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Margherita Podestà Heir

    The Girl who Saved the King of Sweden
    The 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared
    La mia ingeborg
    No Echo
    Universale Economica - 8870: L'isola dell'infanzia
    I is Another
    • Dei kallar han Tollak til Ingeborg. Den gamle stabukken som bur oppe ved sagplassen. Alle veit at han har gjort ting på sin eigen måte. Alle veit kva han gjorde med dei gutane. Alle veit at ungane hans ikke kjem heim så ofte. Alle veit han tok til seg han dei kalla Oddotosken. Og alle hugsar den gode kona hans, Ingeborg. Men det er noko folk ikkje veit. Det er på tide å fortelje. Tore Renberg er kjend for sine lysande portrett av vanlege og uvanlege menneske, og ikkje minst norske menn. Årets roman frå Tore Renberg fortel om Tollak, ein mann som har sterke krefter i seg – til arbeid, til kjærleik og til destruksjon.

      La mia ingeborg2024
      3.8
    • I IS ANOTHER: SEPTOLOGY III-V, the second instalment in a major new work by Jon Fosse, one of Europe's most celebrated writers, follows the lives of Asle and Asle - two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life, both grappling with existential questions about life, death, love,... číst celé

      I is Another2023
      4.4
    • Harry is on a special mission Detective Harry Hole arrives in a steaming hot Bangkok. The Norwegian ambassador has been found dead in a seedy motel room, and Harry has been sent to investigate. It's clear that the Ambassador's family are hiding some secrets of their own, but few people are willing to talk. He needs to solve a crime and avoid a scandal When Harry lays hands on some incriminating CCTV footage, things only get more complicated. The man who gave him the tape goes missing, and Harry realises that failing to solve a murder case is by no means the only danger that faces the unwary. But in an unfamiliar city, who can you trust?

      Cockroaches2017
      3.8
    • Una famiglia di quattro - madre, padre e i due figli - si trasferisce sull'isola di Tromoya, al largo della costa meridionale della Norvegia, in una casa nuova. Sono i primi anni settanta, i bambini sono piccoli, i genitori giovani e il futuro aperto. Dagli immensi boschi carichi di promesse e misteri, meta prediletta delle scorribande del piccolo Karl Ove, descritto con ossessiva meticolosità, si apre l'appassionato racconto delle sue esperienze e scoperte. La felicità della scuola e lo sforzo per trovarvi un proprio posto; le gratificazioni e le frizioni dell'amicizia; l'eccitazione della vita all'aria aperta con le sue avventure; l'incontro con l'amore, le sue gioie, le sue amarezze; i vestiti, la lettura, la musica, lo sport; e, soprattutto, la famiglia, con le sue due figure antagoniste, l'una più sfumata, l'altra onnipresente: confortevole e serena la madre, autoritario e terrificante il padre, sempre vigile, sempre pronto a esaminare e sanzionare con violenza qualsiasi scivolata.

      Universale Economica - 8870: L'isola dell'infanzia2016
      4.1
    • No Echo

      • 336 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      When one of Oslo’s hottest celebrity chefs is murdered, Hanne Wilhelmsen is called back into action in “a nearly pitch-perfect procedural layered over a moving exploration of rejection and abandonment” (Booklist) in the sixth installment of the award-winning series from Norway’s #1 bestselling female crime writer. On a cold December evening, celebrity chef Brede Ziegler is discovered stabbed to death on the steps of Oslo’s police headquarters, sending a shock wave through the city’s hip in-crowd. Chef Ziegler had many famous associates and more than a few enemies among them. Was his murder a random act of violence or did someone want him dead? Police investigator Billy T. is stymied by conflicting information about the kind of man Ziegler was. It seems nobody really knew him: not his glamorous wife, his business partner, nor the editor of his memoir-in-progress. The case is hopeless until Hanne Wilhelmsen returns to Oslo after a six-month stay in Italy and teams up with Billy T. Working together, they are pulled deep into the nefarious world inhabited by Ziegler. Was he at all the chef he claimed to be? And can those who knew him be trusted? In the fabulous No Echo, “transcripts of witness statements alternate with Anne Holt’s penetrating psychological analysis of human desires, weaknesses, and essential decency, unveiling unexpected dimensions of her series characters” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

      No Echo2014
      3.9
    • Freuen Sie sich darauf, was diesem herrlich verrückten Autor für seine neue Protagonistin eingefallen ist!Die aberwitzige Geschichte der jungen Afrikanerin Nombeko, die zwar nicht lesen kann, aber ein Rechengenie ist, fast zufällig bei der Konstruktion nuklearer Sprengköpfe mithilft und nebenbei Verhandlungen mit den Mächtigen der Welt führt. Nach einem besonders brisanten Geschäft setzt sie sich nach Schweden ab, wo ihr die große Liebe begegnet. Das bringt nicht nur ihr eigenes Leben, sondern gleich die gesamte Weltpolitik durcheinander...Spitzzüngig und mit viel schwarzem Humor rechnet Jonasson in seinem neuesten Roman mit dem Fundamentalismus in all seinen Erscheinungsformen ab. Eine grandiose Geschichte, die dem »Hundertjährigen« an überbordenden Einfällen, skurrilen Wendungen und unvergesslichem Charme in nichts nachsteht!

      The Girl who Saved the King of Sweden2013
      3.8
    • A reluctant centenarian, much like Forrest Gump but with a penchant for vodka and explosives, finds himself in a nursing home, believing it to be his final destination. Allan Karlsson, still in good health, turns 100 and is the subject of a planned celebration he has no interest in attending. Instead, he decides to escape, climbing out the window in his slippers and embarking on a wildly unexpected adventure. His journey involves a suitcase full of cash, unpleasant criminals, a friendly hot-dog vendor, and even an elephant, leading to a death by elephant. For Allan, this escapade is just another chapter in his extraordinary life, as he has witnessed and influenced many key events of the twentieth century. From a young boy in munitions, he has been involved in significant explosions and has dined with historical figures like Stalin, Churchill, and Mao. This quirky tale of adventure and history has captivated readers worldwide, showcasing Allan's unique perspective on life and the events that shaped it.

      The 100-year-old man who climbed out the window and disappeared2011
      3.8