Fay Weldon Ordine dei libri (cronologico)

'Elegantly written, sharply perceptive and fantastically good fun' Daily Mail .

An absorbing, inventive novel of love, death and aristocracy in inter-war London.

The second novel in Fay Weldon's Love and Inheritance trilogy, following the lives and loves of an aristocratic family at the turn of the nineteenth century.

The third and final instalment in Fay Weldon's Love & Inheritance trilogy sees the Dilbernes frantically preparing for a visit from the Royals.

A pitch-perfect story of life above and below stairs and an elegy to the last days of aristocracy and Empire.

Als een jonge Londense vrouw haar oma vertelt dat ze haar man wil verlaten voor een filmacteur, maakt ze daarmee geesten uit hun Nieuw-Zeelandse familieverleden los.

Nel cuore della notte, Frances sente bussare alla porta: sono i funzionari del nuovo governo, pronti a confiscare le sue proprietà. Un tempo scrittrice di successo, nel 2013 si ritrova povera, sola e anziana, confinata nella sua casa al numero 3 di Chalcot Crescent. Per fuggire dalla realtà, si rifugia nella scrittura, l'arte che le ha dato tutto. Così, ci offre un affresco storico arricchito da cronache quotidiane sulla sua numerosa e strampalata famiglia, narrando con ironia cinquant'anni di eventi cruciali come il crollo del comunismo e la nascita di un nuovo governo tirannico. Non mancano siparietti con il nipote tossico e rivoluzionario, gli amori della sua gioventù, l'astio di una figlia vetero femminista e le tribolazioni dell'altra, sposata a un politico di spicco. Man mano che Frances si immerge nel suo racconto, il confine tra realtà e fantasia diventa labile, alimentando dubbi e timori. Dove vanno a finire gli abitanti del quartiere quando il governo li "ricolloca"? E cosa contiene il Polpettone Nazionale, surrogato di carne per un'Inghilterra indigente? Surreale e intricato, il libro ci trascina in una danza della mente, lasciandoci con la sensazione di aver letto un'opera di grande originalità.

Jednoho dnes se Sapfo objeví přede dveřmi psychoanalytické ordinace, kde pracuje její matka, a rychle jí předá rukopis se slovy, že jde o její deníky. Populární anglická autorka tak začíná příběh ženy, kterou všichni odrazovali, aby se vdala za vdovce Gavina. Je pro ni moc starý, říkali jedni, jiní zase upozorňovali na možnost, že chlap si vyhlédnul jen její dům. A že prý jí jeho děti ze života udělají peklo. To je všechno možné, ale citům neporučíš.

Nackt lesen macht Laune. Für diese außergewöhnliche Sammlung erotischer Geschichten haben zwanzig bekannte britische Autorinnen alle Hüllen fallengelassen und beweisen, frau kann über Sex schreiben – und zwar humorvoll, unverkrampft und herrlich unterhaltsam. Das Ergebnis: zwanzig ganz besondere Gutenachtgeschichten für Erwachsene. Schlüpfen Sie unter die Laken – süße Träume sind garantiert! «Unverkrampft sexy.» (Glamour)

These stories are aimed at readers of 'Good Housekeeping' magazine - primarily women aged 25 to 55 - and deal with the myriad issues facing women today. Each story is a generous bite size of well-written, self-contained fiction perfectly suited to holiday reading.

The wicked stepmother is a classic figure of literature. From "Cinderella" to "Hamlet", she is portrayed as an evil manipulator out to do down her husband's children. Reality is all too often the reverse, with stepchildren using all their cunning to do down daddy's new wife in a no holds barred, down and dirty fight to the death. Being on the receiving end of that kind of attack is no fun at all, as Fay's heroine can tell you. And tell you she does in her only solace - her secret diary that is her lifeline. Fay's unique insights into the workings of the female mind, her comprehensive knowledge of family relationships and her wisdom about life in general are all brought brilliantly to bear in this fairytale for our times.

Hardcover with Dustjacket. 329 pages. A group of high-achieving ladies gather at the remote and expensive Castle Spa over the ten days of Christmas and New Year. None of them have met before. As the ladies lounge around in the Jacuzzi, drinking champagne, eating caviar and chocolate, they confess the startling and scandalous stories of their lives.

Po čem ženy touží? Sex, nakupování, čokoláda a občas i něco jiného. Ale co dělat, když se sexu nedostává, rodina se proměnila v peklo na zemi a vy se opět - pochopitelně neúspěšně - pokoušíte zhubnout. Úspěšná britská autorka Fay Weldonová radí, jak se v takových případech chovat. Vtipně, inteligentně a se šarmem vypráví o ženském hledání štěstí, zákoutích orgasmu a věcech, ke kterým žena muže tu a tam potřebuje.

Hattie and her partner Martyn hire an au pair named Agnieszka who creates trouble in Hattie's life.

Humoristicky laděný román, v němž život koriguje představy mladého manželského páru o romantickém životě na anglickém venkově.

A spiky, feisty, hilarious collection of stories that expose women's clumsy, often doomed, attempts to negotiate a smooth path through life. Abandoned wives remain as lingering presences in the homes of their ex-husband's new girlfriends; beautiful young models find their misdemeanours exposed for all the world to see in the tabloids; middle-aged women get swept off their feet and into the criminal underworld by charismatic con-men; young trophy wives get thrown in jail after over-exuberant cavorting on their private yachts; mothers beg their thirty something career-minded daughters to freeze their eggs in the hope that they may one day bear their grandchildren. Bold, glamorous, sexy, unrepentant, Fay Weldon's heroines offer a quite unique view of the world as they face their trials without fear or trepidation. Both her legions of existing fans and new readers will be enthralled.

A fast-moving, elegant novel set in contemporary London in the glittering world of charity auctions, big business, high art, and more than enough money to spare.

Jünger, dünner, schöner - Grace kann nicht anders als sie zu hassen, die glamouröse Rivalin, die ihr ihren Mann Barley ausgespannt hat. Sie sinnt auf Rache, vorerst erfolglos. Doch dann wendet sich das Blatt, und Baulöwe Barley muss feststellen, dass nicht alles Gold ist, was glänzt: Hätte er zum Beispiel geahnt, dass seine Geliebte für ein Bulgari- Collier buchstäblich über Leichen geht, wäre er wohl bei seiner Frau geblieben. „Ein herrlich verrückter Roman über Grace und die wundersamen Wege der Liebe.“ Für Sie „Die böse Fay versteht es wunderbar, zu entzaubern.“ Diva „Der beste Reklame-Roman der Welt.“

Hlavními protihráči románu jsou zámožný podnikatel, úspěšná, ambiciózní mladá žena, se kterou se nově oženil, a jeho bývalá odstrčená manželka, nečekaně mládnoucí po boku nového milence.

Sophia Moore, a 34-year-old film editor in London, navigates her loveless life while believing her only relative is her unpredictable grandmother Felicity. The narrative unfolds with humor, revealing family secrets and the unexpected joys of late-life romance. With vibrant characters and clever storytelling, Fay Weldon delivers a delightful exploration of relationships and the surprises that come with them.

In deze bonte verzameling literaire teksten vol humor en melancholie worden talrijke grenzen overschreden. Letterlijke grenzen tussen landen en culturen, maar ook figuurlijke tussen muziek en politiek, liefde en verraad, gezag en clandestiniteit. Op humoristische wijze overtroeft een doortastende vrouw haar verkrachters; een overledene vertelt hoe hij zijn tijd in de hemel slijt. Melancholieke herinneringen aan de jazzsaxofonist John Coltrarie in New York worden afgewisseld met herinneringen aan een bevriende junk uit de 'scene' in Belgrado. Een zakenvrouw wreekt zich op haar Tivale, de schoonheidskoningin van Zweden; een wanhopige man vermoordt Zijn VTOUW OM zijn eer te redden. Een vertaler vergeet zijn eed en richt daarmee groot onheil aan; een man steelt juwelen en verandert daardoor in een held. De verhalen, gedichten, songteksten en een toneelstuk zijn stuk voor stuk geïllustreerd en voorzien van biografische informatie en foto's van de auteurs. Debuterende en reeds succesvolle schrijvers Uit alle delen van de wereld leverden voor deze bundel originele bijdragen die nog nooit eerder in het Nederlands zijn gepubliceerd.

A collection of journalism from a topical and entertaining author. A cornucopia of a book, Godless in Eden brings together a selection of lectures and essays contributed to newspapers, magazines and books over recent years, revised for this volume, and all highly relevent to today. From the changing face of government, the feminisation of politics, life in Tony Blair’s godless and un-idealogical New Garden of Eden, to whence and whither Feminism via the new cult of Therapism, to our turbulent and benighted royals by way of Roseanne and Jamie Lee Curtis. A final treat in the final section, Growing Up and Moving On, some wonderfully incisive autobiographical snippets of Weldonian life and times.

In der Aufbruchsstimmung der 70er Jahre gründen 4 Freundinnen einen Verlag, der als erster nur von Frauen betrieben wird und nur Bücher für Frauen herausgibt. Was nach aussen als Bollwerk gegen die männliche Vorherrschaft aussieht, gestaltet sich im Innern nicht immer harmonisch.

Von Harrison, Sarah ; Weldon, Fay ; Keller, Claudia 607 S.

Een nieuwe bundel vol verhalen over de meest sfeervolle periode van het jaar. Spannende, ontroerende, stemmige, opbeurende en humoristische vertellingen van: Alan Bleasdale, Godfriend Bomans, Mies Bouhuys, William S. Burroughs, Mary Higgins Clark, Kati David, Sean O'Faolain, Hans J. F. Kemming, Peter Lovesey, Deborah Moggach, G. A. Pickin, Frank Sargeson, Arno Surminski, Kathy Hogan Trocheck, Anton Tsjechov, Fay Weldon en P. G. Wodehouse.

A collection of stories from the hyper-real world of Weldonia, where self-deprecation rules, where a bully can believe he is a victim, a blackmailer see herself as a healer and an artist's slave be sure she is free.

From the hilarious opening to the satisfying final conflagration, Fay Weldon's Worst Fears is a taut, scathing revelation of the nature of marital intimacy. When Alexandra returns from her stint on the London stage to find her husband mysteriously dead of a heart attack and her female friends ominously invested in smoothing out all the complications of the tragedy, she begins to be suspicious. At first she attributes this to grief, then to paranoia. But she soon finds herself starting to crack, crank-calling her friends' psychiatrist, attacking people with kitchen chairs and breaking into their houses, searching furiously for evidence to confirm her husband's rampant adultery and her own worst fears. "A snappy whodunit of the heart....one of Weldon's best novels yet." -- The New York Times Book Review; "With a dash of murder mystery and a wink at Isben's grim tales of ruined marriages, this splendid and spiteful novel shows Fay Weldon to be in as fine form as ever." -- The Philadelphia Inquirer; "A hundred years hence, if people can still read, Weldon's books will likely have the unblunted edge of Jane Austen, an unsentimental Baedeker guide to sexual manners in an ill-mannered age. Fay Weldon breaks taboos like tape at a marathon, and she hasn't stopped running yet." -- Los Angeles Times.

Twee journalisten vinden elkaar in hun passie voor de fantasiewereld van mevrouw Darcy: een paradijs van vrede, liefde en technologische vooruitgang.

Als haar echtgenoot haar onverwacht met twee kinderen en een grote schuld laat zitten, moet een jonge vrouw omschakelen naar het moeizame leven van een alleenstaande bijstandsmoeder.

Bissiger und frecher Roman über Annette und Spicer, deren über 10jährige Ehe durch die Machenschaften zweier unseriöser Psychotherapeuten zerbrochen wird.

Sir Edwin Rice has decided to divorce Lady Angelica. She has behaved intolerably and is accused of abuse, violence, bestiality and lesbianism. But there is more to Angelica than her husband realizes - she is a wife, a tart, a star, a secretary and a brooding chap called Ajax. She is Everywoman.

Dielo Manželský horoskop, ktoré vyšlo v roku 1993, je fascinujúcim obrazom manželstva ako nočnej mory, čo prenasleduje ženu terorizovanú najbližším človekom i bezprostredným okolím. Hoci hrdinka románu Annette Horrocksová má zdanlivo všetko, aby mohla byť spokojná - dom, deti i šarmantného manžela, len čo v nej začne klíčiť nový život, šťastie dostáva trhliny... Do hry totiž vstupujú úklady psychiatrov, psychoterapeutov a astrológov, ktoré rozvracajú krehké vzťahy a prinášajú priam hororové odhalenia, nesúce sa v tajuplnej, iracionálnej atmosfére, po ktorých vyzerá všetko ináč, ako sa javilo navonok.

Keuze van verhalen van buitenlandse auteurs uit het fonds van de uitgeverijen Bert Bakker en Prometheus.

Fay Weldon beleuchtet mit Witz, Ironie und Sarkasmus die verschiedenen Rollen der Frau in der Gesellschaft in ihren Erzählungen.

Hrdinkou románu britské autorky je dívka Elsa, která se zamiluje do ženatého muže. Zklamaná prožívá další aférku s milionářem, z níž odchází využitá a bez iluzí. Její protihráčkou je milionářova žena Gemma, která sice dosáhla bohatství, ale za cenu psychického i faktického zmrzačení.

In the vengeful mode of The Life and Loves of a She-Devil, Weldon presents an electrifying tale of a marriage gone bad. After ten years of trying, a young novelist is delighted to learn she is pregnant. But her husband becomes cruel and distant--and accuses her of murdering his "inner child".

From a wickedly funny writer who never fails to amuse comes a memoir that looks back on her life as wife, lover, playwright, novelist, feminist, antifeminist, and bon vivant.

Dracula, Lair of the White Work, Dracula's Guest

A new collection of short stories from the glitteringly talented author. The people in these stories — mothers, lovers, wives, and betrayers — all must make choices, and they all have something to learn.

Bernard Bellamy has done a deal. He has sold out to the devil, in all of its forms. In return, he is promised that all his wishes will be granted, all his desires fulfilled. One of them, young Carmen Wedmore, is proving to be quite a challenge.

Into the lives of four female friends erupts Leslie Beck, an old flame not quite extinguished, who catapults them into their murky past. Leslie is still a man with a life force - a force which he is more than willing to share with old and new friends, provided of course that they are women.

Groteskní vyprávění o nevydařené oslavě narozenin vynálezce dělostřeleckého šrapnelu zaujme vylíčením mikrosvěta, v němž najednou začnou vřít problémy, odedávna hýbající lidskou společností.

An insightful satire follows Nell Bolton, a woman in her forties with a husband in jail, a Valium addiction, and a tyrannical teenage daughter, as she fights for survival amidst the media, feminists, and the literary sharks of yuppie society.

Die Geschichte folgt den komplexen Beziehungen und Herausforderungen, mit denen Frauen in einer von Männern dominierten Welt konfrontiert sind. Themen wie Identität, Macht und die Suche nach Selbstverwirklichung stehen im Mittelpunkt.

A new collection of short stories from the glitteringly talented author of The Cloning of Joanna May and The Life and Loves of a She-Devil. The people in these stories--mothers, lovers, wives, and betrayers--all must make choices, and they all have something to learn.

In diesen vierzehn Erzählungen aus den Jahren 1981-91 geht es um die Erfahrungen von Frauen im Ehe- und Familienalltag. Enthält u.a.: Der Mann ohne Augen. Krankhafter Haarausfall. Angel, in aller Unschuld. Schau zurück, wenn du nach vorn schaust. Wochenende. Im Grossen Krieg. Geburtstag. Auf dem Lande.

The author of the novels Life Force, The Hearts and Lives of Men, and The Life and Loves of a She-Devil offers an irreverent, wildly funny, and unerringly persuasive answer to the ever-enticing question: If I ruled the world, what would I do? "A wickedly funny, multilayered treatise on feminism, marriage, sex, journalism, and the class system".--People.

A novel of pursuit and fllight set in Austria and France in the dark years of the late 1930s. Hans and Inge Wendler, Jewish intellectuals imperiled by Hitler's burgeoning power, make their way through a Europe dissolving into chaos, at a time when their own life together is threatened by Hans's obsessive affair with a mysterious young woman. Told in the form of diaries, letters, interviews, and poems, and shaded by the ideas and life of German Marxist and mystic Walter Benjamin, who appears as a character in the narrative.

Een getrouwde vrouw, bezeten van lustgevoelens voor een getrouwde trompettist en bandleider, verlaat man en werkkring om met diens orkest in Frankrijk op tournee te gaan.

This collection of short stories dealing with the perils of love, sex, and marrage includes "In the Great War," "The School Run," and "The Sad Life of the Rich"

"An ordinary person carried to extremes" is how Sandra Harris describes herself, though her outrageous behaviour may make readers doubt this. Fay Weldon has written many books including "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil" which was made into a television serial.

When Rex received his party invitation, he was in a bad temper and tore it up. His sister's tears and his Mother's scolding just made him angrier, so he crawled under the bed. The illustrations take the reader into Rex's dreams of fantastic parties. The author also wrote "Wolf the Mechanical Dog".

An astonishing novel that probes into the strange world of genetic engineering.

Via een geluidsband vertelt een vrouw uit de jaren 8̕0 haar levensverhaal aan een priester in het jaar 2004.

Miss Gabriella Sumpter, geboren 1941 und 2002 verstorben, hat entdeckt, dass viele der akzeptierten Lebensregeln einfach unwahr sind, und hat beschlossen, dass sie, die in ihrem Leben wenig Gutes außer für sich selbst getan hat, anderen helfen möchte, indem sie einige ihrer Erkenntnisse weitergibt, die sie nach drei Monaten unter der Erde gewonnen hat. In dieser lebhaften und derben Erzählung hat Fay Weldon, bekannt für ihre witzige feministische Fiktion, eine denkwürdige Figur in der Gestalt von Gabriellas Geist geschaffen. Die Geschichte spielt in der nahen Zukunft, nach einem technologischen Durchbruch, der es Priestern der „Großen Neuen Fiktiven Religion“ ermöglicht, die Stimmen der kürzlich Verstorbenen aufzuzeichnen. „Die Lebensregeln“ ist eine heitere und boshaft lustige Satire auf die Gegenwart, die die Enthüllungen der GNFR (deren Dogmen noch ausgearbeitet werden) mit den Memoiren einer sublim hartgesottenen Vampirin verbindet.

Clifford Wexford, the rising star of a Sotheby's-like international art-auction house, and Helen Lally, the daughter of an eccentric artist, fall in love at first sight in the '60s and make each other perfectly miserable for the next 20 years. Their passionate squabbles lead to the disappearance of their beautiful three-year-old daughter Nell, whose subsequent bizarre adventures involve her with the motley likes of senile French devil worshippers and kind British drug-dealers. With characteristic arch wit, Fay Weldon spins a supple, modern-day fairytale, replete with heroes and heroines, evil-doers, fairy godmothers, castles and fateful coincidences.

Siamo nel 1984. Alice è una studentessa inglese di diciotto anni; da grande vorrebbe fare la scrittrice, ma sta attraversando una fase punk con tanto di puntuta chioma verde. E i programmi scolastici che impongono la lettura dei romanzi di Jane Austen la trovano fredda, se non ribelle. Sua zia Fay le scrive così una serie di lettere, ravvivando la tradizione epistolare ormai desueta, per spiegarle le ragioni che rendono questa lettura non solo consigliabile, ma imperdibile, a diciotto anni in particolare. Nell'eco delle lettere indirizzate da Jane Austen stessa alla nipote, un messaggio di fede nell'arte della scrittura e nella capacità che i grandi romanzi hanno di parlare a tutti, sempre.

Um 18:30 Uhr an einem Donnerstag bricht Natalies Harris' Welt zusammen, als sie entdeckt, dass ihr Ehemann, Harry Harris, mit Miss Eddon Gurney durchgebrannt ist. Natalie ist völlig verlassen im Herzen des Landes, doch dann trifft sie Sonia und ihr Leben verändert sich für immer.

The Shrapnel Academy, named after Henry Shrapnel, inventor of the exploding cannonball, is the setting for a modern-day Victorian house party. The occasion is the yearly observance of Wellington Weekend, attended by a curious assortment of visitors who stay in rooms named for military notables and are waited upon by a number of equally unusual Third World servants. All the ingredients are here for a witty romp, and the romp Weldon delivers culminates in absolute ridiculousness.

Door een vroegere verhouding met een Amerikaanse presidentskandidaat komt een vrouw terecht in politieke intriges.

A black comedy of manners which treats the pursuit of revenge in a satirical and amusing way. It is the ultimate fantasy of the wronged woman. It has been made into a film and stars Meryl Streep and Roseanne Barr.

Wanneer een jonge Engelse vrouw in verwachting raakt, probeert haar jaloerse buurvrouw de zwangerschap te beëindigen door heksachtige kruidendranken en bezweringen.

PRAXIS is a modern classic: the portrait of a woman set in time, yet timeless. We see her first as the innocent Praxis Duveen, aged five; watch her, as the men in her life come and go, through many drastic changes in fortune and circumstance. Until, from a prison both psychological and real, she emerges as Patty Fletcher, considered as bad as a woman can be and yet her own mistress.

Enkele jonge vrouwen, gewezen schoolvriendinnen, leiden een troosteloos en kil bestaan, omdat de bescherming die zij van hun mannen verwachten, uitblijft

They first met as children in 1940s London. Thirty years later, Marjorie, Chloe, and Grace make their way through an almost unrecognizable post-war society, coping with husbands, children, parents, and the messy business of life. Now in her ninth decade, Fay Weldon is one of the foremost chroniclers of our time, a novelist who spoke to an entire generation of women by daring to say the things that no-one else would. Her work ranges over novels, short stories, children's books, nonfiction, journalism, television, radio, and the stage. She was awarded a CBE in 2001.

An alternative cover for this ISBN can be found here Esther Wells goes on a diet and the scales fall from her eyes. Depriving themselves of fatty foods, both husband and wife have new perspectives on each other, and the process is one of slow destruction of their marriage. Esther tells in flashback, from the depths of her basement apartment in Earls Court, the history of her marital disaster - in between her consumption of chocolate cake, tinned fruit, sweet sherry and a host of other high-calorie goodies. This novel examines the role of Womanhood. The time is the mid-sixties when sex role stereotypes are being examined and rejected, and Fay Weldon's book reflects the passions, humor, and anger of an era when women's self-analysis entailed a good deal of disruption. This novel depicts the rage and outrage of that traumatic era.

A chilling tale that interweaves the post-Watergate world of American politics and the way in which our past indiscretions inevitably catch up with us. Isabel Acre's journey through life has taken her from the Australian outback via the beds and alleys of Fleet Street and the seamier side of Washington high life to a comfortable home in London, a reputation as a serious journalist, and a husband in the new chore-sharing, child-rearing mould. Suddenly, however, the past which Isabel had thought safely behind her becomes the source of actual physical danger. With frightening ease, the worlds of political intrigue and murderous conspiracy intrude into the cosiness of her domestic life. Whom can she trust? Man? When she reveals to her husband that she long ago had an affair with a young American senator, a man who is now challenging for the Presidential nomination itself, and that her son is the love-child of that affair, even she cannot foresee the consequences. Love got her into the predicament in which she finds herself; but can love now get her out of it?