New Releases by Mark Haddon

Um kit com 6 livros essenciais para os dias atuais. Biblioteca Empatia reúne livros escolhidos para enriquecer a formação emocional e moral de jovens meninos, num cenário social que vem empobrecendo sua relação com a leitura e com o mundo. Cada vez mais afastados de narrativas complexas, esses jovens são atravessados por modelos de masculinidade marcados por desempenho, dureza e pouca empatia. Nesse contexto, a literatura pode oferecer um espaço de debate e reflexão. Os títulos do kit colocam o leitor em contato com temas como justiça, preconceito racial, vulnerabilidade, pertencimento e convivência com a diferença. Juntos, eles ajudam a refinar a percepção e recuperar uma capacidade de olhar para o outro com mais empatia. O kit contém os livros: O sol é para todos, de Harper Lee O ódio que você semeia, de Angie Thomas Nunca vi a chuva, de Stefano Volp O estranho caso do cachorro morto, de Mark Haddon A Pérola, de John Steinbeck Refugiados, de Alan Gratz

Christopher, un băiat de 15 ani, suferă de sindromul Asperger, o formă de autism. Are o memorie fotografică. Înţelege matematica. Înţelege ştiinţa. Ceea ce nu poate înţelege el sunt oamenii. Când îl găseşte pe Wellington, câinele vecinului său, zăcând mort pe o peluză din apropiere, se decide să pornească în căutarea asasinului şi să scrie un roman poliţist despre aceasta. În incursiunea sa va descoperi însă alte mistere ce pot face ca întreaga lume din jurul său să se prăbuşească. Apărut în Anglia, romanul O întâmplare ciudată cu un câine la miezul nopţii s-a bucurat de un enorm succes, devenind un bestseller absolut în majoritatea ţărilor în care a fost publicat şi fiind recompensat cu 17 premii literare, printre care Whitbread Award şi Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Nu am mai citit niciodată o carte atât de plină de umor şi seriozitate în acelaşi timp... Vă sfătuiesc să o cumpăraţi în dublu exemplar, o să vreţi s-o daţi la prieteni, dar nu vă veţi îndura să o împrumutaţi pe a voastră. -Arthur Golden Christopher e un studiu de caz fascinant şi, mai presus de toate, un băieţel cu care empatizezi imediat: nu blocat, ci uluit de senzaţii, lipsit de filtrele prin care oamenii normali examinează ce e în jur. Modul straniu în care observă lumea şi o interpretează literal compune un soi de sensibilitate poetică şi o personalitate aparte. Deşi Christopher insistă că „aceasta nu va fi o carte amuzantă. Nu ştiu să spun glume pentru că nu le înţeleg", romanul e impregnat de un tip de umor ironic şi emoţionant totodată. Mark Haddon a construit o voce literară unică şi extrem de convingătoare. "Când merg cu autobuzul la şcoală mă uit la maşinile care trec pe lângă noi şi le reţin culorile. 3 maşini roşii la rând înseamnă că va fi o Zi Destul de Bună. 4 maşini roşii înseamnă că va fi o Zi Bună. 5 maşini roşii înseamnă că va fi o Zi Foarte Bună. Iar 4 maşini galbene la rând înseamnă că va fi o Zi Neagră, adică o zi în care nu vorbesc cu nimeni şi nu mănânc la prânz nimic şi Nu-mi Asum Riscuri, fiindcă galbenul e culoarea cremei de ouă, a liniilor duble galbene şi a frigurilor galbene, care e o boală mortală. Dar dacă văd 3 maşini roşii la rând sau 4 maşini roşii la rând sau 5 maşini roşii la rând, mă simt în siguranţă şi este o zi bună pentru un proiect." Mark Haddon este un scriitor lucid şi, în acelaşi timp, extrem de amuzant, care intră perfect în mintea personajului său. - Ian McEwan Mark Haddon s-a născut în 1962 în Northampton, Anglia. Este scriitor, grafician şi ziarist. A scris numeroase cărţi pentru copii şi a câştigat două premii BAFTA. Locuieşte în Oxford.

From the "terrifyingly talented" (The Times, [London]) author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and The Porpoise, eight mesmerizingly imaginative, deeply-humane stories that use Greek myths and contemporary dystopian narratives to examine mortality, moral choices and the many variants of love For millenia Greek myths have fascinated people, who have seen in them lessons about fate and hubris and the contingency of existence. Mark Haddon digs into the heart of these ancient fables and imagines them anew. The dawn goddess Eos asks Zeus to give her lover Tithonus eternal life but forgets to ask for eternal youth. In "The Quiet Limit of the World" Haddon imagines Tithonus'' life as he slowly ages over thousands of years, turning the cautionary tale of tempting the gods into a spellbinding meditation on witnessing death from the outside, and ultimately, how carnal love evolves into something richer and more poignant with time. In "The Mother’s Story," Haddon takes the myth of the minotaur in his labyrinth, in which the beast is the spawn of the monstrous lust of the king''s wife Pasiphaë, and turns it into a wrenching parable of maternal love for a damaged child, and the more real monstrosities of patriarchy. In "D.O.G.Z.," the story of Actaeon, who was turned into a stag after glimpsing the naked goddess Diana and torn to pieces by his hunting dogs, becomes a visceral metaphor about the continuum of human and animal behavior. Other stories play with contemporary mythic tropes—genetic engineering, trying to escape the future, the viciousness of adolescent ostracism—to showcase how modern humans are subject to the same capriciousness that obsessed the Greeks. Haddon''s tales cover a vast range, from the mythic to the domestic, from ancient Greece to the present day, from stories about love to stories about cruelty, from battlefields to bed and breakfasts, from dogs in space to doors between worlds, all of them bound together by a profound sympathy and an understanding of how human beings act and think and feel when pushed to the very edge. Throughout, Haddon''s supple prose showcases his astonishing powers of observation, of both the physical world and the workings of the psyche. His vision is clear-eyed, but always resolutely empathetic.

La detektivo kaj rakontanto de tiu ĉi sensimila krimromano estas Kristoforo Beno, 15-jaraĝa kiu havas Asperger-sindromon. Li trovas najbaran hundon murdita, kaj, klopodante solvi la misteron, ekpaŝas al timiga vojaĝo.

„Un roman scris de autorul bestsellerului O întâmplare ciudată cu un câine la miezul nopții" „Uimitor de ambițios și de inovator, o carte superb scrisă." Pat Barker Unicul supraviețuitor al unui oribil accident aviatic este o nou-născută. Fetița va fi crescută în totală izolare de un tată putred de bogat și incestuos. Ajunsă o tânără frumoasă, ea trăiește într-un lux de basm, victimă însă a propriului părinte monstruos. Asta până când un necunoscut se îndrăgostește de ea și declanșează un blestem implacabil. Un roman ce sare din contemporaneitate în lumea antică, din realismul actualității într-o fantezie atemporală: pirați, prințese, strigoiul lui Shakespeare și o legendă străveche ce-și desface firele narative în timp și spațiu. Marsuinul este teribil de violent, de o ferocitate luminoasă, inocentă... Haddon reușește să restituie rolul de primă mână personajelor feminine lăsate în umbra de legendă lui Antiochus. The New Yorker Marsuinul declanșează plăcerea pură a lecturii. Max Porter Marsuinul lui Mark Haddon e un candidat serios la titlul de Romanul anului 2019. The Observer

Angelica, az újszülött kisbaba az egyetlen túlélője egy tragikus repülőgép-balesetnek. Mesésen gazdag apja a széltől is óvja, a világtól teljesen elzárva neveli fel a lányt, aki semmit nem tud a róla keringő pletykákról. Ám egy nap Darius, az ifjú műkereskedő mégis eljut a fényűző villába, és többet megért a lány és az apja közötti kapcsolatból, mint amennyit szabadna. Az életéért menekülve a Delfin nevű hajón szökik üldözője elől, aki meg akarja ölni őt... S ezzel megkezdődik az őrült, vér-, könny- és sós víz áztatta kaland, amely az elbeszélés hullámain napjaink Franciaországa, az ókori Görögország és a shakespeare-i Anglia között hánykolódik; amely majd elsüllyed a gyász sziklazátonyain, ám mégis partot ér; amelyben kalózok fosztogatnak, pestisjárvány tombol, és egy hercegnő kezét elnyeri egy birkózóbajnok – és amelyben egy kegyetlen világban egy szétszóródott család tagjai próbálják megtalálni az otthon felé vezető utat.

A tizenöt éves Christopher autista: nagyon sokat tud a matematikáról és a fizikáról, de nagyon keveset az emberi érzelmekről. Nem szereti, ha hozzáérnek, és nem hajlandó megérinteni semmit, ami sárga vagy barna. Űrhajós szeretne lenni, de még sohasem járt a szülei nélkül az utcájukon túl. És alighanem ő a világirodalom egyik legkülönösebb nyomozója – egy este ugyanis a szomszédasszony kutyáját döglötten, vasvillával átszúrva találja a kertben, és elhatározza, hogy kinyomozza, ki ölte meg. Így kezdődnek Christopher különös kalandjai, melyek során nemcsak a kutya gyilkosának kilétére derül fény, hanem ennél jóval fontosabb dolgokra is, amelyek sok mindent megváltoztatnak mind az ő, mind a szülei életében... Mark Haddon bámulatos beleérzéssel ábrázolja az autista fiú végtelenül racionális gondolkodását, sajátos érzelemvilágát. Könyve izgalmas és megható olvasmány gyerekeknek és felnőtteknek egyaránt.

A magical celebration of the 50th anniversary of the moon landing from the bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time.

In a bravura feat of storytelling, Mark Haddon calls upon narratives ancient and modern to tell the story of Angelica, a young woman trapped in an abusive relationship with her father. When a young man named Darius discovers their secret, he is forced to escape on a boat bound for the Mediterranean. To his surprise he finds himself travelling backwards over two thousand years to a world of pirates and shipwrecks, of plagues and miracles and angry gods. Moving seamlessly between the past and the present, Haddon conjures the worlds of Angelica and her would-be savior in thrilling fashion. As profound as it is entertaining, The Porpoise is a stirring and endlessly inventive novel from one of our finest storytellers.

DEN MYSTISKE SAG OM HUNDEN I NATTEN er en usædvanlig mordgåde. Detektiv og fortæller er den 15-årige Christopher Boone, der bor alene med sin far og lider af Aspergers syndrom, en form for autisme. Han forstår ikke metaforer, ironi og ansigtsudtryk og hader berøringer og farverne brun og gul. Men han elsker matematik, logik, lister og sandheden. En dag finder han genboens hund myrdet og sætter sig for at finde gerningsmanden. Efterforskningen af mysteriet om den myrdede hund sender ham hovedkulds ud på en rejse gennem en verden, han ikke forstår. Og den fører til opklaringen af en hemmelighed, som vender op og ned på hans liv.

Het wonderbaarlijke voorval met de hond in de nacht van Mark Haddon is een prachtige en ontroerende roman voor jongeren en volwassenen. Het won vele prijzen in binnen- en buitenland. 'Hoe oud je ook bent als je dit boek leest, vergeten doe je het nooit.' - NRC HandelsbladDe vijftienjarige Christopher weet veel van wiskunde, maar weinig van mensen. Hij houdt van lijstjes, patronen en de waarheid. Hij houdt niet van de kleuren geel en bruin en hij wil niet aangeraakt worden. Christopher is in zijn eentje nooit verder geweest dan het einde van de straat. Maar wanneer blijkt dat de hond van de buurvrouw vermoord is, gaat hij op onderzoek uit. Hij begint aan een onvergetelijke reis die zijn veilige wereld volledig op zijn kop zet.Het wonderbaarlijke voorval met de hond in de nacht werd internationaal meervoudig bekroond, onder andere met de prestigieuze Whitbread Award en de Zilveren Zoen. De pers over Het wonderbaarlijke voorval met de hond in de nacht: 'Een meeslepend, glashelder geschreven verhaal. Een boek dat een groot publiek verdient.' - de Volkskrant'Een onvergetelijk boek, spannend, ontroerend en mooi van taal: een Zilveren Zoen met een gouden randje.' - Juryrapport Zoenjury

From Mark Haddon, author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, A Spot of Bother, and The Red House, nine dazzling stories diverse in style but united in emotional power The tales in Mark Haddon’s lyrical and uncompromising new collection take many forms—Victorian adventure story, science fiction, morality tale, contemporary realism—but they all showcase his virtuoso gifts as a stylist and the deep well of empathy that made his three bestselling novels so compelling. The characters here are often isolated physically or estranged from their families, yet they yearn for connection. In aggregate the stories become a meditation on the essential aloneness of the human condition but also on the connections, however tenuous and imperfect, that link people to one another. In the title story, an unnamed narrator describes with cool precision a catastrophe that strikes a seaside town, both tearing lives apart and bringing them together. In the prizewinning story “The Gun,” a boy’s life is marked by the afternoon he encounters a semiautomatic pistol belonging to his friend’s older brother; in “The Island,” a Greek princess is abandoned on an island by her abductor; in “The Boys Who Left Home to Learn Fear,” a group of adventurers travel deep into the Amazonian jungle but discover the gravest danger lurking among their own number; and in “The Woodpecker and the Wolf,” a woman wonders whether she has chosen to travel to Mars only to escape the entanglement of human relationships back here on Earth. Drawing inventively from history, myth, folktales, and modern life, The Pier Falls showcases Haddon’s immense gifts of invention and penetrating insight.

A magical story from Mark Haddon, author of the phenomenally best-selling ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time’

Ben''s in danger of spending his holidays cooped up in a caravan with his mad Aunt Gwen. But by luck (and bribery), he gets a place on the school trip to an outward-bound centre in Wales, along with Barney, Jenks and of course, Agent Z. Abseiling, orienteering, sinking enemy canoes and sabotaging toothpaste are all in a day''s work for the Crane Grove Crew. But then they uncover a news clipping which reveals that their centre manager, the affectionately nicknamed ''Grenade-head'', is in fact an escaped bank robber. He''s planning to recover the buried loot any night now and Agent Z and the crew intend to be there when he does. If you think that sounds like a downright ridiculous plan, you''d be right. Especially as the escaped criminal story turns out to be the invention of the crew''s new pal, Roz and for once, the joke''s on them! Mark Haddon has a sharp understanding of what makes children tick, and they will delight in the ever more daring, ever more hilarious missions of Agent Z and his three creators.

In Polar Bears, award-winning writer Mark Haddon balances humour and pathos to tell of one man''s struggle to love, support and live with someone suffering from a psychological condition.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Mark Haddon Making the reading experience fun! When a paper is due, and dreaded exams loom, here''s the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis; explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols; a review quiz; and essay topics. Lively and accessible, SparkNotes is perfect for late-night studying and paper writing. Includes: An A+ Essay—an actual literary essay written about the Spark-ed book—to show students how a paper should be written. 16 pages devoted to writing a literary essay including: a glossary of literary terms Step-by-step tutoring on how to write a literary essay A feature on how not to plagiarize

«Mark Haddon riesce in un'impresa eccezionale: il ritratto di un adolescente emotivamente dissociato. La sua è una scrittura seria eppure divertente, che possiede il raro dono dell'empatia». Ian McEwan

1 Haus + 2 Familien = 100 Dramen In den letzten 15 Jahren haben Angela und ihr Bruder Richard nur einen Nachmittag miteinander verbracht. Denn sie leben in unterschiedlichen Welten: er als erfolgreicher Radiologe in Edinburgh, sie als Lehrerin, die nicht nur ihre drei Kinder, sondern auch noch ihren Mann, einen Luftikus, ernähren muss. Doch jetzt, nach dem Tod ihrer Mutter, mietet Richard für eine Woche ein altes, rotes Herrenhaus in Herefordshire und lädt seine Schwester und deren Familie ein. Richard selbst kommt mit seiner zweiten Ehefrau und seiner Stieftochter Melissa, einer hübschen, selbstbewussten, permanent auf Flirt gepolten 15-Jährigen, die Angelas ältestem Sohn den Kopf verdreht. Und nicht nur ihm, sondern zur Verwirrung aller auch noch Angelas Tochter, die gerade erst zu einer religiösen Schwärmerin mutiert war. Eine moderne Patchworkfamilie trifft auf eine Großfamilie traditionellen Stils, Generation Facebook steht den Rockopas gegenüber. Das Ergebnis: Allenthalben lauern Abgründe, schwelen komische und ernste Konflikte – bis ein lang zurückreichendes Trauma, das Angelas gesamtes Familienleben überschattet hat, endlich aufbricht.

From Mark Haddon, the bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, comes a dazzlingly inventive novel about modern family life. Richard, a wealthy doctor, invites his estranged sister and her family to join his family for a week at a vacation home in the English countryside. Against the backdrop of a strange family gathering, Haddon skillfully weaves together the stories of eight very different people forced into close quarters. The Red House is a symphony of long-held grudges, fading dreams and rising hopes, tightly guarded secrets and illicit desires, painting a portrait of contemporary family life that is at once bittersweet, comic, and deeply felt.

Del autor de El curioso incidente del perro a medianoche, una novela para niños en la que luce de nuevo su personalísima imaginación, cargada de sentido del humor y geniales detalles de fantasía desbordante. De pura casualidad, Jim y su mejor amigo Charlie descubren que dos profesores de su instituto se comunican en un incomprensible idiomasecreto. Presas de la curiosidad, se confabulan para desentrañar un misterio que, día tras día, se vuelve más inquietante. ¿Qué significan palabras como spudvetch o snekkit? ¿Quiénes son los Centinelas? ¿Y por qué, de repente, los ojos del profesor Kidd destellan con una fluorescencia azul? ¿No será que el señor Kidd y la señora Pearce, con su extraño lenguaje codificado, son asaltantes de bancos, espías de una potencia enemiga, o incluso alienígenas que preparan una invasión de la Tierra? En su afán de hallar la respuesta a todo este enigma, ambos amigos acaban viajando al espacio infinito, donde vivirán la aventura más emocionante y peligrosa que nadie habría podido imaginar. Reseñas: «Una aventura divertida y trepidante.» The Bookbag «Una extraordinaria aventura cuya intensidad no decae en ningún momento.» The Irish Examiner «Excelente diversión para los lectores jóvenes.» The Daily Mail «Una alocada aventura, vertiginosa y completamente increíble, aunque nadie dudará de una sola palabra.» Publishers Weekly «Una aventura desternillante.» The Bookseller «Den un ejemplar de este libro a todos los niños de entre 7 y 11 años. ¡Más, por favor!» The School Librarian

Una novela que no se parece a ninguna otra. Nominada por los estadounidenses como una de las 100 mejores novelas en la serie de PBS The Great American Read. Elogiada con entusiasmo por autores consagrados como Oliver Sacks e Ian McEwan y ganadora del Premio Whitbread y el Premio de la Commonwealth al Mejor Primer Libro, ha merecido la aprobación masiva de los lectores en todos los países donde se ha publicado. Su protagonista, Christopher Boone, es uno de los más originales que han surgido en el panorama de la narrativa internacional en los últimos años, y está destinado a convertirse en un héroe literario universal de la talla de Oliver Twist y Holden Caulfield. A sus quince años, Christopher conoce las capitales de todos los países del mundo, puede explicar la teoría de la relatividad y recitar los números primos hasta el 7.507, pero le cuesta relacionarse con otros seres humanos, Christopher es autista. Le gustan las listas, los esquemas y la verdad, pero odia el amarillo, el marrón y el contacto físico. Si bien nunca ha ido solo más allá de la tienda de la esquina, la noche que el perro de una vecina aparece atravesado por un horcón, Christopher decide iniciar la búsqueda del culpable. Emulando a su admirado Sherlock Holmes -el modelo de detective obsesionado con el análisis de los hechos-, sus pesquisas lo llevarán a cuestionar el sentido común de los adultos que lo rodean y a desvelar algunos secretos familiares que pondrán patas arriba su ordenado y seguro mundo. Reseñas: «Conmovedora, verosímil y muy divertida.» -Oliver Sacks «Soberbia. Mark Haddon escribe con sabiduría y sentido del humor.» -Ian McEwan «No pierdan la oportunidad de mirar el mundo a través de sus ojos.» -El Periódico «Reflexiones de una belleza y una profundidad inusuales.» -Babelia «Páginas llenas de ternura.» -El Cultural «Un libro apasionante.» -Blanco y Negro Cultural «Excepcional. Al mirar a través de los ojos de Christopher, vemos el mundo con mayor claridad y nos comprendemos mejor a nosotros mismos. ¿Qué más se puede pedir a un libro?» -The Sunday Telegraph ENGLISH DESCRIPTION A bestselling modern classic—both poignant and funny—about a boy with autism who sets out to solve the murder of a neighbor's dog and discovers unexpected truths about himself and the world. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow. This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years.

La storia di una famiglia comune che fa di tutto per rendersi unica e conferma l'eccezionale talento di Mark Haddon nel raccontare i risvolti tragicomici della nostra vita.

An explosive, highly charged, and hilarious middle-grade adventure from Mark Haddon, acclaimed author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time. From the moment that Jim and his best friend, Charlie, bug the staff room and overhear two of their teachers speaking to each other in a secret language, they know there''s an adventure on its way. But what does "spudvetch" actually mean, and why do Mr. Kidd''s eyes flicker with fluorescent blue light when Charlie says it to him? Perhaps Kidd and Pearce are bank robbers talking in code. Perhaps they''re spies. Perhaps they are aliens. Whatever it is, Jimbo and Charlie are determined to find out. There really is an adventure on its way. A nuclear-powered, one-hundred-ton adventure with reclining seats and a buffet car. And as it gathers speed and begins to spin out of control, it can only end one way . . . with a BOOM!

From the phenomenally bestselling author of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time comes Mark Haddon’s first collection of poems. The Talking Horse and the Sad Girl and the Village Under the Sea reveals a poet of great versatility and formal talent. All the gifts so admired in Haddon’s prose are in strong evidence here—the humanity, the dark humour, and the uncanny ventriloquism—but Haddon is also a writer of considerable seriousness, lyric power, and surreal invention. This book will consolidate his reputation as one of the most imaginative writers in contemporary literature.

A bestselling modern classic—both poignant and funny—narrated by a fifteen year old autistic savant obsessed with Sherlock Holmes, this dazzling novel weaves together an old-fashioned mystery, a contemporary coming-of-age story, and a fascinating excursion into a mind incapable of processing emotions. Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. Although gifted with a superbly logical brain, Christopher is autistic. Everyday interactions and admonishments have little meaning for him. At fifteen, Christopher’s carefully constructed world falls apart when he finds his neighbour’s dog Wellington impaled on a garden fork, and he is initially blamed for the killing. Christopher decides that he will track down the real killer, and turns to his favourite fictional character, the impeccably logical Sherlock Holmes, for inspiration. But the investigation leads him down some unexpected paths and ultimately brings him face to face with the dissolution of his parents’ marriage. As Christopher tries to deal with the crisis within his own family, the narrative draws readers into the workings of Christopher’s mind. And herein lies the key to the brilliance of Mark Haddon’s choice of narrator: The most wrenching of emotional moments are chronicled by a boy who cannot fathom emotions. The effect is dazzling, making for one of the freshest debut in years: a comedy, a tearjerker, a mystery story, a novel of exceptional literary merit that is great fun to read.

A Spot of Bother is Mark Haddon’s unforgettable follow-up to the internationally beloved bestseller The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. At sixty-one, George Hall is settling down to a comfortable retirement. When his tempestuous daughter, Katie, announces that she is getting married to the deeply inappropriate Ray, the Hall family is thrown into a tizzy. Unnoticed in the uproar, George discovers a sinister lesion on his hip, and quietly begins to lose his mind. As parents and children fall apart and come together, Haddon paints a disturbing yet amusing portrait of a dignified man trying to go insane politely. A Washington Post Best Book of the Year