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A celebration of the drama and intensity of the mother-child relationship, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. It is the Swinging Sixties, and Rosamund Stacey is young and inexperienced at a time when sexual liberation is well on its way. She conceals her ignorance beneath a show of independence, and becomes pregnant as a result of a one night stand. Although single parenthood is still not socially acceptable, she chooses to have the baby rather than to seek an illegal abortion, and finds her life transformed by motherhood. 'Rosamund is marvellous, a true Drabble heroine . . . what spirit is here' Sunday Times 'One of our foremost women writers' Guardian 'The novelist who will have done for late twentieth-century London what Dickens did for Victorian London' The New York Times

"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

Germaine Greer proclaims that the time has come to get angry again! Modern feminism has become the victim of unenlightened complacency, and what started out in the Sixties as a movement for liberation has become one that has sought and settled for equality.With fiery rhetoric, authoritative insight, outrageous humour and broad-ranging debate, Greer shows that, although women have indeed come a very long way in the last thirty years, the notion of our 'having it all' has disguised the persistent discrimination and exploitation that continues to exist for women in the basic areas of health, sex, politics, economics and marketing.Erudite, eccentric, provocative and invigorating, Germaine Greer once again sets the agenda for the future of feminism as the millennium draws to a close. Here is all the polemical power that sold over a million copies of The Female Eunuch and kept its author at the heart of controversy ever since. The announcement in February 1998 that this book was coming was enough to send the world's media into a frenzied spin of speculation: The Whole Woman will be required reading for thinking adults everywhere.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE WINNER • With music pulsing on every page, this startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption “features characters about whom you come to care deeply as you watch them doing things they shouldn't, acting gloriously, infuriatingly human” (The Chicago Tribune). One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Bennie is an aging former punk rocker and record executive. Sasha is the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Here Jennifer Egan brilliantly reveals their pasts, along with the inner lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs. “Pitch perfect.... Darkly, rippingly funny.... Egan possesses a satirist’s eye and a romance novelist’s heart.” —The New York Times Book Review

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?

The Jesuits narrates the captivating history of the Society of Jesus, the most influential religious order in Roman Catholicism. Over five centuries, Jesuits have journeyed as missionaries worldwide, establishing haciendas in Mexico, exploring the Mississippi and Amazon rivers, and serving Chinese emperors as map-makers, painters, and astronomers. Their extensive travels significantly impacted the political and social histories of numerous countries. The Society boasts a legacy of saints and martyrs, as well as thirty-five lunar craters named after Jesuit scientists. They have faced both vilification and veneration, experiencing horrific deaths and engaging in remarkable deeds. The Society's influence disrupted established norms within the Roman Catholic Church and transformed the intellectual, cultural, and spiritual landscapes of Europe, Asia, and the Americas. They have asserted their presence in education, politics, and religious devotion, remaining a vital force in the evolving Catholic Church despite contemporary challenges. Jonathan Wright’s engaging study explores the myths and realities surrounding the Jesuits, highlighting their extraordinary achievements and failures. Their journey reflects the broader historical narratives of Discovery, Reformation, Enlightenment, and Revolution that have shaped the modern world.

NATIONAL BESTSELLER A New York Times Book Review Notable Book An NPR "Great Reads" Book All That Is explores a life unfolding in a world on the brink of change. Philip Bowman returns to America from the battlefields of Okinawa and finds success in the competetive world of publishing in postwar New York—yet what he most desires, and what eludes him, is love. Here is PEN/Faulkner winner James Salter's dazzling, sometimes devastating portrait of love and ambition, a fiercely intimate account of the great shocks and grand pleasures of being alive.

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

Door een drank die goede en kwade karaktertrekken scheidt, gaat een wetenschapsman steeds meer een dubbelleven leiden.

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