Paul van den Hout Książki

"The first voice we hear in Gina B. Nahai's second novel is that of Lili, the grown daughter of a miraculous mother. When Lili was 5 and living in the Jewish ghetto of Tehran, her mother, Roxanna, "had grown wings, one night when the darkness was the color of her dreams, and flown into the star-studded night of Iran that claimed her." Thirteen years would pass, Lili informs us, before she would find her mother again. This short introduction serves as a framing device for the story of Roxanna's life, a life begun as a "bad-luck" child. According to her sister, Miriam the Moon, she "had been a runaway before she ever became a wife or a mother, before she came into existence or was even conceived."

Off the easternmost coast of India lies the immense archipelago of tiny islands known as the Sundarbans. Life here is precarious, ruled by the unforgiving tides and the constant threat of attack by Bengal tigers. Into this place of vengeful beauty come two seekers from different worlds, whose lives collide with tragic consequences. The settlers of the remote Sundarbans believe that anyone without a pure heart who ventures into the watery island labyrinth will never return. With the arrival of two outsiders from the modern world, the delicate balance of small community life uneasily shifts. Piya Roy is a marine biologist, of Indian descent but stubbornly American, in search of a rare dolphin. Kanai Dutt is an urbane Delhi businessman, here to retrieve the journal of his uncle who died mysteriously in a local political uprising. When Piya hires an illiterate but proud local fisherman to guide her through the crocodile-infested backwaters, Kanai becomes her translator. From this moment, the tide begins to turn. A contemporary story of adventure and romance, identity and history, The Hungry Tide travels deep into one of the most fascinating regions on earth, where the treacherous forces of nature and human folly threaten to destroy a way of life.

Sally Lockhart's friend and partner-in-adventure Jim Taylor has just solved a mystery. For years he's been searching for Adelaide, the little girl enslaved by toothless crone Mrs Holland in The Ruby in the Smoke. And now he's found her - just as she's about to become a princess. Crown Princess of Razkavia, to be exact, and a princess in danger. Her future husband is desperate to protect his bride, and employs Jim as their bodyguard - Razkavia's quaint little streets are full of danger...

Tom Wolfe, the internationally acclaimed author of The Bonfire of the Vanities, returns to the origins of his success with his first collection of essays and short fictin for twenty years.

(1) Hartstocht in beeld Glitter, glamour, schone schijn… Johanna Patterson, producer van een televisiequiz, is er niet van onder de indruk. Beroemde personen strikken voor haar show is haar werk, en ze weet als geen ander hoe dun het laagje charme kan zijn. Sam Weaver, een populaire acteur, is voor haar dan ook gewoon een van de velen. Totdat hij een onverwachte kant van zichzelf laat zien… (2) Bruisende finale Natuurlijk heeft zangeres en componiste Raven gehoord dat Fantasy, het boek dat wekenlang op alle bestsellerlijsten stond, wordt verfilmd. Wat ze niet weet, is dat Brandon Carstairs de muziek voor de film zal schrijven. Brandon, die vijf jaar geleden uit haar leven verdween… en die opeens opduikt in de studio waar zij een cd aan het opnemen is. Wat wil hij van haar?

Persoonlijk getinte schets van het leven in de stad New York.

Een vrouw gaat in haar verleden zoeken om een oplossing te vinden voor een steeds terugkerende nachtmerrie.