Vesna Goldsworthy Bücher

„Heimweh nach Nirgendwo“, der Senkrechtstarter der englischen Bestsellerlisten, erzählt die Geschichte einer Familie, die es im kommunistischen Jugoslawien zu Wohlstand und Ansehen bringt, erzählt von Krankheit und Verlust, von der Suche nach sich selbst und davon, in einer fremden Sprache zu leben und zu lieben. Ein großes Stück Literatur über das, was unser Leben ausmacht. "Vesna Goldworthy ist eine wunderbare Schriftstellerin. Mit 'Heimweh nach Nirgendwo' hat sie uns sehr persönliche Erinnerungen und zugleich eine Geschichte, die uns alle betrifft, geschenkt. Sie erzählt von Politik und Veränderungen, von Erwartungen, Glücksgefühlen, unverwüstlicher Stärke und Liebe." (Lily Brett)

'A book so full of steel and compassion that it stands glitteringly apart' Rachel Cusk Milena is a Red Princess living in a Soviet Satellite state in the 1980s. She enjoys limitless luxury and limited freedom; the end of the Cold War seems unimaginable. When she meets Jason, a confident British poet, Milena is appalled by his political naivety and his poor choice of footwear. Still, they fall into bed together, and before long Milena is secretly planning to defect to Britain. 1980s London defies her privileged expectations. The rented flat is grim and the food is disgusting but she is with the man she loves and there are no hidden cameras to record her every move. But then Milena discovers that Jason's idea of freedom hurts even more... With sharp wit and tender precision, Vesna Goldsworthy unpicks the failures of family and state. Iron Curtain is a sly, elegant human drama that challenges the myths we tell ourselves. 'A wonderful, perfectly-pitched novel- full of delightful intrigue and wry insight about the human predicament and its unique tensions' William Boyd

London dances to the tune of Gorsky's billions. The most enigmatic of oligarchs, Gorsky has been led to the city by his love for Natalia, whom he first knew in Russia. That she is now married to an Englishman is an inconvenient detail. Gorsky desires and gets the best of everything. His mansion by the Thames is set to make Buckingham Palace look like an ungainly box by a roundabout. At its heart will be a grand library, denoting taste and breeding. Now he just needs the books. When Gorsky's armour-plated car halts in front of a down-at-heel bookshop, the startled young man behind the till receives the commission of a lifetime. The bookseller suddenly gains access to the wealthy and the beautiful; a world filled with books but fraught with danger

En stor roman om kærlighed, om myter vi bliver ved med at fortælle, både i familier og i politik, om angsten ved at fortælle sandheden og de konsekvenser, det har for alle