Janette Turner Hospitalová je uznávanou autorkou, jejíž díla zkoumají složité lidské vztahy a morální dilemata s pronikavou psychologickou hloubkou. Její próza se vyznačuje bohatým, lyrickým stylem a schopností zachytit jemné nuance lidské zkušenosti. Hospitalová často zasazuje své příběhy do různorodých mezinárodních prostředí, odrážejících její vlastní zkušenosti, a zkoumá témata identity, paměti a hledání domova. Její práce jsou oceňovány pro svou literární zdatnost a schopnost vyvolat hluboké zamyšlení.
Výbor povídek kanadsko-australské autorky, která patří mezi nejznámější současné žijící prozaičky píšící v angličtině. V jejích povídkách se odrážejí různorodá prostředí, kterými prošla. Zabývá se tématy charakteristickými pro konec 20. století: ztráta pevných bodů a životních konstant, překračování či smazávání hranic dělících společenské třídy, rasy a kultury.
Výbor povídek kanadsko-australské autorky, která patří mezi nejznámější současné žijící prozaičky píšící v angličtině. V jejích povídkách se odrážejí různorodá prostředí, kterými prošla. Zabývá se tématy charakteristickými pro konec 20. století: ztráta pevných bodů a životních konstant, překračování či smazávání hranic dělících společenské třídy, rasy a kultury.
The tyrannical Edward, raging against the indignities of old age, and Elizabeth, his charming and forgiving wife, await the arrival of their children: Jason, a suave analyst who privately seethes with hatred for his father; Victoria, perpetually caught in an adolescence various institutions have been unable to unlock, and Emily, a concern violinist who skips continents rather than face stability, and who is bringing her young son to see his grandfather for the first time. The scene is set for their anniversary reunion. Here Janette Turner Hospital unravels the skeins of family life - its hostilities, explosive secrets and its constricting yet enduring love. The result is one of the most haunting and assured explorations of the family in contemporary fiction.
Four people, scattered by time and geography, are pulled back into close proximity in midlife, unable to escape the childhood trauma that binds them.
This story of a cult messiah, Oyster, is set in an outback opal mining town in Queensland. The novel attempts to explore the clash of extreme cultural differences - the nature of evil, the relationship between good and evil and the question of individual accountability.
JANETTE TURNER HOSPITAL's electrifying novel chronicles the lives of two strangers connected by the tragic loss of parents in a hijacked Paris--New York flight. As an adult, Samantha, one of the children set free by the terrorists, has become obsessed with the hijacking. Under the guise of her senior thesis, she pulls Lowell, the son of a victim, into a web of terror, death, and betrayal that he has spent his adult life trying to forget. Hospital probes with astonishing acuity the worlds of espionage and intelligence gathering, and the painful meaning of survival.
This stunning and intoxicating novel speaks of passion and obsession, ranging in setting from an Australian rainforest to Boston and Toronto. A mysterious and elusive love affair haunts the lives of three women in Australia. Twenty years later, on the other side of the world, Charade Ryan sorts through story and counter-story for her father, the legendary Nicholas, and the truth about her origins.
Love can take you to the darkest places ... Leela is a gifted mathematician who has escaped her small Southern town to study in Boston. From the first moment she hears Mishka, a young Australian musician, playing his violin in a subway, his music grips her, and they quickly become lovers. But Mishka is not all he seems - and the world around them is nothing like Leela thought it was. In this compelling re-imagining of the Orpheus story, Leela travels to an underworld of kidnapping, torture and despair in search of the truth - and the man she loves. Love can take you to the darkest places ... Leela is a gifted mathematician who has escaped her small Southern town to study in Boston. From the first moment she hears Mishka, a young Australian musician, playing his violin in a subway, his music grips her, and they quickly become lovers. But Mishka is not all he seems - and the world around them is nothing like Leela thought it was. In this compelling re-imagining of the Orpheus story, Leela travels to an underworld of kidnapping, torture and despair in search of the truth - and the man she loves.
Nach 12 Jahren in einer kleinen kanadischen Universitätsstadt ist Juliet voller Erwartung, als ihr Mann einen Ruf an eine südindische Universität erhält. Die patriarchalische Gesellschaftsordnung und enge Moralvorstellungen werden jedoch zur Belastungsprobe für ihre Ehe.
