Chiara Gabutti Livres

The book offers a vivid portrayal of Frank Sinatra, blending factual information with an engaging narrative style characteristic of New Journalism. It features notes and letters from the author's archives, alongside photographs by Phil Stern, the sole photographer to document Sinatra over four decades. Initially released as a signed collector's edition, it is now available in an unlimited edition, making this comprehensive insight into Sinatra's life and legacy accessible to a wider audience.

The story of an Indian family during the 1969 Communist disturbances in Kerala province. It is told through the eyes of a boy and his sister who are the children of a rich rubber planter. Politics, family drama, illicit love. A debut in fiction

The award-winning debut novel from Jennifer Haigh, author of Baker Towers, The Condition, and Faith, tells the story of Birdie, Joan, and Dinah, three women who marry the same charismatic, predatory, and enigmatic opportunist: Ken Kimble. Resonating with emotional intensity and narrative innovation reminiscent of Ann Patchett’s Bel Canto, Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible, and Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God, Haigh’s Mrs. Kimble is a timeless story of grief, passion, heartache, deception, and the complex riddle of love.

Gretje è sola nella sua casa a Nuova Amsterdam, l'ammasso di baracche e fango che diventerà New York: il cadavere del marito, Anthony il Turco, giace in cortile fra il ghiaccio. La donna vive sola con Tomas, un giovane muto, e Pieter, uno strano ragazzino spuntato dal nulla, che le strappa il racconto del suo passato: mendicante e poi domestica ad Amsterdam, è finita a fare la prostituta, dopo aver avuto a quindici anni una figlia da un giovane marinaio, Anthony il Turco, e averla abbandonata in un orfanotrofio. Arrivata nelle Indie Occidentali, a Nuova Amsterdam, si è costruita con coraggio e tenacia una vita quasi comoda. Ha ritrovato Anthony il Turco, avuto un'altra bambina, ma il marito è ora morto e molti vorrebbero addossargliene la colpa.