Rebecca Makkai Libri

Lui: lan Drake, 10 anni, lettore vorace. Gli piace che i libri inizino con un prologo. Lei: Lucy Hull, 26 anni, bibliotecaria per caso in una città di provincia (sezione ragazzi), discendente di rivoluzionari russi emigrati in America. È convinta che i libri possano salvarti la vita. Sarà che entrambi non sanno resistere alla tentazione di sbirciare subito l'ultima riga dei romanzi, ma tra loro si stabilisce una complicità immediata. Per lan, fedelissimo della biblioteca, quegli scaffali sono un rifugio dal controllo opprimente della famiglia, ultrareligiosa. E Lucy gli passa con piacere sotto banco libri "proibiti", come quelli che osano parlare di magia, specialmente se "scritti da quell'Harry Potter". Quando però a lan non basterà più fuggire con la fantasia, si farà rapire davvero. E i due lettori diventeranno protagonisti di una loro personale avventura. In cerca, soprattutto, di se stessi.

"A dazzling new novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris, by the acclaimed and award-winning author Rebecca Makkai. In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister. Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. The two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster"-- Provided by publisher

Presents a collection of wide-ranging, evocative short stories, including several inspired by the author's family history or featuring protagonists whose lives are shaped by irony

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER and named a Best Book of 2023 by multiple prestigious outlets, this riveting novel blends true crime with a campus coming-of-age story. Bodie Kane, a successful film professor and podcaster, seeks to leave behind her troubled past, including a family tragedy, her unhappy years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the murder of her roommate, Thalia Keith, during their senior year. While the conviction of the school's athletic trainer, Omar Evans, remains controversial, Bodie prefers to avoid the painful memories. However, when she is invited back to teach at Granby School, she becomes drawn to the unresolved details of Thalia's case. As she investigates, doubts arise about the rush to convict Omar and the possibility that the real killer remains at large. Bodie begins to question her own memories of her time at Granby and whether she might hold crucial information. In this compelling narrative, award-winning author Rebecca Makkai explores themes of collective memory and personal reckoning, creating a hypnotic mystery filled with unforgettable characters. This novel is both a gripping page-turner and a profound literary achievement.

Set on an historic estate that once housed an arts colony, Doug, the husband of the estate's heir, desperately needs the colony files to get his stalled academic career back on track. But when he finally gets his hands on them he discovers more than he bargained for. Doug may never learn the house's secrets, but the reader will, as Makkai leads us on a thrilling journey into the past of this eccentric family

Bodie Kane kehrt als Dozentin an ihr ehemaliges Internat zurück, um sich mit der schmerzhaften Erinnerung an den Mord an ihrer Zimmergenossin Thalia Keith auseinanderzusetzen. Eine Schülerin startet einen Podcast über den Fall, was Bodie in einen Strudel aus Erinnerungen und Internetrecherche zieht, während sie die Wahrheit über den Mörder entdeckt.

Epicka powieść o przyjaźni i odkupieniu w obliczu tragedii, finalistka nagrody Pulitzera oraz National Book Award, a przy tym jedna z najważniejszych książek ostatnich lat wg „New York Timesa”, „The Washington Post” i „Entertainment Weekly”.W 1985 roku młody Yale Tishman, dyrektor rozwoju chicagowskiej galerii sztuki, zamierza namieszać w środowisku amerykańskiej bohemy, wprowadzając na wystawę zbiór nadzwyczaj udanych obrazów z lat 20. Jego kariera zdaje się kwitnąć, ale wokół AIDS zbiera okrutne żniwo – przyjaciele Yale’a jeden po drugim umierają i wkrótce zostaje on niemal zupełnie sam. Trzydzieści lat później Fiona, przyjaciółka Yale'a, próbuje odnaleźć w Paryżu swoją zaginioną córkę. Zatrzymuje się na pewien czas u starego przyjaciela, znanego fotografa, który przed laty uwiecznił chicagowską epidemię. Z czasem kobieta zdaje sobie sprawę, w jak wielkim stopniu wydarzenia sprzed lat mogą ukształtować nas samych i nasze relacje z najbliższymi. Losy Yale'a i Fiony przeplatają się na przestrzeni lat, zabierając tym samym czytelników w rozdzierającą podróż przez lata osiemdziesiąte aż po chaos czasów współczesnych. „Porywająca opowieść... Nie oderwiecie się od tej książki”. Michael Cunningham „Wciąga i urzeka”. Tea Obreht

V roce 1985 se Yaleu Tishmanovi, který se stará o galerijní akvizice, podaří husarský kousek – přiveze do Chicaga mimořádnou sbírku obrazů. Zatímco jeho kariéra utěšeně vzkvétá, kolem něj se šíří epidemie AIDS. Přátelé umírají jeden po druhém a po pohřbu přítele Nica tato hrozba sáhne až k Yaleovi. Brzy mu zbyde jen Fiona, Nicova mladší sestra. O třicet let později Fiona v Paříži pátrá po své dceři, která zmizela v sektě. Při pobytu u starého přítele, slavného fotografa, který dokumentoval epidemii v Chicagu, se konečně vyrovnává s tím, jak krize AIDS ovlivnila její život i vztah s dcerou. Prolínající se příběhy Yalea a Fiony nás provedou tragédií 80. let i chaosem současného světa, kdy se oba hrdinové oceňovaného románu snaží najít dobro a odpuštění uprostřed katastrofy.