The Revolution of Marina M.
- 816pages
- 29 heures de lecture
From the mega-bestselling author of White Oleander and Paint It Black, a sweeping historical saga of the Russian Revolution, as seen through the eyes of one young woman
Janet Fitch Ordre des livres (chronologique)
9 novembre 1955
Janet Fitch a découvert sa passion pour l'écriture de fiction alors qu'elle étudiait en Angleterre, initialement attirée par les récits puissants et les grands thèmes de l'histoire. Son œuvre explore souvent des thèmes complexes et les parcours de vie de ses personnages, s'inspirant de l'ampleur des événements et des personnalités colossales qu'elle étudiait autrefois. Fitch est reconnue pour son style captivant et la profondeur avec laquelle elle donne vie à ses mondes fictifs et à leurs habitants pour le lecteur.
"The Book that will have everyone talking" CosmopolitanAnna Benz lives in comfort and affluence with her husband and three young children in Dietlikon, a picture-perfect suburb of Zurich. Anna, an American expat, has chosen this life far from home; but, despite its tranquility and order, inside she is falling apart. Feeling adrift and unable to connect with her husband or his family; with the fellow expatriates who try to befriend her; or even, increasingly, her own thoughts and emotions, Anna attempts to assert her agency in the only way that makes sense to her: by engaging in short-lived but intense sexual affairs. But adultery, too, has its own morality, and when Anna finds herself crossing a line, she will set off a terrible chain of events that will end in unspeakable tragedy. As her life crashes down around her, Anna must then discover where one must go when there is no going back...PRAISE FOR HAUSFRAU"Haunting . . . Beautifully written, the ennui of its Anna Karenina-esque heroine's deceptively perfect life as a Swiss housewife seeps from every page" Harper's Bazaar, Best books of 2015"Hausfrau may be the Fifty Shades of literary fiction . . . This debut brilliantly chronicles a woman'slife falling apart . . ." The Times
Na de zelfmoord van haar vriend probeert een 20-jarig punkmeisje zich in het Los Angeles van begin jaren tachtig van de 20e eeuw wanhopig door het leven te slaan.
Everywhere hailed as a novel of rare beauty and power, White Oleander tells the unforgettable story of Ingrid, a brilliant poet imprisoned for murder, and her daughter, Astrid, whose odyssey through a series of Los Angeles foster homes--each its own universe, with its own laws, its own dangers, its own hard lessons to be learned--becomes a redeeming and surprising journey of self-discovery.
Around the world designers have turned their attention from costly precious jewellery to aesthetic and inspiring pieces that can be produced at a low cost using materials such as wood, paper, base metal and cloth. This is a practical guide to this fashionable craft.