New Releases by Kate Atkinson

Kate Atkinson is the author of Death at the Sign of the Rook (2024), Glädjens palats (2024), Normal Rules Don't Apply (2024), Liv efter liv (2024), A léhaság szentélyei (2023).

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Death at the Sign of the Rook

release date: Sep 03, 2024
Death at the Sign of the Rook
INSTANT NATIONAL BESTSELLER WELCOME TO ROOK HALL. THE STAGE IS SET. THE PLAYERS ARE READY. BY NIGHT’S END, A MURDERER WILL BE REVEALED. Ex-detective Jackson Brodie is staving off a bad case of midlife malaise when he is called to a sleepy Yorkshire town and the seemingly tedious matter of a stolen painting. But Jackson soon uncovers a string of unsolved art thefts that lead him down a dizzying spiral of disguise and deceit to Burton Makepeace, a formerly magnificent estate now partially converted to a hotel hosting Murder Mystery weekends. As paying guests, impecunious aristocrats and old friends collide, we are treated to Atkinson’s most charming and fiendishly clever mystery yet, one that pays homage to the masters of the genre—from Agatha Christie and Dorothy Sayers to the modern era of Knives Out and Only Murders in the Building. Brilliantly inventive, with all of Atkinson’s signature wit, wordplay and narrative brio, Death at the Sign of the Rook may be Jackson Brodie’s most outrageous and memorable case yet.

Glädjens palats

release date: May 03, 2024
Glädjens palats
Året är 1926 och i Storbritannien håller man fortfarande på att återhämta sig efter kriget. London har blivit centrum för ett nytt och uppsluppet nattliv. På nattklubbarna i Soho trängs adelsmän, filmstjärnor och kriminella. Privata dansföreställningar säljs för en shilling, av unga kvinnor och flickor som drömmer om något större. En av dem är oskuldsfulla Freda, som har siktet inställt på att inta storstadens teaterscener. Tillsammans med sin väluppfostrade och naiva vän Florence tar hon sig fram i London, men verkligheten visar sig snart vara hårdare än de föreställt sig. Den ökända drottningen i denna glamorösa värld heter Nellie Coker. Hon är hänsynslös och har höga ambitioner för alla sina sex barn, framför allt för äldste sonen Niven, som har förändrats avsevärt sedan han kom hem från kriget. Men framgång föder fiender, och snart visar sig hoten mot Nellies imperium komma både utifrån och inifrån. För trots allt glitter och all glamour så har nattlivet i Soho en baksida: det är en värld där det är alltför lätt att tappa bort sig själv. Kate Atkinson slog igenom med I museets dolda vrår som belönades med Whitbread Book of the Year och har haft stora framgångar med flera av sina böcker, bland annat Liv efter liv och En gud i spillror.

Normal Rules Don't Apply

release date: Apr 16, 2024
Normal Rules Don't Apply
A dazzling collection of eleven interconnected stories from the bestselling, award-winning author of Shrines of Gaiety and Life After Life, which offer the gimlet eye and delightful social critique that have made Atkinson one of the most lauded writers of our time. In this brilliant volume, nothing is quite as it seems. We meet a queen who makes a bargain she cannot keep; a secretary who watches over the life she has just left; a lost man who bets on a horse that may--or may not—have spoken to him. Everything that readers love about the novels of Kate Atkinson is here—the inventiveness, the verbal felicity, the sharp observations on human nature and the deeply satisfying emotional wallop. Witty and wise, with subtle connections between the stories, Normal Rules Don''t Apply is a startling and funny feast for the imagination, stories with the depth and bite to create their own fully-formed worlds.

Liv efter liv

release date: Jan 01, 2024

A léhaság szentélyei

release date: Nov 02, 2023
A léhaság szentélyei
New York Times Bestseller Az év könyve: WASHINGTON POST, TIME, GUARDIAN, BOOKLIST „Briliáns." - Richard Osman „A dzsesszkorszak Londonban, minden őrületével, pezsgésével és kétségbeesésével... Atkinson még a legsötétebb pillanatban is képes felmutatni az emberség jelzőfényét." - Gillian Flynn, a Holtodiglan című bestseller szerzője 1926. Az ország még mindig próbál magához térni a háború után, London szédítő éjszakai élet központjává válik. A Soho klubjaiban egymást érik a sztárocskák, külföldi előkelőségek és a gengszterek. A lányoknál egy tánc ára egy shilling. Ebben a csillogó világban Nellie Coker a királynő, aki könyörtelen ambícióval igyekszik előmozdítani hat gyereke boldogulását. Sikerével óhatatlanul ellenségeket is szerez, fenyegetések sorával kell szembenéznie. A Soho a felszínen harsány vidámságot áraszt, a mélyben azonban sötét szándékok munkálnak. A város, ha az ember nem vigyáz, bárkit elveszejt. "Ha Dickens megélhette volna a jazz korát, akár ő is írhatta volna A léhaság szentélyeit, ezt az 1926 Londonjába helyezett szerteágazó, sziporkázó regényt. Tartalmasan szórakoztató olvasmány a ’20-as évek londoni pezsgéséről." - Washington Post "Atkinson hitelesen varázsolja elénk az I. világháború utáni Londont... Tapintható melegséggel mesél... Pezsgésből és melankóliából kever az olvasónak egy kiadós koktélt." - New York Times "Ebben a pezsgő, szerteágazó pikareszkben - melyet át meg átszőnek egy viktoriánus folytatásos regény eltúlzott karakterei és valószínűtlen véletlenjei - a szerző egy volt harctéri ápolónőről mesél nekünk, aki egy eltűnt lányt keres az I. világháborút feledni vágyó Londonban." - New York Times "Egyszerűen az egyik legjobb kortárs szerző az egész világon. A léhaság szentélyei Londonban játszódik a jazz korában, tele van sziporkázó bohémsággal és kétségbeesett vággyal egy új és jobb élet után. Atkinson bűvészi rafinériával már néhány bekezdéssel csavarni tud egyet az olvasó hangulatán, és bármilyen sötétek olykor a történetei, mindig felfénylik bennük az emberségesség." - Gillian Flynn "Főhajtás Dickens és Forster manierista realizmusa előtt... Komédia, tragédia, zsáner, realizmus, posztmodernizmus: Atkinson áttörések sorozatát hajtja végre a könyv lapjain." - Oprah Daily "Mint Atkinson összes többi regénye, ez is nehezen kategorizálható. Történelmi regény, de mintha kortárs bölcsesség áradna belőle. A "dickensi" jelző már elcsépelt, de Atkinsonnak valóban kimagasló tehetsége van ahhoz, hogy hatalmas, nyüzsgő világokat alkosson, tele színes figurákkal... Eddig is az egyik legjobb kortárs szerző volt, és egyre csak jobb és jobb lesz. - Kirkus "Csillogó betekintés az I. világháború utáni London Soho negyedébe... Atkinson pengeéles prózája és burjánzó narratívája elegánsan tárja elénk Nellie csalárd, romlott, pusztulásra ítélt világát. Kifinomult macska-egér mesévé görbíti a történelmi kereteket, ahogy az egyes szereplők mind Nellie farvizén próbálnak meg előbbre jutni. Atkinson a csúcson." - Publishers Weekly "Mindig öröm kézbe venni egy Kate Atkinson regényt - minden részletnek jelentősége van, és a végén minden meglepetés értelmet nyer... Atkinson figurái meg a döntéseik, a kíváncsiságaik és az álságosságaik viszik előre a történetet, és minden percért megéri." - BookPage "Bűn, románc és szatíra mámorító elegye az 1920-as évek londoni éjszakai életének mocskos csillogásától keretezve. Atkinson a legjobb formáját hozza." - Observer "Már az elején megragadja az olvasót. Olyan plasztikusan festi le a főváros csillogó éjszakai életét, és a még annál is romlottabb alvilágot, hogy az ember szinte érzi az állott cigarettabűzt, és az alkohol ízét... Nellie és a család története, meg a velük érintkező figuráké egy örvendetes végkifejlet felé halad, ahogy összegabalyodnak az életfonalak." - Independent

Shrines of Gaiety

release date: May 02, 2023
Shrines of Gaiety
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The award-winning author of Life after Life transports us to a restless London in the wake of the Great War—a city bursting with money, glamour, and corruption—in this spellbinding tale of seduction and betrayal. A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: WASHINGTON POST, TIME, THE GUARDIAN, BOOKLIST "Set during Jazz Age London, in all its fizzy madness and desperation.... As dark as [Atkinson''s] stories can get, within them always shines a beacon of humanity.” —Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of Dark Places 1926, and in a country still recovering from the Great War, London has become the focus for a delirious new nightlife. In the clubs of Soho, peers of the realm rub shoulders with starlets, foreign dignitaries with gangsters, and girls sell dances for a shilling a time. The notorious queen of this glittering world is Nellie Coker, ruthless but also ambitious to advance her six children, including the enigmatic eldest, Niven, whose character has been forged in the crucible of the Somme. But success breeds enemies, and Nellie’s empire faces threats from without and within. For beneath the dazzle of Soho’s gaiety, there is a dark underbelly, a world in which it is all too easy to become lost. With her unique Dickensian flair, Kate Atkinson gives us a window in a vanished world. Slyly funny, brilliantly observant, and ingeniously plotted, Shrines of Gaiety showcases the myriad talents that have made Atkinson one of the most lauded writers of our time.

Il cerchio magico

release date: Nov 28, 2022
Il cerchio magico
Una cittadina sulla costa del North Yorkshire, pittoresca e anonima, è il posto perfetto che Jackson Brodie (quel Jackson Brodie, il detective) ha scelto per dare libero sfogo alla sua vocazione all’eremitaggio. Ma le cose non gli vanno mai come dovrebbero. Lo insegue fin lì la sua ossessione quasi cavalleresca per le fanciulle in difficoltà, anche se per quante riesca a salvarne non potrà mai perdonarsi di non aver evitato la morte della prima, l’amata sorella Niamh. Anche questa volta la sua agognata tranquillità viene sovvertita da un turbinio di eventi, al centro dei quali spicca una rete di premurosi professionisti locali, apparentemente ammodo, in realtà decisamente sordidi. Nel corso delle sue avventure, Jackson incontrerà Crystal, bella paladina del cibo sano, determinata a offrire alla figlioletta Candace la vita perfetta che lei non ha mai avuto; Harry, il suo tenero e goffo figliastro adolescente, attratto dal teatro e dalla letteratura nonostante il padre macho e anaffettivo; Vince, eterno perdente, vittima di una moglie tiranna e di una figlia egoista. E in mezzo a tutto questo, Jackson continuerà a cercare di gestire meglio che può la sua strana tribù: una ex moglie, due figli, e la vecchia labrador Dido, sempre al suo fianco malgrado gli acciacchi. Ex militare, ex poliziotto e ora investigatore privato molto anticonformista, Jackson Brodie si ritrova tra le mani un caso che, tra tanti segreti e altrettante bugie, sembra offrire più domande che risposte. La sua indagine cattura, diverte e commuove, la sua ricerca della verità è, come sempre, infusa di mistero e umorismo, di pensieri sull’esistenza, l’amore, la famiglia; e se gli eventi drammatici e i colpi di scena abbondano, non necessariamente però, così come succede nella vita, tutti i fili possono essere ricuciti con ordine.

Weiter Himmel

release date: Apr 12, 2021
Weiter Himmel
Tommy, Andy und Steve leben in gut situierten Verhältnissen. Sie sind verheiratet, haben Kinder, sind beliebte Mitglieder im Golfclub und trinken hier und da ein Bierchen miteinander: Wer würde sie nicht für fürsorgliche Familienväter halten? Niemand ahnt etwas von ihrem lukrativen Nebengeschäft; einem Geschäft, das einst von Männern betrieben wurde, die, ebenso wie die drei Freunde, als anständig galten. Alles könnte so reibungslos weiterlaufen wie bisher, denn ihre Ware ist begehrt. Doch als eine Frau aus ihrem Bekanntenkreis tot aufgefunden wird, stößt nicht nur die Polizei auf sie, sondern auch der Privatdetektiv Jackson Brodie. Sein jüngster, völlig harmloser Auftrag führt ihn direkt zu den drei Ehrenmännern – und bald ist Brodie mittendrin in einem Fall um verschwundene junge Frauen und eine Zeugin, die sich nichts sehnlicher wünscht, als endlich ihre schreckliche Vergangenheit hinter sich lassen zu können ... »Die meisterhafte Erzählerin Kate Atkinson hat wieder einen Krimi geschrieben. Mit jedem ihrer Krimis schreibt sie ein detailliertes, realitätsnahes, erdverbundenes Gesellschaftsporträt.« Frankfurter Rundschau

Die vierte Schwester

release date: Apr 12, 2021

New Thought Healing Made Plain

release date: Jan 01, 2021
New Thought Healing Made Plain
New Thought Healing Made Plain is a self help book by Kate Atkinson Boehme, first published in 1918. A book about the law of attraction, the belief that positive thinking can bring about positive events into your life.

ENSOULING THOUGHT-FORMS

release date: Jan 01, 2021
ENSOULING THOUGHT-FORMS
Kate Atkinson Boehme was a New Thought writer whose articles were published in Elizabeth Towne''s magazine Nautilus. In 1918 she was associated with the Radiant Center of Philosophy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Her book "New Thought Healing Made Plain" was published by Elizabeth Towne in 1918.

THE HELPING HAND

release date: Jan 01, 2021
THE HELPING HAND
Kate Atkinson Boehme was a New Thought writer whose articles were published in Elizabeth Towne''s magazine Nautilus. In 1918 she was associated with the Radiant Center of Philosophy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Her book "New Thought Healing Made Plain" was published by Elizabeth Towne in 1918.

FIRST AIDS TO HEALING

release date: Jan 01, 2021
FIRST AIDS TO HEALING
Kate Atkinson Boehme was a New Thought writer whose articles were published in Elizabeth Towne''s magazine Nautilus. In 1918 she was associated with the Radiant Center of Philosophy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Her book "New Thought Healing Made Plain" was published by Elizabeth Towne in 1918.

TAPPING HIGHER LEVELS OF ENERGY

release date: Jan 01, 2021
TAPPING HIGHER LEVELS OF ENERGY
Kate Atkinson Boehme was a New Thought writer whose articles were published in Elizabeth Towne''s magazine Nautilus. In 1918 she was associated with the Radiant Center of Philosophy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Her book "New Thought Healing Made Plain" was published by Elizabeth Towne in 1918.

WHAT IS NEW THOUGHT HEALING

release date: Jan 01, 2021
WHAT IS NEW THOUGHT HEALING
Kate Atkinson Boehme was a New Thought writer whose articles were published in Elizabeth Towne''s magazine Nautilus. In 1918 she was associated with the Radiant Center of Philosophy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Her book "New Thought Healing Made Plain" was published by Elizabeth Towne in 1918.

THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND

release date: Jan 01, 2021
THE SUBCONSCIOUS MIND
Kate Atkinson Boehme was a New Thought writer whose articles were published in Elizabeth Towne''s magazine Nautilus. In 1918 she was associated with the Radiant Center of Philosophy in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Her book "New Thought Healing Made Plain" was published by Elizabeth Towne in 1918.

Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition)

release date: Dec 01, 2020
Behind the Scenes at the Museum (Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition)
A twenty-fifth anniversary edition of award-winning, bestselling author Kate Atkinson’s debut novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, a deeply moving and deeply funny family story of happiness and heartbreak National Bestseller Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year Ruby Lennox begins narrating her own life at the moment of her conception and from there takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of the twentieth century as seen through the eyes of a girl determined to learn more about her family and the secrets it keeps. Kate Atkinson’s dazzling first novel, named the 1995 Whitbread Book of the Year in England, is a darkly comic, deeply moving story of family heartbreak and happiness.

Trois petits tours et puis reviennent

release date: Mar 18, 2020
Trois petits tours et puis reviennent
Jackson Brodie s’est installé dans un village en bord de mer dans le Yorkshire du Nord. Selon le bon vouloir de son ancienne compagne Julia, il jouit par intermittence de la présence de son fils Nathan, un adolescent boudeur, et de la vieille chienne Dido. Si le décor est pittoresque, en coulisses de sinistres desseins se trament. Pour le compte d’une épouse soupçonneuse, Jackson doit rassembler les preuves de l’infidélité de son mari. Cette mission paraît plutôt simple, mais la rencontre avec un homme désespéré au sommet d’une falaise va l’impliquer dans une sombre affaire. Vieux secrets et nouveaux mensonges se mêlent dans ce roman époustouflant, par l’un des écrivains les plus éblouissants et surprenants de notre époque. Traduit de l''anglais par Sophie Aslanides

Kodnamn Flamingo

release date: Sep 05, 2019
Kodnamn Flamingo
"De flesta författare önskar innerligt att de skulle kunna skriva ett mästerverk så bra som detta." Daily Telegraph Kate Atkinson återvänder till andra världskriget med en spionroman som förnyar genren. Året är 1940. Artonåriga Julia Armstrong blir motvilligt rekryterad till spionbranschen. Hon skickas till en obskyr liten avdelning tillhörande MI5, där hon får i uppdrag att dokumentera brittiska nazisympatisörers förehavanden. Ett arbete som gör henne både utmattad och skräckslagen. Men efter krigets slut tar hon för givet att den perioden i hennes liv har förpassats till historien för alltid. Tio år senare är hon radioproducent på BBC, och blir oväntat konfronterad med sitt förflutna. Ett annat slags krig utspelar sig nu, på ett annat slagfält, men Julia känner sig återigen hotad. Räkenskapens timme är slagen, och hon börjar äntligen förstå att det inte finns några handlingar utan konsekvenser. Kodnamn Flamingo är ett verk av sällsynt djup, en storartad och kraftfull roman, full av kvickhet och empati, från en av de bästa författarna i modern tid. "Smart, rolig och med samma tempo som en spionthriller." The Guardian

De wijde lucht

release date: Jul 04, 2019
De wijde lucht
Jackson Brodie is onlangs verhuisd naar een rustig dorp aan de Engelse kust. De setting is pittoresk, maar onder het oppervlak sluimert iets duisters. Lang voordat Kate Atkinson de bekroonde internationale bestseller Leven na leven schreef, was er de schitterende romanreeks met de onweerstaanbaar norse privédetective Jackson Brodie in de hoofdrol. In dit langverwachte nieuwe deel van de serie is Brodie terug, en onlangs verhuisd naar een rustig dorp aan de Engelse kust. Zijn werkzaamheden (bewijs van echtelijke ontrouw verzamelen voor achterdochtige vrouwen) zijn rechttoe rechtaan, de setting is pittoresk. Maar onder het oppervlak sluimert iets duisters. Een toevallige ontmoeting met een wanhopige man op een afbrokkelende klif leidt Jackson naar Crystal Holroyd, het vrachtwagenimperium van haar man Tommy, en naar een sinister netwerk – en terug op het pad van zijn oude vriend Reggie. Oude geheimen en nieuwe leugens doorkruisen elkaar in deze grappige, schrijnende en adem-benemende nieuwe roman.

Big Sky

release date: Jun 25, 2019
Big Sky
Iconoclastic detective Jackson Brodie returns in a triumphant new novel about secrets, sex, and lies. Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son and an aging Labrador, both at the discretion of his ex-partner Julia. It''s picturesque, but there''s something darker lurking behind the scenes. Jackson''s current job, gathering proof of an unfaithful husband for his suspicious wife, is fairly standard-issue, but a chance encounter with a desperate man on a crumbling cliff leads him into a sinister network -- and back across the path of his old friend Reggie. Old secrets and new lies intersect in this breathtaking novel by one of the most dazzling and surprising writers at work today. "Thank goodness the long Jackson Brodie hiatus is over." --Janet Maslin, New York Times

Wachten op goed nieuws

release date: Jun 12, 2019
Wachten op goed nieuws
“Wachten op goed nieuws” van Kate Atkinson is een literaire thriller met privédetective Jackson Brodie in de hoofdrol. Dokter Jo Hunter is als klein meisje getuige geweest van het verschrikkelijke misdrijf waardoor ze half wees werd, maar ze lijkt het verleden achter zich te hebben gelaten. Ze is getrouwd met een welgestelde zakenman, woont in een chique buurt van Edinburgh en geniet met volle teugen van haar jonge moederschap. Totdat een onverwacht nieuwtje haar perfecte leventje in gevaar dreigt te brengen. De zestienjarige Regina probeert op eigen benen te staan nadat ze haar moeder heeft verloren bij een afschuwelijk ongeluk. Haar baantje als oppas bij de familie Hunter is een van de weinige lichtpuntjes in haar verder eenzame bestaan – totdat dokter Hunter, samen met de baby, plotseling verdwijnt. Privédetective Jackson Brodie, de weerbarstige held uit Een goede daad, zit in de verkeerde hogesnelheidstrein als hij plotseling in aanraking komt met Regina. In deze briljante opvolger van Oude zaken en Een goede daad toont Kate Atkinson wederom grote empathie voor haar personages en een meesterlijke vaardigheid in het verweven van schijnbaar onafhankelijk van elkaar lopende plotlijnen tot een intelligente, vlotte en verrassend spitsvondige literaire thriller.

Vanochtend vroeg vertrokken

release date: Jun 12, 2019
Vanochtend vroeg vertrokken
“Vanochtend vroeg vertrokken” van Kate Atkinson is een literaire thriller met privédetective Jackson Brodie in de hoofdrol. Voor Tracy Waterhouse, een overtuigde single, een geharde oud-rechercheur van de zedenpolitie in Leeds en tegenwoordig hoofd beveiliging van een winkelcentrum, zou het een gewone werkdag achter de monitoren worden – totdat ze een oude bekende van de politie tegenkomt. Kelly Cross, drugsverslaafde en prostituee, dendert door haar territorium en sleurt een verontrustend krijsend meisje mee. In een flits neemt Tracy een besluit dat haar leven voorgoed zal veranderen – en ze gaat naar huis als de kersverse, onzekere moeder van een kleuter. Ondertussen is Jackson Brodie, de ontgoochelde privédetective uit “Wachten op goed nieuws”, in zijn eigen reddingsactie verwikkeld, ten behoeve van een hond die door zijn baas wordt mishandeld. Dit vormt een kleine afleiding van zijn werkelijke opdracht: de ware herkomst achterhalen van een ander meisje dat dertig jaar geleden onder duistere omstandigheden in Leeds blijkt te zijn geadopteerd. Met haar karakteristieke spitsvondigheid en trefzekere observaties over de menselijke emoties verweeft Kate Atkinson schijnbaar ongerelateerde verhaallijnen opnieuw tot een briljante literaire thriller.

Una ragazza riservata

release date: Mar 06, 2019
Una ragazza riservata
«Un capolavoro.» Daily Telegraph «Nessun altro autore possiede la capacità di Kate Atkinson di coniugare qualità letteraria e puro intrattenimento. » The Sunday Telegraph «Un romanzo che offre diversi spunti di riflessione e che si legge come un thriller.» The Observer «Kate Atkinson ha il dono di creare storie uniche che tolgono il fiato.» The New York Times «Sublime. Il migliore che abbia letto quest’anno.» The Irish Times «Un romanzo che ci spinge a fare i conti con la Storia e a pensare a quanto ci sono costate le nostre scelte, sia individuali sia collettive. Ed è un tema quanto mai attuale. » The Guardian «Kate Atkinson è una garanzia: trame avvincenti, personaggi impeccabili e humour inglese.» Elle Londra, 1981. Una donna giace sull''asfalto. È stata investita mentre attraversava la strada, proprio il giorno del suo ritorno in Inghilterra, dopo anni passati all''estero. Un tragico incidente, che presto verrà dimenticato da una città in fermento per il matrimonio del secolo. O forse non è stata una casualità. Perché quella donna era depositaria di tanti, troppi segreti. Londra, 1940. La diciottenne Juliet Armstrong viene reclutata dai servizi segreti per un lavoro all''apparenza semplice: sbobinare registrazioni. In realtà, si tratta di un compito delicato, perché quelle registrate sono le conversazioni tra un agente infiltrato e un gruppo di cittadini inglesi simpatizzanti del Reich. Per il governo, è essenziale individuare e tenere d’occhio una potenziale quinta colonna filonazista. Soprattutto ora che Londra è il bersaglio delle bombe tedesche. Dapprima disorientata, Juliet s’immerge sempre più in un mondo all''apparenza innocuo, eppure in cui ogni gesto, ogni parola è ambigua e pericolosa. E dopo alcune settimane ha l’occasione di mettersi alla prova come agente operativo, in una rischiosa missione sul campo. E nulla andrà come previsto. Londra, 1950. A cinque anni dalla fine delle ostilità, la crisi economica e le conseguenze della guerra opprimono ancora il popolo inglese. Juliet lavora per la BBC, allo sviluppo di programmi d’intrattenimento per sollevare lo spirito degli ascoltatori. Ma anche per lei è difficile liberarsi del passato, che riemerge nella forma di un messaggio lasciato sotto la porta di casa: Pagherai per quello che hai fatto. Dopo tutto quello che è successo dieci anni prima, Juliet non è sorpresa. E riprende contatto con alcune conoscenze del tempo di guerra, che però non le sono di nessun aiuto. Anzi, un uomo misterioso la coinvolgerà ancora una volta in una missione segreta. La scacchiera è sempre la stessa, ma è cambiato uno dei giocatori: non più la Germania nazista, bensì l’Unione Sovietica. Attraverso lo sguardo di un personaggio femminile sfaccettato e in continua evoluzione, Atkinson ci coinvolge in una storia dal ritmo serrato e dalla scrittura poliedrica. Una sferzante rappresentazione dell’incapacità degli uomini d’imparare dalle lezioni del passato, condannandosi a ripetere sempre gli stessi errori.

Festive Spirits

release date: Jan 01, 2019
Festive Spirits
The perfect Christmas gift: three festive tales from the brilliant pen of Kate Atkinson. ''Lucy would have challenged anyone not to cry at the sight of their child in a Nativity play. Even a sheepish Maude, even a scowling Beatrice - currently attempting a Chinese burn on an adjacent angel. A shepherd shouted something incomprehensible to Joseph. One of the Wise Men wet himself. Beatrice waved enthusiastically - a little too enthusiastically - at Lucy from the angelic choir. It was better than any religion, Lucy thought.'' From the Costa Award-winning author of LIFE AFTER LIFE

Mental Healing Made Plain

release date: Oct 11, 2018
Mental Healing Made Plain
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Transcription: Free Preview

release date: Aug 11, 2018
Transcription: Free Preview
A dramatic story of WWII espionage, betrayal, and loyalty, by the #1 bestselling author of Life After Life In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past forever. Ten years later, now a radio producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence. Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of the best writers of our time.

L'homme est un dieu en ruine

release date: Jan 11, 2017
L'homme est un dieu en ruine
Teddy a vingt ans lorsqu’il s’enrôle en 1940 comme pilote de bombardier. Vite promu commandant d’Halifax, lui et son équipage vont connaître quatre années d’horreur et d’héroïsme où chaque mission risque d’être la dernière. Il va pourtant vivre jusqu’à plus de quatre-vingt-dix ans sans jamais complètement accepter l’idée d’avoir survécu et avec une obsession : ne plus faire de mal à personne. Le formidable pilote va donc épouser celle qui l’attendait, devenir père puis grand-père tout en se frayant un chemin au milieu des périls et des progrès du xxe siècle. Mélangeant les genres avec maestria : roman de guerre et roman sociétal, passant avec virtuosité du futur au passé, des larmes aux rires, Kate Atkinson signe un roman éblouissant où l’ambition littéraire n’altère jamais l’empathie de l’auteur pour ses inoubliables personnages. Traduit de l’anglais par Sophie Aslanides

Un dio in rovina

release date: May 25, 2016
Un dio in rovina
UN DIO IN ROVINA È... «Un capolavoro». Paula Hawkins, autrice di La ragazza del treno «Ecco cos’è un romanzo». The New York Times Book Review «Chi ha amato Vita dopo vita non potrà non adorare il nuovo romanzo di Kate Atkinson. In verità,Un dio in rovina è anche migliore, e la consacra nell''empireo letterario inglese, se già non l’avessero fatto i due Costa Award e i milioni di copie vendute». Vanity Fair Durante la Guerra, era venuto a patti con l’idea della morte, ma poi all’improvviso la guerra era finita ed era iniziato un nuovo giorno. E un altro. E un altro ancora. Una parte di lui non si abituò mai alla consapevolezza di avere un futuro. Nato in un’agiata famiglia inglese alla vigilia della prima guerra mondiale, Teddy Todd è un ragazzo sensibile, amante della poesia, affezionato ai genitori e all’adorata sorella Ursula. Ed è proprio per proteggere loro che, allo scoppio della seconda guerra mondiale, decide di arruolarsi in aeronautica. Ma un giorno la guerra finisce, ed è come se il destino gli avesse giocato un brutto scherzo, perché contro ogni aspettativa la sua vita è ancora lì, tutta da vivere... Un dio in rovina è il racconto della lunga esistenza di Teddy – figlio, fratello, pilota di caccia, marito, padre, nonno – e, attraverso la storia di Teddy, è anche il racconto di un secolo, il Novecento, che ha visto il mondo cambiare a una velocità vorticosa. Mattone dopo mattone, Kate Atkinson costruisce un affascinante e sorprendente edificio narrativo, invitandoci con voce suadente ad esplorarne le stanze, a percorrerne i corridoi, a scoprirne anche gli angoli più nascosti. E così prende forma davanti ai nostri occhi l’intima epopea di un uomo ordinario che si trova ad affrontare eventi straordinari. E che proprio negli ultimi istanti coglierà il senso della sua unica, irripetibile vita. Con questo splendido romanzo – vincitore del prestigioso Costa Novel Award –, Kate Atkinson si conferma una delle autrici di maggior talento degli ultimi anni e non solo, capace di conquistare sia la critica sia il grande pubblico: definito «un capolavoro» da alcune tra le più prestigiose testate giornalistiche, Un dio in rovina è da mesi ai vertici delle classifiche inglesi e americane ed è in corso di traduzione in tutta Europa.

En gud i spillror

release date: Mar 09, 2016
En gud i spillror
Vinnare av Costa Novel Award 2015 Juryns motivering En ytterst magnifik bok i en klass för sig. En gud i spillror är, tillsammans med sin föregångare Liv efter liv, Atkinsons allra bästa verk. - The Guardian Bara efterordet förtjänar ett litterärt pris. - The Bookseller RAF-piloten Teddy Todd trodde inte att han skulle överleva andra världskriget. Nu är hans stora utmaning att möta en framtid han inte räknade med att få uppleva. I Liv efter liv fick vi följa Ursula Todds oändliga liv om och om igen. I En gud i spillror riktas blicken mot den älskade brodern. Teddy Todd som ville bli poet, tar värvning som RAF-pilot under andra världskriget. Han överlever, men krigets fasor existerar parallellt med hans liv som make, far och morfar. Han förstår inte sin omvärld och det absurda i att just han fick överleva. Med intelligens och eftertanke visar Atkinson hur kriget inte bara påverkar personerna som genomlever det, utan även kommande generationer.
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