roman Udgivelsesår: 2000 Sider: 362 Sprog: Dansk
This is a story of Simone, a judge with a husband on the brink of bankruptcy and breakdown. Simone struggles to shield her children from the chaos, then one day she receives a letter from someone she has tried to forget but who hasn't forgotten her Titel: Your blue-eyed boy Forfatter: Helen Dunmore Forlag: Penguin Books Udgivelsesår: 1998 Sider: 251 Sprog: Engelsk
Et tilsyneladende banalt rovmord viser sig at have forbindelse med både nære slægtninge og hemmeligheder fra den spanske borgerkrig Titel: Hånd i handske Genre: Krimi Sammendrag: Charlotte Ladram lever et tilbagetrukket liv, som stemmer godt overens med hendes lidt generte og forsigtige personlighed. Og da hendes gamle tante, den enlige og temmelig velstående Beatrix Abberley, bliver fundet død efter et natligt indbrud, stiller hun hurtigt tilfreds med politiets første mistanke. Alle beviser peger tilsyneladende på en moralsk anløben antikvitetshandler, som har været lidt for ivrig efter at få fingre i den gamle dames klenodier. Men Beatrix havde andet og mere end fine antikviteter i sine gemmer. Det opdager Charlotte, da hun af en charmerende amerikansk litteraturforsker bliver bedt om at finde frem til et sæt breve, som Beatrix skulle have modtaget fra sin længst afdøde bror, den berøm
A Novel On Brazzaville Beach, on the edge of Africa, Hope Clearwater examines the complex circumstances that brought her there. Sifting the details for evidence of her own innocence or guilt, she tells her engrossing story with a blunt and beguiling honesty that not only intrigues and disturbs but is also completely enthralling. Forfatter: William Boyd Forlag: Penguin Books Udgivelsesår: 1991 Sider: 398 Sprog: Engelsk
En beretning om fortællerens ungdom i Roskilde fra eksamenstiden i 2.g til afslutningen på studentereksamen, mens tvillingebroren, der døde ved fødslen, hele vejen er med som åndelig ballast Titel: Blå bror : roman Genre: Roman Sammendrag: En fanfare fra tresserne, fra Roskilde og omegn, en historie om at være ung og fast besluttet på at erobre hele verden, om store glæder og afgrundsdyb fortvivelse, om kærlighed og smerte, om smalfilm, galskab og poesi. Type: Paperback
In 1939, as Poland falls under the shadow of the Nazis and the world goes to war, young Alma Belasco's parents send her away to live in safety with an aunt and uncle in their opulent mansion in San Francisco. There she meets Ichimei Fukuda, the son of the family's Japanese gardener, and between them a tender love blossoms. Following Pearl Harbor, the two are cruelly pulled apart when Ichimei and his family - like thousands of Japanese Americans - are declared enemies by the US government and relocated to internment camps. Throughout their lifetimes, Alma and Ichimei reunite again and again, but theirs is a love they are forever forced to hide from the world. Decades later, Alma is nearing the end of her long and eventful life Forfatter: Isabel Allende Forlag: Scribner Udgivelsesår: 2015 Sider: 321 Sprog: Engelsk
A James Bond Novel It's 1969, and, having just celebrated his forty-fifth birthday, James Bond—British special agent 007—is summoned to headquarters to receive an unusual assignment. Zanzarim, a troubled West African nation, is being ravaged by a bitter civil war, and M directs Bond to quash the rebels threatening the established regime. Bond's arrival in Africa marks the start of a feverish mission to discover the forces behind this brutal war—and he soon realizes the situation is far from straightforward. Piece by piece, Bond uncovers the real cause of the violence in Zanzarim, revealing a twisting conspiracy that extends further than he ever imagined. Moving from rebel battlefields in West Africa to the closed doors of intelligence offices in London and Washington, this novel is at once a gripping thriller, a tensely plotted story full of memorable characters and breathtaking twists,
roman Titel: Soning : roman Forfatter: Ian McEwan Forlag: Gyldendals Bogklubber Udgivelsesår: 2003 Sider: 428 Sprog: Dansk
