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Sara Novic

    Sara Nović è l'autrice di un romanzo pluripremiato che approfondisce le complessità dell'esperienza umana. La sua scrittura è caratterizzata da un acuto intuito e da una potente voce narrativa, che trascina profondamente i lettori nelle sue storie. Attraverso il suo lavoro, Nović esplora temi di identità e storia, offrendo una prospettiva unica sul mondo contemporaneo. La sua capacità di creare personaggi vividi e narrazioni avvincenti la rende una voce significativa nella letteratura attuale.

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    America Is Immigrants
    • America Is Immigrants

      • 304pagine
      • 11 ore di lettura

      "Stories of remarkable American immigrants are brought to life in short, lyrical biographies written by Sara Nović and charming full-color illustrations by artist Alison Kolesar. Some of the names you'll find here are familiar: Founding father Alexander Hamilton was born and raised on the tiny Caribbean island of Nevis before coming to New York to pursue his education, and Yoko Ono's parents disapproved when she fell in with the bohemian art scene after the family moved to the United States from post-war Japan. Some less so: when Ronald Reagan was shot in 1981, three of the doctors who saved his life were immigrants. Many iconically 'American' products wouldn't be here without their immigrant inventors: Levi jeans, Chevrolet, Nathan's Famous hotdogs, Chef Boyardee, Carvel ice cream. At a time when so much of public debate is focused on who belongs in America, and who doesn't, this book offers an opportunity to celebrate the diverse paths and contributions of so many of our friends and neighbors. America is Immigrants features athletes and war heroes, Supreme Court justices and pop stars, fashion designers and Civil Rights leaders, including: Madeleine Albright; Isabel Allende; Desi Arnaz; Isaac Asimov; George Balanchine; Sergey Brin; Gisele Bundchen; Willem de Kooning; Marlene Dietrich; Albert Einstein; Alfred Hitchcock; Arianna Huffington; Enrique Iglesias; Iman; Hedy Lamarr; Yo-Yo Ma; Pedro Martinez; Joni Mitchell; Sidney Poitier; Wolfgang Puck; Rihanna; Knute Rockne; Nikola Tesla; The von Trapps; Elie Wiesel; Anna Wintour"-- Provided by publisher

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    • Compelling, thought-provoking and absorbing, a brilliant new novel from the author of Girl at War.

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    • Growing up in Zagreb in the summer of 1991, 10-year-old Ana Juric is a carefree tomboy; she runs the streets with her best friend, Luka, helps take care of her baby sister, Rahela, and idolizes her father. But when civil war breaks out across Yugoslavia, football games and school lessons are supplanted by sniper fire and air raid drills. The brutal ethnic cleansing of Croats and Bosnians tragically changes Ana's life, and she is lost to a world of genocide and child soldiers; a daring escape plan to America becomes her only chance for survival. Ten years later she returns to Croatia, a young woman struggling to belong to either country, forced to confront the trauma of her past and rediscover the place that was once her home. Girl At War is a haunting, compelling debut from a brilliant young writer, rooted in historical fact and personal experience. Sara has lived in the States and Croatia, and her novel bears witness to the haunting stories of her family and friends who lived through the height of the conflict, and reflects her own attempts to come to terms with her relationship to Croatia and its history. It is an extraordinary achievement for a novelist of any age, let alone age 26.

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      Roman - New-York-Times-Bestseller / Reese Witherspoons Buchclub-Empfehlung / Buch des Jahres in Washington Post, Booklit, Publisher's Weekly

      • 480pagine
      • 17 ore di lettura

      »Eine augenöffnende und zu Herzen gehende Geschichte über menschliche Verbindungen und die Schönheit und Widrigkeit, die es mit sich bringt, gehörlos zu sein. Ich liebe dieses Buch!« Reese Witherspoon In einem Internat für Gehörlose kreuzen sich schicksalhaft die Wege einer Lehrerin und dreier Jugendlicher. Charlie, die rebellische Neue an der River Valley School, kämpft mit ihren Gefühlen und damit, sich verständlich zu machen, denn bisher hatte sie keinen Kontakt zur Gemeinschaft der Gehörlosen. Austin gilt als Überflieger, doch seine Welt gerät ins Wanken, als seine kleine Schwester hörend geboren wird. Und Schulleiterin February Waters weigert sich zu akzeptieren, dass ihre Schule schließen muss – und ihre Ehe womöglich vor dem Aus steht. Als Charlie und Austin zusammen mit einem weiteren Schüler aus dem Internat verschwinden, beginnt für February ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit. Dies ist eine Geschichte über Gebärdensprache und Lippenlesen, erste Liebe und Herzschmerz und vor allem über große Beharrlichkeit, Wagemut und Lebensfreude. Eine unvergessliche Reise in die Gemeinschaft der Gehörlosen und ein Fest der menschlichen Verbundenheit. Der neue Roman von Sara Nović, die selbst gehörlos ist, entführt Leser*innen in die ebenso spannende wie zerbrechliche und widersprüchliche Welt der Gehörlosen, in der vieles auch nicht anders ist als unter Hörenden und die dennoch ganz eigenen Regeln unterliegt.

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