Claude Demanuelli Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

Spisovatelka Vida Winterová již po desetiletí okouzluje čtenáře po celém světě svými strhujícími příběhy, ale ten nejúžasnější si dosud nechávala pro sebe. Teď však cítí, že se neodvratně blíží smrt, a tak se rozhodne konečně odhalit dlouho očekávaný třináctý příběh: tajemství svého života. Ale i mladičká badatelka Margaret , kterou si zvolila za autorku svého životopisu, v sobě dusí bolest z minulosti. Obě ženy pomalu rozkrývají své osobní příběhy plné vášně, lásky, krutosti a oddanosti, protože jen pravda může ulehčit umírání a otevřít cestu do budoucnosti. Román Diane Setterfieldové navazuje na největší klasiky ženského románu a podobně jako Jana Eyrová nebo Na Větrné hůrce nabízí hluboce romantický příběh, v němž nechybí napětí, láska, tajemství ani magická a hrůzostrašná atmosféra.

Reissue of this highly acclaimed Virago title, a 'finely written, beautiful and tragic novel' - Hermione Lee, FT

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • This debut novel from a "preternaturally gifted" writer is set against London’s vibrant racial and cultural backdrop, celebrating the chaos of modern life while embracing the humor found in everyday experiences. Critics have likened the author’s voice to literary greats such as Charles Dickens and Salman Rushdie, yet it remains uniquely her own. Central to this invigorating narrative are two unlikely friends, Archie Jones and Samad Iqbal, both World War II veterans whose lives reflect England’s profound transformation. Archie’s second marriage to Clara Bowden, a beautiful Jamaican woman half his age, revitalizes him and brings forth Irie, a daughter whose personality contrasts with her name, meaning “no problem.” Meanwhile, Samad’s arranged marriage, delayed until his bride was born, leads to twin sons whose divergent paths challenge his attempts to guide them and prompt a selective return to his Islamic faith. “[White Teeth] is, like the London it portrays, a restless hybrid of voices, tones, and textures…with a raucous energy and confidence.” —The New York Times Book Review

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • PEN/Faulkner Award Winner • A gripping, tragic, and densely atmospheric masterpiece of courtroom suspense—one that leaves us shaken and changed. "Haunting .... A whodunit complete with courtroom maneuvering and surprising turns of evidence and at the same time a mystery, something altogether richer and deeper." —Los Angeles Times San Piedro Island, north of Puget Sound, is a place so isolated that no one who lives there can afford to make enemies. But in 1954 a local fisherman is found suspiciously drowned, and a Japanese American named Kabuo Miyamoto is charged with his murder. In the course of the ensuing trial, it becomes clear that what is at stake is more than a man's guilt. For on San Pedro, memory grows as thickly as cedar trees and the fields of ripe strawberries—memories of a charmed love affair between a white boy and the Japanese girl who grew up to become Kabuo's wife; memories of land desired, paid for, and lost. Above all, San Piedro is haunted by the memory of what happened to its Japanese residents during World War II, when an entire community was sent into exile while its neighbors watched.