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ტომ სოიერი თანამედროვე სამყაროში

ჩვენთვის ყველასთვის საყვარელი ავტორის, მარკ ტვენის შემოქმედებიდან, ალბათ, ერთ-ერთი ყველაზე გამორჩეული პერსონაჟი თავისი ხასიათითა და ჩვეულებებით გახლავთ ტომ სოიერი, რომლის ადგილას ყოფნა არაერთ ჩვენგანს ერთხელ მაინც გვინატრია. 12 წლის ბიჭის მეამბოხე, თავისუფალი და თავგადასავლების მოყვარული ხასიათი ყველა ჩვენგანის ნატვრად და ლიტერატურული სამყაროს განუყოფელ ნაწილად იქცა.

მარკ ტვენი მე-19 საუკუნის მწერალია, რომელიც „ტომ სოიერის თავგადასავალს“ სწორედ ამ ეპოქის გადმოსახედიდან მოგვითხრობს, თუმცა საინტერესოა, როგორი იქნებოდა ტომი თანამედროვე სამყაროში?

ყველა ბიჭსა თუ კაცს ერთხელ მაინც „უთამაშია“ ტომის როლი – ანტაგონისტი, მეამბოხე, მამაცი და მომხიბვლელი ტომისა, რომელსაც, თავისი ხასიათიდან გამომდინარე, არც ერთ ეპოქასთან შეგუება არ გაუჭირდებოდა. ალბათ, მისი წარმოსახვა 21-ე საუკუნის პროგრესსაც გაუსწრებდა და სახლიდან გაქცევის ნაცვლად, ახლა რომელიმე პლანეტაზე გაქცევას მოისურვებდა. იქნებ, მისი სიმამაცე „Marvel”-ის სამყაროსთვისაც საინტერესო ყოფილიყო? წარმოიდგინეთ, ჩალისქუდიანი, თავგადასავლების მოყვარული ტომი, რომელიც Avanger-ებთან ერთად სამყაროს გადასარჩენად იბრძვის. New York-ის ქუჩებში მოსიარულე ბოროტმოქმედების მთავარი მტერი და ადამიანი ობობას ნომერ პირველი მეგობარი.

წარმოიდგინეთ, ტომ სოიერის, როგორც თანამედროვე გმირის, პოსტერები ყველა ქუჩის კუთხეში, მაღაზიის ვიტრინებში, ბილბორდებსა და ტაიმზ-სკვერის უშველებელ მონიტორებზე. ტომი – ბიჭი, რომელმაც ბავშვური ეგოიზმიდან თანამედროვე მეამბოხე, თავისუფლად განწყობილი ინდივიდუალისტი შექმნა, რომლის თვალთახედვა მსოფლიოს ყველა კუთხეს სწვდება და ზუსტად პასუხობს იმ გამოწვევებს, რომელსაც თანამედროვე სამყარო უმზადებს.

ტომი დღევანდელ დღეს მოუტანდა იმ ინდივიდუალიზმსა და თავისუფლებას, რომელიც სასიცოცხლოდ საჭირო და მნიშვნელოვანია.

და შენ როგორ ფიქრობ, რას მოიმოქმედებდა ტომი თანამედროვე სამყაროს გამოწვევებთან გასამკლავებლად?

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კვირის წიგნი: I Am Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Was Shot by the Taliban by Malala Yousafzai & Christina Lamb

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*Winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize*

In 2009 Malala Yousafzai began writing a blog on BBC Urdu about life in the Swat Valley as the Taliban gained control, at times banning girls from attending school. When her identity was discovered, Malala began to appear in both Pakistani and international media, advocating the freedom to pursue education for all.

In October 2012, gunmen boarded Malala’s school bus and shot her in the face, a bullet passing through her head and into her shoulder. Remarkably, Malala survived the shooting. At a very young age, Malala Yousafzai has become a worldwide symbol of courage and hope. Her shooting has sparked a wave of solidarity across Pakistan, not to mention globally, for the right to education, freedom from terror and female emancipation.

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კვირის წიგნი: Girl Online by Zoe Sugg

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This is the incredible debut novel from YouTube phenomenon Zoe Sugg, aka Zoella. I have this dream that, secretly, all teenage girls feel exactly like me. And maybe one day, when we realize that we all feel the same, we can all stop pretending we’re something we’re not…But until that day, I’m going to keep it real on this blog and keep it unreal in real life. Penny has a secret. Under the alias Girl Online, Penny blogs her hidden feelings about friendship, boys, high school drama, her crazy family, and the panic attacks that have begun to take over her life. When things go from bad to worse, her family whisks her away to New York, where she meets Noah, a gorgeous, guitar-strumming American. Suddenly Penny is falling in love – and capturing every moment of it on her blog. But Noah has a secret, too, one that threatens to ruin Penny’s cover – and her closest friendship – forever.

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კვირის წიგნი: Big Game by Dan Smith

13-year-old Oskari is sent into the cold wilderness on an ancient test of manhood. He must survive armed only with a bow and arrow. But instead, he stumbles upon an escape pod from a burning airliner: Air Force One. Terrorists have shot down the President of the United States. The boy hunter and the world’s most powerful man are suddenly the hunted, in a race against a deadly enemy.

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კვირის წიგნი: A Long Way Down by Nick Hornby

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‘Can I explain why I wanted to jump off the top of a tower block?’

For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer’s pretty simple: he has, in his own words, ‘pissed his life away’. And on New Year’s Eve, he’s going to end it all …

But not, as it happens, alone. Because first single-mum Maureen, then eighteen-year-old Jess and lastly American rock-god JJ turn up and crash Martin’s private party. They’ve stolen his idea – but brought their own reasons.

Yet it’s hard to jump when you’ve got an audience queuing impatiently behind you. A few heated words and some slices of cold pizza later and these four strangers are suddenly allies. But is their unlikely friendship a good enough reason to carry on living?

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კვირის წიგნი: Three Men on the Bummel by Jerome K. Jerome

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‘I did not intend to write a funny book, at first’ wrote Jerome J. Jerome of Three Men in a Boat, which has since become a comic classic.

When J. the narrator, George, Harris, and Montmorency the dog, set off on their hilarious misadventures, they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes, unreliable weather-forecasts, imaginary illnesses, butter pats and tins of pineapple chunks.

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კვირის წიგნი: A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

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When four young lovers get lost in the forest, the fairies that live there play jokes on them – turning love into hate and hate into love. A Midsummer Night’s Dream is one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays. This Macmillan Reader is written as a play script and includes original extracts.

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Book of the Week: The Newlyweds by Nell Freudenberger

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Amina Mazid is twenty-four when she moves from Bangladesh to Rochester, New York, for love. A hundred years ago, Amina would have been called a mail-order bride. But this is the twenty-first century: she is wooed by—and woos—George Stillman online.

For Amina, George offers a chance for a new life for her and her parents, as well as a different kind of happiness than she might find back home. For George, Amina is a woman who doesn’t play games. But each of them is hiding something: someone from the past they thought they could leave behind. It is only when Amina returns to Bangladesh that she and George find out if their secrets will tear them apart, or if they can build a future together.

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Book of the Week: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

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Immediately recognized as a masterpiece when it was first published in 1847, Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre is an extraordinary coming-of-age story featuring one of the most independent and strong-willed female protagonists in all of literature. Poor and plain, Jane Eyre begins life as a lonely orphan in the household of her hateful aunt. Despite the oppression she endures at home, and the later torture of boarding school, Jane manages to emerge with her spirit and integrity unbroken. She becomes a governess at Thornfield Hall, where she finds herself falling in love with her employer—the dark, impassioned Mr. Rochester. But an explosive secret tears apart their relationship, forcing Jane to face poverty and isolation once again.

One of the world’s most beloved novels, Jane Eyre is a startlingly modern blend of passion, romance, mystery, and suspense.

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Book of the Week: Nick Hornby Collection Boxed Set

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Arguably Britain’s most insightful and observant writer of contemporary fiction working today, Nick Hornby is responsible for such classics as About a Boy, Fever Pitch and High Fidelity. Now his fans can enjoy all three, not to mention the equally excellent novels Juliet Naked, How to be Good and A Long Way Down.

It’s the perfect six book set for those who are new to the bitingly funny and decidedly moving style of Hornby, this collection could be recommended to Mom, Dad and teenagers alike, such is the writer’s wonderfully accessible style.

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Titles included in this set are:
1. High Fidelity
2. How to be Good
3. Juliet Naked
4. Fever Pitch
5. A Long Way Down
6. About a Boy

 

A Long Way Down

Can I explain why I wanted to jump off the top of a tower block?’ For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer’s pretty simple: he has, in his own words, ‘pissed his life away’. And on New Year’s Eve, he’s going to end it all … But not, as it happens, alone. Because first single-mum Maureen, then eighteen-year-old Jess and lastly American rock-god JJ turn up and crash Martin’s private party. They’ve stolen his idea – but brought their own reasons. Yet it’s hard to jump when you’ve got an audience queuing impatiently behind you. A few heated words and some slices of cold pizza later and these four strangers are suddenly allies. But is their unlikely friendship a good enough reason to carry on living?

About a Boy

When you’re 36, going on 18, life is about being hip, being cool, and embracing all that Mothercare has to offer… Nick Hornby’s best-selling novel is now a phenomenally successful film starring Hugh Grant, from the makers of Four Weddings & A Funeral, Notting Hill and Bridget Jones’s Diary. Starring: Hugh Grant (Bridget Jones’s Diary) Toni Collette (Muriel’s Wedding) Rachel Weisz (The Mummy Returns) and Nicholas Hoult as Marcus.

High Fidelity

Rob is a pop music junkie who runs his own semi-failing record store. His girlfriend, Laura, has just left him for the guy upstairs, and Rob is both miserable and relieved. After all, could he have spent his life with someone who has a bad record collection? Rob seeks refuge in the company of the offbeat clerks at his store, who endlessly review their top five films; top five Elvis Costello songs; top five episodes of Cheers.

Rob tries dating a singer, but maybe it’s just that he’s always wanted to sleep with someone who has a record contract. Then he sees Laura again. And Rob begins to think that life with kids, marriage, barbecues, and soft rock CDs might not be so bad.

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