Benjamin Alíre Sáenz Knihy

Príbeh o priateľstve dvoch chlapcov, ktoré je ako vesmír: magické a bez hraníc. O priateľstve, vďaka ktorému objavíte pravdy nielen o sebe, ale aj o ľuďoch, akými by ste raz chceli byť. Dante je výrečný a sebaistý. Ari ťažko hľadá správne slová a v ničom si nedôveruje. Danteho pohlcuje poézia a umenie. Ari tápa v spomienkach na staršieho brata, ktorý skončil v base. Zdá sa, že chlapec ako Dante s jedinečným pohľadom na svet, bude tým posledným, komu sa podarí zbúrať múry, čo si okolo seba vystaval Ari. Keď sa Ari a Dante stretnú, vznikne medzi nimi puto, ktoré nastaví zrkadlo pravde skrytej v hĺbke duše, a pomôže im odhaliť, akými ľuďmi by sa raz chceli stať. No do cesty sa im stavia mnoho prekážok a len viera v seba - a v silu ich priateľstva - je spôsob, ako zo života vyťažiť čo najviac.

Pokračovanie knihy Aristoteles a Dante spoznávajú svet a tajomstvá vesmíru, príbehu o dvoch neobyčajných chlapcoch z pohraničného mesta, ktorý si získal srdcia čitateľov aj množstvo prestížnych ocenení. Ari strávil celú strednú školu tým, že skrýval, kým v skutočnosti je, takmer nerozprával a snažil sa byť neviditeľný. Myslel si, že ani v maturitnom ročníku to nebude inak. Ale keď sa zamiloval do Danteho, niečo sa v ňom zlomilo. Odrazu sa otvára novým priateľom, zastáva sa tých, ktorých šikanujú, a jeho hlas je konečne počuť. A stále je tu aj Dante, nádherný, duchaplný Dante, ktorý niekedy dokáže Arimu liezť na nervy a zároveň ho napĺňať túžbou. Obaja chlapci sú odhodlaní budovať si vzťah a nájsť si vlastnú cestu vo svete, ktorý im nerozumie. Ale keď Ari musí čeliť nečakanej strate, neostáva mu nič iné, len bojovať ako nikdy predtým, aby mohol žiť šťastný život, ktorý patrí len a len jemu.

Život sa začína... v maturitnom ročníku! Alebo ďalšia magická výprava do duše dospievajúceho chlapca od autora knihy Aristoteles a Dante spoznávajú svet a tajomstvá vesmíru. Sal vyrastá s adoptívnym otcom gayom v milujúcej mexicko-americkej rodine a celkom sa teší na všetko, čo ho v poslednom roku na strednej škole čaká. Do jeho života však nečakane zasiahne minulosť. On a jeho najlepšia kamoška Samantha musia náhle čeliť udalostiam, ktoré ich donútia prehodnotiť, v čo veria, aj ako sa vyrovnať so stratou najbližších a so žiaľom. Sal, naštvaný na celý svet, sa snaží zo všetkých síl vyrovnať so všetkými zmenami a pochopiť nevysvetliteľné, no zisťuje, že odrazu si nie je istý ani tým, kým v skutočnosti je – a keď to už nevie Sal, tak kto potom?

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From award-winning poet Benjamin Alire Sáenz comes In Perfect Light, a haunting novel depicting the cruelties of cultural displacement and the resilience of those who are left in its aftermath. In Perfect Light is the story of two strong-willed people who are forever altered by a single tragedy. After Andés Segovia's parents are killed in a car accident when he is still a young boy, his older brother decides to steal the family away to Juárez, Mexico. That decision, made with the best intentions, sets into motion the unraveling of an American family. Years later, his family destroyed, Andés is left to make sense of the chaos -- but he is ill-equipped to make sense of his life. He begins a dark journey toward self-destruction, his talent and brilliance brought down by the weight of a burden too frightening and maddening to bear alone. The manifestation of this frustration is a singular rage that finds an outlet in a dark and seedy El Paso bar -- leading him improbably to Grace Delgado. Recently confronted with her own sense of isolation and mortality, Grace is an unlikely angel, a therapist who agrees to treat Andés after he is arrested in the United States. The two are suspicious of each other, yet they slowly arrive at a tentative working relationship that allows each of them to examine his and her own fragile and damaged past. Andés begins to confront what lies behind his own violence, and Grace begins to understand how she has contributed to her own self-exile and isolation. What begins as an intriguing favor to a friend becomes Grace's lifeline -- even as secrets surrounding the death of Andés' parents threaten to strain the connection irreparably. With the urgent, unflinching vision of a true storyteller and the precise, arresting language of a poet, Sáenz's In Perfect Light bears witness to the cruelty of circumstance and, more than offering escape, the novel offers the possibility of salvation.

Zach is eighteen. He is bright and articulate. He's also an alcoholic and in rehab instead of high school, but he doesn't remember how he got there. He's not sure he wants to remember. Something bad must have happened. Something really, really bad. Remembering sucks and being alive - well, what's up with that? I have it in my head that when we're born, God writes things down on our hearts. See, on some people's hearts he writes Happy and on some people's hearts he writes Sad and on some people's hearts he writes Crazy on some people's hearts he writes Genius and on some people's hearts he writes Angry and on some people's hearts he writes Winner and on some people's hearts he writes Loser. It's all like a game to him. Him. God. And it's all pretty much random. He takes out his pen and starts writing on our blank hearts. When it came to my turn, he wrote Sad. I don't like God very much. Apparently he doesn't like me very much either.

Set against the backdrop of 1970s Hollywood, this vibrant coming-of-age story follows the lives of Sammy and Juliana, two Chicano teenagers navigating friendship, identity, and cultural challenges. The narrative captures the essence of their experiences, blending humor and poignancy as they confront societal expectations and personal dreams. With rich character development and a nostalgic tone, it explores themes of youth, love, and the quest for belonging in a rapidly changing world.

The highly anticipated sequel to the beloved cult classic about family, friendship and first love, from award-winning author Benjamin Alire Sáenz.

This immensely moving novel confronts divisions of race, gender, and class, fusing together the stories of people who come to recognize one another from former lives they didn't know existed -- or that they tried to forget. Diego, a deaf-mute, is barely surviving on the border in El Paso, Texas. Diego's sister, Helen, who lives with her husband in the posh suburbs of San Francisco, long ago abandoned both her brother and her El Paso roots. Helen's best friend, Lizzie, a nurse in an AIDS ward, begins to uncover her own buried past after a mystical encounter with a patient. With Carry Me Like Water, Benjamin Alire Sáenz unfolds a beautiful story about hope and forgiveness, unexpected reunions, an expanded definition of family, and, ultimately, what happens when the disparate worlds of pain and privilege collide.