.1913. Il giovane Mieczyslaw, malato di polmoni, arriva a Görbersdorf, noto centro di cure della Bassa Slesia, ed entra subito a far parte della piccola variegata comunità che aspetta la guarigione - o altro - passeggiando, conversando, mangiando e bevendo saporose specialità locali. Filosofia, amore, arte, guerra, e poi le donne, sempre le donne: questi i temi prediletti dai suoi compagni di pensione e terapia. Nella pensione in cui M. abita succedono strane cose: la moglie del proprietario è appena morta in circostanze misteriose, e il ragazzo è attratto dalla sua stanza, dalla sua storia. Ma anche altre storie lo avvincono: per esempio la leggenda locale che vuole che nei boschi riposino singolari creature terrigne, calde e seducenti quanto feroci. Ancora donne. E mentre tra chiacchiere, potenti cordiali alle erbe, confidenze e tirate fanatiche i suoi compagni di ventura cercano di allontanare i presagi di morte che li accerchiano, M. scoprirà l'attrazione che lo lega a Thilo, giovanissimo artista, e le sfumature di slanci e sentimenti che lo abitano, lo fanno inimitabile, forse lo salveranno. Olga Tokarczuk rivisita certe atmosfere alla Thomas Mann, torna al tema amato della natura e del suo potere, irride i triti rituali dell'amicizia al maschile e tratteggia un ritratto di giovane pensoso che nel dolore e nella paura impara a crescere e a credere in ciò che è.

A East Grasby, il sole è trainato da una parte all'altra del cielo da un maggiolino capriccioso e i morti hanno il vizio di svegliarsi spesso nelle loro tombe non tanto per miracolo, ma per l'ostinazione a risolvere questioni rimaste in sospeso.Ai margini del villaggio, in una piccola fattoria malconcia, vivono i coniugi Nagg, uniti, più che dal vincolo del matrimonio, da quello del sacro evitamento reciproco. Isabella Nagg conduce la sua esistenza nel modo ostinatamente ripetitivo di chi si limita a sopravvivere, dedicandosi soltanto alla preparazione di miseri pasti e alla cura di una pianta di basilico, capace di prosperare anche nelle condizioni più avverse. Così, quando il signor Nagg si presenta a casa con un libro di incantesimi rubato a Bagdemagus, lo stregone del villaggio, Isabella intravede la speranza di varcare una soglia fino ad allora non quella dell'eroismo, ma quella della disobbedienza.Tra incantesimi mal riusciti, animali parlanti, frutti velenosi e goblin capitalisti, Isabella Nagg e il vaso di basilico è un romanzo brillante e surreale, a tratti malinconico e comicamente disperato, un cozy fantasy che mostra come i libri possono cambiare la vita, ma i libri di magia possono cambiare ogni cosa.

A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes. After a lifetime of bounties and bloodshed, Viv is hanging up her sword for the last time. The battle-weary orc aims to start fresh, opening the first ever coffee shop in the city of Thune. But old and new rivals stand in the way of success—not to mention the fact that no one has the faintest idea what coffee actually is. If Viv wants to put the blade behind her and make her plans a reality, she won't be able to go it alone. But the true rewards of the uncharted path are the travelers you meet along the way. And whether drawn together by ancient magic, flaky pastry, or a freshly brewed cup, they may become partners, family, and something deeper than she ever could have dreamed.

The day after they moved in, Coraline went exploring.... In Coraline's family's new flat are twenty-one windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close. The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side is only a brick wall, until the day Coraline unlocks the door to find a passage to another flat in another house just like her own. Only it's different. At first, things seem marvelous in the other flat. The food is better. The toy box is filled with wind-up angels that flutter around the bedroom, books whose pictures writhe and crawl and shimmer, little dinosaur skulls that chatter their teeth. But there's another mother, and another father, and they want Coraline to stay with them and be their little girl. They want to change her and never let her go. Other children are trapped there as well, lost souls behind the mirrors. Coraline is their only hope of rescue. She will have to fight with all her wits and all the tools she can find if she is to save the lost children, her ordinary life, and herself. Critically acclaimed and award-winning author Neil Gaiman will delight readers with his first novel for all ages.

"Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again..." Ancient, beautiful Manderley, between the rose garden and the sea, is the county's showpiece. Rebecca made it so - even a year after her death, Rebecca's influence still rules there. How can Maxim de Winter's shy new bride ever fill her place or escape her vital shadow? A shadow that grows longer and darker as the brief summer fades, until, in a moment of climatic revelations, it threatens to eclipse Manderley and its inhabitants completely...

The creeping horror of Paul Tremblay meets Tommy Orange’s There There in a dark novel of revenge, cultural identity, and the cost of breaking from tradition in this latest novel from the Jordan Peele of horror literature, Stephen Graham Jones. Seamlessly blending classic horror and a dramatic narrative with sharp social commentary, The Only Good Indians follows four American Indian men after a disturbing event from their youth puts them in a desperate struggle for their lives. Tracked by an entity bent on revenge, these childhood friends are helpless as the culture and traditions they left behind catch up to them in a violent, vengeful way.

Elspeth needs a monster. The monster might be her. Elspeth Spindle needs more than luck to stay safe in the eerie, mist-locked kingdom of Blunder—she needs a monster. She calls him the Nightmare, an ancient, mercurial spirit trapped in her head. He protects her. He keeps her secrets. But nothing comes for free, especially magic. When Elspeth meets a mysterious highwayman on the forest road, her life takes a drastic turn. Thrust into a world of shadow and deception, she joins a dangerous quest to cure Blunder from the dark magic infecting it. And the highwayman? He just so happens to be the King’s nephew, Captain of the most dangerous men in Blunder…and guilty of high treason. Together they must gather twelve Providence Cards—the keys to the cure. But as the stakes heighten and their undeniable attraction intensifies, Elspeth is forced to face her darkest secret yet: the Nightmare is slowly taking over her mind. And she might not be able to stop him.

A world divided. A queendom without an heir. An ancient enemy awakens.The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction – but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.Across the dark sea, Tané has trained to be a dragonrider since she was a child, but is forced to make a choice that could see her life unravel.Meanwhile, the divided East and West refuse to parley, and forces of chaos are rising from their sleep.

From highly acclaimed, bestselling author Ava Reid comes a gothic horror retelling of The Juniper Tree, set in another time and place within the world of The Wolf and the Woodsman, where a young witch seeks to discover her identity and escape the domination of her abusive wizard father, perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Catherynne M. Valente. A gruesome curse. A city in upheaval. A monster with unquenchable appetites. Marlinchen and her two sisters live with their wizard father in a city shifting from magic to industry. As Oblya’s last true witches, she and her sisters are little more than a tourist trap as they treat their clients with archaic remedies and beguile them with nostalgic charm. Marlinchen spends her days divining secrets in exchange for rubles and trying to placate her tyrannical, xenophobic father, who keeps his daughters sequestered from the outside world. But at night, Marlinchen and her sisters sneak out to enjoy the city’s amenities and revel in its thrills, particularly the recently established ballet theater, where Marlinchen meets a dancer who quickly captures her heart. As Marlinchen’s late-night trysts grow more fervent and frequent, so does the threat of her father’s rage and magic. And while Oblya flourishes with culture and bustles with enterprise, a monster lurks in its midst, borne of intolerance and resentment and suffused with old-world power. Caught between history and progress and blood and desire, Marlinchen must draw upon her own magic to keep her city safe and find her place within it.