Lydia Millet Bücher

Shortlist National Book Award - ein hintergründiger Roman zur Klimakrise und dem Konflikt zwischen Boomer-Eltern und der nachfolgenden Generation. Die fünfzehnjährige Evie verbringt den Sommer mit ihrer Mittelschicht-Familie am Strand irgendwo an der Ostküste der USA. Ihre Eltern haben gemeinsam mit Freunden aus Collegezeiten ein geräumiges Sommerhaus gemietet. Während die Erwachsenen die Tage mit Alkohol, Drogen und Sex verbringen, sind ihre Kinder sich selbst überlassen und verwildern zusehends. Evie kümmert sich um ihren kleinen Bruder Jack. Er ist ein verträumter, intelligenter Junge, der sich Sorgen um die Umwelt macht und dem Tiere sehr am Herzen liegen. Von einer der Mütter hat Jack eine Kinderbibel bekommen, deren Geschichten er verschlingt und für bare Münze nimmt. Als ein verheerender Wirbelsturm aufzieht und sintflutartiger Regen alles zu zerstören droht, verlassen die Kinder das Haus, um inmitten des Chaos einen sicheren Ort zu finden. Sie schlagen ihr Lager auf einer Farm auf, wo es noch ausreichend Vorräte gibt, bis auch hier das Unheil zuschlägt. Doch am Ende werden sie es sein, die es schaffen, sich an die neue Umwelt anzupassen.

Lions, rabbits, monkeys, pheasants—all have shared the spotlight and tabloid headlines with famous men and women. Sharon Stone’s husband’s run-in with a Komodo dragon, Thomas Edison’s filming of an elephant’s electrocution and David Hasselhoff’s dogwalker all find a home in Love in Infant Monkeys. At the rare intersections of wilderness and celebrity, Lydia Millet hilariously tweaks these unholy communions to run a stake through the heart of our fascination with pop icons and the culture of human self-worship.In much fiction, animals exist as author stand-ins—or even more reductively as symbols of good and evil. In Millet’s ruthless, lucid prose—each story based on a news item, biography, or other fact-based account of a celebrity-animal relationship—animals are as complex and rich as our imaginings of them. In these spiraling fictional riffs and flounces on real life, animals show up their humans as bloated with foolishness and yet curiously vulnerable—as in a tour-de-force, Kabbalah-infused interior monologue by Madonna after she shoots a pheasant on her English estate.

The stunning new novel from the author of the National Book Award-finalist A Children's Bible

A Children’s Bible follows a group of twelve eerily mature children on a forced vacation with their families at a sprawling lakeside mansion. Contemptuous of their parents, the children decide to run away when a destructive storm descends on the summer estate, embarking on a dangerous foray into the apocalyptic chaos outside. Lydia Millet’s prophetic and heartbreaking story of generational divide offers a haunting vision of what awaits us on the far side of Revelation.

Exploring themes of isolation and the mundane, the narrative follows Oppenheimer during his first day at a motel, where he becomes engrossed in television. His discovery of the remote and the mysterious telephone hints at a deeper exploration of technology and communication. The setting serves as a backdrop for introspection, reflecting on Oppenheimer's complex character and the weight of his historical legacy. The story intertwines personal experience with broader existential questions.

The story follows Hal, an IRS bureaucrat, who is perplexed by his wife's fixation on her missing employer. In a drunken moment, he sets off on a surreal tropical adventure to locate the man, leading to an unexpected affair with a captivating German woman. Lydia Millet crafts a beautifully written narrative that explores themes of parenthood's emotional complexities and the quirks of human behavior, making for an engaging and insightful read.

An only child in a typical middle-American family, T is unusual only in his interest in, and talent for, making money. But when events conspire to leave T isolated again he starts to lose faith in people and civilisation and turns to nature instead, developing a strange and powerful obsession with endangered animals...

The story follows a diverse cast, including a sex-obsessed pornographer, a hygienic Christian Scientist, a melancholic beauty, and a teenage math prodigy, as they navigate the streets of contemporary Los Angeles. Their humorous journey intertwines their unique perspectives in a quest for answers to life's profound questions, blending comedy with existential exploration.

Set against the backdrop of the George Bush years, the narrative follows a charming and quirky ex-con who embarks on a mission to win the attention of the President. With a sardonic tone, the story explores themes of ambition and the absurdities of political life through the eyes of a relatable and endearing protagonist. The unique perspective adds humor and depth to the exploration of personal desires intertwined with the broader political landscape.

Lydia Millets chilling new novel is a double-edged and satisfying story with a strong female protagonist, a thrilling plot and a creeping sense of the apocalyptic, Sweet Lamb of Heaven builds to a shattering ending with profound implications for its charactersand for all of us.