Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby

Реквием по мечте (Requiem for a Dream) - оригинальная версия
 Книга рассказывает о судьбе четырех жителей Нью-Йорка, которые, не в силах выдержать разницу между мечтами об идеальной жизни и реальным миром, ищут утешения в иллюзиях...

In this searing novel first published in 1978, two young hoods, Harry and Tyrone, and a girlfriend fantasize about scoring a pound of heroin and getting rich. But their heroin habit gets the better of them, and Harry's mother's addiction to diet pills lands her in a state mental hospital.

The European Dream: How Europe's Vision of the Future Is Quietly Eclipsing the American Dream

The American Dream is not dead, says Rifkin, but it's showing its years. Contrasting definitively American fantasies of individual autonomy, material wealth, and cultural assimilation with an emerging European vision of community relationships, quality of life, and cultural diversity, Rifkin argues that the great bloodshed of the twentieth century liberated Europeans from their past, better preparing them for global citizenship in the twenty-first century.

Shakespeare wrote this romantic comedy to show that love hath no law but his own." The story of young lovers being toyed with by forest sprites is purely an entertaining fantasy, neither realistic nor tragic, and a popular drama the world over."

CliffsComplete combines the full original text of A Midsummer Night's Dream with a helpful glossary and CliffsNotes-quality commentary into one volume.

 

A four-part series designed to meet the needs of secondary students continuing English as well as those starting English for the first time.