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Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when... Ler mais

Theo Decker, um adolescente de 13 anos, vive em Nova Iorque com a mãe com quem partilha uma relação muito próxima e que é a figura parental única, após a separação dos pais pouco antes do trágico acontecimento que dá início a este romance. Theo... Ler mais

Autora vencedora do Prémio Pulitzer 2014  Um grupo de estudantes inteligentes, excêntricos e rebeldes de uma escola em Nova Inglaterra frequentada por alunos oriundos da nata da sociedade norte-americana, sob a influência de um... Ler mais

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2014 Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by... Ler mais

«The sunlit rails gleamed like dark mercury, arteries branching out silver from the switch points; the old telegraph poles were shaggy with kudzu and Virginia creeper and, above them, rose the water tower, its surface all washed out by the sun.... Ler mais

Les choses terribles et sanglantes sont parfois les plus belles... Fuyant sa Californie natale, bourse en poche, Richard doit son entrée à l'université de Hampden, dans le Vermont, à son opportunisme bien plus qu'à son talent. Prêt à tout pour... Ler mais

The sunlit rails gleamed like dark mercury, arteries branching out silver from the switch points; the old telegraph poles were shaggy with kudzu and Virginia creeper and, above them, rose the water tower, its surface all washed out by the sun.... Ler mais

C'est un minuscule tableau de maître. Un oiseau fascinant. Inestimable. La raison pour laquelle Theo Decker, 13 ans, s'est retrouvé en possession de ce chef-d'œuvre de l'art flamand est une longue histoire... Un hasard qui, huit ans après ce jour... Ler mais

Dans une petite ville du sud des États-Unis, Harriet Cleve Dufresnes grandit dans l'ombre d'un frère décédé, retrouvé pendu à un arbre du jardin. Un meurtre non élucidé qui a anéanti sa famille. Imprégnée de la littérature d'aventures de Stevenson,... Ler mais

Fuyant sa Californie natale, bourse en poche, Richard doit son entrée à l'université de Hampden, dans le Vermont, à son opportunisme bien plus qu'à son talent. Prêt à tout pour arriver haut, et vite, le voilà introduit dans la classe du professeur... Ler mais

Aged thirteen, Theo Decker, son of a devoted mother and a reckless, largely absent father, survives an accident that otherwise tears his life apart. Alone and rudderless in New York, he is taken in by the family of a wealthy friend. He is tormented... Ler mais