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¿Qué significa ser mujer y ser negra hoy en Inglaterra pese a tener una carrera de éxito? Una mujer repasa su vida y toma una decisión. La protagonista y narradora de esta novela, una mujer negra británica, repasa su vida y se prepara para acudir a una fiesta. Es una triunfadora. Lo ha hecho todo bien: tiene un buen trabajo en el sector financiero y la acaban de promocionar; además tiene un novio de familia adinerada cuyos padres son los que han preparado la fiesta en la campiña inglesa.

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE “A bold and memorable achievement.”—The Booker Prize 2025 judges Remember—words are your weapons, they’re your tools, your currency: a twisty, slippery descent into the rhetoric of power, hailed as “a nesting doll of satire that leaves readers...

LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 BOOKER PRIZE FINALIST FOR THE 2025 ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL FICTION Publishers Weekly’s Best Books of 2025 NPR’s Books We Love Remember—words are your weapons, they’re your tools, your currency: a twisty, slippery descent into the rhetoric of truth...

This visionary and unflinching novel is about a black woman who has spent her life carefully navigating cutthroat worlds of privilege in her career and relationships—until one day she is pulled up short by a life and death decision. Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile...

Universalisterne – en gruppe af progressive klimaaktivister – holder fest på gården Alderton i Yorkshire. Men festen tager en uventet drejning, da en mand bliver slået i hovedet med en guldbarre og falder om. Den hovedmistænke er Jake, der indtil selvsamme eftermiddag var medlem af gruppen. En ung journalist beslutter sig for at dykke ned i sagen og grave sandheden om overfaldet frem. Undervejs får vi historien om billionæren Richard Spencer, den unge akvitist Indiya og den anti-woke journalist Lenny.

DESPRE AUDIOBOOK: Finalist The Folio Prize 2022 & The Orwell Prize 2022. Naratoarea din Adunare este o tânără britanică de culoare. Ea se pregătește să participe la o petrecere extravagantă în grădina familiei iubitului său, situată într-o regiune rurală îndepărtată, în Anglia. În același timp, se gândește cu grijă la piesele din care este alcătuită. Pe măsură ce trec clipele și viitorul bate la ușă, nu se poate gândi decât la o întrebare: oare e timpul să renunțe la toate? Adunare este povestea poveștilor pe care le trăim.

LONGLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025 From the author of Assembly - A SPECTATOR, BBC AND DAZED BOOK OF THE YEAR 'An instant classic.' ELLE 'Utterly phenomenal.' ELIZABETH DAY 'Smart, twisty and original.' DAVID NICHOLLS 'A sharp, clever take on contemporary culture.' DAILY MAIL 'In a class of her...

Far away from fast food chains and Starbucks coffee, with no access to Amazon Prime or 24-hour fitness centers, experience life set in a simple yet beautiful village in Tanzania, East Africa. In The Absence of Excess, Natasha Brown Watson takes us on a spiritual journey where the heart of God is revealed in the simple truths of this rich African culture and its powerful and authentic Christian tradition.

Bliv voksen midt i finanskrisen. Vær flink i fjendske omgivelser. Gå på universitetet. Få en uddannelse. Få et job. Gør alt det rigtige. Køb en lejlighed. Køb kunst. Køb en form for lykke. Men vigtigst af alt: Duk hovedet. Vær stille. Og fortsæt. Fortælleren i "Samling" er en ung sort britisk kvinde. Hun forbereder sig på at skulle til en fornem havefest hos sin kærestes velhavende forældre. Samtidig reflekterer hun over, hvem hun egentlig er. Denne samling af alt det rigtige.

Sie ist jung und erfolgreich, als Schwarze Frau hat sie es in den Olymp der Londoner Hochfinanz geschafft. Ihr Freund kommt aus dem alten Empire, aus betuchtem Hause. Doch als sie zu einer Gartenparty bei seiner Familie eingeladen wird, muss sie am eigenen Körper erfahren, dass erlittenes Unrecht tiefere Wurzeln geschlagen hat, als sie dachte. Ein außergewöhnlicher Roman, der die toxische Wirkung der Vergangenheit in unseren Worten und in unserem Besitz nachzeichnet. Natasha Brown macht das Drama der Gegenwart erfahrbar, das sich aus dem jahrhundertalten Erbe von Sexismus, Rassismus, Klassismus und Kolonialismus ergibt.

Brought to you by Penguin. Come of age in the credit crunch. Be civil in a hostile environment. Step out into a world of Go Home vans. Go to Oxbridge, get an education, start a career. Do all the right things. Buy a flat. Buy art. Buy a sort of happiness. But above all, keep your head down. Keep...