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Petite
AvEdward Carey
Pocket, Svenska, 2021
4,3 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster:(12)
89 kr
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Förtrollande roman om vaxmodeller och revolution i 1700-talets Paris
Petite är berättelsen om Marie Grosholtz, en föräldralös piga som med tiden blir Madame Tussaud. Historien spänner från 1761 till 1850 och tar oss med på en äventyrlig och brokig livsresa.
Marie får tidigt smeknamnet Petite som kommer att följa henne genom livet. Hon växer upp med den excentriske läkaren Curtius som lär henne att göra vaxmodeller av kroppsdelar. Hennes konstnärlighet och känsla för hantverket kommer att ta henne från skapandet av anatomiska vaxmodeller till hovet i Versailles, vidare till ett turbulent Paris under revolutionen, och slutligen till London och det vaxmuseum vi känner än idag.
Romanen Petite är löst baserad på Madame Tussauds liv. Det är en fascinerande berättelse om en liten människa som står mitt i de stora världshändelserna. Hon möter historiska personer som Marie-Antoinette och upplysningsmannen Rousseau, och hamnar i ett Paris där huvuden rullar.
Petite är en excentrisk, intelligent och välskriven roman. Den är morbid och grotesk, sorglig och humoristisk, varm och innerlig allt på samma gång. Helt enkelt en oförglömlig läsupplevelse om en vanlig flicka som lämnar ett ovanligt arv.
"En helt galen, underbar ... en helt fantastisk bok! Den är så otroligt läsvärd och alldeles alldeles underbar!" - Monica Lindgren, Go'kväll
"Omtumlande och underhållande." - Maria Näslund, Tara
"När mörkret sänker sig över oss, är det gott att ha ett läsäventyr att fly in i. Edward Careys Petite är just en sådan ljuvlig romanpärla; underhållande, härligt livsbejakande, lärorik, och brittiskt excentrisk." - Yukiko Duke, Vi Läser
"Vackert, makabert och fascinerande" - Annina Rabe, Expressen
"Udda och fascinerande roman om madame Tussaud innan hon blev madame Tussaud." - Dagens Nyheter
"Petite är en ovanlig betraktelse, ett annat sätt att se människor. Efteråt ruskar man sig förvånat: vad var det som hände? Och världen ser lite annorlunda ut." - Lotta Olsson, Dagens Nyheter
"Makaber, rolig, rörande och livsbejakande." - The Times
"Det låter helt absurt att säga att Petite förändrade min bild av franska revolutionen, men det gjorde den faktiskt, i en vindlande, spännande berättelse." - Lotta Olsson, Dagens Nyheter
"Denna bladvändare, som löst bygger på vaxskulptören Madame Tussauds liv, är annorlunda, gripande, makaber och oupphörligt fascinerande, skriven med stor kännedom om tidsepok och plats. Översättningen är mycket fin. Författaren, född 1970, har också gjort de många utsökta teckningarna. Petite är en ovanlig pärla." - Eva Lundgren, BTJ-häftet #19/2020 (betyg 4)
"Som om Charles Dickens gjorde en bok av en Wes Anderson-film." - Läsare på Goodreads
Edward Carey är författare, dramatiker och konstnär. Han har bland annat gjort de fantastiska illustrationerna i Petite. Carey är född i England och bor i Austin, USA.
I vidundrets mage
AvEdward Carey
Inbunden, Svenska, 2022
222 kr
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Skruvad och kärleksfull roman om Pinocchios pappa
En dag, efter ett stort bråk, rymmer Pinocchio hemifrån. Hans pappa ger sig ut för att leta efter honom och hamnar till slut vid kusten. Där blir han svald av en enorm havsvarelse och landar i vidundrets mage. Uppslukad av sina egna skuldkänslor stannar pappan kvar i djupet, väntandes på den dagen han kan försonas med sin son.
De flesta känner till historien om träfiguren Pinocchio vars näsa blir längre när han ljuger. I vidundrets mage handlar om Geppetto - Pinocchios pappa - och hur han tillbringar två år i magen på ett havsmonster, den dagbok han skrev där och den underliga närvaro som finns bredvid honom i dunklet.
Det är en charmig och skruvad roman om föräldraskap, förlust och konsten att släppa taget.
"En vacker, lekfull och sorglig berättelse /.../ Det är en säregen liten betraktelse över skapande, föräldraskap, ensamhet och kärlek, värd att läsa om och om igen." - Dagens Nyheter
"I vidundrets mage kan läsas som en förlängd metafor om konstens kraft. Eller så är det kanske bara en egendomlig och hypnotiserande berättelse om en man som är fast inuti en fisk." - The Times
"Till den starka läsupplevelsen bidrar också Careys egna illustrationer som går i en mörk, makaber och ibland skräckliknande stil. I vidundrets mage är en egensinnig, fantasirik och överraskande roman. (Betyg 4)" - BTJ-häftet 18/2022, David Björklund
Edward Carey är författare, dramatiker och konstnär. Han har gjort de fantastiska illustrationerna i sin roman Petite, som kom ut på svenska 2020, och i nya I vidundrets mage. Carey är född i England och bor i Austin, USA.
Observatory Mansions
A Novel
AvEdward Carey
E-bok
Engelska, 2010
80 kr
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"Easily the most brilliant fiction I''ve seen this year -- it proves the potential brilliance of the novel form."-- John Fowles, author of The MagusObservatory Mansions, once the Orme family''s magnificent ancestral home set on beautiful grounds, is now a crumbling apartment block stranded on a traffic island, peopled with eccentrics.Thirty-seven-year-old Francis Orme lives in Observatory Mansions with his peculiar parents and a collection of misfits. By day he is a street performer, earning money as "a statue of whiteness" in the park, wearing white gloves to ensure that his skin never touches anything. He steals items for his museum of significant objects (996 in all), not for their monetary value but because they have been loved, often bringing grief to their erstwhile owners. His bedridden mother, Alice, who has created for herself an alternative time frame called "fiction," and his father, Francis, are among the occupants set apart from the rest of the busy city by their histories, their memories, and their relationships with the other seven inhabitants of the flats.Each of the house dwellers has his or her own story, as seen through Francis''s eyes, and the careful routine and harmony of the house are shaken when along comes a new resident, the half-blind, vulnerable Anna Tap. She is sympathetic and resourceful, and slowly the desperately lonely residents begin to open up their long-closed hearts. As the delicate balance of Observatory Mansions begins to shift, Francis finds himself having to protect the secrets of his past and the sanctity of his collection, while growing emotionally closer to Anna.Hailed as no less than a tour de force, Observatory Mansions is a debut novel of immense originality--a strangely haunting landscape occupied by compelling and unforgettable characters.From the Hardcover edition.
Observatory Mansions
AvEdward Carey
Häftad, Engelska, 2002
331 kr
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Little
AvEdward Carey
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
269 kr
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Alva & Irva
AvEdward Carey
E-bok
Engelska, 2011
155 kr
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The city of Entralla – along with Gondal, Brobdingnag and the Emerald City – is not somewhere you are likely to have visited. Only one guidebook to the place exists, despite its historic landmarks and the considerable civic pride of its inhabitants.Alva and Irva are identical twin sisters, and Entralla is their home. By nature, Alva is an explorer, and longs to travel the world. Irva is a recluse, for whom every step outside the house is an ordeal. But the twins belong together and cannot survive without each other. It is when Irva refuses to leave the house at all that the major work of their lives begins: Alva wanders the city streets, observing, taking notes, measuring, and reporting her findings to Irva, who painstakingly recreates a miniature Entralla.In Alva and Irva, Edward Carey takes the reader on an enchanting journey through a city of the imagination; the twins are mesmerizing heroines whose conflicting desires contain the seeds of both their destruction and their salvation.
Observatory Mansions
AvEdward Carey
E-bok
Engelska, 2011
153 kr
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Observatory Mansions was once the Orme family's ancestral home. Now it is a crumbing apartment block, stranded on a traffic island and peopled with eccentrics. Alice Orme never stirs from her bed, her husband lives in his old armchair, and Francis, their son, practises his own art of stillness as a human statue in the centre of the decaying city. He lives by his Law of White Gloves, never touching anything without their protection, and collects items for his secret exhibition - items stolen, not because of any monetary worth, but because they are treasured by the owners.This careful routine is shaken by the arrival of a new resident, Anna Tap, half blind and vulnerable, but with a strange gift for inspiring trust. As the other residents gradually open their hearts to her, Francis realises he must act before she forces him to confront his own past, and before she finds out about the mysterious final object in his exhibition. But as the currents of memory and desire swirl within Observatory Mansions' crumbling walls, it seems the sinister Porter has plans of his own...Edward Carey's debut is a novel of immense originality - a strangely haunting landscape occupied by compelling and unforgettable characters.
Heap House (Iremonger 1)
from the author of The Times Book of the Year Little
AvEdward Carey
E-bok
Engelska, 2013
84 kr
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''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.
Del 1 - Iremonger Trilogy
Heap House (Iremonger 1)
from the author of The Times Book of the Year Little
AvEdward Carey
Häftad, Engelska, 2014
123 kr
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'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.
Del 2 - Iremonger Trilogy
Foulsham (Iremonger 2)
from the author of The Times Book of the Year Little
AvEdward Carey
Häftad, Engelska, 2015
148 kr
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'All of Edward Carey's work is profound and delightful' - Max Porter'Dark and wildly original urban fantasy tale' - The New York Times'If this were music, Carey would be Eric Satie. If it were film, he would be Tim Burton.' - Newsday'A rare work of individual brilliance' - Inis magazineDark, gothic and delightfully macabre, the Iremonger family return...Foulsham, London's great filth repository, is bursting at the seams. The walls that keep the muck in are buckling, rubbish is spilling over the top, back into the city that it came from. In the Iremonger family offices, Grandfather Umbitt Iremonger broods: in his misery and fury at the people of London, he has found a way of making everyday objects assume human shape, and turning real people into objects.Abandoned in the depths of the Heaps, Lucy Pennant has been rescued by a terrifying creature, Binadit Iremonger - more animal than human. She is desperate and determined to find Clod. But unbeknownst to her, Clod has become a golden sovereign and is 'lost'. He is being passed as currency from hand to hand all around Foulsham, and yet everywhere people are searching for him, desperate to get hold of this dangerous Iremonger, who, it is believed, has the power to bring the mighty Umbitt down. But all around the city, things, everyday things, are twitching into life...
Lungdon
from the author of The Times Book of the Year Little
AvEdward Carey
E-bok
Engelska, 2015
72 kr
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''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.
Del 3 - Iremonger Trilogy
Lungdon (Iremonger 3)
from the author of The Times Book of the Year Little
AvEdward Carey
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
123 kr
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'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.
Observatory Mansions
AvEdward Carey
Häftad, Engelska, 2019
201 kr
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I consider [Observatory Mansions] the best fiction yet published in the 21st Century' Jeff Vandermeer'All of Edward Carey's work is profound and delightful’ Max Porter‘[Edward Carey, with Observatory Mansions] proves the potential brilliance of the novel form’ John FowlesObservatory Mansions was once the Orme family's ancestral home. Now it is a crumbing apartment block, stranded on a traffic island and peopled with eccentrics. Alice Orme never stirs from her bed, her husband lives in his old armchair, and Francis, their son, practises his own art of stillness as a human statue in the centre of the decaying city. He lives by his Law of White Gloves, never touching anything without their protection, and collects items for his secret exhibition - items stolen, not because of any monetary worth, but because they are treasured by the owners.This careful routine is shaken by the arrival of a new resident, Anna Tap, half blind and vulnerable, but with a strange gift for inspiring trust. As the other residents gradually open their hearts to her, Francis realises he must act before she forces him to confront his own past, and before she finds out about the mysterious final object in his exhibition. But as the currents of memory and desire swirl within Observatory Mansions' crumbling walls, it seems the sinister Porter has plans of his own...Edward Carey's debut is a novel of immense originality - a strangely haunting landscape occupied by compelling and unforgettable characters.
Del 1 - Burleigh Dodds Science: Instant Insights
Instant Insights: Sweetpotato
AvRobert L. Jarret,Noelle L. Anginm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
696 kr
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This specially formulated collection features 3 reviews of current topics and key research in sweetpotato.The first chapter examines the origin and dispersal of sweetpotato, considers in vitro germplasm storage in sweetpotato genebanks, and looks at the importance of managing sweetpotato crop wild relatives (CWR). The chapter also considers the specific issues associated with sweetpotato germplasm, as well as the application of next-generation sequencing to sweetpotato and its CWR.The second chapter reviews the development and application of genetic transformation and trait improvement to sweetpotato, including the development of sweetpotato plants which are resistant to disease and abiotic stress, and sweetpotatoes with improved starch quality and higher anthocyanin content.The final chapter examines the nutritional contribution made by OFSP (orange-fleshed sweetpotato) in poor rural communities in Malawi, Ghana, Nigeria and Burkina Faso; sustainable breeding and seed systems; and effective commercialisation and marketing to benefit the communities concerned. This chapter includes detailed case studies from Ghana and Malawi.
Edith Holler
AvEdward Carey
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
139 kr
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Norwich, 1901: Edith Holler spends her days among the eccentric denizens of the Holler Theatre, warned by her domineering father that the playhouse will literally tumble down if she should ever leave.Fascinated by tales of the city she knows only from afar, young Edith decides to write a play of her own about Mawther Meg, a monstrous figure said to have used the blood of countless children to make the local delicacy, Beetle Spread. But when her father suddenly announces his engagement to a peculiar woman named Margaret Unthank, Edith scrambles to protect her father, the theatre, and her play-the one thing that's truly hers-from the newcomer's sinister designs.Teeming with unforgettable characters and illuminated by Carey's trademark illustrations, Edith Holler is a surprisingly modern fable of one young woman's struggle to escape her family's control and craft her own creative destiny.
Little
AvEdward Carey
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
139 kr
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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
Edith Holler
AvEdward Carey
Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
210 kr
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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
'Extraordinary... funny, troubling, playful, magical and vastly energetic' A.L. Kennedy
Norwich, 1901: Edith Holler spends her days among the eccentric denizens of the Holler Theatre, warned by her domineering father that the playhouse will literally tumble down if she should ever leave.
Fascinated by tales of the city she knows only from afar, young Edith decides to write a play of her own about Mawther Meg, a monstrous figure said to have used the blood of countless children to make the local delicacy, Beetle Spread. But when her father suddenly announces his engagement to a peculiar woman named Margaret Unthank, Edith scrambles to protect her father, the theatre, and her play-the one thing that's truly hers-from the newcomer's sinister designs.
Teeming with unforgettable characters and illuminated by Carey's trademark illustrations, Edith Holler is a surprisingly modern fable of one young woman's struggle to escape her family's control and craft her own creative destiny.
These Our Monsters And Other Stories
The English Heritage Book of New Folktale, Myth and Legend
AvEdward Carey,Sarah Hallm. fl.
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
180 kr
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From the legends of King Arthur embedded in the rocky splendour of Tintagel to the folklore and mysticism of Stonehenge, English Heritage sites are often closely linked to native English myths. Following on from the bestselling ghost story anthology Eight Ghosts, this new collection of stories inspired by the legends and tales that swirl through the history of eight ancient historical sites.Including an essay by James Kidd on the importance of myth to our landscape and our fiction, and an English Heritage survey of sites and associated legends, These Our Monsters is an evocative collection that brings new voices and fresh creative alchemy to our story-telling heritage.Author and atmospheric locations include:Edward Carey - Bury St Edmunds AbbeySarah Hall - Castlerigg and other stone circlesPaul Kingsnorth - StonehengeAlison MacLeod - Down HouseGraeme Macrae Burnet - Whitby AbbeySarah Moss - Berwick CastleFiona Mozley - Carlisle CastleAdam Thorpe - Tintagel CastleWith original black-and-white illustrations by Clive Hicks-Jenkins
Edith Holler
AvEdward Carey
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
226 kr
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'An extraordinary achievement' A. L. Kennedy
‘An enjoyably uncategorisable and atmospheric book, a richly dark and idiosyncratic fairytale for grownups.’ The Guardian
Edward Carey's witty and entrancing story of a young woman trapped in a ramshackle English playhouse – and the mysterious figure who threatens its very survival.
Norwich, 1901. Edith Holler spends her days among the eccentric denizens of the Holler Theatre, warned by her domineering father that the playhouse will literally tumble down if she should ever leave.
Fascinated by tales of the city she knows only from afar, young Edith decides to write a play of her own about Mawther Meg, a monstrous figure said to have used the blood of countless children to make the local delicacy, Beetle Spread. But when her father suddenly announces his engagement to a peculiar woman named Margaret Unthank, Edith scrambles to protect her father, the theatre, and her play – the one thing that’s truly hers – from the newcomer’s sinister designs.
Teeming with unforgettable characters and illuminated by Carey’s trademark illustrations, Edith Holler is a surprisingly modern fable of one young woman’s struggle to escape her family’s control and craft her own creative destiny.
Das außergewöhnliche Leben eines Dienstmädchens namens PETITE, besser bekannt als Madame Tussaud
AvEdward Carey
Inbunden, Tyska
308 kr
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Das außergewöhnliche Leben eines Dienstmädchens namens PETITE, besser bekannt als Madame Tussaud
AvEdward Carey
Häftad, Tyska, 2023
211 kr
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Edith Holler
AvEdward Carey
Inbunden, Tyska, 2025
356 kr
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Edith Holler
AvEdward Carey
Häftad, Tyska, 2026
235 kr
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Trilogia IREMONGER 2: La caiguda de Foulsham
AvEdward Carey
E-bok
Katalanska, 2024
150 kr
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LES COSES NO SÓN EL QUE SEMBLEN. NO ET REFIÏS MAI DE LES COSES.Després de la primera part d''Iremonger: Els secrets de Heap House, arriba el segon volum de la trilogia.Els Iremonger són una família peculiar.La mansió de HEAP HOUSE i les seves mentides han quedat enrere. Ara en Clod, l''escoltador, i la serventa Lucy Pennant han sucumbit a la maledicció familiar i s''han convertit en uns objectes indefensos: en Clod, que ara és una moneda d''or que molts es volen apropiar, va cap a FOULSHAM, la ciutat infecta de l''altra banda del mur; la Lucy, transformada en un botó insignificant, espera abandonada en la immundícia dels CÚMULS que algú es fixi en ella i la tregui d''allà. Si com a mínim poguessin continuar junts.Si com a mínim trobessin ajuda i poguessin, per fi, enfrontar-se als que volen eliminar-los. Com tots els llocs maleïts, FOULSHAM ha creat molts monstres. Alguns ni tan sols recorden qui són. Però allà no hi ha justícia ni esperança, allà on uns pocs decideixen el futur dels innocents, els monstres poden ser els millors aliats.
Trilogía IREMONGER 2: La caída de Foulsham
AvEdward Carey
E-bok
Spanska, 2024
149 kr
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LAS COSAS NO SON LO QUE PARECEN. NUNCA CONFÍES EN LAS COSAS.Tras la primera entrega: Los secretos de Heap House, llega el segundo volumen de la trilogía.Los Iremonger son una familia peculiar.La mansión de HEAP HOUSE y sus mentiras quedaron atrás. Ahora Clod, el escuchador, y la sirvienta Lucy Pennant han sucumbido a la maldición familiar y se han convertido en indefensos objetos: Clod, una moneda de oro a la que muchos quieren echar el guante, se dirige a FOULSHAM, la infecta ciudad al otro lado del muro; Lucy, transformada en un insignificante botón, espera abandonada en la inmundicia de los CÚMULOS a que alguien repare en ella y la saque de allí.Si al menos pudieran mantenerse unidos. Si al menos encontrasen ayuda y pudieran, por fin, enfrentarse a quienes desean acabar con ellos. Como todos los lugares malditos, FOULSHAM ha creado muchos monstruos. Algunos ni siquiera recuerdan quiénes fueron. Pero allí donde no hay justicia ni esperanza, donde unos pocos deciden el futuro de los inocentes, los monstruos pueden ser los mejores aliados.
Trilogía IREMONGER 1: Los secretos de Heap House
AvEdward Carey
E-bok
Spanska, 2023
150 kr
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LAS COSAS NO SON LO QUE PARECEN. NUNCA CONFÍES EN LAS COSAS.Los Iremonger son una familia peculiar. Durante generaciones han permanecido en HEAP HOUSE, su laberíntica mansión, donde las jerarquías y los matrimonios vienen impuestos. En las plantas superiores vive la familia; en las inferiores, el servicio. Rodean la mansión los CÚMULOS: montones de basura proveniente de todo Londres que se extienden hasta donde alcanza la vista.Todos los miembros de la familia perpetúan una tradición, la de vivir ligados a un OBJETO DE NACIMIENTO que deben proteger con su vida. Los objetos parecen susurrar algo, pero solo Clod Iremonger, el ESCUCHADOR, es capaz de oírlos.La llegada de Lucy Pennant, nueva sirvienta de la mansión, lo cambiará todo. Porque en el horizonte de Heap House se adivina una gran tempestad. Y los secretos de la familia Iremonger están a punto de saltar por los aires para siempre.
Trilogia IREMONGER 1: Els secrets de Heap House
AvEdward Carey
E-bok
Katalanska, 2023
150 kr
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LES COSES NO SÓN EL QUE SEMBLEN. NO ET REFIÏS MAI DE LES COSES.Els Iremonger són una família peculiar.Durant generacions han viscut a HEAP HOUSE, la seva laberíntica mansió, on les jerarquies i els matrimonis els venen imposats. A les plantes superiors hi viu la família; a les inferiors, el servei. Al voltant de la mansió hi ha els CÚMULS: piles de brossa que ve de tot Londres i s''estén fins on arriba la vista.Tots els membres de la família perpetuen una tradició, la de viure lligats a un OBJECTE DE NAIXEMENT que han de protegir amb la vida. Els objectes sembla que murmuren alguna cosa, però només en Clod Iremonger, l''ESCOLTADOR, és capaç de sentir-los.L''arribada de la Lucy Pennant, una nova minyona de la mansió, ho canviarà tot. Perquè a l''horitzó de Heap House s''endevina una gran tempesta. I tots els secrets de la família Iremonger estan a punt de saltar pels aires per sempre.
Trilogía IREMONGER 3: La conjura de Lombres
AvEdward Carey
E-bok
Spanska, 2026
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LAS COSAS NO SON LO QUE PARECEN. NUNCA CONFÍES EN LAS COSAS.La conclusión magistral de esta trilogía épica y preciosista sobre el sistema de clases británico, las ciudades inundadas de deshechos y una maldición que atraviesa generaciones.Los Iremonger son una familia peculiar.Foulsham, la ciudad de la oscuridad y los crímenes, ha quedado sepultada bajo los Cúmulos. La familia Iremonger ahora anda suelta por Londres (Lombres, como ellos la llaman). Buscan un nuevo hogar y están decididos a encontrarlo, cueste lo que cueste. Los lombrinenses empiezan a notar sucesos extraños: seres queridos que desaparecen, objetos insólitos que brotan de la nada y una oscuridad sigilosa que parece devorar la luz del día.Mientras, el joven Clod, escondido junto a su familia en una diminuta casa franca de la ciudad, cree que Lucy Pennant está muerta. Pero Lucy sobrevivió entre las ruinas de la Casa de Laurel, y ha armado un escuadrón de niños que la ayudarán a reunirse con su amado. Lombres, aseguran los Iremonger, ha traicionado a su clan. La sucia Lombres, no paran de repetir, confabula contra la familia Iremonger, y merece por ello un castigo ejemplar: su completa destrucción.Pero no saben que también Lombres, criminal y oscura, planea la destrucción de los Iremonger, de todos y cada uno de ellos. Sin piedad. Y solo uno de los dos podrá salir con vida.«El inesperado bestseller decorte gótico».EL PAÍS«Una familia inquietante.Una trilogía inolvidable».MARGARET ATWOOD
Trilogia IREMONGER 3: La conjura de Lombres
AvEdward Carey
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Katalanska, 2026
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LES COSES NO SÓN EL QUE SEMBLEN. NO ET REFIÏS MAI DE LES COSES.La conclusió magistral d''aquesta trilogia èpica i preciosista sobre el sistema de classes britànic, les ciutats inundades de deixalles i una maledicció que travessa generacions. Foulsham, la ciutat de la foscor i els crims, ha quedat sepultada pels Cúmuls. La família Iremonger ara corre lliurement per Londres. Lombres , com en diuen ells .Busquen una nova llar i estan decidits a trobar-la, i tant és quant costi. Els londinencs comencen a percebre que passen coses estranyes: éssers estimats que desapareixen, objectes insòlits que sorgeixen del no-res i una foscor sigil·losa que sembla que devora la llum del dia. Ningú sap què passa ni com aturar-ho. Mentrestant, en Clod, amagat amb la seva família en una casa franca de la ciutat, es pensa que la Lucy Pennant és morta. Però ella va sobreviure d''entre les runes de la Casa del Llorer, i ha armat un bon esquadró de nens que l''ajudaran a retrobar-se amb el seu estimat. Lombres, asseguren els Iremonger, ha traït el seu clan i per això mereix un càstig exemplar: la seva destrucció completa. Però la ciutat, criminal i fosca, es prepara per destruir tots els Iremonger, sense deixar-se''n cap. Sense pietat. Només un d''ells, el clan o la ciutat, en sortirà amb vida.
Del 1 - Iremonger Trilogy
Heap House (Iremonger 1)
from the author of The Times Book of the Year Little
AvEdward Carey
Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
156 kr
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'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.

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