Miss Iceland - formato ePub

La mejor escritora nórdica actual, con más dediez premios literarios yun millón de lectores, regresa con «una novela deliciosa y pícara sobre elsentido de la existencia» (Elle)Descendiente de un linaje...

La novela islandesa que conquistó el mundo,galardonada con elFjöruverdlaunAward por «el atractivo de sus múltiples capas de significado y su creación de un nuevo paradigma masculino», el Page desLibraires,...

Novela ganadora del XXVI Premio San Clemente Rosalía-Abanca, el Premio de los Libreros de Islandia y del Premio Médicis étrangerPor la autora que conquistó a un millón de lectores en el mundo, traducida...

Vuelve la autora que conquistó el mundo con Rosa candida. Ganadora del Premio Islandés de Literatura y del Premio de Literatura del Consejo Nórdico.«Novela moderna, esencialmente nórdica, que leemos...

El mejor libro de la autora islandesa que conquistó el mundo con el éxito de sus novelas Rosa candida y La mujer es una isla.«Tú serás la última mujer de mi vida.»Esta es la confesión que escucha María...

"A beautiful, luminous novel that goes straight to the heart of life" Rebecca Wait, author of I'm Sorry You Feel That Way"Charming, funny and deeply wise... brought me nose to nose with the earthy, transcendent...

A funny, wistful and utterly beguiling novel about a man whose life is falling apart, and how he learns to put it back togetherJÓNAS FEELS LIKE HIS LIFE IS OVER.His wife has left him, his mother is slipping...

'A potent, atmospheric story of creative frustration and fulfilment. I loved the wry, tender voice of Ólafsdóttir's narrator. I'm now going to read all of her other novels' Megan Hunter, author of The...

A hilarious and moving road trip around Iceland in an old car, told by a recently divorced woman with a five year-old boy 'on loan' After a day of being dumped - twice - and accidentally killing a goose,...

Islàndia, l'ofici de llevadora, un huracà hivernal que s'acosta i una tia-àvia brodadora i filòsofa: són els ingredients d'una novel·la plena de gràcia i llibertat.La protagonista d'aquesta novel·la ha...

Souvent aux beaux jours, Ágústína grimpe sur les hauteurs du village pour s’allonger dans le carré de rhubarbe sauvage, à méditer sur Dieu, la beauté des nombres, le chaos du monde et ses jambes de coton....

Jónas Ebeneser, quarante-neuf ans, divorcé, n’a qu’une passion : restaurer, retaper, réparer. Mais le bricoleur connaît une crise profonde. Sans plus de réconfort à attendre des trois Guðrún de sa vie...

Le jeune Arnljótur va quitter la maison, son frère jumeau autiste, son vieux père octogénaire, et les paysages crépusculaires de laves couvertes de lichens. Sa mère a eu un accident de voiture. Mourante...

Issue d’une lignée de sages-femmes, Dýja est à son tour « mère de la lumière ». Ses parents dirigent des pompes funèbres, sa sœur est météorologue : naître, mourir, et au milieu quelques tempêtes. Alors...

Alba voyage aux quatre coins du monde pour des colloques sur les langues en voie d’extinction. De retour à Reykjavík, elle fait le compte : pour compenser son empreinte carbone, il lui faudrait planter...

Islande, 1963. Hekla, vingt et un ans, quitte la ferme de ses parents et prend le car pour Reykjavík. Il est temps d’accomplir son destin: elle sera écrivain. Sauf qu’à la capitale, on la verrait plutôt...

La luz es peligrosa y temible; la oscuridad significa calma, paz, tranquilidad…, Shiro lo sabe mejor que nadie. La luz es sinónimo de hikaris. Los demonios del pasado campan a sus anchas bajo ella y,...

Emma is a comic novel by Jane Austen, first published in December 1815, about the perils of misconstrued romance. The main character, Emma Woodhouse, is described in the opening paragraph as "handsome,...

-THE DOUBLE- centers on a government clerk who goes mad. It deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, who repeatedly encounters someone who is his...

NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES 'Clavell never puts a foot wrong . . . Get it, read it, you'll enjoy it mightily' DAILY MIRRORThis is James Clavell's tour-de-force; an epic saga of one Pilot-Major John Blackthorne,...

'Truly unnerving' Jane Bailey'I raced through it in little more than a single session' 5* Reader Review They said a mother knows best and I believed them. Was I wrong? It is supposed to be a dream. James...

Upon being arrested for the gruesome murder of her father, all college student Kanna Hijiriyama tells the police is, "It's up to you to find the motive." Amidst the media frenzy about the woman "too beautiful...

17. yüzyıl İspanya'sında edebiyat düşkünü bir maceraperest; günümüzdeyse klasikleşmiş bir yazar: Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra. İspanyol donanmasına katılıp Kıbrıs'ta, İnebahtı'da, Tunus'ta, Navarin'de...

Agatha Christie meets Julie Caplin in this exciting new cosy crime series that captures the glamour of the 1930s with the gorgeous escapist destinations! November 1930....

*A Short History of the Apocalypse: your comprehensive guide to the challenges of Armageddon*Join Frankie Boyle (Saturday Night Swindle; Celebrity Vengeance) and Charlie Skelton (head writer: Ad Naseum;...

She'll save Christmas just to spite him...There's only one thing standing in the way of Cat King saving a small town's Christmas festival: Grumpy town manager Noah Yates.Single dad Noah takes his responsibilities...

If you were given the opportunity to disappear and start your life again, would you take it?Paris 1933. Four people's lives are dramatically torn apart by a single terrifying event. Two days before Christmas...

A child who will be named Johannes is born. An old man named Johannes dies. Between these two points, Jon Fosse gives us the details of an entire life, starkly compressed. Beginning with Johannes's father's...

'This sleek ride of a novel further cements Phillips's position as one of our most profound writers of speculative fiction.' New York Times In a hot and gritty city populated by super-intelligent robots...

ONE WAY IN. NO WAY OUT.'Deaf teenager goes missing in Esseberg. Mountain rescue are launching a search party but conditions hinder their efforts. The tunnel is being kept open all night as an exception.'When...

'Once I started I just did not want to stop. So atmospheric and written in such a way I felt like I was truly there transported back in time living it all... A highly thrilling, fast paced and totally...

AN IMPOSSIBLE LOVE. AN ENCHANGED LEGACY. A DANGEROUS DISCOVERY.The stunning conclusion to Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling What the River Knows. A lush immersive historical fantasy set in Egypt...

THERE'S A PUZZLING MYSTERY WHEN A BELOVED PUB BURNS DOWN...BUT LIBBY SARJEANT IS ON THE CASE.After learning of a suspicious attempt to burn down a beloved old pub, The Crooked Horse, amateur detective...

THE PITCH-BLACK REDISCOVERED CLASSIC OF 2024 From the Booker-shortlisted author of Great Granny Webster, this twisted modern classic is perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Celia Dale. 'One of the...

The first book in the New York Times bestselling series with over ten million copies in print! ‘Terrifyingly fun! Max Brallier’s The Last Kids on Earth delivers big thrills...

WHAT YOU WERE FIGHTING FOR is a wonderful collection of short stories that provokes the mind with its weird and intriguing tales. We catch glimpses of worlds that are similar to our own, but always different...

'OMG this book is so tense! I couldn't stop reading!' Lauren North'Totally gripping . . . I absolutely loved it!' Lisa Timoney A twisty, addictive page-turner about marriage, secrets and betrayal - perfect...

In this smart and swoony adventure rom-com, a journalist and a movie star find themselves teaming up to cover up a murder... What could possibly go wrong?When freelance journalist Khin Haymar is assigned...

A cold case returns to haunt Blix, as a cold-blooded killer taunts him with evidence of further victims, while Ramm investigates a murder with no body… Blockbuster, explosive Nordic Noir.`Contemporary...

'So much fun!' KATIE FFORDEIla has her pride. And she's about to discover just how much trouble that can be... It's 1976 and in the Vile Parle suburb of Mumbai, bastion of the Maharashtrian middle-class,...

Christmas is just around the corner, and Ronja and Melissa's father is out of work. When ten-year-old Ronja hears about a job selling Christmas trees, she thinks it might be the stroke of luck they all...

A new job. A new home. A new start.It's all Anna wants.But in a closed rural community, strange traditions and a suspicion of outsiders mean everything is not as it seems. Three teenage girls have vanished...

Follow the bank of the Koitogawa river until you reach the beach. From there a path of white seashells will lead you to the Chibineko Kitchen. Step inside, they'll be expecting you. These are the directions...

On a cold winter evening in a secluded fjord in Iceland, a neighbour visits the house of a family that has not been seen in a week. No one comes to the door when he knocks. After breaking down the back...

THE BRAND NEW FESTIVE ROMANCE FROM ISLA GORDONSIX PASSENGERS . . . When six ex-friends are invited to a winter wedding in Canada, the last thing they want is a reunion. But bride-to-be Bryn is desperate,...

Anna is on the brink of losing it all when she is handed the career opportunity of a lifetime - working as a ghostwriter for charismatic neuroscientist Nate. Nate's work at the mysterious Pain Laboratory...