Rebecca Makkai

A short-story collection from the acclaimed author of The Great Believers Named a must-read by the Chicago Tribune, O Magazine, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, and The L Magazine Rebecca Makkai's first two novels, The Borrower and The Hundred-Year House, have established her as one of the freshest and most imaginative voices in fiction. Now, the award-winning writer, whose stories have appeared in four consecutive editions of The Best American Short Stories, returns with a highly anticipated collection bearing her signature mix of intelligence, wit, and heart. A reality show producer manipulates two contestants into falling in love, even as her own relationship falls apart. Just after the fall of the Berlin Wall, a young boy has a revelation about his father's past when a renowned Romanian violinist plays a concert in their home. When the prized elephant of a traveling circus keels over dead, the small-town minister tasked with burying its remains comes to question his own faith. In an unnamed country, a composer records the folk songs of two women from a village on the brink of destruction. These transporting, deeply moving stories--some inspired by her own family history--amply demonstrate Makkai's extraordinary range as a storyteller, and confirm her as a master of the short story form. "Richly imagined." --Chicago Tribune "Impressive." --O, The Oprah Magazine "Engrossing." --Minneapolis Star-Tribune "Inventive." --W Magazine

A novel about the secrets of an old-money family and their turn-of-the-century estate, Laurelfield. It is about family, fate and the incredible surprises life can offer.

Lucy Hull, a young children�s librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, finds herself both kidnapper and kidnapped when her favourite patron, ten-year-old Ian Drake, runs away from home. The precocious Ian is addicted to reading, but needs Lucy�s help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother, who has enrolled Ian in weekly anti-gay classes.

The first novel from the acclaimed author of The Great Believers "Rarely is a first novel as smart and engaging and learned and funny and moving as The Borrower." --Richard Russo, author of Pulitzer Prize-winning Empire FallsLucy Hull, a children's librarian in Hannibal, Missouri, finds herself both kidnapper and kidnapped when her favorite patron, ten-year-old Ian Drake, runs away from home. Ian needs Lucy's help to smuggle books past his overbearing mother, who has enrolled Ian in weekly antigay classes. Desperate to save him from the Drakes, Lucy allows herself to be hijacked by Ian when she finds him camped out in the library after hours, and the odd pair embarks on a crazy road trip. But is it just Ian who is running away? And should Lucy be trying to save a boy from his own parents?

Boystown (eng. The Great Believers) er en prisvindende og anmelderrost roman om venskab, kærlighed og tab under 80'ernes AIDS-epidemi i USA. Yale Tishman har en strålende karriere i Chicagos kunstverden, men omkring ham begynder AIDS-epidemien at tage til i styrke. En efter en bliver hans venner syge og dør, og efter hans ven Nicos begravelse kommer sygdommen helt tæt på Yale. Tredive år senere søger Nicos lillesøster, Fiona, efter sin datter i Paris. Her bliver hun konfronteret med de katastrofale følger, sygdommen fik for hendes eget liv. Yales og Fionas historier væves ind i hinanden og skildrer sygdommens rasen, den moderne verdens kaos og de menneskelige omkostninger epidemien havde for dem begge. Romanen var bl.a. finalist til Pulitzer-prisen og National Book Award og vinder af Carnegie-medaljen. "Medrivende og menneskelig (...) En pageturner om sygdom og dødelighed." New York Times "Makkai skriver tankefuldt og sikkert om betydningen af erindring og eftermæle og den smerte, der følger med at overleve." The Guardian

Fifteen essays that offer inspiration, encouragement, and advice from accomplished writers with ADHD. A rising number of ADHD diagnoses, particularly among adults, is not only confirmed by medical studies and mainstream reporting but also borne out across social media and elsewhere among people who’d been privately coping with persistent, often inexpressible challenges. Many of the contributors to this collection can attest to how a later-in-life diagnosis radically demystified the patterns, impulses, and impasses that had affected their lives and their writing. The essays in Chaos, Creativity, Completion reflect the ways poets, novelists, memoirists, filmmakers, and others have come to understand and engage the relationship between their ADHD and their creative practices. These essays consider how writers can embrace rather than mask their neurodifference, offering multiple ways of finding writing practices that work for ADHD brains—including techniques that often look quite different from traditional writing instruction. Some essays are analytical, some are reflective, and some are delightfully weird, employing humor, research, personal narrative, deep description, close reading, and experimental approaches to genre and form. Each essay also concludes with a writing prompt, providing readers with opportunities to expand their own creative toolkits. Finally, the book includes an interview with David Kessler, a licensed therapist and nationally recognized ADHD advocate, and an appendix with a glossary of helpful terms and a list of recommended resources, from books and organizations to apps and gadgets. Just as the experience of ADHD varies from person to person, so too do the ways those experiences can be expressed. Chaos, Creativity, Completion is a kaleidoscopic, adventurous series of takes on what writing looks like today.

Fifteen essays that offer inspiration, encouragement, and advice from accomplished writers with ADHD. A rising number of ADHD diagnoses, particularly among adults, is not only confirmed by medical studies and mainstream reporting but also borne out across social media and elsewhere among people who’d been privately coping with persistent, often inexpressible challenges. Many of the contributors to this collection can attest to how a later-in-life diagnosis radically demystified the patterns, impulses, and impasses that had affected their lives and their writing. The essays in Chaos, Creativity, Completion reflect the ways poets, novelists, memoirists, filmmakers, and others have come to understand and engage the relationship between their ADHD and their creative practices. These essays consider how writers can embrace rather than mask their neurodifference, offering multiple ways of finding writing practices that work for ADHD brains—including techniques that often look quite different from traditional writing instruction. Some essays are analytical, some are reflective, and some are delightfully weird, employing humor, research, personal narrative, deep description, close reading, and experimental approaches to genre and form. Each essay also concludes with a writing prompt, providing readers with opportunities to expand their own creative toolkits. Finally, the book includes an interview with David Kessler, a licensed therapist and nationally recognized ADHD advocate, and an appendix with a glossary of helpful terms and a list of recommended resources, from books and organizations to apps and gadgets. Just as the experience of ADHD varies from person to person, so too do the ways those experiences can be expressed. Chaos, Creativity, Completion is a kaleidoscopic, adventurous series of takes on what writing looks like today.

The collection that cemented Frangello’s reputation as a writer on the power dynamics of sexuality, gender, and the body Through beauty, horror, humor, and chaos, Gina Frangello’s electric stories mine the human experience. A gay Latino man whose pious relatives are boycotting his commitment ceremony becomes caught up in hypocrisy and splendor when his lover’s Waspy mother hires a glitzy wedding coordinator. A desperate teen “seduces” her teacher in order to blackmail him into funding her young stepmother’s escape from their violent home. A wife turns to infidelity and drugs to distract her from chronic pain following an accident. A teenage boy attempts atonement in Amsterdam after having exploited and betrayed his naive girlfriend at home. A socialite must confront her dark past as her husband’s deteriorating illness erodes both her bank account and social standing. Intimate and raw, this new edition of Frangello’s short fiction includes two previously unpublished stories. A foreword by Rebecca Makkai explains how Frangello’s incendiary work has opened the door for writing about deeply flawed and fascinating women.

Chikago 1980-kh. Parizh 2010-kh. Zhittja, spovneni ljubovi j trivog. Znakhidki i vtrati, nadiji j rozcharuvannja. I vira v majbutnje, scho jikh zhivila.Koli kogos ne staje i ti lishajeshsja jedinim khranitelem pam'jati pro tsju ljudinu, to prosto zabuti jiji - tse rivnotsinno vbivstvu, khiba ni? U 1985 rotsi Jel Tishman mav zrobiti spravzhnij perevorot u sviti mistetstva, posprijavshi peredachi v dar jogo galereji unikalnoji kolektsiji kartin 1920-kh rokiv. Odnak rist jogo kar'jeri zbigajetsja v chasi z chornimi zhnivami epidemiji SNIDu, scho viruje dovkruzh. Znajomi pomirajut odin za odnim, i pislja pokhoronu jogo druga Niko virus pidbirajetsja dedali blizhche do samogo Jelja. Vreshti poruch iz nim lishajetsja tilki molodsha sestra Niko, Fiona.Tridtsjat rokiv po tomu Fiona prijizhdzhaje v Parizh na poshuki znikloji donki. Zupinivshis u starogo druga, vidomogo fotografa, jakij svogo chasu dokumentuvav viklikanu SNIDom krizu v Chikago, vona vreshti maje zmogu povnoju miroju osjagnuti, skilkoma projavami tsja strashna khvoroba otrujuvala jij zhittja. Dvi pov'jazani mizh soboju istoriji provedut nas cherez tragediju visimdesjatikh v khaos suchasnogo svitu, rozpovidajuchi, jak Jel i Fiona namagalisja znajti svitlo posered pitmi.Poperedzhennja: knizhka mistit nenormativnu leksiku ta opis stsen seksualnogo kharakteru.Chomu varto prochitati: Rebekka Makkaj majsterno stvorjuje masshtabne polotno zhittja gej-spilnoti u Chikago 80-kh, de povsjakdennja pereplitajetsja z postijnoju zagrozoju - vid neprijnjattja suspilstvom do khvorobi, scho povsjakchas chigaje na kozhnogo.Dvi sjuzhetni liniji, mizh podijami jakikh minaje majzhe tridtsjat rokiv, dajut zmogu vodnochas zanuritisja v davnishi realiji i pogljanuti na nikh kriz suchasnu optiku.U romani garmonijno spivisnujut jak vigadani mistsja, podiji ta personaliji, tak i spravzhni - muzeji, istorichni fakti, khudozhniki, kartini j foto, muzichni gurti toscho. Komus tse daruvatime zatishnij efekt upiznavannja, kogos pidshtovkhne do poshukiv dodatkovoji informatsiji - u bud-jakomu razi chitach matime ob'jemnu kartinu svitu, zajakorenu v realnosti.TSikavi fakti: Roman "Ti, scho virili" stav finalistom Pulittserivskoji premiji, prinis avtortsi medal Endrju Karnegi za dosjagnennja v literaturi, a takozh zdobuv literaturnu premiju Stounvoll jak najkraschij khudozhnij LGBT-tvir 2019 roku Perekladach Sergij Stets

Sovmestnyj proekt Lajvbuka i Bukmejta! Eto zakhvatyvajuschij psikhologicheskij triller, pokazyvajuschij, naskolko boleznennym mozhet byt prikosnovenie k proshlomu. Posle togo, kak prepodavatelnitse i uspeshnomu podkasteru Bodi Kejn predlozhili provesti dvukhnedelnyj kurs v shkole-internate Nju-Gempshira, kotoruju ona kogda-to okonchila, sobytija 23-letnej davnosti nakryvajut ejo s golovoj. Ved imenno zdes byla najdena mjortvoj ejo podruga i sosedka po komnate Talija. Schitaetsja, chto ubijtsu pojmali v tom zhe 1995 godu. No chto, esli sledovateli ne razobralis v detaljakh i proizoshla sudebnaja oshibka? Talija vstrechalas v shkole so mnogimi, vozmozhno dazhe s prepodavateljami, - chto, esli nastojaschij ubijtsa vsjo eschjo nakhoditsja na svobode? Roman Makkaj blestjasche issleduet rabotu pamjati i fiksiruet sotsialnyj zapros na spravedlivost. On dostoverno pokazyvaet, naskolko vazhno cheloveku razobratsja s sobstvennym proshlym, prostitsja s prizrakami, kotorye muchali ego na protjazhenii dolgikh let, i vyjti na novyj etap zhizni so vzveshennym vzgljadom na samogo sebja i tekh, kto nakhoditsja rjadom. "Izvilistyj, zakhvatyvajuschij kriminalnyj roman, idealno podkhodjaschij dlja poklonnikov Donny Tartt". People "Proza Makkaj naprjazhena, kak struna fortepiano". New York Times "Provokatsija na pjat s pljusom". Goodmorningamerica Perevodchik Sarabeva E. V.

Chikago 1980-kh. Parizh 2010-kh. Zhittja, spovneni ljubovi j trivog. Znakhidki i vtrati, nadiji j rozcharuvannja. I vira v majbutnje, scho jikh zhivila.Koli kogos ne staje i ti lishajeshsja jedinim khranitelem pam'jati pro tsju ljudinu, to prosto zabuti jiji - tse rivnotsinno vbivstvu, khiba ni? U 1985 rotsi Jel Tishman mav zrobiti spravzhnij perevorot u sviti mistetstva, posprijavshi peredachi v dar jogo galereji unikalnoji kolektsiji kartin 1920-kh rokiv. Odnak rist jogo kar'jeri zbigajetsja v chasi z chornimi zhnivami epidemiji SNIDu, scho viruje dovkruzh. Znajomi pomirajut odin za odnim, i pislja pokhoronu jogo druga Niko virus pidbirajetsja dedali blizhche do samogo Jelja. Vreshti poruch iz nim lishajetsja tilki molodsha sestra Niko, Fiona.Tridtsjat rokiv po tomu Fiona prijizhdzhaje v Parizh na poshuki znikloji donki. Zupinivshis u starogo druga, vidomogo fotografa, jakij svogo chasu dokumentuvav viklikanu SNIDom krizu v Chikago, vona vreshti maje zmogu povnoju miroju osjagnuti, skilkoma projavami tsja strashna khvoroba otrujuvala jij zhittja. Dvi pov'jazani mizh soboju istoriji provedut nas cherez tragediju visimdesjatikh v khaos suchasnogo svitu, rozpovidajuchi, jak Jel i Fiona namagalisja znajti svitlo posered pitmi.Poperedzhennja: knizhka mistit nenormativnu leksiku ta opis stsen seksualnogo kharakteru.Chomu varto prochitati: Rebekka Makkaj majsterno stvorjuje masshtabne polotno zhittja gej-spilnoti u Chikago 80-kh, de povsjakdennja pereplitajetsja z postijnoju zagrozoju - vid neprijnjattja suspilstvom do khvorobi, scho povsjakchas chigaje na kozhnogo.Dvi sjuzhetni liniji, mizh podijami jakikh minaje majzhe tridtsjat rokiv, dajut zmogu vodnochas zanuritisja v davnishi realiji i pogljanuti na nikh kriz suchasnu optiku.U romani garmonijno spivisnujut jak vigadani mistsja, podiji ta personaliji, tak i spravzhni - muzeji, istorichni fakti, khudozhniki, kartini j foto, muzichni gurti toscho. Komus tse daruvatime zatishnij efekt upiznavannja, kogos pidshtovkhne do poshukiv dodatkovoji informatsiji - u bud-jakomu razi chitach matime ob'jemnu kartinu svitu, zajakorenu v realnosti.TSikavi fakti: Roman "Ti, scho virili" stav finalistom Pulittserivskoji premiji, prinis avtortsi medal Endrju Karnegi za dosjagnennja v literaturi, a takozh zdobuv literaturnu premiju Stounvoll jak najkraschij khudozhnij LGBT-tvir 2019 roku Perekladach Sergij Stets

Vi var de håpefulle er en gripende, sår og livsbejaende roman om da Aids-epidemien rammet Chicago på 1980-tallet.Chicago, 1985. Yale Tishman er utviklingsdirektør ved et kunstgalleri og i ferd med å sikre en unik samling kunstverk fra 1920-tallet. Men samtidig med at karrieren hans endelig tar av, raser AIDS-epidemien rundt ham. Vennene hans dør én etter én, og viruset kryper stadig nærmere hans eget liv. Til slutt er det bare én som står igjen ved hans side - Fiona, lillesøsteren til hans avdøde venn Nico.Tre tiår senere befinner Fiona seg i Paris. Datteren hennes har brutt all kontakt og forsvunnet inn i en kult, og Fiona leter desperat etter spor. Hun bor hos en gammel venn - en berømt fotograf som dokumenterte AIDS-krisen i Chicago - og blir konfrontert med hvordan den fryktelige historien har formet henne og påvirket forholdet til datteren.De to sammenvevde historiene tar oss gjennom 1980-tallets hjertesorg og den moderne verdens kaos, mens både Yale og Fiona leter etter lyspunkter i mørket. Vi var de håpefulle er en moderne klassikerom vennskap, identitet, tap og livskraft - en roman det er umulig å ikke bli grepet av.

Eto zakhvatyvajuschij psikhologicheskij triller, pokazyvajuschij, naskolko boleznennym mozhet byt prikosnovenie k proshlomu. Posle togo, kak prepodavatelnitse i uspeshnomu podkasteru Bodi Kejn predlozhili provesti dvukhnedelnyj kurs v shkole-internate Nju-Gempshira, kotoruju ona kogda-to okonchila, sobytija 23-letnej davnosti nakryvajut ejo s golovoj. Ved imenno zdes byla najdena mjortvoj ejo podruga i sosedka po komnate Talija. Schitaetsja, chto ubijtsu pojmali v tom zhe 1995 godu. No chto, esli sledovateli ne razobralis v detaljakh i proizoshla sudebnaja oshibka? Talija vstrechalas v shkole so mnogimi, vozmozhno dazhe s prepodavateljami, - chto, esli nastojaschij ubijtsa vsjo eschjo nakhoditsja na svobode? Roman Makkaj blestjasche issleduet rabotu pamjati i fiksiruet sotsialnyj zapros na spravedlivost. On dostoverno pokazyvaet, naskolko vazhno cheloveku razobratsja s sobstvennym proshlym, prostitsja s prizrakami, kotorye muchali ego na protjazhenii dolgikh let, i vyjti na novyj etap zhizni so vzveshennym vzgljadom na samogo sebja i tekh, kto nakhoditsja rjadom."Izvilistyj, zakhvatyvajuschij kriminalnyj roman, idealno podkhodjaschij dlja poklonnikov Donny Tartt". People"Proza Makkaj naprjazhena, kak struna fortepiano". New York Times"Provokatsija na pjat s pljusom". GoodmorningamericaPerevodchik: Shepelev Dmitrij

Et medrivende mysterium og en dybfølt undersøgelse af en kvindes opgør med sin fortid.Bodie Kane er filmprofessor og står bag en succesfuld podcast. Hun prøver at lægge sin fortid bag sig: den familietragedie der ødelagde hendes ungdom, hendes fire forfærdelige år på en kostskole i New Hampshire og sidst men ikke mindst mordet på hendes tidligere værelseskammerat Thalia Keith.Da hun bliver inviteret tilbage til kostskolen som gæsteunderviser, bliver hun konfronteret med alt det, hun har forsøgt at lægge bag sig. For hvad skete der egentlig dengang? Og hvilken rolle spillede hun selv? Langsomt samler hun brikkerne på ny, og måske er sandheden ilde hørt?"Makkais triumf af en roman blander indsigtsfuld historiefortælling med en udforskning af samtykke, kontrol og hukommelse [...] kombinerer litterær fiktion med spændingen fra en whodunnit, toppet med alle intrigerne fra de bedste kostskole-dramaer." — Financial Times (London)“[En] uimodståelig litterær page-turner.” —The Boston Globe"Fortryllende." — Vanity Fair

'Whip-smart and uncompromising' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'Quietly riveting' IRISH TIMES'It's the perfect crime' NEW YORKER'Impressive and complex' GUARDIAN'Addictive' OPRAH DAILYThe riveting new novel from the author of The Great Believers, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past: the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the 1995 murder of a classmate, Thalia Keith. Though the circumstances surrounding Thalia's death and the conviction of the school's athletics coach, Omar Evans, are the subject of intense fascination online, Bodie prefers-needs-to let sleeping dogs lie. But when The Granby School invites her back to teach a two-week course, Bodie finds herself inexorably drawn to the case and its increasingly apparent flaws. In their rush to convict Omar, did the school and the police overlook other suspects? Is the real killer still out there? As she falls down the very rabbit hole she was so determined to avoid, Bodie begins to wonder if she wasn't as much of an outsider at Granby as she'd thought-if, perhaps, back in 1995, she knew something that might have held the key to solving the case. One of the most acclaimed contemporary American writers, Rebecca Makkai reinvents herself with each of her brilliant novels. Both a transfixing mystery and a deeply felt examination of one woman's reckoning with her past, I Have Some Questions for You is her finest achievement yet.

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2023 by The Washington Post, People, USA Today, NPR, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, The Boston Globe, CrimeReads and more"A twisty, immersive whodunit perfect for fans of Donna Tartt's The Secret History." --People "Spellbinding." --The New York Times Book Review " An] irresistible literary page-turner." --The Boston Globe The riveting new novel -- "part true-crime page-turner, part campus coming-of-age" (San Francisco Chronicle) -- from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past--the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the murder of her former roommate, Thalia Keith, in the spring of their senior year. Though the circumstances surrounding Thalia's death and the conviction of the school's athletic trainer, Omar Evans, are hotly debated online, Bodie prefers--needs--to let sleeping dogs lie. But when the Granby School invites her back to teach a course, Bodie is inexorably drawn to the case and its increasingly apparent flaws. In their rush to convict Omar, did the school and the police overlook other suspects? Is the real killer still out there? As she falls down the very rabbit hole she was so determined to avoid, Bodie begins to wonder if she wasn't as much of an outsider at Granby as she'd thought--if, perhaps, back in 1995, she knew something that might have held the key to solving the case. In I Have Some Questions for You, award-winning author Rebecca Makkai has crafted her most irresistible novel yet: a stirring investigation into collective memory and a deeply felt examination of one woman's reckoning with her past, with a transfixing mystery at its heart. Timely, hypnotic, and populated with a cast of unforgettable characters, I Have Some Questions for You is at once a compulsive page-turner and a literary triumph.

Den prisbelønte forfatteren Rebecca Makkais fjerde og mest bemerkelsesverdige roman så langt, er en besnærende og brennaktuell roman, som både er et fengslende mysterium, en undersøkelse av kollektiv hukommelse, og historien om én kvinnes oppgjør med fortiden. Jeg har noen spørsmål til deg er en intens pageturner og en litterær triumf, og en New York Times bestselger. Bodie Kane, en vellykket lærer i filmhistorie med en anerkjent podkast, har lagt fortiden bak seg. Hun vil helst ikke tenke på familietragedien som preget ungdomstiden, og de fire stort sett ulykkelige årene på en internatskole i New Hampshire, der medeleven Thalia Keith ble drept. Omstendighetene omkring drapet og dommen mot en trener på skolen, Omar Evans, blir fortsatt heftig diskutert på nettet. Men da internatskolen inviterer henne tilbake som gjestelærer, blir Bodie ubønnhørlig trukket mot saken og de stadig mer åpenbare bristene i etterforskningen. Overså skolen og politiet andre mistenkte i sin iver etter å få Omar dømt? Har den virkelige morderen gått fri? Bodie begynner å lure på om hun ikke var så ubetydelig på internatskolen som hun har trodd - om hun kanskje, den gang i 1995, visste noe som kunne vært avgjørende for etterforskningen.