Rebecca Makkai

La Lucy Hull, una jove bibliotecària infantil, coneix l’Ian Drake, un nen de deu anys que esconverteix en el seu lector preferit. El problema al qual s’enfronta la Lucy és que el nennecessita la seva

El 1985, mentre el Yale Tishman comença a prosperar en lambit professional, Chicago es veu devastada per lepidemia de la sida. A poc a poc veura com els seus amics emmalalteixen, i la ciutat i la seva vida canvien per sempre. Trenta anys despres, la Fiona, amiga de joventut del Yale, viatja a Paris a buscar la seva filla desapareguda. Amb dolor, retroba el mon que creia haver deixat enrere i reflexiona rememora els dies que van marcar el futur de tots aquells joves. Els grans optimistes es una historia absorbent i emotiva sobre com viure la vida en temps de crisi, una novel·la commovedora que ens confronta amb la perdua, lamistat, la traicio, la supervivencia i lamor de la ma duns personatges inoblidables.

Yale Tishman es uno de los muchos amigos de Nico que se han reunido para honrar su memoria en una pequeña fiesta. A la misma hora, no muy lejos de allí, se celebra en una iglesia el funeral oficial, organizado por la familia, que ha dejado bien claro que sus amigos no son bienvenidos. Es Chicago, es 1985, y esos amigos son homosexuales. En otros tiempos, tal vez, Yale lo habria tenido todo para ser feliz: una relacion estable, un grupo de amigos muy unido y una carrera prometedora. Sin embargo, es Chicago, es 1985, y el SIDA causa verdaderos estragos: uno a uno, sus amigos enferman, y cada dia que pasa el virus estrecha mas su cerco alrededor de Yale. Pronto, solo podra apoyarse en la hermana pequeña de Nico, Fiona. Tres decadas despues, Fiona esta en Paris, tratando de localizar a su hija, que hace años le dio la espalda y desaparecio. Hospedada en la casa de un amigo de los viejos tiempos, Fiona aun lidia con las devastadoras secuelas que aquella epoca terrible tuvo para su vida y la relacion con su hija.Entrelazando las historias de Yale y Fiona, Rebecca Makkai nos ofrece una formidable novela que reflexiona sobre la enfermedad y la muerte, pero ante todo sobre el poder de la vida, el amor y la amistad. Los optimistas recrea con fidelidad el dia a dia de la comunidad gay en los ochenta, la paradojica atmosfera de vitalidad y esperanza por las libertades ganadas, y de incertidumbre y miedo en una epoca en la que un test positivo equivalia a una sentencia de muerte. Brutal y emotiva, esta novela retrata con gran humanidad a unos seres optimistas que incluso en medio del mas pavoroso desastre continuan creyendo en la bondad.Una historia absorbente y emocionalmente cautivadora acerca de lo que implica vivir en tiempos de crisis.Michael Cunningham, The New York Times Book Review

Una novela adictiva sobre nuestra perversa obsesión por los true crime Bodie Kane, autora de un podcast de gran éxito, es invitada a regresar como profesora a Granby School, el internado de élite de

ShareAlso available inHardback 24,28 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. Richly imagined. "Chicago Tribune" Impressive. "O, "The Oprah" "Magazine Engrossing. "Minneapolis Star-Tribune" Inventive. "W "Magazine "From the Hardcover edition.""

The new novel from the author of THE GREAT BELIEVERS, winner of the Carnegie Medal and a Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist.

Lucy Hull, una joven resignada a trabajar como bibliotecaria de libros infantiles en un remoto pueblo de Missouri, ayuda habitualmente a su lector preferido - Ian Drake, un niño de diez años obsesionado con la lectura - a escoger libros a escondidas de su madre, una mujer autoritaria que pasa por la censura todo lo que el niño quiere leer. La inercia existencial de Lucy la lleva a tener una vida de pocas emociones, hasta que se topa con un dilema moral cuando conoce el plan que ha preparado Ian para escapar del control de su madre.

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.

À Chicago, dans les années 1980, au coeur du quartier de Boystown, Yale Tishman et sa bande d'amis - artistes, activistes, journalistes ou professeurs... - vivent la vie libre qu'ils s'étaient toujou

Chicago, 1985: Yale ist ein junger Kunstexperte, der mit Feuereifer nach Neuerwerbungen fur seine Galerie sucht. Gerade ist er einer Gemalde- sammlung auf der Spur, die seiner Karriere den entscheidenden Schub verleihen konnte. Er ahnt nicht, dass ein Virus, das gerade in Chicagos Boystown zu wuten begonnen hat, einen nach dem anderen seiner Freunde in den Abgrund reien wird.Paris, 2015: Fiona spurt ihrer Tochter nach, die sich offenbar nicht finden lassen will. Die Suche nach ihr gestaltet sich ebenso zu einer Reise in die eigene Vergangenheit, denn in Paris trifft sie auf alte Freunde aus Chicago, die sie an das Gefuhls- chaos der Achtzigerjahre erinnern und sie mit einem groen Schmerz von damals konfrontieren.Die Optimisten ist eine zutiefst bewegende Geschichte daruber, wie Liebe uns retten, aber ebenso vernichten kann, und wie uns traumatische Ereignisse ein Leben lang pragen, bis Heilung moglich wird.

The riveting new novel from the author of The Great Believers, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book AwardA 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.

Named a must-read by the Chicago Tribune, O Magazine, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and The L MagazineRebecca Makkais The Great Believers will be available in summer 2018.Rebecca Makkais 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 fathers 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 storiessome inspired by her own family historyamply demonstrate Makkais extraordinary range as a storyteller, and confirm her as a master of the short story form. Richly imagined. Chicago Tribune Impressive. O, The OprahMagazine Engrossing. Minneapolis Star-Tribune Inventive. W Magazine

WINNER OF THE CARNEGIE MEDALFINALIST FOR THE PULITZER PRIZEFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDSWINNER OF THE STONEWALL BOOK AWARD - BARBARA GITTINGS LITERATURE AWARDFINALIST FOR THE LA TIMES FICTION AWARDStirring, spellbinding and full of life Tea Obreht, New York Times bestselling author of The Tigers WifeIn 1985, Yale Tishman, the development director for an art gallery in Chicago, is about to pull off an amazing coup: bringing 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 Nicos funeral, he finds his partner is infected, and that he might even have the virus himself. The only person he has left is Fiona, Nicos 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 epidemic, she finds herself finally grappling with the devastating ways the AIDS crisis affected her life and her relationship with her daughter. Yale and Fionas stories unfold in incredibly moving and sometimes surprising ways, as both struggle to find goodness in the face of disaster.

Lucy Hull, a young childrens 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 Lucys 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 theres Violet Devohr, Zees 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.Violets 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 Zees 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 shouldnt, 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.

Yale Tishman es uno de los muchos amigos de Nico que se han reunido para honrar su memoria en una pequeña fiesta. A la misma hora, no muy lejos de allí, se celebra en una iglesia el funeral oficial, organizado por la familia, que ha dejado bien claro que sus amigos no son bienvenidos. Es Chicago, es 1985, y esos amigos son homosexuales. En otros tiempos, tal vez, Yale lo habria tenido todo para ser feliz: una relacion estable, un grupo de amigos muy unido y una carrera prometedora. Sin embargo, es Chicago, es 1985, y el SIDA causa verdaderos estragos: uno a uno, sus amigos enferman, y cada dia que pasa el virus estrecha mas su cerco alrededor de Yale. Pronto, solo podra apoyarse en la hermana pequeña de Nico, Fiona. Tres decadas despues, Fiona esta en Paris, tratando de localizar a su hija, que hace años le dio la espalda y desaparecio. Hospedada en la casa de un amigo de los viejos tiempos, Fiona aun lidia con las devastadoras secuelas que aquella epoca terrible tuvo para su vida y la relacion con su hija.Entrelazando las historias de Yale y Fiona, Rebecca Makkai nos ofrece una formidable novela que reflexiona sobre la enfermedad y la muerte, pero ante todo sobre el poder de la vida, el amor y la amistad. Los optimistas recrea con fidelidad el dia a dia de la comunidad gay en los ochenta, la paradojica atmosfera de vitalidad y esperanza por las libertades ganadas, y de incertidumbre y miedo en una epoca en la que un test positivo equivalia a una sentencia de muerte. Brutal y emotiva, esta novela retrata con gran humanidad a unos seres optimistas que incluso en medio del mas pavoroso desastre continuan creyendo en la bondad.

Du Chicago des années 1980 au Paris daujourdhui, une épopée puissante sur le pouvoir de lamitié face à la tragédie.À Chicago, dans les années 1980, au coeur du quartier de Boystown, Yale Tishman et s

Une saga familiale ambitieuse et ludique sous la forme de poupées russes.1999 : Bienvenue à Laurelfield, vaste demeure du Midwest et partez à la rencontre de ses propriétaires ancestraux, les Devohr.