Dragana Vulić Budanko Orden de los libros (cronológico)

Bernardine Evaristo's 2019 Booker win - the first by a Black woman - was a revolutionary moment both for British culture and for her. After three decades as a trailblazing writer, teacher and activist, she moved from the margins to centre stage, taking her place in the spotlight at last. Her journey was a long one, but she made it, and she made history. MANIFESTO is Bernardine Evaristo's intimate and inspirational, no-holds-barred account of how she did it, refusing to let any barriers stand in her way. She charts her creative rebellion against the mainstream and her life-long commitment to the imaginative exploration of 'untold' stories. And drawing deeply on her own experiences, she offers a vital contribution to current conversations around social issues such as race, class, feminism, sexuality and aging. This is a unique book about staying true to yourself and to your vision. It's about how to be unstoppable - in your craft, your work, your life. It is Bernardine Evaristo's manifesto for never giving up.

Un prófugo de una prisión de alta seguridad en Australia y llega a Bombay dejando tras de sí toda su vida anterior: una ex - esposa y una hija de la cual ha perdido su custodia. Su nombre es Lin, pero pronto será conocido como Shantaram, el hombre de la paz de Dios. En Bombay conoce a Prabaker, su guía hindú, poseedor de una eterna sonrisa que le hace ganarse a todo el mundo. Prabaker le enseña a hablar hindú y marathi y lo sumerge en el Bombay turística y en el desconocido Bombay de los bajos fondos. Durantes este viaje conocerá a la hermosa y peligrosa, Karla, que ocultará un oscuro pasado y de la que, cómo no puede ser de otra manera, se enamorará perdidamente. La novela combina el relato épico con pasajes de gran belleza, humor y sensibilidad a la vez que conmueve la mente y el corazón e induce a la reflexión. Es por otra parte, un gran homenaje literario a Bombay.

The jaw-dropping, page-turning, critically-acclaimed book of the year: a serial-killer thriller unlike any other from the award-winning Lauren Beukes. 'GONE GIRL has not exactly gone. But THE SHINING GIRLS have arrived' (The Times).

Jama is a half-feral child scavenging in the streets of a great seaport. After his mother dies, Jama decides to search for his never-seen father. So begins Jama's extraordinary journey of more than a thousand miles north all the way to Egypt.

Molly Carpenter ha pasado cinco años en la cárcel acusada de haber asesinado a su marido; sin embargo, ha perdido la memoria y no recuerda nada de la trágica noche del crimen. Recuperada la libertad, Molly, con la ayuda de una reportera y un abogado, se empeñará en averiguar la verdad. Ese mismo empeño, sin ella saberlo, la llevará a las puertas de la muerte.

Pippa seems to have everything in life. But suddenly she finds her world beginning to unravel. Amid the buzzing lawnmowers and suburban coffee mornings, she starts to wonder how she came to be in this place. The answer is a story of wild youth, unexpected encounters, affairs and betrayals, and the dangerous security of marriage.It brilliantly reveals the challenges of modern life - and all the possibilities that it holds.

Kada Henry upoznaje Clare, njemu je 28, a njoj 20 godina. On je zaneseni knjižničar, a ona prelijepa studentica likovne akademije. činilo mu se da se tada prvi put susreću i upoznaju, no on se pojavljuje u njezinu životu od njezine šeste godine... Ljubavna priča o Henryju i Clare traži odgovor na pitanje može li ljubav biti bezvremenska. Jer Henry putuje kroz vrijeme, a Clare ne. Henry se zato, kao zarobljenik vremena, iznenada pojavljuje u Clareinu životu i jednako tako iznenada nestaje, uvijek u odgovarajućoj životnoj dobi, ali nesvjestan onoga što se događalo u prijašnjim susretima i životnim epizodama. Clare, pak, živi u jednosmjernom vremenu i čeka ga, svjesna da se on može pojaviti u bilo kojem trenutku njezina života.

O humoru je divno napisana mala knjižica o našoj najljudskijoj osobini; o svemu što nam humor može reći o nama samima. Simon Critchley, filozof, književnik i urednik Routledgeove serije Thinking in Action ispituje neke od najmanje jasnih vidova humora: kako to da se izrugujemo i samoj smrti i smijemo joj se? Ako je humor tako jedinstveno ljudski, zašto se toliko smijemo životinjama? Mnogobrojni primjeri iz književnosti, Swift, Sterne, Bergson, Beckett i Freud otkrivaju nam mnoge sočne i slasne pojedinosti o tome što zapravo smatramo smiješnim. Ostaje međutim nedvojbeno kako je ono najčovječnije u humoru prvenstveno sposobnost ljudi da se smiju sebi samima. Prijevod potpisuje Dragana Vulić-Budanko, a naslovnicu Marina Leskovar.