The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole aged 13 3/4 – Sue Townsend

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 je prvá kniha zo série brilantne vtipných príbehov Sue Townsendovej o Adrianovi Moleovi, znovu vydaná v kolekcii Penguin ORIGINALS ikonickej tínedžerskej literatúry.

Piatok, 2. január
Dnes mi bolo hrozne zle. Môže za to moja mama, ktorá o druhej ráno hulákala „My Way“ na schodoch. To mám teda šťastie na rodičov. Je tu dokonca šanca, že sú alkoholici a ja skončím budúci rok v detskom domove.

Spoznávame Adriana Molea, nešikovného tínedžera, ktorý bez servítky zachytáva život dospievania – so všetkými problémami, akné aj zmätenými emóciami. Vo svojom úprimnom denníku píše o manželských problémoch rodičov, psovi, svojom živote „mučeného básnika“ a nepochopeného intelektuála. Jeho bolestivo úprimné zápisky sú aj po desaťročiach stále mimoriadne vtipné a pútavé.

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13 3/4 is the first book in Sue Townsend’s brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series, reissued in Penguin ORIGINALS, a collection of iconic teen fiction.

Friday, January 2
I felt absolutely awful today. It’s my mother’s fault for shouting “My Way” at the top of the stairs at two o’clock in the morning. I really do have such luck with parents. There is even a chance they are alcoholics and that I will end up in a children’s home next year.

We are introduced to Adrian Mole, a hapless teenager who openly captures the realities of growing up – with all its problems, acne, and confused emotions. In his honest diary, he writes about his parents’ marital troubles, the dog, his life as a “tortured poet” and misunderstood intellectual. His painfully candid entries remain just as funny and engaging decades after they were first published.