Esta autora es celebrada por sus perspicaces retratos psicológicos y su habilidad para adentrarse en la vida interior de sus personajes. Su estilo se caracteriza por una cualidad lírica y un lenguaje poético que atrae a los lectores hacia emociones y pensamientos complejos. Explora temas de identidad, memoria y la búsqueda de significado en la vida cotidiana. A través de sus obras, nos recuerda la profundidad de la experiencia humana y la belleza del autodescubrimiento.
Příběh ženy, která se odvážila tvořit, i když jí to svět zakazoval.
Murano, 1486. V záři sklářských pecí tajně přihlíží mladá Orsola Rossová práci slavné Marietty Barovierové, která tvoří korálky, jež změní svět. Orsola si je okamžitě zamiluje – a s nimi i zakázané řemeslo.
Když její otec nečekaně zahyne, musí podpořit rodinnou dílnu a bojovat o přežití jména Rosso. Nejprve skrytě, pak i veřejně, s neústupnou vášní hledá své místo ve sklářském řemesle. Její korálky se stávají symbolem touhy i důkazem ženské síly v době, kdy ženám nebyl dán prostor tvořit.
This new edition features an introduction by Jessie Burton and highlights a story that has captivated over five million readers globally. The book's widespread appeal lies in its compelling narrative and rich character development, making it a significant addition to contemporary literature.
FROM THE GLOBALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING 'A triumph... a brilliant idea carried out with confidence and brio and a deep love of an extraordinary city. The ingenuity of the time-skipping is beyond admiration' PHILIP PULLMAN 'Spellbinding.... Chevalier at her fabulous best. A rich, vivid and gently enchanting novel' ELIF SHAFAK Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows differently here - like the glass the island's maestros spend their lives learning to handle. Women are not meant to work with glass, but Orsola Rosso flouts convention to save her family from ruin. She works in secret, knowing her creations must be perfect to be accepted by men. But perfection may take a lifetime. Skipping like a stone through the centuries, we follow Orsola as she hones her craft through war and plague, tragedy and triumph, love and loss. The beads she creates will adorn the necks of empresses and courtesans from Paris to Vienna - but will she ever earn the respect of those closest to her? Tracy Chevalier is a master of her own craft, and The Glassmaker is vivid, inventive, spellbinding: a virtuoso portrait of a woman, a family and a city that are as everlasting as their glass.
It is 1932, and the losses of the First World War are still keenly felt. Violet Speedwell, mourning for both her fiance and her brother and regarded by society as a 'surplus woman' unlikely to marry, resolves to escape her suffocating mother and strike out alone. A new life awaits her in Winchester. Yes, it is one of draughty boarding-houses and sidelong glances at her naked ring finger from younger colleagues; but it is also a life gleaming with independence and opportunity. Violet falls in with the broderers, a disparate group of women charged with embroidering kneelers for the Cathedral, and is soon entwined in their lives and their secrets. As the almost unthinkable threat of a second Great War appears on the horizon Violet collects a few secrets of her own that could just change everything... Warm, vivid and beautifully orchestrated, A Single Thread reveals one of our finest modern writers at the peak of her powers.
She noticed him before anyone else. Arriving at his fourth school in six years, diplomat's son Osei Kokote knows he needs an ally if he is to survive his first day - so he's lucky to hit it off with Dee, the most popular girl in school. But one student can't stand to witness this budding relationship: Ian decides to destroy the friendship between the black boy and the golden girl. By the end of the day, the school and its key players - teachers and pupils alike - will never be the same again.
`This collection is stormy, romantic, strong - the Full Bronte' The Times A
collection of short stories celebrating Charlotte Bronte, published in the
year of her bicentenary and stemming from the now immortal words from her
great work Jane Eyre.
La familia Goodenough ha dejado atrás la Nueva Inglaterra del siglo XIX para instalarse en los pantanos de Ohio y lleva consigo algunas ramas de su manzano favorito. Pero en el huerto que plantan se hunden también las semillas de la discordia entre James y Sadie Goodenough. Mientras James adora las manzanas dulces, Sadie prefiere refugiarse en la sidra. Esas diferencias irreconciliables afectan a sus hijos y obligan al menor de ellos, Robert, a abandonar Ohio y buscar fortuna. El amor hacia los árboles, heredado de su padre, le acompaña en su viaje hacia el Oeste.
