Sebastian Faulks Libri

L'amore, la guerra, la memoria. Questi i temi che percorrono il grande affresco narrativo di Faulks. L'amore: è ad Amiens, nel 1910, che Stephen Wraysford, ventenne inglese orfano e solo, incontra Isabelle, una donna irreprensibile, rassegnata a tollerare con eleganza un matrimonio infelice. Uniti da una passione assoluta, Stephen ed Isabelle bruceranno presto il loro legame per poi riapprodare entrambi alla vita di tutti i giorni. Ma un amore così non si può cancellare; il suo ricordo segnerà le loro esistenze ancora per molti anni. La guerra: in Francia, tra il 1917 ed il 1918, è in atto la grande carneficina del primo conflitto mondiale. Tornato per combattere, Stephen sposa Jeanne, la sorella di Isabelle, e adotta la figlia di quest'ultima per esserne il padre. La memoria: a Londra, nel 1978, la nipote di Stephen decide di ricostruire la storia della sua famiglia. Sarà nel diario del nonno che Elizabeth troverà la risposta a tante domande e la forza di dare inizio ad una nuova vita. Il canto del cielo è un'appassionante storia di desiderio, d'abbandono e di speranza, orchestrata con il respiro delle grandi narrazioni tradizionali e tutta la sapienza del romanzo contemporaneo; le sue pagine sanno ricreare il dramma di un'intera epoca in un intreccio di tragedia collettiva e destini individuali.

"Il mio nome è Bond, James Bond... e sono tornato". Quarantadue anni dopo "Octopussy", la sua ultima avventura creata dalla penna di Ian Fleming, James Bond è tornato. Il nuovo libro uscirà in contemporanea mondiale il 28 maggio 2008, in occasione del centenario della nascita di Ian Fleming. Una nuova missione per conto dell'M16, inseguimenti mozzafiato, splendide donne e un avversario spietato come il diavolo, ai tempi della guerra...

Ranging from the First World War to the Gulf War, this collection of stories investigates the nature of military experience: from call-ups, the field of battle and comradeship, to leave, hospitalisation and trauma in later life. Truly international in scope, it includes stories by Erich Maria Remarque and Pat Barker, Isaac Babel and Ernest Hemingway, Heinrich Böll and Norman Mailer, JG Ballard and Tim O`Brian, Julian Barnes and Louis de Bernières. Together they form a uniquely powerful evocation of the horrors of war.

'Brings the peerless Jeeves and Wooster barrelling back to life' Daily Mail A gloriously witty novel from Sebastian Faulks using P.G. Wodehouseâe(tm)s much-loved characters, Jeeves and Wooster, fully authorised by the Wodehouse estate. Bertie Wooster is staying at the stately home of Sir Henry Hackwood in Dorset. He is more than familiar with the country-house set-up: he is a veteran of the cocktail hour and, thanks to Jeeves, his gentlemanâe(tm)s personal gentleman, is never less than immaculately dressed. On this occasion, however, it is Jeeves who is to be seen in the drawing room while Bertie finds himself below stairs âe" which he doesnâe(tm)t care for at all. His predicament is, of course, all in the name of love âe¦ âe~A masterpiece âe¦ a pitch-perfect undertakingâe(tm) Spectator âe~Entirely delightfulâe(tm) Financial Times âe~Delightfully witty, packed with punsâe(tm) Sunday Mirror âe~A polished sparkling genuine fakeâe(tm) Herald

In this unique and compelling anthology, Sebastian Faulks and Jorg Hensgen have collected the best fiction about war in the twentieth century. Ranging from the First World War to the Gulf War, these stories depict a soldier's experience from call-up, battle and comradeship, to leave, hospital and trauma in later life.

A remarkable story of a Scottish woman in Occupied France pursuing a perilous mission of her own FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER BIRDSONG In 1942, Charlotte Gray, a young Scottish woman, heads for Occupied France on a dual mission - officially, to run an apparently simple errand for a British special operations group and unofficially, to search for her lover, an English airman missing in action. She travels to the village of Lavaurette, dyeing her hair and changing her name to conceal her identity. As the people in the small town prepare to meet their terrible destiny, Charlotte must come face-to-face with the harrowing truth of what took place in Europe's darkest years, and confront a terrifying secret that threatens to cast its shadow over the remainder of her days. 'There is no shortage of dramatic tension, excitement or persuasive detail... Faulks is a prodigiously talented writer' New York Times ---- Also available by Sebastian Faulks as part of the French trilogy series: Girl at The Lion d'Or Birdsong

pistache (pis-tash): a friendly spoof or parody of another's work. Possibly a cross between pastiche and pstake.] From Thomas Hardy's football report to Dan Brown's visit to the cash dispenser, the work of the great and the not-so- great is here sent up with little hope of coming down.