What to read on vacation: 10 iconic art books 2017
Books / / December 19, 2019
1. "The Nordic Gods" by Neil Gaiman
Nile Geĭman greatest storyteller present, and is available from traditional Scandinavian humor interprets myths outlined in "Elder Edda".
If you do not know about the brave deeds of the Torah, did not hear anything, what ingenious inventions capable Loki, and do not understand why everything is so panic because of Ragnarok, this book will put everything in its place.
But even if you have to read out holes the entire northern epic, the book still does not disappoint. Believe me, follow the familiar story and adventures of the gods led by the harsh Gaiman - an indescribable pleasure.
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2. series of books "Neapolitan romances", Elena Ferrante
"Neapolitan quartet" - is not just a series of four books. This is the story of female friendship genuine life long.
When Lena and Leela are introduced in the provincial rayonchike Naples, they do not even know how strongly they bind destiny. Together they will go to school for the first time will face social inequality, experience for yourself all the hardships of life, to plunge into the world of spontaneous student unrest, experience the joy of love and bitterness treachery. They will endlessly quarrel and make up, their paths would converge and diverge, but there will always be something that will not let them finally lose sight of each other.
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3. "Girls," Emma Cline
The debut novel by American Emma Cline - is piercingly honest and sometimes frankly repulsive story of the pain of growing up of a teenage girl who desperately lacking in love. Evie Boyd fourteen, she does not have anyone to absolutely no cause. Her recently divorced mother busy device of his personal life, and the only friend and did not value their relationships.
In an attempt to somehow fill the inner emptiness and to compensate for the lack of attention Evi accident It falls into the musician's entourage Russell - dexterous manipulator, who made a real cult of the same young girls. Behind this story it is easy to guess the story actually existed bloody criminal sect of Charles Manson. About how Evie will look for yourself and get out of trouble, just and will be discussed in this courageous book.
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4. "My grandmother told me to bow down and submit that asks for forgiveness," Fredrik Backman
Infused with warmth and love story about a girl and her grandmother Else that were too eccentric for all others. Every night they went together to the magical prosoni country where time was measured eternity and no one needs to explain his unusual behavior.
One day my grandmother died and remains prosoni forever. It leaves Else letters that she should convey to all those who have a grandmother wants to ask for forgiveness. Gradually fulfilling the order and delivering letters to the old woman, the girl discovers unknown details of her colorful life, begins to better understand the motives of its actions and takes of real friends.
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5. "Smoke", Dan Vileta
An original novel about the strange world of Victorian England, where all the people are prisoners of their own emotions. Every experience, thought shameful or evil spiritual impulse then immediately find the material embodiment - of the long man immediately begins to ooze a thick black smoke.
It is best to deal with the emotions coming out in disciplined aristocrats, and worst of all - in children, because of their immediacy and incontinence. To learn how to keep yourself in the hands of rich teenagers are sent to study in the closed boarding school. The three main characters of the novel - is no exception. The mysterious old mansion waiting for them many intriguing secrets that will open their eyes to the world of the creative things.
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6. "Here I am," Jonathan Safran Foer
The long-awaited new novel from the author of "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer, on which he worked for about 10 years.
Marriage Jacob and Julia bursting at the seams. Relations have long ceased to bring joy, but the gap wife still perceived as a terrible misfortune, commensurate with the end of the world.
The events of the novel take place against the backdrop of the emerging conflict in the Middle East, which only adds to the personal tragedy of the characters. After the break they have to re-learn how to live alone and get used to the idea that their bond is broken forever.
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7. "Guidance for housekeepers," Lucia Berlin
Popularity overtaken stories Lucia Berlin only after the writer's death. In 2015 it was recognized as a collection of this literary sensation and won many awards, quickly became the best-selling version of The New York Times.
This collection - a veritable kaleidoscope of human destinies, caught in the field of observation of the writer. It fairly describes the daily routine of nurses, alcoholics, cancer patients - all of the world that was familiar to her firsthand.
Here is a story about how to behave if you manage to become a housekeeper. Here is a sketch of a crazy dentist, who asked his granddaughter to pull out all the teeth without anesthesia. Here are the stories of urban alcoholic, a school teacher, hunchback girl, woman who lost her husband.
Lucia Berlin writes about things that cause discomfort. That often overlook. On the wrong side of human life. But does it so skillfully and with such skill that it is impossible to break away.
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8. "Hungry house," David Mitchell
Passage in an old mansion in the alley Slade opens only once every few years, and only in order to let in his next victim. Behind the door is hidden lush garden and a cozy old manor. That's only the first impression of the alleged deceptive hospitality.
Readers are waiting five stories of mysterious occurrences going on in this house. All of them will develop organically in a single novel about the mysterious twin-hosts, which do not just lured to his visitors.
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9. "House on the edge of the night," Katherine Banner
Castellammare - tiny secluded island off the coast of Italy, where about a thousand people. One day there comes a stranger - a young doctor Amedeo Esposito. A few years later the family doctor and the local count both boys are born. From this moment begins a fascinating and slightly mystical saga of several generations Esposito family, who never left the severed from all corner of the world.
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10. "Origin", Dan Brown
At the invitation of his former pupil Edmund Kirsch, Professor Robert Langdon arrives at the Museum Guggenheim, where he arranges luxurious event to tell the world about their amazing opening. Kirsch intends to share the revolutionary thoughts on two important issues, eternally disturbing humanity, "How do we" and "Where are we going?" But he can not do it because he is killed.
Investigate the mysterious incident is taken Robert Langdon in the company of the director of the museum, and an artificial intelligence named Winston.
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