Tokijas, 1912-ieji. Uždaras senosios Japonijos aristokratijos pasaulis pirmąkart įsileidžia atėjūnus – turtingas provincijos šeimas, naują, galingą socialinį ir politinį elitą. Melancholiškąjį aštuoniolikmetį Kijoakį Macugaję išauklėjo nykstančios senosios aristokratijos atstovai – Ajakurų šeima. Bet jis nėra vienas jų. Kijoakio tėvas markizas Macugajė, net jo dvare pasisvečiavus imperatoriui, kartkarčiais pasijunta nelyg koks apgavikas, netikras aristokratas. O ir vis sukirba nerimas dėl pernelyg lengvabūdžio ir gražaus savo įpėdinio Kijoakio, kuris, tėvo akimis, turėsiantis įtvirtinti Macugajų šeimą aristokratijos pasaulyje.

Patsai Kijoakis, gyvendamas gražiausias, bet kartu nerimastingiausias savo jaunystės dienas, jaučiasi besiblaškantis tarp sena ir nauja. Išgyvena nepatirtus ir bauginamus jausmus giliadvasiškajai Satoko Ajakurai, su kuria kartu užaugo. Jais dalintis nedrįsta net su savo vieninteliu draugu Šigekuniu Honda nė tuomet, kai Satoko susižada su kilminguoju princu.

„Pavasario sniegas“ – pirmasis tetralogijos „Vaisingumo jūra“ romanas. Keturiuose romanuose pasakojama vienos sielos keturių reinkarnacijų – į aristokratą, nacionalistą ekstremistą, Tailando princesę ir sadistišką našlaitį – istorija; sykiu tai pasakojimas apie Šigekunį Hondą ir jo pastangas skirtingose jo paties sielos reinkarnacijose išgelbėti kiekvieną jų nuo ankstyvos mirties, kuri budistiniame mokyme suprantama kaip karminė lemtis. 

Vertė: Gabija Čepulionytė

Formatas/puslapiai: kieti viršeliai / 432 puslapiai

ISBN: 9786094798849

Leidykla: Baltos lankos

Metai: 2024

SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING EMMA STONE

Winner of the Whitbread Novel Award and the Guardian Fiction Prize 

A life without freedom to choose is not worth having. 

Godwin Baxter's scientific ambition to create the perfect companion is realized when he finds the drowned body of the beautiful Bella, who he brings back to life in a Frankenstein-esque feat. But his dream is thwarted by Dr. Archibald McCandless's jealous love for his creation... But what does Bella think? This story of true love and scientific daring whirls the reader from the private operating-theatres of late-Victorian Glasgow through aristocratic casinos, low-life Alexandria and a Parisian bordello, reaching an interrupted climax in a Scottish church.

'A magnificently brisk, funny, dirty, brainy book' London Review of Books 

'Visionary, ornate and outrageous' The Independent 

'Witty and delightfully written' New York Times 

'A brilliant marriage of technique, intelligence, and art.' Kirkus Reviews 

'The greatest Scottish novelist since Sir Walter Scott' Anthony Burgess 

Those who, like me, are unsure if they are Alasdair Gray fans or not, ought to fall on Poor Things with delight, and not just because of the almost excessive beauty of its appearance' Philip Hensher, Spectator

Format/pages: paperback / 336 pages

ISBN: 9781526657886

Publisher: Bloomsbury

Year: 2023

An urgent, groundbreaking and visually stunning new collection of graphic story-telling about the present Iranian revolution, using comics to show what would be censored in photos and film in Iran.

Marjane Satrapi, author of Persepolis, returns to graphic art with this collaboration of over 20 activists, artists, journalists, and academics working together to depict the historic uprising, in solidarity with the Iranian people and in defense of feminism.

On September 13th 2022, a young Iranian student, Mahsa Amini, was arrested by the morality police in Tehran. Her only crime was that she wasn't properly wearing the headscarf required for women by the Islamic Republic. At the police station, she was beaten so badly she had to be taken to the hospital, where she fell into a deep coma. She died three days later.

A wave of protests soon spread through the whole country, and crowds adopted the slogan "Woman, Life, Freedom"-words that have been chanted around the world during solidarity rallies.

In order to tell the story of this major revolution happening in her homeland, Marjane Satrapi has gathered together an array of journalists, activists, academics, artists, and writers from around the world to create this powerful collection of full-color, graphic-novel-style essays and perspectives that bear witness:

• Contributing artists: Joann Sfar, Coco, Mana Neyastani, Catel, Pascal Rabate, Patricia Bolanos, Paco Roca, Bahareh Akrami, Hippolyte, Shabnam Adiban, Lewis Trondheim, Winshluss, Touka Neyastani, Bee, Deloupy, Nicolas Wild, and Marjane Satrapi.

• 3 expert perspectives on Iran: long-time journalist for Libération and political scientist Jean-Pierre Perrin; researcher and Iran specialist Farid Vahid; and UC Berkeley historian Abbas Milani, Director of the Iranian Studies program at Stanford University.

Woman, Life, Freedom demonstrates that this is not an unexpected movement, but a major uprising in a long history of women who have wanted to affirm their rights. It will continue.

Format/pages: paperback / 268 pages

ISBN: 9781644214053

Publisher: Seven Stories Press

Year: 2024