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Bogen er en samling historier med jordskælvet i Kobe i 1995 som grundtema. Men det er ikke katastrofehistorier - meget langt fra. De seks fint skårne fortællinger foregår alle sammen på samme tid - omkring en måned efter det voldsomme skælv - men de udspiller sig vidt forskellige steder...

Oktober – December 1984 "Noget sparkede i det yderste af hans bevidsthed. Og når noget sparkede i det yderste af hans bevidsthed, var han nødt til at finde ud af, hvad det var." I allerførste kapitel af denne tredje og afsluttende bog i Haruki Murakamis romanværk '1Q84' møder vi den...

I denne selvstændige fortsættelse af 'En vild fårejagt' møder vi igen den 34-årige tekstforfatter, der leder efter en kvinde, han ikke kan glemme. Det fører ham tilbage til Hotel Delfin, men hotellet er revet ned, og i stedet ligger der et stort internationalt kædehotel. Haruki Murakami...

Romanens navnløse fortæller bor i en næsten tom lejlighed i Tokyo med minimal kontakt til andre menneskelige væsener - han har lært sig at dyrke kedsomheden som en kunstart. Men kedsomhedens modsætning - eventyret - sniger sig ind på vores fortæller. Først møder han en ung kvinde med...

"Bog 2 JULI – SEPTEMBER 1984 ""Tjekhov har engang sagt, at man ikke skal inddrage unødvendige rekvisitter i en fortælling. Hvis der dukker en pistol op, skal den også affyres på et eller andet tidpunkt."" ""Men det her er jo ikke nogen fortælling. Det er den virkelige verden."" Sådan...

Biblioteket er et fast indslag i alle Haruki Murakamis romaner. I denne lille fortælling forvandler biblioteket sig til en helt anden verden, hvor en dreng, som bare lige skulle låne nogle bøger om skatteinddrivelse i Osmannerriget, bliver ført dybt ned i en mørk labyrint af gange. Her...

A survivor accused of a decade-old grisly murder. A disgraced lawyer with everything to prove. And the only witness has stood watch for more than a millennium. Northern Michigan is a land of ghosts and sweeping vistas. In a small town, an ancient oak stands heavy with grief, its twisted limbs...

Crackling with the tension of a thriller, Mother Waters is a deeply beautiful and strange debut about ambition, grief, love and the myths we weave – both about ourselves and the natural world – by a hauntingly powerful new voice. On the morning of her wedding anniversary, Charlie walks out...

In her debut magical-realism collection The Patron Saint of White Menageries, Pushcart-nominated author Lauren T. Davila cracks Los Angeles open to reveal a kaleidoscope of unlikely heroines, talents, and dreams. In a sticky diner, a waitress fits wisps of cloud into coffee mugs, trying to solve...

On the brink of death, a man comes to terms with the life he lived versus the one he never pursued in an emotionally rich novel of parallel lives, redemption, and finding purpose. On the eve of his sixtieth birthday, mechanic Rusty Wilson takes a bullet to save the patrons of a small-town...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Rewitched and Uncharmed, Disenchanted is the much-anticipated third instalment from Lucy Jane Wood – an utterly magical, heartwarming, cosy fantasy to sweep you off your feet. Sage Hemlock has no interest in embracing her witchy side. Magic has...

LA ÚLTIMA LOBA DE INGLATERRA QUIERE CAZAR. AGOTADA, HAMBRIENTA Y SOLA, TEME POR LA VIDA DE LA CAMADA QUE ALBERGA EN SU VIENTRE, Y HUYE DE LOS HOMBRES QUE PRETENDEN ANIQUILARLA. Yorkshire, 1649. Desde que huyeron de Irlanda, Caragh y su familia han ocultado su verdadera identidad a fin de...

Teodoro Alegria governa a cidade de Galateia a fogo e favores. Entre os ofícios pouco urgentes e a fome intratável, com a esposa e a filha tranquilas e um tanto tristes, ele vive como acha que deve ser. Eis que chega o Holywood, pobre na estrutura, rico na extravagância. O...

Um homem comum, funcionário sem destaque, recebe uma herança muito especial: do falecido avô americano, chega-lhe uma lâmpada mágica. Dentro dela, um gênio que gosta muito de conversar, e só aparece em sonhos. Os desejos são três...

LONGLISTED FOR CANADA READS 2025 “Etta and Otto and Russell and James is incredibly moving, beautifully written and luminous with wisdom. It is a book that restores one's faith in life even as it deepens its mystery. Wonderful!” —Chris Cleave, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of Little...

"Truth is not found in fixed stillness, but in ceaseless change/movement. Isn't this the quintessential core of what stories are all about?" —Haruki Murakami, from the afterword to The City and Its Uncertain Walls The long-awaited new novel from Haruki Murakami, his first in six years...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 GILLER PRIZE Amanda Leduc’s dazzling new novel follows two walking, talking hyenas as they interact with humans over decades. Blurring the line between human and animal, these strange messengers reveal what is possible when the cages that contain us are broken. In...

The quirky [and] compulsively readable (New York Times) precursor to the 2023 International Booker Prizewinning Time Shelter. Written with a formal playfulness [that] suggests Kundera with A.D.D. (Village Voice), Georgi Gospodinovs The Physics of Sorrow became an underground cult classic upon...

La inédita e inesperada novela de Gabriel García Márquez. Como cada 16 de agosto, Ana Magdalena Bach toma el transbordador para llegar a la isla donde está sepultada su madre, se registra en el hotel habitual, compra un ramo de gladiolos, pasa la tarde en el cementerio y, al día siguiente...

In this witty and charming love story, a buttoned-up math professor is forced to rely on her carefree doorman when her identity mysteriously disappears. Catherine Lipton carefully calculates everything, and not just because she’s a math professor. She had a chaotic childhood growing up with a...