Diese faszinierende Studie kleinster und subtilster Elemente in weltberühmten Gemälden macht Sie zur kunsthistorischen Spürnase. Entdecken Sie, was Details über Menschen und Politik, Liebschaften und Intrigen, Mode und Meinungen verraten. So erscheinen auch die bekanntesten Bilder in einem völlig neuen Licht.
A couple travel to a strange, snowy city to adopt a baby, who they hope will resurrect their marriage. They check into the deserted Grand Imperial Hotel where they are helped and hampered by the people they meet. Nothing is as it seems, and as they endure the cold the less they know about their marriage, themselves, and life itself.
A woman describes a series of encounters she has with various people in the ordinary course of her life. In each of these people the woman finds a common need: the urge to talk about themselves and their experiences. The narrator orchestrates this chorus of voices as a passive listener, until one of them makes an extraordinary request, drawing her into a transformative experience of her own.
For fans of <i>Exit West </i>and <i>The Underground Railroad</i> and from the widely acclaimed author of <i>American War </i>comes a profoundly moving novel examining the global refugee crisis through a child's lens.
In 2015, a year after the Yemeni civil war started, Bushra al-Maqtari decided to document the suffering of civilians. Putting her life at risk, she gathered over 400 testimonies over two years. Alternating between accounts from the victims of the Houthi rebels and those of the Saudi-led coalition, she highlights the disillusionment felt by civilians trapped in a war outside of their own making.
What shall we build, you and I? Ill build your future and youll build mine. Well build a watch to keep our time. A father and daughter set about laying the foundations for their life together. Using their own special tools, they get to work; building memories to cherish, a home to keep them safe and love to keep them warm.
Curiosity climbs to the highest branch of a tree, joy bounces on a trampoline. Gratitude warms you like a woolly jumper... A beautiful, charming and brilliantly inventive picture book about the feelings that live inside us, sure to provoke many fascinating conversations with any child.