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Kate Atkinson won the Whitbread (now Costa) Book of the Year prize with her first novel, Behind the Scenes at the Museum, and has been a critically acclaimed writer ever since. Her four bestselling novels featuring former detective Jackson Brodie became the BBC television series Case Histories, starring Jason Isaacs. Her latest novel Life After Life was shortlisted for several prestigious literary prizes including the Women’s (formerly Orange) and the Costa Novel Prize. She was appointed MBE in the 2011 Queen’s Birthday Honours List.
Kate Atkinson was born in York and now lives in Edinburgh.
A God in Ruins relates the life of Teddy Todd - would-be poet, heroic World War II bomber pilot, husband, father, and grandfather - as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face living in a future he never expected to have. This gripping, often deliriously funny yet emotionally devastating book looks at war - that great fall of Man from grace - and the effect it has, not only on those who live through it, but on the lives of the subsequent generations. It is also about the infinite magic of fiction. Those who loved the best-selling Life After Life will recognise Teddy as Ursula Todd's adored younger brother - but for those who have not read it, A God in Ruins stands fully on its own. Few will dispute that it proves once again that Kate Atkinson is one of the most exceptional novelists of our age.
In A God in Ruins, Atkinson turns her focus on Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy - would-be poet, RAF bomber pilot, husband and father - as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face living in a future he never expected to have.
Winner of the Costa Novel Award 2013. Winner of the Specsavers UK Author of the Year 2013. Chosen by the prestigious Kirkus Reviews as one of 10 titles in 2013 that ‘will sweep you off your feet’ Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013. With wit and compassion, Kate Atkinson finds warmth even in life's bleakest moments, and shows an extraordinary ability to evoke the past. Here she is at her most profound and inventive, in a novel that celebrates the best and worst of ourselves. Click below to listen to an extract from the audiobook edition of this title. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson by Random House Audiobooks
Winner of the Specsavers UK Author of the Year 2013. Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2013. Chosen by the prestigious Kirkus Reviews as one of 10 titles in 2013 that ‘will sweep you off your feet’ Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013. What if you had the chance to live your life again and again, until you finally got it right? During a snowstorm in England in 1910, a baby is born and dies before she can take her first breath. During a snowstorm in England in 1910, the same baby is born and lives to tell the tale. What if there were second chances? And third chances? In fact an infinite number of chances to live your life? Would you eventually be able to save the world from its own inevitable destiny? And would you even want to? Life After Life follows Ursula Todd as she lives through the turbulent events of the last century again and again.
One of our Great Reads you may have missed in 2011. February 2011 Book of the Month. Shortlisted for the Galaxy UK Author of the Year 2010.Another outing for Jackson Brodie in Atkinson's next crime novel. She seems to really be getting in to her stride with this series and as each book can be read as a stand alone has not tied herself down to any set rules, but then when does she ever? Told with all her usual quirkiness and entertaining characters this is another must read.
Shortlisted for the Galaxy UK Author of the Year 2010. Another outing for Jackson Brodie in Atkinson's next crime novel. She seems to really be getting in to her stride with this series and as each book can be read as a stand alone has not tied herself down to any set rules, but then when does she ever? Told with all her usual quirkiness and entertaining characters this is another must read. September 2010 Good Housekeeping selection. The Goodhousekeeping view... The fourth title in the bestselling series sees former detective Jackson Brodie on the trail of thebirth family of an adopted girl who officially doesn’t exist. Atkinson’s novels have so far sold two million copies in the UK and this is another sharply observed piece of storytelling.
Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2009. CWA Judges’ comments: ‘A multifaceted and thought-provoking exploration of the aftermath of a savage family killing.’ Winner of the Richard & Judy Best Read 2009. Reviewed on Richard & Judy's Book Club 2009 on Wednesday 11 February. When this literary author turned crime writer something very special happened to her work. The Guardian believes it has made her a better writer, I feel that her lovely style adds an extra dimension to a fascinating tale. Characters intercept and react, there are many coincidences, twists and turns and it all comes racing together at the end, a bit like a runaway train except, of course, Jackson and Louise’s stories which remain open for the next book. Comparison: Ian McEwan, Morag Joss, Hilary Mantel.
Atkinson’s crime novels just keep getting better and better. Great characterisation, brilliant plotting and an excellent story teller. One of the best crime novels you’ll read this year.
A queue at the Edinburgh Festival witness a supposed act of “road rage” so begins a wonderfully convoluted plot with twists and turns, humour and surprises which, very satisfactorily, goes round and round. It is the second outing for Jackson Brodie (Case Histories being the first) and it is irresistible, really very good indeed. Intelligent, addictive, beautifully written and thrilling.Similar this month: None.Comparison: Charlotte Mendleson, Donna Tartt, Susanna Jones.
A 2011 World Book Night selection. Wow! You are in for a treat here. Kate has a tremendous reputation but in my mind she has never really lived up to Behind the Scenes at the Museum, her Whitbread winner. Well now she has, and surpassed it. More plot-driven than is her norm, it has her expected trademark of glorious language and subtle humour, here all wrapped in the cloak of a literary detective story with a warm, original and totally believable private investigator, Jackson Brodie. It was shortlisted for the recent Whitbread Best Novel prize and was only pipped to the post by Small Island (you must definitely read that too). Our Editorial Guru, Sarah Broadhurst, has suggested others book and authors that would be perfect for you to read next or to pass on the recommendation - so your gift will keep on giving enjoyment. Her selections for this title are: Louise Welsh, Reginald Hill
Kate Atkinson readers will devour this departure in her writing and a new audience will love it as well. Jackson Brodie, former police investigator, explores three previously unsolved case histories – and finds they reflect upon his own life, as he faces a mid life crisis.
Another story of family and telling stories. Effie and her mother Nora (who it turns out is not her mother) tell their tales to each other on a remote Scottish island. Full of humour and warmth and the usual quirkiness of her novels.
Follow the weird and wonderful history of the Fairfax family in this thoroughly enjoyable quirk novel from Kate Atkinson. Nothing is ever predictable in Atkinson’s novels but there is always plenty to feed your imagination.
March 2014 Guest Editor Jojo Moyes on Behind the Scenes at the Museum. I would, frankly, read Kate Atkinson's shopping list. This was the first book which really made me understand the importance of 'voice'. She's a writer who inspires as she's brave, and inventive, and you never know where her novels are going to go next, all too rare a trait, in my opinion. The Lovereading view... This is very special. Even with all she has written since and with her change of direction into crime mysteries this, her first novel, in my mind still stands out as her best. It is simply just the life of Ruby and her dysfunctional family. It’s warm, addictive, quite wonderful – and quite unlike anything else she has written. A "Piece of Passion" from the publisher... ‘I have a vivid memory of the first time I read the first page of Kate Atkinson’s first novel. It was nearly 10 years after I’d left York and in a page I was back there, in the streets around the Minster – transported by the voice of an unborn child to a world that was familiar but warped. Never mind its unusual developmental stage, the voice was immediately distinct, a little mad, a little caustic, and yet brilliantly true and completely hilarious. It was delicious. Behind the Scenes at the Museum is in a class of its own. The odd structure, tone, cast of characters all made it unique, exciting , a bit disturbing and utterly captivating. It made me laugh and it made me cry. I think it is a masterpiece.' Susanna Wadeson, Publishing Director at Transworld
A dramatic story of WWII espionage, betrayal, and loyalty, by the #1 bestselling author of Life After Life In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past forever. Ten years later, now a radio producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence. Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of the best writers of our time.
THE MAGNIFICENT NEW NOVEL BY BESTSELLING AWARD-WINNING KATE ATKINSON `Think of it as an adventure, Perry had said right at the beginning of all this.And it had seemed like one. A bit of a lark, she had thought. A Girl's Own adventure.' In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past for ever. Ten years later, now a producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence. Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of this country's most exceptional writers.
'AN UNAPOLOGETIC NOVEL OF IDEAS WHICH IS ALSO WISE, FUNNY AND PACED LIKE A THRILLER' - OBSERVER * THE MAGNIFICENT NEW NOVEL BY AWARD-WINNER KATE ATKINSON * In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathisers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past for ever. Ten years later, now a producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence. Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of this country's most exceptional writers. 'HOW VEHEMENTLY MOST NOVELISTS WILL WISH TO PRODUCE A MASTERPIECE AS GOOD' - TELEGRAPH
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Transcription by Kate Atkinson, read by Fenella Woolgar.THE MAGNIFICENT NEW NOVEL BY BESTSELLING AWARD-WINNING KATE ATKINSON'Think of it as an adventure, Perry had said right at the beginning of all this.And it had seemed like one. A bit of a lark, she had thought. A Girls' Own adventure.' In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathizers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past for ever. Ten years later, now a producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realize that there is no action without consequence.Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of this country's most exceptional writers.
V vysshuyu ligu sovremennoj literatury Kejt Atkinson popala s pervoj zhe popytki: ee debyutnyj roman "e;Muzej moih tajn"e; poluchil prestizhnuyu Uitbredovskuyu premiyu, obojdya "e;Proshchal'nyj vzdoh mavra"e; Salmana Rushdi, a cikl romanov o chastnom detektive Dzheksone Broudi, uspevshij polyubit'sya i rossijskomu chitatelyu ("e;Prestupleniya proshlogo"e;, "e;Povorot k luchshemu"e;, "e;ZHdat' li dobryh vestej?"e;, "e;CHut' svet, s sobakoyu vdvoem"e;), Stiven King okrestil "e;glavnym detektivnym proektom desyatiletiya"e;. Itak, poznakom'tes' s Noroj i EHffi; Nora - mat', a EHffi - doch'. Na kroshechnom shotlandskom ostrovke, sredi vereskovyh pustoshej i torfyanogo mha, oni ukryvayutsya ot stihij v ogromnom polurazrushennom dome svoih predkov i rasskazyvayut drug drugu istorii. Nora celuet zhab, sobiraet krapivu na sup i govorit o chem ugodno, krome togo, o chem EHffi hochet uslyshat', a imenno - kto zhe ee otec. EHffi rasskazyvaet o svoem priyatele Bobe, kotoryj davno perestal hodit' na lekcii po filosofii, pochti ne vylezaet iz krovati, i dlya nego "e;klingony ne menee real'ny, chem francuzy i nemcy, i uzh kuda real'nee, skazhem, lyuksemburzhcev"e;. Tem vremenem kto-to, vozmozhno, sledit za EHffi; kto-to, vozmozhno, ubivaet starikov; i kuda-to propal zagadochnyj zheltyj pesVpervye na russkom.
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Ovo je jedan od najboljih romana koje sam u ovom stoljecu procitala. Kate Atkinson je cudo. Nema dovoljno ushicenih epiteta kojima bih opisala "e;Zivot za zivotom"e;. Zanosan, duhovit, dirljiv, radostan, zaloban, dubok roman. -Gillian Flynn, autorica NestaleA to bi bilo da imamo priliku ponavljati vlastiti A ivot sve dok napokon ne ispadne kako treba? U snjeA noj oluji u Engleskoj 1910. raA a se djevojA ica koja A e umrijeti prije nego A to prvi put doA e do daha. U snjeA noj oluji u Engleskoj 1910. raA a se djevojA ica i kreA e u A ivot.A to bi bilo kad bismo dobili joA jednu priliku? Pa joA jednu? A toviA e, bezbroj prilika da ponovno proA ivimo A ivot? Bismo li kad-tad uspjeli spasiti svijet od sudbine koja ga A eka? Bismo li se uopA e odvaA ili?A ivot za A ivotom opetovano prati Ursulu Todd kroz burna zbivanja proA log stoljeA a. Kate Atkinson duhovito i suosjeA ajno nalazi toplinu i u najsumornijim A ivotnim trenutcima i nevjerojatno vjeA to oA ivljava povijest. Nikad nije pisala tako maA tovito i zahvatila tako duboko kao u ovom romanu koji slavi ono najbolje i najgore u nama.Dobitnik nagrade Costa za romanS engleskoga prevela: Vlatka ValentiA Kate Atkinson prvim je romanom Behind the Scenes at the Museum (u Hrvatskoj prevedenim kao Iza kulisa u muzeju) osvojila nagradu Whitebread (danas Costa) za knjigu godine, a istu je nagradu osvojila joA dvaput, u kategoriji romana, za A ivot za A ivotom (2013) i A God in Ruins (2015). U A etiri nedavna bestselera protagonist joj je privatni istraA itelj Jackson Brodie: Case Histories (Povijesti sluA ajeva), One Good Turn, When Will There Be Good News? i Started Early, Took My Dog. Od godine 2011. nositeljica je Reda Britanskog Carstva.
V vysshuyu ligu sovremennoj literatury Kejt Atkinson popala s pervoj zhe popytki: ee debyutnyj roman "e;Muzej moih tajn"e; poluchil prestizhnuyu Uitbredovskuyu premiyu, obojdya "e;Proshchal'nyj vzdoh mavra"e; Salmana Rushdi, a cikl romanov o chastnom detektive Dzheksone Broudi, uspevshij polyubit'sya i rossijskomu chitatelyu ("e;Prestupleniya proshlogo"e;, "e;Povorot k luchshemu"e;, "e;ZHdat' li dobryh vestej?"e;, "e;CHut' svet, s sobakoyu vdvoem"e;), Stiven King okrestil "e;glavnym detektivnym proektom desyatiletiya"e;. I vot za porazitel'nym mirovym bestsellerom "e;ZHizn' posle zhizni"e;, rasskazyvavshim, kak metodom prob i oshibok nakonec prozhit' XX vek pravil'no, sleduet ego prodolzhenie - "e;Bogi sredi lyudej"e;. I esli Ursula Todd prozhila mnogo zhiznej, to ee brat Teddi - lish' odnu, zato ochen' dlinnuyu. On izuchal v Oksforde poehziyu Uil'yama Blejka, a potom ubiral urozhaj v yuzhnoj Francii, on za shturvalom chetyrekhmotornogo "e;galifaksa"e; bombil Berlin, a potom uverilsya, chto sredi lyudej est' bogi: ved', po vyrazheniyu EHmersona, sam chelovek - ehto ruhnuvshee bozhestvo...
WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA NOVEL AWARD A God in Ruins relates the life of Teddy Todd - would-be poet, heroic World War II bomber pilot, husband, father, and grandfather - as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face living in a future he never expected to have. This gripping, often deliriously funny yet emotionally devastating book looks at war - that great fall of Man from grace - and the effect it has, not only on those who live through it, but on the lives of the subsequent generations. It is also about the infinite magic of fiction.Those who loved the bestselling Life After Life will recognise Teddy as Ursula Todd's adored younger brother - but for those who have not read it, A God in Ruins stands fully on its own. Few will dispute that it proves once again that Kate Atkinson is one of the most exceptional novelists of our age.
A God in Ruins relates the life of Teddy Todd - would-be poet, heroic World War II bomber pilot, husband, father, and grandfather - as he navigates the perils and progress of the 20th century. For all Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge will be to face living in a future he never expected to have. This gripping, often deliriously funny yet emotionally devastating book looks at war - that great fall of Man from grace - and the effect it has, not only on those who live through it, but on the lives of the subsequent generations. It is also about the infinite magic of fiction. Those who loved the best-selling Life After Life will recognise Teddy as Ursula Todd's adored younger brother - but for those who have not read it, A God in Ruins stands fully on its own. Few will dispute that it proves once again that Kate Atkinson is one of the most exceptional novelists of our age.
Kate Atkinsons groer Roman uber das Drama des 20. Jahrhunderts - Platz 1 der Times-Bestsellerliste. Was bleibt von einem Menschen und seinen Mglichkeiten? Zwischen den Weltkriegen erlebt Teddy Todd, geboren 1914, eine idyllische lndliche Jugend auf dem Anwesen seiner Familie nahe London. Mag sein, dass er, der charmante Naturfreund und Mchtegern-Poet, mit seiner Sandkastenliebe Nancy einst eine Tochter haben wird (die er nicht versteht und die ihn nicht versteht). Und vielleicht wird die Tochter ihm eine Enkelin schenken, die alle Enttuschungen wettmacht. Zuvor aber kommt der Krieg ins Spiel, und Teddy Todd hat als todesmutiger Kampfpilot fast tagtglich die Stdte Hitler-Deutschlands zu bombardieren Ein Roman ber den heroischen Alltag eines wunderbar normalen Mannes; ein Buch voll hintergrndigem Witz, das sich anfhlt wie vier Generationen gelebtes Leben. "e;Fr mich ist diese feinsinnige, dramatische und bewegende Familiensaga aus England eines der besten Bcher des Jahres."e; Brigitte
One of the Best Books of 2015--TIME, NPR, Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, The Christian Science Monitor, The Seattle Times, The Kansas City Star, Kirkus, Bookpage, Hudson Booksellers, AARPThe stunning companion to Kate Atkinson's #1 bestseller Life After Life, "e;one of the best novels I've read this century"e; (Gillian Flynn)."e;He had been reconciled to death during the war and then suddenly the war was over and there was a next day and a next day. Part of him never adjusted to having a future."e; Kate Atkinson's dazzling Life After Life explored the possibility of infinite chances and the power of choices, following Ursula Todd as she lived through the turbulent events of the last century over and over again. A GOD IN RUINS tells the dramatic story of the 20th Century through Ursula's beloved younger brother Teddy--would-be poet, heroic pilot, husband, father, and grandfather-as he navigates the perils and progress of a rapidly changing world. After all that Teddy endures in battle, his greatest challenge is living in a future he never expected to have. An ingenious and moving exploration of one ordinary man's path through extraordinary times, A GOD IN RUINS proves once again that Kate Atkinson is one of the finest novelists of our age.
Que Ursula Todd muera a las pocas horas de nacer en una casa de campo inglesa a principios de 1910 y que, a la vez, el medico llegue a tiempo para salvarla son dos hechos perfectamente compatibles enUna y otra vez, una novela que ofrece siempre dos alternativas a su protagonista.As, Ursula tendr varias oportunidades de cambiar su destino, el de su familia e incluso el de toda Europa. Y no se trata solo de vivir una nueva vida, sino de hacer algo con lo que la mayora hemos soado alguna vez: borrar los episodios del pasado que hablan mal de nosotros.Gracias a un perfecto dominio en la creacion de ambientes y personajes, Atkinson consigue varias novelas en una. Trgica en ocasiones, divertida en otras pero siempre intrigante, la gran autora inglesa cuenta una historia y es como si contara cientos de ellas.
A queue at the Edinburgh Festival witness a supposed act of “road rage” so begins a wonderfully convoluted plot with twists and turns, humour and surprises which, very satisfactorily, goes round and round. It is the second outing for Jackson Brodie (Case Histories being the first) and it is irresistible, really very good indeed. Intelligent, addictive, beautifully written and thrilling.Similar this month: None.Comparison: Charlotte Mendleson, Donna Tartt, Susanna Jones.
Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father, George, was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a D-cup that he wasn't married. Bunty had never wanted to marry George, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath York Minster, with sensible and sardonic Patrica aged five, greedy cross-patch Gillian who refused to be ignored, and Ruby...Ruby tells the story of The Family, from the day at the end of the nineteenth century when a travelling French photographer catches frail beautiful Alice and her children, like flowers in amber, to the startling, witty, and memorable events of Ruby's own life.
Once it had been the great forest of Lythe - a vast and impenetrable thicket of green.And here, in the beginning, lived the Fairfaxes, grandly, at Fairfax Manor, visited once by the great Gloriana herself.But over the centuries the forest had been destroyed, replaced by Streets of Trees.The Fairfaxes have dwindled too; now they live in 'Arden' at the end of Hawthorne Close and are hardly a family at all.But Isobel Fairfax, who drops into pockets of time and out again, knows about the past. She is sixteen and waiting for the return of her mother - the thin, dangerous Eliza with her scent of nicotine, Arpege and sex, whose disappearance is part of the mystery that still remains at the heart of the forest.
In rural Devon, six-year-old Joanna Mason witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime is released from prison. In Edinburgh, sixteen-year-old Reggie works as a nanny for a G.P. But Dr Hunter has gone missing and Reggie seems to be the only person who is worried.Across town, Detective Chief Inspector Louise Monroe is also looking for a missing person, unaware that hurtling towards her is an old friend -- Jackson Brodie -- himself on a journey that becomes fatally interrupted.
Kejt Atkinson - odin iz samyh uvazhaemyh i populyarnyh avtorov sovremennoj Britanii. Ee debyutnyj roman poluchil prestizhnuyu Uitbredovskuyu premiyu, obojdya mnogih imenityh kandidatov - naprimer, Salmana Rushdi s ego "e;Proshchal'nym vzdohom mavra Odnako nastoyashchaya slava prishla k nej s publikaciej "e;Prestuplenij proshlogo - pervoj knigi iz cikla o kembridzhskom chastnom detektive Dzheksone Broudi. Roman vyzval buryu vostorga i u kritikov, i u kolleg po cekhu, i u shirokogo chitatelya, odnim iz naibolee yaryh propagandistov tvorchestva Atkinson sdelalsya sam Stiven King.V romane "e;Prestupleniya proshlogo chastnomu detektivu Dzheksonu Broudi predstoit zanyat'sya delami, kotorye policiya davno spisala v arhiv: o tainstvennom nochnom ischeznovenii malen'koj devochki iz roditel'skogo sada; o nemotivirovannom ubijstve docheri izvestnogo advokata, pomogavshej emu v ofise; i o krovavom ehpizode domashnego nasiliya v molodoj sem'e, zhivushchej na ferme. Kazalos' by, mezhdu vsemi nimi net nichego obshchego, da i sledy prostyli davno, odnako nitochki, perepletayas', tyanutsya v nastoyashchee i samym neozhidannym obrazom svodyat geroev - kazhdyj so svoimi skeletami v shkafah...
Winner of the Costa Novel Award 2013. Winner of the Specsavers UK Author of the Year 2013. Chosen by the prestigious Kirkus Reviews as one of 10 titles in 2013 that ‘will sweep you off your feet’ Shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2013. With wit and compassion, Kate Atkinson finds warmth even in life's bleakest moments, and shows an extraordinary ability to evoke the past. Here she is at her most profound and inventive, in a novel that celebrates the best and worst of ourselves. Click below to listen to an extract from the audiobook edition of this title. Life After Life by Kate Atkinson by Random House Audiobooks
Was ware, wenn man sein Leben wieder und wieder leben konnte, bis man schlielich alles perfekt gemacht hatte? Ware man dann ein glucklicher Mensch? Ursula Todd ist eine fur ihre Zeit ganz besondere Frau: unabhangig, modern, realistisch. Mit Humor begegnet sie nicht nur ihrer skurrilen Familie, sondern auch den seltsamen Ereignissen in ihrem Leben. Wie jeder erlebt sie Situationen, in denen sie sich fragt: Was ware, wenn? Was ware geschehen, wenn sich ihre Teenagerliebe erfullt hatte? Was ware geschehen, wenn sie studiert hatte? Oder was ware aus ihr geworden, wenn sie nicht in England, sondern in einem anderen Land aufgewachsen ware? Ware ihr Leben schrecklicher oder besser verlaufen? Doch anders als anderen Menschen bleibt es fur Ursula nicht bei diesen Fragen. Ihr ist es gegeben, ihr Leben immer wieder zu korrigieren und damit jeden Fehler zu beseitigen. Dennoch erlebt sie Verlust, Verrat, Krieg und Tod. Was also soll diese Gabe? Ist es uberhaupt moglich, sein Leben fehlerlos zu leben?
Einst belegte die erste Lady Fairfax alle nachkommenden Generationen mit einem Fluch. Die junge Isobel spurt diesen noch immer. Ist ihre Mutter tatschlich fortgegangen, oder hat der Vater seine schne Frau aus Eifersucht umgebracht? Tapfer versucht Isobel, die Geheimnisse in ihrer Familie zu lften.
What if you could live again and again, until you got it right? On a cold and snowy night in 1910, Ursula Todd is born to an English banker and his wife. She dies before she can draw her first breath. On that same cold and snowy night, Ursula Todd is born, lets out a lusty wail, and embarks upon a life that will be, to say the least, unusual. For as she grows, she also dies, repeatedly, in a variety of ways, while the young century marches on towards its second cataclysmic world war. Does Ursula's apparently infinite number of lives give her the power to save the world from its inevitable destiny? And if she can -- will she?Darkly comic, startlingly poignant, and utterly original -- this is Kate Atkinson at her absolute best.
Jackson Brodie is a private investigator in Cambridge. A former soldier and policeman, he makes his money working from investigating infidelity and finding missing cats. But Jackson's tough-guy exterior belies a deeply empathetic heart. He's unable to resist coming to the rescue and increasingly he becomes a magnet for the bereaved, the lost and the dysfunctional. Surrounded by death, intrigue and misfortune, his own life haunted by a family tragedy, the Jackson Brodie series begins as the investigator attempts to unravel three disparate case histories. He soon realizes, however, that in spite of apparent diversity, everything is connected. . .Now, with this four-volume eBook bundle, you can discover the novels that the New York Times has called ';deliciously underhanded . . . and well worth waiting for.'';Atkinson's detective novels are masterworks of character-driven plots and leisurely observation. But they are primarily triumphs of tone: sardonic, faithless, and dark as the inside of a cow. As a reader, you might come for the mystery, but you'll return for the prose.' The Globe and MailThis bundle includes:CASE HISTORIESONE GOOD TURNWHEN WILL THERE BE GOOD NEWS?STARTED EARLY, TOOK MY DOG
Fur ihren ersten Roman "e;Familienalbum"e; hat Kate Atkinson viele internationale Preise erhalten. Mit ihren weiteren Buchern hat sich die bekannte Autorin eine Fangemeinde erschrieben. June ist schwanger und wei dass sie bald mit ihren Kindern allein dastehen wird. Addison, uneheliches Kind und von seinem Vater nie anerkannt, stellt bei dessen Begrbnis fest, dass er es letztlich ohne den Vater besser hatte. Die praktische Amerikanerin Meredith muss erfahren, dass es fr das Altern kein Patentrezept gibt. Kate Atkinsons Figuren widerfhrt nichts Ungewhnliches, sie erleben das, was das Leben fr jeden bereit hlt: Altern, Einsamkeit, Liebe, Tod. Doch die Geschichten, die sie erzhlt, enden nie in Hoffnungslosigkeit. Kate Atkinsons scharfer und illusionsloser Blick richtet sich stets auch auf den Ausweg aus dem scheinbar unvernderbaren Dasein. Mit ihrem neuen Buch blttert sie ein weiteres Familienalbum auf.
Alles beginnt im Jahr 1888, als Rubys Urgromutter Alice, obwohl mit ihrem siebten Kind schwanger, den Verfuhrungskunsten eines durchreisenden Fotogra-fen erliegt und bald mit ihm fur immer verschwindet. Zuruck bleiben die Kinder und die Generationen, die auf sie folgen - und die Fotos, an die sich vor allem die Traume und Sehnsuchte der Frauen knupfen. Die heiteren wie traurigen Geschichten, die sich um diese Fotos ranken, werden von Ruby erzahlt. Und sie besitzt die Gabe, noch im Tragischen das Komische zu entdecken, eine Gabe, die ihr die Kraft gibt, zu uberleben und ihr Gluck zu finden.
Tracy Waterhouse, ehemalige Polizistin und absolut gesetzestreue Burgerin, kauft ein Kind. Niemand ist davon mehr uberrascht als sie selbst. Zwar handelt es sich dabei eigentlich um eine Rettungsaktion, dennoch ist das Ganze keineswegs legal, und Tracy ist von Stund an auf der Flucht. Da kommt es ihr hochst ungelegen, dass ein gewisser Jackson Brodie, Privatdetektiv, sie unbedingt wegen eines 30 Jahre alten Falles sprechen mochte. Tracy hat diesen speziellen Fall nie so ganz verwunden. Auch damals ging es um ein Kind, und Tracy ist fest entschlossen, diesmal das Richtige zu tun... Das vergessene Kind von Kate Atkinson: auergewhnlicher Kriminalroman im eBook!
Jackson Brodie, der unorthodoxe Privatdetektiv, ist zu Geld gekommen, aber glucklich ist er damit nicht. Er vermisst seine Arbeit und langweilt sich gehorig. Auch der Aufenthalt in Edinburgh und das Theaterfestival dort andern nichts an seiner Stimmung. Erst als er eine tote Frau an einem Strand entdeckt, ist er wieder ganz in seinem Element. Was hat die Visitenkarte zu bedeuten, die die Tote bei sich tragt und auf der einzig das Wort "e;Liebesdienste"e; zu lesen ist? Brodie ermittelt auf eigene Faust und ist der Polizei zu deren groer Verargerung immer eine Nasenlange voraus. Doch dann gerat Brodie in Gefahr - und die Ermittlungen nehmen einen uberraschenden Verlauf.
Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective-a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town. Both appear miserable and better off without each other-or so decides Tracy, in a snap decision that surprises herself as much as Kelly. Suddenly burdened with a small child, Tracy soon learns her parental inexperience is actually the least of her problems, as much larger ones loom for her and her young charge.Meanwhile, Jackson Brodie, the beloved detective of novels such as Case Histories, is embarking on a different sort of rescue-that of an abused dog. Dog in tow, Jackson is about to learn, along with Tracy, that no good deed goes unpunished.
One of our Great Reads you may have missed in 2011. February 2011 Book of the Month. Shortlisted for the Galaxy UK Author of the Year 2010.Another outing for Jackson Brodie in Atkinson's next crime novel. She seems to really be getting in to her stride with this series and as each book can be read as a stand alone has not tied herself down to any set rules, but then when does she ever? Told with all her usual quirkiness and entertaining characters this is another must read.
In rural Devon, six-year-old Joanna Mason witnesses an appalling crime. Thirty years later the man convicted of the crime is released from prison. In Edinburgh, sixteen-year-old Reggie works as a nanny for a G.P. But Dr Hunter has gone missing and Reggie seems to be the only person who is worried. Across town, Detective Chief Inspector Louise Monroe is also looking for a missing person, unaware that hurtling towards her is an old friend -- Jackson Brodie -- himself on a journey that becomes fatally interrupted.
It is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident - an incident which changes the lives of everyone involved. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is also an innocent bystander - until he becomes a suspect. With Case Histories, Kate Atkinson showed how brilliantly she could explore the crime genre and make it her own. In One Good Turn she takes her masterful plotting one step further. Like a set of Russian dolls each thread of the narrative reveals itself to be related to the last. Her Dickensian cast of characters are all looking for love or money and find it in surprising places. As ever with Atkinson what each one actually discovers is their true self. Unputdownable and triumphant, One Good Turn is a sharply intelligent read that is also percipient, funny, and totally satisfying.
On a peat and heather island off the west coast of Scotland, Effie and her mother Nora take refuge in the large mouldering house of their ancestors and tell each other stories.Nora, at first, recounts nothing that Effie really wants to hear, like who her father was - variously Jimmy, Jack, or Ernie. Effie tells of her life at college in Dundee, the land of cakes and William Wallace, where she lives in a lethargic relationship with Bob, a student who never goes to lectures, seldom gets out of bed, and to whom the Klingons are as real as the French and the Germans (more real than the Luxemburgers).But strange things are happening. Why is Effie being followed?Is someone killing the old people? And where is the mysterious yellow dog?
Once it had been the great forest of Lythe - a vast and impenetrable thicket of green.And here, in the beginning, lived the Fairfaxes, grandly, at Fairfax Manor, visited once by the great Gloriana herself. But over the centuries the forest had been destroyed, replaced by Streets of Trees.The Fairfaxes have dwindled too; now they live in 'Arden' at the end of Hawthorne Close and are hardly a family at all. But Isobel Fairfax, who drops into pockets of time and out again, knows about the past. She is sixteen and waiting for the return of her mother - the thin, dangerous Eliza with her scent of nicotine, Arpege and sex, whose disappearance is part of the mystery that still remains at the heart of the forest.
Shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger 2009. CWA Judges’ comments: ‘A multifaceted and thought-provoking exploration of the aftermath of a savage family killing.’ Winner of the Richard & Judy Best Read 2009. Reviewed on Richard & Judy's Book Club 2009 on Wednesday 11 February. When this literary author turned crime writer something very special happened to her work. The Guardian believes it has made her a better writer, I feel that her lovely style adds an extra dimension to a fascinating tale. Characters intercept and react, there are many coincidences, twists and turns and it all comes racing together at the end, a bit like a runaway train except, of course, Jackson and Louise’s stories which remain open for the next book. Comparison: Ian McEwan, Morag Joss, Hilary Mantel.
On a hot summer day, Joanna Mason's family slowly wanders home along a country lane. A moment later, Joanna's life is changed forever...On a dark night thirty years later, ex-detective Jackson Brodie finds himself on a train that is both crowded and late. Lost in his thoughts, he suddenly hears a shocking sound...At the end of a long day, 16-year-old Reggie is looking forward to watching a little TV. Then a terrifying noise shatters her peaceful evening. Luckily, Reggie makes it a point to be prepared for an emergency...These three lives come together in unexpected and deeply thrilling ways in the latest novel from Kate Atkinson, the critically acclaimed author who Harlan Coben calls "e;an absolute must-read."e;
On a beautiful summer day, crowds lined up outside a theater witness a sudden act of extreme road rage: a tap on a fender triggers a nearly homicidal attack. Jackson Brodie, ex-cop, ex-private detective, new millionaire, is among the bystanders.The event thrusts Jackson into the orbit of the wife of an unscrupulous real estate tycoon, a washed-up comedian, a successful crime novelist, a mysterious Russian woman, and a female police detective. Each of them hiding a secret, each looking for love or money or redemption or escape, they all play a role in driving Jackson out of retirement and into the middle of several mysteries that intersect in one sinister scheme.Kate Atkinson "e;writes such fluid, sparkling prose that an ingenious plot almost seems too much to ask, but we get it anyway,"e; writes Laura Miller for Salon. With a keen eye for the excesses of modern life, a warm understanding of the frailties of the human heart, and a genius for plots that turn and twist, Atkinson has written a novel that delights and surprises from the first page to the last.
A 2011 World Book Night selection. Wow! You are in for a treat here. Kate has a tremendous reputation but in my mind she has never really lived up to Behind the Scenes at the Museum, her Whitbread winner. Well now she has, and surpassed it. More plot-driven than is her norm, it has her expected trademark of glorious language and subtle humour, here all wrapped in the cloak of a literary detective story with a warm, original and totally believable private investigator, Jackson Brodie. It was shortlisted for the recent Whitbread Best Novel prize and was only pipped to the post by Small Island (you must definitely read that too). Our Editorial Guru, Sarah Broadhurst, has suggested others book and authors that would be perfect for you to read next or to pass on the recommendation - so your gift will keep on giving enjoyment. Her selections for this title are: Louise Welsh, Reginald Hill
Not the End of the World is Kate Atkinson's first collection of short stories. Playful and profound, they explore the world we think we know whilst offering a vision of another world which lurks just beneath the surface of our consciousness, a world where the myths we have banished from our lives are startlingly present and where imagination has the power to transform reality. From Charlene and Trudi, obsessively making lists while bombs explode softly in the streets outside, to gormless Eddie, maniacal cataloguer of fish, and Meredith Zane who may just have discovered the secret to eternal life, each of these stories shows that when the worlds of material existence and imagination collide, anything is possible.
Another story of family and telling stories. Effie and her mother Nora (who it turns out is not her mother) tell their tales to each other on a remote Scottish island. Full of humour and warmth and the usual quirkiness of her novels.
Elizabeth, forty-something, childless, recently separated, just wants to be alone. She's moved into her new house, a converted Victorian mansion, alive with history, character, woodworm and dry rot. But worse than that, she's besieged by invaders of the human kind.
Follow the weird and wonderful history of the Fairfax family in this thoroughly enjoyable quirk novel from Kate Atkinson. Nothing is ever predictable in Atkinson’s novels but there is always plenty to feed your imagination.
March 2014 Guest Editor Jojo Moyes on Behind the Scenes at the Museum. I would, frankly, read Kate Atkinson's shopping list. This was the first book which really made me understand the importance of 'voice'. She's a writer who inspires as she's brave, and inventive, and you never know where her novels are going to go next, all too rare a trait, in my opinion. The Lovereading view... This is very special. Even with all she has written since and with her change of direction into crime mysteries this, her first novel, in my mind still stands out as her best. It is simply just the life of Ruby and her dysfunctional family. It’s warm, addictive, quite wonderful – and quite unlike anything else she has written. A "Piece of Passion" from the publisher... ‘I have a vivid memory of the first time I read the first page of Kate Atkinson’s first novel. It was nearly 10 years after I’d left York and in a page I was back there, in the streets around the Minster – transported by the voice of an unborn child to a world that was familiar but warped. Never mind its unusual developmental stage, the voice was immediately distinct, a little mad, a little caustic, and yet brilliantly true and completely hilarious. It was delicious. Behind the Scenes at the Museum is in a class of its own. The odd structure, tone, cast of characters all made it unique, exciting , a bit disturbing and utterly captivating. It made me laugh and it made me cry. I think it is a masterpiece.' Susanna Wadeson, Publishing Director at Transworld
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