Tag archieven: Europa Editions

Europa Editions romans en andere boeken in Engelse vertaling van Europese en andere niet Amerikaanse en Britse schrijvers schrijvers en schrijfsters.

Europa Editions is een onafhankelijke uitgeverij van kwaliteitsfictie. Het bedrijf werd in 2005 opgericht door Sandro Ferri en Sandra Ozzola Ferri, die ook de eigenaren en uitgevers zijn van de Italiaanse uitgeverij Edizioni E/O. Het idee achter de oprichting van de uitgeverij was om voort te bouwen op de diepe wortels van Edizioni E/O in de Europese uitgeefwereld om frisse, internationale stemmen naar de Amerikaanse en Britse markten te brengen. Daarnaast wilden ze kwaliteitsedities aanbieden met een onderscheidende uitstraling en consequent hoge redactionele standaarden. De catalogus van Europa is eclectisch en weerspiegelt de overtuiging van de oprichters dat dialoog tussen naties en culturen van vitaal belang is en dat deze uitwisseling wordt bevorderd door literatuur die niet alleen amuseert en fascineert, maar ook informeert en verheldert.

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Email: info@europaeditions.com

Memoir, Palestijnse schrijfster, Palestina

Asmaa Alghoul & Selim Nassib – A Rebel in Gaza

Asmaa Alghoul & Selim Nassib A Rebel in Gaza recensie, review en informatie memoir uit Rafah in Palestina. Op 20 augustus 2024 verschijnt bij Uitgeverij Europa editions de Engelse vertaling van de memoir uit Gaza van Asmaa Alghoul. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijfster en over de uitgave.

Asmaa Alghoul & Selim Nassib A Rebel in Gaza recensie, review en informatie

  • “A Rebel in Gaza is a love letter to an unloved place… a sparkling memoir… Asmaa Alghoul, who was born in the Rafah refugee camp at the southern end of the Strip, writes with clarity and tenderness of [Gaza’s harsh] realities… Despite it all, she insists: ‘People continued to laugh in Gaza.’ Her own laughter bubbles through the pages of A Rebel in Gaza: a stubborn, defiant joy in living, as keen as her rage or her grief… The world would be poorer without Alghoul’s voice, without her warmth, her fury and her laughter.” (Ben Ehrenreich, The Guardian)
  • “Alghoul dares to build bridges, to pierce through propaganda, stereotypes, and bigotry, and to provide multicolored snapshots of a conflict that’s too often presented in superficial black-and-white sketches. Her stunning book celebrates women’s role in resisting hatred, in affirming life while oppressive patriarchal regimes perpetuate war and death. It’s a powerful self-portrait of a woman who refuses to cave, who, in fact, chooses to put on a ruby-colored dress and stand out from the crowd: a rebel from Gaza and for a more just world.” (Women’s Review of Books)

Asmaa Alghoul Selim Nassib A Rebel in Gaza

A Rebel in Gaza

A Daughter of Rafah Speaks

  • Schrijfster: Asmaa Alghoul (Palestina)
  • Coauteur: Selim Nassib
  • Soort boek: memoir
  • Engelse vertaling: Mike Mitchell
  • Uitgever: Europa Editions
  • Verschijnt: 20 augustus 2024
  • Omvang: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 18,00 / $ 12,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van de memoir uit Gaza van Asmaa Alghoul

Born in Rafah, raised in Gaza, subjected both to Israeli bombs and to Islamist tyranny, and in the face of prison, death threats, abuse, misogyny, violence, and repression, Asmaa Alghoul has continued to speak her truth. She has continued to live and to love, to laugh and to protest. In this moving memoir of growing up Gaza with a hunger for freedom and a passionate attachment to the places she calls home, journalist, writer, and activist, Alghoul recounts her lifelong resistance to religious fanaticism, state sponsored violence, and all forms of repression and subjugation. Alghoul has been called “too strong minded,” criticized for not covering her hair, derided for ignoring warnings and speaking out against injustice. Her pure, clarion voice is raised wholly in support of dialogue, peace, love, and honesty.

Nothing, it seems, can stop her.

Offering an intimate look into life, politics, and survival in Gaza in recent years, Alghoul’s A Rebel in Gaza offers readers a nuanced and singular perspective on the current conflict.

Asmaa Alghoul was born in 1982 in Rafah, in a Palestinian refugee camp in the southern Gaza Strip. A regular contributor to Al-Monitor, an information site that deals with news from the Middle East, she currently lives in France where she is writing her next book. She has won numerous international awards, including the Human Rights Watch Hellman / Hammett Award, the Dubai Press Club prize for journalism, and the International Women’s Media Foundation Journalism Award.

Sélim Nassib was born in Beirut in 1946 and currently lives in Paris. Throughout the 1980s, during the war in Lebanon, he served as a correspondent for the French newspaper Liberation. He is also well known for his articles appearing in other high-profile periodicals. In 1990, he put an end to his career as journalist and has since dedicated himself full-time to literature. He is the author of The Palestinian Lover (Europa Editions, 2007) and I Loved You for Your Voice (Europa Editions, 2006).

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Amerikaanse roman, Amerikaanse schrijfster

Shannon Bowring – Where the Forest Meets the River

Shannon Bowring Where the Forest Meets the River recensie, review en informatie van de nieuwe roman van de uit de Verenigde Staten afkomstige schrijfster. Op 3 september 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Europa Editions de roman van de uit de Amerikaanse schrijfster Shannon Bowring. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Een Nederlandse vertaling van de roman is niet verkrijgbaar.

Shannon Bowring Where the Forest Meets the River recensie en review

  • “Bowring brilliantly evokes people’s inner lives through small, illuminating moments, not unlike Sherwood Anderson, and fills the novel with thoughtful and comic one-liners that ring true. . . A moving portrait of the ways people survive palpable, harrowing grief.” (Kirkus Reviews)
  • “Quotidian, yes: boring, no. Bowering weaves them together in their new aspects, giving hints of future possibilities in book three.” (Lavender Magazine)

Shannon Bowring Where the Forest Meets the River

Where the Forest Meets the River

  • Auteur: Shannon Bowring (Verenigde Staten)
  • Soort boek: Amerikaanse roman
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Europa Editions
  • Verschijnt: 3 september 2024
  • Omvang: 304 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 18,00 / $ 12,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de nieuwe roman van Shannon Bowring

Return to Dalton as Shannon Bowring draws another stunningly human portrait of small town America.

It’s been five years since Bridget Theroux’s death shocked the small town of Dalton, Maine, leaving behind husband Nate and daughter Sophie, now a vibrant young child. Nate doesn’t always know how to answer her questions, but he is intent on raising her with joy–and shielding her from her grandmother, Annette, who remains dangerously locked away in her grief.

After his first year away at college, Greg Fortin is back in town for the summer to work at the family store. It’s expected he’ll take over the hardware business eventually, but finding the words to tell them no–and the truth about who he is–has become his own Everest. Rose’s abusive ex, Tommy finally disappeared a few years ago, though sometimes his presence in the eyes of her oldest son unnerves her. She and Nate are finding themselves drawn together by their children’s playdates, and into a delicate balance between friendship and the possibility of more.

And Trudy and Bev, always so sure of their love for each other, find themselves rocked when Trudy’s husband Richard suffers a heart attack, bringing into focus all the guilt she has felt about their empty marriage for years.

Shannon Bowring demonstrates once again that she understands exactly where the heart of a story lies. Where the Forest Meets the River is a poignant return to the small town of Dalton, whose inhabitants continue to startle and humble both themselves–and us.

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Biografische roman, Historische Roman, Italiaanse roman, Italiaanse schrijver, Italië

Franco Bernini – The Throne roman over Niccolò Machiavelli

Franco Bernini The Throne roman over Niccolò Machiavelli recensie, review en informatie over het boek. Op 11 juni 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Europa Editions de Engelse vertaling van de roman Il torno van de Italiaanse schrijver Franco Bernini. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijver, de vertaler en over de uitgave. Er is nog geen Nederlandse vertaling van de roman verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

Franco Bernini The Throne recensie en review

Als er in de media een boekbespreking, review of recensie verschijnt van de roman over Niccolò Machiavelli, The Throne, geschreven door Franco Bernini, dan besteden we er op deze pagina aandacht aan.

  • “Names like ‘Borgia’ and ‘Machiavelli’ probably mean something to you. If I told you this was a story about manipulation and palace intrigue you’d be like… why yes! Right?? It’s also about the complicated relationship between a biographer and their subject, something kinda meta that historical fiction rarely delves into.” (Cosmopolitan)
  • “Well researched with wonderfully vivid details, Bernini presents Machiavelli in all the complications of a life spent navigating political waters, learning to say the right thing or nothing at all, and more importantly, learning how to write about it all…The ultimate power, then, resides in words and those who know how to use them. Borgia and his armies fade away, but Machiavelli’s books still belong on our shelves.” (New York Journal of Books)
  • “Bernini’s engrossing historical novel follows Machiavelli’s trajectory through the corridors of power in 16th-century Italy… As the relationship between the biographer and his subject evolves, each man relies on the other to achieve his political ambitions, yet only one will succeed.” (Washington Post)

Franco Bernini The Throne roman over Niccolò Machiavelli

The Throne

  • Auteur: Franco Bernini (Italië)
  • Soort boek: biografische roman, Italiaanse historische roman
  • Origineel: Il trono (2023)
  • Engelse vertaling: Oonagh Stransky
  • Uitgever: Europa Editions
  • Verschijnt: 11 juni 2024
  • Omvang: 384 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: gebonden boek /paperback /  ebook
  • Prijs: $ 30.00 / $ 14.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris

Flaptekst van de roman over Niccolò Machiavelli van Franco Bernini

This meticulously researched and brilliantly told historical novel, the first of a planned trilogy, recounts the enigmatic life of Niccolò Machiavelli, revealing the complex man behind the infamous political strategist.

October 1502. As Cesare Borgia sets out to invade the Florentine Republic, Niccolò Machiavelli is sent to spy on him and to glean details of his nefarious plan. But when Borgia asks Machiavelli to write his life story, their bond gains complexity and nuance: ultimately, they both aspire to everlasting fame and to achieve it, they need each other, for the one’s sword can only rule in eternity via the pen of the other.

Set against the backdrop of the Renaissance, rife with political intrigue and cultural flourishing, Bernini’s richly imagined novel masterfully captures a society teetering on the brink of change and revolution, as one man takes his chance at greatness, navigating the treacherous corridors of power with guile and charisma.

The Throne is a captivating reflection on ambition, morality, and the pursuit of power and influence. The novel reveals one of the most impactful and controversial minds in political history, and questions and asks to what lengths can one justifiably go to achieve greatness.

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Verhalen

The Passenger: Mediterranean

The Passenger Mediterranean recensie en informatie. Op 12 maart 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Europa Editions, The Passenger Mediterranean. Het is een nieuw deel in de indrukwekkende reeks verhalenbundels van en over de landen of steden waar de schrijvers en schrijfsters afkomstig zijn. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijvers en schrijfsters en over de uitgave.

The Passenger Mediterranean recensie en informatie

In de Engelstalige reeks The Passenger worden met regelmaat nieuwe bundels uitgegeven met verhalen van en over de landen of steden waar de schrijvers en schrijfsters afkomstig zijn. Het Middellandse Zeegebied, ook wel bekend als de Méditerranée is het gebied dat deze keer centraal staat. Je krijg je door het lezen van de verhalen een origineel, goed en bijzonder beeld van het Middellandse Zeegebied in al de rijke schakeringen, van Noord-Afrika, het Midden-Oosten tot Zuid-Europa.

The Passenger Mediterranean

The Passenger: Mediterranean

  • Auteurs: Diverse schrijvers en schrijfsters
  • Soort boek: verhalen
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Europa Editions
  • Verschijnt: 12 maart 2024
  • Omvang: 192 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 22.00 / $ 14,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van het boek met verhalen over de Méditerranée

Fully-illustrated, The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, art and reportage from around the world.

The Sea Between Lands by David Abulalfia; The Liquid Road by Leïla Slimani; The Cold One, the Hot One, the Mad One, and the Angry One by Nick Hunt, plus: the sounds and smells of the Mediterranean; the ceaseless hunt for tuna; the invention of the Mediterranean diet; and much more…

The word “Mediterranean” has always evoked something larger than geography. For millennia, it has designated a distinct cultural and historical space, one where different peoples have met, traded, and—not infrequently—clashed. Starting from its Latin etymology (“in the middle of the Earth”), the Mediterranean is intimately connected with ideas of connection, exchange, and multiplicity.

Today, however, the Mediterranean appears to be in crisis. Neglected by the European Union—which often sees North Africa and the Middle East as a threat, or at best as a source of energy—the Mediterranean is at the center of one of the greatest migrations in history. While every year hundreds of millions of vacationers flock to its shores, as in a distorting mirror hundreds of thousands of people face a dramatic journey in the opposite direction—to escape wars, persecutions, and poverty. The liquid road, as Homer called it, is increasingly militarized, trafficked, and polluted—as well as overheated and overfished.

This volume of The Passenger dives deep into the complex issues and contradictions facing the Mediterranean. As the book shows, despite its problems, the Mediterranean remains a source of wonder and fascination—a space not entirely colonized by modernity, where time flows differently, and where multiple cultures and languages are in closer contact and dialogue than elsewhere.

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Italiaanse schrijfster, Olympische Spelen, Sport

Andrea Marcolongo – The Art of Running

Andrea Marcolongo The Art of Running. Recensie en informatie over de inhoud van The Art of Running, Learning to Run Like a Greek, geschreven door de Italiaanse classicus en schrijfster Andrea Marcolongo dat op 4 april 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Europa Compass. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Alhoewel eerdere boeken van Andrea Macolongo in Nederlandse vertaling zijn verschenen, is het nog onduidelijk of dat met dit boek ook het geval zal zijn.

Andrea Marcolongo The Art of Running recensie

Als er boekbesprekingen en recensies verschijnen in de media van The Art of Running, Learning to Run Like a Greek, geschreven door de Italiaanse classicus en journaliste Andrea Marcolongo, kun je er hier over lezen.

Andrea Marcolongo boeken en informatie

Andrea Marcolongo is op 17 januari 1987 geboren in de stad Crema, niet ver van Milaan. Ze studeerde klassieke literatuur aan Università degli Studi di Milano. Ze werkte als speechschrijver voor de Italiaanse politicus en premier Matteo Renzi.

In 2016 publiceerde Andrea Marcolongo haar eerste boek, La lingua geniale (De geniale taal) dat een internationale bestseller werd. Ook haar tweede boek, La Misura Eroica (De heldenmaat) over de mythe van de Argonauten en de moed om lief te hebben werd een verkoopsucces. Haar nieuwste boek waarover je hier alles leest verschijnt in april 2024 in Engelse vertaling, of er ook een Nederlandse vertaling volgt is nog onbekend.

Andrea Marcolongo The Art of Running

The Art of Running

Learning to Run Like a Greek

  • Auteur: Andrea Marcolongo (Italië)
  • Soort boek: geschiedenisboek, sportboek
  • Engelse vertaling: Will Schutt
  • Uitgever: Europa Compass
  • Verschijnt: 2 april 2024
  • Omvang: 192 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 18.00 / $ 12.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol

Flaptekst van het boek over hardlopen in de Griekse oudheid

The inspiring story of how one of Europe’s most original and compelling classicist learned to run—and live—like a Greek.

Much has changed since the day in 490 BCE when the indefatigable Athenian herald Philippides made his legendary run and delivered to the people of Athens news of their city’s victory over the Persians. One thing, however, hasn’t changed: it is still twenty-five punishing miles over rough terrain from Marathon to the Acropolis.

Each year, all over the world, thousands of professional athletes and millions of amateur enthusiasts replicate Philippides’s enterprise, many running with such gusto that one could be forgiven for thinking the fate of Athens once more hung in the balance.

Why do we run? To what end, all the effort and pain? Wherefore this love of muscle, speed, sweat, of testing one’s limits? The Greeks were the first to ask these questions and to wonder why we choose to measure ourselves in this way against others; they were the first to formulate the adage, mens sana in corpore sano; they were first to interrupt war, work, politics, the daily routine to enjoy public celebrations of athletic prowess. The Greeks invented sport! Sport as something separate from labor or war; activity as an end unto itself and a form of entertainment for others. They were also the first to understand how regular physical activity, victory, and loss connected to our emotional and mental well-being.

As the pandemic entered its second year, despondent, isolated, and apprehensive about the future, the internationally renowned classics scholar and best-selling author Andrea Marcolongo discovered running. After years spent with her head and heart in the books, trying to think like a Greek, she set out to learn how to run like a Greek. In doing so, she not only deepened her understanding of the ancient civilization she has spent decades studying, but also discovered a great deal about herself.

In this spirited, generous, and erudite book, Andrea Marcolongo shares not only her erudition but her own journey to understanding that a healthy body is indeed, and in more ways than one might guess, a healthy mind.

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Engelse romans, Engelse schrijfsters

Su Bristow – The Fair Folk

Su Bristow The Fair Folk. Op 23 januari 2024 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Europa Editions de nieuwe roman van de Engelse schrijfster Su Bristow. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van het boek, de schrijfster en over de uitgave. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van de roman verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

Su Bristow The Fair Folk recensie

Ook is er aandacht voor de boekbesprekingen en recensie van de roman The Fair Folk, geschreven door Su Bristow.

  • “Lovers of classic folktales will appreciate this.”  (Publishers Weekly)
  • “A Faustian, modern-day fairy tale in which the ‘be careful what you wish for’ trope is updated with a tender bildungsroman…a heartbreaking reality about lost innocence, rendered poetic in Bristow’s quiet but moving words.” (Booklist)

Su Bristow boeken en informatie

Su Bristow is een Engelse schrijfster die een aantal non-fictie boeken heeft geschreven. Daarnaast verscheen in 2019 haar eerste roman Sealskin waarvoor ze de Exeter Novel Prize ontving. Haar tweede roman waarover je hier veel informatie kunt vinden, verschijnt in januari 2024. Geen van haar boeken zijn tot nu toe in Nederlandse vertaling verschenen.

Su Bristow The Fair Folk

The Fair Folk

  • Auteur: Su Bristow (Engeland)
  • Soort boek: Engelse roman
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Europa Editions
  • Verschijnt: 23 januari 2024
  • Omvang: 400 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 18.00 / $ 12.99
  • Boek bestellen >

Flaptekst van de nieuwe roman van de Engelse schrijfster Su Bristow

From prize-winning author Su Bristow comes a fascinating coming-of-age novel about magic and the choices that define future generations.

It’s 1959. To eight-year-old Felicity—who lives on a dying farm in England—the fairies in the woods have much more to offer than the people in her everyday life. As she becomes more rooted in their world, she learns that their magic is far from safe. Their queen, Elfrida, offers Felicity a gift. But fairy bargains are never what they seem.

As an adult, Felicity leaves for university. Unfortunately, books are not her only company at school: Elfrida and Hobb—the queen’s constant companions—wield the ability to appear at any time, causing havoc in her new friendships and love life. Desperate, Felicity finally begins to explore the true nature of the Fair Folk and their magic. Her ally, the folklorist Professor Edgerley, asks, ‘What do they want from you?’ The answer lies in the distant past, and in the secrets of her own family.

As the consequences of the “gift” play out, Felicity must draw on her courage to confront Elfrida, and make the right choice. Interwoven with traditional stories and striking characters, The Fair Folk poses questions about how we care for our children, our land, and our love-hate relationship with what we desire most.

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Japanse roman, Japanse schrijver

Atsuhiro Yoshida – Goodnight Tokyo

Atsuhiro Yoshida Goodnight Tokyo Recensie en informatie over de inhoud van de roman Goodnight Tokyo van de Japanse schrijver Atsuhiro Yoshida. De Engelse vertaling verschijnt op 8 juli 2024 bij uitgeverij Europa Editions. Hier lees je informatie over de inhoud van de roman, de schrijver en over de uitgave. Alhoewel het boek ook al in Duitse en Franse vertaling is verschenen, is er nog geen Nederlandse vertaling verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

Atsuhiro Yoshida Goodnight Tokyo recensie

Als er boekbesprekingen en recensies verschijnen in de media van de Tokioroman Goodnight Yokyo, geschreven door de Japanse schrijver Atsuhiro Yoshida, kun je er hier over lezen.

Atsuhiro Yoshida boeken en informatie

Atsuhiro Yoshida is in 1962 geboren in de Japanse hoofdstad Tokio. Hij is een veelgeprezen boekontwerper. Daarnaast is hij actief als schrijver met inmiddels ruim veertig boeken op zijn aam. Tot nu toe zijn er geen romans of andere boeken van Atsuhiro Yoshida in Nederlandse vertaling verschenen, wel in het Duitse, Engels en Frans.

Atsuhiro Yoshida Goodnight Tokyo

Goodnight Tokyo

  • Auteur: Atsuhiro Yoshida (Japan)
  • Soort boek: Japanse roman, Tokio roman
  • Engelse vertaling: Haydn Trowell
  • Uitgever: Europa Editions
  • Verschijnt: 8 juli 2024
  • Omvang: 176 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 18.00 / $ 12.99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon

Flaptekst van de roman van Atsuhiro Yoshida

A symphony of interconnected lives that offers a compelling reflection on life in modern-day metropolises at the intersection of isolation and intimacy.

Set over several nights, between the hours of 1:00 a.m. and 4:30 a.m., in and around Tokyo, this mind-blowingly constructed book is an elaborate, energetic fresco of human nocturnal existence in all its mystery, an enigmatic literary mix of Agatha Christie, Teju Cole, and Heironymous Bosch.

On this journey through the labyrinthine streets and hidden corners of one of the world’s most fascinating cities, everybody is searching for something, and maybe searching in the wrong places. Elements of the fantastical and the surreal abound, as they tend to do in the early pre-dawn hours of the morning, yet the settings, the human stories, and each character’s search are all as real as can be.

Goodnight Tokyo offers readers a unique and intimate take on Tokyo as seen through the eyes of a large cast of colorful characters. Their lives, as disparate and as far apart as they may seem, are in fact intricately interconnected and as their fates converge against the backdrop of the city’s neon-lit streets and quiet alleyways, Yoshida masterfully portrays in captivating, lyrical prose the complexities of human relationships, the mystery of human connection, and the universal quest for meaning.

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Mexicaanse auteur, Mexico

The Passenger: Mexico

The Passenger Mexico Verhalen van Mexicaanse auteurs over hun land. Op 26 september verschijnt een nieuw deel in de Engelstalige reeks van boek met verhalen uit landen en steden overal in de wereld. Deze keer gaat het om verhalen over Mexico van auteurs afkomstig uit het land.

The Passenger: Mexico – Verhalen van Mexicaanse auteurs

De Engelstalige reeks The Passenger worden met regelmaat nieuwe bundels uitgegeven met verhalen van en over de landen of steden waar de schrijvers en schrijfsters afkomstig zijn. Mexico is het land wat deze keer centraal staat. Je krijg je door het lezen van de verhalen een origineel, goed en bijzonder beeld van Mexico in al de rijke schakeringen.

The Passenger Mexico Verhalen van Mexicaanse auteurs

The Passenger: Mexico

  • Auteurs: Diverse schrijfsters en schrijvers (Mexico)
  • Soort boek: Mexicaanse verhalen
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Europa Editions, The Passenger
  • Verschijnt: 26 september 2023
  • Omvang: 192 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: $ 22.00 / $ 14,99
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon

Flaptekst van The Passneger over Mexico

Underground Tenochtitlan by Guadalupe Nettel, Crime and (No) Punishment by Juan Villoro, The Birth of Fridolatry by Valeria Luiselli, plus: the cocaine that washes in from the sea and the pearl of the west, the jungle train and the last stop on the line, femicide and TikTok politics, mole, rice, the Virgin of Guadalupe and much more…

Once synonymous with escape and freedom, Mexico is now more frequently described as a place plagued by widespread violence, drug trafficking, endemic corruption, and uncontrolled migration. Under the patina of a tourist paradise—with its beaches, its ancient ruins, its tequila—lies a complex, dynamic country trying to carve out a place for itself in the shadow of its powerful neighbor.

The most populous Spanish-speaking country in the world, Mexico is also home to 89 indigenous peoples and languages: one of the many contradictory legacies of the country’s colonial past, which still permeates its politics, society, religion, food, and culture. With a fifth of the population identifying as indigenous, the issue of rediscovering and revaluing the country’s pre-Columbian roots is at the center of the public debate. The controversial Mayan train project, which would connect Mexico’s Caribbean resorts with the South’s archaeological sites, crossing (and endangering) communities and forests, is a perfect example of the opposition between the two souls of the country.

The attempts to resolve this contradiction, or better still to learn to live with it, will define the Mexico of the future. Only by recognizing equal status to ethnic and linguistic minorities will the country be able to reconcile its fractured identity.

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Nieuw-Zeelandse schrijfster, Nieuw-Zeelandse thriller

Catherine Chidgey – Pet

Catherine Chidgey Pet Nieuw-Zeeland thriller recensie en informatie over de inhoud van het boek. Op 13 juli 2023 verschijnt bij Europa Editions de nieuwe thriller van de Nieuw-Zeelandse schrijfster Catherine Chidgey. Er is nog geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

Catherine Chidgey Pet recensie en informatie

Als de redactie het boek leest, kun je op deze pagina de recensie en waardering vinden van de thriller Pet. Het boek is geschreven door Catherine Chidgey. Daarnaast zijn hier gegevens van de uitgave en bestelmogelijkheden opgenomen. Bovendien kun je op deze pagina informatie lezen over de inhoud van de nieuwe thriller van de uit Nieuw-Zeeland afkomstige auteur Catherine Chidgey.

Catherine Chidgey Pet Nieuw-Zeeland thriller recensie

Pet

  • Auteur: Catherine Chidgey (Nieuw-Zeeland)
  • Soort boek: Nieuw-Zeeland thriller
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Europa Editions
  • Verschijnt: 13 juli 2023
  • Omvang: 323 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook
  • Prijs: € 19.00 / € 14,00
  • Boek bestellen bij: Amazon 

Flaptekst van de nieuwe thriller van Catherine Chidgey

Like every other girl in her class, twelve-year-old Justine is drawn to her glamorous, charismatic new teacher and longs to be her pet. However, when a thief begins to target the school, Justine’s sense that something isn’t quite right grows ever stronger. With each twist of the plot, this gripping story of deception and the corrosive power of guilt takes a yet darker turn. Justine must decide where her loyalties lie.

Set in New Zealand in the 1980s and probing themes of racism, misogyny and the oppressive reaches of Catholicism, Pet will take a rightful place next to other classic portraits of childhood betrayal and psychological suspense.

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The Passenger: Nigeria

The Passenger Nigeria verhalen over Nigeria recensie en informatie over de inhoud. Op 6 juni 2023 verschijnt bij uitgeverij Europa Editions het boek met verhalen over Nigeria, geschreven door verschillende Nigeriaanse auteurs. Er is geen Nederlandse vertaling van het boek verkrijgbaar of aangekondigd.

The Passenger Nigeria recensie en informatie

Als de redactie het boek leest, kun je op deze pagina de recensie en waardering vinden van The Passenger: Nigeria. Dit boek is geschreven door diverse schrijvers en schrijfsters. Daarnaast zijn hier gegevens van de uitgave en bestelmogelijkheden opgenomen. Bovendien kun je op deze pagina informatie lezen over de inhoud van dit nieuwe boek met verhalen over en uit het Afrikaanse land Nigeria.

The Passenger Nigeria verhalen over Nigeria

The Passenger: Nigeria

  • Auteurs: diverse auteurs (Nigeria)
  • Soort boek: verhalen over Nigeria
  • Taal: Engels
  • Uitgever: Europa Editions
  • Verschijnt: 6 juni 2023
  • Omvang: 192 pagina’s
  • Uitgave: paperback / ebook

Flaptekst van The Passenger met verhalen over Nigeria

Fully-illustrated, The Passenger collects the best new writing, photography, art and reportage from around the world.

In this volume: Still Becoming by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, A Nation called Ineba by A. Igoni Barrett, The Niger Delta by Noo Saro-Wiwa, plus: independent cinema and the do-it-yourself society; indiscriminate abductions and discrimination against women; the discrete charm of repair shops and the irresistible fascination with Afrobeat, and much more.

Since gaining independence Nigeria has been in a state of permanent crisis. Even the arrival of democracy in the 1990s failed to bring much improvement. It’s estimated that over 100 million Nigerians, half of the country’s population, live below the poverty line.

Violence is widespread: from the Boko Haram terrorists to the new armed secessionist movements and the growing scourge of kidnappings. How to live in a country where the state is, at best, absent? With regular power cuts, virtually non-existent health care and education, and where the army, present in every one of the 36 states of the federation, is not able to control the violence?

In these circumstances, the only possible society is a do-it-yourself one that blossoms wherever and however it can.

At the first glimmer of opportunity, Nigerians bring out all their dynamism, entrepreneurial skills, and inventiveness. They develop apps to get around the inaccessibility of the banking system, use solar power to render themselves independent from the unreliable public energy grid, sometimes even resorting to artisanal (but deeply polluting) methods to refine oil/petrol, embrace e-commerce and social media to sell their goods, while films produced on shoestring budgets, books and music find success all over the world.

Nigeria’s energy is unlike that of any other African country. As the generation of generals who won the civil war and governed the country for 60 years dies out, and younger citizens refuse to ignore injustice and violence, the hope is born that a new, vibrant generation will take the country’s future into their hands. And, as they are accustomed to doing, fix it.

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