The Happy Reader - Issue 12 Series:
Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
03 Dec 2018
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 64pp h244mm x w172mm x s6mm 168g ISBN13: 9780241355282 ISBN13: 978-0-241-35528-2 ISBN10: 0241355281 EAN: 9780241355282 x Description: For avid readers and the uninitiated alike, this is a chance to reengage with classic literature and to stay inspired and entertained.The concept of the magazine is simple: the first half is a long-form interview with a notable book fanatic and the second half explores one classic work of literature from an array of surprising and invigorating angles. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
The Monkey Wrench Gang Edward Abbey (Author) Series:
Penguin Modern Classics Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
29 Jul 2004
Publishing Status:
Active
Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 448pp h198mm x w129mm x s19mm 308g ISBN13: 9780141187624 ISBN13: 978-0-14-118762-4 ISBN10: 014118762X EAN: 9780141187624 x Description: Audacious, controversial and hilarious, The Monkey Wrench Gang is Edward Abbey's masterpiece - a big, boisterous and unforgettable novel about freedom and commitment that ignited the flames of environmental activism. Throughout the vast American West, nature is being vicitimized by a Big Government / Big Business conspiracy of bridges, dams and concrete. But a motley gang of individuals has decided that enough is enough. A burnt-out veteran, a mad doctor and a polygamist join forces in a noble cause: to dismantle the machinery of progress through peaceful means, or otherwise. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Secret Rendezvous Kobo Abe (Author) Juliet Winters Carpenter (Translated by) Series:
Penguin Modern Classics Edition:
Imprint:
Penguin Classics
Publisher:
Penguin Books Ltd
Pub Date:
29 Oct 2020
Publishing Status:
Forthcoming
Language: English Translated From: Japanese Published in: United Kingdom Paperback / softback 192pp h198mm x w129mm ISBN13: 9780241454619 ISBN13: 978-0-241-45461-9 ISBN10: 0241454611 EAN: 9780241454619 x Description: In Tokyo, in the middle of the night, an uncalled-for ambulance arrives to spirit away a man's wife, though she is perfectly healthy. He sets out on an epic journey to find her, around the labyrinthine corners of a strange and enormous hospital. Days into his search, having encountered countless strange characters, odd sexual experiments and the unmistakable feeling of being watched, he is suddenly appointed to be the hospital's chief of security, and his new boss is convinced that he is a horse. Throughout it all, he will never stop searching for his wife. _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________