»Bauer brilliert in der Darstellung der kindlichen Psyche – ein bemerkenswertes Debüt.« J. M. CoetzeeDie Mutter des Ich-Erzählers nimmt immer wieder Pflegejungen auf, obwohl ihr eifersüchtiger Sohn, ein Einzelkind, furchtbar darunter leidet. Als der verschlossene Robert in die Familie kommt, der vermeintlich perfekt ist und Liebling der Mutter wird, nimmt die Eifersucht obsessive Züge an.Der 28-jährige Ich-Erzähler kehrt in das Haus seiner Kindheit zurück, weil seine Mutter schwer e...

You're eight years old. An only child. You love your parents, but you're convinced you're not enough for your mother because she fosters other people's kids. You've learnt to cope, just about, with how this makes you feel -- but then a boy called Robert arrives, and he and your Mum seem to connect in a way you never have. You hate him for it.And her.And one day you do something really bad to teach them both a lesson.At twenty-eight, you return home to face your moth...

Een achtjarige jongen heeft zijn ouders altijd moeten delen met pleegbroertjes. Dit maakt heftige gevoelens van jaloezie in hem los. De komst van weer een nieuw pleegbroertje, Robert, loopt uit op een dramatische gebeurtenis. Op zijn achtentwintigste keert de zoon terug naar zijn ouderlijk huis. Hij hunkert nog altijd naar de warmte van zijn moeder, maar koestert ook haatgevoelens om wat er is gebeurd. De dominante vrouw van toen is echter ziek en afhankelijk geworden - de machtsverhouding...

Des cailloux dans le ventre est l’histoire d’un petit garçon de huit ans et de l’adulte instable qu’il est devenu. Au cours de son enfance, ses parents choisissent d’être « une famille d’accueil » en dépit du violent sentiment de jalousie que cela provoque en luiCette jalousie prend des proportions dramatiques quand l’enfant doit faire de la place à Robert, un jeune garçon auquel sa mère s’attache particulièrement. La relation qui naît entre eux va déclencher un événement q...

Rocks in the Belly is about a precocious eight-year-old boy and the volatile adult he becomes. During childhood his mother fosters boys, despite the jealous turmoil it arouses in her son. Jealousy that reaches unmanageable proportions when she fosters Robert, an amiable child she can’t help bonding with. Until the bond triggers an event that profoundly changes everyone. Especially Robert. At twenty-eight the son returns to face his mother. He hasn’t forgiven her for what happened to Robert...

A beautiful memoir from John Cook, one of Tasmania's last kerosene lighthouse keepers. A story about madness and wilderness, shining a light onto the vicissitudes of love and nature.In Tasmania, John Cook is known as: 'The Keeper of the Flame'. John's renowned as one of the last of the "kerosene keepers": he spent a good part of his 26-year career in Tasmanian lighthouses tending kerosene, not electrical, lamps. He joined the lighthouse service in 1969, after a spe...

A beautiful memoir from John Cook, one of Tasmania's last kerosene lighthouse keepers. A story about madness and wilderness, shining a light onto the vicissitudes of love and nature.'John Cook's ripping life story exposes Tasmania's old kero-fuelled lighthouses: relentless physically and emotionally demanding labour, done under the often cruel vagaries of nature. Noble work that can ultimately redeem a lost soul. Or break them.' MATTHEW EVANSI loved the life of the island, ...

Love songs and Hollywood romances make it all sound so simple: You find your soul mate, move in together, get married, never stray from the path of monogamy, and live happily ever after. But real life tends to be more complicated. Many couples pursue alternative living arrangements, and some even pursue alternative loving arrangements.The twenty-nine personal essays in this collection offer a variety of perspectives and experiences with nontraditional relationships and forms of coh...

Essential for anyone interested in modern American politics, get the book that former President Barack Obama on X calls "a deeply thoughtful book" and says, "couldn't be a more timely read."Part memoir, part rumination on the declining moral compass of the American political class, The Unraveling is the first book to place restoring political ethics at the center of the renewal of American democracy. Politics is a brutal game, but Bauer asks where does the...

Essential reading for anyone interested in modern American politics, get the book that former President Barack Obama on X calls "a deeply thoughtful book" and says, "couldn't be a more timely read."Part memoir, part rumination on the declining moral compass of the American political class, The Unraveling is the first book to place restoring political ethics at the center of the renewal of American democracy. Politics is a brutal game, but Bauer asks where ...

In the 2008 Wimbledon men's final, Center Court was a stage set worthy of Shakespearean drama. Five-time champion Roger Federer was on track to take his rightful place as the most dominant player in the history of the game. He just needed to cling to his trajectory. So in the last few moments of daylight, Center Court witnessed a coronation. Only it wasn't a crowning for the Swiss heir apparent but for a swashbuckling Spaniard. Twenty-two-year-old Rafael Nadal prevailed, in five sets, in w...

EL NARANJA NO ES DECISIVAMENTE UN COLOR NAVIDEÑO, ¿O SÍ? El rojo es el color de los ornamentos, las luces y el abrigo de Papá Noel. El verde es el color de los árboles de Navidad, como el acebo, y el muérdago. Estos son los colores tradicionales que representan la Navidad. Pero, ¿será posible que el naranja sea en realidad el color de la temporada? El naranja representa cambio y la primera Navidad estaba llena de cambios. Este devocional de Adviento le llevará de vuelta a la primera Navida...