Maurizia Balmelli Boeken

All'origine del «caso Vargas», che ha scalato le classifiche in Francia e in Europa, ci sono il linguaggio terso, lo stile ironico e incisivo, e l'accuratezza nei dettagli sorprendenti. I personaggi, atipici e logorati dalla vita, sono sempre pronti a battersi. Il commissario Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, protagonista amato dai lettori, si muove nel mondo del distretto di polizia del XIII arrondissement. Definito «spalatore di nuvole», antirazionale e filosofico, Adamsberg preferisce un approccio zigzagante, brancolando nel buio fino a raggiungere intuizioni geniali, lontane dalla logica classica dell'investigatore. La sua prima apparizione avviene mentre indaga su misteriosi cerchi tracciati sui marciapiedi di Parigi, dove sente che presto comparirà un cadavere. Nel secondo romanzo, deve affrontare una serie di orrendi delitti, potenzialmente opera di un lupo mannaro. L'ultimo romanzo di questa trilogia lo coinvolge in un intricato caso ricco di simboli e superstizioni, che affondano nei tempi bui della Morte Nera. La trilogia include: L'uomo dei cerchi azzurri, L'uomo a rovescio e Parti in fretta e non tornare.

Aleksandar Hemon's narrative begins in Sarajevo, a small city where a young boy immerses himself in street soccer, grapples with sibling rivalry, and enjoys trips abroad with his engineer father, who also keeps bees. As a young man, he challenges the city's elders through American music, poetry, and journalism. His life shifts dramatically when war erupts in Sarajevo, forcing his family to flee with their dog, leaving behind their former life. Meanwhile, Hemon starts anew in Chicago, building his own family. This work, Hemon's first nonfiction, transcends traditional memoir, serving as a love letter to two cities and a poignant tribute to familial bonds. It urges readers to embrace life, particularly through soccer—not just for fitness but for joy. Driven by passion and grounded in profound experiences and insights, it transforms readers, offering a fresh perspective on the world. For those familiar with Hemon's fiction, this book is essential; for newcomers, it provides an ideal introduction to a remarkable writer. It was also recognized as a Best Nonfiction Book of 2013 by Kirkus Reviews.

De verschijning van een boom en de verdwijning van een vrouw zijn aanleiding voor een speurtocht in Parijs en omgeving door drie jongemannen en de politie.

'This life-stuffed novel is Aleksandar Hemon's masterpiece' - David Mitchell, author of Cloud AtlasThe World and All That It Holds is the epic, cross- continental tale of a love so strong it conquers the Great War, revolution, and even death itself.As the Archduke Franz Ferdinand arrives in Sarajevo one June day in 1914, Rafael Pinto is busy crushing herbs and grinding tablets behind the counter at the pharmacy he inherited from his father. It's not quite the life he had expected during his poetry-filled student days in libertine Vienna, but it's nothing a dash of laudanum, a summer stroll and idle fantasies can't put in perspective.And then the world explodes. In the trenches in Galicia, fantasies fall flat. Heroism gets a man killed quickly. War devours all that they have known, and the only thing Pinto has to live for are the attentions of Osman, a fellow soldier, a man of action to complement Pinto's introspective, poetic soul; a charismatic storyteller and Pinto's protector and lover.Together, Pinto and Osman will escape the trenches and find themselves entangled with spies and Bolsheviks. As they travel over mountains and across deserts, from one world to another, all the way to Shanghai, it is Pinto's love for Osman that will truly survive.

Dès le début de cette histoire, une menace plane sur Nicolas. Nous le sentons, nous le savons, tout comme il le sait, au fond de lui-même l'a toujours su. Pendant la classe de neige, ses peurs d'enfant vont tourner au cauchemar. Et si nous ignorons d'où va surgir le danger, quelle forme il va prendre, qui va en être l'instrument, nous savons que quelque chose est en marche. Quelque chose de terrible, qui ne s'arrêtera pas.

Von Käse und Liebhabern - der Bestseller von YASMINA REZA Ihr Theaterstück ›Der Gott des Gemetzels‹, verfilmt mit Jodie Foster, Kate Winslet und Christoph Waltz, brachte der großen französischen Autorin Yasmina Reza weltweiten Erfolg. In ihrem wunderbar bissigen Roman ›Glücklich die Glücklichen‹ erzählt sie auf unvergleichlich lustvolle Weise vom spannungsgeladenen Alltag von Paaren, Einzelgängern und Familien in Paris, die durch vielerlei Beziehungen miteinander verbunden sind. Ein unerhört lebensnaher Roman, ein Feuerwerk aus klugem Witz, tiefen Einsichten und geballter Gegenwart.

"This book originally appeared, in slightly different form, in The New Yorker (newyorker.com) on July 8, 2019"--Copyright page.