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Gerald Samper, an effete Englishman, lives on a hilltop in Tuscany. He is a ghostwriter for celebrities, and a foodie whose idyll is shattered by the arrival of Marta, a vulgar woman from a former Soviet republic now run by gangsters, notably male members of her family. She is a composer in a neo-folk style who claims to be writing a score for a trendy Italian film director.

A Europa classic about love, deceit, Paris, and books!Ivan and Francesca decide to open a bookstore devoted solely to good literature and their love of books. Frustrated by the glut of mediocre books printed every month and envisioning a true literary paradise, they offer a selection of literary masterpieces chosen by a top-secret committee of like-minded literary connoisseurs. To their amazement, after only a few months, their vision proves popular. Very popular. Tucked away in a corner of Paris, the bookstore quickly becomes a haven for bibliophiles. Indeed, it becomes so successful that the great majority of Parisian readers are now buying their books only at Ivan and Francesca's store, and other stores in the city are starting to change how they order and display books too. Now big publishing's powerful elite are desperately trying to adapt their business model to the demand for quality above all else. As the store's success grows, venomous comments begin circulating online and the owners, and their selection committee, become the target of vicious editorials and threats. A Novel Bookstore blends book love and bookstore love with a brilliantly conceived and entertaining mystery and is a delight for readers of all tastes.

LONGLISTED for the 2021 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZELONGLISTED for the 2020 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD for Translated LiteratureFINALIST for the 2020 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZEFrom the pen of one of Iran's rising literary stars, The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree is a family story about the unbreakable connection between the living and the dead.Set in Iran in the decade following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, this moving, richly imagined novel is narrated by the ghost of Bahar, a thirteen-year-old girl, whose family is compelled to flee their home in Tehran for a new life in a small village, hoping in this way to preserve both their intellectual freedom and their lives. But they soon find themselves caught up in the post-revolutionary chaos that sweeps across their ancient land. Bahar's mother, after a tragic loss, will embark on a long, eventful journey in search of meaning in a world swept up in the post-revolutionary madness.Told from the wise yet innocent gaze of a young girl, The Enlightenment of the Greengage Tree speaks of the power of imagination when confronted with cruelty, and of our human need to make sense of trauma through the ritual of storytelling itself. Through her unforgettable characters, Azar weaves a timely and timeless story that juxtaposes the beauty of an ancient, vibrant culture with the brutality of an oppressive political regime.

Ottobre 1493. Firenze è ancora in lutto per la morte di Lorenzo il Magnifico. Le caravelle di Colombo hanno dischiuso gli orizzonti del Nuovo Mondo. Il sistema finanziario contemporaneo si sta consolidando grazie alla diffusione delle lettere di credito. E Milano è nel pieno del suo rinascimento sotto la guida di Ludovico il Moro. A chi si avventura nei cortili del Castello o lungo i Navigli capita di incontrare un uomo sulla quarantina, dalle lunghe vesti rosa, l¿aria mite di chi è immerso nei propri pensieri. Vive nei locali attigui alla sua bottega con la madre e un giovinetto amatissimo ma dispettoso, non mangia carne, scrive al contrario e fatica a essere pagato da coloro cui offre i suoi servigi. È Leonardo da Vinci: la sua fama già supera le Alpi giungendo fino alla Francia di re Carlo VIII, che ha inviato a Milano due ambasciatori per chiedere aiuto nella guerra contro gli Aragonesi ma affidando loro anche una missione segreta che riguarda proprio lui. Tutti, infatti, sanno che Leonardo ha un taccuino su cui scrive i suoi progetti più arditi - forse addirittura quello di un invincibile automa guerriero - e che conserva sotto la tunica, vicino al cuore. Ma anche il Moro, spazientito per il ritardo con cui procede il grandioso progetto di statua equestre che gli ha commissionato, ha bisogno di Leonardo: un uomo è stato trovato senza vita in una corte del Castello, sul corpo non appaiono segni di violenza, eppure la sua morte desta gravi sospetti... Bisogna allontanare le ombre della peste e della superstizione, in fretta: e Leonardo non è nelle condizioni di negare aiuto al suo Signore. A cinquecento anni dalla morte di Leonardo da Vinci, Marco Malvaldi gioca con la lingua, la scienza, la storia, il crimine e gli ridà vita tra le pagine immaginando la sua multiforme intelligenza alle prese con le fragilità e la grandezza dei destini umani.

Fratello grande è un autista Uber. Chiuso undici ore al giorno nella sua auto con la radio sempre accesa, rimugina sulla vita e sul mondo che gli passa davanti o dentro il taxi. Fratello piccolo, l¿idealista della famiglia, è partito da mesi per la Siria come infermiere con un¿organizzazione umanitaria musulmana e non ha dato più notizie. Un silenzio che logora il fratello e il padre in attesa di una risposta alla domanda: perché è andato? Una sera suona il citofono. Fratello piccolo è tornato... In questo continuo perdersi e cercarsi dei due fratelli, in una famiglia con le radici strappate, in un mondo dove ogni giorno il giusto e lo sbagliato si rovesciano, sta la forza di questo romanzo di avventure e di idee.

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Is this a serious and philosophical book? Certainly. But Compagnon never pontificates and is never austere. Many of the anecdotes he chooses allow us to approach the world of Montaigne with a sense of humor and, most importantly, companionship.

TARGET CONSUMER. Literary Fiction. Family Sagas. LGBTQKEY SELLING POINTS. Sustained interest in Vietnam and in the immigrant experience. Deals poignantly with sexual trauma. Young, debut author with growing platform and network of influencers Abbigail Rosewood is a young literary talent. Old World - New World, immigration influenced by technology. Author based in New York City, NY. Setting: 1990's Vietnam and New York. Author will be featured at Winter Institute 2019

"This absorbing novel begins as the story of Robert Crofts, whose father, after serving in World War II, returns to the family's London home psychologically damaged and abusive. At sixteen, Robert flees his childhood home for the Australian outback, where he works for years alongside Queensland's legendary black stockmen. When he comes to understand that the outback is not his true home, nor is working there his destiny, Crofts moves to cosmopolitan Melbourne. There he meets Lena Soren, who, it soon becomes clear, is the true center both of this story and of Robert's life. Lena is a charismatic, talented, passionate, and restive woman who defies convention in both subtle and exuberant ways. As her and Robert's intimacy deepens, Lena struggles to free herself from the familial demands and social norms that suffocate her. Very much in love, Robert follows Lena to the end of the earth and back again as their relationship nourishes both his artistic aspirations and her ever stronger sense of self. As a saga about a modern country defining itself through experiments in social costume and shifting mores, The Passage of Love is incisive and fascinating. As the story of a man's calling, of a woman's insistence on carving out an unconventional destiny for herself, and of the many, mysterious facets of love, it is unforgettable"--Amazon.com.

"Two women awaken from a drugged sleep to find themselves imprisoned in a broken-down property in the middle of a desert. Strangers to each other, they have no idea where they are, or how they came to be there with eight other girls. In each girl's past is a sexual scandal with a powerful man. The Natural Way of Things is a gripping, starkly imaginative exploration of contemporary misogyny and corporate control, and of what it means to hunt and be hunted. Most of all, it is the story of two friends, their sisterly love and courage"--from author's website.

"Eck Adamson, an alcoholic vagrant, summons Jack Laidlaw to his deathbed. Probably the only policeman in Glasgow who would bother to respond, Laidlaw sees in Eck's cryptic last message a clue to the murder of a gangland thug and the disappearance of a student. With stubborn integrity, Laidlaw tracks down a seam of corruption that runs through all levels of Glaswegian society."--Page 2 of cover.

First publication: London: Chatto & Windus, 2013.

The story of detective John Dorn told in ten cases. The "cases" are as different as can be, but each one reveals a little more of Dorn's own troubled past and his dire present, leading to a final confrontation with his arch nemesis: himself.

In this searing and timely novel, the devastating effects of a country's economic and moral collapse provide the backdrop for a story about individual fortitude and conscience. This powerful story alternates with the tale of a white schoolteacher who, embittered by the horrific state of his country, is preparing to leave. Before he can do so he must confront his own demons and personal failings. 224 pp. 35,000 print.