Anna Burns

PREMIO MAN BOOKER 2018 GANADORA DEL NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD 2019En esta ciudad anónima, ser interesante es peligroso. La hermana mediana, nuestra protagonista, se empeña en evitar que su madre descubra a su posible novio y en no dar explicaciones sobre su encuentro con el lechero. Pero en cuanto el primer cuñado descubre su situacion y hace correr el rumor, la hermana mediana se vuelve interesante. Lo ultimo que ella quiere. Porque ser interesante implica que te presten atencion y eso es peligroso. "Milkman" es una historia de rumores y habladurias, de silencio y sordera intencionada en la epoca algida del conflicto de Irlanda del Norte. Es la historia de una inaccion con grandisimas consecuencias.

Una noia de divuit anys llegeix Ivanhoe mentre camina pels carrers d'una ciutat sense nom, que ens remet a la Belfast dels anys setanta, en l'època més cruenta del conflicte irlandès. De sobte, surt

PREMIO MAN BOOKER 2018 GANADORA DEL NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD 2019En esta ciudad anónima, ser interesante es peligroso. La hermana mediana, nuestra protagonista, se empeña en evitar que su madre descubra a su posible novio y en no dar explicaciones sobre su encuentro con el lechero. Pero en cuanto el primer cuñado descubre su situacion y hace correr el rumor, la hermana mediana se vuelve interesante. Lo ultimo que ella quiere. Porque ser interesante implica que te presten atencion y eso es peligroso. "Milkman" es una historia de rumores y habladurias, de silencio y sordera intencionada en la epoca algida del conflicto de Irlanda del Norte. Es la historia de una inaccion con grandisimas consecuencias.

WINNAAR VAN DE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018"Melkboer" van Anna Burns gaat over taal, over hoe die kan onthullen en verbergen, bevrijden en opsluiten. De hoofdpersoon, een teruggetrokken vrouw, blikt terug op haar jeugd in Belfast, ten tijde van de Troubles. Terwijl ze de harde realiteit van het Noord-Ierse geweld probeert te ontvluchten, zich onderdompelend in een 19de-eeuwse roman, beginnen er vreemde geruchten over haar de ronde te doen. Een paramilitair, die bekend staat als Melkboer, zou een affaire met haar hebben. Het verhaal gaat een eigen leven leiden. Dit boek combineert een realistisch kader met een belangrijk thema (de kwetsbaarheid van vrouwen) en absurdistische elementen. De roman voert de lezer mee op een ware woordenstroom, met enkele erg grappige en griezelige stukken. "Melkboer" won een resem literaire prijzen, waaronder de Man Booker Prize van 2018. Anna Burns (1962) is een Noord-Ierse schrijfster. Het gewelddadige verleden van haar land is het onderwerp van verschillende van haar boeken. Met "Milkman" won ze de Man Booker Prize 2018, Orwell Prize 2019 (voor politieke fictie) en de International Dublin Literary Award 2020. In totaal schreef ze 3 romans en een novelle.

Dans cette ville sans nom, mieux vaut ne pas se faire remarquer. La jeune narratrice met tout en œuvre pour empêcher sa mère de découvrir son peut-être-petit-ami , et pour cacher à tous qu’elle a cr

Riverdean is nestled in the picturesque Wye Valley, and Pippa Mason has big plans to renovate run-down Pumpkin Cottage into the bed and breakfast business of her dreams. Pippa is settling in and even starting to fall for handsome local Jake when problems start coming thick and fast ...Jenny Foster has enough on her plate running Riverside Lodge - she did not need another B&B on her doorstep. When a spat between Pippa and Jenny escalates they will have to see if Riverdean is big enough for the both of them.

The happy ending is just the beginning... Mother and daughter, Grace and Kat, have found their dream lives in beautiful Montenegro. Kat is head chef at the Café Lompar and engaged to her beloved Milo. Grace loves dividing her time between the Cafe and home in Bath with Neil. But in the sunshine, storms start to gather: wedding preparations show Kat a side of Milo she didnt know, Neil wants more from Grace than a long-distance relationship, and the new restaurant next door to the Cafe Lompar seems ruthlessly determined to steal Kats customers and staff. With everything on the line - love, work and family - Kat and Grace make mistakes and must decide what they really want. Will there be a wedding at all? Will the cafe survive? Both women will find that dreams are worth fighting for. Sequel to Love at Cafe Lompar, which is shortlisted for the Romantic Novelists Associations Katie Fforde Debut Romantic Novel Award 2022A gloriously summery and transporting read Caroline Sanderson, The Bookseller highlight.I was captivated Kate Glanville. Wow... I think Ive just found my new favourite summer read ...This is an easy 5 stars for me. @heididandherbooks (Instagram).

This was a place for love, for proposals and weddings, couples and happy families. Our hurting hearts were awkward and out of place. Grace believed she had the ideal marriage, but after Dan dies, she finds proof he had another family. Kat cant admit that her father was less than perfect. Mother and daughter go to Montenegro to find out the truth. But when they track down Rosa and her son, while Grace is heart-broken, Kat cant help being thrilled to have a brother. Kat is a bullied sous chef in London, and starts helping out just for a few days at Rosas restaurant, the Cafe Lompar. Soon both women are torn between their old and new lives, facing impossible choices. Can Kat find what shes looking for? Will Grace let herself trust again? Can a journey that begins with betrayal ever end in joy?

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE DUBLIN LITERARY AWARDUtterly compellingIrish TimesOriginal, funny, disarmingly obliqueCLAIRE KILROYA triumph.GuardianIn an unnamed city, where to be interesting is dangerous, an eighteen-year-old woman has attracted the unwanted and unavoidable attention of a powerful and frightening older man, Milkman. In this community, where suggestions quickly become fact, where gossip and hearsay can lead to terrible consequences, what can she do to stop a rumour once it has started? Milkman is persistent, the word is spreading, and she is no longer in control . . .SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION

WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2018'Milkman is extraordinary. I've been reading passages aloud for the pleasure of hearing it. It's frightening, hilarious, wily and joyous all at the same time.' - Lisa McInerney, author of The Glorious HeresiesIn this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman. But when first brother-in-law sniffs out her struggle, and rumours start to swell, middle sister becomes interesting. The last thing she ever wanted to be. To be interesting is to be noticed and to be noticed is dangerousMilkman is a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness. It is the story of inaction with enormous consequences.