Ton Heuvelmans Libros

Een Engelsman en een Amerikaan worden verliefd op hetzelfde meisje; zij vraagt een guru om raad.

"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," published in 1886, became a bestseller with 40,000 copies sold in six months. The story is inspired by the true tale of Deacon Brodie, an Edinburgh carpenter who led a secret double life and ultimately faced execution. Stevenson had previously written a play about this case as a teenager, titled "Deacon Brodie, or The Double Life." The impetus for the novella came from a vivid dream in late September or early October 1885, after which Stevenson quickly drafted a version. While recovering in Bournemouth, he experienced a health crisis just before the dream and wrote feverishly. His wife criticized the initial draft, prompting Stevenson to burn it and produce an allegorical second version within a week. The narrative combines various stylistic levels, with a distinct tone in the narrator's voice compared to the inserted documents, showcasing Stevenson's stylistic virtuosity, which needed to be faithfully preserved in translation.

The first novel by the Booker Prize-winning author of Amsterdam. In the relentless summer heat, four abruptly orphaned children retreat into a shadowy, isolated world, and find their own strange and unsettling ways of fending for themselves.

Este es el estremecedor relato de un grupo de jóvenes tan desespe­radamente realistas que no osan siquiera pensar en el futuro: saben que nada o casi nada va a cambiar y se dedican a vivir en un mundo de drogas, violencia, sexo y alcohol. Son los habitantes del lado más oscuro del Edimburgo de los ochenta, capital europea del sida y paraíso del desempleo, la miseria y la prostitución. Entre pico y pico, entre borrachera y partido de fútbol, Rents, Renton, Mark y Spud nos relatan sus experiencias y nos ofrecen sus reflexiones, todas ellas regidas por ese «elixir que da y quita la vida». Cuidado, porque, siguiendo el ritmo vigoroso y el áspero lenguaje de las calles que Welsh despliega admirablemente, es posible que nos sintamos atraídos por sus locuras y, a la vez, por sus agotadores y aburridos días. Catalogada por muchos como novela de culto, la obra constituye sin duda una lectura obligada. Una experiencia literaria que deja sin aliento. Miguel Iglesias Letras a la Taza Ilustración Marta Cerdà

/ 9789027469311 / Literature translated into Dutch / Nederlands / Dutch / Néerlandais / Niederländisch / paperback / 14 x 22 cm / 310 .pp /

Tijdens een bezoek aan zijn oude college in Oxford wordt de vrouw van Alex Petersen, de mooie en levenslustige Rachel, vermoord. Alex' leven verandert ingrijpend. Een halfjaar na de moord keert Alex terug naar Oxford. Stap voor stap probeert hij het mysterie rond haar dood te ontrafelen. Alex wordt in Oxford hartelijk ontvangen door Harry, voormalig docent en mentor van Rachel, een man die tijdens haar leven overal bij betrokken lijkt te zijn. Maar welke rol speelt Harry? En wat hebben haar universiteitsvrienden, Anthony en Cissy, ermee te maken? Zij deelden een voorliefde voor verboden activiteiten met Rachel. Langzamerhand leert Alex dat noch zijn eigen leven noch zijn liefde ook maar enigszins is wat hij dacht. 'Een literaire thriller verpakt in een whodunit-liefdesverhaal.' - John Boyne, auteur van 'De jongen in de gestreepte pyjama' 'Superieur. Een uitzonderlijke roman. De plot is overtuigend zonder afgezaagd te zijn.' - The Observer 'De spanning van Nicci French en de bruisende intelligentie van Donna Tarts De verborgen geschiedenis. Lees dit boek nu voordat iedereen erover praat.' - Elle

A novel about childhood damage and the redemptive power of art from an author twice listed for the Women's Prize and the Giller Prize

In an orphanage in Indonesia, Johan watches over his younger brother Adam, as they have no one else. However, when they are adopted by different families, they lose contact. Johan is taken to Kuala Lumpur by a wealthy Malaysian couple, while Adam remains in Indonesia and is adopted by the Dutch painter Karl. Johan grows up in luxury, while Adam lives in a simple coastal town. But then, in the summer of 1964, civil war threatens Indonesia. Foreigners, especially the Dutch, are increasingly met with hostility. When Karl is arrested, sixteen-year-old Adam decides to do everything he can to find him. What he does not know is that his search will also bring him closer to his brother.

New essays on theological, political, and contemporary themes, by the Pulitzer Prize winner Marilynne Robinson has plumbed the human spirit in her renowned novels, including Lila, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award. In this new essay collection she trains her incisive mind on our modern political climate and the mysteries of faith. Whether she is investigating how the work of great thinkers about America like Emerson and Tocqueville inform our political consciousness or discussing the way that beauty informs and disciplines daily life, Robinson’s peerless prose and boundless humanity are on full display. What Are We Doing Here? is a call for Americans to continue the tradition of those great thinkers and to remake American political and cultural life as “deeply impressed by obligation [and as] a great theater of heroic generosity, which, despite all, is sometimes palpable still.”

Barcelona. 20 cm. 247 p. Encuadernación en tapa dura de editorial. 12x20 cm. 288 p. Encuadernación en símil piel de editorial. Colección 'Obras maestras de la literatura contemporánea' .. Este libro es de segunda mano y tiene o puede tener marcas y señales de su anterior propietario. ISBN: 978-84-322-2165-1; 84-322-2165-1

Miles Heller, a sus veintiocho años, ha estado alejado del mundo desde que, a los veinte, abandonó la universidad y a sus padres con una breve nota. Desde entonces, ha llevado una vida errante, trabajando en empleos precarios y viviendo en un limbo social. Actualmente reside en Florida, donde trabaja para una empresa que desocupa viviendas de personas desahuciadas durante la crisis, preparándolas para la venta. Sin ambiciones, lleva una vida austera con escasas relaciones y encuentra consuelo en los libros y en su cámara digital, que utiliza para capturar imágenes de lo que él llama "fantasmas". Ha logrado vivir en un presente sin deseos ni futuro, hasta que conoce a Pilar Sánchez, una joven de dieciséis años, en un parque mientras ambos leen "El gran Gatsby". Su relación se complica cuando la hermana de Pilar comienza a chantajearlos, lo que lleva a Miles a regresar a Nueva York a esperar la mayoría de edad de la chica. Este regreso lo confronta con su pasado, incluyendo a su padre, un editor exitoso, su madre, una actriz seductora, y su madrastra, una intelectual. También lo lleva de vuelta a la comunidad de Sunset Park y a la vida, con sus complejidades y matices.

De voormalige wapensmokkelaars Mace Bishop en Pylon Buso hopen eindelijk een ontspannen leven te gaan leiden in Kaapstad. Met hun nieuwe beveiligingsservice voor welvarende toeristen lijkt dat te lukken, tot Mace ingehaald wordt door zijn verleden. Hij moet nog één gevaarlijke klus klaren en krijgt te maken met een vijand van formaat: Sheemina February, een advocate met ijsblauwe ogen, een passie voor geweld en een zwarte handschoen aan haar linkerhand. Wie is deze engel der wrake?

From his experiences as a naval officer in battles off Okinawa during World War II, Philip Bowman returns to America and finds a position as a book editor. He soon inhabits a world where marriages fail as affairs ignite, alcohol reigns, writers struggle, and publishers hustle. It is a world in which to immerse himself, a world of intimate connections and surprising triumphs. But the deal that Philip cannot seem to close is love: one marriage goes bad; another fails to happen; and, finally, he meets a woman who enthrals, then betrays him, setting him on a course he could never have imagined for himself. Written with Salter's signature economy of prose, All That Is fiercely, fluidly explores a life unfolding in a world on the brink of change: a dazzling, sometimes devastating labyrinth of love and ambition, of the small shocks and grand pleasures of being alive. All That Is is a sweeping, seductive love story set in post-World War II America that tells of one man's great passions and regrets over the course of his lifetime and draws together the great themes of Salter's writing: warfare, love, sex and marriage, and what it means to write.

The first nine months of Donald Trump's term were stormy, outrageous - and absolutely mesmerising. Now, thanks to his deep access to the West Wing, bestselling author Michael Wolff tells the riveting story of how Trump launched a tenure as volatile and fiery as the man himself. In this explosive book, Wolff provides a wealth of new details about the chaos in the Oval Office. Among the revelations: - What President Trump's staff really thinks of him - What inspired Trump to claim he was wire-tapped by President Obama - Why FBI director James Comey was really fired - Why chief strategist Steve Bannon and Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner couldn't be in the same room - Who is really directing the Trump administration's strategy in the wake of Bannon's firing - What the secret to communicating with Trump is - What the Trump administration has in common with the movie The Producers Never before has a presidency so divided the American people. Brilliantly reported and astoundingly fresh, Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury shows us how and why Donald Trump has become the king of discord and disunion.

Master storyteller Patrick McGrath, acclaimed for his novel Asylum, weaves a hypnotic tale of psychological suspense and haunting beauty. Set against the backdrop of Hogarth's London and the volatile Massachusetts Bay colony, the story introduces a flame-haired heroine whose journey lingers in the imagination long after the last page. Our narrator recounts the life of Harry Peake, a poet and smuggler who tragically lost his wife, Grace, in a fire that left him disfigured. He resorts to displaying his deformed spine in London alehouses, finding solace only in his devoted daughter, Martha, who inherits his fiery spirit but not his passion for gin. As Harry succumbs to alcoholism, he commits a final act of brutality, forcing Martha to flee to the American colonies. There, she becomes entangled in the fervor of rebellion, yet the shadows of her past loom large. Amidst betrayals, she seeks redemption through an unforgettable act of courage. Superbly plotted and absorbing, this novel showcases McGrath's psychological precision and imaginative prowess on a broad historical canvas. It tells the poignant tale of a child escaping a father's twisted love and the colonists' struggle for freedom from their homeland, marking McGrath's finest work to date.

Spitalfields, 1840. Catherine is an orphan, living in her uncle's rambling house in London's East End. Out in the streets, a murderer dubbed The Man of Crows is killing young women. As the city panics, Catherine grows obsessed by the dead girls, thinking they hold the key to uncovering the killer - but in fact, she's already far closer than she realizes . . . 'A charged, fast-paced ride through the dark underbelly of Victorian London. Fans of Sarah Waters will love this.' Good Housekeeping 'Wonderfully ripe, imaginative and gripping, with a spider's web of a plot and a spine-tingling atmosphere of menace and suspense.' The Times 'Mesmerising.' The Lady 'A juicy book, with sumptuous period detail and a narrative crammed with intrigue and speculation.' Sunday Telegraph 'Thrilling.' Independent on Sunday 'Intense, intelligent and hugely entertaining, The Pleasures of Men will add Williams to teh ranks of queens of contemporary fiction.' Guardian

Een jongeman is gedoemd om uiterlijk zijn stralende jeugd te behouden, terwijl het geleidelijk achteruitgaan van zijn portret zijn toenemende innerlijke aftakeling onthult.