Colum McCann's most ambitious work to date, Apeirogon--named for a shape with a countably infinite number of sides--is a tour de force concerning friendship, love, loss, and belonging. Bassam Aramin is Palestinian. Rami Elhanan is Israeli. They inhabit a world of conflict that colors every aspect of their daily lives, from the roads they are allowed to drive on to the schools their daughters, Abir and Smadar, each attend, to the checkpoints both physical and emotional that they must negotiate. Their worlds shift irreparably after ten-year-old old Abir is killed by a rubber bullet and thirteen-year-old Smadar becomes the victim of suicide bombers. When Bassam and Rami learn of one another's stories, they recognize the loss that connects them and they attempt to use their grief as a weapon for peace. McCann crafts Apeirogon out of a universe of fictional and non-fictional material. He crosses centuries and continents, stitching time, art, history, nature, and politics together in a tale both heartbreaking and hopeful. Musical, cinematic, muscular, delicate, and soaring, Apeirogon is a novel for our times.
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The circus arrives without warning. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Against the grey sky the towering tents are striped black and white. A sign hanging upon iron gates reads- Opens at Nightfall Closes at Dawn As dusk shifts to twilight, tiny lights begin to flicker all over the tents, as though the whole circus is covered in fireflies. When the tents are aglow, sparkling against the night sky, the sign lights up- Le Cirque des Raves The Circus of Dreams The gates shudder and unlock, seemingly by their own volition. They swing outward, inviting the crowd inside. Now the circus is open. Now you may enter. Discover this amazing fantasy read with a different kind of magic. The Starless Sea, the second novel from the author of the The Night Circus, is out now. 'The only response to this novel is simply- wow. It is a breathtaking feat of imagination, a flight of fancy that pulls you in and wraps you up in its spell' The Times
Oksa Pollock is a 13-year-old girl, moving with her family from Paris to a new life in London. Along with her best friend Gus, she is ready to settle into their new lives. But bizarre things start happening around Oksa. When she finds she has magical powers, the truth emerges: her family are not from this world, but from Edefia, having fled magical, hidden homeland years ago, in fear of all their lives. And Oksa is their queen.
Un'indagine di Chet e Bernie: Attenti a quel cane
- 322 pages
- 12 hours of reading
Simpatico, intelligente e testardo, Chet è il braccio destro dell'Agenzia Little e narratore di questo romanzo. Nonostante sia stato bocciato alla scuola di polizia, Chet è un detective nato, un grosso cane con orecchie bicolori, esuberante come Marley e astuto come Sherlock Holmes. In questa prima avventura, Chet e Bernie indagano sulla misteriosa scomparsa di Madison, una quindicenne coinvolta in un giro di loschi individui. Con l'aiuto di Suzie Sanchez, una giovane cronista affascinata dall'avventura, i due si lanciano in un'indagine che li porta dai quartieri residenziali della Valley ai bassifondi, attraversando Las Vegas e il deserto, tra bande di motociclisti e villaggi fantasma. Quando i cattivi cercano di ribaltare la situazione, la strana coppia dimostra di avere risorse, grazie anche ai superpoteri canini di Chet. Questo compagno fedele, seppur distratto da questioni umane come divorzio e affidamento, offre una visione unica e realistica della sua avventura. Il racconto, narrato dal punto di vista di Chet, offre una prospettiva inedita, rivelando l'indole candida e istintiva del migliore amico dell'uomo, creando una storia avvincente e straordinariamente godibile.