Literary Fiction Political

"Llega la hora" empieza con la lectura de una nota de suicidio que acarrea consecuencias devastadoras tanto para Harry y Emma Clifton como para Giles Barrington y Lady Virginia. Giles ha de decidir si se retira de la política y dedica todos sus esfuerzos a rescatar a Karin, la mujer de ama, atrapada tras el Telón de Acero. Aunque, ¿de verdad ama Karin a Giles, o acaso es una espía? Lady Virginia se enfrenta a la bancarrota.

A father and three of his seven children work brutal hours in a mine, facing hazards such as landslides, fire, and poisoned air, to scrape together enough money for food. When their lodger, Étienne, shares ideas about a workers' revolt, the family gradually embraces his plans. Soon the settlement is aflame with resolve to strike for better wages and working conditions. Savage and horrifying events ensue as miners clash with management and with each other.

In 1902, a young girl watches her family's life destroyed by corrupt officials and inscrutable natives. In 1954, the wife of the American ambassador becomes trapped in the intrigue of a Cold War love affair. In 1983, an evangelical missionary discovers that the Good News may not be good news at all to the Mayan refugees she hopes to save. And in 1999, the mother of an adopted Mayan daughter embarks on a roots tour only to find that the history she seeks is not safely in the past.

From the war-shattered jungles of Vietnam to America’s burning cities, near-death in Tibet, peace marches, the battle of Hué and the battle of the Pentagon, wild drugs, rock concerts, free love, CIA coups in Indonesia and Greece, the Six Days’ War, and Bobby Kennedy’s last campaign, Freedom puts you in the Sixties as if it were now. Mick leaves for the Himalayas while Troy heads to Vietnam with the Marines. Daisy starts her PhD in brain research, and Tara battles heroin as her rock band reaches stardom.

The first of two-part novel, Itzel I tells the story of three disparate characters swept up in the drama of the Mexican student movement of 1968 whose ending in the Massacre in Tlatelolco on October 2nd, a date now always commemorated in Mexico, changed their lives forever. Broad in scope and exuberant in style in the best tradition of Latin American literature, this book roots its readers in the ebullience of Mexico's daily life and language, even as they are made to confront the horrors of history, to examine the difficulties of friendship and family.

What Alex, illegitimate daughter of an alcoholic novelist and an artist, has always wanted is family. At 15, she falls in love with a 27-year-old photographer, whom she will leave when she comes under the spell of Ted Neal, a charismatic activist on his way to Mississippi for 1964’s Freedom Summer. That fall, Ted organizes a collective that turns to the growing antiwar movement.

When a car-jacking in Johannesburg leads to the death of her colleague and lover, Zoe du Plessis, a palaeontologist of Afrikaner origin, is confronted with her family’s secret. As she heads for the Kalahari Desert in search of early human fossils, Zoe embarks on an inner journey into the sense of guilt haunting her people. Meaningful encounters with a San Bushman shaman, a legendary but troubled writer, a Zulu Border War veteran, and her ancestors’ diaries will reshape Zoe's sense of identity.

For decades, the Reverend Sammy Milton was a force in American politics. An outspoken leader of the Religious Right, Milton divided his time between evangelizing the lost and galvanizing conservative voters. His rhetoric was polarizing, his positions were divisive, and he garnered many enemies over the years. When news outlets carried word of his death, many openly expressed joy at his passing.

When Satya, a professor and author, attends a prestigious artists' retreat to write, he finds the pressures of the outside world won’t let up: the president rages online; a dangerous virus envelops the globe; and the twenty-four-hour news cycle throws fuel on every fire. For most of the retreat fellows, such stories are unbearable distractions, but for Satya, who sees them play out in both America and his native India, these Orwellian interruptions begin to crystallize into an idea for his new novel, Enemies of the People, about the lies we tell ourselves and one another.

Abel återvänder till Chicago, fortfarande ursinnig efter det ödesdigra mötet med Kane, bara för att mötas av ytterligare motgångar vid sin ankomst. Trots att han gjort sitt bästa för att förbereda sig för det oväntade är hans ansträngningar otillräckliga och han finner sig snart i en mycket prekär situation. Kane å sin sida kämpar på med sina egna problem. Företaget har gått med stora förluster och han överväger att säga upp sig. Han lär känna Kate och ber henne följa med honom till England, trots att de nyligen träffas.

Tjugoettåriga Valter Nordin vet precis vad det är han vill med sitt liv. Han ska bli polis, skydda sina medmänniskor och göra en insats för sitt land. Militärtjänsten gav honom helt enkelt mersmak. Kanske skulle han till och med kunna jobba för SÄPO? Men efter tre avslag blir Valter villrådig. Polisen vill tydligen inte ha honom, fastän han är en tvättäkta patriot. Ska han verkligen behöva lägga golv resten av livet? På jakt efter nya vägar framåt hamnar Valter i situationer som inte alls blir som han tänkt sig.

Charles Seymor, näst äldste son och därmed utesluten från att ärva sin fars earl-titel, ärvde i alla fall sin mors styrka. Och en vilja att skapa sitt eget öde ... Simon Kerslakes far offrade allt för sin sons drömmar. Nu är det upp till Simon att nå dem. Ray Gould kommer från de stökigare kvarteren, men fostrades med stolthet - som går väl i hand med hans skarpa intellekt och drivkraft att nå det omöjliga ... Tre män som går från att vara främlingar till rivaler om posten till premiärminister i Storbritannien.

A strong, self-reliant woman who was born in Somalia but brought up in North America, Cambara returns to Mogadiscio to escape a failed marriage and an overweening mother. Her journey back to her native home is a desperate attempt to find herself on her own terms-however ironically, in a country where women are expected to wear veils.

On a rocky, beautiful hilltop stands Ma'aleh Hermesh C, a fledgling community flying under the radar. According to the government it doesn't exist; according to the military it must be defended. On this contested land, Othniel Assis - under the wary gaze of the neighboring Palestinian village - installs his ever-expanding family. As Othniel manipulates government agencies, more settlers arrive and the outpost takes root. One of the settlement's residents is Gabi Kupper.

In "Der Sandler" wird eine Geschichte erzählt, die eigentlich gar nicht erzählt werden darf. Denn sie handelt von der Scham des sozialen Abstiegs - und diese Scham macht die Betroffenen schweigen. "Der Sandler" ist deshalb eine fiktive Geschichte, die Obdachlose ins Zentrum stellt und trotz aller Fiktion ein realistisches und vielschichtiges Bild ihres Alltags auf den Münchner Straßen vermittelt. Karl Maurer.

Después de varios años malviviendo en París, Pedro Cadavid regresa a Medellín a trabajar como profesor, y se encuentra con una ciudad conmocionada. Acaba de ocurrir Orión, el operativo con el que las fuerzas estatales recuperaron el control de la Comuna 13, y en todos los rincones se sienten los estragos: hay muertos y desaparecidos, pero también hay celebración por el supuesto fin de la criminalidad. Cadavid acerca al sufrimiento de las víctimas, y nota cómo se aplaude una ofensiva semejante, aun cuando en ella se hayan infiltrado los grupos paramilitares y el narcotráfico.

Nella ist die einzige Schwarze Lektorin in einem großen New Yorker Verlagshaus und daher zuständig für alle Diversity-Themen. Die Freude ist groß, als mit Hazel eine zweite Schwarze in ihre Abteilung kommt. Doch Nella beschleicht schnell ein ungutes Gefühl: Nicht nur erobert Hazel mit ihrem coolen, hippen Auftreten die Herzen der Kolleg:innen im Sturm. Auch fällt sie Nella mehrfach in den Rücken und lässt die erwartete Solidarität vermissen.

Boris Pahor, scrittore sloveno e cittadino italiano, non si colloca nel panorama letterario europeo come autore di un solo libro; altri capolavori segnano il suo percorso creativo che ruota in prevalenza intorno al destino della gente slovena nel Novecento e alle suggestioni di una città elusiva e ammaliatrice come Trieste. La prima di queste opere è la raccolta di racconti Il rogo nel porto, che non solo lievita ai livelli più alti della grande letteratura europea ma prelude a quasi tutta la restante produzione dell’autore quanto a temi e motivi ispiratori.

Hvorfor bedøver vi hunde og katte ved kastrering, men ikke grise? Hvorfor er det okay at spise køer, men ikke hunde? Hvorfor befrier vi elefanter fra et liv i cirkus, men hænger levende kyllinger op på slagterkroge. Det er nogle af de spørgsmål romanens hovedperson, Lava, stiller sig selv og sine omgivelser. Sammen med sin gode ven Valdemar forsøger hun at råbe det danske samfund op, men sandheden er som bekendt ilde hørt, og det er nemmere at lukke øjne og ører end at ændre vaner.

I talarstolen inför tusentalet människor som samlats på Gärdet den 1 maj faller Sveriges statsminister Sven Sundberg offer för ett dödligt attentat. Nyheten om mordet sprider sig som en löpeld bland folket. Det spekuleras livligt om vem som kunde ha förövat det. Fanns det möjligen en koppling till att en främmande ubåt fastnat i marinens garn i Stockholms skärgård? Låg främmande makter bakom mordet och i så fall vilken av dem? När kalla krigets vindar blåser fram över hela Europa kan ingen vara säker.