Naoise Dolan

Una novela sobre gente que se enamora, gente que tiene dinero, gente que no lo tiene, y gente que no sabe lo que quiere. Una historia sobre gente real.«Me divertí mucho con esta novela. Es como una i

La soledad no consiste en no tener a nadie. La soledad es la brecha entre lo que deseas y lo que finalmente obtienes.Un cruce de caminos en busca del felices para siempre.La segunda novela de Naoise Dolan, autora de Dias apasionantes, el fenomeno internacional que ha conquistado ya a mas de 200.000 lectores. Me encanto. Es ingeniosa, observadora, inteligente y divertida. No puedo expresar lo mucho que la disfrute. MARIAN KEYESMordaz e inteligente mirada al amor moderno y a los enredos que dejamos tras nosotros. Estoy totalmente asombrado por el talento de Dolan. DOUGLAS STUARTCon frases atrevidas y emocionantes y una observacion cercana y aguda, La pareja feliz es una brillante novela contemporanea. COLM TOIBINOs presentamos a la pareja: Luke, un infiel incorregible, y Celine, mas interesada en el piano que en la vida familiar. Acaban de comprometerse y se van a casar dentro de un año. Por el camino, creen que tienen que encontrar la felicidad.Los otros protagonistas de la boda:Phoebe, hermana de Celine, tiene que terminar la carrera y encontrar un trabajo de verdad. Pero, en cambio, sirve pintas en un pub irlandes de Londres,comparte piso con seis personas y sus aspiraciones a largo plazo no van mas alla de fumarse un cigarrillo de vez en cuando.Archie fue el novio de Luke. Ahora que solo es su mejor amigo, se supone que va a escalar posiciones en el mundo de los negocios y a alejarse de el. Sin embargo, por el momento se ha quedado cerca admirando las vistas.Vivian, la otra gran amiga y expareja de Luke, parecia que iba a aguantar las tonterias de Luke mientras salian juntos... pero no lo hizo. Años mas tarde, se mantiene a cierta distancia y observa al resto de sus amigos como si fuesen hormigas.Espectacular, astuta y sin miedo. HILARY MANTELSensacional. DAILY MAILPrevemos que va a ser un exito. THE TIMESUna lectura divertida y adictiva aderezada con astutas observaciones sobre el amor moderno. VOGUEEste libro la confirma como una ingeniosa novelista comica con un estilo inconfundible. THE TELEGRAPHEsta mirada al matrimonio millennial es una lectura ingeniosa, sorprendente y fresca. THE SUN

From the author of Exciting Times this is a sparkling ensemble novel about love and marriage fidelity and betrayal that is both ferociously clever and supremely enjoyable

AVA22 ans, mal dans sa peau, récemment installée à Hong Kong. Enseigne la grammaire anglaise à de riches écoliers pour un salaire de misère, a un fort accent irlandais et déteste ses colocataires.JUL

The book of the summer ... Kept me rapt until the final pageTHE TIMESA sharp, smart, witty modern love story. I loved it David Nicholls, author of ONE DAYMore than lives up to the hype ... Likely to fill the Sally-Rooney-shaped hole in many readers livesIRISH TIMESDroll, shrewd and unafraid - a winning debut Hilary Mantel, author of WOLF HALLIve been pushing Exciting Times on everyone I know. Some of Dolans pithy observations of her characters are the best Ive read since Edward St AubynOBSERVERA frankly sensational book Pandora Sykes on THE HIGH LOWIn the tradition of Dorothy Parker, Joan Rivers and Nora Ephron ... I found myself purring with pleasure. ...This is comic writing at the highest level Craig Brown, DAILY MAILWhen you leave Ireland aged 22 to spend your parents money, its called a gap year. When Ava leaves Ireland aged 22 to make her own money, shes not sure what to call it, but it involves:- a badly-paid job in Hong Kong, teaching English grammar to rich children;- Julian, who likes to spend money on Ava and lets her move into his guest room;- Edith, who Ava meets while Julian is out of town and actually listens to her when she talks;- money, love, cynicism, unspoken feelings and unlikely connections.Exciting times ensue.

This debut novel about an Irishexpat millennial teaching English and finding romance in Hong Kong is halfSally Rooney love triangle, half glitzy Crazy Rich Asians highlivingand guaranteed to please. Vogue A RECOMMENDED BOOK FROM:The New York Times Book Review * Vogue * TIME * Marie Claire * Elle * O, the Oprah Magazine * The Washington Post * Esquire * Harpers Bazaar * Bustle * PopSugar * Refinery 29 * LitHub * DebutifulAn intimate, bracingly intelligent debut novel about a millennial Irish expat who becomes entangled in a love triangle with a male banker and a female lawyerAva, newly arrived in Hong Kong from Dublin, spends her days teaching English to rich children.Julian is a banker. A banker who likes to spend money on Ava, to have sex and discuss fluctuating currencies with her. But when she asks whether he loves her, he cannot say more than "I like you a great deal."Enter Edith. A Hong Kongborn lawyer, striking and ambitious, Edith takes Ava to the theater and leaves her tulips in the hallway. Ava wants to be herand wants her. And then Julian writes to tell Ava he is coming back to Hong Kong... Should Ava return to the easy compatibility of her life with Julian or take a leap into the unknown with Edith?Politically alert, heartbreakingly raw, and dryly funny, Exciting Times is thrillingly attuned to the great freedoms and greater uncertainties of modern love. In stylish, uncluttered prose, Naoise Dolan dissects the personal and financial transactions that make up a lifeand announces herself as a singular new voice.

A brilliant contemporary novel Colm Tóibín I am fully in awe of Dolans talent Douglas StuartI cannot tell you how much I enjoyed it Marian KeyesDazzling. Not a word is out of place Katherine HeinyMeet Celine and Luke. To all intents and purposes, the happy couple.But Celines more interested in playing the piano, and Lukes a serial cheater.And as their big day approaches, the complicated lives of the wedding party begin to unravel. A fed-up bridesmaid, a lovesick best man, guests and family members all find themselves searching for their own happily ever afters.From the author of Exciting Times, this is a sparkling ensemble novel about love and marriage, fidelity and betrayal.

INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER“Daring . . . a brilliant contemporary novel.”—Colm Tóibín An intimate, sharply funny contemporary novel about a couple heading toward their wedding, and the three friends who

Ça commence par une discussion de couple après une soirée entre amis, ces moments où l’on touche du doigt des vérités pouvant mener à la rupture. Luke décide de clore cette conversation délicate par…

Ça commence par une discussion de couple après une soirée entre amis, ces moments où l’on touche du doigt des vérités pouvant mener à la rupture. Luke décide de clore cette conversation délicate par…

Quando, logo após a formatura, Ava deixa a Irlanda e se muda para Hong Kong por um ano, ela não tem um plano preciso nem sabe o que esperar. Ela logo se vê presa em uma situação que não é exatamente

Una novel·la irònica i atrevida sobre la complexitat de les relacions modernesAmb vint-i-dos anys, l’Ava deixa Dublín per Hong Kong, on viu en un pis compartit infestat d’escarabats i fa de professor

La soledad no consiste en no tener a nadie. La soledad es la brecha entre lo que deseas y lo que finalmente obtienes.Un cruce de caminos en busca del felices para siempre.La segunda novela de Naoise Dolan, autora de Dias apasionantes, el fenomeno internacional que ha conquistado ya a mas de 200.000 lectores. Me encanto. Es ingeniosa, observadora, inteligente y divertida. No puedo expresar lo mucho que la disfrute. MARIAN KEYESMordaz e inteligente mirada al amor moderno y a los enredos que dejamos tras nosotros. Estoy totalmente asombrado por el talento de Dolan. DOUGLAS STUARTCon frases atrevidas y emocionantes y una observacion cercana y aguda, La pareja feliz es una brillante novela contemporanea. COLM TOIBINOs presentamos a la pareja: Luke, un infiel incorregible, y Celine, mas interesada en el piano que en la vida familiar. Acaban de comprometerse y se van a casar dentro de un año. Por el camino, creen que tienen que encontrar la felicidad.Los otros protagonistas de la boda:Phoebe, hermana de Celine, tiene que terminar la carrera y encontrar un trabajo de verdad. Pero, en cambio, sirve pintas en un pub irlandes de Londres,comparte piso con seis personas y sus aspiraciones a largo plazo no van mas alla de fumarse un cigarrillo de vez en cuando.Archie fue el novio de Luke. Ahora que solo es su mejor amigo, se supone que va a escalar posiciones en el mundo de los negocios y a alejarse de el. Sin embargo, por el momento se ha quedado cerca admirando las vistas.Vivian, la otra gran amiga y expareja de Luke, parecia que iba a aguantar las tonterias de Luke mientras salian juntos... pero no lo hizo. Años mas tarde, se mantiene a cierta distancia y observa al resto de sus amigos como si fuesen hormigas.Espectacular, astuta y sin miedo. HILARY MANTELSensacional. DAILY MAILPrevemos que va a ser un exito. THE TIMESUna lectura divertida y adictiva aderezada con astutas observaciones sobre el amor moderno. VOGUEEste libro la confirma como una ingeniosa novelista comica con un estilo inconfundible. THE TELEGRAPHEsta mirada al matrimonio millennial es una lectura ingeniosa, sorprendente y fresca. THE SUN

«Me divertí mucho con esta novela. Es como una ingeniosa comedia marxista feminista. Y un poco malvada.» ZADIE SMITH«Divertida, astuta y sin miedo: un debut ganador.»HILARY MANTELAva deja Dublín y se

When you leave Ireland aged 22 to spend your parents' money, it's called a gap year. When Ava leaves Ireland aged 22 to make her own money, she's not sure what to call it, but it involves:- a badly-paid job in Hong Kong, teaching English grammar to rich children;- Julian, who likes to spend money on Ava and lets her move into his guest room;- Edith, who Ava meets while Julian is out of town and actually listens to her when she talks;- money, love, cynicism, unspoken feelings and unlikely connections.Exciting times ensue.When you leave Ireland aged 22 to spend your parents' money, it's called a gap year. When Ava leaves Ireland aged 22 to make her own money, she's not sure what to call it, but it involves:- a badly-paid job in Hong Kong, teaching English grammar to rich children;- Julian, who likes to spend money on Ava and lets her move into his guest room;- Edith, who Ava meets while Julian is out of town and actually listens to her when she talks;- money, love, cynicism, unspoken feelings and unlikely connections.Exciting times ensue.When you leave Ireland aged 22 to spend your parents' money, it's called a gap year. When Ava leaves Ireland aged 22 to make her own money, she's not sure what to call it, but it involves:- a badly-paid job in Hong Kong, teaching English grammar to rich children;- Julian, who likes to spend money on Ava and lets her move into his guest room;- Edith, who Ava meets while Julian is out of town and actually listens to her when she talks;- money, love, cynicism, unspoken feelings and unlikely connections.Exciting times ensue.