Adriana Hunter Bücher

The timely, powerful memoir of a man unjustly charged with a crime for helping his relatives, refugees from Syria. For trying to save his in-laws, who were fleeing certain death in Syria, Stéphan Pélissier was threatened with fifteen years in prison by the Greek justice system, which accused him of human smuggling. His crime? Having gone to search for the parents, brother, and sister of his wife, Zéna, in Greece rather than leaving them to undertake a treacherous journey by boat to Italy. Their joy on finding each other quickly turned into a nightmare: Pélissier was arrested as a result of a missing car registration and thrown into prison. Although his relatives were ultimately able to seek asylum—legally—in France, Pélissier had to fight to prove his innocence, and to uphold the values of common humanity and solidarity in which he so strongly believes. I Just Wanted to Save My Family offers a heartrending window into the lives of those displaced by the Syrian civil war and a scathing critique of the often absurd, unfeeling bureaucracies that determine their fates.

Bustle: Best Book of the Month From the critically acclaimed author of The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris, a fascinating, intimate portrait of one of Japan’s most influential and respected textile artists. Writer, filmmaker, and photographer Marc Petitjean finds himself in Kyoto one fine morning with his camera, to film a man who will become his friend: Kunihiko Moriguchi, a master kimono painter and Living National Treasure—like his father before him. As a young decorative arts student in the 1960s, Moriguchi rubbed shoulders with the cultural elite of Paris and befriended Balthus, who would profoundly influence his artistic career. Discouraged by Balthus from pursuing design in Europe, he returned to Japan to take up his father’s vocation. Once back in this world of tradition he had tried to escape, Moriguchi contemporized the craft of Yūzen (resist dyeing) through his innovative use of abstraction in patterns. With a documentarian’s keen eye, Petitjean retraces Moriguchi’s remarkable life, from his childhood during the turbulent 1940s and 50s marked by war, to his prime as an artist with works exhibited in the most prestigious museums in the world.

An eloquent, heartfelt account of a young boy's fight with cancer and of a mother's determination and resilience, which see their family through to his recovery. As her ten-year-old son sits at the kitchen table one evening, Lise Marzouk inspects his mouth and discovers an unusual growth, which doctors later confirm is cancerous. When he is hospitalized at the Curie Institute in Paris for lymphoma treatment, Lise finds herself torn between two worlds, one at his bedside, and the other at home with her two younger children, struggling to maintain a sense of stability in their lives. And so she writes—of their fears and doubts, but also of their moments of tenderness and joy—and through these memories, stories, and reveries, she arrives at a deeper understanding of herself as a woman, a mother, and a writer. Brimming with a rebellious sense of hope, If offers an intimate look at how a mother's love and support enabled her family to come out of a devastating experience stronger and more connected.

Lebe nach deiner eigenen Melodie Julia rennt nicht weg. Zumindest nicht so richtig. Aber sie braucht dringend eine Auszeit von ihrem Leben, und da fühlt sich das Angebot aus Biarritz an wie eine Rettungsleine. Hals über Kopf zieht sie an die Atlantikküste, wo sie als Psychologin den Bewohnern eines Seniorenheims zur Seite stehen soll. Eigentlich hat Julia mit alten Leuten wenig am Hut, doch schnell merkt sie, dass sich hinter den eleganten Türen der Seniorenresidenz mehr verbirgt, als sie auf den ersten Blick geahnt hat: gebrochene Herzen, lange gehütete Geheimnisse und unbändige Lebensfreude, wie sie ihr noch nie begegnet ist. Kann Julia alles, was sie sucht, tatsächlich dort finden, wo sie es am wenigsten vermutet?

This intimate account offers a new, unexpected understanding of the artist’s work and of the vibrant 1930s surrealist scene. In 1938, just as she was leaving Mexico for her first solo exhibition in New York, Frida Kahlo was devastated to learn from her husband, Diego Rivera, that he intended to divorce her. This latest blow followed a long series of betrayals, most painful of all his affair with her beloved younger sister, Cristina, in 1934. In early 1939, anxious and adrift, Kahlo traveled from the United States to France—her only trip to Europe, and the beginning of a unique period of her life when she was enjoying success on her own. Now, for the first time, this previously overlooked part of her story is brought to light in exquisite detail. Marc Petitjean takes the reader to Paris, where Kahlo spends her days alongside luminaries such as Pablo Picasso, André Breton, Dora Maar, and Marcel Duchamp. Using Kahlo’s whirlwind romance with the author’s father, Michel Petitjean, as a jumping-off point, The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris provides a striking portrait of the artist and an inside look at the history of one of her most powerful, enigmatic paintings.

Philippe Claudel wurde 1962 in Dombasle in Lothringen geboren, wo er als Autor und Regisseur heute noch lebt. In Deutschland gelang ihm 2004 mit «Die grauen Seelen» der Durchbruch. Es folgten ein Erzählungsband und sechs weitere Romane, zuletzt «Die Untersuchung». Claudels Bücher wurden von der Presse gefeiert und sind bislang in über 25 Sprachen übersetzt worden. 2008 lief auf der Berlinale sein Film «So viele Jahre liebe ich dich».

Sie hat es sich selbst eingebrockt: Aus Übermut und Neugier hat Amélie eine Stelle beim japanischen Unternehmen Yumimoto angenommen. Dort lernt sie zwar nichts in Sachen Buchhaltung, dafür wird ihr ein Crash-Kurs in Sachen Hierarchie erteilt. Eines ist von Anfang an klar: Eine Frau, zumal eine aus Europa, kann nur ganz unten einsteigen. Und noch tiefer fallen.

This intimate account offers a new, unexpected understanding of the artist’s work and of the vibrant 1930s surrealist scene. In 1938, just as she was leaving Mexico for her first solo exhibition in New York, Frida Kahlo was devastated to learn from her husband, Diego Rivera, that he intended to divorce her. This latest blow followed a long series of betrayals, most painful of all his affair with her beloved younger sister, Cristina, in 1934. In early 1939, anxious and adrift, Kahlo traveled from the United States to France—her only trip to Europe, and the beginning of a unique period of her life when she was enjoying success on her own. Now, for the first time, this previously overlooked part of her story is brought to light in exquisite detail. Marc Petitjean takes the reader to Paris, where Kahlo spends her days alongside luminaries such as Pablo Picasso, André Breton, Dora Maar, and Marcel Duchamp. Using Kahlo’s whirlwind romance with the author’s father, Michel Petitjean, as a jumping-off point, The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris provides a striking portrait of the artist and an inside look at the history of one of her most powerful, enigmatic paintings.

Wie hoch ist der Preis für die Liebe? Paris im Jahrhundertsommer: Zwei Ehepaare und zwei Liebhaber, alle um die vierzig, gut situiert, kultiviert – aber nicht geschützt vor den Verdrießlichkeiten des Familienlebens. Schnell entflammen die Herzen der zwei Ehefrauen. Sie genießen den ersten Rausch, laben sich an süßen Illusionen, doch bald kommen erste Zweifel auf. Was setzen sie für die neue Liebe aufs Spiel? Klug und elegant arrangiert Hervé Le Tellier jedes Rendezvous. Eine intelligente Sommerkomödie, ein geistreiches, witziges und zugleich bewegendes Buch für alle, die gerne über Liebe sprechen.

Schicksalhaft kreuzen sich in Peking die Wege einer französischen Studentin und eines chinesischen Gemüsehändlers. Beide sind auf der Suche nach der verlorenen Hälfte einer uralten, seidenen Schriftrolle. Denn diese birgt nichts Geringeres als die geheimnisumwobenen Anfänge des Buddhismus. Fasziniert vom Zauber der Schrift und ihrer Macht begeben sie sich auf eine entbehrungsreiche Reise.