New Releases by Ann Patchett

Ihmeellinen romaani lujittaa Ann Patchettin aseman yhtenä Amerikan rakastetuimmista kirjailijoista. ”Kerro siitä kesästä käsittelee rakkautta sen monissa eri muodoissa. Mutta se kertoo myös kuolemasta ja kaiken ohikiitävyydestä – siitä, miten elämä menee niin nopeasti. Se on – – lisäksi lupaus siitä, että tapahtuipa mitä tahansa, taikuutta on olemassa.” – Los Angeles Review of Books Vuonna 2020 keväällä Laran kolme tytärtä palaavat perheen kirsikkatarhalle Pohjois-Michiganiin. Koko perheen poimiessa satoa talteen tytöt pyytävät äitiään kertomaan yhä uudelleen ja uudelleen Peter Dukesta, kuuluisasta näyttelijästä, jonka kanssa Lara jakoi vuosia sitten niin lavan kuin sänkynsä. Kun Lara muistelee menneisyyttään, tyttäret tarkastelevat omaa elämäänsä ja suhdettaan vanhempiinsa – ja joutuvat lopulta uudelleen arvioimaan kaiken, mitä luulivat tietävänsä. Ann Patchett (s. 1963 Kaliforniassa) on arvostetuimpia kirjailijoita Yhdysvalloissa. Hän aloitti kirjoittajanuransa julkaisemalla artikkeleita lukuisissa lehdissä. Nykyisin hän paitsi kirjoittaa kirjoja pitää myös kirjakauppaa Tennesseessä. Patchettilta on suomennettu aiemmin romaani Hollantilainen talo (2021, suom. Laura Jänisniemi). * "Kerro siitä kesästä on täydellinen kesäkirja mökille. Se kuvaa herkällä ja värikkäällä tavalla perhesuhteita ja muistoja ja yhteistä, ohikiitävää kesää. Amerikkalainen Ann Patchett kirjoittaa taitavasti siitä käsittämättömästä tosiseikasta, että äidit ja isätkin ovat olleet kerran nuoria ja hölmöjä." - Me Naiset "Joskus lukukokemus on kuin halaus: lämmin ja turvallinen. -- Moniääniseen tarinaan on helppo heittäytyä, erityisesti jos olet perhesuhteiden ja tavallisen elämän arvokkuuden ystävä. -- Irmeli Ruuskan suomennos on huolellista ja nautinnollista lukea." - Kotivinkki "Rauhoittavan kaunista proosaa, eeppisiä sävyjä tavoittelevaa kerrontaa elämästä ja kuolemasta. Carpe diem ‐[henkisessä] romaanissaan Patchett varoittaa lempeästi virvatulten tavoittelusta ja kehottaa tarttumaan onneen, kun se on otettavissa. Silloin jää rakkaus, vaikka aika kiitää." - Kaleva

Im Frühling 2020 kehren Laras drei Töchter beim ersten Lockdown in ihr Elternhaus zurück, eine Obstfarm im nördlichen Michigan. Bei der Kirschernte bitten sie ihre Mutter, ihnen die Geschichte von Peter Duke zu erzählen, dem weltberühmten Schauspieler, mit dem sie vor Jahren in einer Theatergruppe namens Tom Lake gemeinsam auftrat – und mit dem sie eine stürmische Liebesgeschichte erlebte. Durch Laras Erinnerungen an ihre Jugend sehen die drei Töchter sich herausgefordert, nicht nur die Beziehung zu ihrer Mutter, sondern auch ihr jeweils ihr eigenes Leben kritisch zu überprüfen und liebgewonnene Ansichten und Gewissheiten neu zu denken. Vom Reese Witherspoon Bookclub empfohlen. »Der Sommer zu Hause« ist eine Meditation über Jugendliebe, Eheliebe und das Leben der Eltern bevor sie Eltern wurden. Hoffnungsfroh und melancholisch zugleich stellt der Roman die Frage nach dem Glücklichsein in einer vor die Hunde gehenden Welt. Wie in all ihren Romanen kombiniert Ann Patchett erzählerische Brillanz mit nadelspitzen Einsichten in Familiendynamiken. Das Ergebnis ist eine üppige, leuchtende Geschichte, mit einer Intelligenz und und emotionalen Subtilität geschrieben, die wieder einmal beweisen, warum Patchett eines der verehrtesten und berühmtesten literarischen Talente unserer Zeit ist.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A REESE’S BOOK CLUB PICK In this beautiful and moving novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America’s finest writers. “Patchett leads us to a truth that feels like life rather than literature.” —The Guardian In the spring of 2020, Lara’s three daughters return to the family's orchard in Northern Michigan. While picking cherries, they beg their mother to tell them the story of Peter Duke, a famous actor with whom she shared both a stage and a romance years before at a theater company called Tom Lake. As Lara recalls the past, her daughters examine their own lives and relationship with their mother, and are forced to reconsider the world and everything they thought they knew. Tom Lake is a meditation on youthful love, married love, and the lives parents have led before their children were born. Both hopeful and elegiac, it explores what it means to be happy even when the world is falling apart. As in all of her novels, Ann Patchett combines compelling narrative artistry with piercing insights into family dynamics. The result is a rich and luminous story, told with profound intelligence and emotional subtlety, that demonstrates once again why she is one of the most revered and acclaimed literary talents working today.

Any story that starts will also end.' As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the outcome of her fiction will be. Life, however, often takes turns we do not see coming. Patchett ponders this truth as she explores family, friendship, marriage, failure, success, and what it all means. A literary alchemist, Patchett plumbs the depths of her experiences to create gold: essays that are both self-portrait and landscape, each vibrant with emotion and rich in insight. Ranging from the personal - her portrait of the three men she called her fathers; unexpectedly falling into a life-changing friendship with Tom Hanks; how to answer when someone asks why you don't have children - to the sublime - exploring the Harvard Museum of Natural History before its doors open; the unexpected influence of Snoopy; the importance of knitting - each essay transforms the particular into the universal, letting us all see our own worlds anew. Illuminating, penetrating, funny and generous, These Precious Days is joyful time spent in the company of one of our greatest living authors.

我們有可能真真切切地看待過往嗎？ 不被記憶美化、不為傷痛左右、不受怨恨影響？ 史蒂芬．金著迷推薦：你一翻開，就會深深陷進去！ 亞馬遜網路書店冠軍小說•普立茲獎決選名作 蟬聯《紐約時報》暢銷榜破30週 湯姆．漢克跨刀朗讀有聲書 藝術家量身打造書封油畫，全球書迷同步珍藏 《時代雜誌》《衛報》年度選書 亞馬遜書店、GOODREADS書評網破萬讀者佳評如潮 《洛杉磯時報》精裝書榜冠軍 獨立書商協會、出版人週刊跨年度暢銷書 誠品選書．金石堂選書 ◎電子書特別收錄：台夫特藍瓷花色扉頁 ＋ 作者親筆手寫致讀者信 李靜宜──譯後記 少女老王 作家 張西 作家 楊富閔 作家 石芳瑜 作家╱永樂座書店店主 周慕姿 諮商心理師──深情推薦 我們的童年如同一場火災， 屋裡有四個孩子，卻只有兩個逃了出去── 華美張揚的荷蘭大宅，是梅芙與丹尼童年的家，是媽媽拋下他們，爸爸組成新家庭，任憑他們陷入命運風暴的起點。 在丹尼的印象裡，唯一能依靠的就是聰慧犀利又自信的姊姊，梅芙。這份不可動搖的緊密連結，在他倆被逐出家門後，成了更深厚的羈絆。雖然，他們逐漸甩脫困局，堅強自立起來，但傷痛如影隨形，而那些講述不下千萬次的昔日往事，即便笑罵順口，實則是緊掐咽喉的爪，鉤住了過去，嵌入了內心，無人能安慰撫平。他們只能一再重返荷蘭大宅，來到童年家屋外，遠遠看著那座房子，好像一切都還存在裡頭，好像噩夢不是人生的標配。 直到，意想不到的人物出現，直到，重聚舊日家宅裡，在揭露一切與對質中，兩人緊密的關係面臨前所未有的試探…… 安．派契特是個巨人、強人，亮麗、熱情、聰明，彷彿用力掀開隱形斗篷後，女神本尊即將現身。──伊莉莎白．吉兒伯特，《享受吧，一個人的旅行》作者 我最愛的當代作家之一，我讀完她的每一本書，都會連續幾週思索低迴不已。──吉莉安．安德森，知名女演員 派契特總是能夠把最豐富與最複雜的感情完完整整編織到她的文句裡，令讀者讚嘆，令我們不斷想再多看一點。──歐普拉雜誌 你跟蹤過一棟房子嗎？……《倖存之家》就是這麼個淒美、動人，卻也爽朗幽默的故事。──華盛頓獨立書評 ◎各界好評 這本小說宛如感恩節大餐，豐盛精緻，你一翻開，就會深深陷進去了。──史蒂芬．金 安．派契特是個巨人、強人，亮麗、熱情、聰明，彷彿用力掀開隱形斗篷後，女神本尊即將現身。──伊莉莎白．吉兒伯特，《享受吧，一個人的旅行》作者 我最愛的當代作家之一，我讀完她的每一本書，都會連續幾週思索低迴不已。──吉莉安．安德森，知名女演員 擾動心弦、暖入心底的故事，會讓你一秒都捨不得放下，即便看完了也一樣。──美國公共廣播電台 下筆流暢、簡約、直率、透徹又無畏無懼的直面生命，派契特的筆簡直令人嫉妒。──君子雜誌 派契特總是能夠把最豐富與最複雜的感情完完整整編織到她的文句裡，令讀者讚嘆，令我們不斷想再多看一點。──歐普拉雜誌 你跟蹤過一棟房子嗎？《倖存之家》就是這麼個淒美、動人，卻也爽朗幽默的故事。──華盛頓獨立書 書寫繁複秀麗、情感豐厚動人的超棒小說。──波士頓環球報 一如既往，派契特輕巧優雅地引我們進入故事深邃的核心。──華爾街日報 派契特下筆如行雲流水，看似樸實簡約卻又精巧輕靈。──紐約時報 在這本賞心悅目的小說裡，派契特說故事的功力熠熠生輝。──美聯社 本書對執念與寬恕給予深度的描寫與同理，精心細數人們緊抓不捨、失落、放棄與遺落身後的點點滴滴。──出版人週刊星級好評 文采燦然的書寫，明晰洞徹故事中人的生命內涵。──科克思書單星級好評 安．派契特這回講了一個引人入勝的黑暗童話故事。──娛樂週刊 超凡不群、細膩動人，家庭親情故事再難有超越本書的了。──哥倫布電訊報 派契特引我們看到一個真相，生活即文學。──衛報 罕見珍品。一入手就會攫住你心、吸引你，拽你跌進故事裡。──標準晚報 有如遙向亨利．詹姆斯致意，本書悄然邁向破敗的敘事，時而神祕又優雅，使人讀來感傷動容。──觀察者報 本書再次證明了一點，安．派契特筆下必有好故事。──書單雜誌 等著見證奇蹟吧，看派契特的故事就是這種感覺。──紐約時報書評 《倖存之家》雍容寬厚、格局恢宏，置身其中有如再次享受狄更斯小說的美妙風華。──Chapter 16 文學社群網站 幽微的神祕感，帶點心理驚悚的刺激度，派契特的這本新書像是個驚悚故事。──華盛頓郵報 ◎獎項肯定 ★2020普立茲獎決選入圍、2020女性小說獎入圍、2020美國最大讀者書評網Goodreads歷史類小說入圍 ★紐約時報暢銷榜連續上榜破30週 ★美國獨立書商協會暢銷書 ★出版人週刊暢銷書 ★亞馬遜網路書店總榜第一名 ★洛杉磯時報精裝書第一名 ★紐約時報暢銷小說 ★泰晤士報年度選書 ★衛報年度選書 ★今日美國讀書俱樂部選書 ★紐約時報書評關注好書 ★時代雜誌2019年百大必讀好書 ★美國公共廣播電台最佳好書 ★美國公共電視網新聞一小時2019推薦書單 ★華盛頓時報最佳好書 ★歐普拉雜誌選書 ★Real Simple生活雜誌選書 ★Good Housekeeping 生活雜誌選書 ★Vogue時尚雜誌選書 ★Refinery29網路時尚雜誌選書 ★Buzzfeed網路媒體選書選書 【作者簡介】安．派契特 Ann Patchett 《時代雜誌》年度百大影響人物 最推崇的事是「到地方書店買書」 1963年出生於洛杉磯，愛荷華大學寫作坊畢業，曾任美國麻州普羅文斯頓駐市作家、雷德克里夫大學瑪莉．彭定研究中心駐校作家。2002年，她以《美聲俘虜》一舉榮獲美國筆會╱福克納獎、英國柑橘獎，並入圍國家書評獎，銷售超過100萬冊，全球譯為30餘種語言。2004年，她以《真相與友誼》回憶錄獲獎無數，包括美國文藝學會最佳書獎與圖書館協會獎。 她是美國當代最受注目的小說家，作品主題清楚明確，故事流暢迷人，極受讀者喜愛，屢屢登上暢銷書排行榜。除出版著作以外，她亦曾獲邀擔任「年度美國最佳短篇小說」等文選的主編，也是《華盛頓郵報》《紐約時報》等媒體的固定撰稿人。 2011年，在田納西州納許維爾市最後一間書店關門之際，安與好友共同出資出力開了一間獨立書店，以神話裡繆思的棲息地「帕爾納索斯」命名。至今營運邁入第十年的書店，因書店主人不時分享「特選好書」「讀詩」小影片而廣受各界關注，並獲CNN電視網評選為「全球最酷書店」之一。 她的最新作品《倖存之家》出版後，各界好評如潮，除了蟬聯《紐約時報》暢銷榜超過30週，榮獲當年度各大媒體選書之外，更入選普立茲獎決選，被評審譽為精巧優美的當代寓言故事。 目前她與丈夫，以及小狗史巴奇一起住在田納西州。 獲獎紀錄 1992 紐約時報年度好書獎 1994 珍妮．卡夫卡獎最佳小說 1994 田納西年度作家 1997 英國柑橘獎入圍 2002 美國筆會╱福克納獎 2002 英國柑橘獎 2002 BookSense年度最佳圖書 2002 美國國家書評獎決選 2004 芝加哥論壇報年度最佳好書 2004 洛杉磯時報書獎 2004 HDV紀念獎 2004 美國文藝學會最佳書獎 2004 芝加哥論壇報、舊金山紀事報與娛樂週刊年度好書 2004 美國圖書館協會亞力克斯獎 2011 WellcomeTrust獎入圍 2012 英國柑橘獎決選作品 2012紐約公立圖書館「幼獅獎」 2012時代雜誌「全球年度百大影響人物」 2014 Peggy V. Helmerich傑出作家 2014 肯永評論文學成就獎 2020 普立茲獎決選 2020女性小說獎入圍 譯者 李靜宜 國立政治大學外交系博士，美國史丹佛大學訪問者。曾任職出版社與外交部。譯有《追風箏的孩子》《奇想之年》《史邁利的人馬》《末日之旅》《此生如鴿》《莫斯科紳士》《正常人》，以及推理之王約翰．哈威系列《寂寞芳心》《荒蕪年歲》《暗夜》等書。 臉書交流頁：靜靜讀一本書 封面畫家 諾亞．施特史壯 Noah Saterstrom 畢業於蘇格蘭格拉斯哥藝術學校，作品常在各大城市展出，且廣泛被歐美亞洲各地的私人、機構與公共單位購買珍藏。 安．派契特與出版社構思《倖存之家》書封視覺時，盼能以肖像畫呈現，於是好友施特史壯挺身襄助，以出乎作者意料的細膩油畫手法，呈現出10歲、穿著紅外套、神情堅毅的黑髮女孩梅芙。而這張書封畫作，正是大宅中絕不可缺，也是故事裡閃耀的核心。 得獎紀錄 誠品選書．金石堂選書

Aistivoimainen ja syvästi inhimillinen kuvaus kadotetusta paratiisista. ”Romaani joka tulvii tuskaa ja hellyyttä ja jossa Patchettin kertojankyky näkyy koko loistossaan. Syvällinen, väkevästi sisintä kouraiseva romaani perheestä.” – Sunday Times Cyril Conroy hankkii toisen maailmansodan jälkeen perheelleen linnamaisen ylellisen talon. Satumainen idylli Philadelphian eliittialueella alkaa mureta, kun Elna-äiti jättää perheen ja paha äitipuoli ottaa talossa vallan. Sisarukset Maeve ja Danny karkotetaan kodistaan. Talon ote sisaruksista ei tahdo kirvota vaan he palaavat tarkkailijoina talolle, toistensa kotoisaan seuraan. Vuosikymmeniä kattava lumoava saaga näyttää katkeransuloisesti, mitä on petos, kutsumus, anteeksianto ja mitä on menetys – ei hulppean talon, vaan niiden ihmisten jotka tekevät siitä kodin. ”Liikuttava kuvaus poikkeuksellisesta talosta ja sitä asuttavan perheen murenevasta onnesta.” – The Times Ann Patchett (s. 1963 Kaliforniassa) on arvostetuimpia ja rakastetuimpia kirjailijoita Yhdysvalloissa. Patchettin kahdeksas romaani Hollantilainen talo löysi tiensä lukijoiden sydämiin ja nousi sekä Pulitzer- että Women’s Prize 2020 -palkintoehdokkaaksi. Patchett aloitti kirjoittajanuransa julkaisemalla lehtiartikkeleita lukuisissa lehdissä, nykyisin hän paitsi kirjoittaa kirjoja, pitää myös pientä kirjamyymälää.

"Det holländska huset är en fin berättelse om syskonkärlek, om hur händelser i barndomen kan prägla en, och om hur man löser emotionella knutar. Det är drivet skrivet, en inkännande och sympatisk historia med stor klokhet." BTJ Ann Patchett är tillbaka med sin starkaste bok hittills: en djupt berörande roman om det oupplösliga bandet mellan en bror och en syster, deras barndoms hus och ett förflutet som vägrar släppa taget om dem. I slutet av andra världskriget börjar Cyril Conroy bygga upp ett enormt fastighetsimperium genom en kombination av tur och skicklighet. Hans första drag är att köpa Det holländska huset, en lyxig egendom i utkanten av Philadelphia. Det som var tänkt som en överraskningspresent till hans fru lägger grunden till familjens rikedom men också deras undergång. Det holländska huset är berättelsen om ett förlorat paradis. En mästerlig roman om arv, syskonkärlek och förlåtelse.

Traducere și note de Mihaela Dumitrescu Roman finalist la Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2020, nominalizat la The Women’s Prize for Fiction 2020 și ABIA Awards 2020, categoria International Book of the Year • În Marea Britanie, Casa Olandeză devine Cartea anului 2019 în Sunday Times, fiind bestseller Sunday Times, Guardian, The Times și Daily Telegraph • În Statele Unite, ajunge bestseller New York Times 2019, 2020 și Publishers Weekly 2020, 2021 • E inclus în Time Magazine’s 100 Must-Read Books 2019, iar NPR, Washington Post, Herald, O: The Oprah Magazine, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, Vogue, Refinery29 și Buzzfeed îl plasează în topul celor mai bune cărți din 2019. Casa Olandeză este o poveste despre iubire și sacrificiu, despre absență și generozitate, despre puterea și magia unui loc care poate condamna, dar și vindeca. La sfârșitul celui de-al Doilea Război Mondial, în urma unui pont primit pe patul unui spital de campanie, Cyril Conroy face o investiție genială, care îl va transforma într-un mogul imobiliar. Ca orice îmbogățit peste noapte, va cumpăra Casa Olandeză, unde se va muta împreună cu familia sa. „Visul american“ al lui Cyril Conroy se destramă însă, așa cum înainte se întâmplase cu cel al familiei VanHoebeek, primii proprietari ai casei, dar va fi reactivat de ambițiosul său fiu, Danny, și va fi împlinit cu succes de nepoata sa, May. Reușita lui Danny vine cu un preț: Maeve, sora lui, va renunța la propriile visuri, renunțare care vorbește despre sacrificiul pe care numai iubirea îl poate face posibil și îl legitimează.

From the international bestselling author of Bel Canto and The Dutch House, Ann Patchett, and the bestselling illustrator of the Fancy Nancy series, Robin Preiss Glasser, comes a hilarious and heartwarming story about a goat who keeps getting all the blame, but ultimately teaches one family about the importance of honesty and owning up to your mistakes. The Farmer family has a big problem! Every day their goat escapes, and every day, Mr. Farmer brings him back. So when things start to go awry on the farm, it must be the goat’s fault. Who’s to blame when Mrs. Farmer’s petunias are trampled? Or when all the cupcakes for Archie’s party disappear? And when the whole bucket of paint is spilled? Of course, everyone blames the goat! But is it really his fault? Find out in this epic collaboration between Ann Patchett and Robin Preiss Glasser, who create this perfect picture book about telling the truth.

Romance finalista do Pulitzer emociona ao narrar o desmoronamento de uma família Após a Segunda Guerra Mundial, graças à conjugação de sorte e um investimento fortuito, Cyril Conroy entra no ramo imobiliário, criando um negócio que logo se tornará um império e levará sua família da pobreza a uma vida de opulência. Uma de suas primeiras aquisições é a Casa Holandesa, uma extravagante propriedade no subúrbio da Filadélfia. Mas o que seria apenas uma adorável surpresa para a esposa acaba desencadeando o esfacelamento de toda a estrutura familiar. Quem narra essa história é o filho de Cyril, Danny, a partir do momento em que ele e a irmã mais velha — a autoconfiante e franca Maeve — são expulsos pela madrasta da casa onde cresceram. Os dois irmãos se veem jogados de volta à pobreza e logo descobrem que só podem contar um com o outro. E esse vínculo inabalável, ao mesmo tempo que os salva, é o que bloqueia seu futuro. Apesar de suas conquistas ao longo da vida, Danny e Maeve só se sentem verdadeiramente confortáveis quando estão juntos. Narrada ao longo de cinco décadas, A Casa Holandesa é uma história sobre a dificuldade de superar o passado. Com bom humor e raiva, os dois rememoram inúmeras vezes seu relato de perda e humilhação e a relação entre o irmão indulgente e a irmã superprotetora enfim será colocada à prova quando os Conroy se virem forçados a confrontar quem os abandonou. Uma saga sobre o paraíso perdido, A Casa Holandesa se debruça sobre questões de herança, amor e perdão, uma narrativa sobre como gostaríamos de ser vistos e quem de fato somos. E, embora seja um livro repleto de reviravoltas que farão o leitor devorar a história, seus personagens ficarão marcados por muito tempo na memória.

Wenn das Traumhaus kein Glück bringt: Der große Familienroman der Bestsellerautorin Boston, USA: Schauplatz einer einzigartigen Geschwisterliebe und des Aufstiegs und Falls einer Familie. Ann Patchett wurde für ihren Roman für den Pulitzer-Preis nominiert. Geld macht nicht glücklich. Das muss der Immobilienmakler Cyril feststellen, als ihn seine Frau verlässt, weil sie den Luxus im Holländerhaus nicht aushält. Und auch sonst ist der Familie das Glück nicht gerade hold: Als Cyril stirbt, wirft seine neue Frau ihre Stiefkinder Danny und Maeve kurzerhand aus dem Haus. Das lässt beide zeitlebens nicht los: Sie kehren immer wieder zurück an den Ort ihrer Kindheit. »Ich würde auch Ann Patchetts Einkaufsliste lesen!« Jojo Moyes Nur wenigen Autoren gelingt es wie Ann Patchett, die wirklich schweren Themen anzusprechen - Ihr wunderbarer leichthändiger Erzählstil ermöglicht Empathie ohne Pathos. Fast nebenbei zeichnet sie dabei ein Bild der sich wandelnden amerikanischen Gesellschaft und stellt die Frage, ob der American Dream noch Realität ist. Ein Roman über Schuld, Sühne, Vergebung und Heimat. Quicklebendig, witzig und tieftraurig zugleich

Aan het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog lukt het Cyril Conroy door een slimme investering een groot vastgoedimperium op te bouwen. Met zijn nieuw gevonden welvaart besluit hij het Hollandse huis te kopen, een prachtig landgoed aan de rand van Philadelphia. Hij koopt het als een verrassing voor zijn vrouw, maar het huis zal uiteindelijk alles en iedereen waar hij van houdt te gronde richten. Het verhaal wordt verteld door Cyrils zoon Danny. Hij en zijn zelfverzekerde en briljante zus Maeve worden na de dood van hun vader op jonge leeftijd uit het Hollandse huis verbannen door hun stiefmoeder. Opgegroeid in rijkdom keren ze nu terug naar de armoede waar hun ouders ooit aan ontsnapt waren en het enige waar ze op kunnen rekenen is hun liefde voor elkaar. Deze onverbreekbare band zal hun levens redden en hun toekomst bepalen. Ann Patchett, wereldwijd bestsellerauteur van romans als Gemeengoed en Bel Canto, is terug met een zeer krachtige roman: een rijk, veelgelaagd verhaal over de band tussen een broer en zus, over het huis van hun jeugd en over een verleden dat hen maar niet los kan laten.

Un domingo por la tarde en el sur de California, Bert Cousins aparece sin invitación previa en la fiesta del bautizo de Franny Keating. Antes de terminar el día, ha besado ya a la madre de Franny, Beverly, y ha puesto en marcha la disolución de dos matrimonios y la unión de dos familias. Comunidad explora los ecos que este encuentro fortuito despierta a lo largo de cinco décadas en la vida de los cuatro progenitores y los seis hijos involucrados. Los niños Keating y Cousins pasan los veranos juntos en Virginia, donde forjan un vínculo duradero basado en la desilusión respecto a sus padres y el afecto extraño y sincero que crece entre ellos. Cuando Franny, a los veinte años de edad, comienza una relación con el legendario autor Leon Posen y le habla de su familia, la historia de sus hermanos deja de pertenecerle. La infancia de Franny se convierte en la base de un libro de gran éxito de Posen, lo que termina por llevarlos a aceptar sus pérdidas, sus sentimientos de culpa y el vínculo profundamente leal que sienten entre sí. Contada con tanto humor como desgarro, Comunidad es una reflexión sobre la inspiración, la interpretación y la propiedad de las historias. Es un relato tierno y brillante basado en los grandes lazos del amor y la responsabilidad que nos unen.

Seguindo a história poderosa de duas famílias, unidas através da beleza e separadas pela tragédia, este é o romance mais fabuloso de Ann Patchett. Tudo começa em 1964, quando Bert Cousins aparece sem ser convidado no batizado de Franny Keating, com uma garrafa de gin. Antes de a noite cair, beija a mãe da criança, Beverly, e inicia a dissolução dos seus casamentos e a união das duas famílias, firmando um destino que se se concretizará sete anos depois. Em 1988, Franny Keating, com 24 anos, envolve-se com um autor conhecido, Leon Posen, e fala-lhe da família, perdendo o controlo sobre as suas histórias. A infância dos irmãos torna-se o ponto de partida para um livro bestseller, forçando-os a encarar os sentimentos de perda e culpa, mas também a forte ligação que os une. Contrabalançando humor e sofrimento, Comunidade é uma história sobre família, traição e os laços profundos do amor e da responsabilidade que nos ligam.

Op een zondagmiddag in 1964 bezoekt Bert Cousins onuitgenodigd het doopfeestje van Franny Keating. Voordat het avond wordt, heeft hij met haar moeder Beverley gezoend. Het is een stap die uiteindelijk tot het ontbinden van Beverleys huwelijk zal leiden en die de twee gezinnen tot elkaar zal veroordelen. Gemeengoed laat zien hoe in een tijdsbestek van vijftig jaar dit ene, bepalende moment de levens van vier volwassenen en zes kinderen voor altijd heeft veranderd. Door de zomers die ze samen doorbrengen in Virginia, bouwen de kinderen van de Cousins en de Keatings een band op die gebaseerd is op een gemeenschappelijke teleurstelling in hun ouders en oprechte genegenheid voor elkaar.

One Sunday afternoon in Southern California, Bert Cousins shows up at Franny Keating's christening party uninvited. Before evening falls, he has kissed Franny's mother, Beverly—thus setting in motion the dissolution of their marriages and the joining of two families. When, in her twenties, Franny begins an affair with the legendary author Leon Posen and tells him about her family, the story of her siblings is no longer hers to control. Their childhood becomes the basis for his wildly successful book, ultimately forcing them to come to terms with their losses, their guilt, and the deeply loyal connection they feel for one another. Told with equal measures of humor and heartbreak, Commonwealth is a meditation on inspiration, interpretation, and the ownership of stories from an award-winning, bestselling author.

'So compellingly personal you feel you're looking over her shoulder as she sits down to write' New York Times 'Electrically entertaining ... Funny, generous, spirited and kind' The Times This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is an irresistible blend of literature and memoir revealing the big experiences and little moments that shaped Ann Patchett as a daughter, wife, friend and writer. Here, Ann Patchett shares entertaining and moving stories about her tumultuous childhood, her painful early divorce, the excitement of selling her first book, driving a Winnebago from Montana to Yellowstone Park, her joyous discovery of opera, scaling a six-foot wall in order to join the Los Angeles Police Department, the gradual loss of her beloved grandmother, starting her own bookshop in Nashville, her love for her very special dog and, of course, her eventual happy marriage. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is a memoir both wide ranging and deeply personal, overflowing with close observation and emotional wisdom, told with wit, honesty and irresistible warmth.

Ann Patchetts nya roman I undrens tid utspelas till stor del i en miljö präglad av giftpilar, ormar, vetenskapliga genombrott och andliga upplevelser. Den har av många hyllats som hennes starkaste bok, är flerfaldigt prisbelönad och har länge legat på topplistorna runt om i världen. Doktor Marina Singh får ett fruktansvärt besked som gör att hon snabbt packar sina väskor och beger till ett forskningsprojekt i Amazonas. En av hennes närmaste kolleger har avlidit under mystiska omständigheter där. Först måste hon dock få fatt i sin tidigare mentor, doktor Annick Swenson, som tycks ha gått under jorden i sitt intensiva arbete för att hos en viss indianstam finna lösningen på en av vetenskapens hetaste frågor. Doktor Swenson är inte heller någon som är lätt att tas med: hon är excentrisk, hårdhudad och en fanatisk arbetsnarkoman. För Marina väcker mötet plågsamma minnen och uppgörelser. I Amazonas oförlåtande djungel tvingas hon snart fatta beslut som handlar om liv och död, etik och moral, samtidigt som hon bär på en ödesmättad känsla av att hon närmar sig mörkrets hjärta. I undrens tid skildras en värld där naturens allra vackraste konstverk ställs mot människan allra djupaste sorger, förluster och, i en vidare bemärkelse, vår evinnerliga strävan efter evigt liv.

Nowa powieść laureatki Orange Prize i PEN/Faulkner Award. Marina nie chciała tam jechać. Ale nie miała wyjścia. Sama nie była pewna, co przeraża ją bardziej: spędzenie miesiąca w dzikiej puszczy amazońskiej, w której ciężkie i lepkie powietrze wibruje poruszane skrzydełkami miliona owadów, czy ponowne spotkanie z doktor Swenson. Stan zdumienia to opowieść o podróży do jądra ciemności, świata, w którym nic nie jest jednoznaczne.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012 There were people on the banks of the river. Among the tangled waterways and giant anacondas of the Brazilian Rio Negro, an enigmatic scientist is developing a drug that could alter the lives of women for ever. Dr Annick Swenson's work is shrouded in mystery; she refuses to report on her progress, especially to her investors, whose patience is fast running out. Anders Eckman, a mild-mannered lab researcher, is sent to investigate. A curt letter reporting his untimely death is all that returns. Now Marina Singh, Anders' colleague and once a student of the mighty Dr Swenson, is their last hope. Compelled by the pleas of Anders's wife, who refuses to accept that her husband is not coming home, Marina leaves the snowy plains of Minnesota and retraces her friend's steps into the heart of the South American darkness, determined to track down Dr. Swenson and uncover the secrets being jealously guarded among the remotest tribes of the rainforest. What Marina does not yet know is that, in this ancient corner of the jungle, where the muddy waters and susurrating grasses hide countless unknown perils and temptations, she will face challenges beyond her wildest imagination. Marina is no longer the student, but only time will tell if she has learnt enough.

La chiave dell'eterna fertilità: un segreto custodito dalla foresta amazzonica e che da anni la dottoressa Annick Swenson tenta di svelare studiando una tribù indigena per conto di un'azienda farmaceutica americana. Un segreto che potrebbe rivoluzionare la vita delle donne di tutto il mondo, ma che sembra destinato a restare tale, visto che la dottoressa Swenson si rifiuta caparbiamente di comunicare i risultati del proprio lavoro. E così, per far luce sull'attività dell'enigmatica ricercatrice e sulla misteriosa morte di un collega, l'azienda invia in Amazzonia un'altra dottoressa, Marina Singh... Accolto in America con grande entusiasmo dalla stampa e dai lettori, Stupori narra la ricerca della verità da parte di una donna che, lontana dalle certezze della civiltà, prenderà coscienza della vulnerabilità e della fragilità dell'essere umano al cospetto di una natura rigogliosa e brulicante di insidie. Ma soprattutto il nuovo romanzo di Ann Patchett è l'invito a una riflessione sul delicato equilibrio tra etica e scienza, sulle responsabilità che quest'ultima dovrebbe assumersi nei confronti della vita, sotto ogni forma e specie, sui limiti di fronte a cui forse dovrebbe fermarsi per non trasformarsi in una macchina di morte.

From the bestselling author of "The Magician's Assistant" comes a marvelous novel of love, opera, and terrorism set in South America. Two couples, complete opposites, fall in love; sexual identities become confused; and a horrific imprisonment is transformed into an unexpected heaven on earth.

“A wise, generous and compact primer for life that could well become a touchstone, readers will return to this book, and probably find something new each time they do; deserves to be given often and enthusiastically.” — Publishers Weekly Based on her lauded commencement address at Sarah Lawrence College, this stirring essay by bestselling author Ann Patchett offers hope and inspiration for anyone at a crossroads, whether graduating, changing careers, or transitioning from one life stage to another. With wit and candor, Patchett tells her own story of attending college, graduating, and struggling with the inevitable question, What now? From student to line cook to teacher to waitress and eventually to award-winning author, Patchett's own life has taken many twists and turns that make her exploration genuine and resonant. As Patchett writes, "'What now?' represents our excitement and our future, the very vitality of life." She highlights the possibilities the unknown offers and reminds us that there is as much joy in the journey as there is in reaching the destination.

Since their mother's death, Tip and Teddy Doyle have been raised by their loving, possessive, and ambitious father. As the former mayor of Boston, Bernard Doyle wants to see his sons in politics, a dream the boys have never shared. But when an argument in a blinding New England snowstorm inadvertently causes an accident that involves a stranger and her child, all Bernard Doyle cares about is his ability to keep his children—all his children—safe. Set over a period of twenty-four hours, Run shows us how worlds of privilege and poverty can coexist only blocks apart from each other, and how family can include people you've never even met. Suspenseful and stunningly executed, Run is ultimately a novel about secrets, duty, responsibility, and the lengths we will go to protect our children.

From the bestselling author of The Dutch House, a secretive magician’s death becomes the catalyst for his partner’s journey of self-discovery in this “enchanting” book (San Francisco Chronicle) “that is something of a magic trick in itself.” (Newsweek) When Parsifal, a handsome and charming magician, dies suddenly, his widow Sabine—who was also his faithful assistant for twenty years—learns that the family he claimed to have lost in a tragic accident is very much alive and well. Sabine is left to unravel his secrets, and the journey she takes, from sunny Los Angeles to the bitter windswept plains of Nebraska, will work its own magic on her. Sabine's extraordinary tale, “with its big dreams, vast spaces, and disparate realities lying side by side” captures the hearts of its readers and “proves to be the perfect place for miraculous transformations.” (The New Yorker)

What happens when the person who is your family is someone you aren't bound to by blood? What happens when the person you promise to love and to honor for the rest of your life is not your lover, but your best friend? In Truth & Beauty, her frank and startlingly intimate first work of nonfiction, Ann Patchett shines a fresh, revealing light on the world of women's friendships and shows us what it means to stand together. Ann Patchett and Lucy Grealy met in college in 1981, and, after enrolling in the Iowa Writers' Workshop, began a friendship that would be as defining to both of their lives as their work was. In her critically acclaimed and hugely successful memoir, Autobiography of a Face, Lucy Grealy wrote about losing part of her jaw to childhood cancer, the years of chemotherapy and radiation, and then the endless reconstructive surgeries. In Truth & Beauty, the story isn't Lucy's life or Ann's life, but the parts of their lives they shared. This is a portrait of unwavering commitment that spans twenty years, from the long, cold winters of the Midwest, to surgical wards, to book parties in New York. Through love, fame, drugs, and despair, this book shows us what it means to be part of two lives that are intertwined. This is a tender, brutal book about loving a person we cannot save. It is about loyalty, and about being lifted up by the sheer effervescence of someone who knew how to live life to the fullest.

Bestselling author and Orange Prize winner Ann Patchett's first work of non-fiction is a book about her long friendship with the critically acclaimed, and recently deceased author, Lucy Grealy.

Rose, a beautiful and mysterious woman living at St. Elizabeth's home for unwed mother, has no intention of telling her mother or her husband about her pregnancy, until a healing spring near the home changes her mind.

John Nickel, an African American blues musician managing a Memphis bar, hires a white brother and sister even though he knows they mean trouble, as he pines to be reunited with his son.