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Wartime Lies
Av Louis Begley
Häftad, 2007
152 kr
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Poland, 1939. The comfortable, secure world of assimilated Jews is blown away by the invasion of the Third Reich. Maciek's father disappears into the war's vortex, leaving the orphaned child with his acerbic and beautiful Aunt Tania. It is her cool inventiveness, in their dramatic flight through a …
Wartime Lies
Av Louis Begley
E-bok, 2015
102 kr
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Poland, 1939. The comfortable, secure world of assimilated Jews is blown away by the invasion of the Third Reich. Maciek's father disappears into the war's vortex, leaving the orphaned child with his acerbic and beautiful Aunt Tania. It is her cool inventiveness, in their dramatic flight through a …
Why the Dreyfus Affair Matters
Av Louis Begley
Häftad, 2010
506 kr
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From the prize-winning author of Wartime Lies, an anatomy of the infamous prosecution of a Jewish officer attached to the French Army’s General Staff, with profound implications for our own time.In December 1894, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, a brilliant French artillery officer and a Jew of Alsatian …
Matters of Honor
Av Louis Begley
E-bok, 2007
79 kr
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“Terrifically intelligent, moving, and entertaining.” –The New York Sun “With snappy dialogue [and] intelligent prose . . . Begley paints a memorable portrait of lasting friendship and of the strength required to step outside of the expectations that surround each of us.” –Rocky Mountain News At …
Shipwreck
Av Louis Begley
E-bok, 2007
79 kr
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A mesmerizing novel of deception and betrayal from the acclaimed author of Wartime Lies and About Schmidt . John North, a prize-winning American writer, is suddenly beset by dark suspicions about the real value of his work. Over endless hours and bottles of whiskey consumed in a mysterious café …
Schmidt Delivered
Av Louis Begley
E-bok, 2010
79 kr
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Recently widowed, Albert Schmidt has triumphantly rediscovered domestic bliss in the Hamptons with Carrie, the Puerto Rican waitress who is younger than his daughter. Schmidt is content with keeping his own hours and steering his own course, even as he becomes entertained--and increasingly …
About Schmidt
Av Louis Begley
E-bok, 2010
87 kr
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As he tries to make his life habitable again--after the devastating loss of his wife--retired lawyer Albert Schmidt finds the possibility of regeneration in a new love the old "Schmidtie" would never have dreamt of. Set in the Hamptons and Mahnattan, and laced with black humor, About Schmidt casts …
Man Who Was Late
Av Louis Begley
E-bok, 2011
181 kr
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"Begley writes with a contemplative wisdom that permeates his work....[He] has captured some of the wispy melancholy of midcentury fiction, and this feat in itself is mellifluous to both ear and spirit." THE BOSTON GLOBE A man without a country or family, a Holocaust survivor, Ben long ago left the …
Mistler's Exit
Av Louis Begley
E-bok, 2010
191 kr
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Thomas Mistler has always thought himself "a happy man, as the world goes." A scion of old money, he made his own fortune in advertising and is now poised to sell the company he founded for a fabulous price. But when a medical examination reveals the presence in his liver of a fatal intruder, …
As Max Saw It
Av Louis Begley
E-bok, 2010
104 kr
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"[A] perfectly constructed novel.... The time is 1974, and Max, who is fleeing from the wreckage of his first marriage, is a summer-house guest on Lake Como, where he encounters the two characters who will shape his life over the next 20 years: Charlie Swan, a Harvard classmate from the 1950s …
Schmidt Steps Back
A Novel
Av Louis Begley
E-bok, 2012
126 kr
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“ Tragic and redemptive . . . Updike had Rabbit, Roth has Zuckerman, Richard Ford has Bascombe and Begley has Schmidt. . . . [ Schmidt Steps Back ] is the most ambitious novel [yet] in the Schmidt cycle.”— Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Full of dark humor, compassion, and heart, Schmidt Steps Back …
Memories of a Marriage
A Novel
Av Louis Begley
E-bok, 2013
173 kr
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By the author of the beloved Schmidt series, Memories of a Marriage is a penetrating look at class and privilege, shifting from Paris to Manhattan, Long Island to Newport. Mourning his wife and daughter, and on the edge of old age, Philip reencounters an astonishing woman from his past: Lucy De …
Kill and Be Killed
A Novel
Av Louis Begley
E-bok, 2016
191 kr
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Master stylist Begley continues the story of Jack Dana, the former Marine Corps officer turned novelist whose quest to avenge his murdered uncle takes a new, more dangerous turn. The man who brutally murdered Uncle Harry is dead. In an effort to recover from the confrontation and collect himself, …
Killer's Choice
A Novel
Av Louis Begley
E-bok, 2019
173 kr
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Marine-turned-novelist Jack Dana is back in Louis Begley''s most intense, suspenseful, and deadly adventure yet. With the death of his nemesis, corrupt business mogul Abner Brown, retired Marine Jack Dana thought he could finally return to his peaceful career as a novelist. And after falling hard …
Venice for Lovers
Av Louis Begley, Anka Muhlstein
Häftad, 2009
240 kr
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Venice for Lovers is a memorable collaboration by two fine stylists who have fashioned their own personal homages to Venice, one with a novella, the other with a personal essay. Every year for all the thirty they have been married, Begley and Muhlstein have escaped to Venice to write. In her …
Wartime Lies
Av Louis Begley
Ljudbok, 2009
328 kr
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As the world slips into the throes of war in 1939, nine-year-old Maciek’s once closeted existence outside Warsaw is no more. When Warsaw falls, the orphaned Maciek escapes with his sharp-tongued aunt Tania. Posing as Catholic Poles to hide their Jewish identity, they endure the war …
Venice For Lovers
Av Louis Begley, Anka Muhlstein
Häftad, 2012
165 kr
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Muhlstein and Begley’s Venice is a very private view of a city that will forever inspire dreams of love and passion. Every year of their marriage, they have spent long, enjoyable months in ‘La Serenissima’. It has become their second home. The owners of their favourite restaurants are now firm …
