Helen Dunmore Libri

Nel 1941 Anna Levin ha ventitré anni, lavora come assistente in un asilo, ama dipingere e provvede da sola alla famiglia. Dopo la morte della madre ha dovuto crescere il fratello Koljia, mentre il padre Michail, scrittore inviso al regime, si è lasciato andare alla passività . Quando, in settembre, Leningrado è accerchiata dai carri armati tedeschi, nessuno può immaginare che sia l'inizio dell'assedio più cruento ed estenuante che la Storia ricordi. Mentre Anna lotta disperatamente per la sopravvivenza dei suoi cari, due persone trovano rifugio in casa sua: Marina Petrovna, un'affascinante attrice di teatro che in passato è stata l'amante di Michail, e Andrej, un giovane medico siberiano innamorato di Anna. Le due storie d'amore si intrecciano, mettendo a confronto due mondi e due generazioni, mentre l'inverno avanza impietoso e la città isolata è drammaticamente a corto di viveri. Gli assediati si trovano costretti così a settimane di sacrifici e di stenti, a bruciare i mobili e i libri per resistere al gelo o a masticare cuoio per ingannare i tormenti della fame. Sospettano gli uni degli altri. Superare l'inverno e preservare la propria umanità in mezzo alla disperazione estrema è la sfida che ciascuno si trova ad affrontare. Grande romanzo storico e toccante storia dei sentimenti, L'assedio è stato paragonato a un Via col vento russo in cui la straordinaria capacità narrativa di Helen Dunmore ha saputo dar vita alla figura di una vera eroina, Anna, animata dal coraggio e dalla tenerezza, e a un dramma familiare che scava nell'animo dei personaggi rendendoli emblematicamente universali.

In the depths of the ocean, a monster is stirring. Only one girl - half Mer, half human - has travelled to the bottom of the sea and returned alive. With the help of her friend the whale, Sapphy must return to the Deep to fight this terrifying creature - and her brother Conor and Mer friend Faro will not let her go alone.

This text is a collection of stories from Helen Dunmore, ranging from Victorian tragedy to the tale of a dinner-lady's love, from the death of a lighthouse keeper's wife to the birth of babies from the Superstock catalogue.

Leningrad in 1952: a city recovering from war, where Andrei, a young hospital doctor and Anna, a nursery school teacher, are forging a life together. Summers at the dacha, preparations for the hospital ball, work and the care of sixteen year old Kolya fill their minds. They try hard to avoid coming to the attention of the authorities, but even so their private happiness is precarious. Stalin is still in power, and the Ministry for State Security has new targets in its sights. When Andrei has to treat the seriously ill child of a senior secret police officer, Volkov, he finds himself and his family caught in an impossible game of life and death - for in a land ruled by whispers and watchfulness, betrayal can come from those closest to you. A gripping and deeply moving portrait of life in post-war Soviet Russia, The Betrayal brilliantly shows the epic struggle of ordinary people to survive in a time of violence and terror.

Stunning reissue in a beautiful new cover-look of this fourth novel in the critically acclaimed Ingo Chronicles.

The dramatic and spellbinding sequel to Helen Dunmore's critically acclaimed 'Ingo'.

An atmospheric and beautifully written adventure, from the award-winning author of the Ingo series.

As they search for their missing father near their Cornwall home, Sapphy and her brother Conor learn about their family's connection to the domains of air and of water.

'A deceptively simple masterpiece' Independent on Sunday 'Will haunt you for months, if not years' Guardian 'Outstanding ... if you only buy one book, make it this one' Good Housekeeping London, November, 1960: the Cold War is at its height. Spy fever fills the newspapers, and the political establishment knows how and where to bury its secrets. When a highly sensitive file goes missing, Simon Callington is accused of passing information to the Soviets, and arrested. His wife, Lily, suspects that his imprisonment is part of a cover-up, and that more powerful men than Simon will do anything to prevent their own downfall. She knows that she too is in danger, and must fight to protect her children. But what she does not realise is that Simon has hidden vital truths about his past, and may be found guilty of another crime that carries with it an even greater penalty.

Nadine, a sixteen-year-old runaway new to London, is set up in a decaying Georgian house by her Finnish lover, Kai. Slowly, she begins to suspect that Kai�s plans for her have little to do with love. �Be careful,� warns Enid, the elderly sitting tenant in the house, who knows all about survival and secrets. And when Nadine discovers Kai�s true intentions, Enid�s warning takes on a terrible and prophetic quality.