Showing results for "Novellen" in World Literature

From the author of the acclaimed novel The Fertile Earth comes a powerful tale of desire, friendship, and rivalry between three inseparable friends over the course of an unforgettable summer. In 1990s Hyderabad, three teenagers―Arjun, Ruhee, and Ganesh―forge an unexpected bond. Over the...

A lyrical multigenerational novel about two families—one Israeli and one Palestinian—and the house that connects them, by the award-winning author of The Man Who Sold Air in the Holy Land Jerusalem, 1939: An eccentric Jewish bookbinder and his young niece, Agata, are hired to repair books at...

A young Métis man searching for his missing father finds himself arguing with a dying glacier in this compelling, profane, and ultimately hopeful novel about the burdens and blessings of inheritance, from the award-winning author of A Grandmother Begins the Story. Robbie is torn: between trying...

A sweeping debut novel illuminating the inner life of Merle Oberon, an Old Hollywood actress who made history while safeguarding a necessary secret Slim, dark-haired, nineteen. The year is 1929 and Estelle Thompson pores over magazines inspecting the local beauties in Bombay who look nothing...

Jimmie works in a London call center, fielding complaints from dissatisfied travelers. Concerns range from whether compulsive itching will attract sharks in Mykonos, to the queue at the infinity pools in Maldives, to stray hairs on pillows: "the utterings of people at odds with their own...

The brand-new book from bestselling author Catherine Walsh about two exes running a summer guesthouse on an otherwise uninhabited Irish island Two exes. Only one island. Paradise just got complicated. After a painful break-up with her boyfriend, Grace is ready to leave Toronto for a fresh start...

Set on both sides of the Texas-Mexico border and spanning more than a century, this powerful multi-generational debut charts the fate of a gifted, young Mexican-American woman and the corrupting consequences of misogyny, racism, and colonialism on her family, her community, and, ultimately, her...

From award-winning Korean horror sensation Cho Yeeun, an uncanny and profoundly moving tale about the beautiful obsessions and destructive delusions of love, and what it means to give a voice to the voiceless Something is strange about Seonhyung’s uncle’s death. All that’s left of him are...

This "profound and provocative" work by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Disgraced and American Dervish followsan immigrant father and his son as they search for belonging—in post-Trump America, and with each other (Kirkus Reviews). "Passionate, disturbing, unputdownable." —Salman...

Ever since Colin Firth's Mr Darcy emerged from the lake in the BBC adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, the novels of Jane Austen have become more popular than ever, delighting millions of fans all over the world. Now, Alison Larkin's critically acclaimed narrations of Austen's six completed novels are brought together in this very special 200th anniversary audio edition. "Alison Larkin's narration will captivate listeners from the first sentence" raves AudioFile magazine about the Earphones Award-winning recording of Sense and Sensibility, which starts the collection.

A privileged college student desperate to save his mother from a life behind bars must convince his estranged uncle to hand over his inheritance during a rollicking cross-country road trip—by the beloved author of I Leave It Up to You and Flux. Connor Carby is a lucky guy. His mother is a...

The unforgettable story of an Afghan family’s escape from the Taliban and perilous trek across Europe to seek asylum, led by one extraordinarily courageous woman. This is the second novel by Nadia Hashimi, the author of last year’s breakout, THE PEARL THAT BROKE ITS SHELL. Mahmoud’s...

From the critically acclaimed author of the cult-classic Monstrilio comes a fever dream novel of twins and trickery, broken bones and brokenness, and of monsters, mischief, and mayhem! “No one captures the intricacies of the human mind and all of its gorgeous pathologies like Gerardo Sámano...

After years spent outrunning her past, Cecília reexamines the case of a close family friend killed by a colleague and rival: her father. In 1988, shortly after Brazil reestablishes democratic rule, a state congressman is shot and killed in Porto Alegre. The main suspect: a close friend and...

Thom Palmer’s richly imagined first novel offers a hilarious yet bittersweet examination of food, art, and love. The unnamed narrator of this brilliantly conceived farce, a struggling poet, finds that his life takes a dramatic turn when he meets and falls hopelessly in love with enigmatic young Maria Perpetua, a brainy and seductive food writer composing an encyclopedic masterpiece on spinach. Their ill-fated romance, and the consequences of her sudden rise to cult fame, form the core of a mock memoir related in a highly original fictional voice.

May 1938. The young novelist Aoyama Chizuko has sailed from her home in Nagasaki, Japan, and arrived in Taiwan. She's been invited there by the Japanese government ruling the island, though she has no interest in their official banquets or imperialist agenda. Instead, Chizuko longs to experience real island life and to taste its authentic cuisine.

From the “most talented writer of his generation” (The New York Times), a lightning flash of a novel that is at once a gripping emotional drama and a brilliant examination of the devices, digital and literary, we use to store—or to erase—our memories. The narrator of Ben Lerner’s new...

Sometimes the greatest adventure is the one you never planned. A trip to Ireland, a meddling sister, and a handsome stranger might be exactly what it takes to find yourself again. After her divorce, Grace Moreau has her life neatly contained. She's built a safe, predictable world for herself and...

This audiobook, read by Audie award-winning narrators, includes unabridged recordings of all Fyodor Dostoyevky's greatest works: 15 novels and novellas, 18 short stories, a short study of Dostoyevsky by Virginia Woolf, and two books of non-fiction - his Letters and European travel journal.

"Cortazar's masterpiece ... The first great novel of Spanish America" (The Times Literary Supplement) Winner of the National Book Award for Translation in 1967, translated by Gregory Rabassa Horacio Oliveira is an Argentinian writer who lives in Paris with his mistress, La Maga, surrounded...