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When eighteen-year-old Ian Bedloe pricks the bubble of his family's optimistic self-deception, his brother Danny drives into a wall, his sister-in-law falls apart, and his parents age before his eyes. Consumed by guilt, Ian finds the hope of forgiveness at the Church of the Second Chance, and leaves college to cope with the three children he has inherited and his own embarrassing religion. Twenty years on, Ian's prospects of a second chance are receding fast when, out of the heart of the domesticity that has engulfed him, strides a new figure who will bring him new life.

"La millor novel·la d'Anne Tyler en molts anys". The Guardian En Micah Mortimer té poc més de quaranta anys, viu al nord de Baltimore i arregla ordinadors a domicili, a part de fer feinetes de manteniment a l?edifici on viu. I es persona de rutines estrictes. Te una relacio amb la Cassia Slade, pero cadascu viu a casa seva i es veuen diverses vegades per setmana. La seva familia bulliciosa l?aprecia i es riu una mica de les seves rareses. I, tot i la seva vida poc vistosa, se sent feliç. Pero la vida que portava se li comença a esmicolar quan la Cassia li explica que la faran fora de casa seva i el fill de divuit anys d?una antiga novia de la universitat es presenta a casa d?en Micah i li diu que podria ser fill seu. La guanyadora dels premis Pulitzer, National Book Critics Circle i Pen/Faulkner, amb l?aparença de senzillesa i transparencia que li son caracteristiques, dona una obra mestra on cada detall es profundament revelador. Anne Tyler escriu amb empatia i perspicacia per la natura humana i en aquesta novel·la breu i intensa posa el focus sobre un personatge que no connecta amb el seu voltant... fins que no li queda altre remei. L'ha critica n'ha dit: "Obre amb delicadesa una vida ordinaria i ens mostra les veritats universals que s?hi ama...

No one does family like Anne Tyler does family. Are the Battistas her most appealing yet?You cant get around Kate Battista as easily as all thatKate Battista is feeling stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and uppity, pretty younger sister Bunny? Plus, shes always in trouble at work her pre-school charges adore her, but the adults dont always appreciate her unusual opinions and forthright manner.Dr Battista has other problems. After years out in the academic wilderness, he is on the verge of a breakthrough. His research could help millions. Theres only one problem: his brilliant young lab assistant, Pyotr, is about to be deported. And without PyotrWhen Dr Battista cooks up an outrageous plan that will enable Pyotr to stay in the country, hes relying as usual on Kate to help him. Kate is furious: this time hes really asking too much. But will she be able to resist the two mens touchingly ludicrous campaign to win her round?Anne Tylers retelling of The Taming of the Shrew asks whether a thoroughly modern, independent woman like Kate would ever sacrifice herself for a man. The answer is as individual, off-beat and funny as Kate herself.

Kate Battista is stuck. How did she end up running house and home for her eccentric scientist father and infuriating younger sister Bunny? Dr Battista has other problems. His brilliant young lab assistant, Pyotr, is about to be deported. And without Pyotr, his new scientific breakthrough will fall through...When Dr Battista cooks up an outrageous plan that will enable Pyotr to stay in the country, he's relying - as usual - on Kate to help him. Will Kate be able to resist the two men's touchingly ludicrous campaign to win her round? Anne Tyler's brilliant retelling of The Taming of the Shrew asks whether a thoroughly modern woman like Kate would ever sacrifice herself for a man. The answer is as surprising as Kate herself.

Secretos, ambiciones, crisis y decepciones cotidianas son los hilos con los que Anne Tyler teje esta maravillosa novela que respira realidad y que le valió el Premio Pulitzer en 1989. En un momento de su relacion, el matrimonio de Ira y Maggie Morgan se da cuenta de que a lo largo de su vida ha recibido lecciones sobre muchas cosas inºtiles: tocar el piano, escribir a maquina, conducir un coche... Sin embargo, nadie les ha enseñado lo mas importante: como convivir a diario con tu pareja o como afrontar la paternidad. Reseña:"Simplemente, una obra de arte."The Guardian

Alrededor de una mesa, y ahondando en las emociones de una familia, Anne Tyler (Pulitzer 1989) ha construido un mundo donde cada lector encontrará su propia historia.Quizá se equivocó quien dijo que todas las familias felices se parecen, porque incluso la charla cordial de una familia reunida alrededor de la mesa revela el malestar de quien come y calla, la angustia de quien habla demasiado y el vacio que deja ese plato puesto para alguien que nunca acudira a la cena.Pearl, una mujer de ochenta y cinco años, no quiere caminar hacia la muerte sin recordar los momentos importantes de su vida, empezando por aquella noche de domingo de 1944 en que su marido se puso cuatro trapos en la maleta y le conto que se iba, sin decir donde ni porque.A la mañana siguiente, faltaba alguien en la mesa del desayuno, pero la mujer no se atrevio a contar la verdad a sus hijos; lo que hizo fue aprender a disimular, educando a Cody, Jenny y Ezra como mejor supo, pero olvidandose a menudo de regalarles caricias y buenas palabras.Los años fueron pasando, y ahora Cody es un hombre obsesionado por acumular afecto y dinero que no le pertenecen y Jenny busca una felicidad improbable en los hombres que la acompañan. Ezra es el unico que parece disfrutar de la vida entre las cuatro paredes de su restaurante: es alli donde la familia se reune, pero siempre hay un sitio vacio a la espera de que alguien llegue o vuelva... Alrededor de ese vacio, de ese plato abandonado, Anne Tyler ha construido un mundo donde cada lector encontrara su propia historia.La critica ha dicho...Con esta novela, Anne Tyler se ha superado a si misma.John Updike,The New YorkerTyler consigue devolvernos la fe en el arte y la necesidad de la novela.Jose Luis de Juan,El Pais

Willa Drake can count on one hand the defining moments of her life: when she was 11 and her mother disappeared, being proposed to at 21, the accident that would make her a widow at 41. At each of these moments, Willa ended up on a path laid out for her by others.

Una novela sobre los lazos familiares construida con el mejor estilo de Anne Tyler (Pulitzer 1989), que muestra lo mejor y lo peor de nosotros mismos. "Lo importante no es saber cuánto amas a alguien,sino quien eres tu cuando estas con esa persona."Anne Tyler Todas las familias guardan secretos, incluso las que parecen perfectas. Los Whitshank no son una excepcion a esa regla, pero ¿quienes son realmente los Whitshank? Pues una familia de clase media americana afincada en Baltimore desde 1920. A simple vista, parecen un clan unido por el afecto y la solidaridad. Sin embargo, pronto descubriremos que en el retrato que hacen de si mismos solo aparece una parte de la fotografia. "Era una hermosa tarde amarilla y verde, y soplaba una suave brisa..." Asi es como Abby comienza siempre a relatar como se enamoro de Red Whitshank. Pero eso fue en julio de 1959, y ahora estamos en pleno siglo XXI. Abby y Red se han hecho mayores, los cuatro hijos que tuvieron son ya adultos y con el transcurso de los años no solo han acumulado momentos de ternura, armonia y felicidad; su historia tambien esconde celos, decepciones y engaños. Sin embargo, mas alla de los silencios, incluso mas alla de la muerte, los Whitshank nunca dejan de ser una familia.

Michael and Pauline seemed like the perfect couple - young, good-looking, made for each other. The moment she walked into his mothers grocery store in Baltimore, he was smitten, and in the heat of

Liam Pennywell has spent most of his life dodging issues and skirting adventure when suddenly, in his sixty-first year, something happens that jolts him out of his certainty and leaves him with a fri

Her brilliance in capturing the ripples on the surface of family life gives her a claim to be the Jane Austen of our age Daily Mail Having sacked her handyman, newly-widowed Mrs Emerson finds a replacement in Elizabeth, a lanky, awkward girl.

Quintessential Tyler, yet full of surprises - a perfectly pitched, enchanting and affecting novel about a man adrift in his own life, Noah's Compass chimes gently, heartbreakingly with our times. With the humour and poignancy of her classic The Accidental Tourist (though with a protagonist who doesn't venture far from home) Anne Tyler's new novel tells the story of a year in the life of Liam Pennywell, a man in his sixty-first year. A classical pedant, he's just been 'let go' from his schoolteaching job and downsizes to a tiny out-of-town apartment, where he goes to bed early and alone on his first night. Widowed, re-married, divorced and the father of three daughters, Liam is a man who is proud of his recall but has learned to dodge issues and skirt adventure. An unpleasant event occurs, though, to jolt him out of his certainty. Obsessed with a frightening gap in his memory, he sets out to uncover what happened, and finds instead an unusual woman with secrets of her own, and a late-flowering love that brings its own thorny problems. His ex-wife (sensible Barbara) and daughters worry about him but Liam blunders on, His teenage daughter Kitty is sent to stay - though it's not clear who is minding whom. His middle daughter, Louise, is a born-again Christian with a son called Jonah, but her certainties leave Liam still more perplexed. Noah's Compass is about memory and its loss, about incidents and relationships which open up sight lines into a painful past long dead for a man who becomes aware that merely trying to stay afloat may not be enough.

La autora galardonada con el Pulitzer 1989 nos brinda esta novela sobre las segundas oportunidades que da la vida y las pequeñas epifanías de la vida cotidiana. Liam Pennywell es un sexagenario que acaba de perder su trabajo. Lejos de entristecerse por algo que nunca le intereso realmente, lo toma como una señal: es justo lo que necesita para adentrarse en la ultima fase de su vida, en la que poder recapitular y prepararse para el final.Entusiasmado por primera vez en años, decide mudarse a un apartamento mas sencillo y acorde con su nueva vida. Sin embargo, en su primera noche alli sucede algo inesperado, y dias mas tarde se despierta en un hospital sin un recuerdo claro de lo ocurrido. Resuelto a recuperar esos momentos "robados", y siempre bajo la esceptica mirada de sus hijas, Liam decide que lo que en realidad necesita es alguien que recuerde por el.Considerada por la critica como "una experta en los hilos que tejen las relaciones humanas" (The Wall Street Journal ), Anne Tyler es la autora de esta novela inteligente, serena y llena de humor sobre las segundas oportunidades que da la vida y las pequeñas epifanias de la vida cotidiana. La critica ha dicho..."Para los conversos, la publicacion de una nueva novela de A

La autora galardonada con el Pulitzer 1989 nos brinda esta novela sobre las segundas oportunidades que da la vida y las pequeñas epifanías de la vida cotidiana. Liam Pennywell es un sexagenario que acaba de perder su trabajo. Lejos de entristecerse por algo que nunca le intereso realmente, lo toma como una señal: es justo lo que necesita para adentrarse en la ultima fase de su vida, en la que poder recapitular y prepararse para el final.Entusiasmado por primera vez en años, decide mudarse a un apartamento mas sencillo y acorde con su nueva vida. Sin embargo, en su primera noche alli sucede algo inesperado, y dias mas tarde se despierta en un hospital sin un recuerdo claro de lo ocurrido. Resuelto a recuperar esos momentos "robados", y siempre bajo la esceptica mirada de sus hijas, Liam decide que lo que en realidad necesita es alguien que recuerde por el.Considerada por la critica como "una experta en los hilos que tejen las relaciones humanas" (The Wall Street Journal ), Anne Tyler es la autora de esta novela inteligente, serena y llena de humor sobre las segundas oportunidades que da la vida y las pequeñas epifanias de la vida cotidiana. La critica ha dicho..."Para los conversos, la publicacion de una nueva novela de A

Quintessential Tyler, yet full of surprises a perfectly pitched, enchanting and affecting novel about a man adrift in his own life, Noah's Compass chimes gently, heartbreakingly with our times. With the humour and poignancy of her classic The Accidental Tourist (though with a protagonist who doesn't venture far from home) Anne Tyler's new novel tells the story of a year in the life of Liam Pennywell, a man in his sixty-first year. A classical pedant, he's just been let go from his schoolteaching job and downsizes to a tiny out-of-town apartment, where he goes to bed early and alone on his first night. Widowed, re-married, divorced and the father of three daughters, Liam is a man who is proud of his recall but has learned to dodge issues and skirt adventure. An unpleasant event occurs, though, to jolt him out of his certainty. Obsessed with a frightening gap in his memory, he sets out to uncover what happened, and finds instead an unusual woman with secrets of her own, and a late-flowering love that brings its own thorny problems. His ex-wife (sensible Barbara) and daughters worry about him but Liam blunders on, His teenage daughter Kitty is sent to stay - though its not clear who is minding whom. His middle daughter, Louise, is a born-again Christian with a son called Jonah, but her certainties leave Liam still more perplexed. Noahs Compass is about memory and its loss, about incidents and relationships which open up sight lines into a painful past long dead for a man who becomes aware that merely trying to stay afloat may not be enough.

With the humour and poignancy of her classic The Accidental Tourist (though with a protagonist who doesn't venture far from home) Anne Tyler's brilliant new novel tells the story of a year in the life of Liam Pennywell, a man in his 61st year. A classical pedant, he's just been 'let go' from his ... Show more With the humour and poignancy of her classic The Accidental Tourist (though with a protagonist who doesn't venture far from home) Anne Tyler's brilliant new novel tells the story of a year in the life of Liam Pennywell, a man in his 61st year. A classical pedant, he's just been 'let go' from his schoolteaching job and downsizes to a tiny little out of town apartment, where he goes to bed early and alone on the first night, tucking himself in tightly ...and wakes up in hospital unable to recall how he got there. Widowed, re-married, divorced and the father of three daughters, Liam is a man who is proud of his recall but has learned to dodge issues and skirt adventure. Obsessed with the gap in his memory, however, he sets out to uncover what happened to him, and finds instead an unusual woman with secrets of her own. His ex-wife, sensible Barbara, and his daughters worry about him but Liam blunders on. This is a novel about memory and memory loss, about incidents and relationships which open up sight lines into a painful past long dead for a man who becomes aware that he hasn't really been present in his own life ...There's late-flowering love, but that brings its own thorny problems. The title is the metaphor for Liam's life. One of Liam's three daughters is a born-again Christian (much to Liam's sceptical bewilderment) and her son, Jonah, colours in Bible stories. His grandson asks Liam if Noah had a gas-driven boat or a sailboat. Neither, replies Liam, he wasn't going anywhere, so he didn't need a compass either: he was just bobbing up and down, staying afloat, because the whole world was covered in water ...

With the humour and poignancy of her classic The Accidental Tourist (though with a protagonist who doesn't venture far from home) Anne Tyler's new novel tells the story of a year in the life of Liam Pennywell, a man in his sixty-first year. A classical pedant, he's just been 'let go' from his school teaching job and downsizes to a tiny out-of-town apartment, where he goes to bed early and alone on his first night. Widowed, re-married, divorced and the father of three daughters, Liam is a man who is proud of his recall but has learned to dodge issues and skirt adventure. An unpleasant event occurs, though, to jolt him out of his certainty. Obsessed with a frightening gap in his memory, he sets out to uncover what happened, and finds instead an unusual woman with secrets of her own, and a late-flowering love that brings its own thorny problems. His ex-wife (sensible Barbara) and daughters worry about him but Liam blunders on, His teenage daughter Kitty is sent to stay - though it's not clear who is minding whom. His middle daughter, Louise, is a born-again Christian with a son called Jonah, but her certainties leave Liam still more perplexed. Noah's Compass is about memory and its loss, about incidents and relationships which open up sight lines into a painful past long dead for a man who becomes aware that merely trying to stay afloat may not be enough.