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1. Barbara Kingsolver

The Poisonwood Bible American Classics Edition

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L' albero velenoso della fede

È il 1960, l'anno in cui il giovane Kennedy porta via la poltrona al paterno generale di nome Ike, una scimmia vola nello spazio a bordo di un razzo americano e il mondo intero ruota attorno a un asse chiamato Congo, lo stato dell'Africa centrale la cui ricchezza naturale è destinata a diventare la sua maledizione. Liberato dalla feroce dominazione coloniale belga, il Congo precipita presto nel Grande Gioco della guerra fredda tra le superpotenze, diventando meta di avventurieri, spie e missionari provenienti da ogni parte del globo. Nella foresta nei pressi di Kilanga, dove gli alberi crescono a dismisura come possenti animali, in quell'anno del Signore, una donna e quattro ragazze bianche procedono in fila indiana sul sentiero che l'attraversa. La donna si chiama Orleanna Price ed è la moglie di Nathan Price, un predicatore battista con la furia potente di un demonio. Le figlie le marciano dietro, quattro ragazze pronte a sbocciare, strizzate in corpi tesi come archi, ciascuna sul punto di scoccare in direzioni diverse, verso la gloria o la dannazione. Vengono da Bethlehem, Georgia, perché Nathan Price deve combattere la sua guerra santa. A loro spetta soltanto tacere e ubbidire. Lì dove non ci sono altro che fiori tropicali e bestie feroci, in quel cuore di tenebra che è il Congo, possono solo nuotare o annegare. Sullo sfondo del grande paese africano in preda al rivolgimento postcoloniale, coi suoi lutti e le sue speranze, le sue tragedie e i suoi sogni, Barbara Kingsolver ambienta una magnifica storia sui destini di cinque donne alle prese con la cecità e l'arroganza di un mondo maschile. Das Urheberrecht an bibliographischen und produktbeschreibenden Daten und an den bereitgestellten Bildern liegt bei Informazioni Editoriali, I.E. S.r.l., oder beim Herausgeber oder demjenigen, der die Genehmigung erteilt hat. Alle Rechte vorbehalten.

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Die Unbehausten

Davon, was es bedeutet, eine Zuflucht zu haben in der Welt Von der gefeierten Autorin von ¿Demon Copperhead¿: ein großer Roman über zwei Menschen, 150 Jahre voneinander entfernt, die sich auf ihre Weisen zurechtfinden müssen in einer aus den Fugen geratenen Welt. Alles scheint um Willa Knox zusammenzubrechen: Als freie Journalistin steht sie ohne Aufträge da. Ihr Mann Iano verliert seine Professur, Sohn Zeke, als Harvard-Absolvent der große Hoffnungsträger der Familie, ist gerade Vater geworden - aber alleinerziehend. Und ihr schwerkranker Schwiegervater schwärmt vom 'Megafon', dem republikanischen Präsidentschaftskandidaten. Am selben Fleck, 150 Jahre zuvor, freundet sich ein Lehrer namens Thatcher mit seiner eigenbrötlerischen Nachbarin an. Die Naturforscherin Mary Treat steht in lebhaftem Austausch mit Charles Darwin, doch in der verschworenen Ortsgemeinschaft wird die Theorie von der Evolution als Sünde angeprangert. Was verbindet diese Menschen über die Jahrhunderte hinweg? Ein viktorianisches Haus, das ihnen über dem Kopf einzustürzen droht - und eine Zeit, in der damals wie heute kein Stein auf dem anderen bleibt.  Warmherzig, humorvoll und zutiefst menschlich erzählt Barbara Kingsolver von den Verwerfungen der Gegenwart, in denen gespenstisch vertraut die Vergangenheit anklingt. Übersetzt von Dirk van Gunsteren 'Ein lebendig wimmelndes Haus der Literatur, raffiniert und fesselnd.' Meg Wolitzer 'Von enormer Aktualität, schmerzhaft vertraut und hinreißend geschrieben.' NPR 'So voller Witz und Lebensnähe, dass man meint, mit den Figuren am Küchentisch zu sitzen und um Rat in ihren Krisen gebeten zu werden.'The Times

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Demon Copperhead

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Demon Copperhead

An Oprah's Book Club Selection • An Instant New York Times Bestseller • An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller • A #1 Washington Post Bestseller "Demon is a voice for the ages?akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield?only even more resilient.? ?Beth Macy, author of Dopesick "May be the best novel of 2022. . . . Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love.? (Ron Charles, Washington Post) From the acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees, a brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero's unforgettable journey to maturity Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father's good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities. Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens' anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can't imagine leaving behind.

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Demon Copperhead

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE • WINNER OF THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION New York Times Readers’ Pick: Top 100 Books of the 21st Century • An Oprah’s Book Club Selection • An Instant New York Times Bestseller • An Instant Wall Street Journal Bestseller • A #1 Washington Post Bestseller • A New York Times "Ten Best Books of the Year" "Demon is a voice for the ages—akin to Huck Finn or Holden Caulfield—only even more resilient.” —Beth Macy, author of Dopesick "May be the best novel of [the year]. . . . Equal parts hilarious and heartbreaking, this is the story of an irrepressible boy nobody wants, but readers will love.” —Ron Charles, Washington Post From the acclaimed author of The Poisonwood Bible and The Bean Trees and the recipient of the National Book Foundation's Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, a brilliant novel that enthralls, compels, and captures the heart as it evokes a young hero’s unforgettable journey to maturity Set in the mountains of southern Appalachia, Demon Copperhead is the story of a boy born to a teenaged single mother in a single-wide trailer, with no assets beyond his dead father’s good looks and copper-colored hair, a caustic wit, and a fierce talent for survival. Relayed in his own unsparing voice, Demon braves the modern perils of foster care, child labor, derelict schools, athletic success, addiction, disastrous loves, and crushing losses. Through all of it, he reckons with his own invisibility in a popular culture where even the superheroes have abandoned rural people in favor of cities. Many generations ago, Charles Dickens wrote David Copperfield from his experience as a survivor of institutional poverty and its damages to children in his society. Those problems have yet to be solved in ours. Dickens is not a prerequisite for readers of this novel, but he provided its inspiration. In transposing a Victorian epic novel to the contemporary American South, Barbara Kingsolver enlists Dickens’ anger and compassion, and above all, his faith in the transformative powers of a good story. Demon Copperhead speaks for a new generation of lost boys, and all those born into beautiful, cursed places they can’t imagine leaving behind.