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sabato 23 gennaio 2021
Swing Low (Gli alianti) di Miriam Toews (Marcos y Marcos)
Quando Mel, a diciassette anni, si convince di essere un uovo, gli
psichiatri non scommetterebbero un centesimo sul suo futuro. Decretano
'psicosi maniaco-depressiva' e prescrivono montagne di farmaci. Eppure
Mel riesce a sposare Elvira, vulcano di vitalità e progetti, a diventare
un insegnante geniale e amatissimo, a crescere due figlie con
personalità spiccate, a coltivare fiori magnifici nel suo giardino.
Consuma scarpe passeggiando all'infinito, organizza gare sui trampoli al
chiaro di luna, accoglie con un sonoro buongiorno gli studenti davanti a
scuola il mattino. Mel sente forte il richiamo della vita e della
scoperta, ma la depressione lo insidia con la sua rete vischiosa di
silenzio; alla fine riesce a catturarlo e a fargli credere di aver
sbagliato tutto. La figlia Miriam, narrando la sua storia come avrebbe
potuto raccontarla lui, con la comicità stralunata di un uomo dolcissimo
e smarrito, ci dimostra che non è così.
Parigi, e un padre di Giovanni Catelli ( Inschibboleth)
«La città era una trama di luoghi fatali, di corrispondenze con la
memoria, un reticolo prodigioso in cui ritrovare, già nella potenza dei
nomi, delle piazze, delle vie, il solco tenace del proprio passato,
l’impronta definitiva di una vita più forte, gli archetipi profondi
dell’esistere, da cui non separarsi mai». Una Parigi lontana, quasi
irreale nella sua metafisica bellezza. Un viaggio della memoria sulle
tracce di un’ombra tanto ingombrante quanto sfuggente. Un padre in fuga
nella Ville Lumière dei primi anni Cinquanta. Un figlio che lo insegue
attraverso il labirinto dei ricordi, nelle vie di una Parigi popolare e
anarchica, dove benessere e povertà coesistevano in pieno centro, non
ancora trasformato in un salotto per turisti. Una lotta contro la rapina
del tempo, per ricomprendere il proprio passato.
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain: In Which Four Russians Give a Master Class on Writing, Reading, and Life by George Saunders
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves—and our world today.
“One
of the most accurate and beautiful depictions of what it is like to be
inside the mind of a writer that I’ve ever read.”—Parul Sehgal, The New York Times
For
the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the
Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain,
he shares a version of that class with us, offering some of what he and
his students have discovered together over the years. Paired with
iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, the seven
essays in this book are intended for anyone interested in how fiction
works and why it’s more relevant than ever in these turbulent times.
In
his introduction, Saunders writes, “We’re going to enter seven
fastidiously constructed scale models of the world, made for a specific
purpose that our time maybe doesn’t fully endorse but that these writers
accepted implicitly as the aim of art—namely, to ask the big questions,
questions like, How are we supposed to be living down here? What were
we put here to accomplish? What should we value? What is truth, anyway,
and how might we recognize it?” He approaches the stories technically
yet accessibly, and through them explains how narrative functions; why
we stay immersed in a story and why we resist it; and the bedrock
virtues a writer must foster. The process of writing, Saunders reminds
us, is a technical craft, but also a way of training oneself to see the
world with new openness and curiosity.
A Swim in a Pond in the Rain is
a deep exploration not just of how great writing works but of how the
mind itself works while reading, and of how the reading and writing of
stories make genuine connection possible.
The Push: A Novel by Ashley Audrain
'A blockbusting debut about the dark side of motherhood. Gripping,
clever, vividly realised . . . the ending left me flabbergasted' GUARDIAN
'I read it in one sitting. Not to be missed' LISA JEWELL
A Book to Watch in 2021! As selected by:
Grazia,
Vogue, Red, Stylist, Marie Claire, Sunday Mirror, Evening Standard,
Daily Mail, The Sun, Hello!, Bazaar, Cosmopolitan, Porter
'An inventive twist on the psychological thriller formula. Audrain sustains the suspense expertly' SUNDAY TIMES
'I can't stop thinking and talking about it . . . it has absolutely blown me away' CANDICE BRAITHWAITE
AS RECOMMENDED ON BBC RADIO 2
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'I think she pushed him,' I said to you quietly. 'I think she pushed him . . .'
The arrival of baby Violet was meant to be the happiest day of my life.
But as soon as I held her in my arms I knew something wasn't right.
I had always known that the women in my family aren't meant to be mothers.
My husband Fox says I'm imagining it. He tells me I'm nothing like my own mother, and that Violet is the sweetest child.
But she's different with me. Something feels very wrong.
Is it her? Or is it me? Is she the monster? Or am I?
The Push
is an unsettling, breathtaking and powerful read about obsession and
our deepest fears that will stay with you long after you turn the final
page.
___
'Taut, chilling, executed with gripping precision. Audrain nimbly stokes the mystery' New York Times
'A suspenseful thriller. Will have you in its grips from the very first page - and stay with you long after you've put it down. Do not miss' Heat
'Suspenseful, dark and intriguing . . . essential for book groups' Stylist
'Unsettling, visceral, provocative, compulsive' Sarah Vaughan
'The most thought-provoking exploration of motherhood since We Need to Talk About Kevin' Clare Pooley, bestselling author of The Authenticity Project
'Fans of 'mum noir' are in for a treat' Daily Mail
'Audrain sustains the suspense expertly through assured handling of her unravelling protagonist's voice' Sunday Times
**Soon to be adapted for the screen by the producer of Once Upon a Time...in Hollywood, Marriage Story and Gravity**
Before She Disappeared: A Novel by Lisa Gardner
'Sharply-written, tension-filled yarn full of twists readers are unlikely to see coming.' Daily Mail
'Lisa
Gardner has always been one of my favourite writers, and this time she
truly hits it out of the park. Frankie Elkin is a heroine for the ages, a
fierce female Shane who's out to save the world - one missing person at
a time.' TESS GERRITSEN
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A
gripping thriller featuring an ordinary woman who will stop at nothing
to find the missing people that the rest of the world has forgotten.
Frankie Elkin
is an average middle-aged woman with more regrets than belongings who
spends her life doing what no one else will: searching for missing
people the world has stopped looking for. When the police have given up,
when the public no longer remembers, when the media has never paid
attention, Frankie starts looking.
A new case brings Frankie to
Mattapan, a Boston neighborhood with a rough reputation. She is
searching for Angelique Badeau, a Haitian teenager who vanished from her
high school months earlier.
Resistance from the Boston PD and
the victim's wary family tells Frankie she's on her own. And she soon
learns she's asking questions someone doesn't want answered.
But Frankie will stop at nothing to discover the truth, even if it means the next person to go missing will be her ...
_________________________________
'To
read Lisa Gardner is to put yourself in the hands of a master
storyteller. In BEFORE SHE DISAPPEARED, she gives us a crackling
mystery, gritty atmosphere and an unforgettable heroine.' RILEY SAGER, New York Times bestselling author of Home Before Dark
_________________________________
Readers love Lisa Gardner's brilliant thrillers:
'A fabulous read with amazing, interesting, complex characters and I was absolutely hooked, from start to finish.'
'Once again Lisa Gardner delivers as one of my favourite crime
thriller authors, she creates a complex and magnetic character in
Frankie'
'Frankie is a wonderful character, full of grit and
personality, and I love her inner monologues so much! I really hope we
will get to see more of her in the future!'
'An entertaining and
engaging thriller with a great central protagonist that I think many of
Gardner's fans and other crime and thriller readers will love.'
The Mystery of Mrs. Christie: A Novel by Marie Benedict
"A stunning story... The ending is ingenious, and it's possible that Benedict has brought to life the most plausible explanation for why Christie disappeared for 11 days in 1926."—The Washington Post
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Only Woman in the Room returns with a thrilling reconstruction of one of the most notorious events in literary history: Agatha Christie's mysterious 11-day disappearance in 1926.
In December 1926, Agatha Christie goes missing. Investigators find her empty car on the edge of a deep, gloomy pond, the only clues some tire tracks nearby and a fur coat left in the car—strange for a frigid night. Her World War I veteran husband and her daughter have no knowledge of her whereabouts, and England unleashes an unprecedented manhunt to find the up-and-coming mystery author. Eleven days later, she reappears, just as mysteriously as she disappeared, claiming amnesia and providing no explanations for her time away.
The puzzle of those missing eleven days has persisted. With her trademark historical fiction exploration into the shadows of the past, acclaimed author Marie Benedict brings us into the world of Agatha Christie, imagining why such a brilliant woman would find herself at the center of such murky historical mysteries.
What is real, and what is mystery? What role did her unfaithful husband play, and what was he not telling investigators?
Agatha Christie novels have withstood the test of time, due in no small part to Christie's masterful storytelling and clever mind that may never be matched, but Agatha Christie's untold history offers perhaps her greatest mystery of all.
Fans of The Secrets We Kept, The Lions of Fifth Avenue, and The Alice Network will enjoy this riveting saga of literary history, suspense, and love gone wrong.
Also By Marie Benedict:
The Other Einstein
Carnegie's Maid
The Only Woman in the Room
Lady Clementine
venerdì 22 gennaio 2021
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