David Nicholls Livres

Dexter, un homme séduisant et insouciant, et Emma, une femme charmante mais complexée, se rencontrent le 15 juillet 1988. Au fil des années, ils vivent une relation tumultueuse faite de retrouvailles et de séparations, réalisant finalement qu'ils sont le plus heureux ensemble. L'histoire se déroule jusqu'en 2004.

Biochimiste de 54 ans, Douglas Petersen imagine déjà sa retraite auprès de Connie, sa femme artiste, dans leur maison londonienne. Mais celle-ci lui apprend brusquement qu’elle n’est plus certaine de l’aimer. Pathologiquement maladroit et réservé, Douglas va devoir déployer toute son énergie pour reconquérir sa femme et tenter de tisser des liens avec cet inconnu qu’est devenu son fils adolescent. Douglas entraîne alors sa famille sur les traces de leur passé, dans un tour très balisé de l’Europe. Qu’est ce qui pourrait mal tourner ?

New York, fin des années 1930, entre Grande Dépression et Seconde Guerre mondiale, une ville qui se réinvente chaque jour., celle des grandes comédies américaines où des héroïnes sophistiquées et sarcastiques se lancent à la conquête des beaux quartiers sur un air de Gershwin… Katey (née Katya), la narratrice, dactylo dans un cabinet juridique, dissimule soigneusement ses origines (parents immigrés, Brooklyn). Elle a 25 ans, une intelligence redoutable, des nerfs d’acier, un esprit mordant et de l’ambition à revendre. Un soir de réveillon en compagnie de sa colocataire Eve, elle croise l’aristocratique Tinker Grey, un jeune et séduisant banquier qui n’est pas insensible à son charme. Mais le destin en décidera autrement. Responsable de l’accident de voiture qui a défiguré Eve, Tinker installe la blessée dans son luxueux appartement de Central Park. Katey débute une brillante carrière aux éditions Condé Nast. Trente en plus tard, elle tombe sur deux portraits de Tinker dont on a perdu la trace, et se souvient de celui qui a changé son destin…

When a persistent mutual friend and some very unpredictable weather conspire to toss Michael and Marnie together on the most epic of 10-day hikes, neither of them can think of anything worse, until, of course, they discover exactly what they've been looking for.

'Bad News' takes Patrick into his early 20s. Constrained to fly to New York to collect his monstrous father's ashes, fully in the grip of massive addiction, he endures a weekend hunting for drugs and attempting to avoid figures from David Melrose's life.

The new Sunday Times bestseller from David Nicholls - 'That most rare and coveted of literary feats: a popular novel of serious merit, a bestseller that will also endure.' Observer

It's 1985 and Brian Jackson has arrived at university with a burning ambition - to make it onto TV's foremost general knowledge quiz. But no sooner has he embarked on 'The Challenge' than he finds himself falling hopelessly in love with his teammate, the beautiful and charismatic would-be actress, Alice Harbinson. When Alice fails to fall for his slightly over-eager charms, Brian comes up with a foolproof plan to capture her heart once and for all. He's going to win the game, at any cost, because - after all - everyone knows that what a woman really wants from a man is a comprehensive grasp of general knowledge . . . STARTER FOR TEN is a comedy about love, class, growing-up and the all-important difference between knowledge and wisdom. Are you up to the challenge of the funniest novel in years?

To moja pierwsza sprawa o morderstwo powiedział ze złością Wexford. Nie ma żadnej tajemnicy. Herbert Arthur Painter zabił swoją 90-letnią pracodawczynię uderzając ją siekierą w głowę. Zrobił to za 200 funtów Główny Inspektor Wexford, jest pewny, że morderstwo starszej pani zostało popełnione przez pracownika i sąd zgodził się z nim. Ale Henry Archery, który jest zaręczony z córką Paintera zaczyna powątpiewać i zadawać pytania Książka zawiera płytę CD.

Shortlisted for the Booker Prize. In a small East Anglian town, Florence Green decides, against polite but ruthless local opposition, to open a bookshop.

***Pre-order David Nicholls' new novel YOU ARE HERE now - Coming April 2024*** A COMIC MASTERPIECE BY BELOVED BESTSELLER DAVID NICHOLLS A scintillating comedy of ambition, celebrity, jealousy and love 'Irresistible' DAILY MAIL 'Wonderfully chaotic' THE TIMES 'Delightful' OBSERVER 'Brilliant' GOOD HOUSEKEEPING 'Funniest book of the year' MARIE CLAIRE For Josh Harper, being in show-business means everything he ever wanted: money, fame, a beautiful wife and a lead role on the London stage. For Stephen C. McQueen, it means being stuck with an unfortunate name, a hopeless agent and a job as understudy to Josh Harper, the 12th Sexiest Man in the World. When Stephen falls in love with Josh's clever, funny wife, Nora, things get even more difficult. But might there yet be a way for Stephen to get his big break? ONE OF BRITAIN'S MOST ACCLAIMED WRITERS 'One of the most astute chroniclers of England as it is now' FINANCIAL TIMES 'An uncanny ability to make us laugh out loud, but also care passionately about his characters' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Nicholls writes with such tender precision about love' THE TIMES 'No one else writes novels that are both relatable and revelatory in the way he does' EVENING STANDARD 'Genuinely brilliant' NEW STATESMAN

David Nicholls unosi duhovitost i inteligenciju koje su krasile njegov planetarno popularan bestseler New York Timesa, Jedan dan, u neodoljivo topao i ljudski, spretno ispričan novi roman o tome što održava brakove i obitelji na okupu – i o tome što se događa i što naučimo o sebi kada sve zaprijeti da će se raspasti. Douglas Petersen možda je blage naravi i nadasve pristojan, ali iza njegove suzdržanosti skriva se smisao za humor kojim, protivno svim očekivanjima, zavodi lijepu Connie i ona pristaje na drugi spoj… a naposljetku i na brak. Sada, gotovo tri desetljeća nakon što je njihova veza procvala u Londonu, žive u predgrađu manje ili više sretno sa svojim ćudljivim sedamnaestogodišnjim sinom, Albiejem. A onda mu Connie priopći kako misli da želi razvod. Nije mogla odabrati gori trenutak. U želji da potakne sinovo zanimanje za umjetnost Connie je isplanirala jednomjesečno putovanje po europskim metropolama, nudeći mu priliku da pod okriljem obitelji upozna najveća djela svjetske umjetnosti i sada se ne može natjerati da sve to otkaže. A možda zapravo najbolje za sve da ostanu pri svom prvotnom planu? Douglas je potajno uvjeren da će ovo putovanje i obilazak znamenitosti ponovno pobuditi romantiku u braku, a možda mu čak pomogne da se poveže s Albiejem.

Ova gorko-slatka romansa započinje 15. srpnja 1988. na Dan svetoga Swithina, britansku inačicu Dana svisca. Emma i Dexter provode noć nakon što su diplomirali. Između njih razvija se neobičan odnos čije uspone i padove pratimo tijekom idućih dvadeset godina – uvijek na isti dan, 15. srpnja. Ona je ljevičarka, želi spasiti svijet, protivi se imperijalnoj politici zapadnoga svijeta, želi pisati, radi u meksičkom restoranu, putuje s kazališnom grupom… On je dokoni sin dobrostojećih roditelja, samodopadni egoist burnoga seksualnog života. Njegova je karijera u usponu. On je mladi televizijski voditelj imbecilnih emisija. Previše razlika? Ne, između njih postoji ono nešto... “Jedan dan” moderna je ljubavna priča koja je u kratkom roku potukla sve rekorde čitanosti u svijetu.

Douglas Petersen may be mild-mannered, but behind his reserve lies a sense of humor that, against all odds, seduces beautiful Connie into a second date and eventually into marriage. Now, almost three decades after their relationship first blossomed in London, they live more or less happily in the suburbs with their moody seventeen-year-old son, Albie; then Connie tells him she thinks she wants a divorce. The timing couldn’t be worse. Hoping to encourage her son’s artistic interests, Connie has planned a month-long tour of European capitals, a chance to experience the world’s greatest works of art as a family, and she can’t bring herself to cancel. And maybe going ahead with the original plan is for the best anyway. Douglas is privately convinced that this landmark trip will rekindle the romance in the marriage and might even help him bond with Albie. Narrated from Douglas’s endearingly honest, slyly witty, and at times achingly optimistic point of view, Us is the story of a man trying to rescue his relationship with the woman he loves and learning how to get closer to a son who’s always felt like a stranger.

Wie hält man seine große Liebe fest? Douglas Petersen fällt aus allen Wolken, als ihm seine geliebte Ehefrau Connie eröffnet, dass sie einen Neuanfang will. Bald wird ihr Sohn Albie ausziehen, damit ist für Connie der ideale Zeitpunkt für die Trennung gekommen. Die seit langem geplante Europareise wird ihre letzte Reise zu dritt werden. Für Douglas steht fest: Er wird die gemeinsame Zeit nutzen, um seine Frau zurückzugewinnen. Eine akribische Planung soll ihm dabei helfen. Doch er hat nicht mit den vielen kleinen Katastrophen auf Reisen gerechnet. Am Ende sind es nicht die Schönheiten von Venedig, Barcelona und München, die Connies Herz bewegen. »David Nicholls hält meisterhaft die Balance zwischen Tragik und Witz.« Der Spiegel »Höchst unterhaltsam erzählt, man lacht viel, und doch ist da die ernste Frage: wie kann eine Familie ihr Glück erhalten?« Elke Heidenreich