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New Releases by Gabrielle Zevin

Gabrielle Zevin is the author of Elsewhere: Deluxe Edition (2025), 明日, 明日, 又明日 (2025), Las mil y una historias de A. J. Fikry (2025), Das erstaunliche Leben des A.J. Fikry (2025), Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow (2024).

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Elsewhere: Deluxe Edition

release date: Sep 09, 2025
Elsewhere: Deluxe Edition
A TIME MAGAZINE BEST YA BOOK OF ALL TIME Beloved by generations of readers, Elsewhere is an original, moving novel about love, loss, and the meaning of it all from the New York Times–bestselling author of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry. Is it possible to grow up while getting younger? Welcome to Elsewhere. The beaches are marvelous. It’s quiet and peaceful. You can’t get sick, and you’ll never turn even a day older . . . This is where fifteen-year-old Liz Hall ends up, after she has died. It is a place so like Earth yet completely different. Here, Liz will age backward from the day of her death until she becomes a baby and returns to Earth. But Liz wants to turn sixteen, not fourteen again. She wants to get her driver’s license. She wants to graduate from high school and go to college. Now that she’s dead, though, Liz is forced to live a life she doesn’t want with a grandmother she has never met before. And it isn’t going well. How can Liz let go of the only life she has ever known and embrace a new one? Is it possible that a life lived in reverse is no different from a life lived forward? A book that transcends genre and category, Elsewhere is a modern YA classic. This deluxe edition features an introduction written by the author, a new Q&A from the author, and personal black-and-white photographs.

明日, 明日, 又明日

release date: Apr 19, 2025
明日, 明日, 又明日
Traditional Chinese edition of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Las mil y una historias de A. J. Fikry

release date: Mar 13, 2025
Las mil y una historias de A. J. Fikry
La vida de A. J. Fikry no es en absoluto lo que él esperaba. Su librería está al borde de la quiebra, ha perdido a su mujer y, para colmo, le han robado enfrente de sus narices su posesión más preciada: una primera edición de una rara colección de poemas de Edgar Allan Poe. Ha llegado a un punto en el que se ha dado por vencido con la gente, y los libros, en lugar de ofrecer consuelo, se han convertido en un recordatorio más de un mundo que cambia demasiado deprisa.Pero una noche su vida se transforma de repente cuando se encuentra a una niña de dos años sola en la sección infantil. No hay rastro de su madre, solo una nota que dice: "Quiero que Maya crezca en un lugar con libros y entre gente que se preocupe por ese tipo de cosas. La quiero mucho, pero ya no puedo cuidar de ella". La búsqueda de la madre de Maya, del libro robado de A. J. y de consejos sobre el cuidado de niños no se hace esperar, y la gente del pueblo no tarda en darse cuenta de la transformación de la librería y de su propietario, algo que interesa especialmente a la encantadora y excéntrica representante de ventas de Knightley Press, Amelia Loman, que hace el arduo viaje a Alice Island tres veces al año para presentar sus libros al malhumorado propietario.

Das erstaunliche Leben des A.J. Fikry

release date: Jan 01, 2025

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

release date: Jun 25, 2024
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Sam and Sadie—two college friends, often in love, but never lovers—become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before. "Delightful and absorbing." —The New York Times • "Utterly brilliant." —John Green One of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century • A Kirkus Reviews Best Fiction Book of the Century • A Los Angeles Times Best Fiction Book of the Last 30 Years • One of the Best Books of the Year: The New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, TIME, GoodReads, Oprah Daily From the best-selling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: On a bitter-cold day, in the December of his junior year at Harvard, Sam Masur exits a subway car and sees, amid the hordes of people waiting on the platform, Sadie Green. He calls her name. For a moment, she pretends she hasn’t heard him, but then, she turns, and a game begins: a legendary collaboration that will launch them to stardom. These friends, intimates since childhood, borrow money, beg favors, and, before even graduating college, they have created their first blockbuster, Ichigo. Overnight, the world is theirs. Not even twenty-five years old, Sam and Sadie are brilliant, successful, and rich, but these qualities won’t protect them from their own creative ambitions or the betrayals of their hearts. Spanning thirty years, from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Venice Beach, California, and lands in between and far beyond, Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow examines the multifarious nature of identity, disability, failure, the redemptive possibilities in play, and above all, our need to connect: to be loved and to love.

내일 또 내일 또 내일

release date: Aug 24, 2023
내일 또 내일 또 내일
Korean edition of [Tomorrow And Tomorrow And Tomorrow] by Gabrielle Zevin. New York Times bestseller. Sam and Sadie--two college friends, often in love, but never lovers--become creative partners in a dazzling and intricately imagined world of video game design, where success brings them fame, joy, tragedy, duplicity, and, ultimately, a kind of immortality. It is a love story, but not one you have read before. Korean edition translated by Eom Il Nyeo.

Imorgon och imorgon och imorgon

release date: Jun 27, 2023
Imorgon och imorgon och imorgon
"Så njutbar!" Zadie Smith "Helt fantastisk. En av de bästa böcker som jag läst." John Green "Det är en roman som tar spelandet på allvar, men framför allt tar den livet på allvar. Som bra romaner gör." - Amanda Svensson, Sydsvenskan "''Imorgon och imorgon och imorgon'' är inte bara en hyllning till platoniska relationer, utan Zevin lyckas också illustrera hur svårt och sårigt det kan vara att älska någon utanför de givna ramarna. Det är en medryckande, ibland förkrossande, skildring där Zevin virtuost spelar på läsarens känslomässiga strängar." - Dagens Nyheter "''Imorgon och imorgon och imorgon'' är en av de första romanerna i sitt slag som skildrar spelvärldens utveckling, från 90-talets korniga grafik till dagens mångmiljardindustri. Jag, en totalt spel-okunnig litteraturnörd, kan tyckas helt fel målgrupp. Men det är jag inte. För Gabrielle Zevin har skrivit något så unikt som en relationell bok om datorspel där kreativ kärlek står i centrum. Med samma kraft som Sadie och Sam slukades av spelen som barn drogs jag in i den här romanen. Kreativ lycka, helt enkelt." - Alba Mogensen, Ystads Allehanda "Zevins berättelse är en härlig hyllning till barn, ungdomar, vuxna som inte riktigt passar in i det vanliga livet - om kärlek och vänskap och fantasins betydelse i människors liv." - Femina "Zevins bok är en ljuvlig hyllning till udda existenser, verklighetsflykten och fantasins betydelse i människans liv, kärleken och vänskapen. Jag älskar den." - Svenska Dagbladet ”Och apropå pockettips så har jag precis läst klart denna och jag vet uppriktigt sagt inte vad jag ska göra med mig själv. Den är så fruktansvärt bra. Jag trodde att en roman om spel, det är inget för mig och nu fattar jag inte att jag har kunnat klara av att leva ett läsande liv utan den här boken.” Malin Persson Giolito Årets bästa roman 2022 enligt Goodreads Awards Årets bästa bok 2022 enligt Amazon och Time Magazine Sam och Sadie träffas på ett sjukhus 1987. Sadie besöker sin cancersjuka syster och Sam återhämtar sig från en bilolycka. De två ensamma själarna förenas i den gemensamma kärleken till dataspel, och när de av en slump möts igen åtta år senare inleder de ett samarbete som för dem till oanade höjder: de blir superstjärnor i spelvärlden. Men i verkligheten är saker och ting inte lika fulländade som i spelens virtuella värld. Imorgon och imorgon och imorgon följer Sam och Sadie genom åren av professionell framgång och personliga motgångar, samtidigt som samhället och deras relation förändras. Gabrielle Zevin har skrivit en förtrollande roman om kärlek, men inte en kärleksroman. Den har tagit världen med storm, bland annat utnämndes den till Amazon Book of the Year.

The Hole We're in

release date: Jun 13, 2023
The Hole We're in
With The Hole We''re In--a bold, timeless, yet all too timely novel about a troubled American family navigating an even more troubled America--award-winning author and screenwriter, Gabrielle Zevin, delivers a work that places her in the ranks of our shrewdest social observers and top literary talents. Meet the Pomeroys: a church-going family living in a too-red house in a Texas college town. Roger, the patriarch, has impulsively gone back to school, only to find his future ambitions at odds with the temptations of the present. His wife, Georgia, tries to keep things afloat at home, but she''s been feeding the bill drawer with unopened envelopes for months and never manages to confront its swelling contents. In an attempt to climb out of the holes they''ve dug, Roger and Georgia make a series of choices that have catastrophic consequences for their three children--especially for Patsy, the youngest, who will spend most of her life fighting to overcome them. The Hole We''re In shines a spotlight on some of the most relevant issues of today: over-reliance on credit, gender and class politics, and the war in Iraq. But it is Zevin''s deft exploration of the fragile economy of family life that makes this a book for the ages.

Morgen, morgen und wieder morgen

release date: Feb 24, 2023
Morgen, morgen und wieder morgen
- TIME MAGAZINE: Buch des Jahres 2022 - Amazon USA: Buch des Jahres 2022 - Apple: Buch des Jahres 2022 - US-Indie-Buchhandlungen: Buch des Jahres 2022 - Goodreads: Buch des Jahres 2022 MORGEN, MORGEN UND WIEDER MORGEN wurde 2024 von den Leser:innen der New York Times zu einem der zehn besten Romane des 21. Jahrhunderts gewählt Mitte der 90er-Jahre in Massachusetts: An einer U-Bahn-Station trifft Sadie, hochbegabte Informatikstudentin und angehende Designerin von Computerspielen, ihren früheren Super-Mario-Partner Sam wieder. Die beiden beginnen, gemeinsam an einem Spiel zu arbeiten, und schnell zeigt sich, dass sie nicht nur auf freundschaftlicher, sondern auch auf kreativer Ebene ein gutes Team sind. Doch als ihr erstes gemeinsames Computerspiel zum Hit wird, brechen sich Rivalitäten Bahn, die ihre Verbundenheit zu bedrohen scheinen. Ein Jahrzehnte umspannender Roman über Popkultur und Kreativität, Wagnis und Scheitern, über Verlust und über die Magie der Freundschaft. Daniel Schreiber zu MORGEN, MORGEN UND WIEDER MORGEN: »Ein fulminanter Roman, superspannend und gleichzeitig wunderschön.«

Jutri, jutri in spet jutri

release date: Jan 01, 2023

Világépítők

release date: Oct 26, 2022
Világépítők
Két gyerek, egy kisfiú és egy kislány találkozik egy kórházban 1987-ben. A lány a leukémiában szenvedő nővérét látogatja meg, a fiú egy autóbalesetből épül fel. Közös témájuk, a videójátékok iránti rajongás – a bennük található lebilincselő világok, az izgalmas versenyek és a mindennapi élet bajai elől nyíló menekülési lehetőség – különös barátságot eredményez köztük. Mégis nyolc év telik el, mire ismét találkoznak, ám sorsuk innentől végleg összefonódik. Sam és Sadie az egyetemi éveik alatt futnak össze újra egy zsúfolt metróállomáson. A lány a fiú kezébe nyom egy floppy lemezt, amin a legújabb játéka található, amit az MIT haladó játékfejlesztés szemináriumára készített. Samet lenyűgözi a program, és meggyőzi Sadie-t, hogy alapítsanak egy játékfejlesztő céget, hogy megvalósítsák az álmaikat: tervezzenek játékokat, amelyek világai megigézik és beszippantják a kor egyre népszerűbb szórakozási formájának szerelmeseit. Hamarosan szupersztárok lesznek a területükön. A siker és a csillogás azonban nem várt kihívások elé állítja mindkettejüket. Gabrielle Zevin varázslatos és meghitt regénye egyrészt óda a videójátékok aranykorához; másrészt két ember története, akik a kreativitásukon keresztül keresik önmagukat, és introvertált személyiségük korlátait leküzdve igyekeznek felfedezni a szerelem és a szeretet különböző formáit.

De Amanhã em Amanhã

release date: Oct 01, 2022
De Amanhã em Amanhã
Num gélido dia de dezembro, Sam Masur está a sair de uma carruagem de metro quando vê, por entre a multidão na plataforma, a sua melhor amiga de infância, Sadie Green. A amizade entre ambos terminara abruptamente quase uma década antes. O que não o impede agora de chamar por ela. Por um momento, ela finge não ouvir, mas acaba por ceder e olhar para ele. É assim que tudo (re)começa. O que se segue é uma relação que se tornará lendária. Juntos criam um jogo de computador revolucionário chamado ICHIGO, no qual o jogador pode escapar às limitações do corpo e da vida. O universo digital encerra infinitas oportunidades para começar de novo, sabendo mais, errando menos. É aí que Sam e Sadie descobrem uma intimidade que não são capazes de alcançar no mundo físico. O sucesso avassalador de ICHIGO traz-lhes fama e fortuna antes mesmo de completarem 25 anos, mas não os protege das suas ambições, obsessões criativas e paixões. Nem os impede de crescer. Esta é a história dos mundos perfeitos que Sam e Sadie constroem, por oposição ao mundo imperfeito em que vivem. Fala-nos das complexidades da vida, e da busca por aqueles lugares – e pessoas, e coisas – que confortam e validam a nossa existência. E, sim, é uma história de amor, mas não no sentido tradicional. Porque há muitos tipos de amor... e este – em toda a sua beleza, drama e a dor – é o de Sam e Sadie.

Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow: a Novel Paperback Large Print

release date: Jun 27, 2021

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry

release date: Dec 29, 2020
The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry
An irresistible novel about second chances and finding room for all the books—and all the love—that transforms our lives A.J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. Slowly but surely, he is isolating himself from all the people of Alice Island—from Chief Lambiase, the well-intentioned police officer who’s always felt kindly toward him; from Ismay, his sister-in-law, who is hell-bent on saving A.J. from his dreary self; from Amelia, the lovely and idealistic (if eccentric) Knightley Press sales rep who persists in taking the ferry to Alice Island, refusing to be deterred by A.J.’s bad attitude. Even the books in his store have stopped holding pleasure for him. These days, he can only see them as a sign of a world that is changing too rapidly. Then a mysterious package appears at the bookstore. It’s a small package, though large in weight—an unexpected arrival that gives A.J. the opportunity to make his life over, the ability to see everything anew. It doesn’t take long for the locals to notice the change overcoming A.J., for the determined sales rep Amelia to see her curmudgeonly client in a new light, for the wisdom of all those books to become again the lifeblood of A.J.’s world. Or for everything to twist again into a version of his life that he didn’t see coming. As surprising as it is moving, The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry is an unforgettable tale of transformation and second chances, an irresistible affirmation of why we read, and why we love.

Das Verhältnis

release date: Jun 10, 2019
Das Verhältnis
Von der SPIEGEL-Autorin des Bestsellers aus den USA »Morgen, morgen und wieder morgen« Hinfallen, aufstehen, Krone richten: Aviva macht den Fehler ihres Lebens. Die ambitionierte Praktikantin im Kongress in Florida hat ein Verhältnis mit ihrem Boss. Natürlich ist sie es, die den Kopf dafür hinhalten muss. Sie wird zum Running Gag in jeder Fernsehshow, als Schlampe beschimpft und als Schandfleck im politischen Leben betrachtet. Die junge Frau sieht nur einen Ausweg – ihren Namen zu ändern und in eine kleine Stadt in Maine zu ziehen. Sie startet als Hochzeitsplanerin durch, versucht ihr Leben klüger zu leben und eine Tochter großzuziehen, die stark und selbstbewusst wird. Jahre später kandidiert sie für das Bürgermeisteramt. Doch Google garantiert, dass die Vergangenheit niemals Vergangenheit ist – im Internet ist alles für die Ewigkeit zementiert.

La Tentation de la seconde chance

release date: Oct 11, 2018
La Tentation de la seconde chance
Stagiaire aux côtés d''un député de Floride, Aviva Grossman n''a rien trouvé de mieux que de se lancer dans une aventure extraconjugale avec le séduisant monsieur. Erreur de jeunesse certes, mais qui risque de lui coûter cher : après tout l''homme politique n''est pas seulement très populaire, il est aussi " très " marié. Et lorsque leur liaison éclate au grand jour, Aviva devient immédiatement la cible des médias, ravis d''étaler tous les détails. Sa seule issue ? Se faire oublier par tout le monde, y compris sa famille. Aviva se lance donc corps et âme dans la construction de sa nouvelle vie. Elle change de nom, de tête, de métier, et le phénomène " Aviva Grossman " disparaît au fil des années. Mais à l''heure où les moteurs de recherche et les réseaux sociaux s''assurent que le passé existe pour l''éternité aux yeux de tous, a-t-on vraiment le droit à une seconde chance ?

Young Jane Young

release date: May 01, 2018
Young Jane Young
ÒSLY, EXHILARATING . . . HILARIOUS.Ó ÑPeople (Book of the Week) Ê This is the story of five women . . . Ê Meet Rachel Grossman. SheÕll stop at nothing to protect her daughter, Aviva, even if it ends up costing her everything. Ê Meet Jane Young. SheÕs disrupting a quiet life with her daughter, Ruby, to seek political office for the first time. Ê Meet Ruby Young. She thinks her mom has a secret. SheÕs right. Ê Meet Embeth Levin. SheÕs made a career of cleaning up her congressman husbandÕs messes.Ê Ê Meet Aviva Grossman. The Internet wonÕt let her or anyone else forget her past transgressions.Ê Ê This is the story of five women . . . . . . and theÊsex scandal that binds them together.Ê Ê From Gabrielle Zevin, the bestselling author of The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry, comes another story with unforgettable characters that is particularly suited to the times we live in now . . . Ê

时光倒流的女孩

release date: Jan 01, 2017

Na era do amor e do chocolate

release date: May 28, 2015
Na era do amor e do chocolate
Em uma Nova York futurista, onde o chocolate e a cafeína são proibidos e uma série de restrições é imposta diariamente à população, Gabrielle Zevin apresenta Anya Balanchine, a determinada protagonista da trilogia Birthright, iniciada com Todas as coisas que eu já fiz, seguido por Está no meu sangue, e que chega a seu desfecho com Na era do amor e do chocolate. Às vésperas de seu aniversário de 18 anos, Anya, filha de um dos chefões da máfia do chocolate, assume a guarda de sua irmã e põe em risco a segurança de seu irmão, Leo, e seu próprio futuro, libertando-se das amarras da empresa da família para abrir seu próprio negócio. Mas o passado de Anya a persegue, não importa o quanto ela tente mudar. O assassinato de seu pai, os problemas de seus parentes com a lei, seus relacionamentos complicados e sempre arriscados e suas passagens pelo reformatório são fantasmas que rondam a vida da garota e com os quais ela inevitavelmente tem que lidar. Assim como a prisão do irmão e as dificuldades no relacionamento com a irmã adolescente, sob sua responsabilidade após a morte dos pais e da avó. Anya amadurece a cada capítulo, fazendo escolhas muitas vezes erradas, outras certas, e suas incertezas movem a trama, desencadeando uma série de surpresas para o leitor. Dona de uma personalidade forte, Anya sempre encarou sua vida conturbada com determinação e ironia, priorizando a segurança de seus irmãos e assumindo responsabilidades grandes demais, deixando suas emoções em segundo plano. Mas será que ela está preparada para os novos desafios? E o fim do namoro que ela tanto prezava com Win? Um desfecho surpreendente, porém suave e doce como um chocolate, marca o fim da trilogia Birthright. Em meio a mortes, culpas e situações limite, Anya Balanchine entra de vez para o rol das grandes heroínas da atual literatura jovem. E o leitor é levado a refletir sobre a força do amor, da amizade e da lealdade. Seja onde e em que época for.

Die Widerspenstigkeit des Glücks

release date: May 11, 2015
Die Widerspenstigkeit des Glücks
Ein bezaubernder Roman und ein modernes Märchen Amelia ist Verlagsvertreterin und lernt dabei die eigenwilligsten Buchhändler kennen. Genau so einer ist A. J. Fikry. In seinem Herzen haben nur turmhohe Bücherstapel Platz. Bis er einen ungebetenen Gast entdeckt: Eines Morgens sitzt die zweijährige Waise Maya in der Kinderbuchecke seiner Buchhandlung. Gegen seinen Willen nimmt sich A. J. des kleinen Mädchens an, das sein Leben kurzerhand auf den Kopf stellt. Und auch Amelia wird er nicht so schnell vergessen können ...

L'histoire épatante de M. Fikry autres trésors

release date: Apr 09, 2015
L'histoire épatante de M. Fikry autres trésors
La vie est plus belle lorsqu''elle s''écrit à plusieurs. Une véritable déclaration d''amour à la vie et aux livres ! A.J. Fikry a l''un des plus beaux métiers du monde : il est libraire. Un libraire misanthrope et bourru qui file un mauvais coton depuis le décès de Nic, son épouse. Peu importe, livre ou être humain, il est devenu bien difficile de trouver grâce à ses yeux. L''irrésistible petite Maya va pourtant fendre son armure. Sa maman souhaitait qu''elle grandisse au milieu des livres et l''a donc laissée dans les rayons de l''unique librairie d''Alice Island. C''est ainsi qu''A.J., faussement récalcitrant, se retrouve à pouponner ce chérubin aussi malicieux que despotique. Et dans le sillage de ce duo improbable, tout leur entourage va découvrir quer les aventures étonnantes, épatantes et émouvantes n''arrivent pas que dans les livres.

Extradunkel

release date: Mar 26, 2015

La mafia du chocolat

release date: Mar 11, 2015
La mafia du chocolat
En 2083, le chocolat et le café sont illégaux, le papier est difficile à trouver, l''eau est précieusement rationnée, et la ville de New York est dominée par le crime et la pauvreté. Pour Anya Balanchine, 16 ans, la fille orpheline du criminel le plus célèbre de la ville, la vie est une routine bienheureuse. Jusqu''à ce que son ex-petit ami soit accidentellement empoisonné par le chocolat de la contrebande familiale, et que la police accuse la jeune fille. Brusquement, Anya se retrouve poussée malgré elle sous le feu des projecteurs : au lycée, dans la presse et, plus grave, au sein de sa famille de hors-la-loi...

Je ne sais plus pourquoi je t'aime

release date: Jan 07, 2015
Je ne sais plus pourquoi je t'aime
Après une mauvaise chute dans un escalier, Naomi Porter se retrouve à l''hôpital, amnésique. Elle tombe folle amoureuse de James Larkin et nage dans un brouillard heureux. Mais cela ne peut durer. Il faut qu''elle sache qui elle était avant, et se lance dans une enquête sur elle-même.

岛上书店

release date: Jan 01, 2015
岛上书店
When his most prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, is stolen, bookstore owner A.J. Fikry begins isolating himself from his friends, family and associates before receiving a mysterious package that compels him to remake his life.

The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry

release date: Dec 02, 2014
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry
Don''t miss Gabrielle Zevin''s new novel, Young Jane Young, coming in August 2017. “Funny, tender, and moving, The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry reminds us all exactly why we read and why we love.”* A. J. Fikry’s life is not at all what he expected it to be. He lives alone, his bookstore is experiencing the worst sales in its history, and now his prized possession, a rare collection of Poe poems, has been stolen. But when a mysterious package appears at the bookstore, its unexpected arrival gives Fikry the chance to make his life over--and see everything anew. “This novel has humor, romance, a touch of suspense, but most of all love--love of books and bookish people and, really, all of humanity in its imperfect glory.” —Eowyn Ivey, author of The Snow Child “Marvelously optimistic about the future of books and bookstores and the people who love both.” —The Washington Post “You won’t want it to end.” —Family Circle “A natural for book groups.” —Richmond Times-Dispatch “A reader’s paradise of the first order.” —The Buffalo News “A fun, page-turning delight.” —Minneapolis Star Tribune “Captures the joy of connecting people and books . . . Irresistible.” —Booklist “A wonderful, moving, endearing story of redemption and transformation that will sing in your heart for a very, very long time.” —Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain “Readers who delighted in The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry, and Letters from Skye will be equally captivated by this novel.” —*Library Journal, starred review

A. J. 的書店人生

release date: Jul 31, 2014
A. J. 的書店人生
?◆美國獨立書商第1名選書 ◆榮登《出版人週刊》、《紐約時報》暢銷書排行榜 ◆翻譯授權20國:英國、德國、法國、荷蘭、西班牙、義大利、丹麥、芬蘭、挪威、瑞典、冰島、波蘭、加拿大、土耳其、以色列、巴西、日本、韓國、中國 我們不盡然是長篇小說,不盡然是短篇故事。 到頭來,我們是一部人生作品集。 A. J.大叔是島嶼上一家書店的老闆,個情古怪,鎮日與文字、試讀本、暢銷書、滯銷書、文宣,還有「奧客型」的讀者打交道。他的人生和期待的截然不同,摯愛的老婆過世,書店陷入有史以來的經營危機,就連手上最值錢的資產──一本愛倫坡詩集珍本,也遭竊不翼而飛。彷彿他生活的所在,A. J.的內心世界也是一座孤島,不管是充滿善意的警察局長藍比亞斯、全心想要拉他一把的大姨子伊思美,還是懷著熱情與理想、搭乘渡輪前來造訪的出版社業務員愛蜜莉亞,全被他冰冷惡劣的態度拒於千里之外。就連滿屋子的書香,也在一點一滴消失中…… 就在A. J.對人生感到疲憊、對市場感到寒心、對未來嗅不到希望的時刻,生命發生轉折,一個神祕的包袱出現在書店中。雖然只是一個小包袱,卻相當沉重。這個意外讓A. J.大叔有機會重新拾起他的人生,以嶄新的眼光觀看世界。沒多久,小島上的讀者與居民留意到他的改變,不屈不撓的業務員愛蜜莉亞也開始對他投以不一樣的目光,書籍中蘊藏的智慧再度成為A. J.世界的生命泉源。 然而,一切都將再度扭轉,意料之外的人生又悄然降臨…… 《A. J.的書店人生》充滿驚喜與感動,是一個令人難忘的故事,關於生命的轉變、第二次機會,以及我們為何而讀、為何而愛的無法抗拒的理由。在作者巧妙的筆下,「閱讀」本身也成為貫穿全書的重要角色。 島嶼書屋是間維多利亞風格的小屋,門廊上掛著褪色的招牌, 上面寫著:?沒有人是座孤島,一書一世界,一書一天堂。? 書店老闆A. J.將探索這句話的真義。 【媒體推薦】 「這本書提醒了我們,愛與被愛的能力、付出與接受的意願,能拯救陷於孤獨隔絕中的我們。一則美妙、動人的故事,關於人生的救贖與轉化,它會在你胸中迴盪許久、許久。」 ──賈斯.史坦(Garth Stein)(《我在雨中等你》(The Art of Racing in the Rain)作者) 「一場輕鬆且澎湃的盛宴,如果你曾經想像過一個社會的寶藏──書店,它是如何運作的話,這本書非常合你胃口。」 ──《潔米.艾廷博格(Jami Attenberg)(食慾風暴》(The Middlesteins)作者) 「這是一本幽默、浪漫、略帶懸疑的小說,而其中最重要的是元素是愛──對書、對愛書人,或者應該說是對人性不完美榮光的愛。」 ──愛歐文.艾維(Eowyn Ivey)(《雪地裡的女孩》(The Snow Child)作者) 「我貪婪地一口氣讀完本書。它是一封獻給文字的情書,迷人且趣味橫生,能讓你在哽咽中掛著一抹開朗的微笑。」 ──娜塔莎.索羅門斯(Natasha Solomons)(暢銷書作家) 「麗文是高明的作者,聰穎機智,她對書的熱情顯而易見。」 ──出版人週刊(Publishers Weekly) 「這是一本關於生命、救贖以及第二次機會的小說。有趣、溫柔、感動人心,不時提醒著我們閱讀與愛的理由。」 ──圖書館學刊(Library Journal) 「縱貫全書的娛樂性,時而風趣、時而反映人生,還是一則文學的愛情故事,談及書、閱讀與尋覓真愛。」 ──科克斯書評(Kirkus Reviews) 「麗文接續了這個年代罕見的傳統──她創作了一本娛樂性很高的小說,雖是小品,但能攫取人心;儘管有趣,卻不甜膩濫情。更難得的是,她對書、書店以及愛書人的未來,充滿見解。」 ──華盛頓郵報(The Washington Post) 「在這部甜美、向書店致敬、振奮人心的小說中,麗文完美捕捉到讀者與書籍配對的喜樂。耐人尋味的角色、對於書籍銷售的深入理解、關於經典作品的精闢評論,還有對讀書會以及行銷活動的幽默描述,愛書人將難以抗拒。」 ──書單雜誌(Booklist) 出版社 商周出版

De verzamelde levens van A.J. Fikry, boekhandelaar

release date: Jul 02, 2014
De verzamelde levens van A.J. Fikry, boekhandelaar
Het leven zit A.J. Fikry niet mee. Zijn vrouw is overleden, de omzet van zijn boekhandel daalt zienderogen, en nu is zijn kostbaarste bezit, een zeldzame dichtbundel, uit zijn woning ontvreemd. Zelfs de prachtige boeken waarmee hij zich dagelijks omringt, geven hem geen plezier meer. Langzaam maar zeker zakt Fikry weg in een isolement waaruit zelfs de charmante Amelia, vertegenwoordiger van een kleine uitgeverij, hem niet kan halen. Als op een dag een mysterieus pakket in zijn boekhandel verschijnt, krijgt Fikry de kans om opnieuw te beginnen.
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