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Впервые на русском — знаменитая психологическая драма третьего «великого затворника» (после Дж. Сэлинджера и Т. Пинчона), писателя и художника Уильяма Уортона, послужившая основой знаменитого одноименного фильма Алана Паркера. Демобилизованный по ранению Эл Колумбато ждет очередной операции в военном госпитале и пытается привести в чувство своего друга детства, уверенного в том, что он — канарейка. Разубедить его непросто — ведь он летал с газгольдера, и высиживал птенцов, и знает все о том,...

An extraordinary story of war and friendship from one of America’s most revered authors of the 20th CenturyTwo teenagers form an unlikely friendship in pre-War Philadelphia. Al is obsessed with lifting weights, looking good and chasing girls. Birdy is obsessed with flight.Birdy’s passion becomes all-encompassing. Birdy wants to fly.A few years later these young men find themselves emotionally and physically scarred by Word War Two. Al is called to an army psychiatric hospital to help the doctors...

William Wharton turns his microscopic gaze on his own life to narrate and scrutinize the untimely deaths of his daughter and her family. A moving story of one man’s rage against death, and spiritual renewal.On August 3rd 1988, field burning caused a 23-car pile-up that claimed the lives of seven people, including William Wharton’s daughter, Kate, her husband, and their two children. In EVER AFTER, William Wharton searches for meaning in this tragedy, and tries to put a stop to a dangerous...

A reissue of this classic World War II novel.Set in the Ardennes Forest on Christmas Eve, 1944, A Midnight Clear is the story of Sergeant Will Knott and five other GIs ordered to establish an observation post in an abandoned chateau close to the German lines. Here they play at being soldiers in what seems to be complete isolation-until the Germans begin leaving signs of their presence.

After being summoned home by the news of his mother's heart attack, John Tremont is forced to confront his own middle age.While John’s mother begins to make an astonishing recovery, his father deteriorates; having long ago handed over the running of his life to his domineering wife, he is unable to cope without her. With the help of his nineteen-year-old son, John assumes the role of carer. Before long, John finds himself caught between his son's feckless impatience to get on with his life and...

The complete works of William Wharton, one of America’s most revered authors, published together for the first time in one ebook collection.Contains:• Birdy• Dad• A Midnight Clear• Scumbler• Pride• Tidings• Franky Furbo• Last Lovers• Ever After• Houseboat on Seine• Shrapnel