Мэгги О'Фаррелл — новинки

Химерниця Агнес читає людські душі й зцілює тіла. Слава про незвичайні здібності дівчини-сокільниці шириться по околицях. Аж ось вона вже віддана дружина та мати, обробляє орендований у брата клаптик землі — відьмацький садочок Агнес. Збирає лікарські рослини, дбає про дітей і пасіку. Тим часом її чоловік Вільям підкорює лондонську сцену. Та одного дня смерть переступає їхній поріг і попри всі намагання Агнес щось змінити забирає одинадцятирічного Гамнета. Втрата сина змінює стосунки між чоловіком та жінкою, які колись кохали одне одного до нестями. Між ними виростає стіна з потужного болю та безпорадності. Але чотири роки по тому Вільям Шекспір створює п’єсу «Гамлет», відроджуючи і свого сина, і свій шлюб.

Флоренция, XVI век.

Лукреции Медичи 10 лет. Она знакомится с Альфонсо, женихом своей старшей сестры Марии. Незаметно для остальных он проводит пальцем по ее щеке.

Лукреции 15 лет. Она выходит замуж за Альфонсо вместо Марии. Его сестра шепчет ей: "Ты не знаешь, на что он способен…"

Лукреции 16 лет. Они с мужем одни в охотничьем доме. Он кормит ее ужином, он не взял с собой слуг. Этой ночью он ее убьет.

It's July 1976. In London, it hasn't rained for months, gardens are filled with aphids, water comes from a standpipe, and Robert Riordan tells his wife Gretta that he's going round the corner to buy a newspaper. He doesn't come back. The search for Robert brings Gretta's children - two estranged sisters and a brother on the brink of divorce - back home, each with different ideas as to where their father might have gone. None of them suspects that their mother might have an explanation that even now she cannot share.

From the author of the breakout New York Times best seller Hamnet—winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award—an electrifying new novel set in Renaissance Italy, and centering on the captivating young duchess Lucrezia de Medici.

Florence, the 1550s. Lucrezia, third daughter of the grand duke, is comfortable with her obscure place in the palazzo: free to wonder at its treasures, observe its clandestine workings, and to devote herself to her own artistic pursuits. But when her older sister dies on the eve of her wedding to the ruler of Ferrara, Moderna and Regio, Lucrezia is thrust unwittingly into the limelight: the duke is quick to request her hand in marriage, and her father just as quick to accept on her behalf.

Having barely left girlhood behind, Lucrezia must now make her way in a troubled court whose customs are opaque and where her arrival is not universally welcomed. Perhaps most mystifying of all is her new husband himself, Alfonso. Is he the playful sophisticate he appeared to be before their wedding, the aesthete happiest in the company of artists and musicians, or the ruthless politician before whom even his formidable sisters seem to tremble?

As Lucrezia sits in constricting finery for a painting intended to preserve her image for centuries to come, one thing becomes worryingly clear. In the court’s eyes, she has one duty: to provide the heir who will shore up the future of the Ferranese dynasty. Until then, for all of her rank and nobility, the new duchess’s future hangs entirely in the balance.

Full of the drama and verve with which she illuminated the Shakespearean canvas of Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell brings the world of Renaissance Italy to jewel-bright life, and offers an unforgettable portrait of a resilient young woman’s battle for her very survival.

England, 1580. A young Latin tutor--penniless, bullied by a violent father--falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman: a wild creature who walks her family's estate with a falcon on her shoulder and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer. Agnes understands plants and potions better than she does people, but once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose gifts as a writer are just beginning to awaken when his beloved young son succumbs to bubonic plague.

A luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a hypnotic recreation of the story that inspired one of the greatest literary masterpieces of all time, Hamnet is mesmerizing and seductive, an impossible-to-put-down novel from one of our most gifted writers.

В 1580-х годах в Англии, во время эпидемии чумы, молодой учитель латыни влюбляется в необыкновенную эксцентричную девушку… Так начинается новый роман Мэгги О’Фаррелл, ставший одним из самых ожидаемых релизов года. Это свежий и необычный взгляд на жизнь Уильяма Шекспира. Существовал ли писатель? Что его вдохновляло?

Случалось ли тебе когда-нибудь неожиданно проснуться ночью, и увидеть рядом загадочного незнакомца, будто сотканного из невесомой снежной ткани? Именно это произошло с маленькой Сильвией, и сначала она испугалась не на шутку! Но новый знакомый и сам растерялся: ведь он был самым настоящим снежным ангелом и спустился с небес, чтобы спасти Сильвию! Но разве ей грозит какая-то опасность?..

Лиричная история о чудесах и невидимых защитниках, которые всегда рядом.

В 1580-х годах в Англии, во время эпидемии чумы, молодой учитель латыни влюбляется в необыкновенную эксцентричную девушку. Так начинается новый роман Мэгги О'Фаррелл, ставший одним из самых ожидаемых релизов года. Это свежий и необычный взгляд на жизнь Уильяма Шекспира и на создание одной из самых известных в мире пьес - "Гамлета". Так был ли писатель? И что его вдохновляло?

When Lily moves into Marcus's flat and plunges headlong into a relationship, she must contend not merely with the disapproval of flatmate Aidan, but with a more intangible, hostile presence. Could it be that Sinead, Marcus's ex, is trying to communicate with her? When Lily begins to 'see' Sinead, first about the flat, and then on the streets of London, she must question not merely her sanity, but whether the man she loves is someone she can, or indeed ought, to live with at all.

Drawing on Maggie O'Farrell's long-term fascination with the little-known story behind Shakespeare's most enigmatic play, HAMNET is a luminous portrait of a marriage, at its heart the loss of a beloved child.

Warwickshire in the 1580s. Agnes is a woman as feared as she is sought after for her unusual gifts. She settles with her husband in Henley street, Stratford, and has three children: a daughter, Susanna, and then twins, Hamnet and Judith. The boy, Hamnet, dies in 1596, aged eleven. Four years or so later, the husband writes a play called Hamlet.

Award-winning author Maggie O'Farrell's new novel breathes full-blooded life into the story of a loss usually consigned to literary footnotes, and provides an unforgettable vindication of Agnes, a woman intriguingly absent from history.

A thrilling departure: A short, piercing, deeply moving new novel from the acclaimed author of I Am, I Am, I Am, about the death of Shakespeare's eleven-year-old son Hamnet--a name interchangeable with Hamlet in fifteenth-century Britain--and the years leading up to the production of his great play.

England, 1580. A young Latin tutor--penniless, bullied by a violent father--falls in love with an extraordinary, eccentric young woman: a wild creature who walks her family's estate with a falcon on her shoulder and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer. Agnes understands plants and potions better than she does people, but once she settles with her husband on Henley Street in Stratford she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband, whose gifts as a writer are just beginning to awaken when his beloved young son succumbs to bubonic plague.

A luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a hypnotic recreation of the story that inspired one of the greatest literary masterpieces of all time, Hamnet is mesmerizing and seductive, an impossible-to-put-down novel from one of our most gifted writers.

Drawing on Maggie O'Farrell's long-term fascination with the little-known story behind Shakespeare's most enigmatic play, HAMNET is a luminous portrait of a marriage, at its heart the loss of a beloved child.

Warwickshire in the 1580s. Agnes is a woman as feared as she is sought after for her unusual gifts. She settles with her husband in Henley street, Stratford, and has three children: a daughter, Susanna, and then twins, Hamnet and Judith. The boy, Hamnet, dies in 1596, aged eleven. Four years or so later, the husband writes a play called Hamlet.

Award-winning author Maggie O'Farrell's new novel breathes full-blooded life into the story of a loss usually consigned to literary footnotes, and provides an unforgettable vindication of Agnes, a woman intriguingly absent from history.

Эсме Леннокс осталась наедине со своими воспоминаниями о юности, о старшей сестре Китти и брате, который, как она утверждает, погиб у нее на руках. Все эти события оживают в ее сознании так, будто произошли вчера. Китти тоже думает об Эсме. Но ее воспоминания бессвязны. Это причудливая мозаика, детали которой не всегда сходны с тем, что рассказывает сестра. Айрис, хозяйка магазина подержанной одежды, узнает, что она опекун Эсме, с которой у нее никогда не было ничего общего. Но именно от Эсме Айрис узнает шокирующие подробности своего детства и восстанавливает непростую историю своей семьи.

„Esme Lennoxi kadumine“ on Maggie O’Farrelli lummav ja kiitust pälvinud gooti stiilis lugu peresaladustest ning otsatust vabadusest, mille annab meile tõde. Šikk ja sõltumatu Iris Lockhart peab Edinburghis väärtrõivaste poodi (ning üritab vältida oma abielus kavaleri), kui ühel päeval saab ta jahmatava telefonikõne. Vanatädi Esme – kelle olemasolust ei olnud tal aimugi – lastakse välja Cauldstone’i haiglast, kus teda on üle kuuekümne aasta kinni hoitud. Irise vanaema Kitty on alati väitnud, et ta oli pere ainus laps. Ent Esme dokumendid tõendavad, et ta on Kitty õde. Esme palgeil tunneb Iris ära oma isa näojooned. Esme tunnistatakse ohutuks – piisavalt terve mõistusega, et maailmas hakkama saada, kuid samas ka võõras, varjul hoitud pereliige, kes haiglast lahkudes kannab endaga kaasa hulga saladusi. Põimides meisterlikult kokku kolm jutustajahäält – Iris, Kitty ja Esme –, kirjutab Maggie O’Farrell lahti Esme traagilise ning painava puudumise põhjuse.

We are never closer to life than when we brush up against the possibility of death.

I Am, I Am, I Am is Maggie O’Farrell’s astonishing memoir of the near-death experiences that have punctuated and defined her life. The childhood illness that left her bedridden for a year, which she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. An encounter with a disturbed man on a remote path. And, most terrifying of all, an ongoing, daily struggle to protect her daughter–for whom this book was written–from a condition that leaves her unimaginably vulnerable to life’s myriad dangers.
Seventeen discrete encounters with Maggie at different ages, in different locations, reveal a whole life in a series of tense, visceral snapshots. In taut prose that vibrates with electricity and restrained emotion, O’Farrell captures the perils running just beneath the surface, and illuminates the preciousness, beauty, and mysteries of life itself.

Жарким июньским утром Роберт Риордан говорит жене Гретте, что отправляется за газетой в ближайший киоск. И больше не возвращается. На помощь безутешной женщине приходят трое взрослых детей: сестры, которые не разговаривают друг с другом много лет, и брат, практически потерявший веру в собственное семейное счастье. У каждого из них есть свои версии и догадки относительно того, куда мог уйти отец. Но никто даже не подозревает, что Гретта долгие годы тщательно оберегала тайну, которая может расставить все по своим местам.

Знакомьтесь, Дэниел Салливан – уроженец Нью-Йорка, нашедший приют в дебрях Ирландии и запутавшийся в лабиринте собственной жизни. Он вынужден на время покинуть любимую жену Клодетт и отлучиться из дома, но не знает, что делать, как поступить. Навестить взрослых детей от первого брака, которых не видел долгие годы? Пересечь океан ради юбилея отца, которого он ненавидит? А может быть, решиться на отчаянный шаг и постараться найти ответ на вопрос, который мучает и терзает душу вот уже двадцать лет?

Решив сделать все сразу, Дэниел отправляется в рискованное путешествие, чтобы попытаться разобраться в собственном прошлом. Но сможет ли он вернуться обратно?

I AM, I AM, I AM is a memoir with a difference - the unputdownable story of an extraordinary womans life in near-death experiences. Insightful, inspirational, gorgeously written, it is a book to be read at a sitting, a story you finish newly conscious of lifes fragility, determined to make every heartbeat count. A childhood illness she was not expected to survive. A teenage yearning to escape that nearly ended in disaster. A terrifying encounter on a remote path. A mismanaged labour in an understaffed hospital. Shocking, electric, unforgettable, this is the extraordinary memoir from Costa Novel-Award winner and Sunday Timesbestselling author Maggie OFarrell. It is a book to make you question yourself. What would you do if your life was in danger, and what would you stand to lose?

A dazzling novel from bestselling writer Maggie O'Farrell, winner of the Costa Novel Award—an irresistible love story that crisscrosses continents and time zones as it captures an extraordinary marriage, and an unforgettable family, with wit, humor, and deep affection.

Meet Daniel Sullivan, a man with a complicated life. A New Yorker living in the wilds of Ireland, he has children he never sees in California, a father he loathes in Brooklyn, and a wife, Claudette, who is a reclusive ex–film star given to pulling a gun on anyone who ventures up their driveway. Claudette was once the most glamorous and infamous woman in cinema before she staged her own disappearance and retreated to blissful seclusion in an Irish farmhouse.

But the life Daniel and Claudette have so carefully constructed is about to be disrupted by an unexpected discovery about a woman Daniel lost touch with twenty years ago. This revelation will send him off-course, far away from wife, children and home. Will his love for Claudette be enough to bring him back?

This Must be the Place is a novel about family, identity, and true love: an intimately drawn portrait of a marriage, both the forces that hold it together and the pressures that drive it apart. O'Farrell writes with complexity, insight, and laugh-out-loud humor in a narrative that hurtles forward with powerful velocity and emotion. This Must be the Place is a sophisticated, spellbinding summer read from one of the UK's most highly acclaimed and best-loved novelists

Sophisticated, intelligent, impossible to put down, Maggie O'Farrell's beguiling novels - After You'd Gone, winner of a Betty Trask Award; The Distance Between Us, winner of a Somerset Maugham Award; The Hand That First Held Mine, winner of the Costa Novel Award; and her unforgettable bestseller The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox - blend richly textured psychological drama with page-turning suspense. Instructions for a Heatwave finds her at the top of her game, with a novel about a family crisis set during the legendary British heatwave of 1976.

Gretta Riordan wakes on a stultifying July morning to find that her husband of forty years has gone to get the paper and vanished, cleaning out his bank account along the way. Gretta's three grown children converge on their parents' home for the first time in years: Michael Francis, a history teacher whose marriage is failing; Monica, with two stepdaughters who despise her and a blighted past that has driven away the younger sister she once adored; and Aoife, the youngest, now living in Manhattan, a smart, immensely resourceful young woman who has arranged her entire life to conceal a devastating secret.

Maggie O'Farrell writes with exceptional grace and sensitivity about marriage, about the mysteries that inhere within families, and the fault lines over which we build our lives—the secrets we hide from the people who know and love us best. In a novel that stretches from the heart of London to New York City's Upper West Side to a remote village on the coast of Ireland, O'Farrell paints a bracing portrait of a family falling apart and coming together with hard-won, life-changing truths about who they really are.