Nick Hornby

Rob Fleming está a punto de cumplir treinta y seis años y tiene una tienda de discos antiguos en el norte de Londres; una tienda entre cutre y chic donde sólo vende la música que le gusta a él. Y nada mas que vinilos, claro esta, aunque su negocio, destinado a un publico de serios coleccionistas de frivolidades, este siempre al borde de la bancarrota. Y ahora, ademas, Laura, su ultima y fantastica novia, le ha dejado. ¿Sera porque Rob parece empeñado en prolongar su adolescencia hasta la decrepitud o, como piensa el, porque su coleccion de discos y la de Laura eran incompatibles? Para consolarse, Rob se refugia en la compañia de Barry y Dick, sus inefables complices en la tienda, y juntos hacen innumerables y muy masculinas listas de los top del pop: las cinco mejores peliculas (que siempre incluyen Reservoir Dogs), los cinco mejores episodios de Cheers y las cinco mejores canciones de Elvis Costello... Y tambien comienza a salir con Marie, una cantante americana.Pareciera que por fin va a cumplir uno de sus sueños, tener una novia contratada por una discografica, hasta que reaparece Laura. Y aunque Rob creyera al principioo fingiera creerque esta ruptura sentimental no estaba entre las mas cruentas de su vida, que Laura no era digna de figurar en la lista de las cinco principales que le habian roto el corazon, muy pronto comenzara a hacerse preguntas, preguntas muy arduas, y las listas de los top del pop no bastaran para darles respuesta: preguntas sobre la familia, la monogamia, el amor y el desamor, la madurez. ¿Sera que por fin va a descubrir que tambien hay vida, y musica, despues de la adolescencia?Brillante. Una explicacion muy divertida, y muy precisa, de porque los hombres somos como somos (Harry Enfield,lndependent on Sunday).Son losriffsliterarios de Hornby sobre las humillaciones amorosas y las rupturas, dolorosamente veraces, los que hacen que este libro sea tan especial, una rara y conmovedora version del punto de vista de los hombres sobre los asuntos del corazon (Joanne Wilkinson,Booklist).Es extraño que un libro tan divertido sea a la vez tan agudo en su vision del sexo y la masculinidad, la memoria y la musica (The New Yorker).Hornby captura la soledad y el infantilismo de la vida de los adultos con precision e ingenio (Mark Jolly,The New York Times).Todos los que hayan pasado por ese momento vertiginoso, en que se toma la decision de embarcarse y hacer durar una relacion monogama, se deleitaran con la lectura de esta novela posmelancolica que celebra las virtudes de la risa (Catherine Argand,Lire).Alta fidelidad es uno de los pocos libros en mi vida que me sorprendio. Es tan original, y al mismo tiempo parece haber sido escrito de una manera tan poco premeditada... (Anne Tyler,New York Times Review of Books).Encantador, divertidisimo, un libro pop en el mejor sentido de la palabra. LeerAlta fidelidad es como escuchar un gran single. Te das cuenta de que es una maravilla desde las primeras notas, y cuando termina quieres escucharlo otra vez porque te hace sentir joven y tambien adulto, y te deja una inmensa sonrisa tonta en la cara. Si este libro fuera un disco, diriamos que es un clasico instantaneo. Porque eso es lo que es (Suzanne Moore,The Guardian).

Fiebre en las gradas es el relato autobiográfico de la tumultuosa relación del autor con el fútbol y con su equipo, el Arsenal londinense, durante más de veinte temporadas. Con un entusiasmo contagioso y su característica ironía, Hornby nos cuenta lo que ocurre cuando uno deja que el fútbol dé contenido a unos cuantos huecos que deberían haber estado ocupados por otras cuestiones. Esclavo del calendario de competiciones y del devenir de su equipo, este adicto al fútbol rechaza invitaciones a bodas porque ese día el Arsenal juega en casa, o asocia su primera gran ruptura amorosa a la pérdida de un jugador emblemático. Este libro situó a Nick Hornby entre los principales escritores ingleses de su generación. Con el tiempo se ha convertido en un auténtico objeto de culto tanto para futboleros como para el lector general: se han vendido más de un millón de ejemplares en el Reino Unido y ha sido objeto de dos adaptaciones cinematográficas.

Las punzantes conversaciones de un matrimonio en crisis. Nick Hornby escruta los conflictos de pareja con grandes dosis de ingenio. Cada semana, Tom y Louise tienen una cita en un pub londinense antes de su sesion de terapia de pareja. Su relacion parecia ir bien hasta que un desliz genero grietas y afloraron las tensiones. Ahora estan intentando reconducir la situacion, en un intento de salvar un matrimonio de quince años que les ha dado dos hijos.La novela, organizada en diez capitulos, reproduce los diez minutos previos a diez sesiones de terapia. Durante ese tiempo Tom y Louise conversan y observan lo que sucede a su alrededor: la gente que entra en el pub, las parejas que salen de su sesion con la terapeuta antes de que pasen ellos…El motor de la narracion son esas mismas conversaciones, cargadas de agudeza, ironia y sinceridad. Una suerte de terapia previa a la terapia, en la que la pareja protagonista repasa su vida en comun y habla de todo: el pasado, sus diferencias y complicidades, el sexo y el amor, las expectativas y los desengaños, incluso el Brexit.Este libro ingenioso, incisivo y profundo bajo su apariencia de liviandad es la formulacion literaria de la serie de television del mismo titulo, dirigida

Nick Hornby a plena potencia: una historia de amor contra las convenciones en el Reino Unido del Brexit.Lucy: mujer blanca, 42 años, separada, con dos hijos y un exmarido en proceso de desintoxicación por varias adicciones, profesora de literatura y jefa de departamento en un colegio de un barrio multietnico, culta y con amigos sofisticados. Joseph: hombre negro, 22 años, hijo de un matrimonio roto: la madre enfermera en un hospital publico y el padre trabajador de la construccion en paro; pluriempleado dependiente de carniceria, entrenador de futbol juvenil, auxiliar en un centro deportivo y con el sueño de hacer carrera como DJ.De entrada, dos personas muy diferentes, cuyos destinos seria improbable que se cruzasen. Pero se cruzan, e inician una relacion amorosa que debera enfrentarse a todos los prejuicios por la raza, por los años que los separan, por los diferentes entornos culturales y sobre todo a sus propios miedos. El telon de fondo es la tensa campaña del referendum del Brexit, que no contribuye precisamente a sembrar la armonia entre los britanicos. Y como actores secundarios aparecen un escritor blanco con problemas de ereccion; una amiga blanca obsesionada con el sexo, o mas bien con fantasear sobre el sexo; una chica negra seductora, ambiciosa y que canta como los angeles; otra chica negra a la que le encanta Thomas Hardy; un chico muy friki que lo sabe todo sobre la musica negra...Con estos elementos, su probada capacidad para construir personajes entrañables y su tambien probada brillantez para los dialogos agiles e inteligentes, Nick Hornby nos regala una novela deliciosa, conmovedora y repleta de humor desternillante, a la altura de sus mejores logros.

Las punzantes conversaciones de un matrimonio en crisis. Nick Hornby escruta los conflictos de pareja con grandes dosis de ingenio.Cada semana, Tom y Louise tienen una cita en un pub londinense antes de su sesion de terapia de pareja. Su relacion parecia ir bien hasta que un desliz genero grietas y afloraron las tensiones. Ahora estan intentando reconducir la situacion, en un intento de salvar un matrimonio de quince años que les ha dado dos hijos.La novela, organizada en diez capitulos, reproduce los diez minutos previos a diez sesiones de terapia. Durante ese tiempo Tom y Louise conversan y observan lo que sucede a su alrededor: la gente que entra en el pub, las parejas que salen de su sesion con la terapeuta antes de que pasen ellosEl motor de la narracion son esas mismas conversaciones, cargadas de agudeza, ironia y sinceridad. Una suerte de terapia previa a la terapia, en la que la pareja protagonista repasa su vida en comun y habla de todo: el pasado, sus diferencias y complicidades, el sexo y el amor, las expectativas y los desengaños, incluso el Brexit.Este libro ingenioso, incisivo y profundo bajo su apariencia de liviandad es la formulacion literaria de la serie de television del mismo titulo, dirigida por Stephen Frears y protagonizada por Rosamund Pike y Chris ODowd, de la que Nick Hornby es guionista.

According to her own complex moral calculations, Katie Carr has earned her affair. She's a doctor, after all, and doctors are decent people, and on top of that, her husband David is the self-styled Angriest Man in Holloway. But when David suddenly becomes good - properly, maddeningly, give-away-all-his-money good - Katie's sums no longer add up, and she is forced to ask herself some very hard questions.

Nick Hornby a plena potencia: una historia de amor contra las convenciones en el Reino Unido del Brexit. Lucy: mujer blanca, 42 años, separada, con dos hijos y un exmarido en proceso de desintoxicacion por varias adicciones, profesora de literatura y jefa de departamento en un colegio de un barrio multietnico, culta y con amigos sofisticados. Joseph: hombre negro, 22 años, hijo de un matrimonio roto: la madre enfermera en un hospital publico y el padre trabajador de la construccion en paro; pluriempleado dependiente de carniceria, entrenador de futbol juvenil, auxiliar en un centro deportivo y con el sueño de hacer carrera como DJ.De entrada, dos personas muy diferentes, cuyos destinos seria improbable que se cruzasen. Pero se cruzan, e inician una relacion amorosa que debera enfrentarse a todos los prejuicios por la raza, por los años que los separan, por los diferentes entornos culturales y sobre todo a sus propios miedos. El telon de fondo es la tensa campaña del referendum del Brexit, que no contribuye precisamente a sembrar la armonia entre los britanicos. Y como actores secundarios aparecen un escritor blanco con problemas de ereccion; una amiga blanca obsesionada con el sexo, o mas bien con fantasear sobre el sexo; una chica negra seductora, ambiciosa y que canta como los angeles; otra chica negra a la que le encanta Thomas Hardy; un chico muy friki que lo sabe todo sobre la musica negra...Con estos elementos, su probada capacidad para construir personajes entrañables y su tambien probada brillantez para los dialogos agiles e inteligentes, Nick Hornby nos regala una novela deliciosa, conmovedora y repleta de humor desternillante, a la altura de sus mejores logros./p

Nick Hornby's internationally bestselling first novel, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Do you know your desert-island, all-time, top five most memorable split-ups? Rob does. He keeps a list, in fact. But Laura isn't on it - even though she's just become his latest ex. He's got his life back, you see. He can just do what he wants when he wants: like listen to whatever music he likes, look up the girls that are on his list, and generally behave as if Laura never mattered. But Rob finds he can't move on. He's stuck in a really deep groove - and it's called Laura. Soon, he's asking himself some big questions: about love, about life - and about why we choose to share ours with the people we do. A million-copy bestseller, and adapted into a 2000 film starring John Cusack, High Fidelity explores the world of break-ups, make-ups and what it is to be in love. This astutely observed and wickedly funny book will be enjoyed by readers of David Nicholls and William Boyd, and by generations of readers to come. 'It will give enormous pleasure at the same time as expanding in a small but worthwhile way, the range of English literature' Independent on Sunday 'Leaves you believing not only in the redemptive power of music but above all the redemptive power of love. Funny and wise, sweet and true' Independent 'A triumphant first novel. True to life, very funny and moving' Financial Times

Includes the script for major film "An Education", which presents the story of the bizarre relationship between 1960s teenager Jenny (played by Carey Mulligan) and older man David (Peter Sarsgaard), after she accepts a lift on her way home from music practice one day.

Annie and Duncan are a mid-thirties couple who have reached a fork in the road, realising their shared interest in the reclusive musician Tucker Crowe (in Duncan's case, an obsession rather than an interest) is not enough to hold them together any more. When Annie hates Tucker's 'new release', a terrible demo of his most famous album, it's the last straw - Duncan cheats on her and she promptly throws him out. Via an internet discussion forum, Annie's harsh opinion reaches Tucker himself, who couldn't agree more. He and Annie start an unlikely correspondence which teaches them both something about moving on from years of wasted time. Nick Hornby's compelling new novel, four years after "A Long Way Down", is about the nature of creativity and obsession, and how two lonely people can gradually find each other.

Annie and Duncan are a mid-thirties couple who have reached a fork in the road, realising their shared interest in the reclusive musician Tucker Crowe (in Duncan's case, an obsession as well as an academic career) is not enough to hold them together any more. When Annie hates Tucker's 'new release', a terrible demo of his most famous album, it's the last straw - Duncan cheats on her and she promptly chucks him. Via an internet discussion forum, Annie's harsh opinion reaches Tucker himself, who couldn't agree more. He and Annie start an unlikely correspondence which teaches them both something about moving on from years of wasted time. Nick Hornby's compelling new novel, four years after A Long Way Down, is about the nature of creativity and obsession, and how two lonely people can gradually find each other.

Juliet, Naked is bestselling author Nick Hornby's moving, funny account of life's second chances Annie's put fifteen years into safe, slightly obsessive Duncan, and now she'd like her money back, please. It's time to move on. But she lives in Gooleness, the north's answer to a question nobody asked. Is she really going to find real, proper, feel-it-deep-down-in-your-boots love on a damp and windy seafront? Or perhaps she should follow her heart and pursue Tucker, the reclusive American rock star, who keeps emailing her his smart advice. But between Annie and her second chance lie a few obstacles. There's Malcolm, the world's most judgemental therapist, and Barnesy, the north's most extrovert dancer. There's what men and women will do and won't do for love. And, of course, there's Tucker. . .

A Long Way Down - Nick Hornby s hilarious bestseller now a major motion picture starring Pierce Brosnan. Can I explain why I wanted to jump off the top of a tower block? For disgraced TV presenter Martin Sharp the answer s pretty simple: he has, in his own words, pissed his life away . And on New Year s Eve he s going to end it all .but not, as it happens, alone. Because first single-mum Maureen, then eighteen-year-old Jess and lastly American rock-god JJ turn up and crash Martin s private party. They ve stolen his idea - but brought their own reasons. Yet it s hard to jump when you ve got an audience queuing impatiently behind you. A few heated words and some slices if cold pizza later and these four strangers are suddenly allies. But is their unlikely friendship a good enough reason to carry on living? Shortlisted for the 2005 Whitbread Award and the Commonwealth Writers Prize, A Long Way Down is a darkly hilarious and moving novel by bestselling author Nick Hornby. If you like Jonathan Coe, David Sedaris and David Nicholls, you will love this book. A page-turning plot and rich, funny characters with several big laughs on every page.Hornby s best yet . (Literary Review). Hornby s best novel to date, impossible to put down.how can an examination of four people s anguish be so enthralling? (Ruth Rendell, Guardian). Masterful.some of the finest writing, and some of the most outstanding characters I ve ever had the pleasure of reading . (Johnny Depp). Nick Hornby has captivated readers and achieved widespread critical acclaim for his comic, well-observed novels About a Boy, How to be Good, Juliet, Naked, Slam and High Fidelity.

31 Songs is best-selling author Nicky Hornby s ultimate desert island disks. Through thirty-one songs that he either loves or has loved, Nick Hornby tells us what music means to his life. These personal and passionate pieces - refreshingly free of pretension - are a celebration of the joy that certain songs have given him. Together with additional writings on music from his column in the new Yorker - seen in the UK for the first time - 31 Songs is for Hornby what many of us have always wanted: a soundtrack to accompany life. Winner of The National Book Critics Circle award, this funny and touchingly personal book, from the author of the million-copy number one bestseller About A Boy , is a must for music fans everywhere. Original, well written and wholly lacking in pretension .as good a book about pop music as I have read in many years and the most accomplished of Hornby s books so far . ( Spectator ). Funny, provocative, immensely readable. It is not simply about music .it is about Hornby, and us, and about being alive. His enthusiasm is such that he makes me want to be a better listener - and I can offer no better compliment. A triumph . (Tim Lott, Evening Standard ). Refreshing, candid, very moving. Reminds you why you loved music before you knew enough to explain your love away . (Uncut). Nick Hornby has captivated readers and achieved widespread critical acclaim for his brilliantly observed comic books High Fidelity , How to be Good , A Long Way Down (shortlisted for the Whitbread Award), Slam , Juliet , Naked and his autobiographical Fever Pitch (winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award).

Contains: Fever Pitch, A Long Way Down, High Fidelity, Juliet Naked, How to Be Good and About A Boy.

Nick Hornby's How To Be Good - part of the limited edition Pengiun Street Art series: timeless writing, enduring design. 'I am in a car park in Leeds when I tell my husband I don't want to be married to him any more...' London GP Katie Carr always thought she was a good person. With her husband David making a living as 'The Angriest Man in Holloway', she figured she could put up with anything. Until, that is, David meets DJ Goodnews and becomes a good person too. A far-too-good person who starts committing crimes of charity like taking in the homeless and giving their kids' toys away. Suddenly Katie's feeling very bad about herself, and thinking that if charity begins at home, then maybe its time to move...This laugh-out-loud novel, from the bestselling author of About a Boy and High Fidelity, will have you gripped from start to finish and will appeal to fans of David Nicholls and Jonathan Coe, as well as readers in need of a moral compass everywhere. "Pins you in your armchair ad won't let go...How to be Good? How to be bloody marvellous, more like". (Mail on Sunday). "It does exactly what it says on the cover. Hornby's prose is artful and effortless, his spiky wit as razored as a number-two cut". (Independent).

From the " New York Times" bestselling author--the shooting script to his award-winning film, with an original Introduction and vivid stills from the movie. Jenny is a 16-year-old girl stifled by the tedium of adolescence; she can't wait for her sophisticated adult life to begin. One rainy day her suburban existence is upended by the arrival of David, a much older suitor who introduces her to a glittering new world of concerts, art, smoky bars, urban nightlife, and his glamorous friends, replacing her traditional education with his own version. It could be her awakening--or her undoing. This edition of Hornby's adapted screenplay, which includes stills from the film, is a perfect accompaniment to the highly anticipated movie, which stars Carey Mulligan as Jenny, Peter Sarsgaard, Emma Thompson, Dominic Cooper, and Alfred Molina. It is a must-have for fans of Hornby's novels, featuring his signature pitch-perfect dialogue, mordant wit, and the resonant humanity of his writing. Watch a Video

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Will Freeman wants an easy life with no responsibilities. But then he meets Marcus - an unusual twelve year old boy with serious problems. About a Boy is a modern classic - a very funny story about a very serious subject: love. It's also a popular movie starring Hugh Grant.

A collection of Nick Hornby's 'Stuff I've Been Reading' columns from the Believer magazine. In his monthly accounts of what he`s read - along with what he may one day read - Nick Hornby brilliantly explores everything from the classic to the graphic novel, as well as poems, plays, sports books and other kinds of non-fiction. And if he occasionally implores a biographer for brevity, or abandons a literary work in favour of an Arsenal match, then all is not lost. His writing, full of all the joy and surprise and despair that books bring him, reveals why we still read, even when there`s football on TV or a good band playing at our local pub.