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Edith Holler
"Ein Fest für Liebhaber des Schrägen und Obskuren." Johanna Grillmayer, Die Presse Norwich, England, 1901. Hier lebt die 12-jährige Edith Holler im Theater ihres herrschsüchtigen Vaters. Seit ihrer Geburt darf sie das Gebäude nicht verlassen, Edith kennt die Welt draußen nur über Zeitungen und Bücher, die sie verschlingt. Durch das Lesen kommt sie einem skandalträchtigen Geheimnis auf die Spur, an dessen Aufklärung eine bestimmte Person ganz und gar nicht interessiert ist. Es beginnt ein Kampf zwischen der mächtigsten Frau der Stadt und dem blassen, aber willensstarken Mädchen aus dem Holler-Theater. In einer märchenhaft-skurrilen Welt aus Horror und Humor, Gothic und Geistern erzählt Edward Careys neuer Roman von einer resoluten 12-Jährigen, die sich nicht mundtot machen lässt und in einem unermüdlichen Kampf um die eigene Freiheit eine ganze Stadt auf den Kopf stellt.
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Edith Holler
A witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse and the mysterious figure who threatens its very survival, from the author of Little.
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Little
LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD, THE RSL ONDAATJE PRIZE, THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL FICTION AND THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 'Wonderful' Max Porter 'Unmissable' Olga Tokarczuk 'Startlingly original' Times Book of the Year There is a space between life and death: it's called waxworks. Born in Alsace in 1761, the diminutive Marie Grosholtz is quickly nicknamed 'Little'. Orphaned at the age of six, she finds employment in the household of reclusive anatomist Dr Curtius. Soon the eccentric doctor takes an interest in his odd companion, and he begins to instruct her in the fine art of wax modelling, changing the course of her life. From the gutters of pre-revolutionary France to the luxury of the Palace of Versailles, from clutching the still-warm heads of the Terror to finding something very like love, Little traces the improbable fortunes of a blood-stained crumb of a thing who went on to be the renowned Madame Tussaud. MORE PRAISE FOR LITTLE: 'Visceral, vivid and moving' GUARDIAN 'A remarkable achievement' SUNDAY TIMES 'Don't miss this eccentric charmer' MARGARET ATWOOD 'Mesmerising' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'A tale as moving as it is macabre' MAIL ON SUNDAY 'Darkly fascinating' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Clever and intriguing' DAILY MAIL 'Wonderfully weird' CELESTE NG
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Gözlemevi Apartmani
Eldiven takanlar esrarengiz insanlardir, eldiven takarak dokunduklari her seyi kontrol ederler; bu, dünyanin üzerinde süzülüp yasayanlari, aci cekenleri izlemek gibidir, yalnizca gözlemlersin ama asla dokunmazsin. En iyisi Beyaz Eldiven Kanununu cignemeyi aklimdan bile gecirmemekti... Beyaz Eldiven Kanunu geregi eldivenlerini hic cikarmayan Francis Orme, gündüzleri parktaki kaidesinde hareketsiz durmakta, kalan zamaninda da topladigi nesnelerle kisisel müzesini Gözlemevi Apartmaninin bodrum katinda kurmaktadir. Yillardir birbirleriyle konusmayip odalarindan cikmayan anne babasiyla ve nevi sahsina münhasir komsu tiplerle oturan Orme, 18 numaraya tasinan yeni komsu Anna Tap sayesinde siki sikiya kontrol ettigi dünyasinin cok gecmeden kökünden degisecegini anlar. Bu yeni kiracidan kurtulmak icin giristigi mücadelenin seyri hic de umdugu gibi olmayacak, her sey tepetaklak olana kadar ayakta neyin kalacagini kimse bilemeyecektir. Kendine özgü tarzi, cizimleri ve kara mizahiyla Edward Careynin ilk romani Gözlemevi Apartmaninda, henüz Amélie Poulainin maceralari ya da Masumiyet Müzesi ortada yokken, Perecin Yasam Kullanma Kilavuzunun izinden giden özgün bir apartman tablosu sergileniyor.
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Das außergewöhnliche Leben eines Dienstmädchens namens PETITE, besser bekannt als Madame Tussaud
DAS ERSTAUNLICHE LEBEN DER MADAME TUSSAUD - VON IHR SELBST ERZÄHLT "Verpassen Sie nicht dieses charmant-exzentrische Buch von Edward Carey, von der berühmten Madame Tussaud selbst erzählt, über ihr merkwürdiges Leben und ihre Zeit, einschließlich der auch für sie beinahe tödlichen Französischen Revolution, der Hauptsaison für Köpfe!" Margaret Atwood 1761 wird ein winziges Mädchen namens Marie Grosholtz im Elsass geboren. Nach dem Tod ihrer Eltern wird sie Gehilfin des exzentrischen Wachsbildners Doktor Curtius in Bern, der sie mit nach Paris nimmt, wo sie mit der dominanten Witwe Picot und ihrem stillen Sohn Edmond in einem leerstehenden Affenhaus Quartier beziehen. Sobald sie das Gebäude in einen Ausstellungsraum für Wachsfiguren und Wachsköpfe verwandelt haben, wird ihr Handwerk zur Sensation und führt Marie bis an den Königshof in Versailles. Das Geschäft mit den Wachsköpfen berühmter und berüchtigter Zeitgenossen, großer Philosophen und notorischer Verbrecher blüht. Doch in Paris werden die Paläste gestürmt und das Volk verlangt nach Köpfen ? genau das, was die Wachsbildner liefern! Der zauberhafte, mit vielen Zeichnungen Careys versehene, feinsinnige und lebenspralle Roman erzählt die abenteuerliche Geschichte der Frau, die als Madame Tussaud zu Weltruhm gelangte: Eine unschuldig-weise, kleine Madame Courage zwischen Philosophen und Häftlingen, Helden und Schurken, die sie allesamt in Wachs zu fassen vermochte. "Eine faszinierende Geschichte, die mich bewegt hat, und die detailreichen Illustrationen machen das Buch zusätzlich besonders." Annalena Lüder, Emotion Eine kleine Madame Courage zwischen Philosophen und Häftlingen, Helden und Schurken "Ein absolutes Lesevergnügen." A.L. Kennedy
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Little
"An amazing achievement. . . A compulsively readable novel, so canny and weird and surfeited with the reality of human capacity and ingenuity that I am stymied for comparison. Dickens and David Lynch? Defoe meets Margaret Atwood? Judge for yourself." -Gregory Maguire, New York Times-bestselling author of WickedThe wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud. In 1761, a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland. After the death of her parents, she is apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor and whisked off to the seamy streets of Paris, where they meet a domineering widow and her quiet, pale son. Together, they convert an abandoned monkey house into an exhibition hall for wax heads, and the spectacle becomes a sensation. As word of her artistic talent spreads, Marie is called to Versailles, where she tutors a princess and saves Marie Antoinette in childbirth. But outside the palace walls, Paris is roiling: The revolutionary mob is demanding heads, and . . . at the wax museum, heads are what they do.In the tradition of Gregory Maguire's Wicked and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, Edward Carey's Little is a darkly endearing cavalcade of a novel-a story of art, class, determination, and how we hold on to what we love.
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Rules for Visiting
NATIONAL BESTSELLER!*An Oprah Summer Reading Pick for 2019**A best book of 2019 pick for Real Simple, Southern Living, and Vulture* *A May IndieNext Pick**Good Housekeeping Best Books of 2019**Chicago Tribune Biblioracle Award 2019*"Fun, hilarious, and extremely touching."-NPRA beautifully observed and deeply funny novel of May Attaway, a university gardener who sets out on an odyssey to reconnect with four old friends over the course of a year.At forty, May Attaway is more at home with plants than people. Over the years, she's turned inward, finding pleasure in language, her work as a gardener, and keeping her neighbors at arm's length while keenly observing them. But when she is unexpectedly granted some leave from her job, May is inspired to reconnect with four once close friends. She knows they will never have a proper reunion, so she goes, one-by-one, to each of them. A student of the classics, May considers her journey a female Odyssey. What might the world have had if, instead of waiting, Penelope had set out on an adventure of her own?RULES FOR VISITING is a woman's exploration of friendship in the digital age. Deeply alert to the nobility and the ridiculousness of ordinary people, May savors the pleasures along the way-afternoon ice cream with a long-lost friend, surprise postcards from an unexpected crush, and a moving encounter with ancient beauty. Though she gets a taste of viral online fame, May chooses to bypass her friends' perfectly cultivated online lives to instead meet them in their messy analog ones. Ultimately, May learns that a best friend is someone who knows your story-and she inspires us all to master the art of visiting.
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Observatory Mansions
Edward Carey was born in 1970. Both of his novels, Observatory Mansions and Alva and Irva, are published by Picador. He lives in London and France.
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These Our Monsters: The English Heritage Collection of New Stories Inspired by Myth & Legend
Eight short stories, each from a different contributor, inspired by English myths and legends. Features Sarah Hall, Graeme Macrae Burnet, Adam Thorpe, Edward Carey, Sarah Moss, Alison Macleod, Paul Kingsnorth and Fiona Mozley.
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Cöpkent
Kil bir dügmeye dönüsen Lucy Pennant, sonsuza dek kaybolmasi icin hurdaliga atilmisti.Bir yarim altinin icine hapsolan Clod Iremonger ise pislik icindeki Cöpkent sokaklarinda bir cepten digerine yolcuk ediyordu.Sonunda yine yollari kesisecek olan bu ikili, Iremonger Ailesinin büyük sirrini kesfedecek ve önemli kararlar almak zorunda kalacaklardi.Ilk kitabi olan Hurda Köskü, Kirkus Reviews tarafindan 2014 yilinin en iyi genclik kitabi secilen, Iremonger Serisi Cöpkent ile devam ediyor.
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Lungdon (Iremonger 3)
'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com 'Astonishing and inventive, it calls out to be read' - The Sunday Times'Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale' - New York Times'All of Edward Carey's work is profound and delightful' - Max Porter'If this were music, Carey would be Eric Satie. If it were film, he would be Tim Burton.' - NewsdayThe ghastly climax to the gothic Iremonger trilogyThe dirt town of Foulsham has been destroyed, its ashes still smoldering. Darkness lies heavily over the city, the sun has not come up for days. Inside the houses throughout the capital, ordinary objects have begun to move. Strange new people run through the darkened streets. There are rumours of a terrible contagion. From the richest mansion to the poorest slum people have disappeared. The police have been instructed to carry arms. And rats, there are rats everywhere. Someone has stolen a certain plug. Someone is lighting a certain box of matches. All will come tumbling down. The Iremongers have come to London.
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Heap House (Iremonger 1)
'Roald Dahl by way of Charles Dickens' - Vox.com 'Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale' - The New York Times'Delightful, eccentric, heartfelt, surprising, philosophical, everything that a novel for children should be' - Eleanor Catton, winner of the Man Booker Prize 2013'A rare work of individual brilliance' - Inis magazineThe Iremongers have taken up what was not wanted and wanted it.Clod is an Iremonger. He lives in the Heaps, a vast sea of lost and discarded items collected from all over London. At the centre is Heap House, a puzzle of houses, castles, homes and mysteries reclaimed from the city and built into a living maze of staircases and scurrying rats. The Iremongers are a mean and cruel family, robust and hardworking, but Clod has an illness. He can hear the objects whispering. His birth object, a universal bath plug, says 'James Henry', Cousin Tummis's tap is squeaking 'Hilary Evelyn Ward-Jackson' and something in the attic is shouting 'Robert Burrington' and it sounds angry.A storm is brewing over Heap House. The Iremongers are growing restless and the whispers are getting louder. When Clod meets Lucy Pennant, a girl newly arrived from the city, everything changes. The secrets that bind Heap House together begin to unravel to reveal a dark truth that threatens to destroy Clod's world.
€ 13,00