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Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved in a monastery, as "sacred …
Jazz Bashara is a criminal.
Well, sort of. Life on Artemis, the first and …
I really did enjoy this read!
A quest, a literary thriller and a love story, What We Can Know spans the …
Instead of putting an apocalyptic wasteland into the foreground of this near future novel, Ian McEwan has created a narrative grounded in human relationships and philosophical inquiry, allowing its dystopian elements to hum softly in the background. It is exactly this, what makes the story so haunting. The characters of the book go about their lives, debates, and personal dramas, treating their changing reality as merely "the way things are." Overall, an intelligent a reminder of how easily humanity can drift into compromise when distracted by the immediate present while we are looking the other way.
A quest, a literary thriller and a love story, What We Can Know spans the past, present and future to …
Highly unusual After the Holocaust novel. In the far future, 20th century texts are preserved …
2nd read. This time in English and in the wonderful illustrated Folio Society edition...
The Sound of Waves (潮騒, Shiosai) is a 1954 novel by the Japanese author Yukio Mishima. It is a coming-of-age …
Butter ist die Geschichte einer jungen Frau, die über den Sinneseindruck des Geschmacks zu sich selbst findet. Dabei steht die Butter aus dem Titel des Romans als Symbol für Lebensfreude und Selbstliebe. Ein Entwicklungsroman aus dem modernen und doch so konservativ patriarchalisch geprägten Japan. Die Protagonistin zeigt eindrucksvoll, dass echte Selbstbestimmung erst dort beginnt, wo Frauen aufhören, sich für die Erwartungen anderer einzuschränken – sowohl geistig als auch körperlich.
The Sound of Waves (潮騒, Shiosai) is a 1954 novel by the Japanese author Yukio …
Sehr schöne Adaption des klassischen Themas von Daphnis und Cloe in die Welt des ländlichen Nachkriegsjapans.
The Moon will soon return.
Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something worse will depend on two …
The Moon will soon return.
Whether this heralds the destruction of humankind or something …
Inhaltswarnung Don't read, otherwise you will spoil how it all ends...
In the final book, Essun travels to the other side of the world to catch the moon, hoping to end the apocalyptic seasons and create a safe future for her daughter. Meanwhile, a deeply traumatized Nassun plans to use the magical obelisks to crash the moon into the earth, believing that completely destroying the cruel world is the only way to end everyone's suffering. When mother and daughter finally meet, Essun sacrifices herself to save Nassun, inspiring her daughter to change her mind, save the planet, and finally fix the broken earth.
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS ... FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of endings grows darker, as civilization …
THIS IS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS ... FOR THE LAST TIME. The season of …
Inhaltswarnung Don't read, otherwise you will miss all the surprises.
The Obelisk Gate follows Essun as she shelters in an underground community and learns how to use a giant network of magical obelisks to catch the moon and end the seasons forever. Meanwhile, her daughter Nassun arrives at a new village where she forms a close bond with a protective mentor and learns to become an incredibly powerful magic user. As a rival army attacks Essun's new home, she is forced to unleash the devastating power of the obelisks to protect her people.
This is the way the world ends. Again.
Three terrible things happen in a single day. Essun, a woman …
