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The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, the first novel Nabokov wrote in English, is a tantalizing literary mystery in which a writer’s half brother searches to unravel the enigma of the life of the famous author of Albinos in Black, The Back of the Moon, and Doubtful Asphodel. A characteristically cunning play on identity and deception, the novel concludes “ I am Sebastian, or Sebastian is I, or perhaps we both are someone whom neither of us knows.”

Spanning almost thirty years, My Other Life traces the journey of a fictional Paul Theroux—from young bachelorhood in Africa to his travels between continents, from in and out of marriage through various affairs and multiple means of employment. From his early education at the knee of a highly eccentric uncle until his years as a fledgling novelist in London under the wing of the rapacious Lady Max, this writer of different guises eventually retreats alone to his hometown, where he finds the raw material to begin again.

Marghanita Laski’s novel Little Boy Lost is as enthralling as it is heart-wrenching. A man grapples with questions of emotional responsibility, fatherhood, and memory. Laski describes a much-changed France, struggling to rebuild its morale after the ruin caused by wartime bombing and...

Sam is dead, which means that Elsie Jane has just lost the brilliant, sensitive man she planned to grow old with. The early days of grief are a fog of work and single parenting. Too restless to sleep, Elsie pores over Sam's old love letters, paces her house, and bickers with the ghosts of Sam and her dead parents night after night. As the year unfolds, she develops an obsession with a local murder mystery, attends a series of disastrous internet dates in search of a "replacement soulmate," and solicits a space-time wizard via Craigslist.

Taylor Bell comes from a long line of Beta Zeta sorority sisters, all of whom expect her to pledge upon starting at the university. However, Taylor is determined to destroy the rich tradition they hold so dear by eschewing sorority life altogether. Taylor's resolve soon melts, though, when she falls in with a group of hilarious, ultra-saucy girls who introduce her to all things Greek and soften her to the idea of joining.

As the child of a German movie producer father who lives in Italy and a beautiful, artistically talented mother who resides in New York, Liliane's life is divided between those two very different worlds. A shy and observant only child with a vivid imagination, Liliane uncovers the stories of family members as diverse as Moses Mendelssohn, Mary Queen of Scots and an early Mexican adventurer, and pieces together their vivid histories, through both World Wars and across continents.

Ein epochales Forscherinnenleben - und der Alltag einer Mutter von vier Kindern. Kopenhagen, 1948: Maries kleiner Sohn Peder ist noch ein Baby, der Gedanke, ihn für viele Monate zu verlassen, schmerzt. Aber Marie muss fort, sie wird auf einer strapaziösen Expedition Beweise suchen für ihre These, dass die Kontinente ursprünglich einmal zusammenhingen. Pangäa ist ihr Lebenszweck, von nichts und niemandem lässt sie sich einschränken. Sie ist Forscherin, verheiratet und hat vier Kinder.

In this novel, award-winning author Dale Peck recounts the childhood of his father, Dale Peck Sr. Raised in poverty with seven brothers and sisters in suburban Long Island, terrorized by an abusive mother, Dale Sr.’s life changes when his alcoholic father dumps him at his uncle’s dairy farm in upstate New York. There, he begins to thrive, finding real love and connection with his Uncle Wallace and Aunt Bess. But ultimately, he is unable to outrun the chaos and violence of his old life.

Eugenia Viola sta per compiere quarantadue anni e ciò che sa fare meglio è il suo lavoro di regista. Ma quando improvvisamente la vita la obbliga a fermarsi, il film che ci racconta è quello dei tanti pezzi di sé lasciati per strada. La tredicenne affascinata dall'oscuro protagonista di un romanzo russo, la ragazza che parte per Londra in fuga dalla malattia del padre, la ventenne nella Milano degli anni Ottanta. Fino al presente rigoroso, assediato dalle nevrosi degli Anni Zero ma riempito dall'amore imperfetto per Pietro e da quello assoluto per le figlie Rosa e Lucia.

Wooed away from a top job at a competing firm by Ed Roth with promises of breaking the glass ceiling when she succeeds him as the head of the investment bank Drake Carlson, Kate learns that she has real potential for the top spot. First, she must prove her worth by unconventionally putting together an IPO for a small games maker whose most valuable but unknown asset may be a painting stolen from a Jewish family as they fled Austria after the Nazi invasion. Kate’s professional challenges play out amid a family crisis: Her husband’s company is imploding and he may have to relocate to a remote part of China to save even a small portion of his business.

Una vida regalada dibuixa un territori, la Barcelona més confusa i opaca del barri de la Ribera. La matèria primera d'aquesta història és la relació, contradictòria i variada, que el narrador i protagonista ha mantingut amb les dones amb qui ha compartit la vida. És una autobiografia literària, una introspecció sense contemplacions i una mirada fresca i poc respectuosa projectada sobre el carrer. La novel·la explora un triangle impúdic entre un Diògenes modern reciclat per la psicoanàlisi, les dones i la literatura.

A parable concerning love and integrity, infidelity and death, soon afterward devastation the forerunner for a new life. Revolving to show a fable of heart-wrenching determination. Rudy, being a man of substance and loyalty. Compassion his poorest tribute. A Story illustrating: For marriage, loyalty and truth are relative but quite sadly not simultaneous. This allegation indicating that conception at times misdirects happiness when commitment is not adhered to. Demented but laughable, finding infidelity a seedling of joy? With discovery inducing devastation, birthing life after death.