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Mrs McGinty's Dead (1952) is a novel in which Hercule Poirot investigates the murder of a seemingly insignificant old woman. The story takes place in the English village of Broadhinny, where Mrs. McGinty, a cleaning lady, is found dead, murdered with a
Miss Lemon persuades Poirot to investigate a series of seemingly minor thefts in the university hostel, but simple kleptomania soon turns into a case of mysterious murder.
Jaromil, a young poet raised by a possessive mother, seeks a "real life" in poetry and revolution. His lyrical youth, love, and idealism lead him into conformity and betrayal of intimate relationships – he dies young and unfulfilled.
The book represents the author's anthology - the largest part is the novel Čisla (Čisla), followed by the short story Macedonian Criticism of French Thought and several short stories (Odin vog, Akiko, Fokus-grupa, Gost na prazniku bon).
This novel by László Krasnahorkai introduces the reader to the dark depths of a world devastated in every sense, in which everyday logic no longer applies and in which all usual ideas about life are mercilessly shattered.
An autobiographical novella written in 1940 (later revised), set in the early 1930s in the Parisian suburb of Clichy. The work is a nostalgic, sensual, and vivid depiction of the bohemian life of a poor American immigrant in Paris.