«Memories of the Future»: a book that makes you travel through the intricate web of the brain, memory and reality . Superlative.
As she listens to Lucy through the thin walls of her dilapidated building, S.H., aka “Minnesota,” transcribes her neighbor’s bizarre and increasingly ominous monologues in a notebook. Along with sundry other adventures. Until one frightening […]
«The Glovemaker»: Ann Weisberger combines the deep questions of faith, religion and spirituality with a thriller and mystery.
In the inhospitable lands of the Utah Territory, during the winter of 1888, thirty-seven-year-old Deborah Tyler waits for her husband, Samuel, to return home from his travels as a wheelwright. It is now the depths of winter. Samuel is […]
«What I Loved». A love story with the grip and suspense of a thriller, with a peculiar mixture of stoicism and wonder.
This is the story of two men who first become friends in 1970s New York. Of the women in their lives, of their sons, born the same year. And of how relations between the […]
«Accabadora»: una Sardegna diversa da quella fatta di lustrini e paillettes creatasi nell’immaginario collettivo.
La Sardegna degli anni Cinquanta è un mondo antico sull’orlo del precipizio. Maria ha sei anni ed è appena diventata «figlia d’anima» dell’anziana Bonaria Urrai. Secondo l’uso campidanese che consente alle famiglie numerose di compensarele sterilità altrui attraverso una adozione sulla parola. Il patto […]
The Fall of Gondolin: Great book from a brilliant author, J.R.R. Tolkien
In the Tale of The Fall of Gondolin are two of the greatest powers in the world. There is Morgoth of the uttermost evil, unseen in this story but ruling over a vast military power from his fortress of Angband. Deeply opposed to Morgoth is […]
«Plainsong»: the fist book of the new trilogy by Kent Haruf. Magnificent and mesmerising.
A heartstrong story of family and romance, tribulation and tenacity, set on the High Plains east of Denver.
In the small town of Holt, Colorado, a high school teacher is confronted with raising his two boys alone. After their mother retreats first to […]
«The Accidental Further Adventures of the hundred-year-old Man». He is back! Even older. Even funnier! By Jonas Jonasson
The hysterical, clever, and unforgettable sequel to Jonas Jonasson’s international bestseller. «The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared».
What’s next for Allan Karlsson? Turns out this centenarian has a few more adventures in store . […]
«The Bookshop» by Penelope Fitzgerald: A town that lacks a bookshop isn’t always a town that wants one.
In 1959 Florence Green, a kindhearted widow with a small inheritance, risks everything to open a bookshop. The only bookshop – in the seaside town of Hardborough. By making a success of a business so impractical, she invites […]
«Camino Island»: the new book by John Grisham, the best thriller writer alive.
Camino Island és alhora una lectura de platja i una novel·la negre per als amants del genero. Comença amb un atrac literari i acabant amb un duel entre una dona i un terrible criminal. L’atrac més important de la història de la literatura […]
