In the cursed kingdom of Ithaca, each summer brings the hanging of twelve maidens, a gift to the vengeful Poseidon. But when Leto awakens from her death on the shore of a long-forgotten island, its enigmatic keeper Melantho tells her that there’s only one way the curse can be broken: Leto must kill the last prince of Ithaca. This is a dazzling fantasy romance inspired by Greek mythology.
Manche gehen auf Reisen, um die Welt zu entdecken. Michael bricht auf, weil er genug von ihr hat.Überforderung und Perspektivlosigkeit. Bindungsunfähigkeit und Inszenierungsdrang. JJ Bola schreibt über das Lebensgefühl einer Generation. Ein eindringlicher Roman über Ausgrenzung und Identität, Heimatlosigkeit und Rassismus. Eine Sprache, so vielschichtig wie die Figur, von der J J Bola erzählt: cool und witzig, überbordend und ergreifend.
Bennie is an aging former punk rocker and record executive. Sasha is the passionate, troubled young woman he employs. Here Jennifer Egan brilliantly reveals their pasts, along with the inner lives of a host of other characters whose paths intersect with theirs. With music pulsing on every page, A Visit from the Goon Squad is a startling, exhilarating novel of self-destruction and redemption.
Isda does not exist. At least not beyond the opulent walls of the opera house. Cast into a well at birth for being one of the magical few who can manipulate memories when people sing, she was saved by Cyril, the opera house's owner. Trapped in her gilded prison, she soon learns that in order to take charge of her own destiny, she must become the monster the world tried to drown in the first place.