Paola Mazzarelli Knihy

Early in 1941, having just seen off at Euston Station the two young men whom she has loved for the best part of her seventeen years, Juno Marlowe is hurrying down a London street with her ill-fitting shoes in her hands.  Airplanes thunder overhead; a battery of guns opens up.  When a stick of bombs falls she cowers, then takes to her heels in flight.  She is rescued from this nightmare by a gaunt stranger, frail and older than his years, and, guiding her up his front stairs, he offers her the protection of his house.Given this respite from the bleakness of having no home and no family to turn to, Juno first encounters tragedy, then a series of events which take her to a house in the West Country and the blossoming of an English spring into which war only occasionally intrudes.  Here she may find peace; here she will no longer be part of the furniture.  Part of the Furniture completes the triptych of wartime novels begun with The Camomile Lawn and A Sensible Life.

Nezapomenutelný příběh dvou nerozlučných sester začíná koncem 40. let v Šanghaji, Paříži východu. Díky bohatství svého otce si Pearl Chin a její mladší sestra May bezstarostně užívají života. Ale otec prohraje své jmění a musí prodat dcery nápadníkům, kteří si přijeli z Kalifornie pro nevěsty. Pearl a May se vydávají na svou životní pouť v okamžiku, kdy na jejich milované město začínají dopadat japonské bomby. Prchají přes divoký venkov plný čínských vojáků, za oceán. Zde se pokoušejí najít lásku k cizincům, kteří se stali jejich muži, usilují o sžití s novým prostředím a se zvyky a pravidly čínské čtvrti. I když jsou postaveny před mnohé oběti a obtížná rozhodování, zůstávají stále oněmi šanghajskými dívkami.

A passionate and timely debut about mothers and daughters, roots and exile, from the streets of Iran to the suburbs of LondonIn what is certain to be one of the most talked-about fiction debuts of the year, Yasmin Crowther paints a magnificent portrait of betrayal and retribution set against a backdrop of Iran’s tumultuous history, dramatic landscapes, and cultural beauty. The story begins on a blustery day in London, when Maryam Mazar’s dark secrets and troubled past surface violently with tragic consequences for her pregnant daughter, Sara. Burdened by guilt, Maryam leaves her comfortable English home for the remote village in Iran where she was raised and disowned by her father. When Sara decides to follow her she learns the price that her mother had to pay for her freedom and of the love she left behind. Poetic, haunting, and brilliantly crafted, The Saffron Kitchen is sure to entrance fans of Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake and Amy Tan’s The Joy Luck Club.

Nel giugno 1985 due alpinisti britannici, Joe SImpson e Simon Yates, raggiungono la vetta del Siula Grande (6.536 m) nelle Ande peruviane, scalando per la prima volta la parete ovest. Durante la discesa Joe subisce un grave incidente e dopo vani tentativi per soccorrerlo Simon rinuncia e ritorna al campo, fisicamente esausto e distrutto moralmente: ha ucciso Joe per salvare la propria vita e il rimorso lo divora... Il romanzo non è solo la cronaca di un incidente, ma anche la storia di un'amicizia profonda, del trauma psicologico che costringe Simon a tagliare la corda del compagno e della incredibile forza di volontà che è richiesta a Joe per sopravvivere in una situazione impossibile. Touching the void è stato tradotto in francese, tedesco, danese, svedese, polacco, giapponese, olandese, coreano, norvegese, spagnolo, russo, finlandese.