Джумпа Лахири3.9 Роман Джумпы Лахири — лауреата Пулитцеровской премии — классическая семейная сага, в центре которой два брата. Мальчишки счастливы в родительском доме на краю низины, где растут водяные гиацинты и где им знаком каждый уголок. Они не представляют жизни друг без друга. Но когда они вырастут, им предстоят разные пути-дороги и любовь к одной и той же женщине. Для младшего эта любовь станет счастьем, а для старшего — драмой на всю жизнь…
Kamila Shamsie0.0 kaleidoscopic masterpiece of empire and rebellion by Kamila Shamsie, the Orange Prize shortlisted and Granta Best of Young British Novelist
In the summer of 1914 a young Englishwoman, Vivian Rose Spencer, finds herself fulfilling a dream by joining an archeological dig in Turkey. Working alongside Germans and Turks, she falls in love with archaeologist, Tahsin Bey, and joins him in his quest to find an ancient silver circlet. The outbreak of war in Europe brings her idyllic summer to a sudden end, and her friends become her nation’s enemies.
The following spring, in the battlefields of Europe, Qayyum Gul, a Lance Corporal from Peshawar fighting for the British, loses an eye, and is sent to recover in a Royal Pavilion in England, where he slowly begins to doubt his loyalties to the King.
Returning home, Qayyum shares a train carriage with Vivian Rose whose search for the circlet has led her to Peshawar in the heart of the British Raj. Fifteen years later, they will meet again, and their loyalties will be tested once more amidst massacres, cover-ups, and the disappearance of a young man they both love.
Ромеш Гунесекера0.0 In postwar Sri Lanka, a hired driver observes his passengers―tourists, soldiers, businessmen, and others―in these linked stories by a “master storyteller” ( The New York Times ).
Vasantha retired early, bought himself a van, and now works as a driver for hire. As he drives through Sri Lanka, carrying aid workers, entrepreneurs, and visiting families; meeting lonely soldiers and eager hoteliers, he engages them with self-deprecating wit and folksy wisdom―while revealing to us their uncertain lives with piercing insight.
On his journey from the army camps in northern Jaffna to the moonlit ramparts of Galle, in the south, Vasantha slowly discovers the depth of his country’s troubles―as well as his own―while catching a glimmer of the promise the future might hold.
From the Booker Prize–shortlisted author of Reef comes a collection of “gracefully crafted road stories” that draws a potent portrait of postwar Sri Lanka and the ghosts of civil war ( The Guardian ).
Praise for Romesh Gunesekera
“ Monkfish Moon strikes the reader like a hammer blow. . . . Gunesekera’s subtly erotic prose animates Sri Lanka’s natural luxuriance, veined with menace.” ― Voice Literary Supplement
Шамсур Рахман Фаруки0.0 It is the sunset of the Mughal Empire. The splendour of imperial Delhi flares one last time. The young daughter of a craftsman in the city elopes with an officer of the East India Company. And so we are drawn into the story of Wazir Khanam: a dazzlingly beautiful and fiercely independent woman who takes a series of lovers, including a Navab and a Mughal prince--and whom history remembers as the mother of the famous poet Dagh. But it is not just one life that this novel sets out to capture: it paints in rapturous detail an entire civilization.
Beginning with the story of an enigmatic and gifted painter in a village near Kishangarh, The Mirror of Beauty embarks on an epic journey that sweeps through the death-giving deserts of Rajputana, the verdant valley of Kashmir and the glorious cosmopolis of Delhi, the craft of miniature painting and the art of carpet designing, scintillating musical performances and recurring paintings of mysterious, alluring women. Its scope breathtaking, its language beguiling, and its style sumptuous, this is a work of profound beauty, depth and power.
Билал Танвир0.0 A vivid and intricate novel-in-stories, The Scatter Here Is Too Great explores the complicated lives of ordinary people whose fates unexpectedly converge after a deadly bomb blast at the Karachi train station: an old communist poet; his wealthy, middle-aged son; a young man caught in an unpleasant, dead-end job; a girl who spins engaging tales to conceal her heartbreak; and a grief-stricken writer, who struggles to make sense of this devastating tragedy.
Bilal Tanweer reveals the pain, loneliness, and longing of these characters and celebrates the power of the written word to heal lives and communities plagued by violence. Elegantly weaving together different voices into a striking portrait of a city and its people, The Scatter Here Is Too Great is a tale as vibrant and varied in its characters, passions, and idiosyncrasies as the city itself.
Халед Хоссейни4.3 1952 год, звездная ночь в пустыне, отец рассказывает афганскую притчу сыну и дочери. Они устроились на ночлег в горах, на пути в Кабул. Затаив дыхание, Абдулла и совсем еще маленькая Пари слушают историю о том, как одного мальчика похитил ужасный дэйв, и бедняге предстоит самая страшная судьба на свете. Наутро отец и дети продолжают путь в Кабул, и этот день станет развилкой их судеб. Они расстанутся и, возможно, навсегда. Разлука брата и сестры даст начало сразу нескольким сплетающимся и расплетающимся историям. И в центре этой паутины жизни - Пари, нареченная так вовсе не в честь французской столицы, а потому что так зовут на фарси фей.
Новый роман Халеда Хоссейни, прозрачный, пронзительный, многоголосый, о том, что любое решение, принятое за другого человека, - добра ради или зла - имеет цену, и судьба непременно выставит за него счет. Это роман о силе дешевых слов и дорогих поступков, о коварстве жизненного предназначения, о неизбежности воздаяния, о шумном малодушии и безмолвной преданности.
Мина Кандасами0.0 Tamil Nadu, 1968. Landlords rule over a feudal system that forces peasants to break their backs in the fields or be punished. As a small spark of defiance begins to spread among communities, the landlords vow to break them; party organizers suffer grisly deaths and the flow of food into the marketplaces dries up. But it only strengthens the villagers' resistance. Finally, the landlords descend on one village to set an example for the others. An exciting new release from this Chennai-based poet, writer and activist.
