Новинки Стефани Данлер

22-aastane Tess kolib New Yorki ja leiab tööd ettekandjana kuulsas Manhattani restoranis. Tema kolleegidest saab ootamatult naise uus perekond, kellega jagatakse kõige intiimsemaid ja ka õõvastavamaid momente. See raamat on ood naudingutele – austrid, šampanja ja kokaiin, armastus ja iha, täiuslikud nostalgiahetked, mis püsivad vaid viivu. Tessi isu kasvab nii suurepärase toidu ja veini kui ka teadmiste, kogemuste, kuuluvustunde ja armastuse järgi. Kuid mil moel selles kaootilises ja ennasthävitavas maailmas hakkama saada ja ellu jääda? Rahvusvahelises menuromaanis avab Stephanie Danler hämmastava täpsusega adrenaliinirohket restoranimaailma ning kirjeldab New Yorgi noorte elu selle talumatus ilus, jõhkruses ja hapruses. Stephanie Danler kirjutas romaani „Magusmõrkjas”, töötades samal ajal New Yorgi kohvikutes ja restoranides ettekandjana. Kirjanik on tunnistanud, et raamatu peategelane Tess on temaga pisut sarnane, kuid arenes kirjutamise käigus siiski omaette iseseisvaks karakteriks, kes on autorist endast mitu korda edukam ja ühtlasi palju pahelisem.

From the bestselling author of Sweetbitter, a memoir of growing up in a family shattered by lies and addiction, and of one woman's attempts to find a life beyond the limits of her past. Stray is a moving, sometimes devastating, brilliantly written and ultimately inspiring exploration of the landscapes of damage and survival.

After selling her first novel--a dream she'd worked long and hard for--Stephanie Danler knew she should be happy. Instead, she found herself driven to face the difficult past she'd left behind a decade ago: a mother disabled by years of alcoholism, further handicapped by a tragic brain aneurysm; a father who abandoned the family when she was three, now a meth addict in and out of recovery. After years in New York City she's pulled home to Southern California by forces she doesn't totally understand, haunted by questions of legacy and trauma. Here, she works toward answers, uncovering hard truths about her parents and herself as she explores whether it's possible to change the course of her history.

Lucid and honest, heart-breaking and full of hope, Stray, is an examination of what we inherit and what we don't have to, of what we have to face in ourselves to move forward, and what it's like to let go of one's parents in order to find a peace--and family--of one's own.

Аппетит обостряется во время еды? Тесс 22 года, она сбежала из маленького городка в Нью-Йорк и жаждет вкусить жизнь, испытать все. Она устраивается в люксовый ресторан, работает днями напролет, а вот ночами… она по-настоящему познает себя. Тесс втягивается в мрачно-привлекательный любовный треугольник. И кажется, это самый волнующий опыт в ее жизни. Не станет ли он самым болезненным? Ведь умерить голод бывает непросто. «Мне хотелось сказать, да, моя жизнь полна. Я выбрала эту жизнь, потому что это постоянный натиск цвета, вкуса и света, потому что она мучительная, стремительная, и безобразная, и она моя. И тебе ни за что не понять. Пока не…

Ostras, champagne, borgoña, cocaína, amistad, lujuria, amor y bares de mala muerte enseñarán a la joven Tess el significado de hacerse mayor en una ciudad como Nueva York. Tess llega a Nueva York en el sofocante verano de 2006. Tiene veintidós años, no conoce a nadie y solo aspira a sobrevivir dignamente en la ciudad. Un día logra encontrar trabajo como camarera en un célebre restaurante de Manhattan y, entonces, todo cambia. Así comienza el año que pasaremos con ella. Nuestra heroína comprueba que no sabe nada. Se equivoca y vuelve a empezar. Experimenta la perplejidad de sentirse atraída por quien no debe. Sus compañeros le parecen fascinantes, casi tanto como la cocaína o el borgoña. Intenta descubrir adónde la lleva cada uno de sus pasos… Los bares de madrugada, las ostras, el paté y ciertos clientes; la confusión y la euforia. «Dulceagrio» es el retrato de un aprendizaje, la historia de un período maravillosamente caótico en la existencia de una joven que no sabe ni por dónde empezar a buscarse. Su entorno despierta lujurias y apetitos (por la comida o el vino, pero también por el conocimiento) que van abriéndole caminos inesperados. ¿Hacia dónde se dirige? En realidad lo ignora, pero ¿acaso no es la incertidumbre una parte ineludible de la vida? «Danler recrea hábilmente las jerarquías de poder en el mundo de los grandes restaurantes, el papel que desempeñan las drogas y el alcohol y los delirios de grandeza que existen entre los grandes chefs.» The New Yorker «Una deliciosa historia sobre el paso a la edad adulta. En lugar de una historia de amor, Danler ha creado algo mucho más interesante: un libro sexy, una descarga eléctrica para los sentidos.» Karen Heller, Washington Post

A lush, raw, thrilling novel of the senses about a year in the life of a uniquely beguiling young woman, set in the wild, seductive world of a famous New York City restaurant.

"Let's say I was born when I came over the George Washington Bridge..." This is how we meet unforgettable Tess, the twenty-two-year-old at the heart of this stunning debut. Shot from a mundane, provincial past, Tess comes to New York in the stifling summer of 2006. Alone, knowing no one, living in a rented room in Williamsburg, she manages to land a job as a “backwaiter” at a celebrated downtown Manhattan restaurant. This begins the year we spend with Tess as she starts to navigate the chaotic, enchanting, punishing, and privileged life she has chosen, as well as the remorseless and luminous city around her. What follows is her education: in oysters, Champagne, the appellations of Burgundy, friendship, cocaine, lust, love, and dive bars. As her appetites awaken—for food and wine, but also for knowledge, experience, and belonging—we see her helplessly drawn into a darkly alluring love triangle. With an orphan’s ardor she latches onto Simone, a senior server at the restaurant who has lived in ways Tess only dreams of, and against the warnings of coworkers she falls under the spell of Jake, the elusive, tatted up, achingly beautiful bartender. These two and their enigmatic connection to each other will prove to be Tess’s most exhilarating and painful lesson of all.

Stephanie Danler intimately defines the crucial transition from girl to woman, from living in a place that feels like nowhere to living in a place that feels like the center of the universe. She deftly conjures the nonstop and purely adrenalized world of the restaurant—conversations interrupted, phrases overheard, relationships only partially revealed. And she evokes the infinite possibilities, the unbearable beauty, the fragility and brutality of being young in New York with heart-stopping accuracy. A lush novel of the senses—of taste and hunger, seeing and understanding, love and desire—Sweetbitter is ultimately about the power of what remains after disillusionment, and the transformation and wisdom that come from our experiences, sweet and bitter.