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Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he's staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will heal emotional wounds.

Or that was the plan. Instead, after an act of unforeseen treachery, Felix is living in exile in a backwoods hovel, haunted by memories of his beloved lost daughter, Miranda. And also brewing revenge.

After twelve years, revenge finally arrives in the shape of a...

Neben zwei umwerfenden Storysequenzen aus dem Leben eines Paares - mit all den großen und kleinen Momenten, aus denen eine lange Liebe besteht - enthält dieser Band viele weitere Geschichten: Zwei beste Freundinnen streiten über die gemeinsame Vergangenheit; wie rettet man jemand vor dem Ersticken; Kabbale und Liebe unter älteren Akademikerinnen; woher weiß man schon, ob die eigene Mutter wirklich eine Hexe ist ... Es geht um geliebte Katzen, eine verwirrte Schnecke, ein märchenerzählendes Alien, Martha Gellhorn, George Orwell und Hypatia von Alexandria. »Funkelnd vor...

Oryx and Crake is at once an unforgettable love story and a compelling vision of the future. Snowman, known as Jimmy before mankind was overwhelmed by a plague, is struggling to survive in a world where he may be the last human, and mourning the loss of his best friend, Crake, and the beautiful and elusive Oryx whom they both loved. In search of answers, Snowman embarks on a journey-with the help of the green-eyed Children of Crake-through the lush wilderness that was so recently a great city,...

From the Booker Prize-winning author of The Blind Assassin comes a breathtaking novel about a woman grappling with the tangled knot of her life. Disturbing, hilarious, and compassionate, Cat's Eye is the story of Elaine Risley, a controversial painter who returns to Toronto, the city of her youth, for a retrospective of her art. Engulfed by vivid images of the past, she reminisces about a trio of girls who initiated her into the fierce politics of childhood and its secret world of...