Essential Novelists - Karel Capek - formato ePub

Obra del importante novelista, dramaturgo, periodista y traductor checo de la primera mitad del siglo XX. Su obra está marcada por su formación filosófica y estética, sobre todo por el pragmatismo y el...

"La guerra de las salamandras" (1936) es una sátira de las tendencias destructivas de la sociedad moderna y una investigación sobre las relaciones entre realidad y representación. Las salamandras simbolizan...

In Karel apek's 'The Absolute at Large', readers are taken on a philosophical journey exploring the consequences of a scientific discovery that allows for the unlimited generation of energy. Written in...

Karel Capek (1890 - 1938) foi um escritor, filósofo e dramaturgo tcheco. Um democrata convicto que pregou contra o Nazismo e Socialismo e, naturalmente, foi perseguido por isso. Karel Capek foi o maior...

El capità J. van Toch descobreix als mars del sud una nova espècie d'amfibis capaços de realitzar tot tipus de treballs manuals sota l'aigua. Aquests animals, d'una intel·ligència remarcable, aviat són...

Scritto nel 1920 e messo in scena per la prima volta al Nàrodnì Divadlo di Praga il 25 gennaio del 1921, R.U.R. segna l'ingresso nelle lingue di tutto il mondo di un neologismo che avrà una fortuna inattesa...

Der begeisterte Gärtner Capek war als einer der ersten Science-fiction-Autoren bekannt. Mit Humor und Ironie führt er seine Leser durchs Gartenjahr. Mit Phantasie und Liebe zum Gärtnern geht der Autor...

One of the great anti-utopian satires of the twentieth century, an inspiration to writers from Orwell to Vonnegut, at last in a modern translation. Man discovers a species of giant, intelligent newts...

Ce livre de Karel Čapek, paru à Prague en 1929, est une véritable petite merveille, et non un "pensum" d'horticulture comme son titre pourrait le faire croire. En effet, il suffit de regarder les quelques...

Dans les années 1940, l'ingénieur tchèque Marek invente une machine révolutionnaire, appelée Carburateur, capable de produire de l'énergie à peu de frais en fragmentant les atomes et sans générer de déchets....

En avril 1923, Karel Capek démissionne du poste de dramaturge qu’il occupe au Théâtre municipal de Vinohrady et part se reposer plusieurs semaines en Italie qui vit sa première année de l’ère fasciste....

" Il est temps de relire Capek pour le rire insouciant qu'il crée dans ses contes, rire derrière lequel pointe souvent l'angoisse. C'est une joie de lire l'œuvre de cet incroyable conteur, auteur de récits...

Plus de quatre-vingts ans après la disparition de Karel Capek, le monde est confronté à une pandémie présentant de curieuses ressemblances avec la maladie blanche. Une nouvelle confirmation de l'intuition...

Een drankzuchtige scheepskapitein ontdekt voor de kust van een Aziatisch eiland een reusachtige, intelligente salamandersoort, die hij als goedkope arbeidskrachten aan het werk zet. De dieren verspreiden...

Tento příběh začíná tím, že do nemocnice přivezou muže v bezvědomí, který se zranil při leteckém neštěstí. Nad jeho lůžkem se postupně vystřídají jasnovidec, jeptiška a básník a každý z nich se snaží...

Please note: This audiobook has been created using AI voice. R.U.R., or Rossum’s Universal Robots is a play written in 1920 by Karel Čapek, a Czech writer who wrote many plays and novels, many of them...

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Hally, an exiled elf, thought the worst was behind her…but the fae have other plans. After a century hiding among humans, her life was upended by an elven mage seeking to exploit her magic. As Hally settles...

When scientist Luke Ashburton arrives to open the Earl of Bexley's new museum, the last thing he expects to find is the building on fire.Luke is tasked with overseeing its salvage, but needs the late...

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Bologna, 1575.A talented seamstressA powerful merchantA fierce battle of willsElena Morandi has gained a fragile foothold in the workshop of a master tailor, despite the profession being officially barred...

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