Contemporary Fiction

Andrew Yancy—late of the Miami Police and soon-to-be-late of the Monroe County sheriff’s office—has a human arm in his freezer. There’s a logical (Hiaasenian) explanation for that, but not for how and why it parted from its shadowy owner....

The quiet 1960s midwestern life of the Land family is upended when son Davy kills two marauders who have come to harm the family. The morning of his sentencing, Davy escapes from his cell....

When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules - a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well....

The Bluest Eye, published in 1970, is the first novel written by Toni Morrison, winner of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Literature.....

A riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives....

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he'll be reunited with his loved ones after death in an eternal hereafter....

STOP. You should not have touched this flyer with your bare hands. NO, don't put it down. It's too late. They're watching you. My name is David Wong. My best friend is John....

McMillan revisits Savannah, Gloria, Bernadine, and Robin fifteen years later....

The New York Times best-selling novel from Garth Stein - a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope - a captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life...as only a dog could tell it....

Charlie Asher has been recruited for a new job, an unpleasant but utterly necessary one: Death....

In I Almost Forgot About You, Dr. Georgia Young's wonderful life--great friends, family, and successful career--aren't enough to keep her from feeling stuck and restless. When she decides to make some major changes in her life, including quitting her job as an optometrist and moving house....

Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and is imprisoned....

A week on an island sounds like the stuff of beach dreams, but for Paisley Royce, it's a nightmare. Her little sister is marrying her ex-college sweetheart, and Paisley is serving as maid of honor. To add insult to injury, nobody will let Paisley forget she's single.

When Esther Greenwood wins an internship at a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer....

In what is widely hailed as the best of his many novels, Charles Bukowski details the long, lonely years of his own hardscrabble youth in the raw voice of alter ego Henry Chinaski....

The 2:00 a.m. call is the first time Lexie Vidler has heard her sister's voice in years. Annie is a drug addict, a thief, a liar - and in trouble, again....

16-årige, Starr, er eneste vidne til, at hendes ubevæbnede ven, Khalil, bliver skudt og dræbt af en hvid politimand. Indtil nu har Starr balanceret...

Brooklyn Melody James has finally gotten the punishment she deserves after leaving a web of lies, heartache, and betrayal behind her. As her life slips away, Brooklyn remembers the events that shaped her into the cold, calculating creature she became....

The plot centres round Miss Barbara Buncle, a maiden lady who was obliged to write a book because – as she naively explained – her dividends were so poor....

As a teenage runaway and child of an addict, Christy-Lynn learned the hard way that no address was permanent, and no promise sacred. For a while, she found a safe haven in her marriage to bestselling crime novelist Stephen Ludlow - until his car skidded into Echo Bay....

The Whitshanks are one of those families that radiate togetherness: an indefinable, enviable kind of specialness. But they are also like all families....

After losing her sister in a devastating car accident, chef Quinn Weller is finally getting her life back on track....

It is the early 1960s in a country village in Ireland. Caithleen Brady and her attractive friend, Baba, are on the verge of womanhood and dreaming of spreading their wings....

Sully is staring down a VA cardiologist's estimate that he has only a year or two left, and it's hard work trying to keep this news from the most important people in his life....

Astrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her luminous beauty...

Rarely has an Evangelical upbringing been depicted with the relentless honesty, wide-ranging empathy, and Superbad-meets-Siddhartha playfulness of USA Today best-seller HELL IS A WORLD WITHOUT YOU. During the time of Pizza Hut buffets, 9/11, and all-night Mario Kart parties, a grieving teenager faces a mortal crossroads: fire-and-brimstone certainty vs. forbidden love. And whether or not you’ve ever begged God to delay the Rapture (so you could have time to lose your virginity), that kid’s story is about you.

Charming and heroic, there’s nothing about Gabriel Woodruff that Avery Burke doesn’t love. His warm brown eyes, his generosity, that small scar above his lip. The newspaper photo of him carrying her from a burning home only adds to the romance of it all. A fairytale beginning and a picture-perfect marriage practically guarantees Avery and Gabriel a ride into the sunset. But every relationship has flaws, and what they ignored while they were busy being flawless eventually surfaces. The unraveling begins with the smallest tug on the tiniest string.

「すみれがぼくにとってどれほど大事な、かけがえのない存在であったかということが、あらためて理解できた。すみれは彼女にしかできないやりかたで、ぼくをこの世につなぎ止めていたのだ」　「旅の連れ」という皮肉な名を持つ孤独な人工衛星のように、誰もが皆それぞれの軌道を描き続ける。

Quels secrets cache l’ombre du jacaranda, l’arbre fétiche de Stella ? Il faudra à son ami Milan des années pour le découvrir. Des années pour percer les silences du Rwanda, dévasté après le génocide des Tutsi. En rendant leur parole aux disparus, les jeunes gens échapperont à la solitude. Et trouveront la paix près des rivages magnifiques du lac Kivu. Sur quatre générations, avec sa douceur unique, Gaël Faye nous raconte l’histoire terrible d’un pays qui s’essaie malgré tout au dialogue et au pardon. Comme un arbre se dresse entre ténèbres et lumière, Jacaranda célèbre l’humanité, paradoxale, aimante, vivante.

Was aussieht wie Magie ist einfach ein Teil des Lebens, den wir noch nicht verstehen ... Als Grace, eine pensionierte Mathematiklehrerin, von einer fast vergessenen Freundin ein heruntergekommenes Häuschen auf einer Mittelmeerinsel erbt, siegt ihre Neugier. Ohne Rückflugticket, Reiseführer oder einen Plan fliegt sie nach Ibiza. Zwischen den rauen Hügellandschaften und goldenen Stränden der Insel macht Grace sich auf die Suche nach Antworten über das Leben ihrer Freundin – und das Rätsel ihres Todes.

Provokant, radikal und eine erzählerische Ausnahmeerscheinung. Am Ende bleibt die Frage: Was ist ein Menschenleben wert? Gaea Schoetersʼ preisgekrönter Roman ist von einer außerordentlichen erzählerischen Wucht. Die Tiefenschärfe, mit der sie die Geräusche und Gerüche der Natur beschreibt, lässt einen sinnlich erleben, was einen moralisch an die Grenzen zwischen Richtig und Falsch führt. Hunter, steinreich, Amerikaner und begeisterter Jäger, hatte schon fast alles vor dem Lauf. Endlich bietet ihm sein Freund Van Heeren ein Nashorn zum Abschuss an.

A soli ventidue anni, Grace Allen si è posta un obiettivo ambizioso: affrontare il suo passato traumatico e superare ogni timore, decidendo così di prendere in mano le redini della sua vita. In questo percorso di rinascita, il destino le presenta Samuel Callaghan. Con una corporatura intimidatoria, un corpo ricoperto di tatuaggi, otto anni in più di lei e la responsabilità di una sorellina affidata alle sue cure, Cal è decisamente una sorpresa inaspettata. Nonostante le differenze evidenti, Grace si trova ad affezionarsi a Cal con sorprendente facilità.

" Sur Instagram, elle est suivie par plus de sept cent trente mille personnes. Dont moi. Je connaissais Lou par coeur - et pourtant je ne l'avais jamais rencontrée. " Sur les réseaux sociaux, Lou est la reine de son univers. Suivie et adulée, tout lui réussit. Diane l'observe à distance, comme les autres, peut-être davantage. Jusqu'à ce qu'une relation complexe se noue entre les deux jeunes femmes, dans l'inconscience du drame qui se prépare. Avec ce premier roman, Camille Yolaine livre un conte cruel sur les jeux d'influence en amitié et sur les réseaux sociaux, où l'admiration n'est que la face cachée de la jalousie.

大学院を卒業後、新卒で入社した会社を春指みなとは九ヶ月で辞めた。所属していた総務二課は、社員の意識向上と企業風土の改善を標榜していたが、朝礼で発表された社員の「気づき」を文字に起こし、社員の意識調査のアンケートを「正の字」で集計するという日々の仕事は、不要で無意味に感じられた。部署の飲み会、上司への気遣い、上辺だけの人間関係──あらゆることに限界が来たとき、職場のトイレから出られなくなったのだ。

平成３年に発生した誘拐事件から30年。当時警察担当だった新聞記者の門田は、旧知の刑事の死をきっかけに被害男児の「今」を知る。再取材を重ねた結果、ある写実画家の存在が浮かび上がる。

その年の七月、丸田君はスマホに奇妙なメッセージを受け取った。現実に起こりうるはずのない言い掛かりのような予言で、彼にはまったく身におぼえがなかった。

第４５回野間文芸新人賞受賞作　疾走する想像力で注目を集める新芥川賞作家が描く、馬と人類の壮大な歴史をめぐる物語。

Uno strappo che sembrava impossibile da ricucire, una famiglia che nel corso degli anni ritrova la strada nella forza dei legami. Ci sono libri che ti entrano dentro, che ti accompagnano per mano nella vita di tutti i giorni. È ciò che succede con l'esordio magnetico di Roberta Recchia, una storia da cui non ci si stacca, con protagonisti vivi, autentici. Come Marisa e Stelvio Ansaldo, che nella Roma degli anni Cinquanta si innamorano nella bottega del sor Ettore, il padre di lei.

Morir es tan difícil como inevitable. También para los que sobreviven. El primer día que tuve que limpiarle el culo a mi padre, me mentí diciéndome que era igual que cuando se lo limpiaba a mi hijo: venga, Carmen, que es lo mismo; va, Carmen, que es tu padre; venga, mujer, que ese hombre te limpió el culo a ti. Me lo repetía como quien está a punto de correr para darse impulso y saltar. Es lo mismo, Carmen. Hazlo ya. Pero no. No es lo mismo. Si Pedro Simón fuera un panadero, diríamos que la masa madre de sus novelas son las relaciones familiares.

著者累計90万部突破！青春小説の人気No.1作家が贈る完全書き下ろし！孤独な少女が、幼い頃から繰り返し見る夢。そこに隠された真実とはいったい……!?汐見夏衛史上、最も切なく、最も温かい！愛する人へつなぐ命の物語。

" J'ai souvent touché le fond, sauf qu'à chaque tasse bue, je remonte plus vite qu'une torpille. Renié par ma mère pour anormalité physique, je me réinvente au gré de mes joies. J'aime rire, déconner, me faire mousser et rêver de sacres improbables. J'ai appris une chose dans la vie - pour se dépasser, il faut savoir prendre son pied là où l'on traîne l'autre. Même avec des béquilles ou avec des prothèses, je continuerai de marcher dans les pas du temps en randonneur subjugué. Je ne lâche rien. "

高校入学を機に、琵琶湖畔の街・石走にある日出本家にやって来た日出涼介。本家の跡継ぎとしてお城の本丸御殿に住まう淡十郎の“ナチュラルボーン殿様”な言動にふりまわされる日々が始まった。

大手出版社の文芸編集者・俊太郎と、華々しいデビューを飾ったものの鳴かず飛ばずの作家・豊隆は幼馴染みだった。いつか仕事を。

秋山菜々子は、神奈川で看護師をしながら一人息子の航太郎を育てていた。湘南のシニアリーグで活躍する航太郎には関東一円からスカウトが来ていたが、選び取ったのはとある大阪の新興校だった。

Periferia di Roma, venerdì 29 novembre 1991. Andrea ha quindici anni e sua madre lo accompagna per l'ultima volta a vedere il padre, o meglio ciò che resta di quell'uomo che da tempo li ha abbandonati per andare a vivere con un'altra donna e che adesso un cancro si sta finendo di mangiare, questione di poche ore. Scenario di questo incontro totalmente asimmetrico, giacché il padre non ha più le forze per guardare il figlio né rispondere alle sue domande, è "la fattoria", come la chiama Andrea, la casa che gli uomini della sua famiglia hanno tirato su con le proprie mani, sacco di cemento dopo sacco di cemento.

共感&感動! 30秒で泣ける、切ない恋の超短編　140字で綴られる、恋の始まりと終わり――。(以下、本文『後悔しないように』引用)

Ci sono paesi in cui i libri sono nell’aria, le parole dei romanzi e delle poesie appartengono a tutti e i nomi dei nuovi nati suggeriscono sogni e promesse. Timpamara è un paese così, almeno da quando, tanti anni fa, vi si è installata la più antica cartiera calabrese, a cui si è aggiunto poco dopo il maceratoio. E di Timpamara Astolfo Malinverno è il bibliotecario: oltre ai normali impegni del suo ruolo, di tanto in tanto passa dal macero, al ritmo della sua zoppia, per recuperare i libri che possono tornare in circolazione.

"Papá acaba de matar a mamá". Tras la conmoción por la inaudita noticia que le dio su hermana, el primogénito alerta a la policía y toma el primer tren. Atenazado por el remordimiento por haberse ido a la capital a estudiar danza y haber dejado a la pequeña Léa con sus inestables padres, una vez en casa se topa con la dura realidad: policías, el cuerpo de su madre, su padre fugitivo y su hermana traumatizada. Tras el shock, el hijo retrocede en el tiempo para intentar indagar cómo terminaron en esta pesadilla. Las señales estaban ahí, pero nadie quiso verlas.

Eine Mutter, die mit verführerischer Sogwirkung schwarzsieht. Ein Vater, der mit Nebelkerzen wirft, wenn er von sich erzählen soll. Und ein vermeintliches Unglückshaus, das es endlich zu verlassen gilt. Miriam Böttgers aberwitziger, tragikomischer und abgründiger Roman für alle, die sich auch mit ihrer Familie herumschlagen. "Eigentlich ist jede Familie eine Sekte für sich, mit irgendeiner speziellen Idee oder Wahnvorstellung, um die alles kreist", grübelt die Ich-Erzählerin in Miriam Böttgers Roman.

Mas è un volontario italiano responsabile di una ONG che opera da diversi anni in Mali, nell'Africa Subsahariana. In quei luoghi ha avviato con successo diversi programmi di sviluppo, con lo scopo di consentire una vita dignitosa agli abitanti dei tanti villaggi. I progetti della ONG di Mas sembrano andare bene all'inizio e lui, giovane ed entusiasta, commette l'imperdonabile errore di promettere... Mai promettere, soprattutto in Africa, dove tutto da un momento all'altro può improvvisamente cambiare. Infatti, tornando in Italia, Mas scopre che la sua ONG è vittima di una insensata impasse burocratica.