Maralde Meyer-Minnemann Books

Weise und leicht, traurig und poetisch, erbarmungslos und ironisch António Lobo Antunes ganz In 69 kleinen Geschichten, Phantasien und Reflexionen spricht der Autor von Kindheits- und Lebenserinnerungen, von Krankheit und Tod, von der Literatur und seiner Sicht auf die Welt. Er denkt über Sherlock Holmes und Virginia Woolf nach, über die Verbindung von Geld und Seele, die Harmonie der Welt, über die portugiesische Landschaft und über die Liebe.

The new novel from internationally acclaimed author Paulo Coelho -- a dramatic story of love, life and death that shows us all why every second of our existence is a choice we all make between living and dying.

Pilar, a young scholar feeling hopeless and worn down by the endless cycle of her days, is contacted by a childhood friend who is now a charismatic spiritual leader.

A community devoured by greed, cowardice, and fear. A man persecuted by the ghosts of his painful past. A young woman searching for happiness. In one eventful week, each will face questions of life, death, and power, and each will choose a path. Will they choose good or evil? In the remote village of Viscos -- a village too small to be on any map, a place where time seems to stand still -- a stranger arrives, carrying with him a backpack containing a notebook and eleven gold bars. He comes searching for the answer to a question that torments him: Are human beings, in essence, good or evil? In welcoming the mysterious foreigner, the whole village becomes an accomplice to his sophisticated plot, which will forever mark their lives. Paulo Coelho's stunning novel explores the timeless struggle between good and evil, and brings to our everyday dilemmas fresh perspective: incentive to master the fear that prevents us from following our dreams, from being different, from truly living

Lídia Jorge nasceu em 1946 no Algarve. O Dia dos Prodígios, o seu primeiro romance, é uma alegoria ao país fechado que era Portugal durante a ditadura. Nele a autora vai buscar inspiração ao passado comum das mulheres mediterrânicas e da extremidade do mundo ocidental que é a sua terra. Lídia Jorge é uma das escritoras mais relevantes do atual panorama literário português. "Lídia Jorge possui todo o passado poético, essencial, da sua língua. Mas igualmente toda a violência trágica que explode sob a intensidade do sol. É no Sul de Portugal que termina a Europa. Mas é também aí que ela começa."