Alice Sebold

Sebold, AliceUSA, 1970. Susie Salmon blir voldtatt og drepen, men fr himmelen fortell ho historia si mens ho observerer familien og livet p jorda. Ho flgjer med mordaren og politiets jakt p han, og ho er der og ser p familien som prver forst tragedien. DnBB AS

Sebold's mesmerizing and luminous first novel--a #1 national bestseller--builds a tale filled with hope, humor, suspense, and even joy, following an unspeakable tragedy.

A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of The Lovely Bones and Lucky. For years Helen Knightly has given her life to others: to her haunted mother, to her enigmatic father, to her husband and now grown children. When she finally crosses a terrible boundary, her life comes rushing in at her in a way she never could have imagined. This searing, fast-paced novel explores the complex ties between mothers and daughters, wives and lovers, the meaning of devotion, and the line between love and hate.

When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily. A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of "The Lovely Bones"

" Comment survivre au matricide ? Pendant les vingt-quatre heures qui vont suivre, Helen Knightly se réfugie dans ses souvenirs... Surgissent alors les images d'une enfance passée auprès d'une femme

When all is said and done, killing my mother came easily. A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this brilliant, powerful, and unforgettable new novel by the author of "The Lovely Bones"

'Compulsive enough to read in a single sitting, brilliantly intelligent, elegantly constructed and ultimately intriguing' The Times First published in 2002, The Lovely Bones became an instant worldwide bestseller. There are now over ten million copies in print. A film adaptation of the novel, directed by Peter Jackson, was released in 2010. Susie Salmon was fourteen years old when she was murdered by a man from her neighbourhood. Now in heaven, she can have whatever she wishes for except the one thing she wants most: to be back with the people she loved on earth. Susie watches from above as her suburban family is torn apart by grief; as her friends grow up, fall in love, and do all the things she never had the chance to do herself. In time, Susie will realise that even in death, life is not quite out of reach

Nom de famille: Salmon, saumon comme le poisson; le prénom: Susie. Assassinée à l''âge de quatorze ans, le 6 décembre 1973. Mais l''histoire de Susie ne s''arrête pas là. C''est même elle qui nous r

With an introduction by Karen Thompson Walker The internationally bestselling novel that inspired the acclaimed film directed by Peter Jackson. My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. In heaven, Susie Salmon can have whatever she wishes for - except what she most wants, which is to be back with the people she loved on earth. In the wake of her murder, Susie watches as her happy suburban family is torn apart by grief; as her friends grow up, fall in love, and do all the things she never had the chance to do herself. But as Susie will come to realize, even in death, life is not quite out of reach ...A luminous, astonishing novel about life and death, memory and forgetting, and finding light in the darkest places, Alice Sebold's The Lovely Bones became an instant classic when it was first published in 2002. There are now over ten million copies in print.

A woman steps over the line into the unthinkable in this searing portrait of a to-the-death struggle between a mother and a daughter. Clair Knightly and her daughter Helen are locked in a relationship so unrelenting that it has sucked the air out of both of their lives. And as this electrifying novel opens, Helen crosses a boundary she never dreamt she would even approach. But while her act is almost unconscious, it also seems like the fulfillment of a lifetime's buried desire. Over the next twenty-four hours, Helen's life rushes in at her as she confronts the choices that have brought her to this crossroads. A woman who has spent a lifetime trying to win the love of a mother who had none to spare, she now faces an uncertain and dangerous freedom.In "The Almost Moon", Sebold explores the complex ties within families, the meaning of devotion and the fragility of the boundary that separates us from our darkest impulses. This is an unforgettable novel, a raw and powerful story, written with the clarity and insight that only Alice Sebold can bring to the page.

Todos guardamos habitaciones secretas en nuesto interior. Una novela sorprendente, dura, de suspense, que muestra la fragmentación del universo familiar actual.Helen acaba de asesinar a su madre, una mujer que padecia demencia senil. Pero detras de su espantoso crimen hay un pasado familiar doloroso que a todos -incluida Helen- pasaron convenientemente por alto. Ahora Helen debe hablar con su ex marido para que la ayude, pues rechaza ser condenada como una vulgar criminal. A lo largo de 24 horas, esta novela explora la compleja relacion entre madres e hijas y esposas y amantes, asi como la linea que separa el amor y el odio.

Clair and Helen Knightly are a parent and child locked in a relationship so unrelenting that they have become the center of each other's wolrd. But as this electrifying novel opens, Helen crosses a boundary she never thought she would approach. Over the next twenty-fours, Helen's life rushes in at her as she is forced to confront the choices that have brought her to this crossroads. As a woman who spent years trying to win the love of someone who had none to spare, she now faces an uncertain and dangerous freedom. Exploring the complex ties within families, the meaning of devotion, and the thin line that separates us from our most haunting impulses, The Almost Moon is an unforgettable tale of passion and redemption written with the fierce intelligence and emotional intensity that only Alice Sebold can bring to the page.

Cuando conocemos a Susie Salmon, sabemos que ya está en el cielo, en su nuevo hogar. Desde allí nos va a relatar, con la inconfundible voz de una adolescente de catorce años, una historia tan inquietante como alentadora: la de su propio asesinato a manos de un vecino y el proceso de recuperacion por el que van a tener que pasar sus seres queridos. Tras su muerte, Susie contempla como la vida continua sin ella; sus compañeros de colegio rumorean sobre su desaparicion, su familia mantiene la ilusion de encontrarla con vida y el asesino se esfuerza en borrar las huellas del crimen. Los acontecimientos se suceden al tiempo que Susie se va adaptando a ese lugar llamado cielo, un refugio magico donde encuentra consejeros que le ayudan a entender la muerte y amigos con los que convivir, un nuevo hogar donde halla todo lo que desea excepto lo mas importante: reencontrarse con las personas a las que ama y viven en la Tierra. Desde mi cielo es una historia asombrosa y de extraordinaria ternura que parte de una de las pruebas mas dolorosas a las que, desgraciadamente, a veces tenemos que enfrentarnos: la perdida de un ser querido. Pero es, tambien, un relato lleno de esperanza que nos habla del poder curativo del amor.

Esta es la historia real de una violación. Cuando Alice Sebold tenía 19 años y estudiaba en la Universidad de Syracuse fue asaltada y brutalmente violada. En Afortunada la autora habla de ello con total libertad, haciendo un retrato profundo de la tragedia de una mujer americana, de clase media y su lucha por salir adelante. Aspectos raciales, politicos y sociales se tratan en este memoir.Afortunada empieza con el relato detallado de la violacion, que tuvo lugar en un parque a media noche. La autora explica como sintio la muerte muy cercana, como reconocio a su violador, un hombre negro joven, y como la justicia manejo su caso. Tambien habla de lo que sintio cuando una de sus mejores amigas fue violada pocos meses despues o su imposibilidad de encontrar ayuda en su familia y su consiguiente abuso del alcohol y drogas como consecuencia directa de su dolor.

My name was Salmon, like the fish; first name, Susie. I was fourteen when I was murdered on December 6, 1973. My murderer was a man from our neighborhood. My mother liked his border flowers, and my father talked to him once about fertilizer. This is Susie Salmon. Watching from heaven, Susie sees her happy, suburban family devastated by her death, isolated even from one another as they each try to cope with their terrible loss alone. Over the years, her friends and siblings grow up, fall in love, do all the things she never had the chance to do herself. But life is not quite finished with Susie yet ..."The Lovely Bones" is a luminous and astonishing novel about life and death, forgiveness and vengeance, memory and forgetting - but, above all, about finding light in the darkest of places. 'Spare, beautiful and brutal prose ..."The Lovely Bones" is compulsive enough to read in a single sitting, brilliantly intelligent, elegantly constructed and ultimately intriguing.' - "The Times". 'Moving and compelling ...It will put an imperceptible but stealthily insistent hold on you.I sat down in the morning to read the first couple of pages; five hours later, I was still there, book in hand, transfixed.' - Maggie O'Farrell, "Sunday Telegraph".

"Ich hieß Salmon, wie das englische Wort für Lachs; Vorname Susie. Ich war vierzehn, als ich am 6. Dezember 1973 ermordet wurde."Susie Salmon führt das ganz normale Leben eines Teenagers in einer amerikanischen Kleinstadt - bis zu jenem Tag im Dezember, als sie allein durch ein Maisfeld nach Hause geht. Denn dort lauert ihr ein Nachbar auf, ein Mann, der sie vergewaltigen, töten und ihre Leiche verschwinden lassen wird. Aber Susies Existenz ist damit nicht ausgelöscht. Von "ihrem Himmel" aus verfolgt sie das Leben auf der Erde, beobachtet sie, wie ihre Geschwister, Eltern und Freunde mühevoll nach Wegen suchen, um den Verlust zu verarbeiten. Bis die Wunden vernarbt sind, neues Leben entstanden, und die fragile Balance menschlicher Existenz wiederhergestellt ist. Und auch Susie ihren Seelenfrieden gefunden hat und die Welt hinter sich lassen kann...01Alice Sebold hat an der Syracuse University studiert, in Manhattan und Kalifornien gelebt und für die New York Times sowie die Chicago Tribune geschrieben. Sie lebt mit ihrem Mann, dem Schriftsteller Glen David Gold, in Kalifornien.01Almuth Carstens, geb. 1948 in Kiel, hat u. a. Soziologie studiert, lebt in Berlin und arbeitet als Übersetzerin.