Nick Hornby Book order (chronological)

Exploring the intriguing parallels between Charles Dickens and Prince, this book delves into the lives of two iconic figures from different eras and backgrounds. Through a blend of admiration, humor, and insight, Nick Hornby examines their artistic brilliance, personal struggles, and social contexts. He highlights how both transformed their respective fields and left lasting legacies, revealing a cosmic connection that transcends race and class. The narrative intertwines their stories, showcasing the humor and tragedy that shaped their contributions to art and society.

Luvy and Joseph meet in a butcher's shop in North London, on opposite sides of the counter. She is a teacher and mother of two, who is quite happy to put romance behind her. He is an aspiring music producer who as never been in a serious relationship. Lucy and Joseph are opposites ion almost all ways. Can something life-changing grow from uncommon ground?

Artikelen over voetbal.

Tom and Louise meet in the pub opposite their counsellor's office ten minutes before their session is about to start. Their marriage is in a state of crisis because Louise has been unfaithful, after a long period in which Tom wasn't interested in having sex with her at all. The plan in these ten minutes is to talk about the agenda for the session, what they talked about last week, what they never talk about, and what is wrong with the couple whose counselling slot immediately precedes their own. Frequently they talk about things that are really not important to their difficulties but which animate and provoke them anyway. In this way, we learn about the history and the future of a marriage. Anyone who has ever been in a relationship made more complicated by time, and familiarity, will recognise themselves in this brilliantly funny comedy written by one of our most beloved writers,one who captures relationships like few others.

Lehetnek-e fontos gondolatai egy nagydarab biztonsági őrnek a modern művészetről? Naná, hogy lehetnek. A „CiciKrisztus” hőse bebizonyítja, hogy talán még érzékenyebb műértő is lehet, mint egy híres művész. Nick Hornby leghíresebb elbeszélése a népszerű regényekkel egyenértékű remekmű: sokak kedvence, itt-ott egyetemeken is tanítják – akár mint kiváló novellát, akár mint gondolatébresztő bevezetést a mai képzőművészet megértéséhez. Akárcsak a „CiciKrisztus”, a kötet többi elbeszélése is meghökkentő alapötletre épül, hogy aztán Hornby a rá jellemző romantikus humorral bontsa ki a történetet. Megváltoztathatja-e az ember életét egy megszállott Arsenal-szurkoló? Mit tehet egy szülő, ha valami igazán – igazán? – szégyenletes dolog derül ki a fiáról? Mi lehet fontosabb annál, ha egy kamasz fiú életében először szexelhet? Egyszóval: szex, foci, satöbbi.

Tarareamos canciones que decimos detestar. Solo nos emocionamos cantando cuando nadie nos ve. Lloramos con baladas de las que nos hemos burlado antes. Mentimos sobre lo que nos gusta para que nos acepten. Y decimos que los demás tienen muy mal gusto. Considerado uno de los mejores ensayos estéticos sobre el gusto musical de la década, «Música de mierda» investiga el mal gusto y la sensiblería musical a partir de una contradicción: ¿por qué la persona que más discos vende es de la que más gente se ríe? Carl Wilson quiso hacer una investigación sobre el éxito de Céline Dion pero se descubrió escribiendo un ensayo maravilloso sobre el amor (a la música), el esnobismo como coraza y la capacidad de emoción en tiempos de cinismo.

Will Freeman wants an easy life with no responsibilities. But then he meets Marcus – an unusual twelve year old boy with serious problems.About a Boy is a modern classic – a very funny story about a very serious subject: love. It’s also a popular movie starring Hugh Grant.

Nick Hornby schreibt übers Lesen – was kann seinen Lesern Besseres passieren? Bücher, die er gekauft hat, Bücher, die er gelesen hat, Bücher, die er in der Bahn liegen gelassen hat oder die unters Bett gerutscht sind – mit seinem unnachahmlichen Blick für die komischen Seiten des Lesens beweist Nick Hornby, dass man auch als Vater kleiner Kinder die Zeit finden kann, sich in ein Buch zu vertiefen. Man muss nur das Getöse aus dem Zimmer nebenan ignorieren können. Von Patti Smith über Muriel Spark, Dennis Lehane (halb), Michael Ondaatje, John Up-dike bis hin zu Charles Dickens u.v.a.m. reicht die Liste der gelesenen Bücher, von der Liste der bisher noch nicht gelesenen Bücher ganz zu schweigen. Hornby empfiehlt und macht dabei unbändige Lust aufs Lesen. Und beweist ganz nebenbei, dass ernst zu nehmende Literaturkritik auch unterhaltsam und lustig sein kann.

Stuff I've Been Reading by Nick Hornby - the bestselling novelist's rich, witty and inspiring reading diary'Read what you enjoy, not what bores you,' Nick Hornby tells us. And in this new collection of his columns from the Believer magazine he shows us how it's done. From historical tomes to comic books, literary novels to children's stories, political thrillers to travel writing, Stuff I've Been Reading details Nick's thoughts and experiences on books by George Orwell, J.M. Barrie, Muriel Spark, Claire Tomalin, Charles Dickens, Mark Twain, Jennifer Egan, Ian McEwan, Cormac McCarthy and many, many more. This wonderfully entertaining journey in reading differs from all other reviews or critical appreciations - it takes into account the role that books actually play in our lives.This book, which is classic Hornby, confirms the novelist's status as one of the world's most exciting curators of culture. It will be loved by fans of About a Boy and High Fidelity, as well as readers of Will Self, Zadie Smith, Stewart Lee and Charlie Brooker.

"How often do you begin reading a book that makes you—immediately, urgently, desperately—want to read more books?” ( Booklist ). Nick Hornby has managed to write just such a book in this hilarious, insightful, and infectious volume. Ten Years in the Tub chronicles Hornby's journey through a decade’s worth of books, as related in his wildly popular Believer column “Stuff I’ve Been Reading.” Ten Years in the Tub is a one-way ticket into the mind of one of the most beloved contemporary writers on his favorite pastime, but it's also a meditation on what Celine Dion can teach us about ourselves, a warning about how John Updike can ruin our sex lives, and a recommendation for the way Body Shop Vanilla Shower Gel can add excitement to our days. This "decade-long addiction for many... makes standing in line at the bank a blessed interval for snorting another page.” (the New York Times Book Review )

Arguably Britain's most insightful and observant writer of contemporary fiction working today, Nick Hornby is responsible for such classics as About a Boy, Fever Pitch and High Fidelity. Now his fans can enjoy all three, not to mention the equally excellent novels Slam, How to be Good and A Long Way Down. The perfect six book set for those who are new to the bitingly funny and decidedly moving style of Hornby, this collection could be recommended to Mum, Dad and teenagers alike, such is the writer's wonderfully accessible style. Title included in this Set are : 1. High Fidelity, 2. How to be Good, 3. Slam, 4. Fever Pitch, 5. A Long Way Down, 6. About a Boy

Stellen Sie sich vor, alle Ihre Vergehen stehen in der Zeitung Als Charlie und Elaine sich scheiden lassen, leben sie schon seit Längerem getrennt. Die Scheidung ist also einvernehmlich, so lautet jedenfalls Charlies Auffassung. Dass Elaine das ganz anders sieht und Charlie an allem die Schuld gibt, erfährt er aus der Zeitung, für die Elaine schreibt: In einer wöchentlichen Kolumne zerrt sie jegliches Fehlverhalten ihres Exmannes genüsslich in die Öffentlichkeit. Wie soll Charlie jemals wieder eine Frau kennenlernen, wer will mit einem solchen Fiesling schon zusammen sein? Doch da meldet sich eine Frau, der mit ihrem Exmann Ähnliches widerfährt, und die beiden Geschmähten kommen zusammen … Mit seinem unnachahmlichen Humor, dem Blick für die Absurditäten des Alltags und der liebevollen Beschreibung naiver Loser erzählt Nick Hornby, warum eine Trennung ganz schön gefährlich sein kann.

"From the bestselling author of High Fidelity, About a Boy, and A Long Way Down comes a highly anticipated new novel. Set in 1960's London, Funny Girl is a lively account of the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ingenue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters. Insightful and humorous, Nick Hornby's latest does what he does best: endears us to a cast of characters who are funny if flawed, and forces us to examine ourselves in the process."--

Presents a fictional memoir, the first of an autobiographical trilogy, describing the profound failures of Exley's life -- professional, sexual, and personal. His attempts to find a place for himself in an unaccommodating world take him from the University of Southern California to Chicago -- where he meets the dangerously seductive, lovely Bunny Sue Allorgee -- to New York City's Greenwich Village saloons, and back to Watertown, his hometown in upstate New York, where he spends months on his mother's living room davenport watching television before undergoing shock treatment at Avalon Valley hospital. Between bars, women, and jobs, Exley exercises his obsession with the New York Giants and their great halfback Frank Gifford, until he at last realizes his life's ambition: writing A Fan's Notes

Fotbalová horečka: Fotbalová horečka se stala záhy po svém vydání v roce 1992 pro anglické fotbalové fanoušky kultovní knihou. A těm, kdo ještě nefandili, otevřel Hornby oči a poslal je do fronty na lístky. Ale nebyl by to Hornby, aby jeho kniha nebyla zároveň ještě o mnohém jiném. O dospívání malého, rozpolceného, znuděného kluka v mladého muže, o životě na dusném předměstí metropole, o sexu, o smrti. Všechny moje lásky: Pětatřicetiletý Rob unikl z díry na předměstí, kde vyrostl, do centra Londýna. Jak je však možné, že stejně nakonec žije ubohým předměstským životem? Anebo to všechno dělá ta jeho milovaná pop music? Když totiž člověk dvacet let poslouchá od rána do večera písničky o zlomených srdcích, musí to na něm zanechat nějaké následky. Anebo jsou v tom jizvy po prvních láskách? Jak na věc: Marcus je dvanáctiletý kluk, jehož rodiče se rozešli. Jeho máma pořád brečí a to ho začíná děsit. Jeho účes, šaty, které se nenosí, ani záliba v písničkách od Joni Mitchellové mu pozici na nové škole v Londýně nijak neusnadňují. Stává se terčem pozornosti a šikanování. Protože mu okolnosti připletou do cesty šestatřicetiletého Willa Freemana, který ví, jak se děti oblékají a že Kurt Cobain nehrál za Manchester United, proč by toho Marcus nemohl co nejvíc využít?

Diese Interpretationshilfe in deutscher Sprache ermöglicht einen leichten Einstieg in die Lektüre und vertieft das Verständnis des Werkes. Sie bietet somit eine optimale Vorbereitung auf Unterricht und Klausuren.Mit Hintergrundinformationen zu Autor und Werk, einer ausführlichen Inhaltsangabe und einer systematischen Interpretation des Romans unter folgenden Gesichtspunkten: Figuren Erzählperspektive und Struktur Sprache, Symbole, zeitgenössische Bezüge Thematik Interpretation von Schlüsselstellen

Nick Hornbys neue Erzählungen – einfach brillant Vier Erzählungen von Nick Hornby, in denen umwerfend sympathische und leicht naive Menschen in ziemlich blöde Situationen kommen und versuchen, das Beste daraus zu machen. Eine Mutter erfährt, dass ihr Sohn Pornostar ist, weil eine gemeine Nachbarin ihr die Videokassette in den Briefkasten schmeißt. In Champina, dem kleinsten Land der Welt, wird Stefan gezwungen, in der Nationalelf mitzuspielen, weil es halt nur elf Männer in Champina gibt. Ein unheimlicher Videorekorder sagt die Zukunft voraus, und ein Wachmann in einer Galerie muss auf ein Bild aufpassen, das auf den zweiten Blick provozierende Details preisgibt. Mit einem unbestechlichen Blick für die Schrullen seiner Figuren erzählt Nick Hornby ironische, wahre, aberwitzige Geschichten, die dem Leser auf vergnügliche Weise zeigen, wie unberechenbar das Leben sein kann. Der für den deutschen Buchmarkt zusammengestellte Band enthält die Storys »Not a Star«, »Small Country«, »Otherwise Pandemonium« und »NippleJesus«, von denen nur die letzte Geschichte bereits auf Deutsch erschienen ist.

Sam vive a North London; sedici anni, gli ormoni impazziti e una passione grande, come tutti i suoi coetanei: lo skateboard. E l'Eroe, il suo Eroe, è Tony Hawk, il più grande skater del mondo. Lui lo adora, ha il suo poster in camera, gli parla, si confronta con lui. E a chi se non al proprio eroe si possono raccontare le paure, le ansie, i problemi? Forse a una mamma come quella di Sam, giovane, carina, comprensiva, che ha conquistato anche gli amici del figlio. Del resto lei è una mamma davvero particolare e molto vicina al figlio, visto che lo ha avuto a sedici anni. E proprio a quella stessa età Sam conosce Alicia, con la quale è amore a prima vista, passione totalizzante e simbiotica come può esserlo solo a quell'età. Ma poi purtroppo, proprio quando - come succede solo a quell'età - il rapporto si sta ormai sfilacciando, Alicia scopre di essere incinta. Terrorizzato dal dover annunciare ai rispettivi genitori la drammatica verità e distrutto dalla visione terribile di un futuro fatto di pannolini e incomprensioni matrimoniali - prospettatagli dal suo idolo che tra le altre mille qualità ha anche quella di farlo "viaggiare" nel futuro - , Sam sceglie la fuga ad Hastings. Ma la sua fuga avrà breve durata.

From the New York Times bestselling author, the shooting script to his award-winning film, with an original Introduction and vivid stills from the movie. Jenny is a 16-year-old girl stifled by the tedium of adolescence; she can’t wait for her sophisticated adult life to begin. One rainy day her suburban existence is upended by the arrival of David, a much older suitor who introduces her to a glittering new world of concerts, art, smoky bars, urban nightlife, and his glamorous friends, replacing her traditional education with his own version. It could be her awakening or her undoing. This edition of Hornby’s adapted screenplay, which includes stills from the film, is a perfect accompaniment to the highly anticipated movie, which stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, Peter Sarsgaard, Emma Thompson, Dominic Cooper, and Alfred Molina. It is a must-have for fans of Hornby’s novels, featuring his signature pitch-perfect dialogue, mordant wit, and the resonant humanity of his writing.

Nick Hornby returns to his roots-music and messy relationships-in this funny and touching new novel which thoughtfully and sympathetically looks at how lives can be wasted but how they are never beyond redemption. Annie lives in a dull town on England's bleak east coast and is in a relationship with Duncan which mirrors the place; Tucker was once a brilliant songwriter and performer, who's gone into seclusion in rural America-or at least that's what his fans think. Duncan is obsessed with Tucker's work, to the point of derangement, and when Annie dares to go public on her dislike of his latest album, there are quite unexpected, life-changing consequences for all three. Nick Hornby uses this intriguing canvas to explore why it is we so often let the early promise of relationships, ambition and indeed life evaporate. And he comes to some surprisingly optimistic conclusions about the struggle to live up to one's promise.

The Emmy award-winning former executive producer of The Daily Show and The Colbert Report has assembled a stellar lineup of men who have one thing in all have been dumped...and are willing to share their pain and the lessons learned.Relationships end. And in almost all of them, even the most callow among us take something away. This is a book about that something, whether it be major life lessons, like "If you lie, you will get caught," simple truths like, "Flowers work," or something wholly unique like, "Watch out for the high strung brother in the military."This anthology will be comprised of longer and shorter pieces, drawn from an array of impressive celebrities, writers and public figures. Some pieces may be a paragraph in length while others will be full-blown essays. All of them will be about that salient something men take away from a failed relationship. Yes, men learn.This is not a touchy-feely book. This is not a self-help book. This is a book packed with smart, funny and insightful stories from men you probably thought never got dumped, or if they did, would never admit it.

"Will Freeman wants an easy life with no responsibilities. But then he meets Marcus, an unusual twelve-year-old boy with serious problems. About a boy is a modern classic, a very funny story about a very serious subject: love. It's also a popular movie starring Hugh Grant."--Back cover

Not only is Hawk the world's best skater, he's also good to talk to. So I talk to Tony Hawk, and Tony Hawk talks back. Because just when it seemed like everything had come together for me, I had to go and screw it all up. It only took five seconds. But all of me knew. One risk. One mistake and my life would never be the same. Hawk had a few things to say. And a few things to show me. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to see your own future?

Man muss sich den Leser als glücklichen Menschen vorstellen»Was stellt für jemanden, der berufstätig ist, Kinder hat und auch noch fernsieht, ein … ähem … normales Lesepensum dar?« Fragt Nick Hornby: Autor, Vater und an weitaus mehr interessiert als dem täglichen Fernsehprogramm. Machen wir uns nichts vor: Das Buch buhlt um unsere Aufmerksamkeit und hat dabei starke Gegner. Müssen unsere Körper fit halten. Und die Menschen, mit denen wir unser Leben teilen, wollen unterhalten, umsorgt und ernährt sein. Sorgen, die auch ein Autor kennt, wenn er, wie Nick Hornby, mitten im Leben steht. Er hat keine Zeit, sich vorschreiben zu lassen, was er lesen muss, denn jedes Muss verleitet zum Griff nach der Fernbedienung. Stattdessen schreibt er mitreißend über Literatur, die sein Leben bereichert und verändert hat, und über den Spaß, den Lesen machen kann. Und plötzlich wissen wir, was wir sofort lesen und was wir lieber lassen wollen – und welches Glück es bedeutet, zu lesen, worauf man Lust hat.

Among the many things a mother would rather not discover about her teenage son, there is one particularly embarrassing revelation. Lynn receives a video accompanied by a note from a gossiping neighbor, and to her shock, it features her son Mark on the cover. The film has a rather unwholesome title and is rated for adults only. It turns out that Mark has an unexpected hidden talent: he has become a porn star. How does one cope with such news? Lynn must tell her husband Dave, and together they will have to discuss this with their son. Perhaps nothing in their family will ever be the same again. Or will it? Is there a way to approach this situation positively, rather than negatively?

'Can I explain why I wanted to jump off the top of a tower block?' For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer's pretty simple: he has, in his own words, 'pissed his life away'. And on New Year's Eve, he's going to end it all . . . But not, as it happens, alone. Because first single-mum Maureen, then eighteen-year-old Jess and lastly American rock-god JJ turn up and crash Martin's private party. They've stolen his idea - but brought their own reasons. Yet it's hard to jump when you've got an audience queuing impatiently behind you. A few heated words and some slices of cold pizza later and these four strangers are suddenly allies. But is their unlikely friendship a good enough reason to carry on living? 'Extremely funny . . . and wise' Sunday Times 'A page-turning plot and rich, funny characters with several big laughs on every page . . . Hornby's best yet.' Literary Review 'Hornby pins down the age in which we live with precision and comic brilliance.' Guardian 'Hugely enjoyable.' Irish Times 'Masterful . . . some of the finest writing, and some of the most outstanding characters I've ever had the pleasure of reading.' Johnny Depp

A collection of pieces of memoir by contemporary international writers. Edited by the author of 'IF THE SPIRIT MOVES YOU'.

L'idea di questa antologia, pubblicata come numero unico della rivista di Dave Eggers "McSweeney's", nasce dalla volontà del curatore, Michael Chabon, di ridare dignità e visibilità alle short stories di avventure in cui un tempo si cimentavano autori quali Balzac, Conrad, Henry James ed Edith Wharton. Una raccolta in cui il racconto breve riacquista la sua dimensione più classica, tradizionale e avvincente: quella di narrarre storie avventurose e piene di thrilling. Gli autori chiamati a misurarsi con questa sfida sono tra i più rappresentativi della letteratura angloamericana da Stephen King a Rick Moody, da Michael Crichton a Neil Gaiman, da Elmore Leonard a Nick Hornby per finire con Dave Heggers e Harlan Ellison.

In his monthly accounts of what he's read; along with what he may one day read – Nick Hornby brilliantly explores everything from the classic to the graphic novel, as well as poems, plays, sports books and other kinds of non-fiction. If he occasionally implores a biographer for brevity, or abandons a literary work in favour of an Arsenal match, then all is not lost. His writing, full of all the joy and surprise and despair that books bring him, reveals why we still read, even when there's football on TV, a pram in the hall or a good band playing at our local pub.

In May 2005 Penguin will publish 70 unique titles to celebrate the company's 70th birthday. The titles in the Pocket Penguins series are emblematic of the renowned breadth of quality of the Penguin list and will hark back to Penguin founder Allen Lane's vision of good books for all'. trademark wit and poignancy that have made him one of the UK's most popular writers and one written specially for this volume.

Through thirty-one songs that he either loves or has loved, Nick Hornby tells us what music means to his life. These personal and passionate pieces are a celebration of the joy that certain songs have given him. Together with additional writings on music from his column in the New Yorker- seen in the UK for the first time - 31 Songsis for Hornby what many of us have always wanted- a soundtrack to accompany life.

Will Freeman, 36 und überzeugter Single, macht die Bekanntschaft des 12jährigen Marcus, der es mit seiner Mutter und in der Schule nicht immer leicht hat.

According to her own complex moral calculations, Katie Carr has earned her affair. She's a doctor, after all, and doctors are decent people and on top of that, her husband David is the self-styled Angriest Man in Holloway. When David suddenly becomes good however, properly, maddeningly, give-away-all-his-money-good, Katie's sums no longer add up and she is forced to ask herself some very hard questions

Twelve of the most successful and popular writers of today - including Helen Fielding, Robert Harris, Zadie Smith, Patrick Marber and Irvine Welsh - have written 6000-word fictional monologues along the lines of Alan Bennett's "Talking Heads".

FEVER PITCH, winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award, stands as the definitive statement on the obsessive nature of football fandom. ¿His triumph is that, without glossing over its large-scale stupidities and discomforts, he makes terrace life seem not just plausible but sometimes near-heroic in its single minded vehemence, its heart shaking highs and lows¿ Independent on Sunday HIGH FIDELITY hilariously and movingly explains men to women ¿ and to themselves. ¿It is rare that a book so hilarious is also so sharp about sex and manliness, memory and music. Many men ¿ and, certainly, all addictive personalities ¿ will find in these pages shadows of themselves. And most of us will hear, in Hornby¿s acoustic prose, the obsessive chords of the past that more often lock up than liberate our hearts¿ New Yorker ABOUT A BOY explores the connections people make when the so-called ideal family model does not apply. ¿An almost perfect book, hugely entertaining and on the side of the angels . . . About a Boy is laughter in the dark¿ The Times

Swinging London war schon immer die Metropole Europas, ein Schmelztiegel der Kulturen und sozialen Schichten, ein kreatives Powerhaus. Drei hochkarätige Autoren widmen nun ihrer Stadt, dem Leben & lieben und dem donnernden Pulsschlag der 90er Jahre rasante bis ruppige Liebeserklärungen - ein aufregendes Lesevergnügen!

Will is a rich, child-free and irresponsible Londoner in his thirties who, in his search for available women, invents an imaginary son and starts attending single parent meetings. As a result of one of his liaisons he meets Marcus, a strange 12-year-old boy with problems at school. Gradually, Will and Marcus become friends and, as Will teaches Marcus how to be a cool kid, Marcus helps Will to finally grow up.

An omnibus edition of the novel HIGH FIDELITY - about a man whose fanatical passion for music causes him almost as much discomfort as his ineffectual, but honest relationships with women - and the autiobiographical FEVER PITCH - about Hornby's abiding love for Arsenal Football Club and childhood in the suburbs of London.

Roddy Doyle¿s account of the Republic of Ireland¿s triumphant journey through Italia ¿90 is just one of the many first-class pieces in this anthology of original football writing. Contributors include: Roddy Doyle, Harry Pearson, Harry Ritchie, Ed Horton, Olly Wicken, D.J. Taylor, Huw Richards, Nick Hornby, Chris Pierson, Matt Nation, Graham Brack, Don Watson and Giles Smith. ¿A new kind of football writing developed ¿ passionate, disrespectful, self-mocking, yet steeped in personal bias. In book form, young writers such as Nick Hornby and Pete Davies became to the New Football Writing what Tom Wolfe and Hunter S. Thompson had been to the New Journalism¿ Terence Blacker, Sunday Times

The romantic trials of the owner of a London record shop, after his girlfriend leaves him for another man.

Voetbaltijdschrift voor lezers

Een man vertelt over zijn passie voor voetbal, met name de Engelse club Arsenal.

An account of growing up to be a fanatical football supporter.