Мариша Пессл4.0 Дебютный роман от автора «Ночного кино» — пожалуй, одного из самых удивительных бестселлеров последних лет. Впрочем, прогремела на весь мир Мариша Пессл еще с первым своим романом, отправив несколько глав литературному агенту своего кумира Джонатана Франзена и присовокупив следующее описание: «Эта книга не будет похожа ни на что, что вы читали в этом году: забавная, энциклопедическая и безумно амбициозная история о любви и потере, молодости и старении, ужасе и предательстве». Далее — договор с издательством, предложившим беспрецедентно высокий для молодого начинающего автора аванс, первые строчки в списках бестселлеров, перевод на множество языков.
Итак, познакомьтесь с новой героиней нашего времени — Синь Ван Меер. Она нечеловечески эрудированна в области литературы, философии и науки, может наизусть продекламировать число «пи» до шестьдесят пятого знака после запятой и объехала с отцом-профессором (по совместительству — записным сердцеедом) огромное количество городов по всей стране — но в шестнадцать лет жизнь ее необратимо изменится вследствие неких драматических событий…
Мари Арана0.0 Don Victor Sobrevilla, a lovable, eccentric engineer, always dreamed of founding a paper factory in the heart of the Peruvian rain forest, and at the opening of this miraculous novel his dream has come true—until he discovers the recipe for cellophane. In a life already filled with signs and portents, the family dog suddenly begins to cough strangely. A wild little boy turns azurite blue. All at once Don Victor is overwhelmed by memories of his erotic past; his prim wife, Doña Mariana, reveals the shocking truth about her origins; the three Sobrevilla children turn their love lives upside down; the family priest blurts out a long-held secret....
A hilarious plague of truth has descended on the once well-behaved Sobrevillas, only the beginning of this brilliantly realized, generous-hearted novel. Marie Arana’s style, originality, and trenchant wit will establish her as one of the most audacious talents in fiction today and Cellophane as one of the most evocative and spirited novels of the year.
Нелл Фройденбергер0.0 From the PEN/Malamud Award-winning author of Lucky Girls comes a bold, intricately woven first novel about an enigmatic stranger who disrupts the life of one American family.
Yuan Zhao, a celebrated Chinese performance artist and political dissident, has accepted a one year's artist's residency in Los Angeles. He is to be a Visiting Scholar at the St. Anselm's School for Girls, teaching advanced art, and hosted by one of the school's most devoted families: the wealthy if dysfunctional Traverses. But when their guest arrives, the Traverses are preoccupied with their own problems. Cece—devoted mother and contemporary art enthusiast—worries about the recent arrest of her son, Max. Unable to communicate with her husband, Gordon, a psychiatrist distracted by his passion for genealogical research, she turns to Gordon's wayward brother, Phil. Meanwhile, seventeen-year-old Olivia Travers is just relieved that her classmates seem to be ignoring the weird Chinese art teacher living in her pool house—at least until a brilliant but troublesome new student appears in his class.
The dissident, for his part, is delighted to be left alone. His relationship to the 1989 Democracy Movement and his past in a Beijing underground artists' community together give him reason for not wanting to be scrutinized too carefully. The trouble starts when he and his American hosts begin to see one another with clearer eyes.
A novel about secrets, love, and the shining chaos of everyday American life, The Dissident is a remarkable and surprising group portrait, done with a light, sure hand. Reviewing Lucky Girls, the Seattle Times praised Freudenberger's "merciless and often hilarious eye for family dynamics, and her equally sharp eye for cultures in collision." These talents and others are on full display here, as the author captures her characters in their struggles with art, with identity—and with one another. As the New York Times Book Review observed, "Young writers as ambitious—and as good—as Nell Freudenberger give us a reason for hope."
Питер Орнер0.0 Lorsque Malava les quitte, les professeurs de Goas, en Namibie, ne sont pas surpris. Cette Che Guevara en jupon, qui a combattu pour l'indépendance de ce pays, ne pouvait pas continuer à vivre dans ce trou perdu. Aussi sont-ils médusés quand ils la voient revenir avec un bébé. Premier roman.
Patrick Ryan0.0 Patrick Ryan’s first work of fiction is written with such authority, grace, and wisdom, it might be the capstone of a distinguished literary career.
In the Florida of NASA launches, ranch houses, and sudden hurricanes, Teresa Kerrigan, ungrounded by two divorces, tries to hold her life together. But her ex-husbands linger in the background while her four children spin away to their own separate futures, each carrying the baggage of a complex family history. Matt serves as caretaker to the ailing father who abandoned him as a child, while his wild teenage sister, Karen, hides herself in marriage to a born-again salesman. Joe, a perpetual outsider, struggles with a private sibling rivalry that nearly derails him. And then there’s the youngest, Frankie, an endearing, eccentric sci-fi freak who’s been searching since childhood for intelligent life in the universe–and finds it.
Written with wry affection, and with compassion for every character in its pages, Send Me is a wholly original, haunting evocation of family love, loss, and, ultimately, forgiveness.
