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Beatrice Colin

    Táto autorka, prozaička a rozhlasová dramatička, sa vo svojej tvorbe inšpiruje novými miestami, starými knihami aj útržkami rozhovorov. Písanie románov jej slúži ako prostriedok na objavovanie nových poznatkov o svete, histórii aj o sebe samej. Jej diela ponúkajú čitateľom pohľad do fascinujúcich príbehov, ktoré vznikajú na pomedzí histórie a osobného prežitku.

    Beatrice Colin
    New York 1916
    Цветя от лед и пепел. Cvetja ot led i pepel.
    The Glass House
    The luminous life of Lilly Aphrodite
    My Invisible Sister
    To Capture What We Cannot Keep
    • To Capture What We Cannot Keep

      • 304 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania
      3,6(146)Ohodnotiť

      Set against the construction of the Eiffel Tower, this novel charts the relationship between a young widow and an engineer who, despite constraints of class and wealth, fall in love. Seamlessly weaving history and invention, Beatrice Colin takes readers to a revolutionary time.To Capture What We Cannot Keepraises questions about societal expectation and the sacrifices love requires of all of us.

      To Capture What We Cannot Keep
    • My Invisible Sister

      • 119 stránok
      • 5 hodin čítania

      Ten-year-old Frank's thirteen-year-old sister Elizabeth, invisible since birth, continually causes trouble, forcing the family to move again and again, but Frank wants to stay put and decides to find a way to make her visible.

      My Invisible Sister
    • A literary historical novel about an orphan girl's journey from poverty to film stardom, set against the grand backdrop of World War I Berlin, the cabaret era, the run-up to World War II, and the innovations in art and industry that accompanied it all.

      The luminous life of Lilly Aphrodite
    • The Glass House

      • 304 stránok
      • 11 hodin čítania
      3,3(641)Ohodnotiť

      From the author of To Capture What We Cannot Keep, a gorgeously transporting novel set on a Scottish estate, about the heiress and the mysterious woman from India who shows up on her doorstep.

      The Glass House