Anneke Bok Knihy

Majstrovsky napísaný príbeh bohatej maliarky, prostého maorijského muža a nemého malého chlapca-najdúcha, ktorého vyplavilo more po stroskotaní lode. Na pozadí fascinujúcej novozélandskej prírody sa odohráva dej poprepletaný maorijskými reáliami, autorka na mnohých miestach používa jazyk domorodcov a súčasťou knihy je množstvo odkazov na maorijské mýty a rituály. Dielo bolo v roku 1985 ocenené prestížnou Bookerovou cenou.

Sympatický, no rozporuplný hrdina Richard sa na svojich potulkách svetom zastaví aj v Bangkoku. Nestojí o vyšliapané turistické trasy, láka ho všetko nezvyčajné, nepoznané. Akoby zasiahol osud, Richard sa za zvláštnych okolností dozvie o tajomnej pláži na jednom z neprístupných ostrovov v Thajskom zálive. Rozhodne sa, že pláž stoj čo stoj nájde. Spolu s novými priateľmi, Étiennom a Françoise, sa vydá na cestu plnú takmer neprekonateľných prekážok a nástrah, pri ktorej musia siahnuť až na dno svojich fyzických a psychických síl. Tajomná pláž nie je len jednou z posledných bášt nedotknutej prírody. Z obyvateľov pláže, uzavretého spoločenstva rôznorodých ľudí, izolovaných od okolitého sveta, sa autorovi podarilo stvoriť nazabudnuteľné, plnokrvné postavy a postavičky, ktoré v hraničných situáciách naplno odhalia svoje charaktery.

Een ontroerend verhaal over twee families die elk op hun eigen wijze proberen om te gaan met een groot verlies. Zomerse fuga laat ons zien dat rouw met alleen diepe wonden slaat, maar ook kan leiden tot onverwachte schoonheid.

Anappara creates an endearing and highly engaging narrator to navigate us through the dark underbelly of modern India' Observer We children are not just stories. We live. Come and see. Nine-year-old Jai watches too many reality cop shows, thinks he's smarter than his friend Pari (even though she always gets top marks) and considers himself to be a better boss than Faiz (even though Faiz is the one with a job). When a boy at school goes missing, Jai decides to use the crime-solving skills he has picked up from episodes of Police Patrol to find him. With Pari and Faiz by his side, Jai ventures into some of the most dangerous parts of the sprawling Indian city; the bazaar at night, and even the railway station at the end of the Purple Line. But kids continue to vanish, and the trio must confront terrified parents, an indifferent police force and soul-snatching djinns in order to uncover the truth.

"Young Pip Tyler doesn't know who she is. She knows that her real name is Purity, that she's saddled with $130,000 in student debt, that she's squatting with anarchists in Oakland, and that her relationship with her mother -- her only family -- is hazardous. But she doesn't have a clue who her father is, why her mother chose to live as a recluse with an invented name, or how she'll ever have a normal life. Enter the Germans. A glancing encounter with a German peace activist leads Pip to an internship in South America with The Sunlight Project, an organization that traffics in all the secrets of the world -- including, Pip hopes, the secret of her origins. TSP is the brainchild of Andreas Wolf, a charismatic provocateur who rose to fame in the chaos following the fall of the Berlin Wall. Now on the lam in Bolivia, Andreas is drawn to Pip for reasons she doesn't understand, and the intensity of her response to him upends her conventional ideas of right and wrong."--Book jacket (hardcover edition).

Samson Greene wanders into the Nevada desert, unaware of how he reached there, oblivious even to his own identity, and with a tumour pressing against his brain. When he is picked up and taken to the hospital, there is some possibility that his life could be saved, but whether his mind could be saved, his memories be retained is not clear. Anna, his wife of ten years, is by his side when he undergoes the surgery and comes out alive, but without twenty four years of his memory. He cannot recognise his wife, his beautiful house, and the rows of books that he had lovingly collected and read. It is a difficult situation for Samson, who feels like a stranger in his own life, and for Anna to see her husband separated from her by the chasm of oblivion. As Samson and Anna try to come to terms with their new life, some of their questions are answered, the others are left unresolved. To understand his new self, to find a meaning for his new life Samson has to go to the desert again.