Джин Брюэр — новинки

Когда в нью-йоркской психиатрической больнице появляется новый пациент, никто не сомневается, что там ему самое место, ведь он утверждает, что прибыл с далекой планеты, где царит полная гармония. Впрочем, это его единственная странность — в остальном это здравомыслящий, интеллигентный и приятный человек, который меняет к лучшему жизнь всех, кто его окружает.

Невероятная история прота — пациента психиатрической больницы, называющего себя пришельцем с далекой планеты КА-ПЭКС, — и талантливого психиатра, который пытается излечить загадочного безумца.
Сколь тонка грань, отделяющая фантазию от сумасшествия, а сумасшествие — от чуда?

На основе романа был снят одноименный фильм с Кевином Спейси в роли прота.

In this final book of the K-PAX series, Dr. Gene Brewer is approached by visitors from the planet Bullock, who demand that he deliver an ultimatum to the United Nations: Homo sapiens must end the killing of other humans as well as all other animal species living on Earth. Failure to meet this demand will result in the immediate extinction of the human race. The surprise ending will captivate and reward K-PAX fans everywhere.

Manhattanský psychiatrický ústav přijme pacienta s vcelku banální diagnózou – tvrdí o sobě, že je mimozemšťan jménem Prot, návštěvník z planety K-PAX, vzdálené od Země pár tisíc světelných let. Jeho několikatýdenní pobyt v místní ozdravovně lidských hlav a duší však od základu změní život většiny tamních obyvatel i zaměstnanců – včetně vyšetřujícího lékaře, který se rozhodne celý případ podrobně zaznamenat. Prot se totiž nechová ani jako šílenec (ač trpí bludy), ani jako učený idiot (jeho znalosti vesmíru daleko přesahují vědomosti všech pozemských astronomů) a ani vyšinutě: podoben spíše šašku, jemuž je vše dovoleno, pronáší někdy s laskavým humorem, jindy s nemilosrdnou ironií své postřehy a názory o naší planetě a bytostech na ní žijících – zejména pak o těch, kteří sami sebe nazývají pány tvorstva. V kontrastu s tímto světem pak nadšeně popisuje harmonický život na K-PAXu, bez válek a náboženství, bez vražd páchaných na komkoli, bez pracovních povinností, ale i bez emocí.
Právě toto idylické líčení a také několik drobných signálů v chování onoho prazvláštního a nezařaditelného blázna, který s oblibou komunikuje se zvířaty a s úspěchem léčí své spolubydlící, přesto naznačují, že jeho minulost skrývá nejedno až nelidsky kruté a nesnesitelně bolestné tajemství. Postupné odhalování jeho totožnosti – přerušené Protovou pětiletou nepřítomností – umožní čtenáři nahlédnout do nejedné pokřivené mysli nenormálních lidí, zmučené často tzv. normálními jedinci, a přinutí jej mimo jiné i zapřemýšlet, kde všude ve svém vývoji, úvahách a konání udělalo lidstvo, řítící se do globálních ekologických i jiných katastrof, chybu...

THREE STORIES AND A NOVELLA is a delightful collection of stories for children of all ages. Humorous and incisive, they will enlighten as well as entertain you.

"Lattie" is a drop of water identical to all the others. Although he encounters countless setbacks, he never gives up his dream of becoming a unique and beautiful snowflake. "Branty," a young Canada goose, suddenly finds himself in the position of being leader of his flock after his mentor, Old Father, succumbs to old age. When problems are encountered, he relies on the wisdom of the ages to solve them and lead his flock to a new winter home. "In "The Boy Who Spoke with God," a five-year-old is invited by God to ask one question at the time of his next visit one year hence. A governmental committee is formed to select the question for the boy to ask. When the times comes, the world waits for God's Answer. A ten-year-old who is curious about everything finds himself in a cavern near the farm where he lives, and emerges in a world different from, yet strangely similar to, our own. As he attempts to find his way home again, he tries to make sense of the people and institution he encounters in his travels through Yonderland.

Three very different works are included in 3 EARLY NOVELS:

1. Ralphy is the story of a typical Midwestern U.S. family into whose lives is thrust a misfit, a boy who was born flat and resembles a fish. Ralphy is a throwback to the time when human beings made a wrong turn and separated themselves from the other animals.

2. In Breakthrough, Arthur M. Raintree, Ph.D., achieves his lifelong desire to become a research scientist, but discovers that his work is of far less importance than living in peace and love with his family.

3. In the year 2020, the government has become a wasteland of military and religious righteousness. There is only one person who can save us from self-destruction before it is too late, a genius who is prepared to die in order to accomplish this revolution.

If you've ever wondered what the K-PAX film sequel might look like, the preview screenplay is included in K-PAX REDUX, along with the stage script and "Prot's Report to K-PAX.

B-TIK is one of the most beautiful small WORLDS in the GALAXY. In fact, the EARTH could truly become a paradise if the human inhabitants stopped trying their very best to "multiply and subdue" it. Their cancerous population growth, mindless consumption of its natural resources, and catastrophic elevation of themselves to superiority over all the other species who co-habit their PLANET have corrupted it for everyone, including themselves.

Given their evolutionary history, however, perhaps the PLANET was doomed from the beginning. In any case, their self-centeredness has outlived its usefulness, if it ever had any. The "idea" that they are entitled to everything they can get their hands on is reinforced daily by their governments, their laws, their parents, their schools, their entertainment media, their religions. If they are to survive the next century, their juvenile egos will have to mature and learn to rely on values other than family, country, and gods to give their lives meaning. Countless humans have said to me, "It's more complicated than that!" But to a child, everything is complicated. Apparently nothing short of genetic manipulation will fix the defect, and even that is [fraught] with difficulties--who is going to decide which genes to manipulate?

As B-TIK moves inexorably toward catastrophe, there will be more and more sapiens who will slowly awaken and wonder what went wrong. Unfortunately, it is almost too late to reverse the damage, even though a simple treatment of all their social and environmental illnesses--the elimination of capital, nations, religions, and parental indoctrination--is readily available. Yet, with only a quarter of a century left to initiate the necessary changes, the majority of them continue to go on with their robotic ways as if there will be no tomorrow. Ironic, no?

Without these adjustments the prognosis is not good, and the sapiens will not survive another century. If they manage to evolve before they self-destruct, however, they could become admirable citizens of the UNIVERSE, and certainly some of the more interesting ones. But they still have a long way to go. Even after a thousand centuries of experience, they are yet children.

Alan Watson is born and grows up during the 1940s in a small Midwestern town. When his little brother is penectomized in a bus station restroom, and his girlfriend falls into a coma following a botched abortion, he concludes that God is punishing him for his mistakes. This belief follows him through college and graduate school (from which he drops out), his life on a commune with his college sweetheart, and becoming a novelist after settling down with her in Chicago. He finally drives her away with his fear of having a child, but eventually, comes to grips with his relationships with Melanie, his family, and his God.

A new visitor arrives from K-PAX. Fled is outspoken, belligerent, very promiscuous, and resembles more than anything else a large chimpanzee.

Невероятная история Прота - пациента психиатрической больницы, называющего себя пришельцем с далекой планеты КА-ПЭКС, - и талантливого психиатра Марка Фуллера, который пытается излечить загадочного безумца. Сколь тонка грань, отделяющая фантазию от сумасшествия, а сумасшествие - от чуда? И что произойдет, если однажды безумие станет реальностью? Читайте интеллектуальный триллер Джина Брюэра, который лег в основу сценария легендарного фильма Иена Софтли с Кевином Спейси и Джеффом Бриджесом в главных ролях!

Невероятная история Прота - пациента психиатрической больницы, называющего себя пришельцем с далекой планеты Ка-Пэкс, - и талантливого психиатра Марка Фуллера, который пытается излечить загадочного безумца. Сколь тонка грань, отделяющая фантазию от сумасшествия, а сумасшествие - от чуда? И что произойдет, если однажды безумие станет реальностью? Читайте интеллектуальный триллер Джина Брюэра, который лег в основу сценария легендарного фильма Иена Софтли с Кевином Спейси и Джеффом Бриджесом в главных ролях!

BEN AND I is a wonderfully lyrical novel about a homeless teenager and his companion, a big, hairy dog called Ben. It's an unusual Christmas story that will make you laugh and cry. If you liked K-PAX, you'll love BEN AND I.

Thirteen-year-old diabetic Angela Calvecchi has died following treatment with the experimental drug Mercipine. Despite the overwhelming odds against winning the case, her parents decide to file a wrongful death suit against the giant corporation Mercer Pharmaceuticals. In state civil court, Attorney Marcus Allen, Jr. and his partner Candace White, argue that the outdated procedures used by the company, and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, were inadequate to ensure the safety of the drug for use in clinical trials. This gripping courtroom drama will have you turning the pages until a verdict is rendered.

As Special Deputy Sheriff Louis B. Davenport is leaving for a holiday visit with his grandchildren, a call comes: someone on Spruce Island has murdered one of the guests at Porpoise Bay Cottages, and Davenport has been assigned to the case. When he arrives on the island he finds that any number of the guests and islanders might have had a motive for the killing.

In November, 2001, I was sued, along with almost everyone else connected with the film version of my novel K-PAX, for plagiarizing an Argentinean movie called Man Facing Southeast (the suit was later dismissed). At about the same time, dozens of letters arrived from fans asking where the ideas for the book/film originated. Together, these developments led me to ponder how my difficult life had led me to become a writer, and how I came to write K-PAX in particular. The resulting memoir includes excerpts from unpublished work, and ends with a chapter of advice for other would-be novelists.

When a man who claims to be from outer space is brought into the Manhattan Institute, the mental ward seems to be just the place for him. However, this patient is unlike anyone psychiatrist Dr. Gene Brewer has met before. Clever, inscrutable and utterly charismatic, Robert Porter calls himself 'prot' and has no traceable background - but he claims that he is an inhabitant of the planet K-PAX, a perfect world without wars, government or religion, and where every being co-exists in harmony. It's not long before the other patients are hanging on prot's every word. And even Dr Brewer starts to find himself convinced...This omnibus edition contains all three of the K-PAX novels, plus a bonus story, prot's report, and is as witty, quirky and enlightening as we have come to expect of Brewer's wonderful characters.

In un ospedale psichiatrico americano non c'è da stupirsi che qualcuno sostenga di venire da un altro pianeta, chiamato magari K-PAX. Ma, come presto si accorge il medico che l'ha in cura, "trob" - così si fa chiamare il suo paziente - ha qualcosa che lo distingue dai soliti casi clinici. Dice di venire da un mondo probabilmente migliore, senza guerre né crimini (ma anche senza amore e passione), e dove tutti gli esseri viventi hanno uguale dignità. E soprattutto esercita un influsso positivo sugli altri pazienti, che imparano a venire a patti con le proprie paure e angosce, forse perché illusi dalla promessa di portarli via con sé.

Czy rzeczywiście jest kosmitą, czy też tylko żyje w innym świecie?
Dla człowieka, który utrzymuje, że jest przybyszem z kosmosu, oddział Instytutu Psychiatrii na Manhattanie wydaje się najodpowiedniejszym miejscem. Jednak ów pacjent w niczym nie przypomina tych, z którymi dr Gene Brewer miał wcześniej do czynienia. Nazywa się prot i twierdzi, że przybył z planety K-PAX, idyllicznego świata, w którym wszyscy żyją w zgodzie i harmonii. Określiwszy dokładnie datę opuszczenia Ziemi, prot pozostawia nas w niepewności do ostatniej chwili.
Jego krótki pobyt w szpitalu na Manhattanie radykalnie zmienia życie pacjentów i panujące tam stosunki międzyludzkie. Prot przywraca ludziom radość i sens życia. Pokazuje inny wymiar istnienia.
Ta znakomicie napisana, żywa, dowcipna i zarazem głęboko humanistyczna książka z pewnością spodoba się nie tylko miłośnikom Lotu nad kukułczym gniazdem, lecz także wielbicielom twórczości Olivera Sacksa, autora bestsellera O mężczyźnie, który pomylił swoją żonę z kapeluszem.
K-PAX to pierwsza część trylogii o tajemniczym procie.

Five years to the day, almost to the second, after he disappeared form the Manhattan Psychiatric Institute, leaving his host body in a catatonic state, the being known as prot (rhymes with goat) has returned. Now, in sixteen more sessions with psychiatrist Gene Brewer, prot reveals that he has come back to escort a chosen few to his home planet, K-PAX.

K-PAX is an idyllic planet free of the pain and suffering of earth. Prot has incredible insights into how to cure that suffering, and his radical ideas have made him a celebrity. Now, legions of people are longing to follow him home.

But Dr. Brewer has heard it before. Five years ago, he discovered another person buried deep in prot's personality: Robert Porter of Montana. The mystery of Robert's illness and of prot's true origins lie deep within Robert's shattered psyche. Now Dr. Brewer must race against the clock to unlock the secrets of Robert's traumatic past and not only save his patient but maybe humanity.