Wolters Ster Woordenboek Engels-Nederlands
- 403 pages
- 15 hours of reading






Fourth in the bestselling Guido Guerrieri series. The investigation of the disappearance of Manuela, the daughter of a rich couple living in Bari.
"Shortly after his father's death, Gianni Orzan reaches the disturbing conclusion that his father did not love him. Aloof and dismissive, Maurizio Orzan seldom had anything to say to his son. Moreover, he was a staunch fascist." "Or so Gianni thought. Then comes the day he's contacted by a complete stranger who has a disquieting familiarity with his life. In what amounts to kidnapping, the stranger pursues an urgent mission: to convince Gianni that the father he knew was an illusion: that Maurizio was, in fact, a double agent for the KGB." "What is Gianni to believe? If this stranger's revelations are true, they threaten to destroy Gianni's steadfast beliefs about his father's shameful, self-created identity and promise to send his life crashing down around him"--Dust jacket.
The winner of the Strega Prize, Italy's top literary award, and the basis of an internationally acclaimed motion picture, Quiet Chaos is now available in America.
Belinda is een blond meisje van zeventien. Ze heeft niet alleen blond haar, maar is van een totale, lichamelijke blondheid. Al haar bewegingen zijn blond, zelfs haar onbeweeglijkheid is blond. In een broeierig Rome zijn Belinda en haar halfbroer Mète de jeugdige helden van een generatie die alles heeft gekregen zonder het werkelijk te bezitten, die alles heeft gezien zonder er iets van te begrijpen: verspilling, dansen, chaos in zijn pure, vloeiende staat, het hectische leven van de grote stad, de eeuwige televisie die haar blauwe weerschijn verspreidt in vertrekken vol rook...
Tra gli anni cinquanta e sessanta, nel cuore della provincia italiana, si sviluppa la vicenda di un ragazzino, Salvatore, fuggito dal brefotrofio dei Cherubini. Si rifugia nel Cantiere, un luogo degradato abitato da emarginati, dove trova maestri nel vecchio Omero e in Miccina, e un compagno nel solitario Pampa. Parallelamente, i trovatelli del brefotrofio, guidati da padre Spartaco, ex missionario con un’idea fissa, cercano di costruire un monumento psichedelico tra gli ulivi, in onore della Vergine Maria, per resistere al progresso. Questi personaggi, tutti estranei alla modernità borghese, si trovano a fronteggiare il 1970, anno cruciale dell’epopea dello sviluppo, che segna il loro destino di vittime sacrificali. Mentre “Troia” brucia, il fuoco spiana la strada a una nuova civiltà, cancellando la vecchia e dando vita a una nuova razza di perdenti. Il romanzo, crudele e potente, alterna momenti di azione e suspense a istanti di commozione, per poi riprendere la sua corsa travolgente e inesorabile.