Bøger af Helen Schulman

The paths of two women on opposite ends of a high-profile sexual abuse scandal set them on a devastating collision course."Part thriller, part Hollywood satire, Lucky Dogs is a brash, sometimes heartbreaking saga in which trauma and self-preservation converge across decades and continents. This is Helen Schulman's best novel yet."—Jennifer Egan, best-selling author of A Visit from the Goon Squad and The Candy HouseOn a sultry summer night in Paris, two women meet in line at an ice cream kiosk on the Ile de la Cité. One is tall, fair, striking, with an indeterminate accent. The other, a troubled American TV star, is hiding her beauty and identity under a shapeless sweatshirt, wearing sunglasses even in the darkness. When leering male tourists hassle the pair, the blonde pulls out a knife and a sisterhood is born. Both women have been victims of male violence, and both are warriors—one trained and calculating, one instinctually ferocious. They each think they know who they are dealing with. But both are very, very wrong.In a story that unfolds with unexpected humor and the pace of a thriller, acclaimed novelist Helen Schulman lays bare what happens to women—no matter how fortunate they may appear to be on the surface—whose lives have been warped by brutality and misogyny. The issues are universal, but the core of the story is intimate: a passionate exploration of love, betrayal, and survival. Lucky Dogs asks and answers a shattering question: How could one woman so utterly betray another?

Traditionally, the haiku poetry form has 3 lines of 17 syllables (5-7-5), but that is in Japanese. When translating haiku or writing one's own in English, one often has to take some liberties with this form. Thus, an English haiku may end up with one, two or three syllables more or less. A traditional short 3-line haiku generally makes a point using an example from nature as a metaphor. In this collection of haiku, I often use the form to make a single philosophical point and don't always use a reference from nature to do so. For me, the form seems to lend itself well to expressing brief single thoughts and questions for which humanity seeks answers that haven't yet been found. If one wishes to explore traditional Japanese haiku, one can research the four great Japanese haiku masters. These are: Matsuo Basho (1644-1694); Yosa Buson (1716-1784); Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827); and Masaoka Shiki (1867-1902). Experimenting with writing one's thoughts in the haiku form can be a lot of fun. Once I got started on this track, my mind kept going non-stop on putting my thoughts as haiku, but taking a few liberties with the form.

"ThisBeautiful Life is a gripping, potent and blisteringly well-written story offamily, dilemma, and consequence. . . . I read this book with white-knuckledurgency, and I finished it in tears. Helen Schulman is an absolutely brilliantnovelist." --Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, LoveTheevents of a single night shatter one family's sense of security and identity inthis provocative and deeply affecting domestic drama from Helen Schulman, theacclaimed author of A Day at the Beach and Out of Time. In thetradition of Lionel Shriver, Sue Miller, and Laura Moriarty, Schulman crafts abrilliantly observed portrait of parenting and modern life, cunningly exploringour most deeply-held convictions and revealing the enduring strengths thatemerge in the face of crisis.

"Taking place over three non-consecutive but vitally important days in the lives of Amy, Dan, and their three sons, Come with Me is ... a dark comedy that is ultimately a deeply romantic love story, one which takes place on infinite planes but ends in a single chord"--

Elizabeth Bergamot er lige flyttet med sin familie til New York, hvor hendes mand har fået nyt job. Selv har hun byttet sin kunsthistorikerkarriere ud med et full time moderskab på Manhattan. Det indebærer børnefødselsdage på The Plaza, kørsel til og fra ballet og endeløse rækker af forældremøder i børnehaven og den elitære privatskole, hvor hendes teenagesøn Jake prøver at finde sig til rette. Da Jake får tilsendt en video med seksuelt indhold fra en mindreårig pige, som er forelsket i ham, bliver familiens privilegerede liv vendt på hovedet. Chokeret og måske en lille smule stolt videresender Jake videoen til en ven. I løbet af få timer har videoen spredt sig til hele skolen, byen og resten af verden. Den efterfølgende skandale får uoverskuelige konsekvenser for hele familien. DETTE SKØNNE LIV er et skarpt og satirisk portræt af en moderne familie og af den online-virkelighed, vi lever i. Det er en roman, der sætter spørgsmålstegn ved de valg vi træffer i kærlighedens og karrierens navn.