Blood Kin

Władza to nie tylko dyktatura, wywołująca strach i bezwzględne posłuszeństwo. Nie. To też siła fizyczna, przez którą inni boją się nam przeciwstawić. To wykorzystywanie własnej atrakcyjności w celu zaspokojenia rozbuchanego ego. To świadoma zabawa uczuciami innych. Władzą nad sobą samym jest podejmo......more

This novel was a good idea with a plodding, heavy execution. I couldn't bring myself to care about any of the characters, except for those who were dead before the novel begins. The prose is unnatural and effected in a heavily work-shopped kind of way. However, the content and conflict of the novel w......more

It's hard to imagine a book about a political coup being sensual, exotic, beautiful and terrifying at the same time, but that is just what this book is. It follows three prisoners of a coup d'état, the former President's portraitist, his chef and his barber. Each character, both near and far to the......more

Władza korumpuje. Władza totalna korumpuje totalnie. Do czego zdolny jest człowiek, któremu wolno wszystko i który za nic nie odpowiada? Portrecista, Fryzjer i Kuchmistrz. A także Żona Portrecisty, Narzeczona Brata Fryzjera i Córka Kuchmistrza. Trzy osoby z obsługi Prezydenta i trzy najbliższe im ko......more

"Dar, după ce-mi cunoscusem soția, lumea mea păru să se micșoreze într-un fel minunat, așa că nu-mi mai trebuia nimic altceva decât s-o vad cufundată în cadă, cu linia trupului refractată de apă, ori s-o urmăresc cum ia de pe plită dintr-o arcuire grațioasă un ceainic șuierător, ca să fiu delirant d......more