Ergebnis für "Americana" in Belletristik

Ein wahrer Weltroman: Die einschneidende Liebesgeschichte von Ifemelu und Obinze zwischen drei Kontinenten. Chimamanda Adichie erzählt von der Liebe zwischen Ifemelu und Obinze, die im Nigeria der neunziger Jahre ihren Lauf nimmt. Dann trennen sich ihre Wege: Die selbstbewusste Ifemelu studiert in Princeton, Obinze strandet als illegaler Einwanderer in London. Nach Jahren stehen sie plötzlich vor einer Entscheidung, die ihr Leben auf den Kopf stellt. Adichie gelingt ein eindringlicher, moderner und hochpolitischer Roman über Identität und Rassismus in unserer globale Welt.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEY S WOMEN S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2014. From the award-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, a powerful story of love, race and identity. As teenagers in Lagos, Ifemelu and Obinze fall in love. Their Nigeria is under military dictatorship, and people are fleeing the...

""It began as a mistake."" By middle age, Henry Chinaski has lost more than twelve years of his life to the U.S. Postal Service. In a world where his three true, bitter pleasures are women, booze, and racetrack betting, he somehow drags his hangover out of bed every dawn to lug waterlogged...

David Bell embodies the American dream. He's twenty-eight, has survived office coups, scandals, and beaten lesser rivals, to become an extremely successful TV exec. The images that flicker across America's screens, the fantasies that enthrall viewers, they are of his making. But David's dream is...

At twenty-eight, David Bell is the American dream come true. He has fought his way to the top, surviving office purges and scandals to become a high-powered television executive. David’s world is made up of the images that flicker across America’s screens, the fantasies that enthrall...

Lydia Quijano Pérez vive en Acapulco, México, donde regenta una librería. Tiene un hijo de ocho años, Luca, el amor de su vida, y un maravilloso esposo que es periodista. Y aunque la situación en Acapulco comienza a agrietarse debido a los cárteles de la droga, Lydia lleva una vida confortable.

David Bell embodies the American dream. He's twenty-eight, has survived office coups, scandals, and beaten lesser rivals, to become an extremely successful TV exec. The images that flicker across America's screens, the fantasies that enthrall viewers, they are of his making. But David's dream is...

"En descendant de l'avion à Lagos, j'ai eu l'impression d'avoir cessé d'être noire." Ifemelu quitte le Nigeria pour aller faire ses études à Philadelphie. Jeune et inexpérimentée, elle laisse derrière elle son grand amour, Obinze, éternel admirateur de l'Amérique qui compte bien la rejoindre. Mais comment rester soi lorsqu'on change de continent, lorsque soudainement la couleur de votre peau prend un sens et une importance que vous ne lui aviez jamais donnés ?

L'affascinante David Bell incarna la realizzazione del sogno americano. Nonostante sia poco piú che ventenne è già manager di una grande rete televisiva. All'apice del successo il giovane trova però davanti a sé un vuoto insopportabile che lo spinge ad allontanarsi da Manhattan per intraprendere un viaggio nel cuore dell'America, a bordo di un vecchio camper e con la cinepresa sempre a disposizione, accompagnato da tre stravaganti soggetti.

10th ANNIVERSARY EDITION NATIONAL BESTSELLER A modern classic about star-crossed lovers that explores questions of race and being Black in America—and the search for what it means to call a place home. From the award-winning author of We Should All Be Feminists and Half of a Yellow...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER READ WITH JENNA’S MAY BOOK CLUB PICK From the award-winning author of Goodbye, Vitamin: How far would you go to shape your own destiny? An exhilarating novel of American identity that spans three generations in one family and asks: What makes us who we are?...

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick The beloved American classic about a young girl's coming-of-age at the turn of the twentieth century. From the moment she entered the world, Francie Nolan needed to be made of stern stuff, for growing up in the Williamsburg slums of Brooklyn, New York...

Tutti ammirano i Mulvaney, tutti li invidiano. Sono un clan chiassoso e allegro, una famiglia perfetta; la loro fattoria nel nord dello stato di New York è una casa da fiaba abitata da uno stuolo di cani, gatti, cavalli, mucche e pecore, sempre piena di amici e parenti. Michael, il padre, ha un'impresa edile ben avviata, è conosciuto, rispettato, membro orgoglioso del country club. Sua moglie Corinne è una donna "nervosamente allegra", visceralmente anticonformista, con una solida fede religiosa, la mente sempre in fermento, la passione per l'antiquariato e la politica.

By 1964, the great empires of Europe have not faded into history. They have expanded across the globe, carving the world into spheres of influence, colonial possessions, and rival imperial blocs. For decades, the United States has thrived by playing one empire against another, balancing ambition with diplomacy and avoiding a direct clash with the Old World powers. But when events spiral out of control, that delicate game collapses.

Presentando la prima edizione di questa raccolta, nel 1951, Italo Calvino scriveva: "Questo volume raccoglie tutti i saggi e gli articoli che Cesare Pavese ha pubblicato - o aveva scritto per pubblicare - dal 1930 al 1950, nei vent'anni cioè che racchiudono pure tutto il suo lavoro di poeta e di narratore.

One of Them’s 10 Most Anticipated Books of 2025 One of Book Riot’s and The Mary Sue’s 15 Most Anticipated Queer Books of 2025 One of The Millions’, Kirkus’s, and The AV Club's Most Anticipated Books of 2025 An unforgettable and heartwarming book-club debut following a trans...

Eric Packer is a twenty-eight-year-old multi-billionaire asset manager. We join him on what will become a particularly eventful April day in turn-of-the-twenty-first-century Manhattan. He's on a personal odyssey, to get a haircut. Sitting in his stretch limousine as it moves across town, he...

The locals in the southern Italian town where he lives call him Signor Farfalla - Mr. Butterfly - for he is a discreet gentleman who paints rare butterflies. His life is inconspicuous: mornings are spent brushing at a canvas, afternoons idling in the cafés, and evenings talking with his friend, the town priest, over a glass of brandy. Yet there are other sides to this gentleman’s life.... Part thriller, part character study, part drama of deceit and self-betrayal, The American shows Martin Booth at the very height of his powers.

Hundreds of people have gathered to watch the launching of the USS America - our newest and most sophisticated nuclear submarine. Then, the unthinkable happens. The experimental nuclear submarine is hijacked in broad daylight, and only Admiral Jake Grafton stands between the deadly cargo and its intended target: Washington D.C.

“Beautiful and piercing stories about the burdens women and men bear, detailed with tender and understated precision.”—Nobel Prize-winner Abdulrazak Gurnah, author of Afterlives and Theft In a searing collection by the award-winning author of The Return of Faraz Ali, characters seek to...