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Amina Pandolfi

    Under Gemini
    The Clown
    Simultan
    The Neverending Story
    September
    The Tongue Set Free
    • The end of Summer

      • 176 pages
      • 7 hours of reading

      Jane did not want to leave Scotland and her cousin Sinclair, but her father took her to California. Some time later, a handsome man arrived at her door to "take her home to Scotland."

      The end of Summer2001
      3.4
    • Under Gemini

      • 297 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      It seems like an innocent deception. All Flora has to do is play the part of Rose, her long lost twin, for one weekend and to meet the family of Rose's fiance. But when Flora is introduced to the Armstrong family, she realizes that she has inherited the secret scandal Rose created five years before--and has left wounds that turn the man Flora loves against her. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

      Under Gemini2000
      3.8
    • Small, fat Bastian Balthazar Bux is nobody's idea of a hero, least of all his own, until he finds himself stepping through the pages of a mysterious book into the world of Fantastica! Age 9+ 148 pages

      The Neverending Story1997
      4.2
    • Some authors tell tragic stories with humor, as Heinrich Böll does in his novel "The Clown." This work narrates in the first person the life of Hans Schnier, an apolitical and agnostic young clown who faces a series of adversities: his career collapses, his health and spirits wane, and he finds himself alone in a hotel with few resources and friends. The situation worsens when his wife, Marie, leaves him, prompting him to reflect on his life and the reasons behind their separation. Böll places Schnier in a post-war Germany, marked by rigid social morals and ecclesiastical hypocrisy that he critiques through his protagonist. Throughout the novel, Schnier shares his thoughts, memories, and conversations in search of support, often clashing with euphemistic individuals. Böll, a fervent Catholic and Nobel Prize winner in Literature, portrays the complexity of the clown's existence, showing that behind laughter can lie a life full of suffering. His melancholic, ironic, and raw style invites reflection on the duality between appearance and reality.

      The Clown1996
      3.9
    • Simultan

      Erzählungen

      Fünf Geschichten um Frauen, die in einer Welt absurder Gleichzeitigkeiten leben, in einem Nebeneinander von Sprachen, Erfahrungen und Empfindungen. Die Heldin der Titelgeschichte, eine qualifizierte Dolmetscherin, die auf einer Urlaubsreise mit einem Freund erkennen muß, daß beide einander nichts zu sagen haben; das träge junge Mädchen, das seine Tage verschläft oder beim Friseur verbringt; Miranda, die ihre Kurzsichtigkeit als »Geschenk des Himmels« empfindet, um Haß und Häßlichkeit dieser Welt nicht klar sehen zu müssen; die alte Frau Jordan, die von ihrem berühmten Sohn großzügig vergessen wird; die erfolgreiche Fotografin - zu Besuch in der Stadt ihrer Kindheit: sie alle erleben, in naiver Erschütterung oder mit dem Schmerz des Erkennens, jene lange Schrecksekunde, in der sie entdecken, was war, was ist und was hätte sein können. Inhalt: - Simultan - Probleme Probleme - Ihr glücklichen Augen - Das Gebell - Drei Wege zum See

      Simultan1994
      4.1
    • September

      • 471 pages
      • 17 hours of reading

      " ... A story of homecomings and heartbreaks, friendships, betrayls, forgiveness, and love."--Publisher's website.

      September1993
      4.2
    • The Tongue Set Free

      • 288 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      The Tongue Set Free is the first volume in Elias Canetti's three-volume autobiography. Translated from the German by Joachim Neugroschel.

      The Tongue Set Free1991
      4.2