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In the seaside town of Kinlough, Ireland, three old friends—Helen, Joe, and Mush—reunite after years apart. They were once part of a close-knit group of six teenagers in the summer of 2003, centered around the enigmatic and reckless Kala Lanann. Shortly after that summer, Kala vanished without a trace. Now, fifteen years later, human remains have been found in the woods, and two more girls have gone missing. The estranged friends must confront their complicity in Kala's disappearance as the past collides with the present. As they navigate the suffocating secrets of their town, they grapple with the brutal costs of belonging and the struggle between vengeance and forgiveness, despair and redemption. The story builds from a smoldering tension to a stunning climax, exploring the dark patterns that threaten to repeat themselves in Kinlough. This gripping narrative is a heart-wrenching blend of coming-of-age elements and Irish noir, appealing to fans of Donna Tartt and Tana French. Critics have hailed it as an addictive read with explosive revelations, marking it as a standout debut in contemporary fiction.

Isabelle is beautiful, immensely rich and a widow at the age of twenty-six. In 1928 she leaves America for Cannes and Paris in search of high society - and love. For though outwardly she has everything women dream of, inside she craves the peace of a lasting marriage. To find the kind of love she needs Isabelle must choose between three men: her violent, fascinating lover, the aristocrat Andre de Verviers; a reserved plantation owner from the Deep South, Laurence Vernon; and the eccentric millionaire Marc Sellafranque... First published in 1936, this is Rebecca West's most popular work of fiction: at once a masterful portrayal of the brilliance and decadence of high society in the 1920s, and a poignant and compassionate portrait of one woman's life and loves.

With The Mirror & the Light, Hilary Mantel brings to a triumphant close the trilogy she began with her peerless, Booker Prize-winning novels, Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies. She traces the final years of Thomas Cromwell, the boy from nowhere who climbs to the heights of power, offering a defining portrait of predator and prey, of a ferocious contest between present and past, between royal will and a common man's vision: of a modern nation making itself through conflict, passion and courage

Gretel, una mujer en sus treinta, se reencuentra con su madre, Sarah, quien padece alzhéimer, dieciséis años después de haber sido abandonada. Como lexicógrafa, Gretel comprende que las palabras y los recuerdos son cambiantes. Sarah ha sido para ella un "fantasma" que consume su vida, pero al finalmente poder hacerle preguntas que la atormentan desde su adolescencia, descubre que la memoria de su madre es confusa y fragmentada. Antes de su separación, vivieron juntas en una casa flotante en los canales de Oxford, un lugar aislado y lleno de supersticiones, donde enfrentaban sus miedos encarnados en el Bonak, una criatura mítica que representaba sus temores. Su vida se complica con la llegada de Marcus, un joven vagabundo que se aloja en su barco y cuya misteriosa presencia desencadena preguntas sobre su pasado. A través de una reimaginación del mito de Edipo en un contexto transgénero, la joven autora Daisy Johnson explora las complejidades de las relaciones madre-hija, los prejuicios de género y la construcción de la identidad. Con una prosa intensa y cautivadora, invita al lector a navegar por un laberinto de emociones, atmósferas inquietantes y destinos inevitables.

After the brutal murder of his great-uncle, Julius Caesar, Octavian, a shy and scholarly youth of nineteen, suddenly finds himself heir to the vast power of Rome. He is destined, despite vicious power struggles, bloody wars and family strife, to transform his realm and become the greatest ruler the western world had ever seen.

Prime Minister Francis Urquhart faces a crisis that could end his term in office before it's even begun. To save his future, Urquhart must take drastic measures. There is just one man standing in his way - the new King. Urquhart will stop at nothing to stay in power, even if it means threatening the monarchy itself. But can he withstand the consequences of challenging England's oldest institution? - Publishers description.

This is the story of a quiet man, destined to be a farmer but who becomes an academic. It is book in which nothing and everything happens and is possibly the greatest novel you've never read. 'It's simply a novel about a guy who goes to college and becomes a teacher. But its one of the most fascinating things that you've ever come across' Tom Hanks, Time William Stoner enters the University of Missouri at nineteen to study agriculture. A seminar on English literature changes his life, and he never returns to work on his father's farm. Stoner becomes a teacher. He marries the wrong woman. His life is quiet, and after his death, his colleagues remember him rarely. Yet with truthfulness, compassion and intense power, this novel uncovers a story of universal value - of the conflicts, defeats and victories of the human race that pass unrecorded by history - and in doing so reclaims the significance of an individual life. 'A beautiful, sad, utterly convincing account of an entire life' Ian McEwan 'A brilliant, beautiful, inexorably sad, wise and elegant novel' Nick Hornby INTRODUCED BY JOHN McGAHERN

Con passo lento, ma a volte anche con scatti poderosi, la scrittura propriamente e dichiaratamente gay è entrata e si è installata nell'orizzonte letterario italiano, liberandosi da schemi grotteschi e marginali e dalle idee stereotipate. Sempre di più il testo letterario viene valutato per quel che è: un insieme di armonie (o disarmonie) lessicali, costruzione o distruzione di scenari, tessuto di dialoghi e trame, indipendentemente dalle abitudini sessuali di chi l'ha scritto. Gli autori presenti in questa antologia sono ormai dei veri scrittori, senza bisogno di ulteriori etichette.