DAIĻLITERATŪRAS JAUNUMI AUGUSTS
Jaunākie izdevumi daiļliteratūrā
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Olga Tokarčuka. Pazudusī dvēseleJāņa Rozes apgāds, 2024“Ja vien kāds prastu palūkoties uz mums no augšas, tad ieraudzītu, ka pasaule ir pilna steigā skrienošiem, sasvīdušiem un ļoti nogurušiem ļaudīm un viņu pazudušajām dvēselēm, kas nav jaudājušas tikt līdzi…” |
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Kristīna Doda. Gandrīz iemīlējusiesKontinents, 2024Džekija Portere nejauši kļūst par slepkavības liecinieci. Situācija ir tik sarežģīta, ka par vainīgo var tikt noturēta viņa. Tādēļ Džekijai nākas bēgt – atstājot savu veiksmīgo biznesu un… identitāti. Jo patiesībā viņas vārds nemaz nav Džekija. Un patiesībā visa viņas dzīve ir bijis viens liels noslēpums. Pēc deviņu gadu prombūtnes viņa atgriežas vienīgajā vietā, kur jebkad ir jutusies drošībā. Bet tur viss ir mainījies. Atskaitot vienu – vīrieti, kuru viņa reiz ir mīlējusi. Un ienīdusi. Vai Džekijai izdosies atmaskot īsto slepkavu? Un vai izdosies salabot pagātnes kļūdas? |
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Deivids Elliss. Ideāla shēmaKontinents, 2024Saimons ir cienījams jurisprudences profesors, Vikija palīdz vardarbībā cietušām sievietēm. Bet viens ir skaidrs – absolūti nekas nav tā, kā izskatās. Tad notiek pirmā slepkavība turīgās, mierīgās un klusās Greisvilidžas vēsturē – piepilsētas savrupnamā tiek atrasts skaistas un bagātas sievietes līķis –, un Saimona un Vikijas noslēpumi pamazām nāk gaismā. Galvu reibinoša slepena dēka. Trasta konts ar divdesmit vienu miljonu dolāru. Pārdesmit gadus krātas dusmas un apsēstība ar vēlmi atriebties. Ja visi melo, tad kurš kuru patiesībā krāpj? Šai romānā esiet gatavi apšaubīt pilnīgi visu, ko domājaties zinām! |
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Melisa Hilla. Villa Dolce VitaKontinents, 2024Trīs sievietes. Atkalredzēšanās. Noslēpumi, kuri beidzot tiks atklāti… Citronkoku un bugenvileju ieskauta villa Dolce Vita ir laika zoba skarta māja Amalfi piekrastē, tā atrodas uz klints, kuras piekājē mirdz pasakaini zilie jūras ūdeņi. Kimberlija, Kolete un Enija - katra no citas valsts – ir ieradušās Itālijā dažādu iemeslu pēc. Liktenis saved viņas kopā šajā villā, un visas cieši sadraudzējas. Ir pagājuši vairāki gadi. Kimberlija ir pārvērtusi šo pussabrukušo ēku par izsmalcinātu atpūtas centru un ielūgusi draudzenes uz atklāšanas pasākumu, lai kopā nosvinētu panākumus. Draudzība nav izplēnējusi, prieks par atkalredzēšanos ir liels, tomēr pagātnē glabātie noslēpumi pakāpeniski nāk gaismā. Turklāt ne visi priecājas par to, ka senās draudzenes atkal ir kopā. Katrai draudzenei nāksies ieskatīties acīs patiesībai, lai beidzot atrastu īstu laimi un pilnībā izbaudītu saldo dzīvi. |
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Sapņi zūd nakts tālumāDomu Pērles, 2024 |
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Stephen King. 11.22.63Hodder & Stoughton, 2012On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. Unless…In 2011, Jake Epping, an English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, sets out on an insane — and insanely possible — mission to prevent the Kennedy assassination.Leaving behind a world of computers and mobile phones, he goes back to a time of big American cars and diners, of Lindy Hopping, the sound of Elvis, and the taste of root beer.In this haunting world, Jake falls in love with Sadie, a beautiful high school librarian. And, as the ominous date of 11/22/63 approaches, he encounters a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald… |
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Megan Clawson. Falling Hard for the Royal GuardAvon, 2023Despite living in an actual castle, happily ever after is evading Margaret ‘Maggie’ Moore. From her bedroom in the Tower of London, twenty-six-year-old Maggie has always dreamed of her own fairy-tale ending. Yet this is twenty-first century London, so instead of knights on white horses, she has catfish on Tinder. And with her last relationship ending in spectacular fashion, she swears off men for good. And then a chance encounter with Royal Guard Freddie forces Maggie to admit that she isn’t ready to give up on love just yet… But how do you catch the attention of someone who is trained to ignore all distractions? Can she snare that true love’s first kiss… or is she royally screwed? |
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James Long. FerneySimon & Schuster, 2016When Mike and Gally Martin move to a cottage in Somerset, it’s to make a new start. But the relationship comes under strain when Gally forms an increasingly close attachment to an old countryman, Ferney, who seems to know everything about her. What is it that draws them together? Reluctantly at first, then with more urgency as he feels time slipping away, Ferney compels Gally to understand their connection – and to face an inexplicable truth about their shared past. A passionate love story that spans the centuries, fall under the spell of Ferney. |
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Jill Alexander Essbaum. HausfrauMantle, 2015Anna Benz, an American in her late thirties, lives with her Swiss husband, Bruno—a banker—and their three young children in a postcard-perfect suburb of Zürich. Though she leads a comfortable, well-appointed life, Anna is falling apart inside. Adrift and increasingly unable to connect with the emotionally unavailable Bruno or even with her own thoughts and feelings, Anna tries to rouse herself with new experiences: German language classes, Jungian analysis, and a series of sexual affairs she enters with an ease that surprises even her. But Anna can’t easily extract herself from these affairs. When she wants to end them, she finds it’s difficult. Tensions escalate, and her lies start to spin out of control. Having crossed a moral threshold, Anna will discover where a woman goes when there is no going back. |
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Dodie Smith. I Capture the CastleVintage Books, 2004Seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain and her family may live in a ramshackle old English castle, but that’s about as romantic as her life gets. While her beautiful older sister, Rose, longs to live in a Jane Austen novel, Cassandra knows that meeting an eligible man to marry isn’t in either of their futures when their home is crumbling and they have to sell their furniture for food. So Cassandra instead strives to hone her writing skills in her journals. Until one day when their new landlords move in, which include two (very handsome) sons, and the lives of the Mortmain sisters change forever. |
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John Irving. In One PersonDoubleday, 2012A compelling novel of desire, secrecy, and sexual identity, In One Person is a story of unfulfilled love tormented, funny, and affecting – and an impassioned embrace of our sexual differences. Billy, the bisexual narrator and main character of In One Person, tells the tragicomic story (lasting more than half a century) of his life as a ‘sexual suspect,’ a phrase first used by John Irving in 1978 – in his landmark novel of ‘terminal cases,’ The World According To Garp. His most political novel since The Cider House Rules and A Prayer For Owen Meany, John Irving’s In One Person is a poignant tribute to Billy’s friends and lovers – a theatrical cast of characters who defy category and convention. Not least, In One Person is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself ‘worthwhile. |
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Stephen King. Mr MercedesHodder & Stoughton, 2015In a mega-stakes, high-suspense race against time, three of the most unlikely and winning heroes Stephen King has ever created try to stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands. In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, hundreds of desperate unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes. In another part of town, months later, a retired cop named Bill Hodges is still haunted by the unsolved crime. When he gets a crazed letter from someone who self-identifies as the “perk” and threatens an even more diabolical attack, Hodges wakes up from his depressed and vacant retirement, hell-bent on preventing another tragedy. |
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Claire Fuller. Our Endless Numbered DaysPenguin Books, 2016Peggy Hillcoat is eight years old when her survivalist father, James, takes her from their home in London to a remote hut in the woods and tells her that the rest of the world has been destroyed. Deep in the wilderness, Peggy and James make a life for themselves. They repair the hut, bathe in water from the river, hunt and gather food in the summers and almost starve in the harsh winters. They mark their days only by the sun and the seasons. When Peggy finds a pair of boots in the forest and begins a search for their owner, she unwittingly begins to unravel the series of events that brought her to the woods and, in doing so, discovers the strength she needs to go back to the home and mother she thought she’d lost. After Peggy’s return to civilization, her mother learns the truth of her escape, of what happened to James on the last night out in the woods, and of the secret that Peggy has carried with her ever since. |
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A. S. Byatt. RagnarokCanongate Books, 2011As the bombs rain down in the Second World War, one young girl is evacuated to the English countryside. Struggling to make sense of her new wartime life, she is given a copy of a book of ancient Norse myths and her inner and outer worlds are transformed. Linguistically stunning and imaginatively abundant, Byatt’s mesmerising tale – inspired by the myth of Ragnarok -is a landmark piece of storytelling from one of the world’s truly great writers. |
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Stephen King. RevivalHodder & Stoughton, 2015In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls feel the same about Reverend Jacobs—including Jamie’s mother and beloved sister, Claire. With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond based on a secret obsession. When tragedy strikes the Jacobs family, this charismatic preacher curses God, mocks all religious belief, and is banished from the shocked town. Jamie has demons of his own. |
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Karen Thompson Walker. The Age of MiraclesSimon & Schuster, 2014Maybe everything that had happened to me and my family had nothing at all to do with the slowing. It’s possible, I guess. But I doubt it. I doubt it very much.’ One Saturday morning the world wakes to discover that the rotation of the earth has begun to slow. As birds fall from the sky and days grow longer, people start to flee – but there is nowhere on earth to escape to. Julia is already coping with the disasters of everyday life. And then there’s Seth: tall and quiet and always on his own; the skateboarding boy who knows all about disaster. As the world faces a catastrophe, Julia and Seth are facing their very own unknown. |
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Stephen King. The Bazaar of Bad DreamsHodder & Stoughton, 2015There are thrilling connections between stories; themes of morality, the afterlife, guilt, what we would do differently if we could see into the future or correct the mistakes of the past. In “Afterlife,” a man who died of colon cancer keeps reliving the same life, repeating his mistakes over and over again. Several stories feature characters at the end of life, revisiting their crimes and misdemeanors. Others address what happens when someone discovers that he has supernatural powers—the columnist who kills people by writing their obituaries in “Obits;” the old judge in “The Dune” who, as a boy, canoed to a deserted island and saw names written in the sand, people who then died in freak accidents. In “Morality,” King looks at how a marriage and two lives fall apart after the wife and husband enter into what seems, at first, a devil’s pact they can win. |
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Stephen King. The Dead ZoneA Signet Book, 1980When Johnny Smith was six years old, head trauma caused by a bad ice-skating accident left him with a nasty bruise on his forehead and, from time to time, those hunches…infrequent but accurate snippets of things to come. But it isn’t until Johnny’s a grown man—now having survived a horrifying auto injury that plunged him into a coma lasting four-and-a-half years—that his special abilities really push to the fore. Johnny Smith comes back from the void with an extraordinary gift that becomes his life’s curse…presenting visions of what was and what will be for the innocent and guilty alike. But when he encounters a ruthlessly ambitious and amoral man who promises a terrifying fate for all humanity, Johnny must find a way to prevent a harrowing predestination from becoming reality. |
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Claire North. The First Fifteen Lives Of Harry AugustOrbit, 2014Some stories cannot be told in just one lifetime. Harry August is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does or the decisions he makes, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before. Nothing ever changes. Until now. As Harry nears the end of his eleventh life, a little girl appears at his bedside. “I nearly missed you, Doctor August,” she says. “I need to send a message.” This is the story of what Harry does next, and what he did before, and how he tries to save a past he cannot change and a future he cannot allow. |
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H. P. Lovecraft. The Haunter of the Dark and other storiesWordsworth Editions, 2011From the dark, mind-expanding imagination of H P Lovecraft, Wordsworth presents a third volume of tales penned by the greatest horror writer of the 20th Century. Here are some of Lovecraft’s weirdest flesh-creeping masterpieces, including Pickman’s Model, The Shunned House, his famous serial Herbert West – Reanimator, and several classic tales from the Cthulhu Mythos, in which mankind is subjected to the unimaginable terrors known only to those who have read from the forbidden Necronomicon. Also included in this compelling collection are the complete Randolph Carter stories, chronicling his adventures in this world and the realm of his dreams, where he faces perils beyond comprehension. |
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Maja Lunde. The History Of BeesScribnerb: Simon & Schuster, 2018England, 1851. William is a biologist and seed merchant, who sets out to build a new type of beehive—one that will give both him and his children honour and fame. United States, 2007. George is a beekeeper and fights an uphill battle against modern farming, but hopes that his son can be their salvation. China, 2098. Tao hand paints pollen onto the fruit trees now that the bees have long since disappeared. When Tao’s young son is taken away by the authorities after a tragic accident—and is kept in the dark about his whereabouts and condition—she sets out on a grueling journey to find out what happened to him. Haunting, illuminating, and deftly written, The History of Bees joins these three very different narratives into one gripping and thought provoking story that is just as much about the powerful relationships between children and parents as it is about our very relationship to nature and humanity. |
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V. E. Schwab. The Invisible Life of Addie LaRueTitan Books, 2020When Addie La Rue makes a pact with the devil, she is convinced she’s found a loophole―immortality in exchange for her soul. But the devil takes away her place in the world, cursing her to be forgotten by everyone. Addie flees her tiny home town in 18th-Century France, beginning a journey that takes her across the world, learning to live a life where no one remembers her and everything she owns is lost and broken. Existing only as a muse for artists throughout history, she learns to fall in love anew every single day. Her only companion on this journey is her dark devil with hypnotic green eyes, who visits her each year on the anniversary of their deal. |
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James Long. The Lives She Left BehindSimon & Schuster, 2016In a Somerset village, a teenage boy confronts a teacher with a story he should know nothing about. The boy’s impossible knowledge uncovers memories Michael Martin has done his utmost to forget – and soon propels him into danger. As Martin confronts his past once more, three girls arrive in the village of Pen Selwood, one of them drawn by an ancient instinct to find a man called Ferney. Her actions reignite a love story, an instinct that cannot be broken, irrespective of the hurt and danger it brings to those around them… A passionate love story that spans the centuries, fall under the spell of Ferney and Gally’s enduring romance. |
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Stephen King. The StandHodder & Stoughton, 2011A patient escapes from a biological testing facility, unknowingly carrying a deadly weapon: a mutated strain of super-flu that will wipe out 99 percent of the world’s population within a few weeks. Those who remain are scared, bewildered, and in need of a leader. Two emerge—Mother Abagail, the benevolent 108-year-old woman who urges them to build a peaceful community in Boulder, Colorado; and Randall Flagg, the nefarious “Dark Man,” who delights in chaos and violence. As the dark man and the peaceful woman gather power, the survivors will have to choose between them—and ultimately decide the fate of all humanity. |
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Andy Weir. The MartianDel Rey, 2014Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars. Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there. After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive. |
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Сюзанна Кларк. Джонатан Стрендж и мистер НорреллХранитель, 2007Магическая Англия эпохи Наполеоновских войн. Англия, в которой волшебники состоят на тайной службе правительства и собственными способами защищают Британскую империю… Но, сражаясь с врагом “обычным” и используя свою Силу как еще одно оружие в войне “людской”, волшебники забыли о своем истинном, извечном недруге и противнике – Древнем Народе, помнящем, как он управлял некогда человеческими землями и душами. И теперь, когда магия стала слабеть и иссякать, из глубин запредельной древности возвращаются фэйри, ведомые своей Новой надеждой – подменышем Королем-Вороном… |
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Джеймс Роллинс. Печать ИудыЭксмо, 2014Из глубин Индийского океана поднимается ужасная чума, грозящая уничтожить человечество. Природа этой смертельной болезни неизвестна, ее распространение невозможно остановить. Двое ученых из секретного отряда «Сигма» – Лиза Каммингс и Монк Коккалис – направлены в Индонезию, чтобы выяснить причины зловещей эпидемии.Каким-то непонятным образом в Тайном архиве Ватикана появляется на полу знак ордена дракона – страшной секты, недавно уничтоженной отрядом «Сигма». Под знаком высечена надпись, сделанная на древнейшем языке на земле – языке ангелов. Хранитель архива понимает, что в этой надписи может быть зашифровано средство спасения человечества. |
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Харуки Мураками. ПодземкаЭксмо, 2006Вы кому-то отдали часть своего “Я” и получили взамен этого повесть? Вы уступили часть своей личности некой системе? Если это так, система эта когда-нибудь потребует от вас совершить какое-то “безумство”? Повесть, которую вы сейчас имеете, – действительно ли она ваша? И свои ли сны вы видите по ночам? Не могут ли они быть видениями какого-то другого человека и в какой-то момент превратиться в кошмар? Перед вами не просто книга выдающегося японского прозаика Харуки Мураками о жертвах зариновой атаки в токийском метро в марте 1995 года. Это прежде всего произведение о современных японцах, написанное ими самими, – и уникальное повествование, актуальное в любой стране, пока в мире существует угроза терроризма. |
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Стивен Кинг. ПозжеИздательство АСТ, 2023Джейми Конклин, живущий с матерью в Нью-Йорке, хочет быть всего лишь обычным подростком… но у него есть весьма необычный дар. Дар, который его мама настоятельно просит скрывать от других. Джейми умеет разговаривать с теми, кого уже нет на этом свете, а значит, ему доступны секреты, ушедшие с покойным в могилу. |
