Laura Noulian Books

Humoristisk fortælling om forfatterens familie på Korfu

Owls Do Cry is Janet Frames first novel. She describes her ideas behind it in the second volume of her autobiography: "Pictures of great treasure in the midst of sadness and waste haunted me and I began to think, in fiction, of a childhood, home life, hospital life, using people known to me as a base for the main character, and inventing minor characters. For Daphne I chose a sensitive, poetic frail person, who, I hoped, would give depth to inner worlds and perhaps a clearer, at least an individual, perception of outer worlds. The other characters, similarly fictional, were used to portray aspects of my 'message' - the excessively material outlooks of 'Chicks', the confusion of Toby, the earthy make-up of Francie, and the toiling parents, the nearest characters to my own parents.

When Laura dumps Rob (on the very first page) he is aggrieved and exhilarated, 35 and petrified. Trying to work out what went wrong, obsessed with music, and running an ailing record shop, he sets out on the road to self-discovery. This is the first novel from the author of Fever Pitch.

'One of our finest living authors ... propulsively entertaining' New York Times 'Sly, profound ... Electrifying' Observer 'Wonderfully strange and alive' Jon McGregor

Written with sinuous grace and intellectual acuity, "The Horned Man" is an unforgettable excursion into the lethal battleground of desire and repression.

Deborah Moggach examines sexual betrayal and human failings in 17th century Amsterdam as the characters in Tulip Fever move inexorably towards a grand deception and a tragic climax

The 1993 Booker Prize winner. Paddy Clarke, a ten-year-old Dubliner, describes his world, a place full of warmth, cruelty, love, sardines and slaps across the face. He's confused; he sees everything but he understands less and less.

San Francisco art patron Bibi Chen has planned a journey of the senses along the famed Burma Road for eleven lucky friends. But after her mysterious death, Bibi watches aghast from her ghostly perch as the travelers veer off her itinerary and embark on a trail paved with cultural gaffes and tribal curses, Buddhist illusions and romantic desires. On Christmas morning, the tourists cruise across a misty lake and disappear.With picaresque characters and mesmerizing imagery, Saving Fish from Drowning gives us a voice as idiosyncratic, sharp, and affectionate as the mothers of The Joy Luck Club. Bibi is the observant eye of human nature–the witness of good intentions and bad outcomes, of desperate souls and those who wish to save them. In the end, Tan takes her readers to that place in their own heart where hope is found.

Praised in the highest terms by reviewers, the story of a charming, romantic Irish American explores the impact of his life and death on his family and his close-knit New York City neighborhood. Reprint.

Bibi Chen, una signora sulla sessantina di origini cinesi che vive in California e si occupa di arte asiatica, organizza un viaggio in Cina e Birmania, a scopo culturale, per un gruppo di amici e conoscenti. Ma, alla vigilia della partenza, muore in circostanze misteriose. I dodici partecipanti alla spedizione decidono di partire ugualmente. Ben presto i programmi originari cambiano e lungo la strada che li porta dalla Cina alla Birmania, a contatto con una realtà tutt’altro che benigna, nel gruppo esplode la disarmonia. Costretti a lasciare la Cina prima del previsto, arrivano in Birmania e, la mattina di Natale, si verifica l’evento più strano e inquietante: undici dei dodici viaggiatori s’imbarcano per una gita su un lago e spariscono. Sono stati rapiti da una tribù locale, i Karen, duramente perseguitata dal governo birmano.