Rebecca Makkai Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

Bodie Kane kehrt als Dozentin an ihr ehemaliges Internat zurück, um sich mit der schmerzhaften Erinnerung an den Mord an ihrer Zimmergenossin Thalia Keith auseinanderzusetzen. Eine Schülerin startet einen Podcast über den Fall, was Bodie in einen Strudel aus Erinnerungen und Internetrecherche zieht, während sie die Wahrheit über den Mörder entdeckt.

A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane has chosen to forget her troubled past, including a family tragedy, her unhappy years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the 1995 murder of classmate Thalia Keith. The case, which led to the conviction of the school's athletics coach, Omar Evans, has become a topic of online fascination, but Bodie prefers to leave it behind. However, when invited back to teach a two-week course at The Granby School, she feels compelled to revisit the case and its troubling inconsistencies. Did the rush to convict Omar overlook other potential suspects? As Bodie delves deeper, she begins to question her own memories and connections to the events of 1995, realizing she may not have been the outsider she believed herself to be. This novel is both a captivating mystery and a poignant exploration of one woman's confrontation with her past. Renowned author Rebecca Makkai showcases her talent for reinvention in this compelling narrative, marking her as one of the most significant contemporary American writers.

Omamný príbeh o priateľstve a zmierení navzdory tragickým stratám, odohrávajúci sa v Chicagu 80. rokov a v súčasnom Paríži. Je rok 1985 a Yale Tishman, riaditeľ rozvoja umeleckej galérie v Chicagu, sa práve chystá urobiť úžasný skok v svojej kariére – priniesť galérii ako dar výnimočnú zbierku malieb z dvadsiatych rokov 20. storočia. No hoci jeho kariéra rozvitá, v spoločnosti vládne atmosféra úzkosti a strachu zo šíriacej sa epidémie aidsu. Jeho priatelia umierajú jeden po druhom a po pohrebe Yaleovho kamaráta Nica sa vírus dokonca dostane i do jeho bezprostrednej blízkosti. Čoskoro jedinou spriaznenou dušou, ktorá mu ostane, je Fiona, Nicova malá sestra. O tridsať rokov neskôr sa Fiona snaží nájsť v Paríži svoju dcéru, ktorá prepadla náboženskému kultu, preťala s rodičmi všetky kontakty a zmizla bez stopy. Fiona býva u svojho starého priateľa, fotografa, ktorý zdokumentoval chicagsku krízu, a konečne si uvedomí, aký devastačný vplyv mala epidémia aidsu na jej život a na vzťah s jej dcérou. Dva prelínajúce sa príbehy nás prevedú cez ťaživé osemdesiate roky až do chaosu súčasného sveta, keď sledujeme, ako sa obaja protagonisti Yale i Fiona usilujú nájsť dobro uprostred katastrofy.

Presents a collection of wide-ranging, evocative short stories, including several inspired by the author's family history or featuring protagonists whose lives are shaped by irony

Set on an historic estate that once housed an arts colony, Doug, the husband of the estate's heir, desperately needs the colony files to get his stalled academic career back on track. But when he finally gets his hands on them he discovers more than he bargained for. Doug may never learn the house's secrets, but the reader will, as Makkai leads us on a thrilling journey into the past of this eccentric family

Lucy Hull, a young children's librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, finds herself both kidnapper and kidnapped when her favourite patron, ten-year-old Ian Drake, runs away from home. The precocious Ian is addicted to reading, but needs Lucy's help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother, who has enrolled Ian in weekly anti-gay classes. When Lucy finds Ian camped out in the library after hours with a backpack of provisions and an escape plan, she allows herself to be hijacked by him and the pair embark on a spontaneous road trip. But is it just Ian who is running away? And should Lucy really be trying to save a boy from his own parents?