Kate Atkinson: 39 books

«Straordinario.» The Times «Magnifico.» The Sunday Times «Profondo e poetico.» Time Out «Sorprendente. Un capolavoro.» Daily Mail «Da non perdere.» Independent on Sunday Ruby Lennox è stata concepita di malavoglia dalla madre, Bunty, ed è nata mentre...

«Un bambino smarrito è la cosa più brutta che ci sia; uno ritrovato, la cosa più bella del mondo.» Lo sa bene Tracy Waterhouse, ex poliziotta ora a capo della sicurezza in un grande centro commerciale di Leeds, una donna dalla condotta irreprensibile fino al giorno in cui, seguendo un impulso...

Teddy a vingt ans lorsqu’il s’enrôle en 1940 comme pilote de bombardier. Vite promu commandant d’Halifax, lui et son équipage vont connaître quatre années d’horreur et d’héroïsme où chaque mission risque d’être la dernière. Il va pourtant vivre jusqu’à plus de quatre-vingt-dix...

‘Inmiddels was de oorlog voor hem een wirwar van willekeurige beelden die hem in zijn slaap achtervolgden: de Alpen in het licht van de maan, een propellerblad dat door de lucht vloog, een bleek gezicht in het water. Nou, succes dan maar. Nu eens de penetrante stank van seringen, dan weer een lieflijk...

Tracy Waterhouse, ehemalige Polizistin und absolut gesetzestreue Bürgerin, kauft ein Kind. Niemand ist davon mehr überrascht als sie selbst. Zwar handelt es sich dabei eigentlich um eine Rettungsaktion, dennoch ist das Ganze keineswegs legal, und Tracy ist von Stund an auf der Flucht. Da kommt es...

A play about love, death, identity and evolution, from the best-selling and highly acclaimed novelist. Elizabeth, forty-something, childless, recently separated, just wants to be alone. She's moved into a converted Victorian mansion, alive with history, character, woodworm and rot. But worse than...

Kate Atkinsons ‘Transcriptie’ is, in de woorden van ‘The Telegraph’, een eigenzinnige spionageroman met een schitterend gevoel voor het absurde. In 1940 laat de achttienjarige Juliet Armstrong zich aarzelend rekruteren door de binnenlandse spionagedienst MI5. Ze wordt gedetacheerd naar een...

Kate Atkinsons großer Roman über das Drama des 20. Jahrhunderts – Platz 1 der Times-Bestsellerliste. Was bleibt von einem Menschen und seinen Möglichkeiten? Zwischen den Weltkriegen erlebt Teddy Todd, geboren 1914, eine idyllische ländliche Jugend auf dem Anwesen seiner Familie nahe London....

A dramatic story of WWII espionage, betrayal, and loyalty, by the #1 bestselling author of Life After Life In 1940, eighteen-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of...

Arthur is a precocious eight-year-old boy whose mother is a B-list celebrity more concerned with the state of her bank account than with her son's development. Then an enigmatic young nanny named Missy introduces him to a world he never knew existed.

Iconoclastic detective Jackson Brodie returns in a triumphant new novel about secrets, sex, and lies Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son and an aging Labrador, both at the discretion of his ex-partner Julia. It's...

«Pochi istanti dopo essere venuta al mondo, il mio cuore ha smesso di battere. A quattro anni, sono annegata nell’oceano. A cinque anni, sono scivolata da un tetto coperto di ghiaccio. A otto anni, ho preso l’influenza spagnola. Quattro volte. A ventidue anni, mio marito mi ha spinto con violenza...

Tracy Waterhouse leads a quiet, ordered life as a retired police detective-a life that takes a surprising turn when she encounters Kelly Cross, a habitual offender, dragging a young child through town. Both appear miserable and better off without each other-or so decides Tracy, in a snap decision...

Joanna aveva solo sei anni quando, un tardo pomeriggio d’estate, un uomo sconosciuto comparso dal nulla sulla strada che lungo i campi portava verso casa uccise sua madre e i suoi fratelli. «Corri, Joanna, corri» le aveva urlato la madre, e lei aveva obbedito, si era persa in mezzo al grano, ed...