{"product_id":"beautyland-marie-helene-bertino","title":"Beautyland (Marie-Helene Bertino)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMeet Adina: a woman who has never felt at home on Earth\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*** A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR, JUST LANDED IN THE UK ***\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the best books I have read this year' \u003cb\u003eKALIANE BRADLEY, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'As tender as it is witty and perceptive' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSPECTATOR\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I do not know how my life would be if I hadn't read this book' \u003cb\u003e*Reader review*\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBorn at the moment when Voyager 1 is launched into space, Adina is a baby of unusual perception. Tiny and jaundiced, she reaches for warmth and light. As a child, she recognises she is different, not least because of her strange knowledge of a faraway planet. Then a fax machine arrives at home. Her mission is clear: she must report on the oddities of humankind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs Adina grows up, she dispatches transmissions on the terrors and delights of human existence. But then she starts to wonder. Is there a chance there are others like her out there?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAdina sees our world differently. And her gentle, perceptive - and funny - observations offer a quietly joyful new view of life on Earth, the challenge of knowing ourselves and the miracle of finding our people in this vast universe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A remarkable funny-sad novel' \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'I loved this idiosyncratic, funny and wise novel' \u003cb\u003eLAILA LALAMI, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Dream Hotel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Joyous and expansive and wonderfully funny' \u003cb\u003eDAISY JOHNSON, author of \u003ci\u003eFen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e'A book that I will recommend to people for the rest of my life' \u003cb\u003eDAKOTA JOHNSON\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMarie-Helene Bertino \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of \u003ci\u003e2 A.M. at The Cat's Pajamas\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eParakeet\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeautyland\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eBeautyland \u003c\/i\u003ehas been named a best book of 2024 and a must-read by the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTIME\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGoodreads\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNylon, Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLiterary Hub\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChicago Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e. It was a finalist in the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. She has received the O. Henry Prize, the Pushcart Prize, the Iowa Short Fiction Award and the Mississippi Review Prize. She is currently the Ritvo-Slifka Writer-in-Residence at Yale University and lives in Brooklyn.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 336 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65780328661341,"sku":"K097911524","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/9791152400001A.jpg?v=1788314944","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/beautyland-marie-helene-bertino","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}