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John Fowles’s The Magus was a literary landmark of the 1960s. Nicholas Urfe goes to a Greek island to teach at a private school and becomes enmeshed in curious happenings at the home of a mysterious Greek recluse, Maurice Conchis. Are these events, involving attractive young English sisters, just psychological games, or an elaborate joke, or more? Reality shifts as the story unfolds. The Magus reflected the issues of the 1960s perfectly, and it continues to create tension and concern today.

Plasată într-o insulă grecească, acţiunea romanului Magicianul pivotează în jurul tînărului profesor de engleză Nicholas Urfe, supus unui lung şir de încercări – prin spectaculoase jocuri cu măşti şi psihodrame în care abundă fantasmele erotice şi manipularea istoriei – de...

Un roman cu o concepţie absolut originală, Colecţionarul urmăreşte pasiunea unui funcţionar care se îndrăgosteşte de o studentă la Arte Frumoase. Încercînd să stabilească o imposibilă legătură afectivă între el şi Miranda, viitoarea victimă a "colecţiei" la care visează...

John Fowles won international acclaim for his innovative, allusive novels The Collector, The Magus and The French Lieutenant's Woman. All were critical and commercial successes, translated into several languages and adapted as feature films. This collection brings together the BBC Radio adaptations of these three modern classics, with stellar casts including Judi Dench, Charles Dance and John Hurt.

Nicholas Urfe, a young British graduate, runs away from his monotonous life to take up a teaching post on the small Greek island of Phraxos. There he meets the enigmatic figure of Maurice Conchis, and slowly gets drawn into a world full of strange encounters and psychological tricks on Conchis' estate at Bourani. When Conchis introduces Nicholas to the enchanting and mysterious Lily Montgomery, reality and illusion begin to intertwine.

Hearing that the British Red Cross were recruiting truck drivers to deliver relief supplies in the active conflict zones of the former Yugoslavia, Roger thought the work sounded interesting. What he experienced during his mission with the International Committee of the Red Cross proved to be much more. Living the realities of humanitarian relief work and witnessing the tragedies of what war could do and did to its civilian victims, was life-changing.

Three former Australian diplomats (John Fowler, Helen Zhang and Dmitry Grozoubinski) shed light on major topics in international relations by offering their unique perspectives from inside the rooms where decisions are made.Based on the fantastic content in the freekly weekly newsletter International Intrigue: https://www.internationalintrigue.io?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=show&utm_campaign=intintrigue

Who better to narrate today's best science-fiction stories than today's favorite science-fiction stars? This exciting collection features many.

En ung abstrakt maler aflægger besøg hos den gamle kunstmaler Henry Breasley. Mødet mellem de to kunstnere bliver en skelsættende begivenhed for den unge maler.

Nicholas Urfe har fået stilling som privatlærer på den lille græske ø Phraxos. Her involveres han i den rige excentriker Conchis' mægtigt iscenesatte spil hvor grænserne mellem fiktion og virkelighed opløses.

Mr. Clegg er kontorist og sommerfuglesamler, en pæn lille mand og et beskedent menneske. En dag vinder han den store præmie i tips, kvitter sit job og køber et ensomt beliggende hus på landet. Kælderen indretter han som fangerum. Han er nemlig blevet betaget af den smukke unge Miranda. Hun minder ham om en sommerfugl, et sjældent smukt eksemplar, som han absolut må have.

Det er en kold og blæsende martsdag i 1867. Yderst på molen i den lille by Lyme Regis på Englands sydkyst står en ung, sortklædt kvinde og stirrer ud over havet. Mødet med hende bliver skæbnesvangert og et vendepunkt i unge Charles Smithsons liv. "Den franske løjtnants kvinde" er en spændende og velfortalt kærlighedshistorie om to unge menneskers forsøg på at undslippe victoriatidens tyranniske hykleri. Men bogen er mere end det. John Fowles har villet skildre den victorianske tid, som den tager sig ud for vor tids mennesker.

Frederick Clegg es un hombre solitario y anodino que colecciona mariposas. Miranda Grey es una radiante e inteligente niña bien que estudia arte en Londres. Frederick, que admira a Miranda pero es incapaz de abordarla con normalidad, la secuestra y la aloja con todas las comodidades en un...