Zeigt Titel in Magischer Realismus

Ten months. That’s the longest Elisa has stayed anyplace, constantly propelled by her fear that if she puts down roots, a family curse will turn her into a tree. But she’s grown tired of flitting from town to town and in and out of relationships. When she discovers a small town in Massachusetts where mysterious forces make it impossible for the residents to leave, she hopes she can change her fate.

NAMED A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR & ONE OF THE BEST FANTASY NOVELS OF THE YEAR “Astonishing and pristine, the kind of debut I love to be devastated by, already so assured and sophisticated that it’s difficult to imagine where the author can go from here. . . . It’s simply a...

Un roman qui concentre à lui seul tout le réalisme magique de Haruki Murakami. Dans une petite cité spectrale vivent des gens privés d'ombre et de sentiments. Parmi eux, un nouveau venu a pour tâche de lire les "vieux rêves" dans des crânes de licornes, attrapant des fragments de mémoire d'une autre vie, d'une autre dimension.

2022 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Fiction A NPR BOOKS WE LOVE 2021 Selection A New York Times “Biggest New Books Coming Out in September” Selection · A New York Times Book Review Editors Choice Pick · A Guardian “50 Biggest Books of Autumn 2021” Selection · An Esquire “Best Books of...

With her shining gift for “exquisite and enchanting” (Bookpage) storytelling, Jude Deveraux sweeps readers away in a breathtaking follow-up to her beloved New York Times bestseller, The Summerhouse—where a marvelous new adventure awaits. Magic most definitely resides in the Maine...

Before Gods and mortals, there were The Fates - three sisters born out of Nyx's darkness, destined to weave the lives, and deaths, of humankind for eternity. But immortality is a heavy burden, and Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos are captivated by the gloriously human lives of the mortals below, especially those of the great warrior Atalanta and her ill-fated lover, Meleager. However, being a Goddess of Fate doesn't make you a master of it. Will these three sisters find a way to free the couple, and themselves, from their destinies? Or will they be bound by Fate forever?

From charity to deceit, benevolence to violence, fear of God to extreme cruelty, the dictator of The Autumn of the Patriarch embodies the best and the worst of human nature. Gabriel García Márquez, the renowned master of magical realism, vividly portrays the dying tyrant caught in the prison of his own dictatorship. Employing an innovative, dreamlike style, and overflowing with symbolic descriptions, the novel transports the listener to a world that is at once fanciful and real.

A young widow embarks on a globe-spanning quest to discover the truth about her late husband in the dazzling first novel, full of heart and magical realism, from the bestselling author of Water Moon. “A highly original and engaging mix of romance, mystery, and magic that will challenge...

Ronald Clevis, Versicherungsvertreter und alleinerziehender Vater von zehn Jung-Hexen, muss sich nicht nur um die Erziehung seiner Töchter kümmern, sondern gleichzeitig versuchen, heiratswillige Damen fernzuhalten. Zehn Mädels im Haus sind mehr als genug! Einzig Elvira, seine unverheiratete Schwägerin, kommt und geht, wie es ihr passt und wirbelt dabei den ganzen Haushalt durcheinander. Dabei hat sie natürlich auch ein Auge auf Ronald … Schließlich gibt er nach. Aber es gibt eine Bedingung: Wenn Elvira es schaffen sollte, seine Töchter unter die Haube zu bringen, dann nimmt er sie zur Frau.

On Tommy Llewellyn’s first birthday, his doting parents awoke in a home without baby blankets and bottles in the fridge, without the photos of their newborn once scattered about, and without any idea that the one-year-old sleeping in their home was their child. That’s because Tommy Llewellyn is a boy who, in the very cosmic sense of things, will never be remembered—stuck in a universal Reset that causes everyone to forget he exists when the clock strikes midnight on his birthday each year.

Moored in a coastal fishing town so far north that the highways only run south, the unnamed narrator of The Seas is a misfit. She's often the subject of cruel local gossip. Her father, a sailor, walked into the ocean 11 years earlier and never returned, leaving his wife and daughter to keep a forlorn vigil. Surrounded by water and beckoned by the sea, she clings to what her father once told her: that she is a mermaid.

THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A haunting, unforgettable collection of tales by Samanta Schweblin, winner of the 2022 National Book Award for Translated Literature and three-time Booker Prize finalist "The stories of “Good and Evil” are...

Wenn Liebe Flügel verleiht: Providence Dupois ist eine Pariser Briefträgerin mit großem Herzen. Das hat sie an Zahera verloren, ein kleines marokkanisches Mädchen. Zahera hat "eine Wolke verschluckt", die ihr die Luft zum Atmen nimmt. Im Krankenhaus in Marrakesch wartet sie darauf, dass ihre Adoptivmutter Providence vom Himmel fällt, um sie zu retten. Aber am Flughafen Orly erfährt Providence, dass alle Flüge gestrichen wurden, denn in Island ist ein Vulkan ausgebrochen. Providence ist verzweifelt: Die Zeit wird knapp, und Zahera wartet.

After disappearing amidst a spray of bullets, antiques dealer Sarah Lester leaves behind no body, only questions. Sarah’s friends are left dealing with the aftermath of her disappearance, including an investigation into the provenance of her antiques, which threatens to crush The Old Curiosity Shop. As Sarah struggles to reunite with her father, she continues the search for her mother, unaware the violent colonial past has followed her home, putting herself, and those she loves in danger.

The haunting final chapter of the modern classic Vita Nostra trilogy. The Dyachenkos’ magical dark academia novel brings the story of Sasha to a revelatory climax as she learns to take control of her powers and reshape the world...or destroy it forever. Beautifully translated from Russian by...

In these 12 masterly stories about the lives of Latin Americans in Europe, García Márquez conveys the peculiar amalgam of melancholy, tenacity, sorrow, and aspiration that is the émigré experience.

Mexico City, 1988. Long before iTunes or MP3s, you said "I love you" with a mixtape. Meche, awkward and fifteen, discovers how to cast spells using music, and with her friends Sebastian and Daniela will piece together their broken families, and even find love.

Pre-order this small-town witchy romance now, perfect for fans of Gilmore Girls and Rewitched Being a receptionist at her family’s magical Inn for witches is not Luna’s true calling. But she’s the only daughter who hasn’t worked at the Stargazer Inn before, so here Luna is. Stuck behind...

Tras una tragedia familiar, las hermanas Fernández deben enfrentarse al mundo y buscar su propia felicidad. Evelina, Faustina, Laureana y Lena emprenderán caminos diferentes, pero sus destinos siempre estarán entrelazados. En especial, Lena, dotada de un don mágico heredado de las indias ancestrales, deberá elegir entre ayudar a los demás o encontrar su propia dicha. Las Alumbradas es una novela sobre el amor, la familia y la fuerza de las mujeres para superar la adversidad.

Rimasto orfano a Canton e portato in Inghilterra da un misterioso tutore, Robin Swift credeva che Babel fosse un paradiso. Fino a che non è diventata una prigione... Può uno studente lottare contro un impero?