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Edvard Behrens è uno stimato diplomatico di lungo corso, famoso per il suo lavoro di mediazione nell'ambito dei negoziati di pace internazionali. Grazie ai suoi interventi, atrocità inimmaginabili vengono messe sul tavolo e analizzate con rigore esemplare; confini ancestrali e invisibili, sconvolti e deteriorati dai conflitti, vengono riscritti. Per lavorare al suo ultimo incarico, Edvard soggiorna in un hotel di lusso non meglio specificato in Tirolo. Lì, in alta montagna, respira un'aria pura e incontaminata. Nei momenti di tregua dal lavoro, Edvard legge, passeggia, ascolta musica. La sua unica confidente è la moglie Anna. Anna, il suo grande amore; Anna, sempre al suo fianco, eppure irrimediabilmente assente. "Colloqui di pace" parla di amore, di dolore, del nostro inalienabile desiderio di pace, e così facendo traccia una topografia dei luoghi più intimi e oscuri dell'animo umano.

Winner of the 2018 Fénéon Literary Prize A captivating and profound exploration of the mysterious connections between love, submission, and creation. Helen and Franck, both born into high-ranking diplomatic families, meet in Rome as high-school students and immediately detect in each other the wounded child hidden beneath their gilded social status. Their relationship becomes a dangerous, explosive mix of love and friendship. Immediately after Helen's graduation, they leave their past and family behind to move in together in her apartment in Amsterdam. While Helen immerses herself in her studies and embarks on a promising academic career, Frank, after a few difficult years, makes a spectacular debut on the Dutch Art scene with his first paintings. Helen remains faithfully by his side during his rise to fame, overseeing the domestic details of his life in apparent total self-abnegation. Are introverted Helen and flamboyant Franck who they really appear to be? Are they victims or monsters? Kerninon's English language debut, full of masterfully orchestrated twists and turns, leaves these simple distinctions behind, and progresses into far more fascinating terrain.

A rural epic about warring families in modern Italy and an intimate bildungsroman of the artist's journey.Set over ten years in an unnamed town in the Maremma region of Southern Tuscany, this novel tells the story of two families against the backdrop of a rapidly transforming country. The Biagini are local ranchers, while the wealthy Sanfilippi belong to Rome's upper middle-class. When Sauro, an ambitious rancher, and Filippo, a hedonistic politician, become friends and business partners, the stories of their families become irrevocably intertwined. An influx of the nouveau rich-and the excitement that comes with them-changes political allegiances, family loyalties, moral codes, and sexual identities.Sauro and Filippo, their wives Miriam and Giulia, and the sons Saverio and Luca are the prototypes of the new Italy, ostensibly emancipated from traditional mores, but at the same time, insecure and blinkered. Fifteen-year-old Annamaria, fragile and anxious, struggles to find her place among them and feels overshadowed by the beautiful and confident Lisa. Luckily, a parallel world is taking shape nearby, the Tarot Garden, the monumental sculpture garden created by the French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle. It is in this magical place and through her conversations with the artist that Annamaria slowly finds a sense of identity and belonging."Pieri adds to a robust tradition in modern Italian literature, popularized by authors like Elsa Morante in Arturo's Island, Italo Calvino in The Path to the Spiders' Nest, and Elena Ferrante in the Neapolitan Quartet: the novel of adolescent disenchantment, in which charmed and secret places are crucibles from which more hardened lives emerge."-Literary Hub

Qual è lo strano paese, quello degli umani o quello degli elfi? Entrambi e nessuno. In tutti e due ci sono i buoni e i cattivi, c'è il bello e il brutto. I due mondi sono paralleli e in sé meravigliosi, ma è la follia di alcuni suoi abitanti, da una parte e dall'altra, a renderli teatro d'odio e di violenza. Ecco quindi che si forma una compagnia mista di uomini ed elfi che si danno l'obiettivo di impedire la catastrofe finale. Ne fanno parte le due bambine magiche ormai ventenni, Clara e Maria, ne fa parte Petrus, l'elfo che trascorre la maggior parte del tempo fra gli uomini perché va pazzo per il vino, ne fa parte Alejandro de Yepes, valoroso quanto poverissimo nobile spagnolo che parla con i morti, ne fanno parte il Guardiano del Padiglione, che inizierà i membri della compagnia ai poteri del tè grigio, e il traghettatore lontra, che li inizierà a quelli del tè di mille anni. Questi ed altri personaggi compongono una galleria di esseri bizzarri che hanno lo scopo comune di salvare l'uomo da se stesso. E naturalmente l'elfo da se stesso. Riusciranno a fermare il disastro globale?

TARGET CONSUMER. For readers of Furiously Happy: A Funny Book about Horrible Things by Jenny Lawson; Calypso by David Sedaris; The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F**k by Mark Manson; Everything Happens for a Reason by Kate Bowler; Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir by Mark Vonnegut.. Readers who are dealing with illness themselves or through friends or family, but also a wider audience who will appreciate the novel's mix of dark humor and honest meditations on mortality.>. What sets this apart from other illness memoirs is the voice-smart, ironic, deeply touching, and very funny.. Inspirational but never sappy. A fascinating tale of one man's quest for a cure, his struggle to hold onto his emotional health, and the redemptive effects of family and friends with an irresistible blend of self-lacerating humor.. Will appeal to those with first-hand experience of cancer and to those who enjoy a good tale of an everyman's triumph in the face of the odds.

"Miguel is beautiful. His beauty is so rare and miraculous that it has made him the object of cult-like devotion in the city. Santiago, his older brother, watches with a mix of admiration and disquiet the prodigious effect that Miguel's looks have on his mother and father, on passersby, their neighbors, and the droves of female suitors that follow him everywhere. He loves his little brother but ends up living in his shadow. With Miguel constantly under the spotlight, Santiago is left to inhabit darker, hidden places, from where he will finally learn that life is not easy for anyone, even his prodigiously handsome brother."--

In this New York Times and national indie bestseller, Ferrante gives readers a poignant, universal story about friendship, class, and belonging.

"When a volcano collapses in the ocean and generates a tidal wave of biblical proportions, the world disappears around Louie, his parents and his eight siblings. Their house, perched on a summit, stands firm. As far as the eye can see there is only choppy grey water. For six days the family waits for relief, as food becomes scarce. Then the water starts to rise again, and the parents realize they must make for the highlands. There isn't room, however, for everyone on the boat and they will have to choose between their children."--Provided by publisher.

The author was gravely wounded in the 2015 terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo. This work is an honest, intimate account of a man seeking to put his life back together after it has been torn apart.

Winner of the Strega Prize Gerda Taro, this biographical novel is based on the true story of Gerda Taro, a German Jewish war photographer, antifascist, and the first woman photojournalist to have died while covering the frontline in the Spanish Civil War.

When Captain John Lacroix returns home from Spain, wounded, unconscious, and alone, he believes that he has seen the worst of what men may do. It is 1809, and in England's wars against Napoleon, the Battle of Corruna stands out as a humiliation. Slowly regaining his health, Lacroix journeys to Scotland with the intent of forgetting the horrors. Unbeknownst to him, however, something else has followed him back from the war.

«Non sente le meduse insinuarsi dentro di lei quel giorno, non sente i loro lunghi tentacoli trasparenti penetrarla, non sa che i loro filamenti la trascineranno pian piano in una storia che non è la sua, che non la riguarda. Non sa che la porteranno fuori strada, l¿attireranno verso abissi deserti e inospitali, che ostacoleranno anche il più piccolo dei suoi passi, che la faranno dubitare dei suoi stessi pugni, che anno dopo anno faranno restringere il mondo che la circonda a una piccola bolla d¿aria senza via d¿uscita. Non sa che ormai è in guerra e che l¿esercito nemico vive dentro di lei. Nessuno la avverte, nessuno le spiega, il mondo si è zittito». Quando la trovano muta e in preda a un pianto inspiegabile, i genitori portano Adélaïde in commissariato e sporgono denuncia contro ignoti per molestie sessuali. Passano gli anni e lei cresce senza lasciar trasparire nulla, con il sorriso stampato in volto. Trascorre così infiniti giorni di sofferenza e solitudine, a combattere contro le meduse. Ventitré anni dopo squilla il telefono: è la Squadra protezione minori, hanno arrestato un sospetto. E improvvisamente tutto si mette in moto. Edizione in lingua inglese.

"What happens when magic collides with reality? Donald is a young fisherman, eking out a lonely living on the west coast of Scotland. One night he witnesses something miraculous and makes a terrible mistake. His action changes lives; not only his own, but those of his family and the entire tightly knit community in which they live. Can he ever atone for the wrong he has done, and can love grow when its foundation is violence? Based on the legend of the selkies - seals who can transform into people - Sealskin is a magical story, evoking the harsh beauty of the landscape, the resilience of its people, both human and animal, and the triumph of hope over fear and prejudice." -- Provided by publisher.

Al Santamaria is a child prodigy, maybe a genius. It is not out of the realm of possibility that he, alone, will save the human race. But first, he has to solve a far more urgent problem: finding a home for his family. He exists, like many kids, in a realm located somewhere between reality and fantasy, enjoying time with imaginary friends and wielding his magical powers. He has a wonderful relationship with his father, Mario Elvis, and his mother, Agnese, and he's convinced he has the best family in the world. But life isn't all roses for the Santamaria family. They are typical of many Italian families today, whose existences seem suspended between conflicting impulses: on the one hand, delusions of grandeur and immoderate ambition, and on the other nostalgia for a past golden age and the secret wish that somebody, anybody, will come to their rescue. Big dreams, it appears, exist to be crushed. But Al is not about to give up. He lives in a marvelous world of his own. He has the energy, imagination, and unselfconscious talents of a child. And, although he doesn't know it yet, he is going to remain a child his entire life.

By the international bestselling author of Billie: These seven short stories exploring modern French life are "a raw and tender ode to the human spirit" (Booklist).Critically acclaimed and beloved across Europe, Anna Gavalda's bestselling novels have been translated into numerous languages. In this collection of short stories, all written in the first person, Gavalda has crafted intimate and inspiring portraits of people who confront their vulnerabilities and admit their weaknesses.These tales illustrate the importance of moving beyond the wounds of the past to embrace love, friendship, forgiveness, and family. From the trucker who puts his dog to sleep following the death of his son to the alcoholic widow who befriends a mysterious stranger, readers will meet expertly drawn characters in these seven stories of suffering and salvation."The voices heard in these seven stories, each entirely distinct from the others, are of the sort that permanently embed themselves in the memory."-Le Soir

"Set in seventeenth-century France--a country in the thrall of dark magic, its social fabric weakened by years of plague--Chris Womersley's City of Crows ... tells the story of Charlotte Picot, a young woman from the country forced to venture to the fearsome city of Paris in search of her only-remaining son, Nicolas. Fate (or coincidence) places the quick-witted charlatan Adam Lesage in her path"--Publisher marketing.

Originally published: London: Sceptre, 2015.

"1913. Dinners, Millet-Bass, and Napps ... volunteer to leave their ship, the Kismet, and scout an uncharted and unknown island in the Antarctic, which Napps names 'Everland.' While all three are enticed by the promise of adventure and reward, they are immortalized by the disastrous outcome of the expedition, their stories preserved for posterity. 2012. Brix, Jess, and Decker ... set out on a centenary field trip to survey the same island. Their equipment is more advanced than the previous group's, and their purpose more scientific, but the harsh weather of Everland remains an unpredictable and deadly force"--Amazon.com.

"Amy Boxer, the precocious daughter of London kidnap consultant Charles Boxer and Detective Inspector Mercy Danquah, has drifted from melancholy and frustration to drastic action: she's leaving home. But Amy can't just walk out, and goads the talents of her parents, with a challenge: YOU WILL NEVER FIND ME. Amy's destination: Madrid. Here, in the strobe-lights of bars and crowded dance clubs, she's anonymous and untraceable. Except to a volatile, unpredictable leader in the Madrid drug trade, the man known only as El Osito."--Amazon.com.

Detective Inspector Jack Laidlaw blunders his way through ruined lives and frustrated relationships investigating his brother's murder and a drug pusher in Glasgow.

In 1912, the SS Birmingham approaches India. On board is Morgan Forster, novelist and man of letters, who's embarking on a journey of discovery. As he stands on deck, the promise of a strange new future begins to take shape before his eyes. The seeds of a story start to gather at the corner of his mind: a sense of impending menace, lust in close confines, under a hot, empty sky. It will be another 12 years, and a second time spent in India, before "A Passage to India," E.M. Forster's great work of literature, is published.

"Inspired by the true story of Melita Norwood, a woman unmasked in 1999, at age 87, as the KGB's longest-serving British spy, Red Joan centers on the deeply conflicted life of a brilliant young physicist during the Second World War...Risking both career and conscience, leaking information to the Soviets, but struggling to maintain her own semblance of morality, Joan is caught at a crossroads in which all paths lead to the same end-game: the deployment of the atomic bomb."--

Originally published: Edinburgh: Canongate Books, 1977.