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«Deus estava morto: para começar. A cortesia estava morta. A poesia, a prosa, a pintura, todas elas estavam mortas, e a arte estava morta. A literatura estava morta. O amor estava morto. A morte estava morta. Muitas coisas estavam mortas. Imagine que é assombrado pelos fantasmas de todas estas coisas mortas.» Inverno: desolação, vento gelado, tempo dos dias mais curtos e das noites mais longas, das &a...

Ali Smith's "beautifully written, precise, poetic" (The Observer) debut that follows the briefly intertwined lives of two young women When we meet Amy Shone, she is a young parent struggling to raise Kate, a precocious eight-year-old. Amy is an enigma-a brilliant scholar who has forgotten how to read. She is estranged from her wealthy English parents and lives a nomadic life in Scotland, dragging Kate from one school to the next, barely scrapi...

The first of two novels, Gliff, which is a Scottish/northern word for a shock, a fright, a transient moment, a glance or sudden glimpse, will be followed by a second novel in 2025, called Glyph (a signifying mark - as in 'hieroglyph'). Glyph, the second novel, will tell a story which is hidden in the first so the two books will belong together but can be read independently.The two books will form a new step in Ali's writing journey, different ...

The first of two new, interconnected novels from bestselling, award-winning, Booker-Prize shortlisted author Ali Smith Following her dazzling five-novel portrait of our age, the 'Seasonal' sequence, Ali Smith returns with the first of two novels which belong together but can be read independently. Gliff - a Scots or Northern word for a glimpse, a shock, a glance -- will not only tell its own story but also contain within it a hidden story, to ...

A collection of brand-new short stories written by prize-winning, bestselling writers and inspired by Kafka - published to commemorate the centenary of his death*Chosen as a 2024 highlight in the Guardian, the Financial Times, Esquire and the New European*Franz Kafka is widely regarded as one of the great geniuses of twentieth-century literature. What happens when some of the most original literary minds of today take an idea, a mood or a line...

We trust the machines for most things these days. We need enough to eat. We tell the machines. The machines make this happen. We wish for vast areas of wilderness to explore. The machines cause this to occur. The machines make other machines. Those make yet further machines. Somehow they make sure the world is beautiful, clean, filled with natural life. We live, you must understand, in Paradise.

The Ballad of Speedball Baby is the thrilling, extremely funny, and heart-wrenchingly vulnerable story of Ali Smith's coming of age in '90s New York as she commits to the messy, exhilarating life of a musician and must survive the slings and arrows society reserves for women who refuse to comply.As an only child reeling from the demolition of her parents' toxic marriage, the New York City underground music scene offers a young Ali a different ...

The Ballad of Speedball Baby is the thrilling, extremely funny, and heart-wrenchingly vulnerable story of Ali Smith's coming of age in '90s New York as she commits to the messy, exhilarating life of a musician and must survive the slings and arrows society reserves for women who refuse to comply.As an only child reeling from the demolition of her parents' toxic marriage, the New York City underground music scene offers a young Ali a different ...

The Ballad of Speedball Baby is the thrilling, extremely funny, and heart-wrenchingly vulnerable story of Ali Smith's coming of age in '90s New York as she commits to the messy, exhilarating life of a musician and must survive the slings and arrows society reserves for women who refuse to comply.As an only child reeling from the demolition of her parents' toxic marriage, the New York City underground music scene offers a young Ali a different ...

The new novel by one of the most outstanding authors of the last decades. Ali Smith dazzles us with Fragua, a book that closes the famous seasonal Quartet. One day, in post-Brexit Britain and in the midst of the pandemic, artist Sandy Gray receives an unexpected phone call from a college acquaintance, Martina Pelf. Martina is calling Sandy for help with a mysterious question she's been asked after spending half a day locked in a room by border...

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The Ballad of Speedball Baby is the thrilling, darkly hilarious, and heart-wrenchingly vulnerable story of Ali Smith's coming-of-age in '90s New York as she commits to the messy, exhilarating life of a musician and must survive the slings and arrows society reserves for women who refuse to comply.As an only child reeling from the demolition of her parents' toxic marriage, the New York City underground music scene offers a young Ali a different...

Another internationally acclaimed writer contributes a fascinating, compelling reinterpretation of a myth that resonates deeply today. Ligdus and Telethusa are having a child, but they cannot afford to have a girl. Ligdus informs Telethusa that she had better hope for a boy. While this decision makes them both sad, Telethusa must/obey. She prays to Isis, but births a girl and names her Iphis, a name that suited male or female-/a neutral name. ...

Die alte Krähe hat schon viel gesehen in ihrem langen Leben, und sie weiß: Das Kö­nigreich Theben ist verflucht, seit Krähen­ gedenken. In der Nacht hat ein schrecklicher Kampf getobt, weil zwei Brüder sich nicht einig waren, wem von ihnen die Königskrone zusteht. Menschen! Nun sind beide tot. Doch nur Eteokles darf beerdigt werden, das hat Kreon, der neue König, verfügt. Der an­dere Bruder, Polyneikes, sei ein Verräter und werde den Tieren zu...

Fremde und Familie - ein Weihnachtsfest in einem Cottage. »Ein literarisches Feuerwerk.« Frankfurter Rundschau Winter - die kürzesten Tage, die längsten Nächte. Eine Jahreszeit, die uns das Überleben lehrt. Vier Leute, Fremde und Familie, verbringen Weihnachten in einem riesigen Haus in Cornwall, und doch stellt sich die Frage, ob jeder genug Platz findet. Denn Arthurs Mutter Sophia sieht Dinge, die nicht sein können. Arthur selbst sieht an...

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As the war deepens and spreads, Zanthred is a newly minted hero, a man of note. But jealous rivals on his own side might be as much a threat as the foe. On the other side of the world, Akai tries to rally support from the most unlikely of creatures: Humans. But is he to treat these strange, short-lived brutes as barbarians who cannot be yoked, or children who might be taught? The struggle continues in this second book in an ongoing epic of mag...

For a thousand years the mages of the Empire have flourished through sorcery. But an ancient spell forged by the semi-divine simurgh is draining magic from the world. They call it the Ban. And the Emperor dares not defy the simurgh. The decision might not be the Emperor's for long. Powerful lords in distant lands are taking preserving sorcery into their own hands. One particular sailor, Akai, is thrilled to help a lord on just such a quest. Th...

>Gefährten< ist, wie das Leben selbst, chaotisch, lustig, traurig, wunderschön und geheimnisvoll.« The Guardian Wie keine andere fängt Ali Smith den Geist der Zeit ein und macht Hoffnung auf die Zukunft. Ihr neuer Roman ist eine überbordende Feier der Gemeinschaft in all ihren Facetten, zeitlos und gegenwärtig, legendär und rätselhaft, fordernd und tröstlich.Sandy, eine Künstlerin, hütet Haus und Hund ihres Vaters, der während des Lockdowns...

Der Nr.-1-Bestseller aus Großbritannien. »Ali Smith ist eine der größten lebenden Schriftstellerinnen, die Virginia Woolf unserer Zeit.« The Observer Ein Meisterwerk über unsere Zeit und eine Hymne an die Hoffnung: Was verbindet einen unbekannten Regisseur, der um verlorene Zeiten trauert, und die Angestellte eines Flüchtlingszentrums, die ganz im Hier und Jetzt lebt? Was haben Katherine Mansfield und Rainer Maria Rilke mit Twitter und Fake...