Titoli in Saghe

Oltre Eboli cé un più profondo Sud, sconosciuto e laborioso, qui descritto attraverso le vicende di tre generazioni di una famiglia dell'Aspromonte. È la saga degli umili, vi si racconta il Sud degli ultimi, in cento anni di un cammino verso l'Italia, dall'impresa dei Mille alla devastante alluvione del 1951. Cento anni che attraversano un piccolo angolo di mondo: un paese osserva e interpreta leco di vicende lontane dentro cui spesso non si riconosce ma che muteranno il corso della sua vita.

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE The beloved first novel featuring Olive Kitteridge, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of My Name is Lucy Barton and the Oprah’s Book Club pick Olive, Again “Fiction lovers, remember this name: Olive Kitteridge. . . . You’ll never forget her...

W Nieznajomce trwa zima, ale powoli przesila się w wiosnę. Czy przyniesie ona odrodzenie i uspokojenie? Wszyscy mieszkańcy stają przed kluczowymi wyborami. Zośka zastanawia się, w którą stronę kieruje się jej serce. Czy prawdziwa miłość wygra z przywiązaniem i zauroczeniem? Które uczucie jest trwałe i prawdziwe, jak osiągnąć szczęście i spokój ducha, ale jednocześnie nie skrzywdzić nikogo? Mieszkańcy górskiej miejscowości będą musieli odpowiedzieć na wiele pytań i pokonać mnóstwo przeciwności zanim minie zima, a świat zazieleni się wiosennie.

Nel bauletto di vimini lasciato da sua nonna Marusja prima di morire, Nora trova le lettere scambiate dalla donna con il suo giovane fidanzato e poi marito, Jakov. Leggendole e ricostruendo la sua storia, scopre una donna affascinante, femminista prima della rivoluzione, ballerina e comunista ardente, che non manca di esprimere con convinzione le sue idee e il suo desiderio di libertà. Ma i sogni e le ambizioni della giovane coppia crollano sotto il peso della storia sovietica.

Heiress Alana Van Alen has everything - but she is living a lie. To protect her sister, she plays society's game and attends dazzling balls and soirees - until a cunningly orchestrated act of revenge leaves her penniless and at the mercy of one of the city's most notorious gentlemen. Dubbed the Predator of Wall Street, Trevor Sheridan rose from abject poverty in Ireland to the pinnacle of power in Manhattan. Yet he's still shunned by the city's elite Four Hundred. Now he has parlayed his hunger for revenge into a scheme to destroy the rich and powerful.

Das Meisterwerk von Thomas Mann als vielstimmiges Hörspiel. Vier Generationen einer Lübecker Kaufmannsfamilie, die zum Inbegriff einer Seelengeschichte des deutschen Bürgertums wurden: Urgroßvater Johann Buddenbrook, tatkräftig und lebenstüchtig, repräsentiert noch das unerschütterte Lebensgefühl des 18. Jahrhunderts. Das Ansehen der Familie erreicht mit seinem Enkel Thomas, Senator Buddenbrook, ihren Höhepunkt.

A bestselling Italian writer makes her American debut with this delightful dramedy of manners, family, romance, and fashion that is set on the island of Sardinia at the end of the nineteenth century—a dazzling and original literary blend of Jane Austen and Adriana Trigiani. In 1900 Sardinia, a...

Una studentessa di Cambridge, un oscuro e indecifrabile ragazzo e una confraternita segreta che nasconde un terribile mistero. Mabel ha una borsa di studio presso l'università di Cambridge, si sente più a suo agio nelle sale della biblioteca che in mezzo alla gente e l’unica cosa che le interessa è completare i suoi studi in pace. Quando la sua migliore amica Zoe la porta alla festa della Confraternita degli storni, però, incontra Cliff e ne resta affascinata, anche se in lui c’è qualcosa di oscuro.

Uno dei capolavori delle letteratura del '900 nella pregevole traduzione di Bruno Fonzi. Una lunga fila di emigranti è in marcia verso la città polacca di Lodz: fra loro una variopinta comunità di ebrei ortodossi che intende guadagnarsi da vivere con la tradizionale filatura a telaio. Sarà il seme dal quale nasceranno grandi industrie tessili capaci di imporre le loro merci in tutta l'Europa.

In my eyes she had always been old, always been mine, always been Granny Dan. But in another time, another place, there had been dancing, people, laughter, love. . . . She had had another life before she came to us, long before she came to me. . . . She was the cherished grandmother who sang...

Anatomie d'un mariage et d'une famille - les Berglund -, ce livre analyse les illusions, les déceptions et les compromis d'une génération de baby-boomers qui avaient rêvé un jour de changer le monde. Mais c'est aussi un acte d'accusation implacable à l'égard d'une nation qui a cessé depuis longtemps d'incarner ses propres valeurs. Qu'avons-nous fait de notre liberté ?, se demandent les personnages de Jonathan Franzen.

Comme il y a une géométrie dans l'espace, il y a une psychologie dans le temps, où les calculs d'une psychologie plane ne seraient plus exacts parce qu'on n'y tiendrait pas compte du Temps et d'une des formes qu'il revêt, l'oubli.

Les Misérables is set in Paris after the French Revolution. In the sewers and backstreets, we encounter "the wolf-like tread of crime", and assassination for a few sous is all in a day's work. We weep with the unlucky and heart-broken Fantine, and we exult with the heroic revolutionaries of the barricades; but above all we thrill to the steadfast courage and nobility of soul of ex-convict Jean Valjean, always in danger from the relentless pursuit of the diabolical Inspector Javert.

Meet Daniel Sullivan, a man with a complicated life. A New Yorker living in the wilds of Ireland, he has children he never sees in California; a father he loathes in Brooklyn; and a wife, Claudette, who is a reclusive ex-film star given to shooting at anyone who ventures up their driveway. He is also about to find out something about a woman he lost touch with 20 years ago, and this discovery will send him off course, far away from wife and home. Will his love for Claudette be enough to bring him back?

Nell'India del XIV secolo, dopo una sanguinosa battaglia tra due regni ormai dimenticati, una bambina di nove anni ha un incontro divino che cambierà il corso della storia. La giovanissima Pampa Kampana, distrutta dal dolore per la morte della madre, diventa un tramite per la dea sua omonima, che non solo inizia a parlare attraverso la sua bocca, ma le accorda enormi poteri e le rivela che sarà determinante per la nascita di una grande città chiamata Bisnaga (letteralmente "città della vittoria").

In 1866, with the country barely recovered from the Civil War, new war breaks out on the western frontier - a clash of cultures between a young, ambitious nation and the Native tribes who have lived on the land for centuries. Colonel Henry Carrington arrives in Wyoming’s Powder River Valley to lead the US Army in defending the opening of a new road for gold miners and settlers. Carrington intends to build a fort in the middle of critical hunting grounds, the home of the Lakota.

Daniel Specks Roman Bella Germania ist eine große deutsch-italienische Familiengeschichte in drei Generationen – voller Zeitkolorit, dramatischer Wendungen und großer Gefühle. "Er reichte mir ein altes Foto. Ein junges Paar vor dem Mailänder Dom. Die Frau hatte schwarze Haare und sah aus wie ich. Es war, als blickte ich direkt in einen Spiegel. "Das ist Giulietta", sagte er, "deine Großmutter." München, 2014: Die Modedesignerin Julia ist kurz vor dem ganz großen Durchbruch. Als plötzlich ein Mann namens Vincent vor ihr steht, der behauptet, er sei ihr Großvater, gerät ihre Welt aus den Fugen.

Murasaki Shikibu, born into the middle ranks of the aristocracy during the Heian period (794-1185 CE), wrote The Tale of Genji, widely considered the world's first novel, during the early years of the 11th century. Expansive, compelling, and sophisticated in its representation of ethical concerns and aesthetic ideals, Murasaki's tale came to occupy a central place in Japan's remarkable history of artistic achievement and is now recognized as a masterpiece of world literature.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Olive Kitteridge and My Name is Lucy Barton explores the mysteries of marriage and the secrets we keep, as a former couple reckons with where they’ve come from—and what they’ve left behind. ...

Painstakingly restored from Tolkien’s manuscripts and presented for the first time as a fully continuous and standalone story, the epic tale of The Children of Húrin will reunite fans of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings with Elves and Men, dragons and Dwarves, eagles and Orcs, and the...