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Ad Amgash, Illinois, le vetrine dell'unica libreria ospitano l'ultima fatica di una concittadina, Lucy Barton, partita molti anni prima alla volta della sfavillante New York e mai più ritornata. E non vi è abitante del paese che non voglia accaparrarsene una copia. Perché quel libro, un memoir a quanto pare, racconta senza reticenze la storia di miseria e riscatto di una di loro, e insieme racconta la storia di tutti loro, quelli che sono rima...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • An unforgettable cast of small-town characters copes with love and loss in this new work of fiction by #1 bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout.Winner of The Story Prize • A Washington Post and New York Times Notable Book • One of USA Today's top 10 books of the yearRecalling Olive Kitteridge in its richness, structure, and complexity, Anything Is Possible explores the whole range of human em...

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In una stanza d'ospedale nel cuore di Manhattan, davanti allo scintillio del grattacielo Chrysler che si staglia oltre la finestra, per cinque giorni e cinque notti due donne parlano con intensità. Non si vedono da molti anni, ma il flusso delle parole sembra poter cancellare il tempo e coprire l'assordante rumore del non detto. In quella stanza d'ospedale, per cinque giorni e cinque notti, le due donne non sono altro che la cosa pi&...

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A heart-wrenching story of mothers and daughters from the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge. A mother comes to visit her daughter in hospital after having not seen her in many years. Her unexpected visit forces Lucy to confront her past, uncovering long-buried memories, and her present, as the façade of her new life in New York begins to crumble.

Tyler Caskey è una presenza insolita per la comunità di West Arinett. È giovane e i suoi sermoni sono brillanti, frutto di una preparazione e di una sensibilità fuori dal comune. Ed è diverso dalle precedenti guide spirituali che i fedeli hanno conosciuto perché ha carisma, e una moglie di grande bellezza e sensualità accanto. Quasi uno schiaffo di vitalità per tutta la cittadina. Eppure un giorno tutto può cambiare, l'attrazione trasformarsi ...

Once there were great magicians born to the Maghuin Dhonn, the folk of the Brown Bear, the oldest tribe in Alba. But generations ago, the greatest of them all broke a sacred oath sworn in the name of all his people. Now, only small gifts remain to them. Through her lineage, Moirin possesses such gifts---the ability to summon the twilight and conceal herself, and the skill to coax plants to grow. Moirin has a secret, too. From childhood onward,...

Olive Kitteridge es una maestra retirada que vive en un pequeño lugar de Maine, en Nueva Inglaterra. A veces dura, otras paciente, a veces lúcida, otras abnegadamente ciega, Olive Kitteridge lamenta las transformaciones que han agitado el pequeño pueblo de Crosby y la deriva catastrófica que va tomando el mundo entero, pero no siempre se da cuenta de los cambios menos perceptibles que afectan a las personas más cercanas: la desesperación de un...

Der New-York-Times- Bestseller erstmals im Taschenbuch!In einer Kleinstadt in Maine zu leben, mag romantisch klingen, aber die Wirklichkeit sieht meist anders aus. Die Brüder Jim und Bob Burgess sind deswegen so bald wie möglich nach New York gezogen. Als ihre Schwester Susan, die zu Hause geblieben ist, sie um Hilfe bittet, weil ihr 19-jähriger Sohn sich in ernste Schwierigkeiten gebracht hat, kehren ihre Brüder widerstrebend in die Heimatsta...

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Includes Elizabeth Strout's never-before-published essay about the origins of The Burgess BoysNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • NPR • Good HousekeepingElizabeth Strout "animates the ordinary with an astonishing force, " wrote The New Yorker on the publication of her Pulitzer Prize-winning Olive Kitteridge. The San Francisco Chronicle praised Strout's "magnificent gift for humanizing ch...

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Olive Kitteridge" returns with an extraordinary work about two brothers living in Brooklyn whose lives are irrevocably altered when they are called back to rural Maine by their sister, whose 19-year-old son is embroiled in a scandal of his own making.

I ragazzi Burgess, come vengono chiamati Jim, Bob e Susan, sono nati a Shirley Falls, nel Maine, e sono cresciuti in una piccola casa gialla in cima a una collina, in un angolo di continente appartato. Da adulti si sono allontanati, ognuno a scacciare il ricordo di un antico dramma familiare mai spento. Lassù è rimasta solo Susan, mentre gli altri due vivono a Brooklyn, New York. Nei Burgess si possono scorgere tre anime distinte e tanto diver...

Der mit dem Pulitzerpreis ausgezeichnete Roman -jetzt als GeschenkausgabeDie Geschenkausgabe mit der abgerundeten Ecke: anspruchsvolle Haptik, hochwertiges Papier, mit Lesebändchen, kleines FormatIn Crosby, einer kleinen Stadt an der Küste von Maine, ist nicht viel los. Doch sieht man genauer hin, ist jeder Mensch eine Geschichte und Crosby die ganze Welt. Und Olive Kitteridge, eine pensionierte Mathelehrerin, sieht sehr genau hin. Sie kann st...

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Oprah's Book Club pick Olive, Again "Fiction lovers, remember this name: Olive Kitteridge. . . . You'll never forget her."-USA Today NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post Book World • USA Today • San Francisco Chronicle • Chicago Tribune • Seattle Post-Intelligencer • People • Entertain...

From the Orange Prize-shortlisted author of "Amy & Isabelle", this is a deeply moving story of love, abandonment and the peril of family secrets. 'With superlative skill, Strout challenges us to examine what makes a good story - and what makes a good life' "New York Times

In einer Kleinstadt im einsamen Norden der USA hat Pastor Tyler Caskey nach dem tragischen Tod seiner Frau das Gefühl, den Boden unter den Füßen zu verlieren. Er hadert nicht nur mit sich und der Welt, sondern zweifelt auch an Gott und seinem Glauben. Und in der Gemeinde, in der er bis dahin geliebt und geachtet war, fragen sich immer mehr Leute, ob Tyler sich nicht zu sehr gehenlässt in seinem Schmerz... Mit unnachahmlicher Leichtigkeit und g...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A simple hospital visit becomes a portal to the tender relationship between mother and daughter in this extraordinary novel by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Olive Kitteridge and The Burgess Boys.NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • The New York Times Book Review • NPR • BookPage • LibraryReads • Minneapolis Star Tribune • St. Louis Post-Dispatch Lucy Barton is recovering slowly ...