Jim Shepard Knihy

A gripping novel about the next pandemic, completed by Jim Shepard before COVID-19 emerged, unfolds in a tiny Greenland settlement. Eleven-year-old Aleq and his best friend, frequent trespassers at a mining site, unknowingly bring back dangers from thawing permafrost. As one of the few survivors of the initial outbreak, Aleq grapples with guilt and the burden of being the likely index patient. The narrative also follows two CDC investigators, Jeannine, an epidemiologist, and Danice, an MD, as they work to contain the crisis. Jeannine transitions from a Greenland hospital overwhelmed with patients to a high-security facility in the Rocky Mountains, striving to support Aleq amid chaos. The story weaves together intimate perspectives and a broader view of the political, cultural, and biological megastructures that contribute to such disasters. It emphasizes the vital connections formed during catastrophe, as Aleq and the educated adults around him learn to provide support for each other. Through their journey, they celebrate the precious worlds at stake and strive to shape a future that may endure.

A fictionalized biography of F.W. Murnau, a pioneering German filmmaker who was among the first to use a moving camera in order to obtain different angles. The novel covers his adventures in World War I as a fighter pilot, his homosexuality and the making of his famous vampire film, Nosferatu

A lauded 'masterpiece' that tells with compassion and humour the story of Janusz Korczak, a hero of the Polish Jewish ghetto **SHORTLISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE AWARD** 'Powerful . . . shattering . . . a masterpiece' The Times 'Testament of love and sacrifice . . . a masterpiece' Joshua Ferris, Guardian 'Transcendent and timeless . . . masterpiece'…

Queste storie risuonano di voci che appartengono, tra gli altri, agli esploratori inglesi che hanno preso parte a una delle più disastrose spedizioni artiche della storia, ai fratelli Montgolfier - in gara per diventare i primi uomini in grado di volare -, e a due donne di frontiera la cui relazione passionale è contrastata da mariti gelosi e da una tormenta di neve che non lascia scampo. In ogni storia il personale diventa politico poiché questi personaggi, innamorandosi o affrontando insidie coniugali o semplicemente confrontandosi con i propri fallimenti, si trovano davanti all'onda di marea di una natura indifferente e crudele. Una raccolta di racconti che conferma l'abilità dell'autore nell'immaginare mondi fra loro molto diversi, e nel suggerire come il nostro presente, le nostre vite, siano sull'orlo di un abisso.