Sanjida O'Connell je autorka, ktorá je oslavovaná pre svoje presvedčivé príbehy, ktoré sa ponárajú do ľudskej psychiky. Jej romány skúmajú zložité vzťahy a komplexnosť ľudského správania, často s bystrým pohľadom na psychologickú hĺbku. Prostredníctvom svojho jedinečného autorského hlasu pozýva čitateľov do svetov, ktoré sú podnetné k zamysleniu aj emocionálne rezonujúce, pričom skúma jemné spôsoby, akými sa spájame a klameme navzájom.
Our lust for sugar has changed the shape of the world economically culturally and scoially. Sanjida O' Connell reveals, in accessible and scintillating prose, the extraordinary and illuminating story of sugar's journey from a grass to world domination.
Sandra is caught in the complex web of a relationship with her unpredictable boyfriend Corin. But it is her research as a zoologist, into the emotions of chimpanzees, that forces her to confront her own true feelings towards Corin.
Niall, a zoologist, goes to Northern Ireland under the pretext of studying magpies. What he's researching, in fact, is nothing less than the science of free will, the genetics of fate and destiny. But as he roams the seashore observing the lives of his chosen birds, he becomes increasingly troubled by half-remembered events, by apparently familiar faces, and by the names of people long dead.Niall is drawn into the complex and tightly knit lives of the villagers and into relationships with Edie, an ambitious and beautiful young chef, and with Nadia, the exotic daughter of the local squire. As he becomes more obsessed with his magpies, and with Edie and Nadia, his grip on reality starts to weaken and fragments of memory from his lost past return. On the brink of a major new scientific discovery, he finally becomes aware of the magnitude of his loss.