Orhan Pamuk
21) Noce zarazy
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Language
Polish
Description
Liczba ofiar szybko rośnie. Ale zaraza nie jest jedynym zabójcą. Zamordowany zostaje główny inspektor sanitarny, Bonkowski Pasza, a wkrótce potem dochodzi do otrucia jego asystenta. Czy te zbrodnie mają coś wspólnego z epidemią? Śledztwo utyka w martwym punkcie, fiaskiem kończą się też próby zaprowadzenia kwarantanny i izolacji. Podzieleni i sfrustrowani mieszkańcy - Grecy i Turcy, muzułmanie i chrześcijanie - w sobie nawzajem upatrują...
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Language
Arabic
Description
On the outskirts of a town thirty miles from Istanbul, a master well digger and his young apprentice are hired to find water on a barren plain. As they struggle in the summer heat, excavating without luck, the two develop a filial bond neither has known before -- not the poor middle-aged bachelor nor the middle-class boy whose father disappeared after being arrested for politically subversive activities. The pair come to depend on each other and exchange...
24) Biały zamek
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Language
Polish
Description
"Uwodzicielska, baśniowa opowieść o ludzkiej naturze. XVII wiek. Młody, wykształcony Wenecjanin zostaje pojmany przez Turków i uprowadzony do Stambułu. Tam staje się niewolnikiem doradcy sułtana, Hodży. Zawładnięty myślą o przywróceniu imperium osmańskiemu dawnej świetności. Hodża zmusza swego poddanego, aby ten przekazał mu całą posiadaną przez siebie wiedzę. Wspólnie obmyślają machinę wojenną dla sułtana i tak rozpoczyna...
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Language
Español
Description
"On the outskirts of a town thirty miles from Istanbul, a master well digger and his young apprentice are hired to find water on a barren plain. As they struggle in the summer heat, excavating without luck meter by meter, the two will develop a filial bond neither has known before--not the poor middle-aged bachelor nor the middle-class boy whose father disappeared after being arrested for politically subversive activities. The pair will come to depend...
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Language
English
Description
Chip Kidd: Book Two: Work: 2007-2017 picks up where Book One left off showcasing his impressive body of work from the past decade as well as new works yet to be seen this year. We see not just hundreds of his recent projects, but the working processes behind them--thoughts, sketches, revisions, scrapped drafts, and triumphant final versions.
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English
Description
"A mystery within a mystery, the painting The Garden of Earthly Delights is the most famous and intriguing work by Early Netherlandish master Hieronymus Bosch. Through unique exclusive access granted by the Prado Museum - such as witnessing the processes of X-raying and restoring the painting - the film explores unanswered questions about the enigmatic painting as well painter himself, on the ocasion of the 500th anniversary of his death."--Container....