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Legacy

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#1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents Legacy, a new novel of a mother and a daughter, of ambition and romance, and of a traumatic past reawakened by a terrifying threat…Adrian Rizzo was seven when she met her father for the first time. That was the day he nearly killed her—before her mother, Lina, stepped in.Soon after, Adrian was dropped off at her grandparents’ house in Maryland, where she spent a long summer drinking lemonade, playing with dogs, making a new best friend—and developing the stirrings of a crush on her friend’s ten-year-old brother. Lina, meanwhile, traveled the country promoting her fitness brand and turning it into a billion-dollar business. There was no point in dwelling on the past.A decade later, Adrian has created her own line of yoga and workout videos, following in Lina’s footsteps but intent on maintaining creative control. And she’s just as cool-headed and ambitious as her mother. They aren’t close, but they’re cordial—as long as neither crosses the other.But while Lina dismisses the death threats that Adrian starts getting as a routine part of her daughter’s growing celebrity, Adrian can’t help but find the vicious rhymes unsettling. Year after year, they keep arriving—the postmarks changing, but the menacing tone the same. They continue after she returns to Maryland and becomes reacquainted with Raylan, her childhood crush, all grown up and as gorgeously green-eyed as ever. Sometimes it even seems like the terrifying messages are indeed routine, like nothing will come of them. Until the murders start, and the escalation begins…

By Any Other Name

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From the New York Times bestselling co-author of Mad Honey comes a novel about two women, centuries apart—one of whom is the real author of Shakespeare’s plays—who are both forced to hide behind another name.Young playwright Melina Green has just written a new work inspired by the life of her Elizabethan ancestor Emilia Bassano. But seeing it performed is unlikely, in a theater world where the playing field isn’t level for women. As Melina wonders if she dares risk failure again, her best friend takes the decision out of her hands and submits the play to a festival under a male pseudonym.In 1581, young Emilia Bassano is a ward of English aristocrats. Her lessons on languages, history, and writing have endowed her with a sharp wit and a gift for storytelling, but like most women of her day, she is allowed no voice of her own. Forced to become a mistress to the Lord Chamberlain, who oversees all theatre productions in England, Emilia sees firsthand how the words of playwrights can move an audience. She begins to form a plan to secretly bring a play of her own to the stage—by paying an actor named William Shakespeare to front her work.Told in intertwining timelines, By Any Other Name, a sweeping tale of ambition, courage, and desire centers two women who are determined to create something beautiful despite the prejudices they face. Should a writer do whatever it takes to see her story live on . . . no matter the cost? This remarkable novel, rooted in primary historical sources, ensures the name Emilia Bassano will no longer be forgotten.

Hideaway

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"Reading Hideaway is like a mini vacation, as Roberts transports you from the sun-drenched mountains of Big Sur to the rolling hills of Ireland to the bustling streets of New York City." - Associated Press A family ranch in Big Sur country and a legacy of Hollywood royalty set the stage for Nora Roberts’ emotional new suspense novel, Hideaway.Caitlyn Sullivan had come from a long line of Hollywood royalty, stretching back to her Irish immigrant great-grandfather. At nine, she was already a star—yet still an innocent child who loved to play hide and seek with her cousins at the family home in Big Sur. It was during one of those games that she disappeared.Some may have considered her a pampered princess, but Cate was in fact a smart, scrappy fighter, and she managed to escape her abductors. Dillon Cooper was shocked to find the bloodied, exhausted girl huddled in his house—but when the teenager and his family heard her story they provided refuge, reuniting her with her loved ones.Cate’s ordeal, though, was far from over. First came the discovery of a shocking betrayal that would send someone she’d trusted to prison. Then there were years spent away in western Ireland, peaceful and protected but with restlessness growing in her soul. Finally, she would return to Los Angeles, gathering the courage to act again and get past the trauma that had derailed her life. What she didn’t yet know was that two seeds had been planted that long-ago night—one of a great love, and one of a terrible vengeance…

Vrahovia mesiaca kvetov

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Milionársky indiánsky kmeň, séria nevysvetliteľných vrážd a prvý veľký prípad americkej FBI. Je to trochu western a trochu triler, no predovšetkým skvelý dokumentárny román, ktorého jadro tvoria dve tekutiny – ropa a krv. Amerika sa s pôvodnými obyvateľmi veľmi nemaznala. Ak ich odsunuli kamsi na okraj, bol to ešte ten lepší prípad. Taký osud postretol aj kmeň Osagov, ktorému sa ušlo drsné a neúrodné územie na severe Oklahomy. Zrazu sa však ukázalo, že táto bezcenná zem ukrýva obrovské bohatstvo – ropu! Začiatkom 20. storočia sa z osažských Indiánov stali najbohatších ľudí na svete. Skutoční milionári! Ich mestá rozkvitali a neslýchané bohatstvo vyvolalo patričnú pozornosť. Niečo také sa totiž na tomto svete len tak neodpúšťa! David Grann napísal fascinujúcu knižku Vrahovia mesiaca kvetov, v ktorej prezradí, ako sa k ohromne bohatým Osagom postavili bieli Američania. Po objavení ropy sa totiž nezačala len zlatá horúčka, ale aj nevysvetliteľná séria vrážd. Tento komplikovaný prípad sa usilovala vyriešiť novovzniknutá FBI na čele s legendárnym Edgarom J. Hooverom, no aj tí najlepší agenti ľahko uviazli v neprehľadnej sieti korupcie, strachu a násilia, ktorá prerástla celou osažskou rezerváciou. Americký bestseller Vrahovia mesiaca kvetov sa stal predlohou pripravovaného filmu svetoznámeho režiséra Martina Scorseseho v hlavnej úlohe s Leonardom Di Capriom, ktorého premiéra je naplánovaná na rok 2021.

Firefly Lane

Fiction & Literature

Sommeren 1973 er ved at gå på hæld, da Kate Mularkey og Tully Hart møder hinanden. På overfladen er de hinandens modsætninger, men et stærkt venskab vokser frem, og snart er de to uadskillelige.De næste tre årtier er de hinandens faste holdepunkt i tilværelsen. Sammen kan de klare alt. Men bedst som de tror, at de har været det hele igennem, river én fatal beslutning dem fra hinanden og sætter både deres mod og venskab på en umulig prøve.Firefly Lane er en rørende hyldest til venskabets ubrydelige bånd. En fortælling om løfter og troskab, om hemmeligheder og forræderi og om den ene person, der altid kender ens dybeste hemmeligheder og inderste ønsker.Firefly Lane er blevet filmatiseret af Netflix, hvor den kan ses som tv-serie.

9 de noviembre

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Una inolvidable historia de amor entre un escritor y su inesperada musa, por la autora de Romper el círculo. Colleen Hoover, un fenómeno imparable.Fallon y Ben se encuentran por casualidad cuando sus vidas están cambiando. Ella está a punto de instalarse en Nueva York con la esperanza de cumplir su sueño y convertirse en actriz de teatro, y Ben quiere ser escritor. Se cruzan como dos estrellas fugaces pero la intensidad de lo que comparten les lleva a fijar una cita anual, el 9 de noviembre, para no olvidarse. Fallon se convierte entonces en la inspiración de Ben, en su musa. En cada encuentro anual obtiene material para continuar escribiendo, y los dos se explican sus vidas. Hasta que en una de las citas Fallon empieza a dudar de lo que Ben le cuenta, ¿es posible que se haya inventado una vida de novela? ¿Y por qué haría algo así?«No seas demasiado dura conmigo, Fallon. Tengo el corazón frágil.»

The Friendship Club

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A brand-new novel from the #1 bestselling author of VIRGIN RIVERFour women come together at a tumultuous time in their lives, forging an unbreakable bond that will leave them all forever changed.Celebrity cooking show host Marni McGuire has seen it all. She’s been married—twice—and widowed and divorced. Now in her mid-fifties, she’s single. Happily so. She just needs to convince her pregnant daughter, Bella, of this fact. And maybe convince herself, too. Especially after Marni’s efforts to humor her determined daughter result in a series of disastrous dates that somehow prompt Marni to wonder if maybe the right man for her is still out there after all. Similarly single, Marni’s best friend and colleague is confident she’s content without a man, but both older women soon find themselves leading by example as the young intern on their show appears caught in a toxic relationship—and Bella reveals her own marriage maybe isn’t built to withstand the stresses of the baby on the way.Suddenly, all four women find themselves at a crossroads, each navigating the challenges of dating, marriage, loneliness and love. Thankfully, they have each other to lean on. The realities of modern love are far from easy, but there’s no better group to have in your corner than friends who will lift you up, no matter what, and hold fast in the face of any storm.Don't miss these other great summer beach reads from Robyn Carr A Family Affair Sunrise On Half Moon Bay The View From Alameda Island The Summer That Made Us Never Too Late

The Night We Lost Him

Fiction & Literature

Named a Most Anticipated Book of the Fall by Time, Goodreads, and Brit + Co An Oprah Daily Best New ThrillerIn this riveting novel from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Last Thing He Told Me, estranged siblings discover their father has been keeping a secret for more than fifty years, one that may have been fatal...Liam Noone was many things to many people. To the public, he was an exacting, self-made hotel magnate fleeing his past. To his three ex-wives, he was a loving albeit distant family man who kept his finances flush and his families carefully separated. To Nora, he was a father who often loved her from afar—notably, a cliffside cottage perched on the California coast where he fell to his death.The authorities rule the death accidental, but Nora and her estranged brother Sam have other ideas. As Nora and Sam form an uneasy alliance to unravel the mystery, they start putting together the pieces of their father’s past and uncover a family secret that changes everything.With Laura Dave’s trademark blend of soulful suspense and evocative family drama, The Night We Lost Him is a riveting page-turner with a heartbreaking final twist that you will never see coming.

Comfort & Joy

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Kristin Hannah is beloved by readers around the world for her unique blend of powerful emotion and exquisite storytelling. In Comfort & Joy, she offers a modern-day fairy tale—the story of a woman who gets a miraculous chance at happiness. Joy Candellaro once loved Christmas more than any other time of the year. Now, as the holiday approaches, she is at a crossroads in her life; recently divorced and alone, she can’t summon the old enthusiasm for celebrating. So without telling anyone, she buys a ticket and boards a plane bound for the beautiful Pacific Northwest. When an unexpected detour takes her deep into the woods of the Olympic rainforest, Joy makes a bold decision to leave her ordinary life behind—to just walk away—and thus begins an adventure unlike any she could have imagined.In the small town of Rain Valley, six-year-old Bobby O’Shea is facing his first Christmas without a mother. Unable to handle the loss, Bobby has closed himself off from the world, talking only to his invisible best friend. His father Daniel is beside himself, desperate to help his son cope. Yet when the little boy meets Joy, these two unlikely souls form a deep and powerful bond. In helping Bobby and Daniel heal, Joy finds herself again. But not everything is as it seems in quiet Rain Valley, and in an instant, Joy’s world is ripped apart, and her heart is broken. On a magical Christmas Eve, a night of impossible dreams and unexpected chances, Joy must find the courage to believe in a love—and a family—that can’t possibly exist, and go in search of what she wants . . . and the new life only she can find.

Shelter in Place

Fiction & Literature

From Nora Roberts comes the #1 New York Times bestseller Shelter in Place (June 2018)—a powerful tale of heart, heroism...and propulsive suspense.It was a typical evening at a mall outside Portland, Maine. Three teenage friends waited for the movie to start. A boy flirted with the girl selling sunglasses. Mothers and children shopped together, and the manager at video game store tended to customers. Then the shooters arrived.The chaos and carnage lasted only eight minutes before the killers were taken down. But for those who lived through it, the effects would last forever. In the years that followed, one would dedicate himself to a law enforcement career. Another would close herself off, trying to bury the memory of huddling in a ladies' room, helplessly clutching her cell phone--until she finally found a way to pour her emotions into her art.But one person wasn't satisfied with the shockingly high death toll at the DownEast Mall. And as the survivors slowly heal, find shelter, and rebuild, they will discover that another conspirator is lying in wait--and this time, there might be nowhere safe to hide.

FULL BLACK

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अमेरिकेतीलवेगवेगळ्याशहरांमधीलचित्रपटगृहांवर,विमानतळांवरवगैरेएकाचवेळीआत्मघातकीदहशतवाद्यांचेहल्लेहोतहोते.काहीकाहीशहरांवरतरपुनःपुन्हावेगेवगळ्यातऱ्हेचेहल्लेहोतहोते.सुप्रसिद्धसिनेनिर्मातालॅरीसालोमनयाच्यावरत्याच्याराहत्याघरीजीवघेणाहल्लाझाला,त्याचामित्रल्यूकरॅल्स्टनयानेत्याखुनीटोळीचानिःपातकेलाखरा;पणत्याआधीचत्यांनीत्याच्याघरामध्येएकडॉक्युमेंटरीबनवणाऱ्यादोघानिर्मात्यांचाखूनपाडलेलाअसतो.वेगवेगळ्याफाउंडेशन्सनीजमाकेलेलापैसाशेवटीखरोखरकशासाठीवापरलाजातोहेचुकूनचत्यांच्याध्यानातआलेलेअसतेआणिम्हणूनशोधघेत‘वेलइन्डाउड’यानावाचीडॉक्युमेंटरीतेबनवतहोते.त्यांनीशोधलावलाहोताकी,अमेरिकासंपूर्णउद्ध्वस्तकरण्याची‘प्रोजेक्टग्रीनरॅम्प’यानावाचीयोजनाकार्यान्वितहोतेआहे.खुनीभाडोत्रीटोळीमध्येपूर्वीचीरशियनस्पेशलफोर्सेसमध्येअसणारीमाणसेहोतीहेकळल्यावररॅल्स्टनच्यालक्षातयेतेकी,फारचउच्चपदस्थअशाकुणाचातरीयाहल्ल्यातहातअसणार.कार्लटनग्रुपफक्तएकध्येयसमोरठेवूनकामकरतहोता.दहशतवाद्यांनाशोधा,गाठाआणिठारकरा.पूर्वीसीलटीम-२चासदस्यअसणारास्कॉटहॉर्वाथत्यांचासर्वातयशस्वीअसाएजंटहोता.काहीअपवादात्मकहल्लेसोडतावेगवेगळ्याशहरांमधीलविमानतळांवरहोणारेहल्लेथोपविताआल्यावरस्कॉटहॉर्वाथशोधघ्यायलालागतो.ल्यूकरॅल्स्टनलाहीस्पेशलऑपरेशन्सफोर्सेसमधलाअनुभवहोता.उच्चदर्जाचाडेल्टाऑपरेटर.दोघेआपापल्यापद्धतीनेतपासकरतअसतानाएकत्रयेतातआणित्यांच्यालक्षातयेतेकी,सर्वहल्लेहेसर्वंकषयुद्धयानावानेओळखल्याजाणाऱ्याएकायोजनेचाचभागआहेत.हीत्यांच्यातपशीलवारशोधाचीआणिअपराध्यालात्यांच्यादृष्टीनेयोग्यतीचशिक्षादेण्याचीकथाआहे.

BLACK LIST

Fiction & Literature

माहितीतंत्रज्ञानाचागैरफायदाघेऊनअमेरिकेचं(आणिपर्यायानेतेथीलप्रत्येकनागरिकाचं)अस्तित्वचधोक्यातआणण्याचंएटीएसयाकंपनीचंजबरदस्तनियोजनअसतं.हेनियोजननक्कीकायआहे,हेजाणूनघ्यायचाप्रयत्नकार्लटनग्रुपकरतअसतो;कारणएटीएसकंपनीजेकाहीकरतेआहे,तेदेशाच्याविरोधातआहे,याचीकुणकुणकार्लटनग्रुपलालागलेलीअसते.हाग्रुपदहशतवादाच्याविरोधातकामकरतअसतो.दहशतवाद्यांनाआणित्यांच्यानेत्यांनाशोधा,गाठाआणिठारकरा,अशीत्यांचीकार्यपद्धतीअसते.तरअसाहाग्रुपआपलीयोजनाउधळूनलावूशकतो,याचीकल्पनाएटीएसकंपनीलाअसते.त्यामुळेकार्लटनग्रुपच्यासदस्यांनाठारमारण्याचासपाटाएटीएसकंपनीनेलावलेलाअसतो.एटीएसआणिकार्लटनग्रुपयांच्यामधीलजीवघेणासंघर्ष‘ब्लॅकलिस्ट’याकादंबरीतरंगवलाआहे.

The Last Mrs. Parrish

Fiction & Literature

A REESE WITHERSPOON HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICK • NATIONAL BESTSELLER • MORE THAN ONE MILLION COPIES SOLD!“Will keep you up. In a ‘can’t put it down’ way. It’s ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley’ with XX chromosomes.” —The SkimmRead The Last Mrs. Parrish before you pick up the new, instant New York Times bestseller, The Next Mrs. Parrish!A mesmerizing debut about a coolly manipulative woman and a wealthy "golden couple," from a stunning new voice in psychological suspense.Amber Patterson is fed up. She’s tired of being a nobody: a plain, invisible woman who blends into the background. She deserves more—a life of money and power like the one blond-haired, blue-eyed goddess Daphne Parrish takes for granted.To everyone in the exclusive town of Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne—a socialite and philanthropist—and her real-estate mogul husband, Jackson, are a couple straight out of a fairy tale.Amber’s envy could eat her alive . . . if she didn't have a plan. Amber uses Daphne’s compassion and caring to insinuate herself into the family’s life—the first step in a meticulous scheme to undermine her. Before long, Amber is Daphne’s closest confidante, traveling to Europe with the Parrishes and their lovely young daughters, and growing closer to Jackson. But a skeleton from her past may undermine everything that Amber has worked towards, and if it is discovered, her well-laid plan may fall to pieces. With shocking turns and dark secrets that will keep you guessing until the very end, The Last Mrs. Parrish is a fresh, juicy, and utterly addictive thriller from a diabolically imaginative talent.

The Bright Spot

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New York Times bestselling author Jill Shalvis returns to Sunrise Cove with a heartwarming story about the choices we make and the love we let into our lives...Luna Wright is a lot of things, but sweet and trusting isn’t on the list. However, she’s a sucker for the underdog and a hard-luck story. Adopted at birth, with scant knowledge of her biological family, she’s created her own inner circle, a motley crew which includes her bestie Willow, to help her run the struggling but charming Apple Ridge Farm. With a farm-to-table café as well as a menagerie of rescued animals (complete with a baby goat who keeps escaping to the pantry to eat the secret stash of decidedly not organic potato chips), it’s the best home she’s ever known. But when the owner Silas, who they secretly call The Grinch, passes away, Luna discovers the farm is now under control of his investment manager, the enigmatic Jameson Hayes….and her. And that Silas had many, many secrets. Now Luna’s carefully controlled corner of the world is threatened and she—along with some help from her friends—has to dig deep to find true strength and the real meaning of love and family.

Mind Games

Fiction & Literature

The #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Identity presents a suspenseful new novel of tragedy and trauma, love and family, and the evil that awaits.As they do each June, the Foxes have driven the winding roads of Appalachia to drop off their children for a two-week stay at their grandmother’s. Here, twelve-year-old Thea can run free and breathe in the smells of pine and fresh bread and Grammie’s handmade candles. But as her parents head back to suburban Virginia, they have no idea they’re about to cross paths with a ticking time bomb.Back in Kentucky, Thea and her grandmother Lucy both awaken from the same nightmare. And though the two have never discussed the special kind of sight they share, they know as soon as their tearful eyes meet that something terrible has happened.The kids will be staying with Grammie now in Redbud Hollow, and thanks to Thea’s vision, their parents’ killer will spend his life in supermax. Over time, Thea will make friends, build a career, find love. But that ability to see into minds and souls still lurks within her, and though Grammie calls it a gift, it feels more like a curse—because the inmate who shattered her childhood has the same ability. Thea can hear his twisted thoughts and witness his evil acts from miles away. He knows it, and hungers for vengeance. A long, silent battle will be waged between them—and eventually bring them face to face, and head to head…

I det fjerne

Fiction & Literature

I det fjerne er en bevægende debut om en ung svensk immigrants vej over de amerikanske vidder i den sidste halvdel af 1800-tallet.To brødre rejser med skib fra Sverige til England med New York som deres endelige destination, men undervejs bliver de væk fra hinanden og Håkan ender i stedet i Californien. I forsøget på at finde sin bror må han rejse tværs over Amerika til New York, som nytilkommet immigrant og helt uden forudsætninger for at begå sig i det fremmede land. Undervejs støder han på den store bølge af bosættere på vej mod vest og iblandt dem en broget skare af mennesker; kriminelle, religiøse fanatikere, svindlere, indianere og lovens håndhævere. Håkan klarer sig så godt han kan og hans møde med de mange forskellige mennesker giver ham snart et legendarisk omdømme.I det fjerne giver et fascinerende billede af Amerika, forskellene både i mennesketyper og levevilkår.Hernán Díaz var med denne roman finalist til både PEN/Faulkner- og Pulitzer-prisen i 2018.

Trust

Fiction & Literature

New York, anni cinquanta. Dopo la pubblicazione non autorizzata di una sua biografia a suo dire inesatta e offensiva, il ricchissimo finanziere Andrew Bevel, diventato milionario dopo alcune speculazioni seguite al crollo in Borsa del ’29, assume la giovane Ida Partenza, figlia di un anarchico italiano, perché lo aiuti a scrivere un’autobiografia in grado di raccontare finalmente la verità sui suoi successi e sulla sua defunta moglie, Mildred. Ida intuisce presto che nemmeno dalla sua penna, strettamente controllata dal committente, uscirà il ritratto fedele di una donna complessa la cui reale personalità continua a sfuggirle, e la morte improvvisa di Bevel la costringe infine a lasciare incompleto il lavoro. Soltanto trent’anni dopo ha la possibilità di accedere agli archivi della Fondazione Bevel, dove trova finalmente il diario di Mildred, prezioso tassello mancante all’enigma che ha lasciato nella sua vita un’impronta indelebile. Quattro testi, quattro generi letterari, quattro voci, quattro punti di vista compongono un raffinato gioco di specchi in cui dietro la vita di un leggendario uomo d’affari americano si intravede sempre la figura polimorfa e affascinante di una moglie, artefice misconosciuta della sua fortuna.

The Waters: A Novel

Fiction & Literature

A TODAY Show #ReadWithJenna Book Club Selection • One of Oprah Daily's Most Anticipated Books of 2024 • One of the Chicago Review of Books 12 Must-Read Books of January 2024 • Featured in Roxane Gay’s newsletter The Audacity "If you loved Where the Crawdads Sing, you're going to love, and I'm saying love, our first read of 2024."–Jenna Bush Hager, TODAY Show A master of rural noir returns with a fierce, mesmerizing novel about exceptional women and the soul of a small town.On an island in the Great Massasauga Swamp—an area known as “The Waters” to the residents of nearby Whiteheart, Michigan—herbalist and eccentric Hermine “Herself” Zook has healed the local women of their ailments for generations. As stubborn as her tonics are powerful, Herself inspires reverence and fear in the people of Whiteheart, and even in her own three estranged daughters. The youngest—the beautiful, inscrutable, and lazy Rose Thorn—has left her own daughter, eleven-year-old Dorothy “Donkey” Zook, to grow up wild.Donkey spends her days searching for truths in the lush landscape and in her math books, waiting for her wayward mother and longing for a father, unaware that family secrets, passionate love, and violent men will flood through the swamp and upend her idyllic childhood. Rage simmers below the surface of this divided community, and those on both sides of the divide have closed their doors against the enemy. The only bridge across the waters is Rose Thorn.With a “ruthless and precise eye for the details of the physical world” (Jane Smiley, New York Times Book Review), Bonnie Jo Campbell presents an elegant antidote to the dark side of masculinity, celebrating the resilience of nature and the brutality and sweetness of rural life.

Fortuna

Fiction & Literature

PREMIO PULITZER 2023Un deslumbrante puzle literario: la misteriosa historia de un magnate de los años veinte en varias versiones que se complementan o contradicen.En los triunfales años veinte, Benjamin Rask y su esposa Helen dominan Nueva York: él, un magnate financiero que ha amasado una fortuna; ella, la hija de unos excéntricos aristócratas. Pero a medida que la década se acerca a su fin, y sus excesos revelan un lado oscuro, a los Rask empiezan a rodearlos las sospechas…Ese es el punto de partida de Obligaciones, una exitosa novela de 1937 que todo Nueva York parece haber leído y que cuenta una historia que puede, sin embargo, contarse de algunas otras formas. Hernán Díaz compone en Fortuna un magistral puzle literario: una suma de voces, de versiones confrontadas que se complementan, se matizan y se contradicen, y, al hacerlo, ponen al lector ante las fronteras y los límites entre la realidad y la ficción, entre la verdad –acaso imposible de encontrar– y su versión manipulada.Fortuna explora los entresijos del capitalismo americano, el poder del dinero, las pasiones y las traiciones que mueven las relaciones personales y la ambición que todo lo malea.He aquí una novela que, mientras recorre el siglo XX, atrapa al lector en la primera página y no lo suelta hasta la última, manteniéndolo en permanente tensión gracias al fascinante juego literario que propone, repleto de sorpresas y giros inesperados.

Egendom

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Storartat och gripande om den geniale finansmannens uppgång och fall i New York under 1900-talets början. En mångbottnad historia där hans gåtfulla hustru Mildred spelar en avgörande roll bakom hans framgång. Den första delen handlar av Egendom om romanen "Bonds" från 1938, en bok som hela New York verkar ha läst. Berättelsen kretsar kring paret Benjamin och Helen Rask. Han, en legendarisk Wall Street-magnet; hon den geniförklarade dottern till excentriska aristokrater. Tillsammans har de tagit sig till de övre skikten i en värld av till synes oändlig rikedom. Men hemligheterna kring deras välstånd och storhet väcker skvaller. Rykten om Benjamins ekonomiska manövrar och Helens underordning börjar spridas - samtidigt som ett decennium av överdrifter, önsketänkande och spekulation går mot sitt slut. Till vilket pris har det mytomspunna paret skaffat sig sin enorma förmögenhet? Men huvudpersonen Benjamin är inte nöjd med hur han porträtterats i "Bonds". Således handlar den andra delen av Egendom om den självbiografi som han anlitat en spökskrivare för att ta sig an. Nu kommer han se till att framträda i betydligt bättre dager... I den tredje delen får vi lära känna spökskrivaren, Mildred, som mer och mer blir den karaktär som denna intelligenta och djupt fascinerande roman kretsar kring. Vem är hon? Hernan Diaz Egendom låter på ett briljant sätt berättelsen om några komplexa karaktärer speglas i romanens olika delar. Vi dras in i en labyrint, ett prisma som känns som orkestrerat av en högre makt. Resultatet är en roman som blir mer spännande och komplex för varje nytt lager, varje ny uppenbarelse. En roman som engagerar läsaren i strävan efter sanning, samtidigt som den konfronteras med pengars verklighetsförvrängande egenskap. Makt kommer ofta att manipulera och förvilla fakta. Egendom är ett elegant, mångfacetterat epos som för samman röster bakom myter och rättfärdigar vår grundläggande ojämlikhet. Egendom är ett intelligent äventyr som vi läser med bankande hjärta. En litterär triumf som visar ett nytt, storartat och lovande författarskap.

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