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Anette Grube

    The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief
    A Crime in the Neighborhood
    Als ich heute Morgen aufwachte, war alles weg, was ich mal hatte
    The god of small things
    Broken Verses
    Summertime
    • Tiefgründig, originell, brillant: Die besten Geschichten von T. C. Boyle Ein Mann flieht mit seiner Familie vor den Gefahren der Zivilisation in die Wildnis und weckt dort den Dämon in sich. Eine junge Liebe scheitert an der Sucht nach Sauberkeit und Keimfreiheit. Eine Wissenschaftlerin wird in einem Orkan von einem umherfliegenden Kater zu Fall gebracht und begegnet ihrer großen Liebe. In T. C. Boyles Geschichten lauert die Apokalypse hinter jeder Straßenecke, und es wimmelt nur so von schrägen Typen, schicksalhaften Entscheidungen und dramatischen Begegnungen. 

      Als ich heute Morgen aufwachte, war alles weg, was ich mal hatte2012
      3.7
    • Like all of V. S. Naipaul's 'travel' books, encompasses amuch larger narrative and purpose: to judge the effects of belief (in indigenous animisms, the foreign religions of Christianity and Islam, the cults of leaders and mythical history) upon the progress of civilization

      The Masque of Africa: Glimpses of African Belief2011
      3.0
    • From Pakistan' s most acclaimed young writer.

      Broken Verses2006
      3.7
    • Summertime

      • 448 pages
      • 16 hours of reading

      A thriller writer of phenomenal talent comes to Michael Joseph with her exceptional new novel. Last year Lucy lost her baby son. Frozen by the loss, she has barely recovered when her father is murdered. She suspects it might be suicide, but her tentative inquiries meet a hard wall of resistance as her husband Scott and sister Jane close ranks. Lucy cannot shake off the feeling that they are lying to her - is the drowning of her father connected with the death of her baby? And when Lucy starts sorting through her father's possessions, a truly horrifying discovery throws the world she always thought she knew into chaos...

      Summertime2005
      4.4
    • A Crime in the Neighborhood

      A Novel. Winner of the Orange Prize 1999

      • 256 pages
      • 9 hours of reading

      WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 'This ambitious account of a sudden coming of age reminded me strongly of To Kill a Mockingbird - and is every bit as moving and satisfying' Daily Telegraph In the long hot summer of 1972, three events shattered the serenity of ten-year-old Marsha's life: her father ran away with her mother's sister; a young boy called Boyd Ellison was molested and murdered; and Watergate made the headlines. Living in a world no longer safe or familiar, Marsha turns increasingly to 'the book of evidence' in which she records the doings of the neighbors, especially of shy Mr Green next door. But as Marsha's confusion and her murder hunt accelerate, her 'facts' spread the damage cruelly and catastrophically throughout the neighborhood. 'It is impossible not to be completely swept along. Berne's vision is gently humorous, ironic, quirky, and she writes with such piercing sensitivity . . . a compelling debut novel' The Times 'Intensely evocative. I loved it' Observer 'The writing is marvellous . . . comparisons have been made between her and Anne Tyler and Harper Lee. Same ball-park, delightfully different voice' Mail on Sunday

      A Crime in the Neighborhood2001
      3.5
    • Revised traditional Chinese edition of The God of Small Things, winner of the 1997 Booker Prize. In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

      The god of small things1998
      4.0