Laurie Colwin

«De noche, algunos cuentan ovejas y otros leen novelas de misterio. Yo me tumbo en la cama y me pongo a pensar en comida.» Entretejiendo reflexiones y recuerdos de varias décadas entre fogones y libr

A love story for anyone who tends to overthink things Maile MeloyIn her late thirties, book designer Jane Louise Parker has started to worry she will never find someone to marry. Until she meets Teddy, whose native decency leaves her almost breathless at her good fortune.After their wedding, Jane Louise returns to work at a small publishing house, but struggles to think of herself as older, wiser, more grown-up.Soon though she, along with her best friend Edie, will find out whether motherhood might just be the ultimate dividing line between youth and something else.Laurie Colwins final novel joyfully explores friendship, love, marriage, motherhood and families created in their own particular way.A W&N Essential

Guido y Vincent son amigos desde niños, estudian en Cambridge (Massachusetts) y comparten sueños: Guido quiere escribir poesía y a Vincent le gustaría ganar el Premio Nobel de Física. Cuando Guido se encuentra con la extravagante Holly a la salida de un museo se enamora perdidamente de ella, pero presiente que no tendran una relacion facil. Vincent, mas abierto y alegre, conoce a Misty en el trabajo y, aunque ella es una misantropa terrible, estaria dispuesto a darlo todo por salir con ella.A traves de las relaciones de estos personajes, de sus cortejos, celos, rupturas y reconciliaciones en el Nueva York de finales de los setenta, Tantos dias felices retrata a cuatro personas inteligentes y bienintencionadas que no pueden dejar de creer en el amor. Una maestra en la narracion de sentimientos y relaciones afectivas, Laurie Colwin es uno de los secretos mejor guardados de la literatura norteamericana. Su prematura muerte en 1992 le privo del exito que sin duda merecia; aun asi, el numero de devotos de sus peculiares comedias de costumbres no ha dejado de crecer desde entonces.Tantos dias felices es una pequeña joyita que acaba de rescatar Libros del Asteroide con una excelente traduccion de Marta Alcaraz. Antonio Orejudo (Babelia - El Pais) Alabada sea Laurie Colwin, que ha escrito un libro sano y fresco como un zumo de piña (y con la misma dosis de critica social). Regaladlo a amigos y amigas que tengan alrededor de treinta años, sobre todo si llevan una vida complicada, porque tambien tienen derecho a un rato -y a unos años tambien, en fin- de felicidad Vicenç Pages Jorda (Avui/El Punt) Laurie Colwin fue una excelente narradora costumbrista, de su tiempo y su gente, y que sus notables habilidades como tal las plasmo con toda soltura en Tantos dias felices su mejor novela- y he aqui por que consigue atrapar la atencion de uno pese a las debilidades y limitaciones de la trama argumental que, eso si, sigue transpirando modernidad. Y un inmarchitable encanto. Robert Saladrigas (Cultura/s - La Vanguardia) Un placer sorprendente y una alegria desbordante. Seria muy dificil no disfrutar de este libro. The New YorkerColwin y su astuta pastoral de Manhattan me han divertido tanto o mas que Sentido y sensibilidad. NewsweekRepleto de buenos dialogos, aforismos y consejos tanto para los amados como para los perdidamente enamorados. The New York TimesUn relato elegante, fresco y divertido sobre cuatro personas enamoradas () Pura delicia. Village Voice

Polly es una treintañera neoyorquina casada con un exitoso abogado y madre de dos hijos encantadores. Criada en el seno de una familia judía de muy buena posición, se ha hecho adulta de la noche a la mañana, convirtiendose en una version moderna y mas perfecta de su madre. Sin embargo, su vida dara un vuelco inesperado cuando se enamore de un pintor algo bohemio: de pronto, las ideas en las que habia sido educada y su vision del mundo dejaran de tener sentido. Felicidad familiar nos cuenta la historia de una esposa y madre feliz que se ve embarcada de pronto en una impredecible relacion amorosa.Tras escribir sobre el comienzo del amor en su celebrada Tantos dias felices, Laurie Colwin se ocupa en Felicidad familiar de la dificultad de cumplir las expectativas que uno se marca durante la juventud. Colwin es uno de los secretos mejor guardados de la literatura norteamericana. Su prematura muerte en 1992 le privo del exito que sin duda merecia; aun asi, el numero de devotos de sus peculiares comedias de costumbres no ha dejado de crecer desde entonces."Felicidad familiar" es una novela denuncia, pero tambien una hermosa historia de superacion. Un oasis en el que la culpa acabara siendo agasajada por la libertad. Sonia Fides (El heraldo de Aragon)Colwin vuelve a mostrarse habilidosa para el retrato de costumbres de las clases acomodadas y sostiene con solvencia dialogos y situaciones. Javier Cercas Rueda (Aceprensa)Grandes dosis de agudeza narrativa y un gran elenco de personajes secundarios, que dan lugar a divertidos e hilarantes pasajes de lo mas surrealistas. Angela Belmar (La Opinion de Murcia)Una de sus obras mas destacadas y, de nuevo, una historia de amor urbana ambientada en Manhattan, genero en el que brillo con luz propia. El Dia de CordobaSi alguien ha sabido escribir con elocuencia y grandeza sobre asuntos sentimentales, esa ha sido Laurie Colwin. San Francisco ChronicleHay millones de personas que han compartido la obsesion de la protagonista por ser perfecta y que su vida discurriese como la seda, y que han recibido un duro golpe en su primer encuentro con la vida adulta. Colwin tiene un par de cosas que decirles. Newsweek

In this short story from Laurie Colwins The Lone Pilgrim, the perpetually stoned young wife of a popular college professor struggles to tell her husband that shes been high since the day they met. Juggling her housewifish duties with her daily hours spent with her close friend and dealer, she does her best not to rock the boat too hard. Told with Colwins unique humor and incisive characterization, this is a story about friendship within a marriage and outside of it. A Vintage Short.

Nesta crónica viaxeira pola Galicia da década de 1920, Bell pretende “dar unha idea sobre o engado e interese dun país aínda pouco coñecido polos viaxeiros”.“A arquitectura, a escultura, a lingua, a

If youve ever been in a relationship with another person, if youve ever had a family, you need to read this book Ann PatchettPolly Solo-Miller Demarest is the perfect flower of the Solo-Miller family.The Solo-Millers have everything: looks, brains, money, a strong, fortified sense of clan, and branches in Boston, Philadelphia, and New York, as well as London, just like a banking house.And Polly, along with Henry Demarest, a big handsome lawyer, has a beautiful household of her own and two nice, sturdy children.But one day - completely unexpectedly - she finds herself entangled in a sweet yet painful love affair with a painter, who loves her in the specific and allows her to cry freely in front of him. Suddenly all the values she has lived by are called into question.From Laurie Colwin, the ultimate chronicler of the human heart, comes a novel about a woman tired of being taken for granted - and a reminder that family, like happiness, can take many forms.A W&N Essential with an introduction by Lisa Owens

Comment rassasier une horde d’invités affamés ? Déguiser les légumes pour duper les enfants ? Concilier une infinité de régimes alimentaires autour d’un bon repas, dans la joie et la bonne humeur ? L

Qand Frank rencontre Josephine, dite Billy, ils ont tout pour se détester. Mais les contraires sattirent et les voici embarqués dans une relation dévorante, faite de malice et de réparties. Seul probleme : ils sont tous les deux maries.Frank et Billy est un roman culte, lhistoire inoubliable dun amour doux-amer.

Aucune faille en vue dans la vie de Polly Solo-Miller Demarest. Un mari aimant (et riche), d’adorables enfants et un job à son goût : une vie d’épouse presque parfaite, surtout quand on descend d’une

« Nous étions les filles de gens parfaitement sûrs d’eux qui avaient de l’argent en guise d’imagination. »Ah, la bonne société américaine, ses conventions, ses habitudes et ses aspirations à plus. Ma

Guido et Vincent, charmants jeunes hommes de la bonne société new-yorkaise, cherchent désespérément la femme de leurs rêves. Ils la rencontrent au même moment : Holly, distinguée et mystérieuse, et M

Weaving together memories recipes and wild tales of years spent in the kitchen this title is author s manifesto on the joys of sharing food and entertaining From the humble hot plate of her one room apartment to the crowded kitchens of bustling parties she regales us with tales of meals gone both magnificently well and disastrously wrong

Warm, wise, witty, and just plain fun Maggie Shipstead At a perfectly ordinary cocktail party, Francis is introduced to Billy and - although it slips right by him at the time - he falls in love with her at once.Billy is a serious, often glum person. An economic historian, she is indifferent to a great many things (clothes, food, home decor), frowns easily and is frequently irritated. Francis is older. He likes routine and a well-run household; he likes to pay for dinner, open car doors and call Billy at night to make sure she is safe. Both are happily married - but not to each other. So begins a whirlwind love affair, perfectly captured in this frank, funny irresistible novel, from its fabulous inception to its inevitable end.A W&N Essential with an introduction by Caroline ODonoghue

Laurie Colwin was the best kind of master: human and humorous, full of wisdom and love. Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of All Adults HereIn these fourteen tales, Laurie Colwin explores love and marriage, friendship and loyalty, and obligation and desire with the compassion and wit that earned her the devotion of legions of readers. When Passion and Affect was first published in 1974, Colwin was anointed as a young writer to watch. Now, a new generation has the opportunity to encounter some of the most charmingly complicated and beautifully drawn characters in modern fiction: a music critic whose orderly life is threatened by her flirtation with a married cartographer; an ornithologist perplexed by human mating rituals despite his expertise in the natural world; and two young men, best friends and cousins, whose relationship is disrupted by the sudden arrival of Misty Berkowitz in their lives.Passion and Affect is a dazzling must-have collection from "a wise, big hearted writer. A deft and funny one, too." (Washington Post)

From the acclaimed author of Home Cooking comes a heartfelt novel about a midlife crisis and a woman tired of being taken for grantedand a reminder that family, like happiness, can take many forms."Sheer perfection."Elin HilderbrandTo the rest of the world, Polly Solo-Miller Demarest lives acharmed life. She has a beautiful home, a dashing lawyer husband, and two delightful children. But beneath this idyllic surface, the pressure of being the perfect flowerof an illustrious familyand a stable, always-available wife, mother, and daughterare getting to her. The spark has gone out of her marriage, and to her own surprise, shes having an affair. What follows is at once cathartic and provoking, and both may be necessary states in order for Polly to become the kind of person she wants to be.

A dazzling collection of stories that masterfully weaves together tales of love and desire in all its forms, exploring the universal complications of the heartand the mysteries of being fully human in the world. Colwins book is itself a love affair. The New York TimesIn these thirteen stories, a book illustrator is enamored with her publisher, as she pines for her previous lover; a photographer recovering from her second marriage in far-off Inverness, Scotland, befriends a college student new to romance; two academics conducting a long distance affair are reunited, only to find that their circumstances have changed dramatically; and the perpetually stoned young wife of a popular college professor struggles to tell her husband that shes been high since the day they met. Humorous, tender, and moving, The Lone Pilgrim is the work of a master of the short story form.

A modern classic first published in 1978 that is as much a sophisticated romantic comedy about the love between two partners as it is a novel about the powerful bonds shared by family members, friends, colleagues and confidants."A funny, loving, celebratory book in which everything is perfect." The Boston GlobeGuido and Vincent, best friends (and third cousins), arent expecting to fall head-over-heels in love, but that is exactly what happens. Guido is smitten with Holly, a dazzling young woman who chafes at the idea of complacency, while Vincent falls for Misty, a work colleague with an acerbic sense of humor who seems as uninterested in romance as she is in Vincent (at first). In the months that follow, both couples will experience the rituals of courtship, jealousy, estrangement, family entanglements, and other perils of the heart as they try to find love in spite of themselves. Colwin is a master of portraying the messiness of life: here, in hilarious and endearing prose, she follows these two improbable pairs, and their families, as they navigate and ultimately find happiness togethernot all the time, but for most of it. With a foreword by Katherine Heiny, author of Early Morning Riser.