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Lui ha quasi cinquant'anni ed è uno storico, in fuga perenne dal presente e da ogni obbligo; lei ha sedici anni, legge moltissimi libri e vuole sapere come funziona il mondo. Viaggiano insieme in Francia verso la Camargue, parlando di tutto ciò che passa loro per la mente: i sentimenti che legano un uomo a una donna, la famiglia tradizionale e quella frantumata, i problemi della specie umana, i loro ricordi personali, le loro similitudini e le loro distanze. Sviscerando la realtà, analizzandola, sezionandola e traendone regole generali, interrogandosi a vicenda.

A young boy comes of age within the confines of post-civil-war Beirut, with conflict and comedy lurking round every corner. Adam dreams of becoming an astronaut, but who has ever heard of an Arab on the moon? He battles with his father, a book-hoarding journalist with a penchant for writing eulogies, his closest friend, Basil, a Druze who is said to worship goats and believe in reincarnation, and a host of other misfits and miscreants in a city attempting recover from years of political and military violence.

In a nameless Hungarian town, teenagers on a competitive swim team occupy their after-training hours with hard drinking and fast cars, hash cigarettes and marathons of Grand Theft Auto, the meaningless sex and late-night exploits of a world defined by self-gratification and all its attendant recklessness. Invisible to their parents and subject to the whims of an abusive coach, the crucible of competition pushes them again and again into dangerous choices. When a deadly accident leaves them second-guessing one another, they’re driven even deeper into violence.

Zindagi 50-50's young writer Bhagwant Anmol manages to cover sensitive topics which tug at the very fabric of our society. In Bali Umar he has managed to do the same. At the center of the novel are a child’s innocence, his shenanigans, and a child’s raging curiosity to fathom everything about life. The main protagonists of the novel are children, and the plot is set in a village. The novel is an attempt to address societal-political and caste angle issues through the medium of children.

La Panzanella - ovvero Carlotta Cordelli, discendenza fieramente partenopea, un corpo in trasformazione, un magma di pensieri onirico e torrenziale - si vede brutta e sgraziata ma, implacabile, si muove a tentoni verso "bellezza e amore". Lo fa quando si mette in minigonna per farsi abbordare, lo fa quando si aggira per piazza Navona ostentando l'aria da giovane intellettuale, lo fa quando nerovestita si sente una anarchica.

A Hindi translation of Ruskin Bond’s A Handful of Nuts by Rachna Bhola ‘Yamini’, this novel is the story of a 21-year-old writer in a small town in India. Alternately witty, poignant, tender and hilarious, the tale begins with the writer describing his simple and frugal life in Dehra. He occupies a tiny room, spending his days eating at the roadside restaurants, watching cinema and reading all English publications he can find. His goal is to find avenues to get his short stories published, and though he finds plenty such publications, none of those pay well.

Marocco ha quattordici anni e vive con il padre a Soccavo, un quartiere di Napoli. La madre li ha abbandonati qualche anno prima, senza dare più notizie di sé, e lui vive quell'assenza come una ferita aperta, un dolore sordo che non dà pace. Frequenta il liceo con pessimi risultati e le sue giornate ruotano attorno agli allenamenti e alle trasferte: insieme a Gioiello, Fusco e Petrone è infatti una giovane promessa del calcio, ma nemmeno le vittorie sul campo riescono a placare la rabbia e il senso di vuoto che prova dentro.

"C'è un'estate brusca nell'età giovane in cui si impara il mondo di corsa. In un'isola del Tirreno, alla metà degli anni Cinquanta, un pescatore che ha conosciuto la guerra e una giovane donna dal nome difficile, senza intenzione trasmettono a un ragazzo la febbre del rispondere. Qui si racconta una risposta, un eccomi, decisivo come un luogo di nascita. 'Tu, mio' è un racconto di superamento della cosiddetta 'linea d'ombra', centrato sul passaggio dai privilegi dell'adolescenza alla ruvidezza della maturità.

Marlene Beckmann ist 31 Jahre alt und lebt das Leben, das sie sich gewünscht hat. Auf die Frage, wie es ihr geht, antwortet sie meistens: "Super, und dir?" Marlene hat sich äußerlich im Griff. Bis sie ihren ersten richtigen Job als Social Media Managerin in einem multinationalen Unternehmen antritt. Bis sie vor lauter Überstunden kein Privatleben mehr hat. Bis der Druck schließlich zu groß wird.

Fetishist of working women Arthur Munby, irascible antiquary General Pitt Rivers, feminist Barbara Bodichon, and other historical figures of the Victorian epoch wander through the backdrop of the novel as Anna's anomalous love for Lore Ritter, and her friendship with freethinking and ambitious Miriam Sala, carry her into areas of uncharted desire, while Beatrice, forced to choose between her beloved Will Anwyl and the evangelist Christian Ritter, who marked her out as a wife when she was only a child, is pulled between passion and duty.

Set in Queens and Manhattan in the aughts, the book is narrated by Ty, a half-Jewish, half-Catholic 20-something who works for a business consulting firm on Wall Street. He’s in love with Jenny, a fledgling writer from his Queens neighborhood, but she finds ways to keep her distance. He’s also smitten with his co-worker, Krista Kaplan, but she’s his supervisor and skeptical of Ty because of his relationship with Jenny. His mother has recently died, and his father spends most of his time watching movies from the Rocky and Superman franchises....

Tre amici, Marco, Misia e Livio. Le loro vite si intrecciano nel corso di trent'anni, mentre i loro rapporti passano dall'amicizia più entusiasmante alla passione, all'amore, alla rivalità, fino alla constatazione di non poter fare a meno uno dell'altro. Al centro di questo triangolo emotivo è Misia, che ispira e incoraggia gli altri due e li porta alla disperazione, secondo gli alti e bassi della sua bruciante interiorità.

It’s Poppy Kinsey’s birthday. She should be blowing out candles and opening presents, but hers falls on the type of heart-wrenching, agonising anniversary she would far rather forget. The worst day of them all. The day her mother died. But this year is special because the person she misses most in the world has left her a set of letters, one for each of her next 10 birthdays. As Poppy opens them year by year, she discovers that no matter how tough life gets, her mum will always be by her side, guiding her along the way.

"Tirar mattina" racconta di Aldino che all'alba dei suoi trentatré anni ha deciso di mettere la testa a posto trovando finalmente un lavoro, proprio lui che finora si è arrabattato in mille modi, il più delle volte discutibili, riuscendo a scampare la vita da operaio come suo padre. Ma prima di cominciare la sua nuova vita da uomo adulto e responsabile, vuole festeggiare e decide di farsi un ultimo bicchiere e poi a nanna, o meglio a slòffen.

As the long, mysterious life of a family matriarch begins to wind down, will she take her secrets with her? Or will her past adventures lead to new ones for the next generation? From a bustling Australian city to the beauty and promise of Granada and a captivating culture, one young woman may dare to find out....

1952. Louisa Gilchrist flees her turbulent life in England and arrives in Argentina. When the country’s most influential tango composer chooses Louisa as his muse, she’s hypnotized by high society soirees, powerful friends, and a luxurious existence. But Louisa’s world is shattered when betrayal leads to murder. Present day. Journalist Dani McKenna’s damaged career has a chance of being resurrected if she can secure an interview with reclusive tango dancer Carlos Escudero.

American soldiers and native Kachin troops battle Japanese forces behind enemy lines in the Burmese jungles. But during the brutal campaign to gain territory in the unforgiving tropical landscape, Captain Reynolds and his band of special operations soldiers and guerrilla fighters struggle to find self-awareness, and even love, in the midst of the trials of combat.

A sensitive boy growing up in a bad neighborhood, Harry Riddle doesn’t fit in with the kids who hold up gas stations, steal purses, and drop safes on policemen. He prefers to contemplate the American dream and his father’s advice for achieving it: “Get rich, boy. Then sleep till noon and screw ’em all.” But when Harry gets his first job as a cafeteria busboy, a customer warns him that money leads to corruption. The idea disturbs him so much that he accidentally sticks his hand into a meat grinder.

10 years ago, two girls' lives changed forever. Now one of them is ready to tell their story. 10 years later, 18-year-old Ravine Roy spends every day in her room. Completing crosswords and scribbling in her journal, she keeps the outside world exactly where she wants it: outside. But as the real world begins to invade her carefully controlled space, she is forced to finally confront the questions she’s been avoiding. Who is her mother meeting in secret? Who has moved in next door?

Molly has lived on the streets for nearly a decade. She has close friends but spends most of her nights sleeping rough in dangerous places. So when a new acquaintance invites her on a journey across the country, she decides to go along. He is searching for treasure while she is searching for hope. At every stop on their unusual quest, Molly senses something close behind her: the footsteps of an old enemy and the memories of a life she has tried to erase. And yet she must find the courage to continue if she’s ever going to discover a place that really feels like home.