Pi?kna, nowoczesna ba?? rozgrywaj?ca si? w czasach ?redniowiecza i wsp??czesno?ci. Rzecz dzieje si? w ?wiecie budowanym z motyw?w mitologii s?owia?skiej i tradycji chrze?cija?skiej, element?w rzeczywisto?ci ba?niowej i wizji historiograficznej, w kt?rym nowy b?g zajmuje miejsce starych i okrutnych b?stw plemiennych. Przes?aniem autorki jest u?wiadomienie nie tylko m?odemu odbiorcy, konieczno?ci wzajemnej tolerancji mi?dzy lud?mi ?yj?cymi w r??nych ?wiatach, tradycjach i kulturach. Powie?? odznaczona Nagrod? Pozna?skiego Przegl?du Nowo?ci Wydawniczych WIOSNA 98 oraz Nagrod? IBBY 98.
Stalingrado era el golpe al dictador rojo, la prueba de que ning?n obst?culo pod?a oponerse al victorioso Ej?rcito alem?n. M?s de 300.000 hombres se adentraron entre las ruinas de la gran ciudad sembrada de f?bricas. 300.000 hombres dispuestos a ocupar Stalingrado y a atravesar el r?o que se encuentra a espaldas de la villa.El Volga.A sus orillas se luch? como nunca se hab?a peleado en Rusia, mil veces m?s feroz que la Batalla de Mosc?, m?s intensa que la Batalla de Sebastopol, Stalingrado signific?, sencillamente, la c?spide del avance germano en la URSS.Cayeron los hombres en la ciudad m?rtir, alemanes y rusos, por cientos, por millares, por cientos de millares…Y la sangre de tantos hombres corri? por las calles para, en densos torrentes, verterse en las aguas tranquilas del r?o.
Diosa, reina, se?ora, madre, benefactora, ?rbitro de la moda y modelo nacional de comportamiento. Santa Evita para unos y para otros una analfabeta resentida, trepadora, loca y ordinaria, presidenta de una dictadura de mendigos.El protagonista de esta novela es el cuerpo de Eva Duarte de Per?n, una belleza en vida y una hermosura et?rea de 1,25 m despu?s del trabajo del embalsamador espa?ol Pedro Ara. Un cuerpo del que se hicieron varias copias y que, en su enloquecedor viaje por el mundo durante veintis?is a?os, trastorna a cuantos se le acercan ...
Paris, July 1942: Sarah, a ten year-old girl, is brutally arrested with her family by the French police in the Vel' d'Hiv' roundup, but not before she locks her younger brother in a cupboard in the family's apartment, thinking that she will be back within a few hours.Paris, May 2002: On Vel' d'Hiv's 60th anniversary, journalist Julia Jarmond is asked to write an article about this black day in France 's past. Through her contemporary investigation, she stumbles onto a trail of long-hidden family secrets that connect her to Sarah. Julia finds herself compelled to retrace the girl's ordeal, from that terrible term in the Vel d'Hiv', to the camps, and beyond. As she probes into Sarah's past, she begins to question her own place in France, and to reevaluate her marriage and her life.Tatiana de Rosnay offers us a brilliantly subtle, compelling portrait of France under occupation and reveals the taboos and silence that surround this painful episode.
AwardsThe Man Booker PrizeSet in South Yorkshire, this is the story of Colin's struggle to come to terms with his family – his mercurial, ambitious father, his deep-feeling, long-suffering mother – and to escape the stifling heritage of the raw mining community into which he was born. This book won the 1976 Booker Prize.
Tina Bender is the gossip columnist at the infamous L.A. Informer tabloid. She knows everything about everyone who's anyone. And she's not afraid to print it. That is, until she receives a threatening note, promising, "If you don't stop writing about me, you're dead." Teaming with a built bodyguard, a bubbly blonde, and an alcoholic obituary writer, Tina sets out to uncover just which juicy piece of Hollywood gossip is worth killing over.
Yann Martel wurde 1963 in Spanien geboren. Seine Eltern sind Diplomaten. Er wuchs in Costa Rica, Frankreich, Mexiko, Alaska und Kanada auf und lebte sp?ter im Iran, in der T?rkei und in Indien. Er studierte Philosophie und wohnt derzeit in Montreal. ›Schiffbruch mit Tiger‹ ist sein dritter Roman, er war nominiert f?r den Governor General Award und den Commonwealth Writers' Prize und gewann den Booker Prize 2002.Die Originalausgabe erschien 2001 unter dem Titel ›Life of Pi‹
Ein Gehirnschlag beendete Ende letzten Jahres das allt?gliche, das «normale» Leben des vierundvierzigj?hrigen Jean-Dominique Bauby, der bis dahin Chefredakteur der Zeitschrift «Elle» war und von da an nur noch vier Monate zu leben hatte. Bauby nutzte seine Zeit, um alles, was ihn bewegte, zu Papier zu bringen. Doch er selber sollte dazu gar nicht mehr in der Lage sein, war er doch vollst?ndig gel?hmt und dazu verdammt, nur noch mit dem linken Auge zu blinzeln.Mittels eines Spezialalphabets, das sich an der H?ufigkeit der Vokale und Konsonanten im Franz?sischen orientierte, diktierte er der Lektorin Claude Mendibil fortan alles, was ihn bewegte – mittels Lidschlag: Aus seiner abgeschirmten Taucherglocke heraus funkte bzw. blinzelte er auf diese Weise empfindsame letzte Nachrichten an eine Welt, die f?r ihn schon unerreichbar weit weg war.
Con esta novela epistolar -«una peque?a comedia humana de bolsillo» la define ir?nicamente su autor- Tabucchi renueva una ilustre tradici?n narrativa, si bien rompiendo sus c?digos y pervirtiendo el g?nero. Poco a poco nos damos cuenta de que algo «no funciona» en todas estas misivas: el paisaje parece desplazarse ante nuestros ojos, los tiempos se vuelven del rev?s, como si las cartas llegaran anticipadamente o con retraso respecto al propio mensaje que transmiten, como si los destinos de los hombres, seg?n exige el Mito, siguieran sin encontrarse y las personas se ...
At the heart of this vibrant saga is a vast ship, the Ibis. Its destiny is a tumultuous voyage across the Indian Ocean; its purpose, to fight China 's vicious nineteenth-century Opium Wars. As for the crew, they are a motley array of sailors and stowaways, coolies and convicts.In a time of colonial upheaval, fate has thrown together a diverse cast of Indians and Westerners, from a bankrupt raja to a widowed tribeswoman, from a mulatto American freedman to a freespirited French orphan. As their old family ties are washed away, they, like their historical counterparts, come ...
It's 2001, and Celess and Tina are at the top of their game. With Celess's fine features and Tina's voluptuous body, they attract attention from men wherever they go. From New York to Philly to Delaware, they hit all the clubs and every big party with the baddest outfits. And they don't pay for a thing. Celess has no job and no need to worry about getting one, not with boyfriends like O, Tariq, and James lining up to buy her the latest designer clothes, the hottest jewelry, and the most expensive cars.But Tina's and Celess's fast, packed lives are about to catch up with them. The two share a devastating secret, and when it's revealed, Celess will need every ounce of her street smarts to survive. This book has a twist that will leave you shocked!
In a fabulous blend of the bestselling traditions of and , takes us into the heart of the Ivy League's ultraexclusive secret societies when a young woman is invited to join as one of their first female members. Elite Eli University junior Amy Haskel never expected to be tapped into Rose & Grave, the country's most powerful - and notorious - secret society. She isn't rich, politically connected, or.well, male. So when Amy receives the distinctive black-lined invitation with the Rose & Grave seal, she's blown away. Could they really mean her? Whisked off into an initiation rite ...
From the bestselling author of The Double Bind, Midwives, and Skeletons at the Feast comes a novel of shattered faith, intimate secrets, and the delicate nature of sacrifice."There," says Alice Hayward to Reverend Stephen Drew, just after her baptism, and just before going home to the husband who will kill her that evening and then shoot himself. Drew, tortured by the cryptic finality of that short utterance, feels his faith in God slipping away and is saved from despair only by a meeting with Heather Laurent, the author of wildly successful, inspirational books about… angels.Heather ...
On election day in the capital, it is raining so hard that no one has bothered to come out to vote. The politicians are growing jittery. What's going on? Should they reschedule the elections for another day? Around three o'clock, the rain finally stops. Promptly at four, voters rush to the polling stations, as if they had been ordered to appear.But when the ballots are counted, more than 70 percent are blank. The citizens are rebellious. A state of emergency is declared. The president proposes that a wall be built around the city to contain the revolution. But ...
Como su nombre indica, Sefarad no es una novela, sino una multitud de novelas cuyos hilos se cruzan y entrelazan sin cesar. Una serie de vidas (muchas de ellas reales) que nos saltan al paso a lo largo de los diecisiete cap?tulos en que est? dividido el libro para contarnos su historia de desarraigo, de persecuci?n o exilio.Muchas de esas historias tienen una ra?z com?n: el ?xodo. Desde los menos traum?ticos: de una ciudad a otra por causa del trabajo, hasta los provocados por los conflictos b?licos o por las persecuciones ...
Betty Theissen kieruje firm? budowlan? swojego te?cia, od kiedy uleg? on wypadkowi i znalaz? si? na w?zku inwalidzkim. M?oda synowa z zaanga?owaniem oddaje si? pracy. Na drodze do szcz??cia staje jednak jej w?asny m??, Herbert Theissen, nadmiernie lubi?cy weso?e ?ycie, drogie sportowe samochody, alkohol, m?ode ?liczne dziewcz?ta i hazard.
Powie?? otwieraj?ca zabawny i zarazem ironiczny cykl o fajt?apowatym brytyjskim nastolatku Adrianie Mole’u. Dlaczego nikt opr?cz samego ciamajdy zdaje si? nie dostrzega? jego geniuszu?M?ki dojrzewania nigdy jeszcze nie by?y tak bolesne – i tak zabawne – jak w s?ynnym sekretnym dzienniku Adriana Mole’a. Uporczywe pryszcze i kryzys ma??e?ski rodzic?w, pora?ki na polu literatury i drwiny kumpli ze szko?y – gdyby nie k?ody rzucane pod nogi przez okrutny los, geniusz Adriana, niedocenianego intelektualisty i poety, z pewno?ci? rozb?ysn??by pe?nym blaskiem. Mo?e dostrze?...
Sixty-eight years old; a smoker of Sweet Aftons, a dedicated drinker of Aviateur cocktails, and the owner of a charismatic cat named Turbo, Gerhard Self is an unconventional private detective. When Self is summoned by his long-time friend and rival Korten to investigate several incidents of computer-hacking at a chemicals company, he finds himself dealing with an unfamiliar kind of crime that throws up many challenges. But in his search for the hacker, Self stumbles upon something far more sinister. His investigation eventually unearths dark secrets that have been hidden for decades, and forces Self to confront his own demons.
Senno??, nowa powie?? Wojciecha Kuczoka to ksi??ka filmowa. Jej pierwszym szkicem by? scenariusz pod tym samym tytu?em, napisany na zam?wienie re?yserki Magdaleny Piekorz. Adam jest m?odym lekarzem naznaczonym pi?tnem tradycyjnego, prowincjonalnego wychowania. Rodzice lokuj? w nim wszystkie ambicje, jednak on, skrywaj?cy sw?j homoseksualizm i dr?czony poczuciem winy, wie, ?e nigdy ich nie zadowoli. Robert to rozgoryczony autor jednej wybitnej ksi??ki. Pozostaj?c pod dozorem ?ony i jej koszmarnej rodziny, od lat nie napisa? ani s?owa. Jego pracownia coraz bardziej staje si? dla niego wi?zieniem. R??a by?...
Marc Levy, roi du best-seller depuis Et si c'?tait vrai…, est de retour avec Sept jours pour une ?ternit?! San Francisco aujourd'hui. Lucas est le genre beau brun t?n?breux un peu v?n?neux sur les bords; Zofia est une belle plante ing?nue ? qui on donnerait le Bon Dieu sans confession. ? qui s'en remettre pour que ces deux-l? se rencontrent? Au destin, forc?ment, qui s'en charge aux alentours de la quaranti?me page. Tous deux sont envoy?s du ciel: Lucas est le d?l?gu? sur terre du diable, ici nomm? le Pr?...
For a small group of people, the dance that takes place in Perthshire in September will be a turning point in their lives. A group of people tied to each other by links of family and friendship are brought together.
