Lionel Shriver: 33 books

A short story by Lionel Shriver from the collection Reader, I Married Him: Stories inspired by Jane Eyre. In ‘The Self-Seeding Sycamore’, a widow wages war upon her neighbour’s garden, and makes a surprising discovery. Edited by Tracy Chevalier, the full collection, Reader I Married Him, brings...

Há anos um grupo separatista da região de Barba, em Portugal, explode bombas ao redor do mundo como estratégia para conseguir a sua independência. A comunidade internacional vive aterrorizada com os atentados implacáveis e imprevisíveis e a autodeterminação de Barba é um dos temas centrais...

" Nous ne sommes qu'à douze ans du futur tel que nous le présente Lionel Shriver. Son nouveau roman, satirique et ébouriffant d'intelligence, est certes classique, en ceci qu'il sert de véhicule à une enquête politique et sociale, mais n'en reste pas moins extrêmement troublant. " The New York...

Shep Knacker sempre economizou para a “Outra Vida”: um retiro idílico no Terceiro Mundo, onde um modesto pé-de-meia poderia durar para sempre. Os engarrafamentos de Nova York seriam substituídos por tempo para “falar, pensar, ver e ser” e por horas de sono suficientes. Quando ele vende...

Après, entre autres, Il faut qu'on parle de Kevin, la nouvelle bombe de Lionel Shriver. Toute sa verve sarcastique, sa profondeur d'analyse, son esprit de provocation dans un roman choc partiellement autobiographique sur un sujet brûlant d'actualité : notre rapport névrotique à la nourriture,...

Tênis sempre foi a maior paixão de Willy Novinsky desde que pegou em uma raquete, aos 5 anos de idade. "Ame a mim, ame meu jogo", dizia aos 23, quando galgava o ranking, colocada entre os tenistas profissionais medianos. Até que ela conhece Eric Oberdorf: matemático recém-formado pela...

Per quale ragione «L’ho sposato, lettore mio» è una delle frasi più celebri e citate della letteratura inglese? La risposta, tutt’altro che ovvia, risiede nel capolavoro da cui è tratta: Jane Eyre (1847), la storia di un’orfana che, grazie alla sola intelligenza e caparbietà, riesce a...

Après le choc d'Il faut qu'on parle de Kevin, la nouvelle bombe de Lionel Shriver. Toute sa rage, son audace et son humour au vitriol pour une radioscopie féroce et incisive du couple, de la famille, de la maladie et du rôle de l'argent dans notre vie. Un brûlot dévastateur. Parfois, le...

With dry wit and psychological acuity, this near-future novel explores the aftershocks of an economically devastating U.S. sovereign debt default on four generations of a once-prosperous American family. Down-to-earth and perfectly realistic in scale, this is not an over-the-top Blade Runner tale....

American children's book illustrator Irina McGovern enjoys a secure, settled life in London with her smart, loyal, disciplined partner, Lawrence—until the night she finds herself inexplicably drawn to kissing another man, a passionate, extravagant, top-ranked snooker player. Two competing alternate...

Still unattached and childless at fifty-nine, world-renowned anthropologist Gray Kaiser is seemingly invincible—and untouchable. Returning to make a documentary at the site of her first great triumph in Kenya, she is accompanied by her faithful middle-aged assistant, Errol McEchern, who has loved...

Beautiful and charismatic, nineteen-year-old Checker Secretti is the most gifted and original drummer that the club-goers of Astoria, Queens, have ever heard. When he plays, conundrums seem to solve themselves, brilliant thoughts spring to mind, and couples fall in love. The members of his band, The...

Following the death of her worthy liberal parents, Corlis McCrea moves back into her family's grand Reconstruction mansion in North Carolina, willed to all three siblings. Her timid younger brother has never left home. When her bullying black-sheep older brother moves into "his" house as well, it's...

Short story writers often say that, for maximum dramatic effect, you should arrive fashionably late to a scene. After years of living in the literary wilderness, it seems the short story s own moment has finally arrived. The last twelve months have marked an extraordinary year for the form. The Nobel...