Margherita Crepax Book order (chronological)

Now that all the others have run out of air, it's my turn to do a little story-making.In Homer's account in The Odyssey, Penelope—wife of Odysseus and cousin of the beautiful Helen of Troy—is portrayed as the quintessential faithful wife, her story a salutary lesson through the ages. Left alone for twenty years when Odysseus goes off to fight in the Trojan War after the abduction of Helen, Penelope manages, in the face of scandalous rumors, to maintain the kingdom of Ithaca, bring up her wayward son, and keep over a hundred suitors at bay, simultaneously. When Odysseus finally comes home after enduring hardships, overcoming monsters, and sleeping with goddesses, he kills her suitors and—curiously—twelve of her maids.In a splendid contemporary twist to the ancient story, Margaret Atwood has chosen to give the telling of it to Penelope and to her twelve hanged maids, asking: "What led to the hanging of the maids, and what was Penelope really up to?" In Atwood's dazzling, playful retelling, the story becomes as wise and compassionate as it is haunting, and as wildly entertaining as it is disturbing. With wit and verve, drawing on the story-telling and poetic talent for which she herself is renowned, she gives Penelope new life and reality—and sets out to provide an answer to an ancient mystery.

«Їсти, молитися, кохати» - надзвичайно щира розповідь жінки про духовне переродження і позитивні зміни у житті. Автор книги на власному прикладі довела, що навіть після найбільших криз можна не лише відновитися, а й відкрити в собі нові грані, можливості та рівні переживань. Героїня її роману - письменниця Ліз – розчарована у сімейному житті та зневірена в особистому щасті. Жінка втрачає головне: сенс та смак до життя. Аби набратися сил та повернутися до життя, Ліз вирішує подорожувати. На її шляху три країни: Італія, Індонезія та Індія. Там вона вчиться їсти зі смаком, молитися з відкритим серцем та кохати, наче вперше.

Published two weeks after his seventieth birthday, Ada, or Ardor is one of Nabokov's greatest masterpieces, the glorious culmination of his career as a novelist.  It tells a love story troubled by incest.  But more: it is also at once a fairy tale, epic, philosophical treatise on the nature of time, parody of the history of the novel, and erotic catalogue.   Ada, or Ardor is no less than the supreme work of an imagination at white heat. This is the first American edition to include the extensive and ingeniously  sardonic appendix by the author, written under the anagrammatic pseudonym Vivian Darkbloom.

Anastasija Kamenskaja, a successful Moscow detective, intends to recuperate from her lingering back ailment and bring order to her chaotic emotional life at a sanatorium. However, her keen instinct for deception and crime draws her into a mysterious case even far from the Russian metropolis. Strange occurrences unfold in the deceptive tranquility of the small town. Unusual visitors arrive at the sanatorium for just a day or two, and the guests seem to be seeking more than mere relaxation. Nastja notices odd advances from men, suspicious noises on the phone, and unsettling changes in her room. What is happening here? When a murder finally occurs, she is taken aback to find that it is not the local police seeking her assistance in solving the crime, but the Mafia, the true 'guardians' of the city. What role do they play in the deadly game of money and influence that Nastja begins to uncover?