Новинки Ребекки Маккаи

Это захватывающий психологический триллер, показывающий, насколько болезненным может быть прикосновение к прошлому. После того, как преподавательнице и успешному подкастеру Боди Кейн предложили провести двухнедельный курс в школе-интернате Нью-Гемпшира, которую она когда-то окончила, события 23-летней давности накрывают её с головой. Ведь именно здесь была найдена мёртвой её подруга и соседка по комнате Талия. Считается, что убийцу поймали в том же 1995 году. Но что, если следователи не разобрались в деталях и произошла судебная ошибка? Талия встречалась в школе со многими, возможно даже с преподавателями, — что, если настоящий убийца…

A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past: the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the 1995 murder of a classmate, Thalia Keith. Though the circumstances surrounding Thalia's death and the conviction of the school's athletics coach, Omar Evans, are the subject of intense fascination online, Bodie prefers-needs-to let sleeping dogs lie.
But when The Granby School invites her back to teach a two-week course, Bodie finds herself inexorably drawn to the case and its increasingly apparent flaws. In their rush to convict Omar, did the school and the police overlook other suspects? Is the real killer still out there? As she falls down the very rabbit hole she was so determined to avoid, Bodie begins to wonder if she wasn't as much of an outsider at Granby as she'd thought-if, perhaps, back in 1995, she knew something that might have held the key to solving the case.
One of the most acclaimed contemporary American writers, Rebecca Makkai reinvents herself with each of her brilliant novels. Both a transfixing mystery and a deeply felt examination of one woman's reckoning with her past, I Have Some Questions for You is her finest achievement yet.

A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past: the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the 1995 murder of a classmate, Thalia Keith. Though the circumstances surrounding Thalia's death and the conviction of the school's athletics coach, Omar Evans, are the subject of intense fascination online, Bodie prefers-needs-to let sleeping dogs lie.

But when The Granby School invites her back to teach a two-week course, Bodie finds herself inexorably drawn to the case and its increasingly apparent flaws. In their rush to convict Omar, did the school and the police overlook other suspects? Is the real killer still out there? As she falls down the very rabbit hole she was so determined to avoid, Bodie begins to wonder if she wasn't as much of an outsider at Granby as she'd thought-if, perhaps, back in 1995, she knew something that might have held the key to solving the case.

One of the most acclaimed contemporary American writers, Rebecca Makkai reinvents herself with each of her brilliant novels. Both a transfixing mystery and a deeply felt examination of one woman's reckoning with her past, I Have Some Questions for You is her finest achievement yet.

Nowe, zaskakujące oblicze autorki bestsellerowej powieści Wierzyliśmy jak nikt.
1995 rok. W elitarnym liceum Granby’ego kilkunastoletnia Thalia ginie w tajemniczych okolicznościach. Jej ciało znaleziono w szkolnym basenie, a za zabójstwo został skazany Omar, pracownik techniczny.
Ponad dwadzieścia lat później do Granby’ego przyjeżdża Bodie Kane, rówieśniczka i koleżanka Thalii, a dziś znana podkasterka. Za sprawą jednej z uczennic mroczna tajemnica z przeszłości wraca do niej z nową siłą. Okazuje się, że wina Omara wcale nie jest taka oczywista, a tragiczne wydarzenia sprzed lat nadal budzą wątpliwości i emocje – zarówno w internecie, jak i wśród dawnych uczniów Granby’ego. Czy policja rzetelnie przeprowadziła śledztwo? Czy nie pominęła żadnego tropu? Bodie z podopiecznymi zaczynają prowadzić amatorskie dochodzenie, które może podać w wątpliwość ustalenia śledczych.
Pod płaszczykiem kryminalnej intrygi Rebecca Makkai snuje ważną opowieść o sytuacji kobiet, o ich prawach, ciałach i o ich sile. Zachęca do odważnego zadawania pytań o przeszłość – nawet jeśli nigdy nie uda się uzyskać odpowiedzi.

A fortysomething podcaster and mother of two, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family history that marred her adolescence and the murder of one of her high school classmates, Thalia Keith. Though the circumstances surrounding Thalia’s death and the conviction of the school’s athletic trainer, Omar Evans, are the subject of intense fascination online, Bodie prefers—needs—to let sleeping dogs lie.

But when she’s invited back to Granby, the elite New England boarding school where she spent four largely miserable years, to teach a course, Bodie finds herself inexorably drawn to the case and its increasingly apparent flaws. In their rush to convict Omar, did the school and the police overlook other suspects? Is the real killer still out there? As she falls down the rabbit hole she was so determined to avoid, Bodie begins to wonder if she wasn’t as much of an outsider at Granby as she’d thought; if, perhaps, back in 1995, she knew something that might have held the key to solving the case.

One of the most acclaimed American writers working today, Makkai reinvents herself with each of her brilliant works of fiction. In I Have Some Questions for You, she has created an irresistible mash-up of a classic boarding school novel, a transfixing mystery, and a deeply felt examination of one woman’s reckoning with her past—how our perceptions of who we were shape who we are, and how we can learn to let go. Timely, hypnotic, and populated by a cast of unforgettable characters, it is her finest achievement yet.

В 1985 году Йель Тишман, директор по развитию художественной галереи в Чикаго, охотится за необыкновенной коллекцией парижских картин 1920-х годов. Он весь в мыслях об искусстве, в то время как город накрывает эпидемия СПИДа. Сохранить присутствие духа ему помогает Фиона, сестра его погибшего друга Нико. Тридцать лет спустя Фиона разыскивает в Париже свою дочь, примкнувшую к секте. Только теперь она наконец осознает, как на ее жизнь и на ее отношения с дочерью повлияли события 1980-х. Эти переплетающиеся истории показывают, как найти добро и надежду посреди катастрофы.

В 1985 году Йель Тишман, директор по развитию художественной галереи в Чикаго, охотится за необыкновенной коллекцией парижских картин 1920-х годов. Он весь в мыслях об искусстве, в то время как город накрывает эпидемия СПИДа. Сохранить присутствие духа ему помогает Фиона, сестра его погибшего друга Нико.
Тридцать лет спустя Фиона разыскивает в Париже свою дочь, примкнувшую к секте. Только теперь она наконец осознает, как на ее жизнь и на ее отношения с дочерью повлияли события 1980-х. Эти переплетающиеся истории показывают, как найти добро и надежду посреди катастрофы.
Культовый роман о дружбе, потерях и искуплении, переведенный на 11 языков. Финалист Пулитцеровской премии и лауреат National Book Award.
Возрастное ограничение: 18+ Внимание! Фонограмма содержит нецензурную лексику

В 1985 году Йель Тишман, директор по развитию художественной галереи в Чикаго, охотится за необыкновенной коллекцией парижских картин 1920-х годов. Он весь в мыслях об искусстве, в то время как город накрывает эпидемия СПИДа. Сохранить присутствие духа ему помогает Фиона, сестра его погибшего друга Нико.

Тридцать лет спустя Фиона разыскивает в Париже свою дочь, примкнувшую к секте. Только теперь она наконец осознает, как на ее жизнь и на ее отношения с дочерью повлияли события 1980-х. Эти переплетающиеся истории показывают, как найти добро и надежду посреди катастрофы.

Epicka powieść o przyjaźni i odkupieniu w obliczu tragedii, finalistka nagrody Pulitzera oraz National Book Award, a przy tym jedna z najważniejszych książek ostatnich lat wg „New York Timesa”, „The Washington Post” i „Entertainment Weekly”.
W 1985 roku młody Yale Tishman, dyrektor rozwoju chicagowskiej galerii sztuki, zamierza namieszać w środowisku amerykańskiej bohemy, wprowadzając na wystawę zbiór nadzwyczaj udanych obrazów z lat 20. Jego kariera zdaje się kwitnąć, ale wokół AIDS zbiera okrutne żniwo – przyjaciele Yale’a jeden po drugim umierają i wkrótce zostaje on niemal zupełnie sam.
Trzydzieści lat później Fiona, przyjaciółka Yale'a, próbuje odnaleźć w Paryżu swoją zaginioną córkę. Zatrzymuje się na pewien czas u starego przyjaciela, znanego fotografa, który przed laty uwiecznił chicagowską epidemię. Z czasem kobieta zdaje sobie sprawę, w jak wielkim stopniu wydarzenia sprzed lat mogą ukształtować nas samych i nasze relacje z najbliższymi.
Losy Yale'a i Fiony przeplatają się na przestrzeni lat, zabierając tym samym czytelników w rozdzierającą podróż przez lata osiemdziesiąte aż po chaos czasów współczesnych.

В 1985 году Йель Тишман, директор по развитию художественной галереи в Чикаго, охотится за необыкновенной коллекцией парижских картин 1920-х годов. Он весь в мыслях об искусстве, в то время как город накрывает эпидемия СПИДа. Сохранить присутствие духа ему помогает Фиона, сестра его погибшего друга Нико.
Тридцать лет спустя Фиона разыскивает в Париже свою дочь, примкнувшую к секте. Только теперь она наконец осознает, как на ее жизнь и на ее отношения с дочерью повлияли события 1980-х. Эти переплетающиеся истории показывают, как найти добро и надежду посреди катастрофы.
Культовый роман о дружбе, потерях и искуплении, переведенный на 11 языков. Финалист Пулитцеровской премии и лауреат National Book Award.
Возрастное ограничение: 18+ Внимание! Фонограмма содержит нецензурную брань.
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In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister.

Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. The two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster.

A dazzling new novel of friendship and redemption in the face of tragedy and loss set in 1980s Chicago and contemporary Paris, by the acclaimed and award-winning author Rebecca Makkai

In 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup, bringing in an extraordinary collection of 1920s paintings as a gift to the gallery. Yet as his career begins to flourish, the carnage of the AIDS epidemic grows around him. One by one, his friends are dying and after his friend Nico's funeral, the virus circles closer and closer to Yale himself. Soon the only person he has left is Fiona, Nico's little sister.

Thirty years later, Fiona is in Paris tracking down her estranged daughter who disappeared into a cult. While staying with an old friend, a famous photographer who documented the Chicago crisis, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways AIDS affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. The two intertwining stories take us through the heartbreak of the eighties and the chaos of the modern world, as both Yale and Fiona struggle to find goodness in the midst of disaster.

“A page turner...An absorbing and emotionally riveting story about what it’s like to live during times of crisis." —New York Times Book Review.

A short-story collection from the acclaimed author of The Great Believers

Named a must-read by the Chicago Tribune, O Magazine, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and The L Magazine

Rebecca Makkai’s first two novels, The Borrower and The Hundred-Year House, have established her as one of the freshest and most imaginative voices in fiction. Now, the award-winning writer, whose stories have appeared in four consecutive editions of The Best American Short Stories, returns with a highly anticipated collection bearing her signature mix of intelligence, wit, and heart.

A reality show producer manipulates two contestants into falling in love, even as her own relationship falls apart. Just after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a young boy has a revelation about his father’s past when a renowned Romanian violinist plays a concert in their home. When the prized elephant of a traveling circus keels over dead, the small-town minister tasked with burying its remains comes to question his own faith. In an unnamed country, a composer records the folk songs of two women from a village on the brink of destruction.

These transporting, deeply moving stories—some inspired by her own family history—amply demonstrate Makkai’s extraordinary range as a storyteller, and confirm her as a master of the short story form.

Meet the Devohrs: Zee, a Marxist literary scholar who detests her parents' wealth but nevertheless finds herself living in their carriage house; Gracie, her mother, who claims she can tell your lot in life by looking at your teeth; and Bruce, her step-father, stockpiling supplies for the Y2K apocalypse and perpetually late for his tee time. Then there's Violet Devohr, Zee's great-grandmother, who they say took her own life somewhere in the vast house, and whose massive oil portrait still hangs in the dining room.

Violet's portrait was known to terrify the artists who resided at the house from the 1920s to the 1950s, when it served as the Laurelfield Arts Colony - and this is exactly the period Zee's husband, Doug, is interested in. An out-of-work academic whose only hope of a future position is securing a book deal, Doug is stalled on his biography of the poet Edwin Parfitt, once in residence at the colony. All he needs to get the book back on track - besides some motivation and self-esteem - is access to the colony records, rotting away in the attic for decades. But when Doug begins to poke around where he shouldn't, he finds Gracie guards the files with a strange ferocity, raising questions about what she might be hiding. The secrets of the hundred-year house would turn everything Doug and Zee think they know about her family on its head - that is, if they were to ever uncover them.

In this brilliantly conceived, ambitious, and deeply rewarding novel, Rebecca Makkai unfolds a generational saga in reverse, leading the listener back in time on a literary scavenger hunt as we seek to uncover the truth about these strange people and this mysterious house. With intelligence and humor, a daring narrative approach, and a lovingly satirical voice, Rebecca Makkai has crafted an unforgettable novel about family, fate, and the incredible surprises life can offer.

Lucy Hull, a young children’s librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, finds herself both kidnapper and kidnapped when her favourite patron, ten-year-old Ian Drake, runs away from home. The precocious Ian is addicted to reading, but needs Lucy’s help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother, who has enrolled Ian in weekly anti-gay classes. When Lucy finds Ian camped out in the library after hours with a backpack of provisions and an escape plan, she allows herself to be hijacked by him and the pair embark on a spontaneous road trip. But is it just Ian who is running away? And should Lucy really be trying to save a boy from his own parents?

The acclaimed author of The Borrower returns with a dazzlingly original, mordantly witty novel about the secrets of an old-money family and their turn-of-the-century estate, Laurelfield. Meet the Devohrs: Zee, a Marxist literary scholar who detests her parents’ wealth but nevertheless finds herself living in their carriage house; Gracie, her mother, who claims she can tell your lot in life by looking at your teeth; and Bruce, her step-father, stockpiling supplies for the Y2K apocalypse and perpetually late for his tee time. Then there’s Violet Devohr, Zee’s great-grandmother, who they say took her own life somewhere in the vast house, and whose massive oil portrait still hangs in the dining room. Violet’s portrait was known to terrify the artists who resided at the house from the 1920s to the 1950s, when it served as the Laurelfield Arts Colony – and this is exactly the period Zee’s husband, Doug, is interested in. An out-of-work academic whose only hope of a future position is securing a book deal, Doug is stalled on his biography of the poet Edwin Parfitt, once in residence at the colony. All he needs to get the book back on track – besides some motivation and self-esteem – is access to the colony records, rotting away in the attic for decades. But when Doug begins to poke around where he shouldn’t, he finds Gracie guards the files with a strange ferocity, raising questions about what she might be hiding. The secrets of the hundred-year house would turn everything Doug and Zee think they know about her family on its head – that is, if they were to ever uncover them. In this brilliantly conceived, ambitious, and deeply rewarding novel, Rebecca Makkai unfolds a generational saga in reverse, leading the reader back in time on a literary scavenger hunt as we seek to uncover the truth about these strange people and this mysterious house. With intelligence and humor, a daring narrative approach, and a lovingly satirical voice, Rebecca Makkai has crafted an unforgettable novel about family, fate and the incredible surprises life can offer.

The acclaimed author of The Borrower returns with a dazzlingly original, mordantly witty novel about the secrets of an old-money family and their turn-of-the-century estate, Laurelfield.
Meet the Devohrs: Zee, a Marxist literary scholar who detests her parents' wealth but nevertheless finds herself living in their carriage house; Gracie, her mother, who claims she can tell your lot in life by looking at your teeth; and Bruce, her step-father, stockpiling supplies for the Y2K apocalypse and perpetually late for his tee time. Then there's Violet Devohr, Zee's great-grandmother, who they say took her own life somewhere in the vast house, and whose massive oil porrait still hangs in the dining room.

Meet the Devohrs: Zee, a Marxist literary scholar who detests her parents’ wealth but nevertheless finds herself living in their carriage house; Gracie, her mother, who claims she can tell your lot in life by looking at your teeth; and Bruce, her step-father, stockpiling supplies for the Y2K apocalypse and perpetually late for his tee time. Then there’s Violet Devohr, Zee’s great-grandmother, who they say took her own life somewhere in the vast house, and whose massive oil portrait still hangs in the dining room.

The Hundred-Year House unfolds a generational saga in reverse, leading the reader back in time on a literary scavenger hunt as we seek to uncover the truth about these strange people and this mysterious house. With intelligence and humor, a daring narrative approach, and a lovingly satirical voice, Rebecca Makkai has crafted an unforgettable novel about family, fate and the incredible surprises life can offer.

Люси Гулл 26 лет, и в городке Ганнибал она оказалась по воле случая: Люси выбрала работу провинциального библиотекаря, чтобы уехать подальше от чересчур заботливого отца - нелегально разбогатевшего русского эмигранта. Будни Люси однообразны и скучны, однако в ее душе живет страсть к приключениям. В библиотеке девушка знакомится с 10-летним Иэном Дрейком, с которым у нее завязываются доверительные отношения. Больше всего на свете Иэн любит читать, но деспотичная мать запрещает мальчику брать те книги, которые кажутся ей опасными для его психики. К тому же родители подозревают Иэна в склонности к гомосексуализму и отправляют его на религиозные семинары, чтобы наставить сына на путь истинный. Люси сопереживает мальчику: она тайком дает Иэну книги, которые ему иначе никогда бы не довелось прочесть. Но одно утро круто меняет жизнь обоих: Люси находит Иэна в библиотеке, где тот провел ночь. Мальчик ушел из дома и просит его не выдавать. Люси не знает, что ей делать, но понимает: от ее решения зависит судьба ребенка.

In this delightful, funny, and moving first novel, a librarian and a young boy obsessed with reading take to the road. Lucy Hull, a young children's librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, finds herself both a kidnapper and kidnapped when her favorite patron, ten- year-old Ian Drake, runs away from home. The precocious Ian is addicted to reading, but needs Lucy's help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother, who has enrolled Ian in weekly antigay classes with celebrity Pastor Bob. Lucy stumbles into a moral dilemma when she finds Ian camped out in the library after hours with a knapsack of provisions and an escape plan. Desperate to save…