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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
135 kr
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Escape to the ocean with the entrancing, unforgettable winner of the Costa Book of the Year – as read on BBC Radio 4.‘A daring, mesmerising novel… A modern myth’ Maggie O’Farrell, author of HAMNETOn a quiet day, near the Caribbean island of Black Conch, a mermaid raises her barnacled head from the flat grey sea. She is attracted by David, a fisherman waiting for a catch, singing to himself with his guitar. Aycayia the mermaid has been living in the vast ocean all alone for centuries.When Aycayia is caught and dragged ashore by American tourists, David rescues her with the aim of putting her back in the ocean. But it is soon clear that the mermaid is already transforming into a woman.This is the story of their love affair, of an island and of the great wide sea.‘Not your standard mermaid’ Margaret Atwood, author of THE HANDMAID’S TALE‘Bighearted… A world that it is a pleasure to live inside’ New York Times‘Sensuous, beguiling, wondrous… A striking achievement’ Sunday Times‘A fiercely modern mermaid story’ The Times‘A unique talent’ Bernardine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHERVINTAGE EARTH is a series of books that reveals our ever-changing relationship with the environment. These are stories old and young, set in worlds real or imagined, that allow us to explore our connection to the natural world. Transformative, wild, surprising and essential, these novels take on the most urgent story of our times.
Häftad, Engelska, 2011
357 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2013
357 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2004
262 kr
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E-bok
Engelska, 201139 kr
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Monique Roffey had found her soulmate. But then the love affair she had always longed for came to a sudden and heartbreaking end. Devastated, Monique felt that she could never love again. But as time went on, she began to ask questions. Does ruling out love have to mean ruling out sex? Can you have great sex without love? And, conversely, can a great love survive without sex? This is an eye-opening, inspiring story of one woman's quest to heal a broken heart and to find her own answers to some powerful and resonant questions. It takes her from the personal ads to a libertine's resort in the south of France to tantra workshops and beyond -- until she finds that she might just be able to love again, after all…
E-bok
Engelska, 201233 kr
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Author of The Mermaid of Black Conch, Rathbone Folio Prize 2021 longlisted, Winner of the Costa Best Novel Award 2020 & Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2020 Gavin Weald lives with his six-year old daughter Océan and their dog Suzy in a newly rebuilt pink house. It is only a few months since a devastating flood swept through their home, with heartbreaking consequences. Gavin is trying desperately to carry on, but wakes each night to his daughter's cries and his own fears for the future. So one day he does the only thing he can think of: he takes his daughter and his dog down to the marina, to his old boat Romany which hasn't set sail in years, and embarks upon a voyage to make his peace with the waters. They set sail into deep open ocean, watch fish and dolphins leap from the waves, and head for the Caribbean archipelago that Gavin longed to explore as a younger man, before he fell in love with a woman and moored his boat for what he thought was the last time. Now Gavin has a new reason for wanderlust and an unexpected crew, who are about to discover the full power and majesty of the sea. A miraculous journey awaits, new sights and wonders - but it will take more than an ocean to put the memory of the flood behind them… Praise for Archipelago: 'There's a warmth to this book, an exuberance and a wisdom, that makes the experience of reading it feel not just pleasurable but somehow instructive. It's funny, sometimes bitingly poignant. A brilliant piece of storytelling' Andrew Miller, author of Pure, winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2011
E-bok
Engelska, 201033 kr
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Author of The Mermaid of Black Conch, Rathbone Folio Prize 2021 longlisted, Winner of the Costa Best Novel Award 2020 & Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2020 August Chalmin feels the weather like no one else. A large awkward recluse, with bright orange hair and sun-shy eyes, August hides himself away behind the counter of a Shepherd's Bush deli. One winter's day two things change his life forever: his mother's ex-lover Cosmo shambles back into his life, and he discovers a rash on his arm which looks like frost. A rash which is frost. As Cosmo raises questions about August's identity, August finds himself changing with the seasons, in a journey that takes him deep into his past and to the very centre of his soul...
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
117 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
123 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
123 kr
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Author of The Mermaid of Black Conch, Rathbone Folio Prize 2021 longlisted, Winner of the Costa Best Novel Award 2020 & Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2020August Chalmin feels the weather like no one else.A large awkward recluse, with bright orange hair and sun-shy eyes, August hides himself away behind the counter of a Shepherd's Bush deli. One winter's day two things change his life forever: his mother's ex-lover Cosmo shambles back into his life, and he discovers a rash on his arm which looks like frost. A rash which is frost.As Cosmo raises questions about August's identity, August finds himself changing with the seasons, in a journey that takes him deep into his past and to the very centre of his soul...
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
123 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2022
123 kr
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Author of The Mermaid of Black Conch, Rathbone Folio Prize 2021 longlisted, Winner of the Costa Best Novel Award 2020 & Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2020Gavin Weald lives with his six-year old daughter Océan and their dog Suzy in a newly rebuilt pink house. It is only a few months since a devastating flood swept through their home, with heartbreaking consequences.Gavin is trying desperately to carry on, but wakes each night to his daughter's cries and his own fears for the future. So one day he does the only thing he can think of: he takes his daughter and his dog down to the marina, to his old boat Romany which hasn't set sail in years, and embarks upon a voyage to make his peace with the waters. They set sail into deep open ocean, watch fish and dolphins leap from the waves, and head for the Caribbean archipelago that Gavin longed to explore as a younger man, before he fell in love with a woman and moored his boat for what he thought was the last time.Now Gavin has a new reason for wanderlust and an unexpected crew, who are about to discover the full power and majesty of the sea. A miraculous journey awaits, new sights and wonders - but it will take more than an ocean to put the memory of the flood behind them…Praise for Archipelago:'There's a warmth to this book, an exuberance and a wisdom, that makes the experience of reading it feel not just pleasurable but somehow instructive. It's funny, sometimes bitingly poignant. A brilliant piece of storytelling' Andrew Miller, author of Pure, winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2011
E-bok
Engelska, 201433 kr
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Author of The Mermaid of Black Conch, Rathbone Folio Prize 2021 longlisted, Winner of the Costa Best Novel Award 2020 & Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2020 The City of Silk is restless, its people suffering in the grip of corruption. Then, one hot July evening, The Leader gathers his followers, a brotherhood of half-trained men and boys, and storms the House of Power. Together they intend to take back what they believe is rightfully theirs. Caught up in the mayhem is quiet, scholarly Ashes. He had been inspired by The Leader's charisma, but now that words have turned to action he's not so sure about this insurrection. And trapped with the rebel boy soldiers is government minister Aspasia Garland. The mother of a son the same age as the teenage gunmen, she sees much of her child in these boys with guns. As the siege continues, the city holds its breath. For what happens over the next six days will change the small island's future forever…Praise for House of Ashes: 'The kind of Caribbean fiction Gabriel Garcia Marquez once wrote about - a vividness of imagination which is at once so terrible, so beautiful and so compelling that it shows you exactly how things are' Kei Miller 'Roffey's writing is raw and visceral and she thrusts her readers headlong into the middle of the action, her pen as powerful as the butts of guns shoved in her hostages' backs' Observer 'Goes to the heart of questions of political temptation and folly; it grips from beginning to end' Sunday Telegraph 'Gripping' The Times 'Absorbing' Independent 'Vivid' Guardian 'Powerful' Observer ‘Monique Roffey is a unique talent and most daring and versatile of writers' Bernardine Evaristo
E-bok
Engelska, 2021100 kr
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Escape to the ocean with the entrancing, unforgettable winner of the Costa Book of the Year – as read on BBC Radio 4.‘A daring, mesmerising novel… A modern myth’ Maggie O’Farrell, author of HAMNET‘Not your standard mermaid’ Margaret Atwood, author of THE HANDMAID’S TALENear the island of Black Conch, a fisherman sings to himself while waiting for a catch. But David attracts a sea-dweller that he never expected – Aycayia, an innocent young woman cursed by jealous wives to live as a mermaid.When American tourists capture Aycayia, David rescues her and vows to win her trust. Slowly, painfully, she transforms into a woman again. Yet as their love grows, they discover that the world around them is changing – and they cannot escape the curse for ever… ‘Bighearted… A world that it is a pleasure to live inside’ New York Times‘Sensuous, beguiling, wondrous… A striking achievement’ Sunday Times‘A fiercely modern mermaid story’ The Times‘A unique talent’ Bernardine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER‘Gorgeous… I was enthralled, enchanted and moved’ 5-star reader review‘A tale of love, the sea and a mermaid… Perfection’ 5-star reader review
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
135 kr
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Escape to the ocean with the entrancing, unforgettable winner of the Costa Book of the Year – as read on BBC Radio 4.‘A daring, mesmerising novel… A modern myth’ Maggie O’Farrell, author of HAMNET‘Not your standard mermaid’ Margaret Atwood, author of THE HANDMAID’S TALENear the island of Black Conch, a fisherman sings to himself while waiting for a catch. But David attracts a sea-dweller that he never expected – Aycayia, an innocent young woman cursed by jealous wives to live as a mermaid.When American tourists capture Aycayia, David rescues her and vows to win her trust. Slowly, painfully, she transforms into a woman again. Yet as their love grows, they discover that the world around them is changing – and they cannot escape the curse for ever… ‘Bighearted… A world that it is a pleasure to live inside’ New York Times‘Sensuous, beguiling, wondrous… A striking achievement’ Sunday Times‘A fiercely modern mermaid story’ The Times‘A unique talent’ Bernardine Evaristo, author of GIRL, WOMAN, OTHER‘Gorgeous… I was enthralled, enchanted and moved’ 5-star reader review‘A tale of love, the sea and a mermaid… Perfection’ 5-star reader review
Ljudbok
Engelska, 2024200 kr
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Brought to you by Penguin.Four women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island – the electrifying new novel from the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch.Early one morning, at the close of St Colibri’s carnival, a young female steel-pan player is found dead beneath a cannonball tree. It is a discovery that will transform the lives of everyone on this small island.As the days pass, this shocking event draws together four women. There’s Sharleen, a journalist with an eye for the real story. Her childhood friend Tara, a pink-haired, straight-talking local activist. Gigi, the ‘notorious’ founder of the Port Isabella Sex Workers Collective. And Daisy, first lady of St Colibri, who is haunted by a disappearance in her own family decades ago.In a community in which women’s voices are often silenced and violence against them is overlooked time after time, the group soon find themselves compelled to speak out – and to act. But even they could never have foreseen the consequences of their courage…‘Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it’ SARAH WINMAN‘Beautiful and important’ SAFIYA SINCLAIR‘A vital novel… Fiery, funny and ferociously feminist’ DIANA EVANS©2024 Monique Roffey (P)2024 Penguin Audio
Häftad, Engelska, 2025
135 kr
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Four women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island – the exhilarating new novel from the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch.‘If The White Lotus were a modern feminist thriller, this would be it’ LALINE PAULL‘Brilliant. I loved it’ SARAH WINMANEarly one morning, at the close of St Colibri’s carnival, a young female steel-pan player is found dead beneath a cannonball tree. It is a discovery that will transform the lives of everyone on this Caribbean island.As the days pass, the shocking event draws together new allies: Sharleen, Tara, Gigi and Daisy. In a community in which violence against women is overlooked time after time, the group find themselves compelled to speak out – and to act.But they could never have foreseen the consequences of their courage… READERS LOVE PASSIONTIDE‘Exhilarating… it’s a blast, with sharp, smart humour’‘What an amazing book this is… This story will stay with me for a very long time’‘A powerful book… really moving’‘Filled with anger, unity and love’‘This was fantastic… five stars’‘Moving and gripping’‘Roffey’s world-building power is evident on every page’ GUARDIAN‘A resounding testament to the rebellious spirit of Caribbean women’ SAFIYA SINCLAIR‘Will keep you reading all hours... unforgettable’ GLAMOUR‘A vital novel… Fiery, funny’ DIANA EVANS
E-bok
Engelska, 2024171 kr
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Four women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island – the exhilarating new novel from the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch.‘If The White Lotus were a modern feminist thriller, this would be it’ LALINE PAULL‘Brilliant. I loved it’ SARAH WINMANEarly one morning, at the close of St Colibri’s carnival, a young female steel-pan player is found dead beneath a cannonball tree. It is a discovery that will transform the lives of everyone on this Caribbean island.As the days pass, the shocking event draws together new allies: Sharleen, Tara, Gigi and Daisy. In a community in which violence against women is overlooked time after time, the group find themselves compelled to speak out – and to act.But they could never have foreseen the consequences of their courage… READERS LOVE PASSIONTIDE‘Exhilarating… it’s a blast, with sharp, smart humour’‘What an amazing book this is… This story will stay with me for a very long time’‘A powerful book… really moving’‘Filled with anger, unity and love’‘This was fantastic… five stars’‘Moving and gripping’‘Roffey’s world-building power is evident on every page’ GUARDIAN‘A resounding testament to the rebellious spirit of Caribbean women’ SAFIYA SINCLAIR‘Will keep you reading all hours... unforgettable’ GLAMOUR‘A vital novel… Fiery, funny’ DIANA EVANS
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
232 kr
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Four women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island – the electrifying new novel from the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch.‘Vital, enraging and brilliant. I loved it’ SARAH WINMAN‘Beautiful and important’ SAFIYA SINCLAIREarly one morning, at the close of St Colibri’s carnival, a young female steel-pan player is found dead beneath a cannonball tree. It is a discovery that will transform the lives of everyone on this small island.As the days pass, this shocking event draws together four women. There’s Sharleen, a journalist with an eye for the real story. Her childhood friend Tara, a pink-haired, straight-talking local activist. Gigi, the ‘notorious’ founder of the Port Isabella Sex Workers Collective. And Daisy, first lady of St Colibri, who is haunted by a disappearance in her own family decades ago.In a community in which women’s voices are often silenced and violence against them is overlooked time after time, the group soon find themselves compelled to speak out – and to act. But even they could never have foreseen the consequences of their courage…READERS LOVE PASSIONTIDE‘This was fantastic… five stars’‘Exhilarating… it's a blast, with sharp, smart humour’‘A powerful book… really moving’‘Filled with anger, unity and love’‘What an amazing book this is… This story will stay with me for a very long time’‘Moving and gripping’‘A must-read’‘I loved this book’‘Roffey’s world-building power is evident on every page’GUARDIAN‘Will keep you reading all hours... unforgettable’GLAMOUR‘Sensual, ferocious… If The White Lotus were a modern feminist thriller, this would be it’LALINE PAULL‘The spirit of carnival itself is in the writing… Electrifying’JASON ALLEN-PAISANT‘A vital novel… Fiery, funny’DIANA EVANS
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
247 kr
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Four women spark a revolution on a Caribbean island - the electrifying new novel from the Costa-winning author of The Mermaid of Black Conch.Early one morning, at the close of St Colibri's carnival, a young female steel pan player is found dead beneath a cannonball tree. It is a discovery that will transform the lives of everyone on this small island . . .Fiercely alive, Passiontide is a novel of women daring to imagine a different world. It confirms Monique Roffey as one of our most spellbinding storytellers.PRAISE FOR MONIQUE ROFFEY:'Monique Roffey is a unique talent' Bernardine Evaristo'A daring, mesmerising novel' Maggie O'Farrell'Wonderful, immersive, evocative . . . A masterclass of world-building' Bridget Collins'Once I had started it, I couldn't stop . . . brilliant' Clare Chambers
E-bok
Engelska, 200933 kr
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Author of The Mermaid of Black Conch, Rathbone Folio Prize 2021 longlisted, Winner of the Costa Best Novel Award 2020 & Winner of the Costa Book of the Year 2020 When George and Sabine Harwood arrive in Trinidad from England George instantly takes to their new life, but Sabine feels isolated, heat-fatigued, and ill at ease with the racial segregation and the imminent dawning of a new era. Her only solace is her growing fixation with Eric Williams, the charismatic leader of Trinidad's new national party, to whom she pours out all her hopes and fears for the future in letters that she never brings herself to send. As the years progress, George and Sabine's marriage endures for better or worse. When George discovers Sabine's cache of letters, he realises just how many secrets she's kept from him - and he from her - over the decades. And he is seized by an urgent, desperate need to prove his love for her, with tragic consequences…
Häftad, Tyska, 2025
175 kr
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E-bok
Tyska, 2022200 kr
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Zwei Liebende. Zwei Welten. Ein unmögliches Glück. Mit beispielloser poetischer Leichtigkeit erzählt Monique Roffey aus weiblicher Sicht vom Mythos der Meerjungfrau. Sie erzählt vom Fremdsein in der Welt und vom Kampf einer Frau um Selbstbestimmung, sie erzählt von den uralten Narben der Kolonialgeschichte auf den karibischen Inseln und vom ungeheuren Wirbelsturm unserer Gefühle.April 1976: Vor einer karibischen Insel sitzt ein junger Mann allein in seinem Boot. Er wartet auf den nächsten Fang, doch stattdessen taucht neben ihm eine Meerjungfrau auf. Aycayia. Auf ihr lastet der Fluch eifersüchtiger Ehefrauen, seit Jahrhunderten schwimmt sie im karibischen Meer. Ihr Volk, die Taino, gibt es längst nicht mehr. Und auch sie selbst droht als spektakulärer Fang zu enden, als sie von amerikanischen Touristen entdeckt und an Land verschleppt wird. Im letzten Moment kann sie David, der junge Fischer, retten. Er versteckt sie in seinem Haus, während sie sich langsam und schmerzhaft wieder in eine Frau zurückverwandelt. Doch kann Aycayia hier bei ihm tatsächlich ihre innere Freiheit finden? Monique Roffey hat eine der ältesten Geschichten der Literatur in ein schillerndes Meisterwerk unserer Zeit verwandelt. Wie begegnen wir uns? Wo gehören wir hin? Und wie unsicher ist der Boden unserer Vergangenheit, auf dem wir uns bewegen? »Monique Roffeys Talent ist außergewöhnlich, sie schreibt so vielseitig wie couragiert.« Bernardine Evaristo »Eine hochmoderne Meerjungfrauengeschichte.« The Times »Mythos, Feminismus und Humor – wahrhaft originell erzählt.« The Daily Mail
Inbunden, Tyska, 2022
265 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2023
262 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2009
340 kr
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