'Stylish and lyrical in its prose and deeply sensitive in its characterisation'GUARDIAN'Clever and engrossing'MAIL ON SUNDAY'McFarlane's imaginative and tonal range is astonishing .
Der neue Roman von Paul Auster nach seinem großen Bestseller «4321» – ein weises Buch über die Liebe und eine Mut machende, tröstliche Betrachtung der letzten Lebensjahre, die sich der Endlichkeit alles Irdischen stoisch bewusst ist.
'There is no living author who writes about the intricacies of family life quite like Sin ad' Claudia Carroll A great read, I highly recommend it Claire Byrne'Fans of Sin ad know they can expect honesty, humour and great story-telling' Hello Moriarty captures the intricacies of contemporary family life with flawed, relatable characters in a heartfelt and humorous tale.
Der wunderbar einfühlsam erzählte Roman vom Autor des SPIEGEL-Bestsellers und der großen TikTok-Sensation "Die Mitternachtsbibliothek"Ein kleiner Junge auf den Spuren Hamlets, eine Nachricht aus dem Jenseits und ein ungewöhnlicher Auftrag .
Daniel Burrow once began a beautiful walk from Konstanz to Como with Julia, mercurial professor of literature, mother to two of his pupils, married, and the love of his life.
Es ist der dritte Fall des Ermittlerteams um Carmen Siebert, diagnostizierte Autistin und Polizistin aus Überzeugung und mit Herzblut, und Bernadette Pohlmann.
THE NUMBER ONE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA FINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS 2025'The best memoir you will read all year' NICK HORNBY'A triumph - a meditation on writing, suicide, guilt and silence' GUARDIAN'Curious and idiosyncratic and enjoyable' ZADIE SMITH'Darkly moving and heart-wrenchingly funny' MARIE CLAIREA book of the year in the Guardian, New Yorker, TIME, Washington Post, New Statesman, NPR,Irish Times and LitHub.
En la boyante España de 1999, hipotecada y endeudada por encima de sus posibilidades, un grupo de ancianos confronta su día a día, a veces vivido entre recuerdos de una juventud que les hizo vibrar y otras sobrellevado en aislamiento y soledad.
Marcada desde la niñez por la inmensa fortuna de su padre, la vida de Jonathan James Whalen ha sido una constante huída de una realidad que se le antoja anodina, de una historia familiar que somete su voluntad y de un listado de convenciones sociales que lo encorsetan.
Con una propuesta de lectura creativa, De Conatus reedita Los muertos, un relato perfecto para entrar en el mundo de Joyce y reconocer sus recursos narrativos.
Premi Òmnium a la Millor Novel·la de l'Any 2018De l'autora d'Anatomia de les distàncies curtes«Tendríssima», Biel MesquidaLa Paula té quaranta anys, és neonatòloga i està viva.
Tras sufrir un aborto, Ada, una joven profesora de danza que vive condicionada por los fantasmas de su pasado, se sumerge en una profunda crisis personal que desemboca en un punto de inflexión en su vida.
THE MILLION COPY #1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF HOW TO KILL YOUR FAMILY IS BACK WITH THE NEW BOOK OF THE MOMENTDelicious' JOJO MOYES'Super-sharp, lethally witty' NIGELLA LAWSON'Wonderfully wicked'RED'Very funny.
Este libro nos puede ayudar a ser conscientes de los que supone la pérdida de un ser querido y cómo podemos ir caminando por el duelo y sus fases para salir transformados y crecer en el proceso como personas.
A Journal of the Plague Year Daniel Defoe - A Journal of the Plague Year is a fictionalised account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London.
Die Leiden des jungen Werther Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Die Handlung des Romans ist insofern autobiografisch, als Goethe hier seine platonische Beziehung zu der bereits verlobten Charlotte Buff literarisch verarbeitete.
My Mortal Enemy Willa Cather - My Mortal Enemy is a poignant character study of an extraordinary woman of commanding personality named Myra who gives up a fortune to marry for love.
Riceyman Steps - Arnold Bennett - The story takes place in 1919-1920 and deals with the final year in the life of its main character, Henry Earlforward, a miser, who keeps a second-hand bookshop in the Clerkenwell area of London.
In the Penal Colony Franz Kafka - "e;In the Penal Colony"e; ("e;In der Strafkolonie"e;) (also translated as "e;In the Penal Settlement"e;) is a short story by Franz Kafka written in German in October 1914, revised in November 1918, and first published in October 1919.
Mathilda - Mary Shelley - Narrating from her deathbed, Matilda tells the story of her unnamed father's confession of incestuous love for her, followed by his suicide by drowning; her relationship with a gifted young poet called Woodville fails to reverse Matilda's emotional withdrawal or prevent her lonely death.
In society, the nature of death and humanity's awareness of its own mortality has for millennia been a concern of the world's religious traditions and of philosophical inquiry.
