Requiem

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'My dear friend, he said, life is strange and strange things happen in life' It is a hot July Sunday in Lisbon and our narrator has an appointment to meet someone by the quayside. But when his guest does not arrive, he spends the day wandering the deserted city, encountering some memorable characters along the way: a disoriented taxi driver, an accordionist, a Seller of Stories and, finally, the long-awaited ghost of the late, great Fernando Pessoa.

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'My dear friend, he said, life is strange and strange things happen in life' It is a hot July Sunday in Lisbon and our narrator has an appointment to meet someone by the quayside. But when his guest does not arrive, he spends the day wandering the deserted city, encountering some memorable characters along the way: a disoriented taxi driver, an accordionist, a Seller of Stories and, finally, the long-awaited ghost of the late, great Fernando Pessoa.

The epic conclusion to the million-selling Brethren trilogy. A stunning, epic novel of war, savagery and the fall of the Templars in the tradition of Conn Iggulden, Bernard Cornwell and Manda Scott. It is 1295. The Christian empire in the Holy Land lies in ruins and Will Campbell has barely escaped with his life. After years of fighting in the desert sun - and secretly working for peace with the Brethren - Will returns to Scotland to find his homeland under attack by King Edward I of England. Soon caught up in a bloody conflict, Will is unaware that an even more ominous threat is rising. A warrior king on the throne of France has a desire for supremacy and will stop at nothing to fulfil his twisted ambitions.

The epic conclusion to the million-selling Brethren trilogy. A stunning, epic novel of war, savagery and the fall of the Templars in the tradition of Conn Iggulden, Bernard Cornwell and Manda Scott. It is 1295. The Christian empire in the Holy Land lies in ruins and Will Campbell has barely escaped with his life. After years of fighting in the desert sun - and secretly working for peace with the Brethren - Will returns to Scotland to find his homeland under attack by King Edward I of England. Soon caught up in a bloody conflict, Will is unaware that an even more ominous threat is rising. A warrior king on the throne of France has a desire for supremacy and will stop at nothing to fulfil his twisted ambitions.

Anna Akhmatova (1889-1966) fik sit gennembrud i 1912 med digtsamlingen ”Aften” og blev en toneangivende hovedskikkelse i den russiske sølvalder, der bl.a. omfatter navne som Osip Mandelsjtam, Marina Tsvetajeva, Vladimir Majakovskij og Boris Pasternak. Hendes rigt facetterede kærlighedstematik udfolder sig i en suveræn syntese mellem klassisk og modernistisk formsprog. Akhmatovas digtcyklus Requiem , som blev til over det meste af tre decennier, er i sit udgangspunkt selvbiografisk. Det er forfatterens gribende vidnesbyrd og skamstøtte over Stalintidens rædsler. Men selv efter diktatorens død var Akhmatovas navn forkætret og fortiet. Requiem blev til at begynde med udbredt fra mund til mund og via samizdat (dvs. selvudgivelse; afskrifter). Sidenhen udkom der censurerede uddrag i sovjetiske antologier m.m., og kun i Vesten kunne det læses i sin helhed, såvel på russisk som i talrige oversættelser. Først i 1987 udkom det uforkortet i Sovjetunionen. I dag har det en uanfægtet klassikerstatus i Rusland og er blevet sat i musik af en lang række tonekunstnere. Requiem udkommer her for første gang i sin helhed på dansk.