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Ein fesselnder Roman über den wohl bekanntesten deutschen Hexenprozess gegen Katharina Kepler, die Mutter des Astronomen und Physikers Johannes Kepler, erzählt aus der Sicht einer starken, unabhängigen Frau.  Leonberg, 1618: Die Pest grassiert, Krieg wird ausbrechen, Angst und Misstrauen herrschen. Der kaiserliche Astronom und Protestant Johannes Kepler ist mit den gewagten Thesen seines heliozentrischen Weltbildes bei den württembergischen...

The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from the critically acclaimed author of Atmospheric Disturbances.The story begins in 1618, in the German duchy of Württemberg. Plague is spreading. The Thirty Years' War has begun, and fear and suspicion are in the air throughout the Holy Roman Empire. In the small town of Leonberg, Katharina Kepler is accused of being a witch.Katharina is an illiterate widow, known by her neighbors for her...

From the New Yorker "20 Under 40" author of Atmospheric Disturbances comes a brain-twisting adventure story of a girl named Fred on a quest through a world of fantastical creatures, strange logic, and a powerful prejudice against growing up.

A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2021 The plague is spreading. The Thirty Years' War is beginning. Katharina Kepler is believed to be a witch. The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from the critically acclaimed author of Atmospheric Disturbances.

The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from the critically acclaimed author of Atmospheric Disturbances.The story begins in 1618, in the German duchy of Württemberg. Plague is spreading. The Thirty Years' War has begun, and fear and suspicion are in the air throughout the Holy Roman Empire. In the small town of Leonberg, Katharina Kepler is accused of being a witch.Katharina is an illiterate widow, known by her neighbors for her...

From the New Yorker "20 Under 40" author of Atmospheric Disturbances comes a brain-twisting adventure story of a girl named Fred on a quest through a world of fantastical creatures, strange logic, and a powerful prejudice against growing up.

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR A droll and dazzling compendium of observations, stories, lists, and brief essays about babies. `Beguiling ... A wunderkabinett of baby-related curios ... A peculiar book, and astonishing in its effect.' Boston Globe

When Dr. Leo Liebensteins wife disappears, she leaves behind a single clue: a woman who looks, talks, and behaves almost exactly like her. While everyone else is fooled by this imposter, Leo begins a search for his real wife.

Die Erzählungen der kanadisch-amerikanischen Autorin Rivka Galchen, «Amerikanische Erfindungen» verbinden Psychologie, Philosophie und Naturwissenschaften und führen ihre Protagonisten wie Leser immer wieder auf neues Terrain. So geht es, wenn man lernt, der eigenen Wahrnehmung nicht zu trauen. In einer dieser blühend phantasievollen Storys laufen einer Frau ihre Möbel davon. In einer anderen nimmt die Erzählerin eine Bestellung für Knoblauch-...

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs

Ci sono universi prevedibili, dominati da leggi conosciute e rassicuranti. Poi ci sono universi in cui può succedere di tutto. Quello abitato da Rivka Galchen, evidentemente, è uno di questi: nei suoi racconti può capitare che i mobili di una donna decidano di separarsi da lei e rifarsi una vita da un'altra parte. Oppure che una moglie in crisi si senta in obbligo di soddisfare l'ordinazione di una cena da asporto fatta da uno sconosciuto che ...

In this enchanting miscellany, Galchen notes that literature has more dogs than babies (and also more abortions), that the tally of children for many great women writers-Jane Bowles, Elizabeth Bishop, Virginia Woolf, Janet Frame, Willa Cather, Patricia Highsmith, Iris Murdoch, Djuna Barnes, Mavis Gallant-is zero, that orange is the new baby pink, that The Tale of Genji has no plot but plenty of drama about paternity, that babies exude an intox...

A BRILLIANT NEW COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES FROM THE "CONSPICUOUSLY TALENTED" (TIME) RIVKA GALCHENWinner of the Danuta Gleed Literary Award A New York Times Book Review Notable BookChosen as one of fifteen remarkable books by women that are shaping the way we read and write in the 21st century by the book critics of The New York Times In one of the intensely imaginative stories in Rivka Galchen's American Innovations, a young woman's furniture...

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FICTION / General

A short-story collection from one of America's brightest young talents.

A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2021 The plague is spreading. The Thirty Years' War is beginning. Katharina Kepler is believed to be a witch. The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from the critically acclaimed author of Atmospheric Disturbances.

A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF 2021 The plague is spreading. The Thirty Years' War is beginning. Katharina Kepler is believed to be a witch. The startling, witty, highly anticipated second novel from the critically acclaimed author of Atmospheric Disturbances.

Sei Shonagon's Pillow Book-a key inspiration for Rivka Galchen's new book-contains a list of "Things That Make One Nervous." And wouldn't the blessed event top almost anyone's list? Little Labors is a slanted, enchanted literary miscellany. Varying in length from just a sentence or paragraph to a several-page story or essay, Galchen's puzzle pieces assemble into a shining, unpredictable, mordant picture of the ordinary-extraordinary nature of ...

At once a moving love story, a dark comedy, a psychological thriller, and a deeply disturbing portrait of a fracturing mind, this highly inventive debut explores the mysterious nature of human relationships.