L'opera di questa autrice è profondamente influenzata da un'infanzia immersa nelle storie e da una precoce comprensione delle mutevoli prospettive della narrazione. La sua scrittura eccelle nell'esplorazione delle sfumature dell'esperienza umana, attingendo a un ricco arazzo di osservazioni da diverse culture e da viaggi approfonditi. Crea magistralmente una prosa che si addentra in ambientazioni storiche, esaminando relazioni complesse e le profondità psicologiche dei suoi personaggi. La sua voce distintiva conferisce una chiarezza e un'intuizione uniche alle esplorazioni della condizione umana.
This is the finest novel Helen Dunmore has written ... From the start, Birdcage Walk has the command of a thriller ... The novel's cast is marvellous and vivid ... A novel that deserves to be cherished and to last. Kate Kellaway Observer
'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.
Nominated for the Folio Prize and shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historial Fiction, and the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize. Set during and just after the First World War, The Lie is an enthralling, heart-wrenching novel of love, memory and devastating loss by one of the UK's most acclaimed storytellers. Cornwall, 1920, early spring. A young man stands on a headland, looking out to sea. He is back from the war, homeless and without family. Behind him lie the mud, barbed-wire entanglements and terror of the trenches. Behind him is also the most intense relationship of his life. Daniel has survived, but the horror and passion of the past seem more real than the quiet fields around him. He is about to step into the unknown. But will he ever be able to escape the terrible, unforeseen consequences of a lie?
In the winter of 1952, Isabel Carey moves to the East Riding of Yorkshire with her husband Philip, a GP. With Philip spending long hours on call, Isabel finds herself isolated and lonely as she strives to adjust to the realities of married life. Woken by intense cold one night, she discovers an old RAF greatcoat hidden in the back of a cupboard. Sleeping under it for warmth, she starts to dream. And not long afterwards, while her husband is out, she is startled by a knock at her window. Outside is a young RAF pilot, waiting to come in. His name is Alec, and his powerful presence both disturbs and excites her. Her initial alarm soon fades, and they begin an intense affair. But nothing has prepared her for the truth about Alec's life, nor the impact it will have on hers ...
An atmospheric and beautifully written adventure, from the award-winning author of the Ingo series.
The dramatic and spellbinding sequel to Helen Dunmore's critically acclaimed 'Ingo'.
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.
In the sticky summer heat unruly desires stir the blood . . . For Catullus, the brilliantly witty and outrageous young poet, and Clodia, his older, married lover, a borrowed villa in Rome is a secret, illicit meeting-place. When they are apart, Catullus burns with desire for 'his girl�, while Clodia goes her own way among his rivals. Other passions simmer in the heat: the streets threaten to erupt in political violence, hearts sour and contemplate murder, and love and hate are dangerously entwined. Catullus' jealousy grows as toxic as hellebore or hemlock. Poisoning is a Roman art, and there is poison everywhere ...
Magisch schöne Meeres-Fantasy Der Kampf der Elemente Wasser und Erde hat eine neue Dimension angenommen. Denn der Gezeitenknoten ? ein magischer Stein in der Tiefe des Meeres, der die Gezeiten lenkt ? ist dabei, sich aufzulösen. Der turbulente Badeort St. Pirans, Sapphys neue Heimat, droht im Wasser zu versinken. Da ruft Saldowr, der Wassermagier, Conor und Sapphy zu sich. Nur die Geschwister, halb Mensch, halb Mer, sind in der Lage, den Gezeitenknoten wieder zusammenzusetzen und die entfesselten Elemente miteinander zu versöhnen. Als kurz darauf eine riesige Flutwelle auf St. Pirans zuschwappt, scheint die Katastrophe unausweichlich ? Suggestiv, faszinierend und noch dramatischer als Band 1.
They stand by side on the rock, facing out to sea. They are hidden from land here. Even spies would see nothing of them. It is spring 1917 in the Cornish coastal village of Zennor, and the young artist Clare Coyne is waking up to the world. Ignoring the whispers from her neighbours, she has struck a rare friendship with D.H. Lawrence and his German wife, who are hoping to escape the war-fever of London. In between painting and visits to her new friends she whiles away the warm days with her cousin John, who is on leave from the trenches, harbouring secrets she couldn't begin to understand. But as the heat picks up, so too do the fear and the gossip that haunt the village. And the freedom to love will come at a steep price. ______________________________________________ **Winner of the McKitterick Prize** 'Highly original and beautifully written' Sunday Telegraph 'Electrifying . . . Helen Dunmore mesmerizes you with her magical pen' Daily Mail 'Deceit gives Helen Dunmore's novel a jagged edge. Secrets, unspoken words, lies that have the truth wrapped up in them somewhere make Dunmore's stories ripples with menace and suspense' Sunday Times 'We believe in Clare's intelligence, talent and passion. A triumph' Independent on Sunday
Eeva, orphaned daughter of a failed revolutionary, also battles to find her independence and identity. Destitute when her father dies, she is sent away to a country orphanage, and then employed as servant to a widowed doctor, Thomas Eklund.
The third spellbinding story about Sapphy and Conor's adventures in the powerful and dangerous underwater world of Ingo. A devastating flood has torn through the worlds of Air and Ingo, and now, deep in the ocean, a monster is stirring. Mer legend says that only those with dual blood -- half Mer, half human -- can overcome the Kraken. Sapphy must return to the Deep, with the help of her friend the whale, and face this terrifying creature -- and her brother Conor and Mer friend Faro will not let her go alone!
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.
Helen Dunmore writes poetry, short stories and novels both for children and adults and she has received widespread acclaim for her work. All ten books of her adult fiction have been published by Penguin, and in Rose, 1944, we present several short stories that reveal the range, intricacy and depth found in one of modern fiction's great lyrical voices.
Louise und Paul scheinen das perfekte Paar zu sein, doch Pauls Karriere als Immobilienmakler entfremdet ihn zunehmend von Louise und seinem Bruder Johnnie. Während Johnnie und Louise eine gemeinsame Vergangenheit haben, ahnt Paul nichts von den Geheimnissen, die ihre Beziehungen belasten. Ein Drama um Liebe und Schuld entfaltet sich.
More than thirty years ago, a mother laid her newborn baby in a shoebox and left it by the bins in the backyard of an Italian restaurant. Now the baby, Rebecca, is a mother herself, and she and her husband Adam are about to experience the greatest tragedy parents can face. Like a Russian doll, this novel opens to reveal a brilliant richness of stories locked within. MOURNING RUBY is Helen Dunmore�s most ambitious novel to date, hugely moving and strongly plotted, about memory and history - both personal and public - about love, loss and mourning, and ultimately about the most important relationship in any novel - that of the reader to the writer.
Katie braucht eine richtige Freundin. Aber die zickige Zelda? Eine Freundschaftsgeschichte der Extraklasse! Katie zieht mit ihrer Mutter von London aufs Land, an die Küste Cornwalls. Sie wollen nach dem Tod des Vaters ein neues Leben beginnen. Doch Katie gewöhnt sich nur schwer an die fremde Umgebung. Auch die widerborstige Nachbarstochter Zelda macht es ihr nicht gerade leicht - dabei bräuchte sie gerade jetzt eine richtige Freundin. Erst behauptet Zelda, ihr Vater sei ein Mörder, und dann überredet sie Katie zu einer lebensgefährlichen Kanufahrt. Zum Glück merken die beiden Mädchen rechtzeitig, dass sie im selben Boot sitzen.
Nel 1941, Anna Levin, ventitreenne assistente in un asilo e appassionata di pittura, si occupa della sua famiglia dopo la morte della madre. Ha cresciuto il fratello Koljia mentre il padre Michail, scrittore disprezzato dal regime, vive in passività. Con l'accerchiamento di Leningrado da parte dei carri armati tedeschi, inizia l'assedio più cruento della storia. Anna lotta per la sopravvivenza dei suoi cari, mentre due nuovi ospiti trovano rifugio nella sua casa: Marina Petrovna, ex amante del padre, e Andrej, un giovane medico innamorato di lei. Le loro storie d'amore si intrecciano, mettendo a confronto mondi e generazioni diverse, mentre l'inverno avanza e la città affronta una drammatica scarsità di cibo. Gli assediati sono costretti a sacrifici estremi, bruciando mobili e libri per scaldarsi e masticando cuoio per combattere la fame. La diffidenza tra di loro cresce, e la sfida di superare l'inverno mantenendo la propria umanità diventa centrale. Questo grande romanzo storico offre una toccante esplorazione dei sentimenti, con Anna che emerge come una vera eroina, animata da coraggio e tenerezza, in un dramma familiare che tocca l'animo umano in modo universale.
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.
Tanyas Tagebuch ist einzigartig - denn wer bekommt schon vier Geschwisterchen auf einen Schlag? Was es heißt, nach zehn Jahren Einzelkinddasein plötzlich vier krähende Säuglinge ins Haus zu bekommen, schreibt Tanya in ihr Tagebuch: 4 Babys mal 6 Windeln macht 24 schmutzige Windeln am Tag. 24 mal 7 ist 168 - 168 Windeln pro Woche! Wie viele Regenwälder macht das wohl im Jahr? Vier Babys im Haus sind ein gutes Mathe-Training für mich. Tanya muss jedoch nicht nur ihre Mathekenntnisse aufbessern. Improvisationstalent ist in ihrer Situation besonders gefragt, z. B. wenn die Waschmaschine explodiert oder die Eltern am Rande des Nervenzusammen-bruchs wandeln. Alles nicht so einfach für eine Zehnjährige, aber unterkriegen lässt sie sich trotzdem nicht!
In this collection of short stories, the author takes the reader into a sensuous world of endless winters and midnight sun. As far apart as Finland, the Austrian Tyrol, and upstate New York, these stories come alive to the touch of estrangement, misunderstanding, sexuality and loss.
Simone, a woman who is struggling to deal with a difficult present - a move to the country, a new job as a district judge, a husband on the brink of a breakdown and already bankrupt, two small boys and a precarious domestic life - plus a past that will soon catch up with her
Talking to the Dead is bestselling author Helen Dunmore's fourth novel. There's nothing closer than sisters . . . Unloved by their distant mother, Isabel and Nina cemented their bond in childhood when tragedy struck the family. Many yeas later, with the difficult birth of Isabel's first child, it is Nina who comes to stay and help out her older sister. But Nina has other, important reasons for being under her sister's roof - not least of these is Isabel's husband, Richard. The tragedy that drew two sisters together so many years ago still has the power to wrench them apart . . . 'A writer of quiet deadly power . . . it takes two paragraphs to hook you. Don't resist' Time Out 'Dunmore's capacity for hauntingly psychological storytelling is on brilliant display' Sunday Times 'Flies off the page, startling the reader with its brilliance' Financial Times Helen Dunmore has published eleven novels with Penguin: Zennor in Darkness , which won the McKitterick Prize; Burning Bright; A Spell of Winter, which won the Orange Prize; Talking to the Dead; Your Blue-Eyed Boy; With Your Crooked Heart; The Siege, which was shortlisted for the 2001 Whitbread Novel of the Year Award and for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2002; Mourning Ruby; House of Orphan; Counting the Stars and The Betrayal, which was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2010. She is also a poet, children's novelist and short-story writer.
WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'Tense, dark and intensely gripping . . . written so seductively that passages sing out from the page ' Sunday Times Cathy and her brother, Rob, don't know why they have been abandoned by their parents. Alone in their grandfather's decaying country house, they roam the wild grounds freely with minds attuned to the rural wilderness. Lost in their own private world, they seek and find new lines to cross. But as the First World War draws closer, crimes both big and small threaten the delicate refuge they have built. Cathy will do anything to protect their dark Eden from anyone, or anything, that threatens to destroy it. 'An electrifying and original talent, a writer whose style is characterized by a lyrical, dreamy intensity' Guardian 'Stops you in your tracks with the beauty of its writing' Observer 'Has a strong and sensuous magic' The Times 'Her spellbinding, lyrical prose is close to poetry' Daily Mail
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.
