Night is lyrical, expansive, and hauntingly evocative.]]> 430 F. Scott Fitzgerald pola 0 to-read 3.81 1934
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Je艣li zachowasz pami臋膰 o grzechu to niejednoznaczna historia synowsko-matczynej relacji, ale tak偶e opowie艣膰 o miejscu, gdzie ludziom z pe艂nymi kieszeniami wolno wszystko, biednym nic, a jedni i drudzy staj膮 si臋 r贸wni tylko wobec 艣mierci.]]> 192 Andrea Bajani 8396469695 pola 4 jedyna w swoim rodzaju 3.72 2007
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average rating: 3.72
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jedyna w swoim rodzaju
]]> 199198734 呕ywy trup? Potw贸r? A mo偶e empatyczna i wra偶liwa istota poszukuj膮ca akceptacji i mi艂o艣ci...

Glasgow, koniec XIX wieku. Ekscentryczny i r贸wnie odra偶aj膮cy doktor Godwin Baxter pokonuje nauk膮 艣mier膰, przywracaj膮c do 偶ycia cia艂o m艂odej samob贸jczyni, kt贸ra uton臋艂a w rzece. Jako 偶e przy okazji wszczepia jej m贸zg ma艂ego dziecka, b臋dzie musia艂 nauczy膰 j膮 偶ycia od pocz膮tku.

Pi臋kna, 偶ywio艂owa i b艂yskotliwa Bella uczy si臋 m贸wi膰 w b艂yskawicznym tempie poszerzaj膮c swoje s艂ownictwo. Jej post臋py przerastaj膮 oczekiwania tw贸rcy. Jest pozbawiona uprzedze艅, 艂akoma 偶ycia i wiedzy, a tak偶e nienasycona seksualnie. Nie daje si臋 podporz膮dkowa膰 ani m臋偶czyznom, ani innym ograniczeniom swoich czas贸w.

Opowie艣膰 o Belli, o jej Bozi, jej kochankach, m臋偶ach i jej niespo偶ytej nami臋tno艣ci to historia 偶ywej i prawdziwej mi艂o艣ci oraz niezwyk艂ej przemiany, a tak偶e ho艂d dla naukowej brawury. Przenosi czytelnika z sali operacyjnej p贸藕nowiktoria艅skiego Glasgow do arystokratycznych kasyn, slums贸w Aleksandrii i paryskiego burdelu, a偶 po o艂tarz w szkockim ko艣ciele. To jednak wcale nie zapowiada zako艅czenia鈥� Bo 偶ycie bez wolno艣ci wyboru nie jest warte 偶ycia.

笔辞飞颈别艣膰 jest postmodernistyczn膮 rewizj膮 Frankensteina, w kt贸rej klasycznego potwora zast膮pi艂a Bella Baxter 鈥� pi臋kna m艂oda erotomanka przywr贸cona do 偶ycia z m贸zgiem niemowl臋cia. Parodiuj膮c klasyczn膮 powie艣膰 wiktoria艅sk膮, Gray stworzy艂 dowcipn膮 alegori臋 polityczn膮, w kt贸rej wa偶n膮 rol臋 odgrywa w膮tek pojedynku mi臋dzy 偶膮dzami m臋偶czyzn a niezale偶no艣ci膮 kobiet, wci膮偶 nad wyraz aktualny.]]> 370 Alasdair Gray 8367195957 pola 0 to-read 3.68 1992
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W miar臋 jak Saghani zmierza na po艂udnie, nowi towarzysze Franny zaczynaj膮 rozumie膰, 偶e skrywa ona wiele mrocznych tajemnic: nocne l臋ki, niewys艂ane listy i obsesj臋, kt贸ra nakazuje jej 艣ciga膰 rybitwy za wszelk膮 cen臋. Kiedy historia jej przesz艂o艣ci zaczyna si臋 ods艂ania膰, Ennis z za艂og膮 musz膮 zada膰 sobie pytanie, za czym tak naprawd臋 pod膮偶a Franny... i przed czym ucieka.

Migracje s膮 zar贸wno od膮 na cze艣膰 naszego zagro偶onego 艣wiata, jak i zapieraj膮c膮 dech w piersiach, wci膮gaj膮c膮 opowie艣ci膮 o tym, jak daleko jeste艣my w stanie si臋 posun膮膰 dla ludzi, kt贸rych kochamy.]]> 352 Charlotte McConaghy 8381431700 pola 0 to-read 4.25 2020
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]]> 127282554 A New York Times Book Review Editors鈥� Choice
A Belletrist Book Club Pick

An elegant, razor-sharp debut about women's ambitions and appetites鈥攁nd the truth about having it all

Outside of a childhood nickname she can鈥檛 shake, Piglet鈥檚 rather pleased with how her life鈥檚 turned out. An up-and-coming cookbook editor at a London publishing house, she鈥檚 got lovely, loyal friends and a handsome fianc茅, Kit, whose rarefied family she actually, most of the time, likes, despite their upper-class eccentricities. One of the many, many things Kit loves about Piglet is the delicious, unfathomably elaborate meals she鈥檚 always cooking.

But when Kit confesses a horrible betrayal two weeks before they鈥檙e set to be married, Piglet finds herself suddenly鈥ungry. The couple decides to move forward with the wedding as planned, but as it nears and Piglet balances family expectations, pressure at work, and her quest to make the perfect cake, she finds herself increasingly unsettled, behaving in ways even she can鈥檛 explain. Torn between a life she鈥檚 always wanted and the ravenousness that comes with not getting what she knows she deserves, Piglet is, by the day of her wedding, undone, but also ready to look beyond the lies we sometimes tell ourselves to get by.

A stylish, uncommonly clever novel about the things we want and the things we think we want, Piglet is both an examination of women鈥檚 often complicated relationship with food and a celebration of the messes life sometimes makes for us.]]> 320 Lottie Hazell 125028984X pola 0 to-read 3.40 2024
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鈥淪he had never seen Bea dance like this. Ever sat spellbound as her daughter grew from a little girl into a woman before her eyes鈥︹��

Ever, Lindsay, and Josie have ushered their daughters鈥擝ea, Olive, and Savvy鈥攖hrough years of dance classes in their coastal California town. They鈥檝e tended bloodied feet, stitched ribbons to countless pairs of pointe shoes, and in the process, forged friendships that seem to transcend rivalry.

But now Etienne Bernay, enfant terrible of French ballet, has come to their conservatory. Not only will he direct this year鈥檚 production of The Nutcracker , but he鈥檚 brought along a film crew to document his search for one special student who will receive a full scholarship to the Ballet de Paris Academie. For the girls, this is the chance to fulfill lifelong dreams. For Ever, recently widowed and struggling financially, it may be the only way to keep Bea dancing. And Bea is a truly gifted dancer鈥攑oetic and ethereal, breathtaking to watch.

Lindsay, meanwhile, frets that Olive is growing tired of the punishing reality of training, while Josie has no such qualms about Savvy, who is a powerhouse of ambition.

From auditions to casting to rehearsals, the cameras capture the selection process, with its backstabbing and jealousy, disappointment and triumph. But it鈥檚 behind the scenes that Bernay鈥檚 arrival will yield the most shocking revelations, exposing the secrets and lies at the heart of all three families鈥攁nd the sacrifices women make for their children, for friendship, and for art.]]> 432 Tammy Greenwood 1496739337 pola 0 to-read 3.93 2024
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In this exquisite story of family, food, grief, and endurance, Michelle Zauner proves herself far more than a dazzling singer, songwriter, and guitarist. With humour and heart, she tells of growing up the only Asian-American kid at her school in Eugene, Oregon; of struggling with her mother鈥檚 particular, high expectations of her; of a painful adolescence; of treasured months spent in her grandmother鈥檚 tiny apartment in Seoul, where she and her mother would bond, late at night, over heaping plates of food. As she grew up, moving to the east coast for college, finding work in the restaurant industry, performing gigs with her fledgling band 鈥� and meeting the man who would become her husband 鈥� her Koreanness began to feel ever more distant, even as she found the life she wanted to live.

It was her mother鈥檚 diagnosis of terminal pancreatic cancer, when Michelle was twenty-five, that forced a reckoning with her identity and brought her to reclaim the gifts of taste, language, and history her mother had given her.

Vivacious, lyrical and honest, Michelle Zauner鈥檚 voice is as radiantly alive on the page as it is onstage. Rich with intimate anecdotes that will resonate widely, Crying in H Mart is a book to cherish, share, and reread.]]> 243 Michelle Zauner 0525657746 pola 0 to-read, dnf 4.25 2021
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]]> 203747554 Zdobywczyni nagrody Man Booker Prize 2016, Han Kang, powraca po 5 latach z now膮, pe艂nowymiarow膮 powie艣ci膮.

Nie m贸wi臋 偶egnaj opowiada o ludob贸jstwie w 1948 roku na wyspie Czed偶u. Opisuje nie tylko wydarzenia historyczne, ale tak偶e przedstawia w przejmuj膮cy portret trzech kobiet oraz wp艂yw, jaki na nie mia艂a doznana przemoc i strata. Przede wszystkim jednak stawia wa偶ne pytania dotycz膮ce pami臋ci zbiorowej czy odpowiedzialno艣ci historycznej.

Han Kang snuje opowie艣膰 o desperackiej walce i godno艣ci ludzi, kt贸rzy wbrew otaczaj膮cym ich ciemno艣ciom staraj膮 si臋 odnale藕膰 promie艅 艣wiat艂a. Ta zaczerpni臋ta z niedawnej tragicznej historii Korei opowie艣膰 o p艂yn膮cej z g艂臋bi serca, bezgranicznej mi艂o艣ci 鈥� kt贸ra sprawia, 偶e cz艂owiek staje si臋 w ko艅cu cz艂owiekiem 鈥� obezw艂adnia pi臋knem zawartym w eleganckich, poetyckich zdaniach i ol艣niewaj膮co 偶ywych obrazach.

"Pami臋tam, 偶e kiedy kilka lat temu kto艣 mnie zapyta艂, o czym napisz臋 nast臋pn膮 powie艣膰, odpowiedzia艂am, 偶e mam nadziej臋, 偶e b臋dzie to powie艣膰 o mi艂o艣ci. Nie zmieni艂am zdania. Mam nadziej臋, 偶e jest to powie艣膰 o mi艂o艣ci bez granic." 鈥� Han Kang]]> 384 Han Kang 8383194498 pola 0 to-read, dnf 3.83 2021
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Our current legal system is to a great extent the product of an earlier period of social and economic transformation. From the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century, as accountability for industrial-age harms became a pervasive source of conflict, the US legal system underwent profound, tectonic shifts. Today, struggles over ownership of information-age resources and accountability for information-age harms are producing new systemic changes.

In Between Truth and Power , Julie E. Cohen explores the relationships between legal institutions and political and economic transformation. Systematically examining struggles over the conditions of information flow and the design of information architectures and business models, she argues that as law is enlisted to help produce the profound economic and sociotechnical shifts that have accompanied the emergence of the informational economy, it is too is transforming in fundamental ways. Drawing on elements from legal theory, science and technology studies, information studies, communication studies and organization studies to develop a complex theory of institutional change, Cohen develops an account of the gradual emergence of legal institutions adapted to the information age and of the power relationships that such institutions reflect and reproduce.

A tour de force of ambitious interdisciplinary scholarship, Between Truth and Power will transform our thinking about the possible futures of law and legal institutions in the networked information era.]]> 376 Julie E. Cohen 0190246693 pola 0 to-read 3.93
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A masterful new look at privacy in the twenty-first century, The Fight for Privacy takes the focus off Silicon Valley moguls to investigate the price we pay as technology migrates deeper into every aspect of our lives: entering our bedrooms and our bathrooms and our midnight texts; our relationships with friends, family, lovers, and kids; and even our relationship with ourselves.


Drawing on in-depth interviews with victims, activists, and advocates, Citron brings this headline issue home for readers by weaving together visceral stories about the countless ways that corporate and individual violators exploit privacy loopholes. Exploring why the law has struggled to keep up, she reveals how our current system leaves victims鈥攑articularly women, LGBTQ+ people, and marginalized groups鈥攕hamed and powerless while perpetrators profit, warping cultural norms around the world.


Yet there is a solution to our toxic relationship with technology and privacy: fighting for intimate privacy as a civil right. Collectively, Citron argues, citizens, lawmakers, and corporations have the power to create a new reality where privacy is valued and people are protected as they embrace what technology offers. Introducing readers to the trailblazing work of advocates today, Citron urges readers to join the fight. Your intimate life shouldn鈥檛 be traded for profit or wielded against you for power: it belongs to you. With Citron as our guide, we can take back control of our data and build a better future for the next, ever more digital, generation.]]> 304 Danielle Keats Citron 0393882314 pola 0 to-read 4.01 2022
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]]> 75293505
鈥淭he dystopian future portrayed in some science-fiction movies is already upon听us. Kashmir Hill鈥檚 fascinating book brings home the scary implications of this new reality.鈥濃�擩ohn Carreyrou, author of Bad Blood

Longlisted for the Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award

New York Times tech reporter Kashmir Hill was skeptical when she got a tip about a mysterious app called Clearview AI that claimed it could, with 99 percent accuracy, identify anyone based on just one snapshot of their face. The app could supposedly scan a听face听and, in just seconds, surface every detail of a person鈥檚 online their name, social media profiles, friends and family members, home address, and photos that they might not have even known existed. If it was everything it claimed to be, it would be the ultimate surveillance tool, and it would open the door to everything from stalking to totalitarian state control. Could it be true?

In this riveting account, Hill tracks the improbable rise of Clearview AI, helmed by Hoan Ton-That, an Australian computer engineer, and Richard Schwartz, a former Rudy Giuliani advisor, and its astounding collection of billions of faces from the internet. The company was boosted by a cast of controversial characters, including conservative provocateur Charles C. Johnson and billionaire Donald Trump backer Peter Thiel鈥攚ho all seemed eager to release this society-altering technology on the public.听Google and Facebook decided that a tool to identify strangers was too radical to release, but Clearview forged ahead, sharing the app with private investors, pitching it to businesses, and听offering it to thousands of law enforcement agencies around the听world.
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Facial recognition technology has been quietly growing more powerful for decades. This technology has already been used in wrongful arrests in the United States. Unregulated, it could expand the reach of policing, as it has in China and Russia, to a terrifying, dystopian level.
鈥傗赌傗赌傗赌傗赌�
Your Face Belongs to Us is a gripping true story about the rise of a technological superpower and an urgent warning that, in the absence of vigilance and government regulation, Clearview AI is one of many new technologies that challenge what Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis once called 鈥渢he right to be let alone.鈥漖]> 352 Kashmir Hill 0593448561 pola 0 to-read 4.14 2023
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Wkr贸tce do prawnik贸w i medi贸w zacz臋li zg艂asza膰 si臋 tak偶e rodzice poszukuj膮cy dzieci, kt贸re dot膮d uwa偶ali za zmar艂e. Pojawi艂o si臋 nowe, budz膮ce groz臋 okre艣lenie: bebes robados, ukradzione dzieci. W latach sze艣膰dziesi膮tych i siedemdziesi膮tych nowo narodzone dziecko mo偶na by艂o kupi膰 za r贸wnowarto艣膰 mieszkania. W proceder sprzeda偶y zamieszane by艂y instytucje pa艅stwowe i ko艣cielne.

Katarzyna Kobylarczyk opisuje jeden z najbardziej wstrz膮saj膮cych rozdzia艂贸w w najnowszej historii Hiszpanii, nadal pe艂en pyta艅 bez odpowiedzi.]]> 208 Katarzyna Kobylarczyk 8381917727 pola 5 诲辞蝉办辞苍补艂补 4.24 2023
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average rating: 4.24
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诲辞蝉办辞苍补艂补
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This commitment to authenticity has never been more on display than in Down the Drain . With writing that is both eloquent and accessible, Fox recounts her turbulent path to cultural her parents鈥� volatile relationship that divided her childhood between Italy and New York City and left her largely raising herself; a possessive and abusive drug-dealing boyfriend whose torment continued even from within Rikers Island; her own trips to jail as well as to a psychiatric hospital; her work as a dominatrix that led to a complicated entanglement with a sugar daddy; a heroin habit that led to New Orleans trap houses and that she would kick only after the fatal overdose of her best friend; her own near-lethal overdoses and the deaths of still more friends from drugs and suicide; an emotionally explosive, tabloid-dominating romance with a figure she dubs 鈥淭he Artist鈥�; a whirlwind, short-lived marriage and her trials as a single parent striving to support her young son. Yet as extraordinary as her story is, its universality is what makes it so powerful. Fox doesn鈥檛 just capture her improbable evolution from grade-school outcast to fashion-world icon, she captures her transition from girlhood to womanhood to motherhood. Family and friendship, sex and death, violence and love, money and power, innocence and experience鈥攊t鈥檚 all here, in raw, remarkable and riveting detail.

More than a year before the book鈥檚 publication, Fox鈥檚 description of it as 鈥渁 masterpiece鈥� in a red carpet interview went viral. As always, she was just being honest. Down the Drain is a true literary achievement, as one-of-a-kind as its author.]]> 318 Julia Fox 1668011506 pola 4
Poza tym: Kanye West kontroluj膮cy i nieszanuj膮cy swoich partnerek? Nowe, nie zna艂am ]]> 4.38 2023
author: Julia Fox
name: pola
average rating: 4.38
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Jak przy wi臋kszo艣ci autobiografii/wspomnie艅 napisanych przez celebryt贸w, ta ksi膮偶ka te偶 wydaje si臋 by膰 sposobem autoterapii. Nie s膮dzi艂am, 偶e cokolwiek mnie tu zaciekawi, tak jak ju偶 pisa艂am wcze艣niej - nawet nie za bardzo obchodzi mnie Julia Fox i jej 偶ycie. A jednak. Najwi臋ksz膮 warto艣ci膮 tej ksi膮偶ki jest j臋zyk; Julia Fox swietnie ubiera w s艂owa wszystko co chce powiedzie膰, momentami nawet pi臋knie pomimo traumatycznych wydarze艅. Historia o tym jak dzieci艅stwo i brak zaanga偶owania, mi艂o艣ci rzutuje na 偶yciu; o uzale偶nieniu, szukaniu walidacji i atencji od m臋偶czyzn, ci膮g艂ego wchodzenia w role. Bezwstydna, anga偶uj膮ca, wielowymiarowa. Niby nic niezwyk艂ego, po prostu kolejna historia przypadkowej, odklejonej celebrytki, a jednak jest tutaj du偶o wi臋cej.

Poza tym: Kanye West kontroluj膮cy i nieszanuj膮cy swoich partnerek? Nowe, nie zna艂am
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In our deluge of information, it's getting harder and harder to distinguish the revelatory from the contradictory. How do we make health decisions in the face of conflicting medical advice? Does that article on GMOs even show what the authors claim? How can we navigate the next Thanksgiving discussion with our in-laws, who follow completely different experts on climate?
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In Third Millennium Thinking , a physicist, a psychologist, and a philosopher introduce readers to the tools and frameworks that scientists have developed to keep from fooling themselves, to understand the world, and to make decisions. We can all borrow these trust-building techniques to tackle problems both big and small.
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Readers will 听
Using provocative thought exercises, jargon-free language, and vivid illustrations drawn from history, daily life, and scientists鈥� insider stories, Third Millennium Thinking offers a novel approach for readers to make sense of the nonsense.]]> 320 Saul Perlmutter 0316438103 pola 0 to-read 3.64
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A must-read for all parents: the generation-defining investigation into the collapse of youth mental health in the era of smartphones, social media, and big tech鈥攁nd a plan for a healthier, freer childhood.

鈥淲ith tenacity and candor, Haidt lays out the consequences that have come with allowing kids to drift further into the virtual world . . . While also offering suggestions and solutions that could help protect a new generation of kids.鈥� 鈥擲hannon Carlin, ,i>TIME, 100 Must-Read Books of 2024

After more than a decade of stability or improvement, the mental health of adolescents plunged in the early 2010s. Rates of depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide rose sharply, more than doubling on many measures. Why?

In The Anxious Generation, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt lays out the facts about the epidemic of teen mental illness that hit many countries at the same time. He then investigates the nature of childhood, including why children need play and independent exploration to mature into competent, thriving adults. Haidt shows how the 鈥減lay-based childhood鈥� began to decline in the 1980s, and how it was finally wiped out by the arrival of the 鈥減hone-based childhood鈥� in the early 2010s. He presents more than a dozen mechanisms by which this 鈥済reat rewiring of childhood鈥� has interfered with children鈥檚 social and neurological development, covering everything from sleep deprivation to attention fragmentation, addiction, loneliness, social contagion, social comparison, and perfectionism. He explains why social media damages girls more than boys and why boys have been withdrawing from the real world into the virtual world, with disastrous consequences for themselves, their families, and their societies.

Most important, Haidt issues a clear call to action. He diagnoses the 鈥渃ollective action problems鈥� that trap us, and then proposes four simple rules that might set us free. He describes steps that parents, teachers, schools, tech companies, and governments can take to end the epidemic of mental illness and restore a more humane childhood.

Haidt has spent his career speaking truth backed by data in the most difficult landscapes鈥攃ommunities polarized by politics and religion, campuses battling culture wars, and now the public health emergency faced by Gen Z. We cannot afford to ignore his findings about protecting our children鈥攁nd ourselves鈥攆rom the psychological damage of a phone-based life.]]> 400 Jonathan Haidt 0593655036 pola 0 to-read 4.36 2024
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But when the Granby School invites her back to teach a course, Bodie is inexorably drawn to the case and its increasingly apparent 铿俛ws. In their rush to convict Omar, did the school and the police overlook other suspects? Is the real killer still out there? As she falls down the very rabbit hole she was so determined to avoid, Bodie begins to wonder if she wasn't as much of an outsider at Granby as she'd thought鈥攊f, perhaps, back in 1995, she knew something that might have held the key to solving the case.]]> 438 Rebecca Makkai 0593490142 pola 3 3.57 2023
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nawet gdyby ta ksi膮偶ka mia艂a dwa razy wi臋cej stron autorce nie uda艂oby si臋 rozwin膮膰 wszystkich w膮tk贸w, kt贸re chcia艂a poruszy膰. nie jest to z艂a powie艣膰, ale spore rozczarowanie
]]> 61281138 384 Eimear McBride 8396466750 pola 0 to-read 3.87 2016
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]]> 175348469 Nagradzana, bestsellerowa powie艣膰 o rodzinie tureckich emigrant贸w

Po trzydziestu latach pracy w Niemczech H眉seyin spe艂nia swoje najwi臋ksze marzenie i kupuje mieszkanie w Stambule, jednak, gdy nadchodzi dzie艅 przeprowadzki, umiera na zawa艂. Na jego pogrzebie ca艂a rodzina po raz pierwszy od dawna spotyka si臋 w komplecie鈥� Poznajemy histori臋 sze艣ciu ca艂kowicie r贸偶nych os贸b, jakby przez przypadek ze sob膮 spokrewnionych, z kt贸rych ka偶da skrywa w艂asne tajemnice, pragnienia i urazy. 艁膮czy ich jedno: poczucie, 偶e kto艣 obserwuje mieszkanie H眉seyina.

W 顿偶颈苍补肠丑 Fatma Aydemir szuka odpowiedzi na pytanie, czym jest rodzina i czy jeste艣my w stanie sobie przebaczy膰. To tak偶e napisana z czu艂o艣ci膮, a jednocze艣nie pe艂na 偶alu historia los贸w setek tysi臋cy emigrant贸w, kt贸rzy w latach 60. przyjechali z Turcji do Niemiec w poszukiwaniu lepszego 偶ycia.]]> 313 Fatma Aydemir 8367121325 pola 5 4.41 2022
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]]> 58435724 Trylogia kopenhaska du艅skiej poetki i prozaiczki Tove Ditlevsen w ko艅cu trafia w r臋ce polskiego czytelnika. W podzielonej na trzy cz臋艣ci ksi膮偶ce urodzona przed wojn膮 autorka opisuje kolejne etapy swojego burzliwego 偶ycia 鈥� d颅zieci艅stwo sp臋dzone w ubogiej rodzinie w kopenhaskiej dzielnicy robotniczej, m艂odo艣膰 wype艂nion膮 pierwszymi pr贸bami literackimi i mi艂osnymi t臋sknotami oraz doros艂o艣膰 naznaczon膮 nieudanymi zwi膮zkami i g艂臋bokim uzale偶nieniem od opiat贸w. W opisach r贸偶norodno艣ci kobiecego do艣wiadczenia Ditlevsen jest bezkompromisowo szczera, a jednocze艣nie nieuchwytna, jakby pomimo wielkiego talentu nie mog艂a uwierzy膰, 偶e kilka s艂贸w zapisanych na kartce wystarczy, by przekaza膰 prawd臋 o w艂asnym 偶yciu. "Wiem, 偶e to straszne nie by膰 normalnym, i sama musz臋 si臋 m臋czy膰 z udawaniem, 偶e jestem normalna" 鈥� pisze nastoletnia Tove. A w jej 偶yciu szcz臋艣cie nieustannie miesza si臋 ze smutkiem, pragnienie zmian ze stagnacj膮, a trze藕wo艣膰 my艣li z narastaj膮cym szale艅stwem.

Ditlevsen na wiele lat przed Elen膮 Ferrante stworzy艂a przejmuj膮c膮 opowie艣膰 o awansie spo艂ecznym, porzuceniu w艂asnych korzeni i mi艂o艣ci pe艂nej po艣wi臋ce艅. Jednak podczas gdy autorka Genialnej przyjaci贸艂ki potrzebowa艂a do tego dw贸ch g艂贸wnych bohaterek, du艅skiej pisarce wystarczy tylko jedna 鈥� ona sama.]]> 368 Tove Ditlevsen 8381912911 pola 4
Nie da si臋 nie doceni膰 tej ksi膮偶ki i warsztatu autorki. Najmocniejsz膮 stron膮 jest tutaj budowanie historii i ci膮gu przyczynowo-skutkowego; bardzo dobrze wida膰 sk膮d wynikaj膮 schematy i podejmowane decyzje 偶yciowe, ale wnioski nie s膮 podane tacy co bardzo mi si臋 podoba. Jest to refleksyjna, sk艂aniaj膮ca do przemy艣le艅 i koniec ko艅c贸w bardzo smutna historia. Czu膰 ten skandynawski ch艂贸d, ale jednocze艣nie intensywno艣膰 opisywanych zdarze艅. Ko艅cowe rozdzia艂y uderzy艂y mnie ze wzgl臋du na tak bezb艂臋dnie opisan膮 bezsilno艣膰 i bezradno艣膰. Zupe艂nie nie dziwi臋 si臋, 偶e Tove Ditlevsen jest jedn膮 z najs艂ynniejszych, du艅skich pisarek. Na pewno si臋gn臋 po inne ksi膮偶ki. ]]> 4.39 1967
author: Tove Ditlevsen
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average rating: 4.39
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rating: 4
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Z ksi膮偶kami autobiograficznymi mam momentami problem, bo nie umiem zaanga偶owa膰 si臋 histori臋. Tutaj tez tak by艂o, a przynajmniej przez pierwsz膮 po艂ow臋 i dlatego gdybym mog艂a da艂abym tutaj 3.75 (ale nie mog臋).

Nie da si臋 nie doceni膰 tej ksi膮偶ki i warsztatu autorki. Najmocniejsz膮 stron膮 jest tutaj budowanie historii i ci膮gu przyczynowo-skutkowego; bardzo dobrze wida膰 sk膮d wynikaj膮 schematy i podejmowane decyzje 偶yciowe, ale wnioski nie s膮 podane tacy co bardzo mi si臋 podoba. Jest to refleksyjna, sk艂aniaj膮ca do przemy艣le艅 i koniec ko艅c贸w bardzo smutna historia. Czu膰 ten skandynawski ch艂贸d, ale jednocze艣nie intensywno艣膰 opisywanych zdarze艅. Ko艅cowe rozdzia艂y uderzy艂y mnie ze wzgl臋du na tak bezb艂臋dnie opisan膮 bezsilno艣膰 i bezradno艣膰. Zupe艂nie nie dziwi臋 si臋, 偶e Tove Ditlevsen jest jedn膮 z najs艂ynniejszych, du艅skich pisarek. Na pewno si臋gn臋 po inne ksi膮偶ki.
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Historia ma wiele przemy艣lnych korytarzy, dlatego nie dajmy si臋 jej zwie艣膰: Hersh Libkin z Sacramento w Kalifornii to naprawd臋 Hersz Libkin z miasta 艁odzi. I tylko ironii losu przypiszmy to, 偶e zamieszka艂 w mie艣cie nazwanym od chrze艣cija艅skiego obrz膮dku w stanie, kt贸rego nazwa wywodzi si臋 z kultury islamskiej. W jego rozpisanej na g艂osy, prowadz膮cej przez Auschwitz, Hollywood i Woodstock historii rozwija si臋 opowie艣膰 o cenie, jak膮 si臋 p艂aci, za to kim si臋 jest, kim chcia艂oby si臋 zosta膰 i kim widz膮 nas inni. Tak偶e za to, kogo si臋 kocha i o czym wola艂oby si臋 zapomnie膰. Swoim skrojonym na brechtowsk膮 miar臋, gniewnym, i dotykaj膮cym nas wszystkich dramatem Ishbel Szatrawska wysoko podnios艂a poprzeczk臋.
Jerzy Jarniewicz

Gdyby Woody Allen i Quentin Tarantino w jednym spali domu, a nad ranem przysz艂a Ishbel Szatrawska poprzestawia膰 im zabawki, poburzy膰 im budowle z Lego i pozamienia膰 g艂贸wki lalek, to w艂a艣nie tak by si臋 to mog艂o sko艅czy膰. To znaczy - tym zaowocowa膰. 艢wietnym, broadwayowskim, wr臋cz filmowym tekstem teatralnym. Kt贸ry naprawd臋 dobrze si臋 czyta, i kt贸ry z pewno艣ci膮 dobrze si臋 b臋dzie ogl膮da膰.听
Mateusz Paku艂a

Co zrobi膰 z bohaterem, kt贸ry umar艂, zanim pojawi艂o si臋 pierwsze zdanie w tek艣cie? Mo偶na zrobi膰 to, co zrobi艂 Vladimir Nabokov z Sebastianem Knightem albo Roth z Everymanem.听 Albo to, co zrobi艂a Szatrawska z Hershem Libkinem 鈥� opowiedzie膰 jego 偶ycie. Dynamicznie, z tym nerwem, kt贸ry sprawia, 偶e tekst przykuwa od pierwszej sceny i puszcza na ko艅cu z pytaniem: Jak to jest 偶y膰 w dekoracjach, kt贸re p臋kaj膮 jak hollywoodzka scenografia? Jak to jest w tych p臋kni臋ciach widzie膰 siebie?听 Jak to jest, dzwoni膰 z Ameryki do przyjaciela z 艂贸dzkiego getta i rozmawia膰 z nim, wiedz膮c, 偶e to niebezpieczne? Wiedz膮c, 偶e to niemo偶liwe. Jak to jest, 偶y膰 z poczuciem winy za wszystko, co si臋 w 偶yciu zrobi艂o? Za to, 偶e si臋 偶yje? Jak to jest, us艂ysze膰, 偶e jest si臋 tch贸rzem? Ze sceny, prosto w oczy. Mocny, odwa偶ny tekst nie tylko o tym, jak to jest by膰 呕ydem, nie tylko o tym, jak to jest by膰 homoseksualnym 呕ydem, ale o tym, jak to jest by膰 cz艂owiekiem i jak z tym 偶y膰.
Barbara Sadurska]]> 203 Ishbel Szatrawska 836712104X pola 5 4.36 2022
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wybitna. scena 22, cz臋艣膰 druga, ale ca艂a ksi膮偶ka by艂a po prostu wybitna.
]]> 53256108 From the critically acclaimed author of Bunny, a darkly funny novel about a theater professor suffering chronic pain, who in the process of staging a troubled production of Shakespeare鈥檚 most maligned play, suddenly and miraculously recovers.

Miranda Fitch鈥檚 life is a waking nightmare. The accident that ended her burgeoning acting career left her with excruciating, chronic back pain, a failed marriage, and a deepening dependence on painkillers. And now she鈥檚 on the verge of losing her job as a college theater director. Determined to put on Shakespeare鈥檚 All鈥檚 Well That Ends Well, the play that promised, and cost, her everything, she faces a mutinous cast hellbent on staging Macbeth instead. Miranda sees her chance at redemption slip through her fingers.

That鈥檚 when she meets three strange benefactors who have an eerie knowledge of Miranda鈥檚 past and a tantalizing promise for her future: one where the show goes on, her rebellious students get what鈥檚 coming to them, and the invisible, doubted pain that鈥檚 kept her from the spotlight is made known.

With prose Margaret Atwood has described as 鈥渘o punches pulled, no hilarities dodged...genius,鈥� Mona Awad has concocted her most potent, subversive novel yet. All鈥檚 Well is the story of a woman at her breaking point and a formidable, piercingly funny indictment of our collective refusal to witness and believe female pain.]]> 352 Mona Awad pola 5 want-to-read-soon 3.70 2021
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average rating: 3.70
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mona awad jest mistrzyni膮 hipnotyzuj膮cych, zatrwa偶aj膮cych zako艅cze艅. podobnie jak w 鈥瀊unny鈥�, tu tez czu艂am si臋 jak w transie, tak jak bohaterka. wow
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On a dark, wet evening in Dublin, scientist and mother-of-four Eilish Stack answers her front door to find the GNSB on her step. Two officers from Ireland鈥檚 newly formed secret police are here to interrogate her husband, a trade unionist.

Ireland is falling apart. The country is in the grip of a government turning towards tyranny and Eilish can only watch helplessly as the world she knew disappears. When first her husband and then her eldest son vanish, Eilish finds herself caught within the nightmare logic of a collapsing society.

How far will she go to save her family? And what 鈥� or who 鈥� is she willing to leave behind?

Exhilarating, terrifying and propulsive, Prophet Song is a work of breathtaking originality, offering a devastating vision of a country at war and a deeply human portrait of a mother鈥檚 fight to hold her family together.]]> 259 Paul Lynch pola 0 to-read 4.03 2023
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]]> 11996 "As far back as I can recall, I have been in the bunker."

A young woman is kept in a cage underground with thirty-nine other females, guarded by armed men who never speak; her crimes unremembered... if indeed there were crimes.

The youngest of forty鈥攁 child with no name and no past鈥攕he survives for some purpose long forgotten in a world ravaged and wasted. In this reality where intimacy is forbidden鈥攊n the unrelenting sameness of the artificial days and nights鈥攕he knows nothing of books and time, of needs and feelings.

Then everything changes... and nothing changes.

A young woman who has never known men鈥攁 child who knows of no history before the bars and restraints鈥攎ust now reinvent herself, piece by piece, in a place she has never been... and in the face of the most challenging and terrifying of unknowns: freedom.]]> 208 Jacqueline Harpman 0380731819 pola 0 to-read 4.22 1995
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Benjamin Honey- American, Bantu, Igbo- born enslaved- freed or fled at fifteen- aspiring orchardist, arrived on the island with his Irish wife, Patience, and discovered they could make a life together there. More than a century later, the Honeys' descendants remain, with an eccentric, diverse band of neighbours. Then comes the intrusion of 'civilization': officials determine to 'cleanse' the island, and a missionary schoolteacher selects one light-skinned boy to save. The rest will succumb to the authorities' institutions or cast themselves on the waters in a new Noah's Ark.

Full of lyricism and power, Paul Harding's This Other Eden explores the hopes and dreams and resilience of those seen not to fit a world brutally intolerant of difference.]]> 224 Paul Harding 132403629X pola 0 to-read 3.73 2023
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]]> 36820477 A searching examination of all the dimensions of love, marriage, mourning, and kinship from two-time Booker Prize finalist Deborah Levy.

To strip the wallpaper off the fairy tale of The Family House in which the comfort and happiness of men and children has been the priority is to find behind it an unthanked, unloved, neglected, exhausted woman.

The Cost of Living explores the subtle erasure of women's names, spaces, and stories in the modern everyday. In this 鈥渓iving autobiography鈥� infused with warmth and humor, Deborah Levy critiques the roles that society assigns to us, and reflects on the politics of breaking with the usual gendered rituals. What does it cost a woman to unsettle old boundaries and collapse the social hierarchies that make her a minor character in a world not arranged to her advantage?

Levy draws on her own experience of attempting to live with pleasure, value, and meaning--the making of a new kind of family home, the challenges of her mother's death--and those of women she meets in everyday life, from a young female traveler reading in a bar who suppresses her own words while she deflects an older man's advances, to a particularly brilliant student, to a kindly and ruthless octogenarian bookseller who offers the author a place to write at a difficult time in her life. The Cost of Living is urgent, essential reading, a crystalline manifesto for turbulent times.]]> 144 Deborah Levy 163557191X pola 0 to-read 4.18 2018
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Now he is. . .

Without a home

Waiting for his stand-up career to take off

Wondering why everyone else around him seems to have grown up while he wasn't looking

Set adrift on the sea of heartbreak, Andy clings to the idea of solving the puzzle of his ruined relationship. Because if he can find the answer to that, then maybe Jen can find her way back to him. But Andy still has a lot to learn, not least his ex-girlfriend's side of the story鈥�

In this sharply funny and exquisitely relatable story of romantic disaster and friendship, Dolly Alderton offers up a love story with two endings, demonstrating once again why she is one of the most exciting writers today, and the true voice of a generation.]]> 345 Dolly Alderton 0241523672 pola 0 to-read 3.85 2023
author: Dolly Alderton
name: pola
average rating: 3.85
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]]> 6402779 W艂adze w po艣piechu zamykaj膮 pierwsz膮 grup臋 w nieczynnym szpitalu psychiatrycznym.

Z dnia na dzie艅 ta zamkni臋ta spo艂eczno艣膰 zaczyna si臋 rz膮dzi膰 w艂asnymi, twardymi prawami, kt贸re szybko wyznaczaj膮 role ofiar i oprawc贸w, poddanych i pan贸w. I tylko jedna osoba wie, 偶e nie wszyscy s膮 艣lepi.

Ta powie艣膰 jest wstrz膮saj膮cym i g艂臋boko przenikaj膮cym czytelnika studium kondycji ludzkiej.]]> 348 Jos茅 Saramago 8375102482 pola 0 to-read 3.99 1995
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]]> 22929524 The Odd Woman and the City explores the rhythms, chance encounters, and ever-changing friendships of urban life that forge the sensibility of a fiercely independent woman who has lived out her conflicts, not her fantasies, in a city (New York) that has done the same. Running steadily through the book is Vivian Gornick's exchange of more than twenty years with Leonard, a gay man who is sophisticated about his own unhappiness, whose friendship has "shed more light on the mysterious nature of ordinary human relations than has any other intimacy" she has known. The exchange between Gornick and Leonard acts as a Greek chorus to the main action of the narrator's continual engagement on the street with grocers, derelicts, and doormen; people on the bus, cross-dressers on the corner, and acquaintances by the handful. In Leonard she sees herself reflected plain; out on the street she makes sense of what she sees.

Written as a narrative collage that includes meditative pieces on the making of a modern feminist, the role of the flaneur in urban literature, and the evolution of friendship over the past two centuries, The Odd Woman and the City beautifully bookends Gornick's acclaimed Fierce Attachments, in which we first encountered her rich relationship with the ultimate metropolis.]]> 192 Vivian Gornick 0374298602 pola 4 czu艂am si臋 jakbym czyta艂a przepi臋knie napisany dziennik niesamowicie inteligentnej kobiety ]]> 3.90 2015
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czu艂am si臋 jakbym czyta艂a przepi臋knie napisany dziennik niesamowicie inteligentnej kobiety
]]> 67352076 288 Blake Morrison 0008510539 pola 0 to-read 2.50
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]]> 53320421
Wkr贸tce okaza艂o si臋, 偶e wp艂ywy Weinstaina si臋gaj膮 daleko poza granice jego filmowego imperium. Telewizja NBC, dla kt贸rej pracowa艂 Farrow, zacz臋艂a rzuca膰 mu k艂ody pod nogi, a w ko艅cu nakaza艂a przerwanie prac nad reporta偶em. Dziennikarz i 艣wiadkowie, kt贸rzy zdecydowali si臋 z nim rozmawia膰, byli zastraszani przez prawnik贸w producenta i inwigilowani przez zatrudnionych przez niego detektyw贸w oraz agencje szpiegowskie. A kiedy wreszcie reporta偶 ujrza艂 艣wiat艂o dzienne, wysz艂o na jaw, 偶e sprawa Weinsteina to tylko wierzcho艂ek g贸ry lodowej 鈥� podobnych do niego by艂o wi臋cej, a sie膰 powi膮za艅 mi臋dzy 艣wiatem polityki, biznesu i medi贸w przez lata zapewnia艂a im bezkarno艣膰.

Za ujawnienie sprawy Weinsteina Ronan Farrow wsp贸lnie z redakcjami "New Yorkera" i "New York Timesa" otrzyma艂 w 2018 roku Nagrod臋 Pulitzera.]]> 448 Ronan Farrow 8381910455 pola 0 to-read 4.16 2019
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]]> 222070 A guide to the art of personal writing, by the author of Fierce Attachments and The End of the Novel of Love

All narrative writing must pull from the raw material of life a tale that will shape experience, transform event, deliver a bit of wisdom. In a story or a novel the "I" who tells this tale can be, and often is, an unreliable narrator but in nonfiction the reader must always be persuaded that the narrator is speaking truth.

How does one pull from one's own boring, agitated self the truth-speaker who will tell the story a personal narrative needs to tell? That is the question The Situation and the Story asks--and answers. Taking us on a reading tour of some of the best memoirs and essays of the past hundred years, Gornick traces the changing idea of self that has dominated the century, and demonstrates the enduring truth-speaker to be found in the work of writers as diverse as Edmund Gosse, Joan Didion, Oscar Wilde, James Baldwin, or Marguerite Duras.

This book, which grew out of fifteen years teaching in MFA programs, is itself a model of the lucid intelligence that has made Gornick one of our most admired writers of nonfiction. In it, she teaches us to write by teaching us how to read: how to recognize truth when we hear it in the writing of others and in our own.
]]> 174 Vivian Gornick 0374528586 pola 0 to-read 3.90 2001
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]]> 58678702 67 Annie Ernaux 1644213575 pola 0 to-read 3.98 1991
author: Annie Ernaux
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]]> 54785501 Last Summer in the City is a witty and despairing classic of Italian literature. Biting, tragic, and endlessly quotable, this translated edition features an introductory appreciation from longtime fan New York Times bestselling author Andr茅 Aciman.

In a city smothering under the summer sun and an overdose of la dolce vita, Leo Gazarra spends his time in an alcoholic haze, bouncing between run-down hotels and the homes of his rich and well-educated friends, without whom he would probably starve. At thirty, he鈥檚 still drifting: between jobs that mean nothing to him, between human relationships both ephemeral and frayed. Everyone he knows wants to graduate, get married, get rich鈥攂ut not him. He has no ambitions whatsoever. Rather than toil and spin, isn鈥檛 it better to submit to the alienation of the Eternal City, Rome, sometimes a cruel and indifferent mistress, sometimes sweet and sublime? There can be no half measures with her, either she鈥檚 the love of your life or you have to leave her.

First discovered by Natalia Ginzburg, Last Summer in the City is a forgotten classic of Italian literature, a great novel of a stature similar to that of The Great Gatsby or The Catcher in the Rye. Gianfranco Calligarich鈥檚 enduring masterpiece has drawn comparisons to such writers as Truman Capote, Ernest Hemingway, and Jonathan Franzen and is here made available in English for the first time.]]> 192 Gianfranco Calligarich 0374600155 pola 0 to-read 3.69 1970
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]]> 62919856
Called 鈥渙ne of the most disruptive brands in beauty鈥� by Forbes , Glossier revolutionized the beauty industry with its sophisticated branding and unique approach to influencer marketing, almost-instantly making the company a juggernaut with rabid fans lining up for a chance to buy its coveted products. It also taught a generation of business leaders how to talk to Millennial and Gen Z customers and build a cult following online.

At the center of the story lies Emily Weiss, the elusive former Teen Vogue 鈥渟uperintern鈥� on the reality show The Hills turned Into the Gloss beauty blogger who had the vision, guts, and searing ambition needed to launch Glossier. She cannily turned every experience, every meeting into an opportunity to fuel her own personal success. Together with her expensive, signature style and singular vision for the future of consumerism, she could not be stopped. Just how did a girl from suburban Connecticut with no real job experience work her way into the bathrooms and boudoirs of the most influential names in the world and build that access into a 1.9-billion-dollar business? Is she solely responsible for its success? And why, eight years later, at the height of Glossier mania, did she step down?

In Glossy , journalist and author Marisa Meltzer combines in-depth interviews with former Glossier employees, investors, and Weiss herself to bring you inside the walls of this fascinating and secretive company. From fundraising to product launches and unconventional hiring practices, Meltzer exposes the inner workings of Glossier鈥檚 culture, culminating in the story of Weiss herself. The Devil Wears Prada for the Bad Blood generation, Glossy is a gripping portrait of not just one of the most important business leaders of her generation, but also a chronicle of an era.]]> 304 Marisa Meltzer 1982190604 pola 0 to-read 3.29 2023
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]]> 48660380
Norweska dziennikarka Lene Wold na przyk艂adzie historii Rahmana, Aiszy i Aminy pr贸buje zrozumie膰, co kieruje Jorda艅czykami, kt贸rzy w XXI wieku wci膮偶 kultywuj膮 krwaw膮 tradycj臋 honorowych zab贸jstw. Starsz膮 c贸rk臋 ojciec zamordowa艂 z powodu jej zwi膮zku z kobiet膮, m艂odsza mia艂a zgin膮膰 za ukrywanie prawdy o siostrze i tylko cudem unikn臋艂a 艣mierci. Autorka z niezwyk艂膮 otwarto艣ci膮, bez krzywdz膮cych stereotyp贸w wys艂uchuje zar贸wno sprawcy, jak i siostry ofiary. Nara偶aj膮c 偶ycie, poszukuje odpowiedzi na pytanie: co kieruje ojcem, kt贸ry zabija ukochane dzieci?]]> 184 Lene Wold 8380499646 pola 0 to-read 4.27 2017
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]]> 18460975 New Yorkera, po trosze hipisie, a po trosze chasydzie; opowiada o wielkich transakcjach finansowych i najdro偶szych sukienkach, kt贸rych prototypy powstaj膮 w kuchenkach mikrofalowych. Spaceruj膮c po mie艣cie, przemieszcza si臋 w przestrzeni i czasie i uk艂ada ze swych opowie艣ci wielobarwny kola偶. Efektem jest ksi膮偶ka, kt贸ra zaprasza do w臋dr贸wki po tym fascynuj膮cym, mitycznym i wci膮偶 nieznanym mie艣cie.]]> 400 Magdalena Rittenhouse 837536570X pola 4 4.15 2013
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]]> 59616446
As the college year progresses, their relationship becomes increasingly unstable, as do the girls themselves, threatening to unravel due to the intense feelings and complicated circumstances that underlie their bond. Yet, the biggest threat is posed by a secret one girl is keeping...

The lines between love, envy and obsession blur in Laurie Petrou's utterly enthralling, unceasingly tense second novel. A darkly compelling coming-of-age thriller, perfect for fans of Donna Tartt's The Secret History, or Liane Moriarty's Big Little Lies.]]> 272 Laurie Petrou 0857308238 pola 3 3,5 3.70 2022
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But before long, trouble arrives. Painful secrets rear their heads; jobs go off the rails; evictions loom. Sneha struggles to be truly close and open with anybody, even as her friendships deepen, even as she throws herself headlong into a dizzying romance with Marina. It's then that Tig begins to draw up a radical solution to their problems, hoping to save them all.]]> 320 Sarah Thankam Mathews 0593489128 pola 0 to-read 3.83 2022
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]]> 171743744 Otwarte wody to historia dwojga m艂odych ludzi szukaj膮cych czu艂o艣ci w niegotowym na czu艂o艣膰 艣wiecie, przemy艣lna gra z konwencj膮 powie艣ci mi艂osnej, portret pe艂nego napi臋膰 rasowych Londynu, a zarazem ho艂d z艂o偶ony czarnej literaturze i muzyce.]]> 208 Caleb Azumah Nelson 8396469660 pola 4 3.74 2021
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]]> 43890641 Hamnet is a luminous portrait of a marriage, at its heart the loss of a beloved child.

Warwickshire in the 1580s. Agnes is a woman as feared as she is sought after for her unusual gifts. She settles with her husband in Henley street, Stratford, and has three children: a daughter, Susanna, and then twins, Hamnet and Judith. The boy, Hamnet, dies in 1596, aged eleven. Four years or so later, the husband writes a play called Hamlet.

Award-winning author Maggie O'Farrell's new novel breathes full-blooded life into the story of a loss usually consigned to literary footnotes, and provides an unforgettable vindication of Agnes, a woman intriguingly absent from history.

A New York Times Notable Book (2020), Best Book of 2020: Guardian, Financial Times, Literary Hub, and NPR.]]> 372 Maggie O'Farrell 1472223799 pola 5 4.16 2020
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literatura pi臋kna przez du偶e P; wspania艂a
]]> 123942 A Very Easy Death has long been considered one of Simone de Beauvoir鈥檚 masterpieces. The profoundly moving, day-by-day recounting of her mother鈥檚 death 鈥渟hows the power of compassion when it is allied with acute intelligence鈥� (The Sunday Telegraph).
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Powerful, touching, and sometimes shocking, this is an end-of-life account that no reader is ever likely to forget.]]> 112 Simone de Beauvoir 0394728998 pola 0 to-read 4.08 1964
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]]> 231804 The Outsiders is about two weeks in the life of a 14-year-old boy. The novel tells the story of Ponyboy Curtis and his struggles with right and wrong in a society in which he believes that he is an outsider. According to Ponyboy, there are two kinds of people in the world: greasers and socs. A soc (short for "social") has money, can get away with just about anything, and has an attitude longer than a limousine. A greaser, on the other hand, always lives on the outside and needs to watch his back. Ponyboy is a greaser, and he's always been proud of it, even willing to rumble against a gang of socs for the sake of his fellow greasers--until one terrible night when his friend Johnny kills a soc. The murder gets under Ponyboy's skin, causing his bifurcated world to crumble and teaching him that pain feels the same whether a soc or a greaser.

Librarian note: This record is for one of the three editions published with different covers and with ISBN 0-140-38572-X / 978-0-14-038572-4. The records are for the 1988 cover (this record), the 1995 cover, and the 2008 cover which is also the current in-print cover.]]> 208 S.E. Hinton 0670532576 pola 0 to-read 4.13 1967
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]]> 122999212 196 Ewa Sapie偶y艅ska 8367075919 pola 0 to-read 3.41 2022
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]]> 51650431 Podporz膮dkowa艂a sw贸j 艣wiat tylko jemu. A on totalnie ni膮 zaw艂adn膮艂. On 鈥� czterdziestodwuletni intryguj膮cy nauczyciel literatury.

Nie by艂a jedyn膮 dziewczyn膮 w jego 偶yciu. Inne, ju偶 jako doros艂e kobiety, szukaj膮 sprawiedliwo艣ci, bo zrozumia艂y, 偶e zosta艂y skrzywdzone. Oczekuj膮, 偶e Vanessa b臋dzie z nimi solidarna. A ona nie mo偶e tego zrobi膰, bo dla niej by艂 dobry. Przecie偶 to j膮 wybra艂. Sama tego chcia艂a. Wierzy艂a, 偶e to mi艂o艣膰. Ale czy na pewno?

Zmuszona po latach do zdefiniowania na nowo dawnej relacji Vanessa miota si臋 mi臋dzy przesz艂o艣ci膮 a tera藕niejszo艣ci膮. Musi zdecydowa膰: czy by艂 to zwi膮zek, czy zosta艂a wykorzystana? Czy by艂a to erotyczna fascynacja czy niezdrowy pop臋d? I czy by艂a gotowa na tak膮 relacj臋, maj膮c pi臋tna艣cie lat?

笔辞飞颈别艣膰 Moja mroczna Vanesso zestawia pami臋膰 i traum臋 doros艂ej kobiety z podekscytowaniem nastoletniej dziewczyny 鈥� to prowokuj膮cy do my艣lenia i niemo偶liwy do st艂umienia g艂os. B臋dziesz p艂aka膰 z bezsilno艣ci i ze z艂o艣ci膮 wali膰 pi臋艣ciami. Nie mo偶na czyta膰 tej ksi膮偶ki bez zaanga偶owania i nie mo偶na jej zapomnie膰.]]> 440 Kate Elizabeth Russell 8381350425 pola 4 zatrwa偶aj膮co dobra 4.35 2020
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]]> 60510110 A beloved writer returns with a tale of science, magyk, love and identity.

In the late nineteenth century, Charlotte Bell is growing up at Fayne, a vast and lonely estate straddling the border between England and Scotland, where she has been kept from the world by her adoring father, Lord Henry Bell, owing to a mysterious condition. Charlotte, strong and insatiably curious, revels in the moorlands, and has learned the treacherous and healing ways of the bog from the old hired man, Byrn, whose own origins are shrouded in mystery. Her idyllic existence is shadowed by the magnificent portrait on the landing in Fayne House which depicts her mother, a beautiful Irish-American heiress, holding Charlotte's brother, Charles Bell. Charlotte has grown up with the knowledge that her mother died in giving birth to her, and that her older brother, Charles, the long-awaited heir, died soon afterwards at the age of two. When Charlotte's appetite for learning threatens to exceed the bounds of the estate, her father breaks with tradition and hires a tutor to teach his daughter "as you would my son, had I one." But when Charlotte and her tutor's explorations of the bog turn up an unexpected artefact, her father announces he has arranged for her to be cured of her condition, and her world is upended. Charlotte's passion for knowledge and adventure will take her to the bottom of family secrets and to the heart of her own identity.]]> 736 Ann-Marie MacDonald 0735276633 pola 0 to-read 4.24 2022
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]]> 43427042 A bold and uncompromising feminist manifesto that shows women and girls how to defy, disrupt, and destroy the patriarchy by embracing the qualities they've been trained to avoid.

Seizing upon the energy of the #MeToo movement, feminist activist Mona Eltahawy advocates a muscular, out-loud approach to teaching women and girls to harness their power through what she calls the "seven necessary sins" that women and girls are not supposed to commit: to be angry, ambitious, profane, violent, attention-seeking, lustful, and powerful. All the necessary "sins" that women and girls require to erupt.

Eltahawy knows that the patriarchy is alive and well, and she is fed up: Sexually assaulted during hajj at the age of fifteen. Groped on the dance floor of a night club in Montreal at fifty. Countless other injustices in the years between. Illuminating her call to action are stories of activists and ordinary women around the world鈥攆rom South Africa to China, Nigeria to India, Bosnia to Egypt鈥攚ho are tapping into their inner fury and crossing the lines of race, class, faith, and gender that make it so hard for marginalized women to be heard. Rather than teaching women and girls to survive the poisonous system they have found themselves in, Eltahawy arms them to dismantle it.

Brilliant, bold, and energetic, The Seven Necessary Sins for Women and Girls is a manifesto for all feminists in the fight against patriarchy.]]> 216 Mona Eltahawy 0807013811 pola 0 to-read 4.22 2019
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]]> 59937516
A girl grows up in the north of England amid scarcity, precarity and the toxic culture of heroin chic, believing that she needs to make herself smaller to claim presence in the world.

Years later, as a young woman with unattainable ideals, she meets someone who calls everything into question, and is forced to confront episodes from her past. Their relationship takes her from London to Barcelona and the precipice of a new life, full of sensuality. Yet she still feels an uneasiness. In the sticky Mediterranean heat, among tropical plants and secluded beaches, she must decide what form her adult life should take and learn how to feel deserving of love and care.]]> 256 Jessica Andrews 1473682851 pola 0 to-read 3.63 2022
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]]> 51484797
Ksi膮偶ka Jagody Ratajczak to niecodzienne wprowadzenie w 艣wiat nauki o j臋zyku. Autorka z poczuciem humoru przybli偶a mechanizmy nauki j臋zyk贸w obcych i rozprawia si臋 z wieloma mitami na temat dwuj臋zyczno艣ci. Podaj膮c przyk艂ady z literatury przedmiotu i z w艂asnego do艣wiadczenia 鈥� osoby zafascynowanej nauk膮 j臋zyk贸w obcych 鈥� pisze o tym, jak znajomo艣膰 innych j臋zyk贸w zmienia nasz spos贸b my艣lenia, odczuwania, patrzenia na 艣wiat.]]> 240 Jagoda Ratajczak 8366147320 pola 0 to-read 3.45 2020
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]]> 59721793 A magnetic tale of betrayal, art, and ambition, set in the world of professional ballet, New York City during the AIDS crisis, and present-day Los Angeles

Carlisle Martin dreams of becoming a professional ballet dancer just like her mother, Isabel, a former Balanchine ballerina. Since they live in Ohio, she only gets to see her father Robert for a few precious weeks a year when she visits Greenwich Village, where he lives in an enchanting apartment on Bank Street with his partner, James.

Brilliant but troubled, James gives Carlisle an education in all that he holds dear in life--literature, music, and most of all, dance. Seduced by the heady pull of mentorship and the sophistication of their lives, Carlisle's aspiration to become a dancer herself blooms, born of her desire to be asked to stay at Bank Street, to be included in Robert and James' world even as AIDS brings devastation to their community. Instead, a passionate love affair creates a rift between them, with devastating consequences that reverberate for decades to come.

Nineteen years later, Carlisle receives a phone call which unravels the fateful events of her life, causing her to see with new eyes how her younger self has informed the woman she's become. They're Going to Love You is a gripping and gorgeously written novel of heartbreaking intensity. With psychological precision and a masterfully revealed secret at its heart, it asks what it takes to be an artist in America, and the price of forgiveness, of ambition, and of love.]]> 288 Meg Howrey 038554877X pola 0 to-read, want-to-read-soon 4.07 2022
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A masterful evocation of the city that never sleeps, The Colossus of New York captures the city鈥檚 inner and outer landscapes in a series of vignettes, meditations, and personal memories. Colson Whitehead conveys with almost uncanny immediacy the feelings and thoughts of longtime residents and of newcomers who dream of making it their home; of those who have conquered its challenges; and of those who struggle against its cruelties.

Whitehead鈥檚 style is as multilayered and multifarious as New York itself: Switching from third person, to first person, to second person, he weaves individual voices into a jazzy musical composition that perfectly reflects the way we experience the city. There is a funny, knowing riff on what it feels like to arrive in New York for the first time; a lyrical meditation on how the city is transformed by an unexpected rain shower; and a wry look at the ferocious battle that is commuting. The plaintive notes of the lonely and dispossessed resound in one passage, while another captures those magical moments when the city seems to be talking directly to you, inviting you to become one with its rhythms.

The Colossus of New York is a remarkable portrait of life in the big city. Ambitious in scope, gemlike in its details, it is at once an unparalleled tribute to New York and the ideal introduction to one of the most exciting writers working today.


From the Hardcover edition.]]> 158 Colson Whitehead pola 0 to-read 3.71 2003
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Therese Bohman zaprasza nas do dw贸ch r贸wnoleg艂ych 艣wiat贸w: biednej, zagubionej, poszukuj膮cej kierunku w 偶yciu kobiety i ustatkowanego, pewnego siebie, zamo偶nego m臋偶czyzny. Poznajemy ich domy, marzenia, dowiadujemy si臋, jak sp臋dzaj膮 czas i jakie nosz膮 ubrania. Przepa艣膰 mi臋dzy nimi to nie tylko r贸偶nica statusu spo艂ecznego wyznaczonego przez pieni膮dze i wykonywan膮 prac臋, ale te偶 przez pochodzenie i uwarunkowania rodzinne. Pod pozorem zwyk艂ej opowie艣ci o mi艂ostce autorka porusza wiele w膮tk贸w spo艂ecznych, kt贸re wydaj膮 nam si臋 oczywiste, ale wcale nie s膮 banalne.]]> 192 Therese Bohman 8395550863 pola 3
Ksi膮偶ki Bohman dla mnie po prostu s膮. Przez swoj膮 monotoni臋 i stabilno艣膰 lubi臋 puszcza膰 je w tle, ale pomijaj膮c kilka ma艂ych oburze艅 nie wzbudzaj膮 we mnie 偶adnych emocji. 鈥濽ton臋艂a鈥� podoba艂a mi si臋 bardziej, urzek艂a mnie klimatem - tutaj nic nie zrobi艂o na mnie wra偶enia. 鈥濼a druga鈥� nie jest z艂a, ale nie jest tez dobra. Poprawna. ]]> 3.64 2014
author: Therese Bohman
name: pola
average rating: 3.64
book published: 2014
rating: 3
read at: 2023/05/14
date added: 2023/05/15
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Lubi臋 w ksi膮偶kach Bohman komentarz - je艣li mog臋 go tak nazwa膰 - spo艂eczny, wychodz膮cy poza granice kraju w kt贸rym dzieje si臋 akcja. 鈥濼a Druga鈥� osadzona jest w Szwecji, ale tak naprawd臋 w g艂owie g艂贸wnej bohaterki. Bohaterki, kt贸r膮 naprawd臋 ci臋偶ko polubi膰, ale momentami trudno nie przyzna膰 jej racji. Autorka ukazuje problematyk臋 przynale偶no艣ci, ch臋ci awansu spo艂ecznego i mizgonii. Poniek膮d na tle relacji dw贸ch kobiet z jednym m臋偶czyzn膮, chocia偶 to pojawia si臋 dopiero w drugiej po艂owy ksi膮偶ki.

Ksi膮偶ki Bohman dla mnie po prostu s膮. Przez swoj膮 monotoni臋 i stabilno艣膰 lubi臋 puszcza膰 je w tle, ale pomijaj膮c kilka ma艂ych oburze艅 nie wzbudzaj膮 we mnie 偶adnych emocji. 鈥濽ton臋艂a鈥� podoba艂a mi si臋 bardziej, urzek艂a mnie klimatem - tutaj nic nie zrobi艂o na mnie wra偶enia. 鈥濼a druga鈥� nie jest z艂a, ale nie jest tez dobra. Poprawna.
]]> 24493352 Jak daleko mo偶na si臋 posun膮膰, by oszuka膰 los?

Theo Decker cudem udaje si臋 prze偶y膰 wybuch. W irracjonalnym odruchu wykrada z ruin muzeum niewielki obraz. Ulubiony obraz matki, kt贸r膮 straci艂 w zamachu.

"厂锄肠锄测驳颈别艂", pilnie strze偶ony symbol bezpowrotnie utraconego 偶ycia, b臋dzie towarzyszy艂 Theo w nieustaj膮cej podr贸偶y: od ekskluzywnych apartament贸w przy Park Avenue po rozpust臋 p贸艂艣wiatka w Las Vegas. Z podupadaj膮cego nowojorskiego antykwariatu po ciemne zak膮tki Amsterdamu. Obraz, kt贸ry pocz膮tkowo jest dla Theo bezcennym skarbem, z czasem sprowadzi na niego 艣miertelne niebezpiecze艅stwo.

厂锄肠锄测驳颈别艂 to epicka opowie艣膰 o utracie i obsesji, przetrwaniu i bezlitosnych kolejach losu, kt贸rego nie da si臋 oszuka膰. 笔辞飞颈别艣膰, kt贸ra 艂膮czy w sobie elementy zagadki kryminalnej i Bildungsroman.]]> 848 Donna Tartt 8324026525 pola 5 favorites
Niemniej: mam wyrzuty sumienia, daj膮c 5 gwiazdek, bo nie jestem w stanie prze偶y膰 u偶ywania n-word w XXI wieku. Nie wiem, mam m臋tlik w g艂owie, bo tre艣膰 zas艂uguje na 5 gwiazdek, ale taka ignorancja na 1. ]]> 4.22 2013
author: Donna Tartt
name: pola
average rating: 4.22
book published: 2013
rating: 5
read at: 2022/09/14
date added: 2023/05/10
shelves: favorites
review:
Napisano ju偶 tyle ksi膮偶ek o 偶yciu, losie, przeznaczeniu, a Donna i tak poruszy艂a t臋 tematyk臋 w wyj膮tkowy spos贸b. J臋zyk, opisy, ich poetycko艣膰 i obrazowo艣膰: wszystko tu gra艂o. Bohaterowie wykreowani w spos贸b tak 偶ywy, 偶e nawet teraz, po sko艅czeniu ksi膮偶ki czuj臋 si臋 zwi膮zana z Theo i trzymam za niego kciuki - chocia偶 nawet nie istnieje. W膮tek obrazu, jego tajemniczo艣膰, wstawki kryminalne doda艂y wartko艣ci akcji, dzi臋ki nim ksi膮偶ka nie ci膮gn臋艂a si臋 w niesko艅czono艣膰 i od pewnego momentu przesta艂a przera偶a膰 swoim gabarytem. Ceni臋 bardzo przygotowanie(?) autorki, bo odda艂a szczeg贸艂y wszystkich najmniejszych temat贸w, kt贸re by艂y poruszane. Rozwa偶ania o pi臋knie i losie w ostatnim rozdziale troch臋 Dorian Gray vibes, ale to oczywi艣cie na plus.

Niemniej: mam wyrzuty sumienia, daj膮c 5 gwiazdek, bo nie jestem w stanie prze偶y膰 u偶ywania n-word w XXI wieku. Nie wiem, mam m臋tlik w g艂owie, bo tre艣膰 zas艂uguje na 5 gwiazdek, ale taka ignorancja na 1.
]]> 60194162 "Anyone will tell you the born of this world are marked from the get-out, win or lose."

Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, this is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. In a plot that never pauses for breath, relayed in his own unsparing voice, he braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities.

Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.]]> 560 Barbara Kingsolver 0063251922 pola 0 to-read 4.46 2022
author: Barbara Kingsolver
name: pola
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2022
rating: 0
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鈥瀂aproszenie na egzekucj臋鈥� to jedno z jego arcydzie艂, ksi膮偶ka napisana z zimn膮 precyzj膮 i ekstatycznym 偶artem. W tym wielowarstwowym dziele mo偶na widzie膰 jedyn膮 w swoim rodzaju antyutopi臋, histori臋 artysty w skrajnie niesprzyjaj膮cych warunkach, gnostyczn膮 przypowie艣膰, doskonale funkcjonuj膮cy mechanizm literacki i palimpsest zdradzaj膮cy liczne 艣lady 艣wiadectwa o innej, za艣wiatowej rzeczywisto艣ci.]]> 240 Vladimir Nabokov 8377588188 pola 0 to-read 3.93 1935
author: Vladimir Nabokov
name: pola
average rating: 3.93
book published: 1935
rating: 0
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]]> 56646330 Go Home vans. Go to Oxbridge, get an education, start a career. Do all the right things. Buy a flat. Buy art. Buy a sort of happiness. But above all, keep your head down. Keep quiet. And keep going.

The narrator of Assembly is a Black British woman. She is preparing to attend a lavish garden party at her boyfriend's family estate, set deep in the English countryside. At the same time, she is considering the carefully assembled pieces of herself. As the minutes tick down and the future beckons, she can't escape the question: is it time to take it all apart?]]> 112 Natasha Brown 0316268267 pola 0 to-read 3.84 2021
author: Natasha Brown
name: pola
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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]]> 11991
The Fall (French: La Chute) is a philosophical novel by Albert Camus. First published in 1956, it is his last complete work of fiction. The Fall explores themes of innocence, imprisonment, non-existence, and truth. In a eulogy to Albert Camus, existentialist philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre described the novel as "perhaps the most beautiful and the least understood" of Camus' books.]]> 147 Albert Camus 0679720227 pola 5 nabra艂am te偶 ochoty na reread 鈥瀌偶umy鈥� ]]> 4.07 1956
author: Albert Camus
name: pola
average rating: 4.07
book published: 1956
rating: 5
read at: 2023/05/07
date added: 2023/05/07
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niesamowite jak wielk膮 i prawdziw膮 tre艣膰 mo偶na zawrze膰 w tak ma艂ej ksi膮偶ce. egzystencjonalne arcydzie艂o, do kt贸rego bardzo chc臋 wr贸ci膰 za kilka lat
nabra艂am te偶 ochoty na reread 鈥瀌偶umy鈥�
]]> 59121668 Osza艂amiaj膮cy portret kobiecej furii.

Kiedy 偶onaty kochanek Joan pope艂nia na jej oczach samob贸jstwo, kobieta ucieka z Nowego Jorku i wyrusza na poszukiwania Alice, jedynej osoby, kt贸ra mo偶e pom贸c jej zrozumie膰 przesz艂o艣膰 naznaczon膮 m臋sk膮 dominacj膮 i okrucie艅stwem.

Na zalanych 偶arem wzg贸rzach Los Angeles Joan powraca do koszmarnych wydarze艅 z dzieci艅stwa, k艂ad膮cych si臋 cieniem na ca艂ym jej 偶yciu. Jednocze艣nie w niej samej dojrzewa decyzja, by w ko艅cu wzi膮膰 odwet na patriarchalnym 艣wiecie.

笔辞飞颈别艣膰 窜飞颈别谤锄臋 zainspirowa艂y do艣wiadczenia kobiet, z kt贸rymi Lisa Taddeo rozmawia艂a, tworz膮c g艂o艣ny reporta偶 Trzy kobiety. Autorka b艂yskotliwie i z niezwyk艂膮 przenikliwo艣ci膮 pisze o sprawach, o kt贸rych nie opowiada si臋 nawet przyjaci贸艂kom. Pokazuje, jak w zdominowanym przez m臋偶czyzn 艣wiecie narasta kobieca w艣ciek艂o艣膰 oraz co mo偶e si臋 wydarzy膰, kiedy ta w艣ciek艂o艣膰 eksploduje.

To odwa偶na i bezkompromisowa proza. Historia Joan t臋tni 偶yciem, nasycona jest erotyzmem i seksem. Trzyma czytelnika za gard艂o od pierwszej do ostatniej strony. Autorka prze艂amuje tabu i z niespotykan膮 wnikliwo艣ci膮, a zarazem czu艂o艣ci膮 pisze o najbardziej intymnych i skrywanych kobiecych l臋kach i pragnieniach.]]> 448 Lisa Taddeo 8326837911 pola 0 to-read 3.84 2021
author: Lisa Taddeo
name: pola
average rating: 3.84
book published: 2021
rating: 0
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date added: 2023/05/03
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We would not be born out of sweetness, we were born out of rage, we felt it in our bones.

In Falls Landing, Florida鈥攁 place built of theme parks, swampy lakes, and scorched bougainvillea flowers鈥攕omething sinister lurks in the deep. A gang of thirteen-year-old girls obsessively orbit around the local preacher's daughter, Sammy. She is mesmerizing, older, and in love with Eddie. But suddenly, Sammy goes missing. Where is she? Watching from a distance, they edge ever closer to discovering a dark secret about their fame-hungry town and the cruel cost of a ticket out. What they see will continue to haunt them for the rest of their lives.

Through a darkly beautiful and brutally compelling lens, Dizz Tate captures the violence, horrors, and manic joys of girlhood. Brutes is a novel about the seemingly unbreakable bonds in the "we" of young friendship, and the moment it is broken forever.]]> 304 Dizz Tate 1646221672 pola 2 3.16 2023
author: Dizz Tate
name: pola
average rating: 3.16
book published: 2023
rating: 2
read at: 2023/05/01
date added: 2023/05/01
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i have no idea what happened here but not in a intriguing bunny mona awad way
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