Alison Anderson Orden de los libros (cronológico)

Marie is the prettiest girl in her provincial hometown and is dating the most popular boy in town. She is the envy of all her schoolmates and she loves it. When she falls pregnant and gives birth to Diana, things change. Diana steals the hearts of all who meet her, inciting nothing but jealousy in her mother. This is Diana's story. The story of a young, brilliant woman who grows up without maternal affection. It is the story of Diana's relationships with other women: her best friend, the sweet Elisabeth; her mentor, the selfish Olivia; her sister, the beloved Célia; and, of course, her mother. It is a story about the baser sentiments that often animate human relations: rivalry, jealousy, distrust.

V životopisnom románe Letný hosť, inšpirovanom skutočným priateľstvom medzi rodinami Čechovovcov a Lintvariovovcov, sa prepletajú osudy troch žien a jedného tajuplného denníka. Autorka majstrovským spôsobom oživuje dávno minulé časy, ukazuje nám silu umenia a lásky. Horúce leto roku 1888, východná Ukrajina. Do letného sídla rodiny Lintvariovovcov prichádzajú Čechovovci z Moskvy, aby si prenajali hosťovský dom. Jeden z bratov, prostredný syn Anton, nadviaže s mladou lekárkou Zinaidou zvláštny citový vzťah. Zinaida v dôsledku vážnej choroby oslepla a aby vyplnila prázdnotu vo svojom živote, začala si písať denník. Na jeho stránkach sa zamýšľa nad zmyslom života, sníva o čistej láske a filozofuje o smrti. Jej jediným potešením sú úprimné rozhovory s mladým spisovateľom, na ktorého ešte len čaká svetová sláva. O vyše sto rokov neskôr, roku 2014, sa práve tento denník stáva pre Kaťu Kendallovú poslednou šancou, ako zachrániť rodinné vydavateľstvo pred krachom. Do celej veci zaangažuje aj prekladateľku Anastasiu Hardingovú, ktorá sa rozhodne pátrať po stratenom Čechovovom rukopise, no napokon zistí, že to nie je jediné tajomstvo Zainaidinho denníka...

June 2010. In the middle of a World Cup match, Martin Servaz receives a call from a long-lost lover. A few miles away, in the town of Marsac, classics professor Claire Diemar has been brutally murdered. As if that weren’t disturbing enough, Servaz receives a cryptic e-mail indicating that Julian Hirtmann, the most twisted of all serial killers, is back . . . and hitting a little too close to home. With death and chaos surrounding the small university town in southern France, where he was once a student and where his daughter is now enrolled, Servaz must act quickly. With the help of detectives Ziegler and Espérandieu, Servaz will have to uncover a world of betrayal and depravity to connect the dots between the gruesome murders that keep reopening wounds from his past. Bernard Minier plunges readers once again into a perfectly constructed, dark, and oppressive atmosphere, driven forward by a gripping plot, pushing the limits of the genre.

The Gourmet is Muriel Barbery's first novel. Translated by Alison Anderson. France's greatest food critic is dying, after a lifetime in single-minded pursuit of sensual delights. But as Pierre Arthens lies on his death bed, he is tormented by an inability to recall the most delicious food ever to pass his lips, which he ate long before becoming a critic. Desperate to taste it one more time, he looks back over the years to see if he can pin down the elusive dish. Revealing far more than his love of great food, the narration by this larger-than-life individual alternates with the voices of those closest to him and their own experiences of the man. AUTHOR: Muriel Barbery teaches philosophy. and lives in Japan with her husband. Her second novel, The Elegance of the Hedgehog is a best seller in Europe and Australia.

Bienvenido. Se encuentra en el número 7 de la calle Grenelle, situada en uno de los barrios más señoriales de París. Está a punto de conocer a dos personas que probablemente nunca olvidará: Renée, una portera fuera de lo común, y Paloma, una adolescente aspirante a suicida tan aficionada a pensar como aquélla. No abren su corazón a todo el mundo, pero está usted de suerte: en cuanto empiece a leer descubrirá que esos corazones ocultan una gran colección de pequeños tesoros.