Rebecca Makkai Libros

Yale Tishman es uno de los muchos amigos de Nico que se han reunido para honrar su memoria en una pequeña fiesta. Es Chicago, es 1985, y esos amigos son homosexuales. El SIDA causa verdaderos estragos: uno a uno, sus amigos enferman, y cada día que pasa el virus estrecha más su cerco alrededor de Yale

Presents a collection of wide-ranging, evocative short stories, including several inspired by the author's family history or featuring protagonists whose lives are shaped by irony

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and named a Best Book of 2023 by multiple prestigious outlets, this riveting novel blends true crime with a campus coming-of-age story. Bodie Kane, a successful film professor and podcaster, seeks to leave behind her troubled past, including a family tragedy, her unhappy years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the murder of her roommate, Thalia Keith, during their senior year. While the conviction of the school's athletic trainer, Omar Evans, remains controversial, Bodie prefers to avoid the painful memories. However, when she is invited back to teach at Granby School, she becomes drawn to the unresolved details of Thalia's case. As she investigates, doubts arise about the rush to convict Omar and the possibility that the real killer remains at large. Bodie begins to question her own memories of her time at Granby and whether she might hold crucial information. In this compelling narrative, award-winning author Rebecca Makkai explores themes of collective memory and personal reckoning, creating a hypnotic mystery filled with unforgettable characters. This novel is both a gripping page-turner and a profound literary achievement.

Lucy Hull, a young children's librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, finds herself both kidnapper and kidnapped when her favourite patron, ten-year-old Ian Drake, runs away from home. The precocious Ian is addicted to reading, but needs Lucy's help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother, who has enrolled Ian in weekly anti-gay classes. When Lucy finds Ian camped out in the library after hours with a backpack of provisions and an escape plan, she allows herself to be hijacked by him and the pair embark on a spontaneous road trip. But is it just Ian who is running away? And should Lucy really be trying to save a boy from his own parents?

Set on an historic estate that once housed an arts colony, Doug, the husband of the estate's heir, desperately needs the colony files to get his stalled academic career back on track. But when he finally gets his hands on them he discovers more than he bargained for. Doug may never learn the house's secrets, but the reader will, as Makkai leads us on a thrilling journey into the past of this eccentric family

Bodie Kane kehrt als Dozentin an ihr ehemaliges Internat zurück, um sich mit der schmerzhaften Erinnerung an den Mord an ihrer Zimmergenossin Thalia Keith auseinanderzusetzen. Eine Schülerin startet einen Podcast über den Fall, was Bodie in einen Strudel aus Erinnerungen und Internetrecherche zieht, während sie die Wahrheit über den Mörder entdeckt.

V roce 1985 se Yaleu Tishmanovi, který se stará o galerijní akvizice, podaří husarský kousek – přiveze do Chicaga mimořádnou sbírku obrazů. Zatímco jeho kariéra utěšeně vzkvétá, kolem něj se šíří epidemie AIDS. Přátelé umírají jeden po druhém a po pohřbu přítele Nica tato hrozba sáhne až k Yaleovi. Brzy mu zbyde jen Fiona, Nicova mladší sestra. O třicet let později Fiona v Paříži pátrá po své dceři, která zmizela v sektě. Při pobytu u starého přítele, slavného fotografa, který dokumentoval epidemii v Chicagu, se konečně vyrovnává s tím, jak krize AIDS ovlivnila její život i vztah s dcerou. Prolínající se příběhy Yalea a Fiony nás provedou tragédií 80. let i chaosem současného světa, kdy se oba hrdinové oceňovaného románu snaží najít dobro a odpuštění uprostřed katastrofy.