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((Vorschau))London, 1984. Winston Smith arbeitet fur den Uberwachungsstaat von Oceania und er hat es satt, standig die Wahrheit zu verdrehen. Als er sich in seine Kollegin Julia verliebt und sie von der Widerstandsbewegung erfahren, wollen sie die Partei gemeinsam sturzen. Doch eine Katastrophe bahnt sich an.1984, einer der prophetischen Romane des 20. Jahrhunderts, pragt unsere Vorstellung von Uberwachung und Unterdruckung bis heute.((ONIX))London, 1984. Winston Smith no longer wants to rewrite history to serve the surveillance state of Oceania. When he falls in love with his colleague Julia, they make contact with an underground organisation and want to put an end to the rigid rule of the Party, as the disaster takes its course.Often regarded as one of the most prophetic novels of the 20th century, 1984 still shapes our thinking about surveillance and oppression.

O que é a vida, se você não para um instante para repensá-la?Hoje considerado a obra-prima de Goliarda Sapienza, este romance, escrito ao longo de dez anos, foi rejeitado por editoras durante duas dé

A woman with a successful career in child protection is floored by her husbands sudden death; a retired civil servant smothers his wife, but cant go through with their pact; a teacher fleeing a disastrous school trip finds himself literally in a dark wood.Pascal famously said we shall die alone. But there are always others left behind to grieve, to cheer, to feel guilt, relief or laughter, because we are human, whether we like it or not. In these stories, a dozen characters find at least a dozen ways to live by facing death their own or that of those they love in familiar worlds shot through with a strange absurdity.A man with cancer is employed to smoke by a character from a novel who may never have existed; an historian finds a love he hopes will last beyond the grave, even if it isnt his; a former judge dispenses justice in a prison camp; a randomly-selected Prime Minister confronts the biggest life-or-death decision she or anyone will ever have to take.A Day Like Any Other explores death natural, assisted, promised and unexpected with compassion, wit, a steady gaze and a desire to confront the challenge we mostly prefer to avoid: why live at all? It is the perfect collection for anyone whos going to die one day.

A novel of identity and resistance from one of Palestines most striking literary voiceswritten entirely from behind bars Nur, a Palestinian refugee from a camp near Ramallah, is often mistaken for an Ashkenazi Jew. Fluent in Hebrew and with a degree in archaeology, he dreams of freedom beyond the fence, and of writing a novel about Mary Magdalene based on the Gnostic Gospels. When he discovers an Israeli ID card in the pocket of a secondhand coat, he assumes a false identity and is hired for an archaeological dig near Megiddo. Passing as an Israeli, he moves through a world previously off-limits and gains insight into the lives of those hes been taught to perceive as enemies. As Nurs borrowed identity deepens, so does the rift within. Through an exploration of this internal conflict, Basim Khandaqjis Arabic Booker-winning novel offers a meditation on the personal toll of occupation and the elusive desire to belongfully, honestly, and without fear.

Considerada a obra-prima de Thomas Mann, A montanha mágica narra, a partir da permanência de um jovem engenheiro em um sanatório nos alpes suíços, os dilemas intelectuais e filosóficos que agitavam a

A Scots Quair is revolutionary - innovative in its form, deft and humorous in its use of the Scots language, courageous in its characterisation and politics. Central to the trilogy is Chris Guthrie, one of the most remarkable female characters in modern literature. In Sunset song, Gibbons finest achievement, the reader follows Chris through her girlhood in a tight-knit Scottish farming community: the seasons, the weddings, the funerals, the grind of work, the gossip. As the Great War takes its toll, machines repalce the old way of life. Cloud Howe and Grey Granite take Chris from her rural homeland to life in an industrial Scotland and the desperate years of the Depression. The triology as a whole is a major achievment, a picture of society undergoing traumatic and far-reaching transformation. Always readable, never sentimental, A Scots Quair is one of the most important works of Scottish literature.

Gabriel retorna à sua cidade natal quando seus pais morrem. Lá, conhece um misterioso andarilho que busca diferentes espécimes de aranhas e que também sofre com perdas recentes. É nessa comunhão de l

A Working Mother is a wildly entertaining cautionary tale: while Bettys husband, Adam, broods and drinks (to be matched at times by Betty, just to be sociable) she flirts with their best friend Brendan and tries to avoid the roving hands of her new employer. Theyre all driving Betty crazy. A sharp, darkly humorous novella that explores the life of a working-class woman caught in a destructive relationship and an unforgiving society. Agnes Owens sharp wit, humour and lean prose is beautifully displayed in this tragi-comedy. Published to celebrate Agnes Owens centenary year in 2026.

"And I struggle to find my place in this dark novel. I yearn for passion and despair for that is what makes good literature while Ishwari seeks a life of joy for herself and her son."A powerful novel from the author of Panty about a woman who runs away from home, seeking to free herself from the shackles of society and familial attachments, and instead devote her attentions to writing a novel. When she realises that her five year old son Roo has followed her, Ishwari struggles with her identity as a mother and the responsibilities that brings, versus the guilty knowledge that she cannot want her own child when his existence requires her to suppress her own dreams.Ishwari and Roo wander the streets at night, looking for a place to stay, until an elderly caretaker takes pity on them and offers them an empty room on the terrace of a guest house. Ishwari gets work as a caregiver to the handsome gentleman who lives next door, while Roo, who is lame, spends all day locked up in the room on the roof. Pulsating with raw energy, Abandon gives voice to the perpetual conflict between life and art.

AVAILABLE TO PRE-ORDER NOWPoignant and tender. FERDIA LENNONA dynamic voice. IRENOSEN OKOJIELushly written and formally audacious . . . moving. NICOLAS PADAMSEEThis is the story of one mans weekend, a weekend in which everything could changeThese lines could change everything /He sips more of his tinny / Imagines a new lifeAidys just punched a co-worker, but he hasnt got time to deal with the fallout. With a deadline fast looming he must get home, knuckle down and finish the story hes been working on, a story he hasnt been able to stop thinking about. Its the story of a falling plane and of a grieving mother.Set across one weekend, About to Fall Apart is the exhilarating story of a man of mixed heritage - living on the Irish border - as he tries to stay positive, reconnect with his children and maybe, even, find his own birth mother.

Part sequel, part reimagining, and wholly delightful Jodi PicoultAn absolute delight. Funny, moving and filled with heart Jennie Godfrey, author of The List of Suspicious ThingsIt is a truism, frequently invoked by the members of the Meryton Womens Guild, that one is only ever as happy as ones unhappiest child. So, with five daughters and four grandchildren, it was a miracle Mrs Hester Bennet ever raised a smile. At best, she was only ever tentatively pleased, and even then understood that her contentment rested on the edge of a gaping precipice into which she would inevitably tumble the second Kitty or Lydia (it was almost always those two) messaged in the clutches of yet another existential crisisLydia, home from Paris on New Years Day in a welter of hangover and humiliation, finds herself swearing off drink, drugs and sex for the next 12 months. Through her unfamiliar sobriety, shell see a landmark year for all the Bennet sisters, including a disruptive 40th birthday, an engagement and a funeral: and, maybe, coming to terms with the results of a run-of-the-mill run-in with a jackknifed lorry on a wet stretch of the M1A sharply funny and unexpectedly tender modern sequel to Pride & Prejudice, this is a story of sisterhood, survival, and second chances. For fans of Marian Keyes, Dolly Alderton, and anyone whos ever wondered what the Bennet sisters would be like in the age of therapy, WhatsApp, and wellness trends gone rogue.

Una saga familiar adictiva sobre la herencia, el privilegio de clase y la responsabilidad que ello conlleva en un mundo cambianteLa familia Brooke se reúne durante cuatro días en su mansión inglesa del siglo XVIII para despedir a Philip, el patriarca en torno al cual han orbitado sus vidas. Frannie, la hija mayor y heredera, quiere transformar la propiedad en un refugio natural frente a un mundo en declive. Milo, en cambio, sueña con convertirla en un paraiso new age para superricos, mientras que Isa, la hermana menor, distanciada de Philip durante años, acude al funeral en plena crisis de pareja. Los secretos y sentimientos que afloran esos dias les haran replantearse el papel que hasta ese momento han ocupado en la familia.Albion es una novela luminosa y profundamente contemporanea que indaga en las dinamicas familiares y en las heridas del colonialismo; en ella Anna Hope renueva la clasica novela de casa de campo inglesa y nos habla tambien de las raices del privilegio, de la responsabilidad que este conlleva y de la importancia de los valores que transmitimos a nuestros hijos.Hope aborda algunos de los problemas mas urgentes y complejos a los que se enfrenta el mundo actual y los transforma en un drama familiar fascinante. Jonathan CoeSi Succession y Downton Abbey tuvieran un hijo, seria algo parecido a esta novela. Kirkus ReviewsLa clasica novela de "casa de campo inglesa" reimaginada para nuestros tiempos: un retrato excepcionalmente bien dibujado de una familia en conflicto, que tambien aborda con astucia cuestiones relacionadas con la renaturalizacion, la herencia y el colonialismo. Claire FullerSu mejor obra hasta la fecha. Tiene algo de Retorno a Brideshead y tambien de las memorables Cronicas de los Cazalet, de Elizabeth Jane Howard. John Boyne

After she encounters a poem about love and friendship etched on the Homomonument in Amsterdam, Hélène Giannecchini is moved to attempt to do justice to a form of relation often subordinated to romanc

In 1947 and again in 1971, entire communities in the South Asian subcontinent crossed newly drawn borders, seeking new homes as partitions divided and reshaped nations. Kalyani Thakurs evocative novel tells the story of her people, Dalits of the Matua sect, who settled around a local water body Andhar Bil in a newly formed country. This new bil, reminiscent of the one left behind, becomes a place for the refugees to slowly, painfully, rebuild their lives.Children play in and around the bil, the novels central character, while people catch fish and cook them in ways that recall the flavours of home. Festivals and boat races unfold, jute is harvested and sold, floods push people to higher ground, marriages are arranged, and property disputes arise. The still waters of the bil hold all these stories, while the boroi tree stands in the centre, a silent witness to everything.Woven through this episodic, plotless narrative is the story of Kamalini, a young girl who, one day, will leave her beloved Andhar Bil behind for the city just as her parents generation left their villages and their cherished bil for a new land.

Descubierto en el IMEC (Institut Mémoires de lÉdition Contemporaine) por los biógrafos de Némirovsky, el manuscrito de esta novela había permanecido olvidado entre los papeles de su editor de la época. Novela intimista y conmovedora, su hallazgo ha servido para confirmar a Irene Nemirovsky como una de las figuras mas destacadas de la literatura del siglo XX en Europa.El ardor de la sangre es otro de los hermosos legados de Irene Nemirovsky: la ultima novela inedita, el ultimo milagro de una obra magistral. DIARIO LE FIGARO

Diane sempre sonhou com pouco: um marido, dois filhos, um trabalho que lhe fizesse sentido mais do que jamais se permitiu desejar. Mas, no dia em que Seb a deixa, seu mundo desaba. Entorpecida pela dor, ela no percebe o outro silencio que cresce ao seu redor: no quarto em frente, o riso de Lou se apaga.Aos dezesseis anos, Lou sofre o tumulto da adolescencia e o impacto do primeiro amor perdido, uma perda que lhe arranca mais do que lagrimas. Quando Diane finalmente se da conta, esta disposta a tudo para resgatar a filha, mesmo que isso signifique revisitar um passado do qual tentou escapar.Me e filha caminham sobre um fio tenue, entre o que foi e o que pode ser. Sob seus passos, o turbilho da vida ruge, e ameaça arrastar consigo as suas horas mais frageis.

Ella buscaba calma, pero encontró una historia que no podrá olvidar.Un anillo perdido. Un pasado enterrado en una comunidad de vecinos. Un misterio irresistible.Cuando Koldo, una joven embarazada de alto riesgo, se muda a una antigua colonia escondida en el corazon de Madrid, espera tranquilidad. Pero el reposo forzoso pronto se ve truncado. En el patio de su nuevo hogar descubre los ecos de una tragedia olvidada: la violenta muerte de Pascual Silva, un carismatico heredero de una editorial, y la desaparicion de su prometida, junto con un misterioso anillo que nunca volvio a aparecer.Intrigada por la historia y por los silencios de sus nuevos vecinos, Koldo comenzara a indagar entre recuerdos, viejas cartas y secretos que el tiempo creia haber sepultado. Lo que empieza como una distraccion se convierte en una obsesion que la llevara a descubrir que algunos misterios no solo habitan en el pasado sino tambien en quienes los investigan.Con una atmosfera envolvente, personajes llenos de matices y una escritura elegante, Leticia Echavarri firma una novela que combina intriga, memoria y emociones profundas.Ayer en mi patio es una historia sobre lo que permanece oculto, sobre las heridas que dejan los secretos y sobre como el pasado, tarde o temprano, siempre llama a la puerta.

From the acclaimed author of Number One Chinese Restaurant comes an affecting novel about an unforgettable group of friends trying to make their way in the world without losing themselves, or one another.Diana, Justin, Errol, and Vivian have been told their entire lives that success is guaranteed by following a simple checklist. They worked hard, got good grades, and attended a great university-only to graduate into the Great Recession of 2008. Despite their newly minted degrees, theyre unemployed, stuck again under their parents roofs in a hypercompetitive Chinese American community. So when Grace-once the neighborhood golden child, now a Harvard Law School dropout-asks to make a documentary about the crew, they say yes. Its not like her little movie will ever see the light of day.But then the video, "Bad Asians," goes viral on an up-and-coming media platform (YouTube, anyone?). Suddenly, two million people know the members of the group as cruel caricatures, each full of pent-up frustrations with the others. And after a desperate attempt at spin control goes off the rails, they are flung even further off course from the lives theyd always imagined. As they grow up and grow apart, the friends desperately try to figure out who they are and what it means to live a successful life in the new millennium.Praise for Bad Asians:A sharp, propulsive novel about ambition, identity, and the bonds that shape us-whether we choose them or not. Lillian Lis masterful prose crackles with humor and insight, exploring the language of belonging Weike Wang, award-winning author of ChemistryA richly drawn and emotionally honest novel that explores the complex entanglements between friendship and family, ambition and happiness, and childhood and adulthood Angie Kim, New York Times bestselling author of Happiness FallsThe ugly underbelly of internet notoriety-and whether or not its survivable-is the riveting question Bad Asians explores. Lillian Li is an unsparing observer of our unsparing times Susan Choi, National Book Award-winning author of Trust ExerciseWith richly drawn characters and fantastic insights into class, upward mobility, parental expectations, and the false promise of the American dream and the toll it takes on those who pursue it, this is an engaging, darkly comic and thoroughly contemporary page-turner-a remarkable novel! J. Ryan Stradal, author of Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club

¿Hasta dónde puede llegar la investigación de un crimen?Él solo quería hacer reír. Ella solo quería justicia. Lo que no sabían es que juntos podían incendiar el país.Bécquer es la estrella más famosa de la television. Elena Izaguirre, inspectora de policia e hija de un agente asesinado hace veinte años, lleva toda su vida buscando respuestas que nadie quiere darle.Cuando una tragedia irrumpe en la vida de Becquer, sus caminos se cruzan. Lo que comienza como una alianza improbable entre una estrella mediatica y una policia curtida acaba destapando la verdad detras del crimen que cambio a Elena para siempre.Entre ataques encubiertos, traiciones internas, viajes internacionales y un romance tan inevitable como peligroso, Becquer y Elena se enfrentan al mayor poder del pais: una red de corrupcion que opera en las sombras... y cuyo brazo llega hasta la mismisima embajada española en Paris. Ahora, con su propia vida en juego, solo una cosa esta clara: el humor puede ser un arma... pero la verdad es una bomba.Un thriller frenetico, emocional y adictivo, donde la estrella mas famosa del pais y una inspectora marcada por la tragedia unen fuerzas para desmantelar una red de corrupcion que llega hasta el corazon del Estado.

Bulgarian-born oral storyteller Nana Tomova carries in her bones old Bulgarian tales of golden maidens and winged serpents; of wise witches and wild nature, stretching back to ancient Thracian times. Born in a land cradled by the Balkan Mountains and by the Black Sea; rich with myth and magic, Nanas life has been shaped by these stories, and now she wishes to share their hidden treasures with others.Spirits of forest and waters heal and harm; the Three Fates determine destinies, a girl lets down her hair for a wolf to climb up, whilst Vampires roam the dark nights. These stories, all rooted in the mysteries and cycles of the natural world, have been passed down from one generation to another, told whilst baking bread and spinning by the hearth, for thousands of years. Stories carry within them a secret map to the terrain of life.This freshly translated collection of traditional stories includes tales of fierce wise women, of rituals, magic and custom, back to when the Great Goddess was revered. Through these stories, you will be enchanted in a world of imagination, walking through mountains and mists, journeying to the palace of the Sun and the Moon, to seek answers to lifes questions.