New Releases by Paula McLain

Traducere și note de Mihnea Gafița Bestseller New York Times 2021, ales de editorii Amazon printre „Best Books 2021 So Far“, Când stelele se întunecă este cea mai personală carte a scriitoarei americane Paula McLain. Victimă ea însăși a abuzurilor și a abandonului, autoarea deschide o ușă dintre cele mai intime și spune o poveste, ficțiune și realitate deopotrivă, despre întunericul din oameni și despre puterea unei femei de a lupta și de a se accepta cu tot trecutul ei însemnat cu mai multe drame. În fața tragediei personale, Anna Hart, un detectiv specializat în dispariții de persoane, se întoarce la Mendocino, orașul de pe coasta nordică a Californiei unde a locuit până la optsprezece ani împreună cu ultima familie socială căreia i-a fost dată în grijă. Devastată, epuizată și asaltată de pierderea cumplită pe care a suferit-o de curând, Anna se oferă să ajute discret poliția locală în rezolvarea unui caz. Cameron, fiica adolescentă a unei actrițe celebre, copil adoptat, la fel ca Anna, dispare peste noapte. Pe măsură ce se implică în anchetă, Anna descoperă că tot ceea ce a trăit ea însăși, dar mai ales rănile unei copilării marcate de abandon i-au dat o precizie în a-și urma instinctele și o înțelegere aproape dureroasă a căilor prin care trauma te poate face să cazi victimă, crezând că singura salvare e în mâinile celui care poate deveni ucigașul tău. Anna știe și ce chip ar avea acesta și pornește pe urmele lui.

Wenn die Sterne verlöschen. Anna Hart weiß selbst, dass sie vor ihrem Unglück davonläuft. Eigentlich ist sie Ermittlerin, Expertin darin, verschwundene Kinder zu finden. Doch nun ist ihrem eigenen Kind etwas passiert, und sie zieht sich an den Ort zurück, in dem sie aufgewachsen ist und glücklich war – zumindest für einige Zeit, als ihr Adoptivvater sich fürsorglich um sie kümmerte. Doch kaum ist sie angekommen, erfährt sie, dass ein junges Mädchen vermisst wird. Und sie weiß sofort, dass sie helfen – und sich den Gespenstern ihrer eigenen Vergangenheit stellen muss ... „Paula McLain hat ein Meisterwerk von Roman geschrieben, das den Leser garantiert die ganze Nacht wachhalten wird. Ein literarischer Thriller - mit einer unvergesslichen Heldin und Wendungen, die einen bis ans Ende überraschen. Ein unkonventioneller Blick auf die langen Schatten, die Traumata werfen. Ein Buch voller Trauer und großer Schönheit.“ Kristin Hannah.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • GOOD MORNING AMERICA BUZZ PICK • “A total departure for the author of The Paris Wife, McLain’s emotionally intense and exceptionally well-written thriller entwines its fictional crime with real cases.”—People (Book of the Week) NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY MARIE CLAIRE • “The kind of heart-pounding conclusion that thriller fans crave . . . In the end, a book full of darkness lands with a message of hope.”—The New York Times Book Review “This mystery will keep you guessing, and stay with you long after you finish. Dive in.”—Daily Skimm Anna Hart is a seasoned missing persons detective in San Francisco with far too much knowledge of the darkest side of human nature. When tragedy strikes her personal life, Anna, desperate and numb, flees to the Northern California village of Mendocino to grieve. She lived there as a child with her beloved foster parents, and now she believes it might be the only place left for her. Yet the day she arrives, she learns that a local teenage girl has gone missing. The crime feels frighteningly reminiscent of the most crucial time in Anna’s childhood, when the unsolved murder of a young girl touched Mendocino and changed the community forever. As past and present collide, Anna realizes that she has been led to this moment. The most difficult lessons of her life have given her insight into how victims come into contact with violent predators. As Anna becomes obsessed with saving the missing girl, she must accept that true courage means getting out of her own way and learning to let others in. Weaving together actual cases of missing persons, trauma theory, and a hint of the metaphysical, this propulsive and deeply affecting novel tells a story of fate, necessary redemption, and what it takes, when the worst happens, to reclaim our lives—and our faith in one another.

Celle qui osa quitter Ernest Hemingway... Fin 1936. La jeune romancière Martha Gellhorn a vingt-sept ans mais déjà une solide réputation de globe-trotteuse. De neuf ans son aîné, Ernest Hemingway est en passe de devenir le monstre sacré de la littérature américaine. Elle est célibataire mais connaît les hommes, il en est à son deuxième mariage. Entre eux, la complicité est d''abord intellectuelle. Mais la guerre a le pouvoir d''attiser les passions... Du New York bohème à l''Espagne ravagée par le franquisme, les amis deviennent amants. Et les voilà repartis sur les routes, entre l''Amérique, l''Europe et Cuba. Seulement, au gré de leurs allées et venues dans un monde à feu et à sang et d''une rivalité littéraire qui ne cesse de croître, les deux époux ne tarderont pas à goûter aux fruits amers de la vie conjugale... Avec son talent inégalé pour mêler la fiction à la vraie vie, Paula McLain brosse un nouveau portrait de femme libre, prête à tout pour s''arracher à son sort de simple " épouse de " et devenir l''une des plus exceptionnelles journalistes de guerre de notre siècle.

Eine Liebe vor der Kulisse des Zweiten Weltkrieges. Meisterhaft inszeniert Paula McLain die stürmische Beziehung zwischen Ernest Hemingway und seiner dritten Frau Martha Gellhorn. Als Martha sich haltlos in den zehn Jahre älteren Ernest verliebt, ist sie gerade achtundzwanzig Jahre alt, hat aber schon die halbe Welt bereist. Später wird sie eine der berühmtesten Kriegsreporterinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts sein. Hals über Kopf folgt sie Hemingway in den Spanischen Bürgerkrieg und legt dort an seiner Seite den Grundstein für ihre Karriere. Doch als ihre Anerkennung wächst und Ernest immer größere Erfolge feiert, muss Martha sich entscheiden: Möchte sie die Frau eines weltberühmten Mannes sein oder ihren eigenen Weg gehen? Ein faszinierendes literarisches Panorama, mitreißend und einfühlsam erzählt. „Paula McLain hat eine unglaubliche Gabe, Figuren zum Leben zu erwecken.“ Jojo Moyes.

Paula McLain''s new novel, Love & Ruin, recounts Martha Gellhorn''s stormy marriage to Ernest Hemingway, and her painful decision to step out of his shadow and forge her own brilliant career as a war correspondent.

Nel 1937, la ventottenne Martha Gellhorn si trova a Madrid per documentare le atrocità della Guerra civile spagnola. È l’avventura che da sempre stava aspettando e, al contempo, l’occasione per dimostrare di essere una brava giornalista in un campo dominato dagli uomini. Ma, inaspettatamente, l’incontro con lo scrittore Ernest Hemingway cambierà le carte in tavola, portandola a innamorarsi perdutamente di lui. All’ombra dell’imminente Seconda guerra mondiale la relazione tra Martha e Ernest si intreccia alle loro carriere professionali. Ma quando Ernest pubblica il più grande successo letterario della sua carriera, Per chi suona la campana, Martha deve fare una scelta: arrendersi ad essere la moglie di un uomo famoso o rischiare di perdere Ernest per seguire le sue ambizioni. Dopo l’incredibile successo di Una moglie a Parigi, Paula McLain torna a parlare delle «mogli» di Ernest Hemingway, consegnando al lettore l’indimenticabile ritratto di una donna che rischierà assolutamente tutto per trovare la propria voce.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A powerful novel of the stormy marriage between Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gellhorn, a fiercely independent woman who became one of the greatest war correspondents of the twentieth century—from the author of The Paris Wife and When the Stars Go Dark “Romance, infidelity, war—Paula McLain’s powerhouse novel has it all.”—Glamour NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • New York Public Library • Bloomberg • Real Simple In 1937, twenty-eight-year-old Martha Gellhorn travels alone to Madrid to report on the atrocities of the Spanish Civil War and becomes drawn to the stories of ordinary people caught in the devastating conflict. It’s her chance to prove herself a worthy journalist in a field dominated by men. There she also finds herself unexpectedly—and unwillingly—falling in love with Ernest Hemingway, a man on his way to becoming a legend. On the eve of World War II, and set against the turbulent backdrops of Madrid and Cuba, Martha and Ernest’s relationship and careers ignite. But when Ernest publishes the biggest literary success of his career, For Whom the Bell Tolls, they are no longer equals, and Martha must forge a path as her own woman and writer. Heralded by Ann Patchett as “the new star of historical fiction,” Paula McLain brings Gellhorn’s story richly to life and captures her as a heroine for the ages: a woman who will risk absolutely everything to find her own voice.

Początek XX wieku. Trzyletnia Beryl Markham przeprowadza się wraz z rodzicami na farmę w Kenii. To miejsce szybko staje się jej domem, a członkowie plemienia Kipsigis przewodnikami po nowej i dzikiej krainie. Wychowywana samotnie przez ojca Beryl szybko wyrasta na niezależną i silną kobietę. Nie boi się niczego. Z wyjątkiem miłości. Kiedy poznaje Karen Blixen i jej kochanka, Denysa Fincha Hattona, jej życie zmienia się na zawsze. Uwikłana w miłosny trójkąt, odnajduje w sobie pasję, która wzniesie ją ku słońcu. Okrążyć słońce to oparta na faktach historia Beryl Markham, kobiety, która daleko wyprzedziła swoje czasy. Pionierki lotnictwa, treserki koni, skandalistki i buntowniczki uwikłanej w miłosną relację tak doskonale upamiętnioną w Pożegnaniu z Afryką. Paula McLain powraca z kolejną znakomitą książką o kobiecie, która zawsze żyła według swoich zasad.

Paula McLain, autora do bestseller Madame Hemingway, regressa com o seu muito aguardado novo romance, levando os leitores para o Quénia colonial dos anos 20. Ainda adolescente, Beryl Markham acompanhou os pais quando se mudaram de Inglaterra para o Quénia em busca de uma vida melhor. Para a mãe, este sonho depressa se tornou amargo, e preferiu regressar a casa. Beryl foi educada pelo pai, entre a indulgência e o autoritarismo. Com dezasseis anos, já tinha sido forçada a um casamento desastroso, mas foi justamente a fuga a essa realidade que a fez tomar as rédeas da sua própria vida. Escandalizando a sociedade com o seu comportamento errático, deixou o marido e tornou-se a primeira mulher a ter a licença de treinadora de cavalos de corrida. Sucumbindo ao hedonismo do grupo de Happy Valley, Beryl viu-se rapidamente envolvida num complexo triângulo amoroso com a escritora Karen Blixen e o famoso caçador Denys Finch Hatton (imortalizado no livro de memórias África Minha). Foi este romance infeliz que despoletou a tragédia, despertando simultaneamente Beryl para o seu verdadeiro destino: voar.

In 1904 reist de kleine Beryl naar Kenia. In de steek gelaten door haar moeder, wordt ze opgevoed door haar vader en leden van de Kipsigis-stam die in de buurt wonen. Haar ongewone stijl om paarden te trainen trekt de aandacht van Europese expats. Safari-jager Denys verovert haar hart, hoewel hij ook een relatie heeft met de fascinerende Karen Blixen. De liefde van Denys stimuleert Beryl om haar tweede droom - de eerste vrouwelijke bushpiloot van Kenia worden - te realiseren.

"Egy nap Karen majd könyvet ír róla - megírja őt, és ezzel örökre eggyé kovácsolja kettejüket. És én hiányzom majd azokról a lapokról." Karen Blixen nevét széles körben ismertté tette az emlékiratain alapuló Távol Afrikától című mozi, amely a dán bárónő és az angol Denys Finch Hatton szerelméről szól. Ám arról nem mesél a film, hogy ebben a kapcsolatban létezett egy titokzatos harmadik... Paula McLain, A párizsi feleség című sikerkönyv szerzőnője új regényében az 1920-as évek Kenyájának gyarmati világába repíti vissza az olvasót. A Napkeringő a félelmet nem ismerő és elbűvölő fiatal angol arisztokratának, Beryl Markhamnak állít emléket. Beryl egy angol lord gyermekeként nő fel Brit Kelet-Afrikában, a későbbi Kenyában. Miután az édesanyja elhagyja, apja és a birtokukon élő kipszigisz törzs neveli fel. Szabadon csatangol, bennszülött fiúkkal fut versenyt, és mindent megtanul a versenylovakról. Rendhagyó neveltetésnek köszönhetően öntörvényű fiatal nővé cseperedik, aki lelkes rajongója a vadonnak, és minden porcikájában érti és érzi a természet finom egyensúlyát. Ám egy nap minden, amit addig ismert és szeretett, semmivé foszlik, és Beryl végzetes kapcsolatok sorába menekül. Szokatlan stílusával felkelti a Boldog-völgyi társaságként elhíresült bohém és dekadens közösség figyelmét, és lelki társat talál Karen Blixen írónőben és szerelmében, Denys Finch Hattonben. Végül ez a karizmatikus kalandor lesz az, aki utat mutat Berlynek saját szíve vadregényes útvesztőjében. Szenvedélyes szerelmükben talál rá önmagára és hivatására - a repülésre. McLain elsöprő erejű története a 20. század eleji Afrika varázslatos vidékén járva egy rendkívüli nő életét tárja elénk, aki jóval megelőzte saját korát, s volt mersze szabadnak lenni, még akkor is, ha ezért nagy árat kellett fizetnie. Rabul ejtő olvasmány az elszántságról és az akarat erejéről. A Könyvjelző magazin 2015. novemberi számában megjelent cikk: Közel Afrikához

A több mint 700 000 példányban eladott könyv Ernest Hemingway és első felesége, Hadley Richardson szívszorító szerelmének története. Hadley halk szavú, huszonnyolc éves nő, aki már-már lemond arról, hogy valaha is szerelmes és boldog lehet, amikor 1920-ban Chicagóban megismerkedik Ernest Hemingwayjel. Rabul ejti a jóképű fiatal férfi lobbanékony természete és szenvedélyes vágya, hogy íróvá váljon. A rövid udvarlást és a gyors házasságkötést követően hajóra szállnak Párizs felé, és hamarosan az ott élő amerikaiak - köztük Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, F. Scott és Zelda Fitzgerald - színes és szeszélyes társaságának ünnepelt párja lesz belőlük. A kávéházak szabados erkölcsű világa azonban ellentétben áll a család és a monogámia hagyományos értékeivel. Hadley féltékenységgel és önbizalomhiánnyal viaskodik, Ernest pedig ígéretes írói karrierjének elindításán fáradozik. Párizs tele van csábítással, és a házaspárnak szembesülnie kell a veszéllyel: Hemingway árulása az irodalomtörténet egyik legszebb szerelmének végét jelentheti. "Milyen hihetetlenül naivak voltunk mindketten azon az estén. Szorosan kapaszkodtunk egymásba, betarthatatlan ígéreteket tettünk, amelyeket nem lett volna szabad hangosan kimondanunk. Néha ilyen a szerelem. Már akkor jobban szerettem őt, mint addigi életem során bárkit vagy bármit. Tudtam, hogy feltétlen szüksége van rám, és azt akartam, hogy ez örökké így legyen." A könyvhöz készült ajánló füzetet itt letöltheti: A párizsi feleség - részlet

Nel 1904, i Clutterbuck lasciano l’Inghilterra e, navigando per settemila miglia fino al porto di Mombasa, raggiungono Nairobi, e da lì la «terra imperiale» che Charles Clutterbuck ha comprato a buon prezzo. La terra si riduce a seicento ettari di macchia incolta e a tre capanne esposte alle intemperie. Data la vicinanza all’equatore, non esiste il crepuscolo. Il giorno diventa notte nel giro di pochi minuti. In lontananza si sentono gli elefanti farsi strada nella boscaglia. I serpenti vibrano nelle tane. Due anni dopo, quando la macchia incolta ha quasi le sembianze di una fattoria di allevamento di cavalli, Clara, la moglie di Charles, compra un biglietto di ritorno per l’Inghilterra per sé e per Dickie, il figlio maggiore di cagionevole salute. L’Africa è troppo dura per lei, dice. Alla stazione di Nairobi bacia la piccola Beryl, rimasta sola col padre, e la esorta a essere forte. Beryl cresce libera nell’Africa indomita e selvaggia. Quando è buio pesto, sguscia spesso da una finestra aperta per raggiungere il suo amico Kibii, un ragazzino kipsigi. Intorno a un falò basso e scoppiettante ascolta i racconti della tribù e sogna di diventare anche lei un giovane guerriero. Un giorno, a casa degli Elkington, una magnifica dimora che dà su chilometri e chilometri di boscaglia africana, Paddy, il leone che scorrazza libero per casa, l’azzanna a una coscia, subito sopra il ginocchio, e poi molla la presa, come se gli fosse chiaro che non è «destinata a lui». Quale sia il destino di Beryl, nata Clutterbuck, è scritto nel rapido susseguirsi degli eventi che segnano la sua vita: la guerra, con ampie porzioni del Protettorato britannico trasformate in campi di battaglia per impedire ai tedeschi di prendersi la terra; il fallimento della fattoria paterna, con Charles Clutterbuck che decide di trasferirsi a Città del Capo, dove amano i cavalli e dove lui conta di ripartire da zero; il matrimonio della giovanissima Beryl con Jock Purves, un uomo forte e robusto ma nulla più; la scelta di diventare la prima donna con la licenza di addestratrice di cavalli al mondo; il fatidico incontro con Karen Blixen, la misteriosa baronessa danese che gestisce una piantagione di caffè da sola, mentre il marito va a caccia di rinoceronti; l’amore per l’affascinante amante della baronessa, Denys Finch Hatton, organizzatore di safari e aviatore che sembra non dubitare mai di se stesso o dell’universo in cui si muove; il divorzio da Jock e il matrimonio con lord Mansfield Markham; l’attrazione per il volo, trasmessagli da Denys, che ne fa la prima donna a sorvolare l’Atlantico senza scali. Con una scrittura impeccabile e un ritmo degno dell’esistenza tumultuosa di cui narra, Paula McLain compone il romanzo della vita di Beryl Markham, di una donna capace di sfidare il suo tempo in nome della libertà d’amare e vivere secondo i propri desideri e le proprie passioni. "Paula McLain è giustamente considerata la nuova star del romanzo storico.. Tra cielo e terra è scritto magnificamente e avvince dalla prima all''ultima pagina" Ann Patchett "Una moglie a Parigi è un ottimo libro, ma Tra cielo e terra lo supera. Beryl Markham, così avanti rispetto al suo tempo, riceve qui finalmente la consacrazione che merita". New York Daily News "L''eloquente ricostruzione da parte della McLain dell''audace vita di Beryl ci rammenta che le donne indipendenti, capaci di muoversi a una velocità propria, ci sono sempre state". O:The Oprah Magazine

Les ailes du désir Beryl Markham a deux ans lorsque sa famille s''installe au Kenya en 1904. Très vite abandonnée par sa mère, elle est élevée par son père – entraîneur de chevaux de course – et par les natifs de la tribu Kipsigi, qui vivent sur les terres paternelles. Cette éducation non-conventionnelle pour quelqu''un de son rang fait d''elle une jeune femme audacieuse et farouche, qui voue un amour sans bornes à la nature sauvage et se moque de la bienséance. De mariages ratés en liaisons contrariées – elle tombe éperdument amoureuse de Denys Finch Hatton, l''amant de l''auteure Karen Blixen –, Beryl va peu à peu s''imposer comme l''une des femmes les plus singulières de son temps. Elle sera la première aviatrice à accomplir un vol transatlantique en solitaire d''est en ouest... Avec pour décors les paysages majestueux de l''Afrique du début du XXe siècle, Paula McLain nous livre l''histoire d''une femme hors du commun qui n''aspire qu''à être libre.

Die Frau, die den Himmel bezwang. Aufgewachsen als Tochter eines Lords im afrikanischen Busch, interessiert sich die junge Beryl nicht für Seidenkleider und Etikette. Dafür ist sie stark und mutig wie ein Kipsigis-Junge und hat von ihrem Vater alles über Rassepferde gelernt. Doch im britischen Protektorat – dem späteren Kenia – der vorigen Jahrhundertwende ist kein Platz für solch ein ungezähmtes Mädchen. Bis sie in Karen Blixen eine Seelenverwandte findet – und in deren Geliebtem, dem Flieger und Großwildjäger Denys Finch Hutton, das Abenteuer ihres Lebens. Die Autorin des internationalen Bestsellers „Madame Hemingway“ erzählt in diesem großen Afrika-Epos die wahre Geschichte der Flugpionierin Beryl Markham, die als erste Frau den Atlantik überquerte.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR, BOOKPAGE, AND SHELF AWARENESS • “Paula McLain is considered the new star of historical fiction, and for good reason. Fans of The Paris Wife will be captivated by Circling the Sun, which . . . is both beautifully written and utterly engrossing.”—Ann Patchett, Country Living This powerful novel transports readers to the breathtaking world of Out of Africa—1920s Kenya—and reveals the extraordinary adventures of Beryl Markham, a woman before her time. Brought to Kenya from England by pioneering parents dreaming of a new life on an African farm, Beryl is raised unconventionally, developing a fierce will and a love of all things wild. But after everything she knows and trusts dissolves, headstrong young Beryl is flung into a string of disastrous relationships, then becomes caught up in a passionate love triangle with the irresistible safari hunter Denys Finch Hatton and the writer Baroness Karen Blixen. Brave and audacious and contradictory, Beryl will risk everything to have Denys’s love, but it’s ultimately her own heart she must conquer to embrace her true calling and her destiny: to fly. Praise for Circling the Sun “In McLain’s confident hands, Beryl Markham crackles to life, and we readers truly understand what made a woman so far ahead of her time believe she had the power to soar.”—Jodi Picoult, author of Leaving Time “Enchanting . . . a worthy heir to [Isak] Dinesen . . . Like Africa as it’s so gorgeously depicted here, this novel will never let you go.”—The Boston Globe “Famed aviator Beryl Markham is a novelist’s dream. . . . [A] wonderful portrait of a complex woman who lived—defiantly—on her own terms.”—People (Book of the Week) “Circling the Sun soars.”—Newsday “Captivating . . . [an] irresistible novel.”—The Seattle Times “Like its high-flying subject, Circling the Sun is audacious and glamorous and hard not to be drawn in by. Beryl Markham may have married more than once, but she was nobody’s wife.”—Entertainment Weekly “[An] eloquent evocation of Beryl’s daring life.”—O: The Oprah Magazine

Hadley Richardson er en rolig tjueåtteåring som nærmest har gitt opp håpet om kjærlighet og lykke – til hun møter Ernest Hemingway. Hun blir betatt av hans utseende, sjarm, intensitet og lidenskapelige skrivetrang. Etter en feiende romanse, frieri og bryllup, setter paret seil for Paris, hvor de blir sentrale i en livlig gruppe utlendinger som inkluderer Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, og ekteparet Fitzgerald. Paula McLain fanger på briljant vis stemmen og sjelen til Hadley Hemingway der hun sliter med sine roller som hustru, elskerinne, muse, venn og mor – samtidig som hun prøver å finne sin plass i tjueårenes berusende og stormende verden.

Hadley är 29 när hon möter den åtta år yngre Ernest Hemingway hos en vän i Chicago. Det är kärlek vid första ögonkastet för dem båda, och efter bara några månader gifter de sig. Ernest är fast besluten att lyckas som författare, och tillsammans bestämmer de sig för att lämna USA. De hamnar mitt i det turbulenta konstnärslivet i 1920-talets Paris – de bor trångt och fattigt, men umgås med Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound och makarna Fitzgerald; med miljonärer, konstnärer och bohemer. Långsamt börjar Ernest vinna erkännande, samtidigt som det förut så lyckliga äktenskapet får sina första sprickor. Det är en omvälvande tid där allt det gamla ifrågasätts, där litteraturen, konsten och kärleken söker nya former. Det är en frihet som kan vara svår att leva med. Åren i Paris är en fantastisk berättelse om en stor och smärtsam kärlek mellan två oförglömliga personer. Vi får följa Hadley som kämpar för att hålla fast vid sin lycka och vid det liv hon hoppats på, medan Ernests främsta strävan bara gäller honom själv och hans skrivande. Paula McLain tar oss innanför huden på en av världslitteraturens giganter och den kvinna som gick från att vara hans jämlike till att leva i hans skugga.

Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a shy twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness when she meets Ernest Hemingway and is captivated by his energy, intensity and burning ambition to write. After a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for France. But glamorous Jazz Age Paris, full of artists and writers, fuelled by alcohol and gossip, is no place for family life and fidelity. Ernest and Hadley''s marriage begins to founder, and the birth of a beloved son serves only to drive them further apart. Then, at last, Ernest''s ferocious literary endeavours begin to bring him recognition - not least from a woman intent on making him her own . . .

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply evocative story of ambition and betrayal that captures the love affair between two unforgettable people, Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley—from the author of Love and Ruin and the new novel When the Stars Go Dark, available now! This new deluxe eBook edition features more than ninety additional pages of exclusive, author-approved annotations throughout the text, which contain new illustrations and photographs, to enrich your reading experience. You can access the eBook annotations with a simple click or tap on your eReader via the convenient links. Access them as you read the novel or as supplemental material after finishing the entire story. There is also Random House Reader’s Circle bonus content, which is sure to inspire discussion at book clubs everywhere. “A beautiful portrait of being in Paris in the glittering 1920s—as a wife and one’s own woman.”—Entertainment Weekly The Paris Wife captures the love affair between Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley. Following a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for Europe, where they become swept up in the hard-drinking, fast-living, and free-loving life of Jazz Age Paris—hanging out with a volatile group that includes Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. As Ernest struggles to find his literary voice and Hadley strives to hold on to her sense of self, they eventually find themselves facing the ultimate crisis of their marriage—a deception that will lead to the unraveling of everything they’ve fought so hard for. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY People • Chicago Tribune • NPR • The Philadelphia Inquirer • Kirkus Reviews • The Toronto Sun • BookPage “[Paula] McLain has brought Hadley to life in a novel that begins in a rush of early love. . . . A moving portrait of a woman slighted by history, a woman whose . . . story needed to be told.”—The Boston Globe “The Paris Wife creates the kind of out-of-body reading experience that dedicated book lovers yearn for, nearly as good as reading Hemingway for the first time—and it doesn’t get much better than that.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune “Exquisitely evocative . . . This absorbing, illuminating book gives us an intimate view of a sympathetic and perceptive woman, the striving writer she married, the glittering and wounding Paris circle they were part of. . . . McLain reinvents the story of Hadley and Ernest’s romance with the lucid grace of a practiced poet.”—The Seattle Times

Ottobre 1920. Mentre l’Europa è ancora alle prese con le ferite della Grande Guerra, nei locali e per le strade d’America impazza il jazz, la nuova musica esplosa nei ghetti di colore. A Chicago, la città dove si sono riversate quasi tutte le stelle del jazz di New Orleans, arriva dalla natia Oak Park un ragazzo di vent’anni alto e snello, con splendidi occhi castani, capelli nerissimi e una fossetta sulla guancia sinistra «dentro la quale si potrebbe precipitare». A casa della famiglia Smith dov’è ospite, il ragazzo, che si chiama Ernest Hemingway, incanta gli astanti coi suoi racconti sulla Grande Guerra, durante la quale ha rimediato una mitragliata alla gamba destra nel tentativo di soccorrere dei feriti sul fronte italiano. Rapita più di tutti dall’aria spavalda e dallo sguardo scintillante del ragazzo è un’amica di Kate Smith: Hadley Richardson, una ventottenne che, dopo la morte dei genitori, vive con la severa sorella Fonnie e la sua famiglia a St. Louis, sonnacchiosa città lontana anni luce dalla fervente Chicago. Hadley ignora il jazz, ma suona al piano Rachmaninov e, diversamente dalle ragazze che frequentano casa Smith, non porta i capelli alla maschietta, ma raccolti dietro la nuca alla vecchia maniera vittoriana. Ernest rappresenta per lei tutto quello che le appare irrimediabilmente alle spalle: l’immagine stessa della gioia, della forza e dell’energia giovanili. Il cuore le batte perciò all’impazzata quando, una volta tornata a St. Louis, riceve, meravigliosamente stropicciata, la lettera di Hemingway che esordisce con: «Penso sempre a Roma; ma che ne diresti di venirci con me... come mia moglie?». Senza soldi e alla ricerca di vita, felicità e successo, la pura e sensibile Hadley e il giovane Hemingway partono alla volta della vecchia Europa. Non si stabiliscono a Roma, ma a Parigi, cuore della gioventù artistica e intellettuale europea e americana. Per Ernest è il periodo dell’elaborazione delle ferite interiori lasciate dalla guerra e della frequentazione dei salotti letterari, dove celebrità come Ezra Pound e Gertrude Stein possono aiutarlo a ottenere denaro e fama. Quando, però, dopo un figlio, arrivano anche il denaro e la fama, nell’inquieto scrittore esplode il desiderio di una vita libera, senza ceppi e legami, accanto a nuove e stimolanti conoscenze come John Dos Passos e Scott e Zelda Fitzgerald. Una vita che Ernest finirà col non condividere più con la riservata Hadley, così diversa da Kate, da Stella Bowen, da Kitty Cannell e dalle altre attrici e ballerine che ruotano attorno al celebre scrittore. Così diversa, infine, da Pauline Pfeiffer, irresistibilmente chic con quella frangetta scura e un’esuberanza da ragazzino.

Hadley Richardson vivía en el Chicago de 1920 una existencia sin privaciones, pero alejada del amor y la felicidad. Hasta que conoció a Ernest Hemingway. Quedó cautivada por la energía y ambiciones que derrochaba. Su vida cambió para siempre. Después de un breve noviazgo, se convirtió en su primera esposa. Se trasladaron a París, en donde fueron "muy pobres, pero muy felices" frecuentando el círculo de artistas formado por Francis Scott y Zelda Fitzgerald, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound... Aquella "generación perdida" que había encontrado refugio en París. Aunque profundamente enamorados, la pareja no estaba preparada para soportar el ambiente de aquel París alocado y lleno de glamour que quería olvidar los desastres de la Gran Guerra. Las fiestas continuas en aquella era del jazz, los excesos del alcohol, las tertulias ingeniosas..., no eran lo más adecuado para la fidelidad y la vida familiar. Siempre rodeado de atractivas mujeres y egos artísticos rivales, Ernest luchaba y empezaba a encontrar la voz que le dio un lugar privilegiado en la historia de las letras. Pero todo fue a costa de sacrificar su relación con Hadley y el hijo de ambos. El rol de Hadley como esposa, amiga y musa estaba en peligro. Luchó contra los celos y la inseguridad en sí misma, pero su matrimonio ya estaba abocado a su crisis definitiva; un desengaño que terminó echando por tierra todo por lo que habían luchado juntos. "Mrs. Hemingway en París" es una historia de amores y traiciones de dos seres inolvidables. Pero también es un fresco de toda una época en la que París fue escenario de uno de los momentos más alegres, ricos y creativos de la historia de la cultura. Un periodo excepcional en el que, como reza el libro póstumo del propio Hemingway, "París era una fiesta".

Traditional Chinese edition of The Paris Wife. It is a poignant love story between Hemingway and his first wife Hadley and their life in the "lost generation" in Paris. In Traditional Chinese. Distributed by Tsai Fong Books, Inc.

Paris – ein Fest fürs Leben! Chicago 1920: Hadley Richardson, eine ruhige junge Frau von achtundzwanzig Jahren, hat Liebe und Glück bereits aufgegeben, als sie auf Ernest Hemingway trifft und sofort von seinem guten Aussehen, seiner Gefühlstiefe und seiner Fähigkeit, mit Worten zu verführen, gefangengenommen wird. Nach einer turbulenten Zeit gegenseitigen Umwerbens heiraten die beiden und lassen sich in Paris nieder, wo sie Teil einer schillernden Gruppe Amerikaner werden, unter ihnen Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, F. Scott und Zelda Fitzgerald. Doch das Paris der goldenen Zwanziger – fiebrig, glamourös, verwegen und noch vom Ersten Weltkrieg traumatisiert – ist mit den traditionellen Vorstellungen von Familie und Treue unvereinbar. Während Hadley, inzwischen Mutter geworden, mit Eifersucht und Selbstzweifeln ringt und Ernests unermüdliche literarische Anstrengungen allmählich Früchte zu tragen beginnen, sieht sich das Paar mit einer Enttäuschung konfrontiert, die das Ende all dessen bedeuten könnte, was es in Paris gemeinsam erträumt hatte ... Paula McLains internationaler Bestseller enthält ausführliche Hintergrundinformationen und einen Paris-Stadtplan. „Ein faszinierendes Spiel mit Fakten und Fiktion.“ Fokus „Mit viel Spannung und Einfühlungsvermögen erzählt.“ Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung. „Paula McLain porträtiert in ihrem bezaubernden Buch eine großartige Frau. Und eine romantische Liebe.“ Freundin.

Hij zou de beroemdste Amerikaanse auteur van de twintigste eeuw worden, zij zijn ''vergeten'' eerste vrouw. Maar wanneer ze elkaar in 1920 ontmoeten is Ernest Hemingway niets meer dan een journalist met schrijversaspiraties, gewond teruggekeerd uit de Eerste Wereldoorlog. Elizabeth Hadley Richardson was acht jaar ouder dan hij en geloofde als geen ander in zijn talent. Hun huwelijk zou niet meer dan zes jaar duren, en voerde hen van Chicago naar Parijs, een leven dat zich afspeelde in het Quartier Latin en de literaire salons van Gertrude Stein. Hemingway groeit in zijn rol als schrijver, totdat hij de ''bescherming'' van Elizabeth niet meer nodig heeft. Als Hemingway een verhouding met een andere vrouw begint, beseft ze dat hun huwelijk voorbij is. Een eerste liefde in Parijs is een indringend verhaal over twee mensen bij wie de vlam der liefde langzaam dooft, terwijl Hemingways ster steeds meer schittert. ''Hij zou nooit meer onbekend zijn. Wij zouden nooit meer zo gelukkig zijn,'' schrijft Paula McLain in deze roman over romantiek en opoffering, vrijheidsdrang en geborgenheid. Een eerste liefde in Parijs is niet alleen een liefdevol portret van een beginnend schrijver, het is ook een roman over de kunst van het loslaten.

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A deeply evocative novel of ambition and betrayal that captures the love affair between two unforgettable people, Ernest Hemingway and his wife Hadley—from the author of Love and Ruin and When the Stars Go Dark “A beautiful portrait of being in Paris in the glittering 1920s—as a wife and as one’s own woman.”—Entertainment Weekly NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY People • Chicago Tribune • NPR • The Philadelphia Inquirer • Kirkus Reviews • The Toronto Sun • BookPage Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a quiet twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness—until she meets Ernest Hemingway. Following a whirlwind courtship and wedding, the pair set sail for Paris, where they become the golden couple in a lively and volatile group—the fabled “Lost Generation”—that includes Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Though deeply in love, the Hemingways are ill prepared for the hard-drinking, fast-living, and free-loving life of Jazz Age Paris. As Ernest struggles to find the voice that will earn him a place in history and pours himself into the novel that will become The Sun Also Rises, Hadley strives to hold on to her sense of self as her roles as wife, friend, and muse become more challenging. Eventually they find themselves facing the ultimate crisis of their marriage—a deception that will lead to the unraveling of everything they’ve fought so hard for. A heartbreaking portrayal of love and torn loyalty, The Paris Wife is all the more poignant because we know that, in the end, Hemingway wrote that he would rather have died than fallen in love with anyone but Hadley.

In the long, hot Illinois summer of 1973, insecure, motherless Jamie falls under the dangerous spell of her older, more worldly cousin Fawn, who’s come to stay with Jamie and her uncle as penance for committing an “unmentionable act.” It is a time of awakenings and corruptions, of tragedy and loss, as Jamie slowly discovers the extent to which Fawn will use anything and anyone to further her own ends—and recognizes, perhaps too late, her own complicity in the disaster that takes shape around them. “A captivating story about a teenager’s struggle to be accepted by her peers. . . . The story is more than believable—it simply comes alive. The book perfectly captures the free-spirited attitude of the decade and the curiosity of adolescence.”—Tampa Tribune “McLain compels as she excavates two tragedies.” —Chicago Sun-Times