Aqui ficam as novidades da Asa para Maio.
Marguerite Van Geldermalsen
Asa
PVP 13,90€
Nas livrarias a 20 de Maio
A neozelandesa Marguerite não podia então imaginar como estas palavras
iam mudar a sua vida. Ela viajava pelo Médio Oriente com uma amiga
quando conheceu o carismático Mohammad, na Jordânia. A paixão que
sentiram um pelo outro foi imediata. Por amor, Marguerite trocou a
abundância do seu país pela aridez do deserto. Corajosamente e de uma
forma simples e tocante, ela relata o seu dia a dia a partir do momento
em que casou com o jovem beduíno e deu à luz os seus três filhos.
Assistimos à sua adaptação a um modo de vida totalmente novo, que vai
desde habitar numa caverna, sem eletricidade ou água canalizada, a ter
de ir de burro buscar água, lavar a roupa no rio, fazer pão e aprender a
língua e os costumes de um povo primitivo. Assistimos ao choque
cultural, linguístico e religioso, mas também à sua adaptação, por amor e
grande entrega, a um povo que – embora primitivo e supersticioso – a
recebeu e integrou como sendo uma deles.
Tiago Rebelo
Asa
PVP 18,90€
Nas livrarias a 27 de Maio
Em 1847, na pequena vila de Inhambane, um punhado
de famílias esquecidas pela coroa portuguesa luta heroicamente para
impor uma nova civilização em território africano.
Acabado de se ordenar em Lisboa, o jovem padre Joaquim Santa Rita
Montanha é enviado para Moçambique com a sagrada missão de prestar apoio
espiritual aos europeus e evangelizar os indígenas.
O seu sonho de realizar uma obra que fique para a história depara-se com
dificuldades que parecem insuperáveis. Mas, apesar de todos os
obstáculos, o padre Montanha nunca desiste dos seus objectivos
ambiciosos e, em breve, torna-se o pilar desta pequena sociedade branca
rodeada por milhares de guerreiros de tribos hostis.
Personagem complexa, o padre Montanha é um
fervoroso homem de Deus que goza de invulgar prestígio mas não abdica de
uma paixão arrebatada pela escrava Leonor, com quem vive um amor
proibido. É, sobretudo, o explorador que não hesita em enfrentar
perigos imensos para concretizar uma viagem aos holandeses no interior
do sertão e, assim, inaugurar as relações diplomáticas entre o reino de
Portugal e os fundadores da futura República Sul-Africana.
Tal como o tenente Montanha, personagem
inesquecível do seu anterior romance O Tempo dos Amores Perfeitos, o
padre Montanha é antepassado do autor. O Império dos Homens Bons é
resultado de uma minuciosa pesquisa sobre a vida deste homem singular
e a recriação histórica de uma época de grande romantismo em África.
Trata-se de um retrato de época brilhante e de enorme talento.
Nicky Pellegrino
Asa
PVP 16,90€
Nas livrarias a 27 de Maio
Românticas ruelas de calçada, piazzas
repletas de vida, cafés e bares vibrantes de música e desejo… Não há no
mundo cidade como Roma. É aqui que Serafina vive rodeada pelo carinho da
mãe e das duas irmãs. Habitam um minúsculo apartamento delapidado e têm
pouco ou nenhum dinheiro, mas a alegria está sempre presente.
Quando a mãe sai, sempre bela no seu vestido
simples e feito em casa, as irmãs vão cantar para a rua. É um
atrevimento que as diverte e lhes permite obter dinheiro para fazerem o
que mais gostam: ir ao cinema. Elas suspiram e sonham com as estrelas
das matinés. Mas Serafina nunca imaginou conhecer pessoalmente o seu
ídolo: o ator e cantor Mario Lanza. Quando as portas da magnífica Villa
Badoglio – lar da família Lanza – se abrem para a acolher, a jovem é
apresentada a um mundo de sonho. E é rodeada pelo luxo e o glamour que conhece Pepe, o talentoso chef
capaz das mais suculentas iguarias e das mais ternurentas emoções.
Serafina está apaixonada e a viver dias dourados mas não consegue evitar
sentir que aquele não é o seu mundo.
Dividida entre a vida modesta que conhece e a
promessa de um futuro melhor, Serafina vai ser obrigada a crescer. Vai
sofrer, amar e descobrir que a realidade nunca é apenas o que parece.
Que a vida é simultaneamente mais difícil e mais bela do que um sonho.
E as novidades internacionais que, espero, não demorem muito a chegar por cá... (Sim, já sei que há grande polémica com o último da Charlaine Harris, mas não me contem nada que ainda só li o primeiro).
E as novidades internacionais que, espero, não demorem muito a chegar por cá... (Sim, já sei que há grande polémica com o último da Charlaine Harris, mas não me contem nada que ainda só li o primeiro).
The Bridgertons: Happily Ever After
Julia Quinn
HarperCollins
374 págs.
For the first time in
print, New York Times bestselling author Julia Quinn presents a
collection of "second epilogues" to her Bridgerton series, previously
published as e-originals, plus a new bonus Bridgerton novella: "Violet
in Bloom," a short story in which we finally meet Edmund Bridgerton.
Storm FrontRichard Castle
Hyperion
320 págs.
There's a storm front coming!
Four years after he was presumed dead, Derrick Storm--the man who made Richard Castle a perennial bestseller--is back in this rip-roaring, full-length thriller.
From Tokyo, to London, to Johannesburg, high-level bankers are being gruesomely tortured and murdered. The killer, caught in a fleeting glimpse on a surveillance camera, has been described as a psychopath with an eye patch. And that means Gregor Volkov, Derrick Storm's old nemesis, has returned. Desperate to figure out who Volkov is working for and why, the CIA calls on the one man who can match Volkov's strength and cunning--Derrick Storm.
With the help of a beautiful and mysterious foreign agent--with whom Storm is becoming romantically and professionally entangled--he discovers that Volkov's treachery has embroiled a wealthy hedge-fund manager and a U.S. senator. In a heated race against time, Storm chases Volkov's shadow from Paris, to the lair of a computer genius in Iowa, to the streets of Manhattan, then through a bullet-riddled car chase on the New Jersey Turnpike. In the process, Storm uncovers a plot that could destroy the global economy--unleashing untold chaos--which only he can stop.
Four years after he was presumed dead, Derrick Storm--the man who made Richard Castle a perennial bestseller--is back in this rip-roaring, full-length thriller.
From Tokyo, to London, to Johannesburg, high-level bankers are being gruesomely tortured and murdered. The killer, caught in a fleeting glimpse on a surveillance camera, has been described as a psychopath with an eye patch. And that means Gregor Volkov, Derrick Storm's old nemesis, has returned. Desperate to figure out who Volkov is working for and why, the CIA calls on the one man who can match Volkov's strength and cunning--Derrick Storm.
With the help of a beautiful and mysterious foreign agent--with whom Storm is becoming romantically and professionally entangled--he discovers that Volkov's treachery has embroiled a wealthy hedge-fund manager and a U.S. senator. In a heated race against time, Storm chases Volkov's shadow from Paris, to the lair of a computer genius in Iowa, to the streets of Manhattan, then through a bullet-riddled car chase on the New Jersey Turnpike. In the process, Storm uncovers a plot that could destroy the global economy--unleashing untold chaos--which only he can stop.
John Boyne
Doubleday
304 págs.
1867. Eliza Caine
arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall
on a dark and chilling night. As she makes her way across the station
platform, a pair of invisible hands push her from behind into the path
of an approaching train. She is only saved by the vigilance of a passing
doctor.
When she finally arrives, shaken, at the hall she is greeted by the two children in her care, Isabella and Eustace. There are no parents, no adults at all, and no one to represent her mysterious employer. The children offer no explanation. Later that night in her room, a second terrifying experience further reinforces the sense that something is very wrong.
From the moment she rises the following morning, her every step seems dogged by a malign presence which lives within Gaudlin's walls. Eliza realises that if she and the children are to survive its violent attentions, she must first uncover the hall's long-buried secrets and confront the demons of its past.
When she finally arrives, shaken, at the hall she is greeted by the two children in her care, Isabella and Eustace. There are no parents, no adults at all, and no one to represent her mysterious employer. The children offer no explanation. Later that night in her room, a second terrifying experience further reinforces the sense that something is very wrong.
From the moment she rises the following morning, her every step seems dogged by a malign presence which lives within Gaudlin's walls. Eliza realises that if she and the children are to survive its violent attentions, she must first uncover the hall's long-buried secrets and confront the demons of its past.
Charlaine Harris
Victor Gollancz
352 págs.
Sookie Stackhouse has one last adventure in store.
Life has taken her from a waitress in Merlotte’s Bar, Bon Temps, to part owner; from social outcast to the heart of her community; from a vampire’s girlfriend to the wife of one of the most powerful vampires in the state. She has survived earthquakes, revolutions and attempts on her life. Sookie has endured betrayal, heartbreak and grief . . . and she has emerged a little stronger, and little wiser, every time.
But with life comes new trials . . .
The question is, in the end: who will love, who will live, and who will be dead ever after?
Sookie finds it easy to turn down the request of former barmaid Arlene when she wants her job back at Merlotte’s. After all, Arlene tried to have Sookie killed. But her relationship with Eric Northman is not so clearcut. He and his vampires are keeping their distance…and a cold silence. And when Sookie learns the reason why, she is devastated. Then a shocking murder rocks Bon Temps, and Sookie is arrested for the crime. But the evidence against Sookie is weak, and she makes bail. Investigating the killing, she’ll learn that what passes for truth in Bon Temps is only a convenient lie. What passes for justice is more spilled blood. And what passes for love is never enough...
Life has taken her from a waitress in Merlotte’s Bar, Bon Temps, to part owner; from social outcast to the heart of her community; from a vampire’s girlfriend to the wife of one of the most powerful vampires in the state. She has survived earthquakes, revolutions and attempts on her life. Sookie has endured betrayal, heartbreak and grief . . . and she has emerged a little stronger, and little wiser, every time.
But with life comes new trials . . .
The question is, in the end: who will love, who will live, and who will be dead ever after?
Sookie finds it easy to turn down the request of former barmaid Arlene when she wants her job back at Merlotte’s. After all, Arlene tried to have Sookie killed. But her relationship with Eric Northman is not so clearcut. He and his vampires are keeping their distance…and a cold silence. And when Sookie learns the reason why, she is devastated. Then a shocking murder rocks Bon Temps, and Sookie is arrested for the crime. But the evidence against Sookie is weak, and she makes bail. Investigating the killing, she’ll learn that what passes for truth in Bon Temps is only a convenient lie. What passes for justice is more spilled blood. And what passes for love is never enough...
Inferno
Dan BrownKnopf Doubleday
480 págs.
In his international blockbusters The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, and The Lost Symbol,
Dan Brown masterfully fused history, art, codes, and symbols. In this
riveting new thriller, Brown returns to his element and has crafted his
highest-stakes novel to date.
In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces . . . Dante’s Inferno.
Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing from Dante’s dark epic poem, Langdon races to find answers and decide whom to trust . . . before the world is irrevocably altered.
In the heart of Italy, Harvard professor of symbology Robert Langdon is drawn into a harrowing world centered on one of history’s most enduring and mysterious literary masterpieces . . . Dante’s Inferno.
Against this backdrop, Langdon battles a chilling adversary and grapples with an ingenious riddle that pulls him into a landscape of classic art, secret passageways, and futuristic science. Drawing from Dante’s dark epic poem, Langdon races to find answers and decide whom to trust . . . before the world is irrevocably altered.
Audrey Niffenegger
Abrams ComicArts
80 págs.
Once there was a Postman who fell in love with a Raven.
So begins the tale of a postman who encounters a fledgling raven while on the edge of his route and decides to bring her home. The unlikely couple falls in love and conceives a child—an extraordinary raven girl trapped in a human body. The raven girl feels imprisoned by her arms and legs and covets wings and the ability to fly. Betwixt and between, she reluctantly grows into a young woman, until one day she meets an unorthodox doctor who is willing to change her.
One of the world’s most beloved storytellers has crafted a dark fairy tale full of wonderment and longing. Complete with Audrey Niffenegger’s bewitching etchings and paintings, Raven Girl explores the bounds of transformation and possibility.
So begins the tale of a postman who encounters a fledgling raven while on the edge of his route and decides to bring her home. The unlikely couple falls in love and conceives a child—an extraordinary raven girl trapped in a human body. The raven girl feels imprisoned by her arms and legs and covets wings and the ability to fly. Betwixt and between, she reluctantly grows into a young woman, until one day she meets an unorthodox doctor who is willing to change her.
One of the world’s most beloved storytellers has crafted a dark fairy tale full of wonderment and longing. Complete with Audrey Niffenegger’s bewitching etchings and paintings, Raven Girl explores the bounds of transformation and possibility.
Estou ansiosa por ler o novo do Dan Brown :)
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