David Nicholls Libri

One life-changing summer Charlie meets Fran... In 1997, Charlie Lewis is the kind of boy you don't remember in the school photograph. His exams have not gone well. At home he is looking after his father, when surely it should be the other way round, and if he thinks about the future at all, it is with a kind of dread. Then Fran Fisher bursts into his life and despite himself, Charlie begins to hope. But if Charlie wants to be with Fran, he must take on a challenge that could lose him the respect of his friends and require him to become a different person. He must join the Company. And if the Company sounds like a cult, the truth is even more appalling. The price of hope, it seems, is Shakespeare. Poignant, funny, enchanting, devastating, Sweet Sorrow is a tragicomedy about the rocky path to adulthood and the confusion of family life, a celebration of the reviving power of friendship and that brief, searing explosion of first love that can only be looked at directly after it has burned out.

È il 1985 quando Brian Jackson approda all'università di Bristol. Buffo e imbranato come tutte le matricole, imberbe diciottenne innamorato di Kate Bush e della sua musica, Brian cela una grande dote: sa rispondere a tutte le domande dei quiz. Un formidabile asso nella manica che gli consente di sbaragliare tutti alle selezioni di Bristol per la formazione della squadra da spedire all'«University Challenge», il popolare quiz televisivo che vede i college inglesi in gara tra di loro. All'«University Challenge» Brian si imbatte nel primo grande problema della sua vita: Alice Harbinson, bella, leggiadra, femminile, sensuale, con i genitori così upper class e così anticonvenzionali. In una parola: irraggiungibile! Per la splendida Alice, Brian perde la bussola, ignora gli amici, combina disastri e trascura Rebecca, la ragazza impegnata che sa apprezzare il suo fascino di giovane colto e sensibile e che considera Alice Harbinson una gatta morta che disonora l'intera storia del femminismo. Esilarante romanzo che illumina l'atmosfera degli anni Ottanta, Le domande di Brian ha svelato sulla scena internazionale il talento di David Nicholls.

È la notte di capodanno del 1937 all'Hotspot, un night club di Greenwich Village a New York. In una pista da ballo vuota, un quartetto jazz suona stancamente. Tuttavia, Evelyn Ross e Katey Kontent, sedute a un tavolo appartato, mostrano la loro giovanile avvenenza. Evelyn, bionda naturale con capelli lunghi, è una tipica bellezza del Midwest che ha lasciato la casa paterna per la metropoli. Katey, giovane donna di buone letture, lavora in uno studio legale per sbarcare il lunario. Dopo aver bevuto gin, le due ragazze, con pochi centesimi in tasca, si preparano a flirtare con il contrabbassista o il barista quando appare un giovane uomo. Alto, con capelli castani e occhi azzurri, indossa una cravatta nera e un cappotto elegante. Si chiama Theodore Grey, detto Tinker, un banchiere a Wall Street con un appartamento al 211 Central Park West. È l'uomo del destino per le due ragazze, che le introdurrà nella "buona società" newyorchese della fine degli anni Trenta, prima che la guerra, i cui venti spirano già in Europa, cambi tutto.

Michael is coming undone. Adrift after his wife's departure, he has begun taking himself on long, solitary walks across the English countryside. Becoming ever more reclusive, he'll do anything to avoid his empty house. Marnie, on the other hand, is stuck. Hiding alone in her London flat, she avoids old friends and any reminders of her rotten, selfish ex-husband. Curled up with a good book, she's battling the long afternoons of a life that feels like it's passing her by. When a persistent mutual friend and some very unpredictable weather conspire to toss Michael and Marnie together on the most epic of ten-day hikes, neither of them can think of anything worse. Until, of course, they discover exactly what they've been looking for. Michael and Marnie are on the precipice of a bright future... if they can survive the journey.

Exploring the complexities of marriage and family dynamics, this novel blends humor with insightful observations. It delves into the challenges that threaten to unravel relationships, showcasing the resilience and vulnerabilities of its characters. David Nicholls skillfully captures the essence of love and commitment, making readers reflect on what truly binds people together amidst life's trials.

'Bad News' takes Patrick into his early 20s. Constrained to fly to New York to collect his monstrous father's ashes, fully in the grip of massive addiction, he endures a weekend hunting for drugs and attempting to avoid figures from David Melrose's life.

David Nicholls brings to bear all the wit and intelligence that graced ONE DAY in this brilliant, bittersweet novel about love and family, husbands and wives, parents and children. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2014. 'I was looking forward to us growing old together. Me and you, growing old and dying together.' 'Douglas, who in their right mind would look forward to that?' Douglas Petersen understands his wife's need to 'rediscover herself' now that their son is leaving home. He just thought they'd be doing their rediscovering together. So when Connie announces that she will be leaving, too, he resolves to make their last family holiday into the trip of a lifetime: one that will draw the three of them closer, and win the respect of his son. One that will make Connie fall in love with him all over again. The hotels are booked, the tickets bought, the itinerary planned and printed. What could possibly go wrong?