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Cornelia ha undici anni, abita a New York, ama i libri e le parole difficili ed è così timida che, se fosse per lei, non aprirebbe mai bocca! Un giorno scopre che nell'appartamento accanto al suo si è trasferita Lady Virginia Somerset, insieme al suo enigmatico maggiordomo indiano e a Mister Kyniatta, un pestifero bulldog francese. L'eccentrica scrittrice accoglierà Cornelia in un mondo magico fatto di cuscini di seta colorata, fontane di acqua cristallina, palme frondose e storie indimenticabili...

Lesley Blume beschreibt, wie Ernest Hemingway 1925 in Pamplona seine Erfahrungen mit der Pariser Clique und den Stierkämpfen in den gefeierten Roman ›Fiesta‹ umwandelte. Das Buch prägte die moderne Literatur und die ›lost generation‹, während es die ungebremste Atmosphäre jener Zeit wieder aufleben lässt.

The heartwarming story of a young girl sent to live with the extraordinary Murphy Family in southern France. Ten-year-old Alice Atherton is sent by her father to spend the summer with his dear friends the Murphys who live with their three children and pet monkey in the French Riveria. There, Alice will meet and learn from some of the most extraordinary luminaries of the time. She visits a junk yard with Pablo Picasso looking for objects to make into art, performs a dance inspired by celestial bodies with the renowned Ballet Russes, and imagines magical adventures with Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald. An uplifting story that will appeal to readers who love books by authors like Kate DiCamillo and Jeanne Birdsall.

Eleven-year-old Cornelia is the daughter of two world-famous pianists—a legacy that should feel fabulous, but instead feels just plain lonely. She surrounds herself with dictionaries and other books to isolate herself from the outside world. But when a glamorous neighbor named Virginia Somerset moves next door with her servant Patel and a mischievous French bulldog named Mister Kinyatta, Cornelia discovers that the world is a much more exciting place than she had originally thought. An unforgettable story of friendship and adventure that takes readers around the world and back again, Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters is a dazzling first novel by Lesley M. M. Blume.

Durchsoffene Nächte, wilde Affären, hemmungsloser Ehrgeiz. Ellbogen zählen ebenso wie Talent. Der junge Ernest Hemingway hat nichts Geringeres vor, als die Romanliteratur zu revolutionieren, den großen Zeitgeistroman zu schreiben, nach dem alle Verlage fiebern. Mit ›Fiesta‹ gelingt ihm dieser Coup, und er wird, erst 27jährig, auf einen Schlag berühmt. Es sind die wilden Zwanziger in Paris, und die angelsächsische Expat-Gemeinde ist legendär: reiche Männer, schöne Frauen, Mäzene, erfolgreiche Literaten und solche, die es noch werden. im Mittelpunkt Hemingway, ein todestrunkener, stierkämpfender Aficionado,  hartgesottener Trinker, hitzköpfiges literarisches Genie und – tatsächlich – Ehemann. Lesley M. M. Blume erforscht das schillernde Universum, in dem aus einem unbekannten jungen Autor eine Ikone der Weltliteratur wurde und erzählt von den Menschen, die Hemingway (oft wenig schmeichelhaft) in seinem Werk verewigte. Sie dringt ein ins Herz der Lost Generation und zeigt, wie sehr diese bis heute beeinflusst, was wir lesen und wie wir denken – über Jugend, Liebe, Sexualität und Exzess. Von Gertrude Stein und Ezra Pound bis F. Scott und Zelda Fitzgerald – das wilde Leben der Pariser Bohème New-York-Times-Bestseller

Eleven-year-old Cornelia is the daughter of two world-famous pianists—a legacy that should feel fabulous, but instead feels just plain lonely. She surrounds herself with dictionaries and other books to isolate herself from the outside world. But when a glamorous neighbor named Virginia Somerset moves next door with her servant Patel and a mischievous French bulldog named Mister Kinyatta, Cornelia discovers that the world is a much more exciting place than she had originally thought. An unforgettable story of friendship and adventure that takes readers around the world and back again, Cornelia and the Audacious Escapades of the Somerset Sisters is a dazzling first novel by Lesley M. M. Blume. From the Hardcover edition.

ONE of THE NEW YORK TIMES'S 100 NOTABLE BOOKS of the YEAR * A VANITY FAIR and TOWN & COUNTRY BEST BOOK of the YEAR * New York Times bestselling author Lesley M.M. Blume reveals how one courageous American reporter uncovered one of the deadliest cover-ups of the 20th century—the true effects of the atom bomb—potentially saving millions of lives. Just days after the United States decimated Hiroshima and Nagasaki with nuclear bombs, the Japanese surrendered unconditionally. But even before the surrender, the US government and military had begun a secret propaganda and information suppression campaign to hide the devastating effects of these then-experimental weapons. For nearly a year the cover-up worked—until New Yorker journalist John Hersey got into Hiroshima and managed to report the truth to the world. When the magazine published “Hiroshima” in August 1946, it became an instant global sensation, and inspired pervasive horror about the hellish new threat that America had unleashed. Since 1945, no nuclear weapons have ever been deployed in war partly because Hersey alerted the world to their true, devastating impact. This knowledge has remained among the greatest deterrents to using them since the end of World War II. Released on the anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, Fallout is an engrossing detective story, as well as an important piece of hidden history that shows how one heroic scoop saved—and can still save—the world.

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"In the summer of 1925, Ernest hemingway traveled to Pamplona for the fmous runnning of the bulls. He then channeled that trip's drunken brawls, sexual rivalry, midnight betrayals, and midday hangovers into a novel that redifined modern literature. lesley Blume tells the full story behind Hemingway's legendary rise for the first time, revealing how he created his own image as the bullfighting aficionado, hard-drinking literary genius, and expatriate bon vivant. In all its youth, lust, and rivalry, the Lost Generation is illuminated here as never before." --Back cover

It’s 1932, the Depression. Things are evening out among people everywhere. Tennyson Fontaine and her sister Hattie live in a rickety shack of a house with their mother and father and their wild dog, Jos. There is no school, only a rope swing in the living room and endless games of hide-and-seek in the woods on the banks of the Mississippi. But when their mother disappears and their father sets off to find her, the girls find themselves whisked away to Aigredoux, once one of the grandest houses in Louisiana, and now a vine-covered ruin. Under the care of their austere Aunt Henrietta, who is convinced the girls will save the family’s failing fortunes, Tennyson discovers the truth about Aigredoux, the secrets that have remained locked deep within its decaying walls. Caught in a strange web of time and history, Tennyson comes up with a plan to bring Aigreoux’s past to light. But will it bring her mother home?