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A suspenseful thriller that combines mysticism, history and contemporary intrigue. The plot takes place on several continents, from Russia and Afghanistan to London and Ireland, following two parallel stories connected by an ancient secret.
The novel follows the declining Roman bourgeois family of Ardengo over the course of several days: widow Mariagrazia, lover Leo, son Michele, and daughter Carla – all trapped in apathy, lies, sexual manipulation, and moral indifference.
A collection of 41 short stories: the characters act like "automatons" – mechanical, listless, incapable of authentic reaction to life's problems. Modern man alienated, trapped in routine, sex, money and passivity, without will or feelings.
In the novel Faith and Beauty (1840), Niccolò Tommaseo follows the love and marriage of Giovanni and Maria, Italian immigrants in France. After turbulent pasts, they meet in Quimper, fall in love, get married, and struggle with temptations.
The third novel in the masterfully written Neapolitan tetralogy by one of the most important authors of our time – Elena Ferrante. The story is as intimate as it is lavish and comprehensive… Ferrante spares no one, and this work is a tour de force.
One of the most moving and courageous works of world literature of the 20th century. Written as a long monologue by a pregnant woman (Fallaci herself), the book is at once an intimate confession, a feminist manifesto, and a philosophical confrontation wit