The intoxicating summer read from the international bestselling author of TIGERS IN RED WEATHER
Liza Klaussmann Boeken
Liza Klaussmann schrijft met een scherpe introspectie die de complexiteit van menselijke relaties en de stille stormen onder de oppervlakte van alledaagse levens verkent. Haar proza wordt gekenmerkt door een precieze elegantie en het vermogen om de subtiele nuances van de emoties en motivaties van personages te vangen. Klaussmann richt zich op thema's als schuld, verlangen en de onuitgesproken geheimen die ons lot bepalen. Door haar stijl nodigt ze lezers uit tot diepe contemplatie van de menselijke conditie.
Villa America
- 480bladzijden
- 17 uur lezen
Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, Cole and Linda Porter, Ernest Hemingway, John Dos Passos all are summer guests of Gerald and Sara Murphy. Visionary, misunderstood, and from vastly different backgrounds, the Murphys met and married young, and set forth to create a beautiful world. They alight on Villa America, their coastal oasis of artistic genius, debauched parties, impeccable style and flamboyant imagination. But before long, a stranger enters into their relationship, and their marriage must accommodate an intensity that neither had forseen. When tragedy strikes, their friends reach out to them, but the golden bowl is shattered, and neither Gerald nor Sara will ever be the same.
Tigers in Red Weather
- 256bladzijden
- 9 uur lezen
Nick and her cousin Helena have grown up together, sharing long hot summers at Tiger House. With husbands and children of their own, they keep returning. But against a background of parties, cocktails, moonlight and jazz, how long can perfection last? There is always the summer that changes everything.
Set in the glamorous Tiger House, this novel unfolds as Nick inherits the estate post-World War II. As family dynamics shift with returning husbands and Hollywood dreams, a decade later, Nick's daughter and Helena's son uncover a dark secret. The story, told from five perspectives, explores themes of passion, betrayal, and hidden violence.