Teil zwei der vorliegenden Autobiografie über den Lebensweg einer traumatisierten Kindheit mit Fokus auf sexuellen Missbrauch schließt an die Befreiung an, mit der Teil eins geendet ist.
Im Deltagebiet des Mekong, zwischen Wasser und Land, leben Fischer, Entenzüchter, Erntehelfer, alte, schweigsame und skurrile Männer, unglückliche Frauen und allein gelassene Kinder.
Mit ihren Erzählungen, Aphorismen und vor allem dem Roman »Das Gemeindekind« hat sich die österreichische Dichterin Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach in die Literaturgeschichte eingeschrieben.
Nach seinem erfolgreichen Roman ›Fremde Seele, dunkler Wald‹, der auf der Shortlist des deutschen Buchpreises stand, schreibt Reinhard Kaiser-Mühlecker über die Umbrüche unserer Gegenwart.
'Punchily provocative and often bitingly funny' THE TIMES, Book of the Month'Binge-worthy, real, really funny' KILEY REID'Spiky, smart and so original' CLAIRE DAVERLEY'Entertaining and very timely.
THE GRIPPING NEW PAGE-TURNER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE ADORED, MULTI-MILLION COPY BESTSELLER, THE ISLAND'A beautiful, moving and thought provoking story, The Figurine is a stunning read .
Through the friendship of two young Franco-Iranians, Exiles from Paradise is a novel that delves deep into the great conflict between enlightened Islam and fanaticism.
"e;A mystery and an elegy for the death of old-fashioned journalism, it's a book that will warm your heart"e; The Observer "e;On Hampstead Heath is a deliciously romantic comedy of misunderstandings and misbehaviour - I loved it"e; Clare Chambers, author of SMALL PLEASURESThorn Marsh was raised in a house of whispers, of meaningful glances and half- finished sentences.
Out now: The Land in Winter, shortlisted for the Booker Prize 2025 The Optimists: in a world full of suffering, how can we have faith in humanity, or the future?
*AS RECOMMENDED BY TAYLOR JENKINS REID "e;FOR SOMEONE WHO NEEDS A GOOD LAUGH"e; ON TIME'S INSTAGRAM*'A darkly funny riot' The Times, Book of the Month A GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR FICTION 2024Would you want to know what your colleagues say behind your back?
Hailed by the authorites as `the future of housing', The Estate in south London was opened with a flourish by the Lord Mayor of London in the late 1960s.
'Spain's finest contemporary novelist' Guardian'Juan Mars 's contribution to European fiction has been consistently remarkable' Times Literary SupplementFrom one of Spain's most acclaimed authors, comes an extraordinary novel about ambition and longing set against the backdrop of post-war Barcelona.
'Laura Marshall's best yet' Chris Whitaker'I was genuinely unable to put it down' Karen Hamilton'Fascinating' Sunday TimesThey thought the killer had no motive.
FROM THE AUTHOR OF KIM JIYOUNG, BORN 1982 There is laughter and joy to be found in these pages, along with the kind of laughter that sets two women over 50 rolling in the snow with tears streaming down their frozen cheeks and the aurora borealis dancing above them.
'A stunner' THE TIMES'Sublime' HANNAH KENT'Magnificent' TIM WINTONThe explosive story of outcast twins Iris and Floyd as they join a hunt through the wilderness for a man-killing puma.
William Melvin Kelley's final work, a Joycean, Rabelaisian romp in which he brings back some of his most memorable characters in a novel of three intertwining stories.
'A master at using humour to underscore the horror of racism, William Melvin Kelley is a writer whose work, decades later, continues to shed light on that which millions of people would rather remain hidden'MATEO ASKARIPOUR, AUTHOR OF BLACK BUCKA searing, provocative satire by one of the most important African-American novelists of the twentieth century that lays bare the abiding racism and the legacy of slavery on the psyche of white America.
'If you're looking for your next Handmaid's Tale-esque fix, this is it' BELFAST TELEGRAPHFiercely written, vivid and timely, The Seawomen is an unforgettable and highly acclaimed debut novel about the rise to power of women on a remote island, for fans of Margaret Atwood and Naomi Alderman.
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE; THE ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN AWARD FOR YOUTH LITERATURE; THE STONEWALL BOOK AWARD (YA); THE PRINTZ HONOR_____________________________________________________________________________________________'A gripping novel where historical fiction meets romance, Last Night at the Telegraph is a whirlwind read.
THE HOPEFUL AND BIG HEARTED NOVEL YOU WILL FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS SUMMER'The heartwarming and uplifting book we all need right now, a celebration of the power of connection and kindness' HOLLY MILLER'The characters are endearing and the journey for each of them is as sweet as one of Pearl's Victoria sponges' DAILY MAIL*****Pearl Winter hasn't been outside in forty-three years.
An absolutely heartbreaking and gripping historical novel based on a true story, for fans of Suzanne Goldring, Bridgerton and The Girl Behind the Gates.
SHE CAME TO STAY is the stunning debut novel from the author of THE UNSPEAKABLE ACTS OF ZINA PAVLOU, now a feature title on BBC2's Between the Covers, and also named one of Woman & Home's Best Historical Fiction Reads of 2020.
