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A. L. Kennedy is the author of Kücük Yilan (2024), Onkel Stan und Dan und das ungeheuerlich ungewöhnliche Abenteuer (2020), La petita serp (2019), Mary y la serpiente (2019), Süßer Ernst (2018).

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Kücük Yilan

release date: Jul 01, 2024

Onkel Stan und Dan und das ungeheuerlich ungewöhnliche Abenteuer

release date: Jan 01, 2020
Onkel Stan und Dan und das ungeheuerlich ungewöhnliche Abenteuer
"Onkel Stan und sein bester Freund Dan, der Dachs lassen es sich gut gehen auf ihrer Lamafarm. Doch da taucht der unheimliche Doktor P''Krall auf und will alles Glück und alles Ungewöhnliche vernichten! Onkel Stan schaut seinem Treiben eine Zeitlang zu und beschliesst dann, sich ihm entgegenzustellen. Ein unsichtbares Mädchen, sein treuer Dachs, ein Piratenjunge mit einer Tweedmaske und natürlich alle Lamas der Farm unterstützen ihn dabei. - Fortsetzung der "Onkel Stan und Dan"-Reihe, wieder mit ... skurrilen Wendungen, in denen die witzigen und sympathischen Figuren sich mit Mut und Ideenreichtum gegen das Böse durchsetzen. Ganz famos, spannend und unvorhersehbar! Gerne zur Fortsetzung empfohlen und auch als Einzelband eine gute Wahl. Das Cover ist perfekt zum Inhalt passend gestylt" (S. Wirnsberger zum Buch). Endlich gibt es auch den 2. Teil als Hörspiel. Die Sprecher*innen Max v. Pufendorf, Lisa Hagmeister, Jonas Minthe u.a. erfüllen ihre Rollen perfekt und machen aus der überdrehten Vorlage ein spassiges Hörspiel. Zwischendurch gibt es ruhige Passagen und Musikstücke. (Verlagstext). Ab 9.

La petita serp

release date: Feb 14, 2019
La petita serp
Un relat màgic i d''una imaginació captivadora que, com El petit príncep , ens convida a reflexionar sobre la vida i les emocions. Aquesta és la història de la Mary, una nena nascuda en una ciutat plena de cançons i d''estels de colors que ballen al cel. Tot comença una tarda quan troba al seu jardí una petita serp, i es fan molt amigues... La serp, però, emprèn sovint un dels seus viatges en busca d''altres humans -tal com ha de venir a buscar-nos a tots- i cada vegada que torna al costat de la nena es troba la ciutat canviada. Sota les bombes de la guerra, la Mary i la seva família han hagut de marxar de casa. La nena s''ha fet gran i s''ha enamorat. I la petita serp sap que arribarà el dia que el destí la separarà inevitablement de la Mary, i es pregunta si val la pena viure l''amistat quan saps que la perdràs. Ressenyes: «A. L. Kennedy és una escriptora sorprenent i encisadora. Un cop entres al seu món, costa trobar la manera de sortir-ne si no és a través de les últimes pàgines. A La petita serp, les sacsejades emocionals dringuen, una després de l''altra, frase rere frase, com una intricada concatenació de fitxes de dòmino dels colors de l''arc de Sant Martí. [...] La prosa de Kennedy "com les meditacions infinites dels seus personatges més interessants" és alhora lògica i il·lògica, trista i divertida, senzilla i profundiadopta permutacions interminables, com una serp petita i elegant que lluita contra les constriccions de la seva pròpia pell brillant i amenaçadora.» Scott Bradfield, The New York Times «Un conte de fades meravellós... Una faula del nostre temps... Amb humor i un estil fresc, Kennedy ens recorda amb urgència les coses grans i petites que donen sentit a la vida.» Financial Times «Una història deliciosa, per a lectors de totes les edats.» The Spectator

Mary y la serpiente

release date: Feb 14, 2019
Mary y la serpiente
El espíritu de El principito reelaborado para el siglo XXI. «Una escritora excepcional.» Observer «Una novelista de clase mundial.» New York Times Book Review Mary es una niña que vive en una hermosa ciudad, donde las cometas vuelan muy alto, en una casa con un jardín que a veces es pequeño y a veces es enorme. En ese jardín conoce a Lanmo, que se convierte en su mejor amigo. Es la primera vez que Lanmo se hace amigo de una persona. Lanmo es una serpiente dorada, con unos brillantes ojos rojos, que se acurruca junto a Mary cuando se va a la cama y se posa sobre su hombro cuando va al colegio. Pero nuestra serpiente, además, tiene ciertas obligaciones desde hace muchísimos años y debe dar uso a sus afilados colmillos en otras ciudades, con otras personas. Tras estas separaciones, algunas de ellas muy largas, cuando vuelve siempre se encuentra a Mary un poco más mayor, el pavimento siempre un poco más agrietado, siempre menos cometas en el cielo. Lanmno sabe que llegará el día en que no podrá volver a visitar a Mary y se pregunta si merece la pena tener una amiga si sabes que vas a perderla. La historia de esta peculiar amistad entre una niña y una serpiente es, a fin de cuentas, la del aprendizaje práctico de las lecciones más duras y fundamentales: en qué consisten la separación, la pérdida, la amistad, el envejecimiento, el amor. Esta fábula, tejida con un lenguaje vibrante y cargado de imaginación, muestra además un singular reverso oscuro, pero tan rico y humano que hace de Mary y la serpiente un cuento total. La crítica ha dicho... «Kennedy es una autora superlativa y sin igual.» Stuart Kelly, Scotsman «Exuberante, airada y peligrosa de leer [...]. Kennedy domina el arte de las frases buenas e impactantes.» Los Angeles Times «Después de entrar en el mundo de Kennedy, es complicado encontrar una salida [...].En Mary y la serpiente, los golpetazos emocionales van conectándose, uno tras otro, frase a frase, como en una concatenación de piezas de dominó que tuviesen el brillo del arcoíris. Divertida, sorprendente e inesperada [...], la prosa de Kennedy, como las infinitas meditaciones que despliegan sus personajes más interesantes, es al mismo tiempo lógica e ilógica, triste y alegre, sencilla y profunda, da vueltas y más vueltas en permutaciones sin fin, como si una serpiente elegante y pequeña luchase contra los límites de su propia piel, brillante y amenazadora.» The New York Times «Una joya [...]. Kennedy nos habla de manera amable, clarividente y profundamente emocionante acerca de qué significa realmente la humanidad.» Scotsman «Hermosa [...].Hay que leerla y luego leerla otra vez.» Independent «Maravillosa [...]. Kennedy es una fuerza de la naturaleza [...]. Todo lo que toca se convierte en arte y, en este caso, vuelve a impresionarnos con su audacia y asombroso cuidado por el lenguaje.» New York Times Book Review «La breve y sugerente fábula habla de la necesidad de ser amable con los demás, de la avaricia y la política, de las migraciones. Habla de las lecciones que aprendemos de los libros que leemos cuando somos niños. Pero Mary y la serpiente habla, sobre todo, de la aceptación de la muerte como una parte inevitable de la vida. [...] Si conoces a un niño (o a un adulto) que haya perdido a alguien, dale este libro Alex Preston, The Guardian

Süßer Ernst

release date: Nov 05, 2018
Süßer Ernst
Jon ist ein guter Mensch in einer schlechten Welt. Als Staatsdiener der britischen Regierung in London muss er täglich unmoralisch handeln. Um seiner Entfremdung zu entkommen, schreibt er Liebesbriefe im Auftrag alleinstehender Frauen. Eine von ihnen ist Meg, die sich gerade von ihrer Alkoholsucht erholt. Von seiner Handschrift und seinen Worten betört, sucht sie Jon inmitten der pulsierenden Großstadt auf... Gibt es sie wirklich, jene Liebe, die wahrhaft süß ist, weil sie den anderen – seine Verletzungen, seine Einsamkeit – ernst nimmt? In ihrem ergreifenden und skurril-witzigen Roman fragt A.L. Kennedy, wie in unserer narzisstischen Zeit wahre Gefühle noch möglich sind.

Serious Sweet

release date: May 18, 2017
Serious Sweet
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2016 MAN BOOKER PRIZE A good man in a bad world, Jon Sigurdsson is 59 and divorced: a senior civil servant in Westminster who hates many of his colleagues and loathes his work for a government engaged in unmentionable acts. A man of conscience. Meg Williams is ''a bankrupt accountant - two words you don''t want in the same sentence, or anywhere near your CV''. She''s 45 and shakily sober, living on Telegraph Hill, where she can see London unfurl below her. Somewhere out there is safety. Somewhere out there is Jon, pinballing around the city with a mobile phone and a letter-writing habit he can''t break. He''s a man on the brink, leaking government secrets and affection as he runs for his life. Set in 2014, this is a novel of our times. Poignant, deeply funny, and beautifully written, Serious Sweet is about two decent, damaged people trying to make moral choices in an immoral world: ready to sacrifice what''s left of themselves for honesty, and for a chance at tenderness. As Jon and Meg navigate the sweet and serious heart of London - passing through 24 hours that will change them both for ever - they tell a very unusual, unbearably moving love story.

Gleißendes Glück

release date: Mar 18, 2016

LA GRANDE GUERRE - Histoires inspirées par des objets emblématiques de 1914-1918

release date: Oct 14, 2015
LA GRANDE GUERRE - Histoires inspirées par des objets emblématiques de 1914-1918
David Almond (Je m’appelle Mina), Tracy Chevalier (La jeune fille à la perle), Timothée de Fombelle (Le livre de Perle), Michael Morpurgo (Cheval de Guerre)... Les plus grandes signatures de la littérature racontent la Première Guerre mondiale à partir d’objets emblématiques. Un superbe recueil contenant des nouvelles écrites par onze écrivains célébrés partout dans le monde : Timothée de Fombelle, Michael Morpurgo, Tracy Chevalier rendent hommage aux héros les plus ordinaires. Un soldat de plomb, un plat à beurre, une boussole... Des objets du quotidien. Pourtant, aux yeux de nos auteurs, ces artefacts touchent au cœur des vies humaines pendant la Première Guerre mondiale. Chaque auteur de ce recueil a été enjoint de choisir un objet qui avait un lien avec la guerre – une croix de Victoria pour Timothée de Fombelle, un kit d’écriture pour David Almond, un casque pour Michael Morpurgo – et de s’en servir comme inspiration pour une nouvelle originale. Le résultat : un recueil extraordinaire, illustré par Jim Kay (Quelques minutes après minuit), avec des photographies des objets qui ont inspiré les nouvelles.

Doctor Who: The Drosten's Curse

release date: Jul 14, 2015
Doctor Who: The Drosten's Curse
From award-winning author A.L. Kennedy, an original Doctor Who novel featuring the beloved Fourth Doctor, as played by Tom Baker. “I shall make you the jewel at the heart of the universe.” Something distinctly odd is going on in Arbroath. It could be to do with golfers being dragged down into the bunkers at the Fetch Brothers’ Golf Spa Hotel, never to be seen again. It might be related to the strange twin grandchildren of the equally strange Mrs Fetch--owner of the hotel and fascinated with octopuses. It could be the fact that people in the surrounding area suddenly know what others are thinking, without anyone saying a word. Whatever it is, the Doctor is most at home when faced with the distinctly odd. With the help of Fetch Brothers’ Junior Receptionist Bryony, he’ll get to the bottom of things. Just so long as he does so in time to save Bryony from quite literally losing her mind, and the entire world from destruction. Because something huge, ancient and alien lies hidden beneath the ground and it’s starting to wake up…

The Blue Book

release date: Jan 01, 2013
The Blue Book
From one of the U.K.''s most dazzling authors comes a brutal and funny novel about a pair of fraudulent psychic mediums that is itself an elaborate con game between fact and fiction, life and death--a book as verbally acrobatic as it is emotionally intense.

Das blaue Buch

release date: Aug 27, 2012
Das blaue Buch
Elizabeth Barber überquert den Atlantik auf einem Kreuzfahrtschiff mit ihrem mehr als vorbildlichen Freund Derek. Ihrer großen Liebe Arthur hat sie den Rücken gekehrt - und damit auch ihrem Leben als Betrügerin. Auf Séancen hatten die beiden vorgegeben, Kontakt zu Verstorbenen aufzunehmen, und dabei reiche Klienten erleichtert. Mit Derek will sie nun den Weg in ein geregeltes Leben finden. Doch während er seekrank im Bett liegt, taucht plötzlich Arthur auf. Wird sie sich seinem Bann entziehen können? Die Antwort steht im „Blauen Buch“, das Elizabeth ihm schenkt und das eine magische Geschichte erzählt, die wahrhafter ist als alle Wirklichkeit. A. L. Kennedy wagt sich mit ihrem neuen Roman an das höchste der Gefühle. Ein buchstäblich zauberhaftes Buch.

Day

release date: Jan 08, 2008
Day
Funny and moving, wise and sad, this “imaginative tour de force” (The San Diego Union-Tribune) charts the intensity and courage found in a former World War II POW as he looks back on the closeness of death, from one of Britain''s most iconoclastic and highly acclaimed young writers. Alfie Day, RAF airman and former World War II POW, never expected to survive the war. Now, five years later and more alone than ever, Alfie finds himself drawn to unearth those strange, passionate days by working as an extra on a POW film. What he will discover on the set about himself, his loves and the world around him will make the war itself look simple.

Everything You Need

release date: Dec 18, 2007
Everything You Need
From the prodigiously talented A. L. Kennedy comes a flamboyantly stylish and fiercely emotional novel about fathers and daughters, creation and self-destruction, and love’s paradoxical power to heal its most devastated victims. One such victim is Nathan Staples, a writer whose hilarious contempt for humanity is surpassed only by his corrosive self-loathing. Along with five equally dysfunctional colleagues Nathan lives on an island retreat off the coast of Wales, where he yearns for the daughter he lost years before. Now, in defiance of all his hopes, Mary Lamb–herself an aspiring writer–is about to join him as the seventh member of the colony. As Nathan tortuously wins the trust of the child who has no inkling of their true relationship, Mary comes to a gradual understanding of her gift. In Everything You Need, A. L. Kennedy combines the mythic resonance of Arthurian legend with a sensibility as lyrical as it is profane.

So I Am Glad

release date: Dec 18, 2007
So I Am Glad
The ferociously talented author of Original Bliss and On Bullfighting offers this haunting tale of two forlorn people who find in each other a hope and love as genuine and original as this marvelous book in which they come to life. M. Jennifer Wilson is a mid-thirties radio announcer living in Glasgow. She shares a house with Art and Liz, two typical Scotland thirtysomethings, but her life takes a drastic turn with the arrival of her new housemate, an elusive man who glows in the dark and can''t remember his name. He soon reveals himself to be none other than Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, the famed writer and duelist of eighteenth-century France, and what unfolds is a love story stark and surreal, tender and humane.

Paradise

release date: Dec 18, 2007
Paradise
Hannah Luckraft sells cardboard boxes for a living. Her family is so frustrated by her behavior they can barely stand to keep in touch with her. Each day is fueled by the promise of annihilation, the promise of a reprieve, the paradise that can only be found in a bottle. When Hannah meets Robert, a kindred spirit, the two become constant companions. Together and alone Hannah and Robert spiral through the beauty and depravity of a love affair with alcohol. Paradise is a spectacular novel of desire and oblivion.

Indelible Acts

release date: Dec 18, 2007
Indelible Acts
The love story (as well as the story of love lost, obsessed over, or longed for) gets a complete and thrilling renovation at the hands of the most virtuosic literary stylist to appear in the British Isles since Jeanette Winterson. A. L. Kennedy’s men and women huddle in foreign hotel rooms, immobilized by travel-sickness and betrayal. They plan seductions on the line at a cheese shop. They’re undone by a passing embrace in the office men’s room. Their passion is so urgent and imperious that it invades the stories they tell their children. By turns chaste and ferociously sexy, funny and unbearably sad, every story in Indelible Acts is a testament to the lengths to which desire drives us. And all are marked by Kennedy’s wisdom and humanity, and language that captures the briefest tremor of the infatuated heart.

Indelible Acts Proof

release date: Oct 01, 2002

On Bullfighting

release date: Mar 20, 2001
On Bullfighting
An Anchor Books Original One day, on the brink of despair and contemplating her own mortality, novelist A. L. Kennedy is offered an assignment she can’t refuse–an opportunity to travel to Spain and cover a sport that represents the ultimate confrontation with death: bullfighting. The result is this remarkable book, which takes Kennedy and her readers from the living room of her Glasgow flat to the plazas del toros of Spain and inside the mesmerizing, mystifying, brutal, and beautiful world of the bullfight. Here the sport is death: matadors (literally "killers") are men and, increasingly, women who, not unlike the Roman gladiators before them, provide a spectacle to the crowd, a dance in which their own death is as present as that of the bull. Wonderfully relaying the elements of the sport, from the breeding of the bulls and the training of the matadors to the intricate choreography of the bullfight and its strange connection to the Inquisition, Kennedy meditates on a culture that we may not countenance or fully understand but which is made riveting by the precision of her prose and the passion and humor of her narrative.

Original Bliss

release date: Dec 31, 1998
Original Bliss
Kennedy presents the story of an unlikely courtship between an emotionally paralyzed woman and a self-despising man--an exhibitionist addicted to porn--who find in each other a way to break out of isolation.

Tea and Biscuits

release date: Jan 01, 1996
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