Bernice Rubens Libri

BROTHERS is a heart-breaking record of persecution and inhumanity; it is also a testament to human endurance, faith and love.

As Bronwen Davis looks back over her life she is forced to deal with her killing of a man who tried to rape her when she was little more than a child. By the author of Àutobiopsy'.

In this touching and entertaining novel, Madame Sousatzka is a dedicated piano teacher who emphasizes teaching her students not just music, but also life lessons. The story connects to an upcoming television movie featuring Shirley MacLaine.

Tells the story of Amy Evans' bold play for happiness, and her dangerous success.

Pick his brains - you know it makes sense. Well, what would you do? Your mentor and best friend, herald as the 'greatest novelist of our time', suddenly expires, and you find yourself bereft of a cherished companion's wit and wisdom. Your twelve-year stretch of writer's block, too, now seems like a life sentence. For Martin Peabody, the answer is simple. You remove your dead friend's brain, syphon off his thoughts, and use them as inspiration to revive your career and write a fitting testament to a great man - an autobiopsy, if you like. This superbly sharp and funny novel shows Booker-winner Bernice Rubens at her best.

To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of The Elected Member winning the Booker Prize, Abacus is reissuing Bernice Rubens's classic novel with a bold new cover.

Resting in a hospice for the terminally ill, Annie is dying. Supported by her oldest friend, Clemmie, who listens and sympathises, she looks back over her life. Each woman has had a disappointing marriage: Clemmie to a man who turned out to be gay; Annie to a man who left her under tragic circumstances. Gradually Annie reveals her story. At 18 a GI whom she never sees again impregnates her in the back of a truck. Living alone with her mother, she brings up her daughter to believe the child's father is a dead war hero. After a few years Annie marries Eric, a charming man. However when Mary, her daughter, discovers the truth she is horrified and goes to the US - to Milwaukee - to try and locate her genuine father. She returns with a man who claims to be him, but Annie is highly suspicious. Is Mary trying to get her revenge on the mother - and subsequently Eric - whom she feels betrayed her by lying about her true parentage?

Levensgeschiedenis van de zoon van een joodse poelier in het Turkije van de zeventiende eeuw, die vanaf zijn geboorte werd beschouwd als de messias.

Sir Alfred Dreyfus verbüßt eine lebenslange Haftstrafe für ein Verbrechen, das er nicht begangen hat. Dreyfus ist unschuldig - aber er ist Jude. Antisemitische Verschwörer haben ihn aus dem Weg geschafft. Doch hinter Gittern greift Dreyfus zu seiner stärksten Waffe: In seiner Autobiographie deckt der ehemals erfolgreiche Schulleiter die Umstände auf, die zu seiner Verurteilung führten. Das Bekenntnis führt Dreyfus auch zu sich selbst zurück, zu seinen jüdischen Wurzeln, die er für die Karriere verleugnen mußte.