Arthur Hailey - Airport. Parallel Text [English-Russian
Airport is a bestselling 1968 novel by Arthur Hailey about a large metropolitan airport and the personalities of the people who use, rely and suffer from its operation. This book was adapted into a major motion picture starring Burt Lancaster, George Kennedy, Dean Martin and Van Heflin, among others.
5 days from the life of a luxury hotel in New Orleans in the early 60-ies. "Hotel" takes a critical stance in the civil rights issues of the era. The book is about how little decissions can add up to either good things happening or extremely bad things happening.
Arthur Hailey "Airport" Адаптированный вариант известного романа Хейли от Penguin Readers. Отличительная особенность его произведений - детальность в описании больших систем, будь то агенство новостей, отель или аэропорт. При этом романы не превращаются в документальные. Level: Upper Intermediate (2300 words) Language: Contemporary British English