Anette Grube Książki

Lucy Shaffer is the toast of Wall Street. There's no deal she cannot fix, no problem she cannot solve. Her life is completely under control. Her office, her apartment, her wardrobe, her daily schedule; all run like clockwork. Everything is in its proper place. Everything, that is, except the past... As summertime approaches, lingering clouds of guilt and self-doubt gather on her horizon. Does anyone know the real Lucy? Does she know herself? And if her Northern California childhood and adolescence were so perfect, why has she sought sanctuary in New York? Why has the person she loves most encouraged her never to return?

From Pakistan' s most acclaimed young writer.

Set against a background of political turbulence in Kerala, this novel tells the story of twins Esthappen and Rahel. Amongst the vats of banana jam and heaps of peppercorns in their grandmother's factory they try to craft a childhood for themselves amidst what constitutes their family.

Erzählungen T.C. Boyles über schräge Typen, dramatische Entscheidungen und außergewöhnliche Begegnungen. Aus den Jahren 1979-2008.Ein Mann flieht mit seiner Familie vor den Gefahren der Zivilisation in die Wildnis und weckt dort den Dämon in sich. Eine aufkeimende junge Liebe scheitert an der Sucht nach Sauberkeit und Keimfreiheit. Eine Wissenschaftlerin wird in einem Orkan von einem umherfliegenden Kater zu Fall gebracht und begegnet der Liebe ihres Lebens. In T.C. Boyles prallen Geschichten lauert die Apokalypse hinter jeder Straßenecke, und es wimmelt nur so von schrägen Typen, schicksalshaften Entscheidungen und dramatischen Begegnungen.Moderne LiebeWenn der Fluss voll Whisky wärWindsbrautTorschlusspuderZu allem bereitChicxulubZähne und Klauen

WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'This ambitious account of a sudden coming of age reminded me strongly of To Kill a Mockingbird - and is every bit as moving and satisfying' Daily Telegraph In the long hot summer of 1972, three events shattered the serenity of ten-year-old Marsha's life: her father ran away with her mother's sister; a young boy called Boyd Ellison was molested and murdered; and Watergate made the headlines. Living in a world no longer safe or familiar, Marsha turns increasingly to 'the book of evidence' in which she records the doings of the neighbors, especially of shy Mr Green next door. But as Marsha's confusion and her murder hunt accelerate, her 'facts' spread the damage cruelly and catastrophically throughout the neighborhood. 'It is impossible not to be completely swept along. Berne's vision is gently humorous, ironic, quirky, and she writes with such piercing sensitivity . . . a compelling debut novel' The Times 'Intensely evocative. I loved it' Observer 'The writing is marvellous . . . comparisons have been made between her and Anne Tyler and Harper Lee. Same ball-park, delightfully different voice' Mail on Sunday

Like all of V. S. Naipaul's 'travel' books, encompasses amuch larger narrative and purpose: to judge the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms, the foreign religions of Christianity and Islam, the cults of leaders and mythical history) upon the progress of civilization