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Francesco Pacifico

    Geschichte meiner Unschuld
    To Paradise
    The Every
    The Parade
    • The Every

      • 512pages
      • 18 heures de lecture

      When the world's largest search engine / social media company merges with the planet's dominant e-commerce site, it creates the richest and most dangerous-and, oddly enough, most beloved-monopoly ever known: The Every. Delaney Wells is an unlikely new hire. A former forest ranger and unwavering tech skeptic, she charms her way into an entry-level job with one goal in mind: to take down the company from within. With her compatriot, the not-at-all-ambitious Wes Kavakian, they look for the company's weaknesses, hoping to free humanity from all-encompassing surveillance and the emoji-driven infantilization of the species. But does anyone want what Delaney is fighting to save? Does humanity truly want to be free? Studded with unforgettable characters and lacerating set-pieces, The Every blends satire and terror, while keeping the reader in breathless suspense about the fate of the company - and the human animal.

      The Every2022
      3,7
    • The No.1 Sunday Times bestseller from the author of A Little Life. To Paradise is a bold, brilliant novel spanning three centuries and three different versions of the elusive idea of utopia; driven by Hanya Yanagihara's understanding of our desire to protect those we love - lovers, children, friends, family and even our fellow citizens - and the pain that ensues when we cannot. In an alternate version of 1893 America, New York is part of the Free States, where people may live and love as they please (or so it seems). In a 1993 Manhattan besieged by the AIDS epidemic, a young Hawaiian man lives with his much older, wealthier partner, hiding his troubled childhood and the fate of his father. In 2093, in a world torn apart by plagues and governed by totalitarian rule, a powerful scientist's damaged granddaughter tries to navigate life without him - and solve the mystery of her husband's disappearance. What unites these characters, and these Americas, are their reckonings with the qualities that make us human - fear, love, shame, loneliness - and the longing to find a place in an earthly paradise. 'I'm not sure I've ever missed the world of a book as much' - Observer 'Not only rare . . . revolutionary' - Michael Cunningham 'Prepare to weep in public and be utterly transformed' - Stylist

      To Paradise2022
      3,4
    • The Parade

      • 192pages
      • 7 heures de lecture

      From the bestselling author of The Monk of Mokha and The Circle comes a taut, suspenseful story of two foreigners' role in a nation's fragile peace. An unnamed country is leaving the darkness of a decade at war, and to commemorate the armistice the government commissions a new road connecting two halves of the state. Two men, foreign contractors from the same company, are sent to finish the highway. While one is flighty and adventurous, wanting to experience the nightlife and people, the other wants only to do the work and go home. But both men must eventually face the absurdities of their positions, and the dire consequences of their presence. With echoes of J. M. Coetzee and Graham Greene, this timeless novel questions whether we can ever understand another nation's war, and what role we have in forging anyone's peace.

      The Parade2019
      3,8
    • Piero ist ein komischer Vogel. Einst ein ganz normaler Student aus gutem Hause, hat er den Glauben gefunden und ist nun einer jener fanatischen Katholiken, die den Papst für linksradikal und ein Werkzeug der Freimaurer halten. Piero entsagt sogar dem Sex mit der eigenen Ehefrau, leider nicht ohne Folgen. Als es ihn ausgerechnet nach seiner Schwägerin gelüstet und er außerdem beruflichen Ärger bekommt, flieht er nach Paris. In diesem Sündenbabel gerät er in einen ganzen Strudel aus Versuchungen. Halt findet Piero nur in der Freundschaft zu seinem Vermieter, einem weltoffenen Juden. Das ruft seine Glaubensbrüder auf den Plan … Ein Autor, so radikal wie Houellebecq, dabei aber überaus komisch, menschlich und weise.

      Geschichte meiner Unschuld2011