Best Italian Language Fiction

"Wonder" è la storia di Auggie, nato con una tremenda deformazione facciale, che, dopo anni passati protetto dalla sua famiglia per la prima volta affronta il mondo della scuola. Il libro è diviso in otto parti, ciascuna raccontata da un personaggio e introdotta da una canzone (o da una citazione) che gli fa da sfondo e da colonna sonora, creando una polifonia di suoni, sentimenti ed emozioni.

L'esordio di Omar El Akkad, «intenso e terrificante» come lo ha definito il Washington Post, ci mostra un futuro molto vicino, un paesaggio immaginato eppure sempre più realistico, lo scatto vivido, inquietante, di cosa potrebbe accadere se gli Stati Uniti usassero su se stessi le loro devastanti politiche, contro gli americani le armi dei loro eserciti. Set in in 2075, Omar El Akkad's debut presents a fractured and frightening America, where the sun burns hot and the country has turned into war zones and refugee camps. Over the course of two decades, Akkad traces the fate of the Chestnut family, who flee their home in the south and spend the better part of their lives in a sprawling, impoverished encampment. What was safety, anyway, but the sound of a bomb falling on someone else’s home?” Albert Gaines, a radicalized Southerner, takes Sarat under his wing, equipping her with the fervor and tactics needed to win the war. Written with precise care for the fictional truth—news articles, press releases, and oral histories emerge throughout – the book sounds a warning blast. --Al Woodworth, The Amazon Book Review Shortlisted for the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize " American War is an extraordinary novel. El Akkad's story of a family caught up in the collapse of an empire is as harrowing as it is brilliant, and has an air of terrible relevance in these partisan times." El Akkad's formidable talent is to offer up a stinging rebuke of the distance with which the United States sometimes views current disasters, which are always happening somewhere else. "This is not a comforting political message for Americans, whose homeland has largely remained free of the chaos and bloodshed experienced by other nations in the modern age. "El Akkad demonstrates a profound understanding of the corrosive culture of civil war, the offenses that give rise to new hypocrisies and mythologies, translating terrorists into martyrs and acts of despair into feats of heroism." His imagined speeches, transcripts, history-book passages, censored letters and news stories feel accurate while highlighting institutional deceptions and omissions." Omar El Akkad has created a novel that isn’t afraid to be a pleasurable yarn as it delves into the hidden currents of American culture and extrapolates from them to envision a deeply tragic potential future.” —David Means, author of Hystopia “Omar El Akkad’s urgent debut transmutes our society’s current dysfunction into a terrifying yet eerily recognizable future, where contemporary global and local conflicts have wreaked havoc on American soil. Their resilience, savagery, and humanity serve both as a portrait of who we are but also what we might very well become.” —Elliot Ackerman, author of Dark at the Crossing “Omar El Akkad has created an American future that is both terrifying and plausible.

Finché un giorno, poco prima del suo undicesimo compleanno, riceve una misteriosa lettera che gli rivela la sua vera natura: Harry è un mago e la Scuola di Magia e Stregoneria di Hogwarts è pronta ad accoglierlo...

Un grande thriller. Tra John Le Carré e John Grisham. Un romanzo di spionaggio irresistibile Il giornalista Philip Mangan è costretto a nascondersi da quando gli agenti cinesi hanno scoperto che è una spia del governo britannico. -- Kirkus (starred review) on Spy Games ''Brookes shows that his impressive debut was no fluke, and readers will look forward to Mangan's next adventure.''.

Eppure, ora che Bella ha preso la sua decisione, sta per scatenarsi una sorprendente catena di eventi che cambieranno per sempre la vita di tutti coloro che la circondano.

«Доктор Живаго» — итоговое произведение Бориса Пастернака, книга всей его жизни.

Er stürzt von einem Abenteuer in die nächste ungeheuerliche Geschichte, muss gegen Bestien, Mitschüler und Fabelwesen kämpfen.

Harry vive con sus horribles tíos y el insoportable primo Dudley, hasta que su ingreso en el Colegio Hogwarts de Magia y Hechicería cambia su vida para siempre.

《陆犯焉识》内容简介：陆焉识本是上海大户人家才子+公子型的少爷，聪慧而倜傥，会多国语言，也会讨女人喜欢。父亲去世后，年轻无嗣的继母冯仪芳为了巩固其在家族中的地位，软硬兼施地使他娶了自己的娘家侄女冯婉喻。没有爱情的陆焉识很快出国留学，在美国华盛顿毫无愧意地过了几年花花公子的自由生活。毕业回国后的陆焉识博士开始了风流得意的大学教授生活，也开始了在风情而精明的继母和温婉而坚韧的妻子夹缝间尴尬的家庭生活。. 五十年代，陆焉识因其出身、更因其不谙世事的张扬激越而成为"”反革命“”， 在历次运动中，其迂腐可笑的书生气使他的刑期一次次延长，直至被判为无期。这位智商超群的留美博士由此揣着极高的学识在西北大荒草漠上改造了二十年。精神的匮乏、政治的严苛、犯人间的相互围猎与倾轧，终使他身上满布的旧时代文人华贵的自尊凋谢成一地碎片。枯寂中对繁华半生的反刍，使他确认了内心对婉喻的深爱。婉喻曾是他寡味的开端，却在回忆里成为他完美的归宿。. “文革”“结束后，饱经思念的陆焉识和冯婉喻终于可以团聚，然而回到上海家中的陆焉识却发现岁月和政治彻底改变了他的生活，他再也找不到自己存在的位置：一生沉沦、终成俗庸小市民的儿子一直排斥和利用他，才貌俱佳、终成大龄剩女的小女儿对他爱怨纠结，态度几经转变，唯一苦苦等待他归来的婉喻却在他到家前突然失忆。.

Na de Rus kwamen de Chinezen, die het café en de snackbar. in het dorp overnamen, daarna volgde de rest van de wereld. Het verzet bestaat uit het beschimpen van de Chinezen en de aanschaf van meer bewakingscamera's.

ロンドン郊外の、どこにでもありそうな平凡な街角、ある晩不思議なことがおこる。そして額に稲妻形の傷跡を持つ赤ん坊が、一軒の家の前にそっと置かれる。この家の平凡なマグルのおじ、おばに育てられ、同い年のいとこにいじめられながら、その子、ハリー・ポッターは何も知らずに11歳の誕生日を迎える。突然その誕生日に手紙が届く。魔法学校への入学許可証だった。キングズ・クロス駅の９と３／４番線から魔法学校行きの汽車が出る。ハリーを待ち受けていたのは、夢と、冒険、友情、そして自分の生い立ちをめぐるミステリー。ハリーはなぜ魔法界で知らぬものが無いほど有名なのか？ 額の傷跡は？ 自分でも気づかなかった魔法の力が次々と引き出されてゆく。そして邪悪な魔法使いヴォルデモートとの運命の対決。.

Le jour de ses onze ans, Harry Potter, un orphelin élevé par un oncle et une tante qui le détestent, voit son existence bouleversée. Lus et aimés dans le monde entier, les sept romans ont été traduits dans 79 langues, vendus à plus de 450 millions d'exemplaires, couronnés de nombreux prix littéraires et adaptés en 8 films à succès. J.K. Rowling a également publié trois ouvrages dans l'univers de Harry Potter, dont les droits d'auteur sont reversés à des uvres de bienfaisance : Le Quidditch à travers les âges, Les Animaux fantastiques, et Les Contes de Beedle le Barde.

As belas lições que Santiago aprende pelo caminho nos falam da sabedoria de ouvir o que diz nosso coração, ler os sinais com que deparamos ao longo da vida e, acima de tudo, seguir os nossos sonhos.

One morning a wealthy old woman in her street is found murdered and soon Emma finds herself wrapped in a mystery uncovering the island's dark secrets reaching all the way into her own family. - Goodreads review 'These books are easy to read and I found it difficult to put them down once I started reading them' - Kindle review 'This series, the 'Emma Frost' series, keeps me coming back for more.'. - Goodreadsreview 'I'm so wrapped up in the characters I can not wait for the next book.You can not put them down, once you start reading them.'. This series is much like my Rebekka Franck series and takes also place in my homeland Denmark.