Paula McLain Libros

As a young girl, Beryl Markham was brought to Kenya from Britain by parents dreaming of a new life. For her mother, the dream quickly turned sour, and she returned home; Beryl was brought up by her father, who switched between indulgence and heavy-handed authority, allowing her first to run wild on their farm, then incarcerating her in the classroom. The scourge of governesses and serial absconder from boarding school, by the age of sixteen Beryl had been catapulted into a disastrous marriage - but it was in facing up to this reality that she took charge of her own destiny. Scandalizing high society with her errant behaviour, she left her husband and became the first woman ever to hold a professional racehorse trainer's licence. After falling in with the notoriously hedonistic and gin-soaked Happy Valley set, Beryl soon became embroiled in a complex love triangle with the writer Karen Blixen and big game-hunter Denys Finch Hatton (immortalized in Blixen's memoir Out of Africa). It was this unhappy affair which set tragedy in motion, while awakening Beryl to her truest self, and to her fate: to fly.

In 1937, courageous and independent Martha Gellhorn travels to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War and finds herself drawn to the stories of ordinary people caught in the devastating conflict. She also finds herself unexpectedly - and uncontrollably - falling in love with Ernest Hemingway, a man on his way to becoming a legend. On the eve of the Second World War, and set against the turbulent backdrops of Madrid and Cuba, Martha and Ernest's relationship and careers ignite. But when Ernest publishes the biggest literary success of his career, For Whom the Bell Tolls, they are no longer equals, and Martha must forge a path as her own woman and writer.

As a young girl, Beryl Markham was brought to Kenya from Britain by parents dreaming of a new life. For her mother, the dream quickly turned sour, and she returned home; Beryl was brought up by her father, who switched between indulgence and heavy-handed authority, allowing her first to run wild on their farm, then incarcerating her in the classroom. The scourge of governesses and serial absconder from boarding school, by the age of sixteen Beryl had been catapulted into a disastrous marriage - but it was in facing up to this reality that she took charge of her own destiny. Scandalizing high society with her errant behaviour, she left her husband and became the first woman ever to hold a professional racehorse trainer's licence.

Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a shy twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness when she meets Ernest Hemingway and is captivated by his energy, intensity and burning ambition to write. After a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for France. But glamorous Jazz Age Paris, full of artists and writers, fuelled by alcohol and gossip, is no place for family life and fidelity. Ernest and Hadley's marriage begins to founder, and the birth of a beloved son serves only to drive them further apart. Then, at last, Ernest's ferocious literary endeavours begin to bring him recognition - not least from a woman intent on making him her own . . .

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Paris Wife comes a fast- paced thriller and a hauntingly suspenseful deep-dive into trauma

Příběh vášnivého, bouřlivého vztahu Ernesta Hemingwaye a jeho třetí manželky Marthy Gellhornové Od autorky bestsellerů Pařížská manželka a Létala jsem za sluncem V roce 1937 se osmadvacetiletá novinářka Martha Gellhornová vydává do Madridu, aby podala zprávu o hrůzách španělské občanské války. Osudy obyčejných lidí, lapených v soukolí ničivého konfliktu, se jí hluboce dotýkají. Navíc se nečekavě a bláznivě zamiluje do Hemingwaye, z něhož je tou dobou již žijící legenda. Jejich vztah i kariéra se naplno rozhoří a nakonec se, ve stínu blížící se druhé světové války, vezmou. Martha je nezávislá, neohrožená a ambiciózní válečná korespondentka a tvrdě pracuje, aby zůstala sama sebou, naplnila své poslání a nikdy nežila ve stínu svého muže. Ve chvíli, kdy Ernest v roce 1940 vydává jeden ze svých nejúspěšnějších románů Komu zvoní hrana, však přestávají být rovnocennými partnery. Martha se musí rozhodnout: sleví z vlastních cílů a poddá se omezujícím nárokům postavení manželky slavného spisovatele, nebo si ponechá samostatnost a kariéru, ale ztratí tím milovaného muže. Dilema, které může jim oběma zlomit srdce. Paula McLainová čtenáře již podruhé zavede k životním osudům slavného spisovatele a lamače srdcí Ernesta Hemingwaye. Tentokrát do bouřlivých kulis neklidného válečného Madridu, Finska, Číny, ostrova Key West a Kuby.

„Paula McLain hat eine unglaubliche Gabe, Figuren zum Leben zu erwecken.“ Jojo Moyes. Eine große Liebe vor der bedrohlichen Kulisse des Zweiten Weltkriegs: Meisterhaft inszeniert Paula McLain die außergewöhnliche Geschichte von Ernest Hemingway und seiner dritten Frau, der berühmten Kriegsreporterin Martha Gellhorn. Als Martha sich haltlos in den zehn Jahre älteren Ernest verliebt, ist sie gerade achtundzwanzig Jahre alt. An seiner Seite legt sie den Grundstein für ihre Karriere als Autorin. Doch als Ernest immer größere Erfolge feiert, muss Martha sich entscheiden: Möchte sie die Frau eines weltberühmten Mannes sein oder ihren eigenen Weg gehen? „Hemingway und ich“ ist ein faszinierendes literarisches Panorama, mitreißend und einfühlsam erzählt. „Ein bezauberndes Buch über eine Frau, die den Mut hat, ihre Träume zu verwirklichen.“ New York Times Book Review