John Boyne Libri

Russia, 1915: Georgij ha sedici anni, vive in uno sperduto villaggio di contadini e salva la vita di un membro della famiglia imperiale. Salutato come un eroe, viene reclutato come guardia del corpo del principe Aleksej, unico figlio di Nicola II. Scopre così i segreti dello zar e della moglie Alessandra, assiste alle macchinazioni del monaco Rasputin, si avvicina alla principessa Anastasia, è testimone ­ e protagonista ­ degli eventi che determinano il destino della famiglia imperiale dopo la vittoria della rivoluzione. Sessant'anni più tardi, mentre in un ospedale di Londra veglia la moglie Zoya, Georgij ripercorre i ricordi di una vita tormentata e di una storia d'amore velata dall'ombra nera del fato dei Romanov...

Bored and lonely after his family moves from Berlin to a place called "Out-With" in 1942, Bruno, the son of a Nazi officer, befriends a boy in striped pajamas who lives behind a wire fence.

Ale ha cinque anni quando in Europa si alzano i venti della Grande Guerra, e il suo papà, come molti altri giovani, parte per il fronte. La guerra però la combatte anche chi rimane a casa, nelle difficoltà di trovare il cibo e i soldi per l’affitto, con il terrore che un ufficiale bussi alla porta per riferire che un familiare non tornerà più a casa. Ale non vuole credere che sia questo il destino di suo padre, ma le lettere che l’uomo spedisce dal fronte si fanno saltuarie e cupe, e sempre più rare…

Named Book of the Month Club's Book of the Year, 2017 Selected one of New York Times Readers’ Favorite Books of 2017 Winner of the 2018 Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award From the beloved New York Times bestselling author of The Boy In the Striped Pajamas, a sweeping, heartfelt saga about the course of one man's life, beginning and ending in post-war Ireland Cyril Avery is not a real Avery -- or at least, that's what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn't a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun, Cyril is adrift in the world, anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more glamourous and dangerous Julian Woodbead. At the mercy of fortune and coincidence, he will spend a lifetime coming to know himself and where he came from - and over his many years, will struggle to discover an identity, a home, a country, and much more. In this, Boyne's most transcendent work to date, we are shown the story of Ireland from the 1940s to today through the eyes of one ordinary man. The Heart's Invisible Furies is a novel to make you laugh and cry while reminding us all of the redemptive power of the human spirit.

Gretel Fernsby is a quiet woman leading a quiet life. She doesn't talk about her escape from Germany seventy years ago or the dark post-war years in France with her mother. Most of all, she doesn't talk about her father, the commandant of one of the most notorious Nazi concentration camps. But when a young family moves into the apartment below her, Gretel can't help but befriend their little boy, Henry, though his presence brings back painful memories. One night, she witnesses a violent argument between his parents, which threatens to disturb her hard-won peace. For the second time in her life, Gretel is given the chance to save a young boy. To do so would allay her guilt, grief and remorse, but it will also force her to reveal her true identity. Will she make a different choice this time, whatever the cost to herself?

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past. But scandals follow like hunting dogs. And she has some questions of her own to answer. If her ex-husband is really the monster everyone says he is, then how complicit was she in his crimes? Escaping her old life might seem like a good idea but the choices she has made throughout her marriage have consequences. Here, on the island, Vanessa must reflect on what she did - and did not do. Only then can she discover whether she is worthy of finding peace at all.

The story revolves around an honorable Irish priest grappling with the decline of the church during a critical period. As he navigates personal and institutional crises, themes of loneliness and moral conflict emerge, revealing the complexities of faith and the impact of scandal on both the individual and the community. This compelling narrative explores the intersection of personal conviction and the broader societal changes affecting the church.

Odran Yates enters Clonliffe Seminary in 1972 after his mother informs him that he has a vocation to the priesthood. He goes in full of ambition and hope, dedicated to his studies and keen to make friends. Forty years later, Odranâe(tm)s devotion has been challenged by the revelations that have shattered the Irish peopleâe(tm)s faith in the church. He has seen friends stand trial, colleagues jailed, the lives of young parishioners destroyed and has become nervous of venturing out in public for fear of disapproving stares and insulting remarks. But when a family tragedy opens wounds from his past, he is forced to confront the demons that have raged within a once respected institution and recognise his own complicity in their propagation. It has taken John Boyne fifteen years and twelve novels to write about his home country of Ireland but he has done so now in his most powerful novel to date, a novel about blind dogma and moral courage, and about the dark places where the two can meet. At once courageous and intensely personal, A History of Loneliness confirms Boyne as one of the most searching chroniclers of his generation.