Johan Bargum Eine Dreiecksgeschichte? Ein Krimi? Zwei Männer, die beide mit derselben Frau verheiratet waren, begeben sich auf eine gemeinsame Segeltour. Nur einer von ihnen kehrt zurück. Ein raffiniertes, mit leiser Eleganz skizziertes Buch über die großen Paradoxa des Lebens: die Macht des Schicksals, die Unausweichlichkeit des Todes, vor allem aber die Liebe, die über…
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Daniela Krien „Der Henner ist wirklich ein schöner Mann. Letztens im Laden fiel mir das auf: ein grober, massiger Körper, mit einer steten Kraft in den Bewegungen, doch das Gesicht ganz fein… Man sieht ihm das Trinken nicht an.″ Zu diesem wesentlich älteren Mann fühlt sich die 17-jährige Maria hingezogen. Maria liebt Johannes, aber vom…
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Lucas Voegelsang und Joachim Król Dreißig Jahre nach Mauerfall und Wiedervereinigung machen sich Reporter Lucas Vogelsang und der Schauspieler Joachim Król auf eine Deutschlandreise und sammeln Geschichten von Menschen, deren Leben 1989 noch einmal neu begannen. Ihnen begegnen schier unglaublich Biographien voller Brüche, Neuanfänge und Sackgassen, die von Bundesrepublik und DDR, von Wende und deutscher…
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Bernardine Evaristo The novel follows the lives and struggles of 12 very different characters. Mostly women, black and British. They tell the stories of their families, friends and lovers, across the country and through the years, always keeping a certain observational distance, investigating their destinies like through the camera lense of a documentary filmmaker. How…
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Tracy Chevalier Remarkable Creatures is the story of Mary Anning, who has a talent for finding fossils, and whose discovery of ancient marine reptiles shaking the scientific community and leading to new ways of thinking about the creation of the world. Working in an arena dominated by middle-class men, she takes solace in an unlikely…
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Tayari Jones “My father, James Witherspoon, is a bigamist.” Tayari Jones unveils a breathtaking story about a man’s deception, a family’s complicity, and two teenage girls caught in the middle. The author portrays the fragility of these young girls with a raw authenticity as they seek love, demand attention, and try to imagine themselves as…
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Jerry Pinto In a one-bedroom-hall-kitchen in Mahim, Bombay, mother, father, son and daughter are living together. Between Em, the mother, driven frequently to hospital after her failed suicide attempts, and The Big Hoom, the father, trying to hold things together as best he could, they tried to be a family. The young narrator, who unravels…
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Emma Healey Maud, an aging grandmother, is slowly losing her memory—and her grip on everyday life. Yet she refuses to forget her best friend Elizabeth, who she is convinced is missing and in terrible danger. But no one will listen to Maud. Armed with handwritten notes she leaves for herself and an overwhelming feeling that…
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Candace Bushnell Candace Bushnell looks at love and life from all angles—marriage and children, divorce and bereavement, as well as the very real pressures on women after fifty to maintain their youth and have it all. Twenty years after her sharp first book Sex and the City reshaped the landscape of pop culture and dating…
DettagliLETTURE NATALIZIE PER BAMBINI Giovedì 17 dicembre, vi aspettiamo numerosi per ascoltare un racconto di Natale tutti assieme! Quindi, prendete una cioccolata calda e dei biscotti, connettetevi su Zoom e scopriamo assieme la magia di Natale! Lecture de Noël en français : 17:00 Christmas readings in English : 17:15 Weihnachtslektüre auf Deutsch : 17:30 Non…
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