Bøger af Tim Finch

Edvard Behrens è uno stimato diplomatico di lungo corso, famoso per il suo lavoro di mediazione nell'ambito dei negoziati di pace internazionali. Grazie ai suoi interventi, atrocità inimmaginabili vengono messe sul tavolo e analizzate con rigore esemplare; confini ancestrali e invisibili, sconvolti e deteriorati dai conflitti, vengono riscritti. Per lavorare al suo ultimo incarico, Edvard soggiorna in un hotel di lusso non meglio specificato in Tirolo. Lì, in alta montagna, respira un'aria pura e incontaminata. Nei momenti di tregua dal lavoro, Edvard legge, passeggia, ascolta musica. La sua unica confidente è la moglie Anna. Anna, il suo grande amore; Anna, sempre al suo fianco, eppure irrimediabilmente assente. "Colloqui di pace" parla di amore, di dolore, del nostro inalienabile desiderio di pace, e così facendo traccia una topografia dei luoghi più intimi e oscuri dell'animo umano.

Welcome to the House of Journalists. Who are you and what is your story?These are the questions that confront newcomers to the House of Journalists, the internationally renowned refuge for writers in exile at the center of this haunting Orwellian novel. Home to a select group of fellows, the House is located in a fashionable London terrace. But just how stable is this hallowed institution? Julian Snowman, the obsessive founder and chair, sees the threat of dissolution at every turn. Perhaps this explains why petty rules and restrictions abide: men live in one wing, women in the other; smoking is restricted to the central courtyard; tea is optional, but everyone attends.As the fellows strive to remake their lives, they are urged to share their tales. Epic and intimate by turns, these stories-of courage, tragedy, and shame-become a mesmerizing chorus of voices in search of home. Among the fellows are Mustapha, who yearns for the family he tore himself from when he resisted a coup; Agnes, a photojournalist implicated in a brutal civil war; Sonny, a slight figure with don't-mess-with-me hair, who describes a harrowing escape across continents; Edson, who perilously confides his story to his writing mentor; and Mr. Stan, who draws on the noxious cigarettes of his home island, despite having been tortured there.Only one man manages to guard his past: the mysterious new fellow AA, whose secrecy ratchets up Julian's paranoia. Julian suspects that AA is conspiring with a celebrated visiting writer to bring down the House. In fact, AA is planning something else entirely.A world as beguiling as it is disturbing, Tim Finch's The House of Journalists is a novel of heartbreak, humanity, and wit, and announces the arrival of a striking new voice in fiction.

A fashionable house in a London terrace, the House of Journalists is renowned around the world as a place of refuge for exiled writers who have fallen foul of oppressive regimes. Run by Julian Snowman, successful writer and broadcaster, its fellows include the newspaper editor Mr Stan whose hands were smashed with hammers;