Marcello Lino Boeken

Recounting the life and times of one of the most respected men in the world, The Snowballis the most fascinating financial success story of our time. Warren Buffett, the legendary Omaha investor has never written a memoir, but finally has given Alice Schroeder unprecedented access to him and all those closest to his work, opinions, struggles, triumphs, follies and wisdom. The result is this personally revealing and complete biography of 'The Oracle of Omaha'. Fully revised and updated with two new chapters on Buffett and the credit crunch, The Snowball is indispensable reading for those who wish to know the man behind the outstanding achievements.

Continuing from A Thousand Days in Venice, this is the story of Marlena and her Venetian husband, Fernando, as they make a life for themselves in rural Tuscany. Amongst the many people they befriend is Barluzzo, an old sage who takes the couple under his wing and initiates them in the age-old traditions of Tuscan life: since their house lacks electricity, he helps them build a traditional brick oven in the garden; in autumn he wakes them at dawn to gather chestnuts and porcini mushrooms, and at the onset of winter he takes them to pull grapes from the vines and beat olives from the trees. Beautifully written and richly seasoned with mouth-watering recipes of the region, this book is filled with the carpe diem attitude that so captivated readers of A Thousand Days in Venice.

Leda, a middle-aged divorcée, is alone for the first time in years after her two adult daughters leave home to live with their father in Toronto. Enjoying an unexpected sense of liberty, she heads to the Ionian coast for a vacation. But she soon finds herself intrigued by Nina, a young mother on the beach, eventually striking up a conversation with her. After Nina confides a dark secret, one seemingly trivial occurrence leads to events that could destroy Nina’s family.

Delia, een vrouw van midden veertig, keert na de dood van haar moeder terug naar Napels, de stad waar ze is opgegroeid. Ze wil te weten komen wat er is gebeurd in de nacht dat haar moeder verdronk. Delia's speurtocht verandert het beeld dat ze altijd van haar moeder heeft gehad, maar ook dat van haar eigen verleden. Was haar moeder wel die wispelturige, veeleisende vrouw, die aan de jaloerse blikken van haar man wilde ontsnappen? Hoe betrouwbaar zijn Delia's herinneringen aan haar eigen jeugd? 'Kwellende liefde' is de roman waarmee Elena Ferrante in 1993 debuteerde. Ze schrijft hierin over de thema's die in haar latere romans terugkeren: het zoeken naar een eigen identiteit, het besef van het menselijk onvermogen, de wil om het leven te lijf te gaan en de angst om alleen te staan. En dat alles in een taal waarmee de diepte van de menselijke psyche glashelder wordt blootgelegd