Wil Hansen Books

Mariam is only fifteen when she is sent to Kabul to marry the troubled and bitter Rasheed, who is thirty years her senior. Nearly two decades later, in a climate of growing unrest, tragedy strikes fifteen-year-old Laila, who must leave her home and join Mariam's unhappy household. Laila and Mariam are to find consolation in each other, their friendship to grow as deep as the bond between sisters, as strong as the ties between mother and daughter. With the passing of time comes Taliban rule over Afghanistan, the streets of Kabul loud with the sound of gunfire and bombs, life a desperate struggle against starvation, brutality and fear, the women's endurance tested beyond their worst imaginings. Yet love can move people to act in unexpected ways, lead them to overcome the most daunting obstacles with a startling heroism. In the end it is love that triumphs over death and destruction. A Thousand Splendid Suns is a portrait of a wounded country and a story of family and friendship, of an unforgiving time, an unlikely bond, and an indestructible love.

De vier Kayankaya-detectives waarmee Arjouni internationale bekendheid verwierf, nu in één omnibus! Kemal Kayankaya is privédetective. Een laconieke, sarcastische persoon met een sterk gevoel voor gerechtigheid en een zachtaardig karakter. Hij is van Turkse komaf, maar als adoptiekind in een Duits gezin opgegroeid en hij spreekt geen woord Turks. Alleen al zijn naam is echter voldoende om zowel wantrouwen als waardering te wekken voor de ‘oriëntaalse’ man. Financieel staan de zaken er zelden rooskleurig voor en daarbij slaagt Kayankaya er telkens in nog dieper in de problemen te komen. Geboren en getogen in Frankfurt weet Arjouni ongelooflijk overtuigend de onderwereld ervan tot leven te brengen. Laat niemand hierna nog zeggen dat Frankfurt de saaiste stad van Duitsland is! De Kayankaya-detectives van Arjouni zijn spannend, hebben een tomeloze vaart, puntige dialogen, en ze gaan altijd over net iets meer dan misdaad en gerechtigheid.

Korte bijdragen van hedendaagse Nederlandse auteurs over woorden die te maken hebben met het begrip 'familie'.

Discover this beautiful winter gem of a novella that makes the perfect stocking filler this Christmas. 'I may have been gone a long time, but I'm no stranger...' Manfred walks alone through a snowy valley, surrounded by his memories, on a pilgrimage of sorts to his childhood home. He's been estranged from his brother Sebastian for decades, ever since their bitter feud over the love of a woman and the inheritance of the family farm. Twelve Nights transports us to the wintry depths of Europe's Black Forest, through the stillness of the snow-covered hills, the dense woods, the cold and mist, in those dark, wild days between Christmas and Epiphany. These nights are a time of tradition and superstition, of tales told around the local innkeeper's table of marauding spirits, as tangible as the ghosts of Manfred's past. But the twelfth night, Epiphany, promises new beginnings, and a hope of reconciliation at last. Twelve Nights is a hymn to the winter landscape and the power of storytelling, a beautiful novella of the natural world and our place in it.