Husband and Wife

Als Iris auf Eitan trifft, glaubt sie, alles hinter sich lassen zu können: Die Schmerzen, ihr festgefahrenes Leben, den soliden, aber harmlosen Ehemann. Doch kann die Liebe alte Wunden heilen? Kann man noch einmal von vorn anfangen?

Bilbo Baggins is a hobbit who enjoys a comfortable, unambitious life, rarely travelling further than the pantry of his hobbit-hole in Bag End. But his contentment is disturbed when the wizard, Gandalf, and a company of 13 dwarves arrive on his doorstep one day to whisk him away on an unexpected journey ‘there and back again’. They have a plot to raid the treasure hoard of Smaug the Magnificent, a large and very dangerous dragon.

A contemporary classic, The Remains of the Day is Kazuo Ishiguro's beautiful and haunting evocation of life between the wars in a Great English House. In the summer of 1956, Stevens, the ageing butler of Darlington Hall, embarks on a leisurely holiday that will take him deep into the countryside – and into his past.

The Man Booker International Prize, 2016. Before the nightmares began, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary, controlled life. But the dreams - invasive images of blood and brutality - torture her, driving Yeong-hye to purge her mind and renounce eating meat altogether. It's a small act of independence, but it interrupts her marriage and sets into motion an increasingly grotesque chain of events at home.

Sie gilt als das bestgehütete Geheimnis der amerikanischen Literatur. Lucia Berlin ist die Wiederentdeckung des Jahres und wird verglichen mit Raymond Carver, Richard Yates oder Grace Paley. Ihre Stories zeugen von einem unsteten Leben voller Brüche. Es sind Frauen wie sie, deren Schicksal sie festhält: Alleinerziehende Mütter, Alkoholikerinnen auf Entzug, Haushaltshilfen, Krankenschwestern und Sekretärinnen.