Kemi wird im Ferienlager Teil einer Gruppe unterschiedlichster Jugendlicher und Betreuer. Und er trifft auf Jörg, der irgendwie andersiger ist, für den sich Kemi aber sehr interessiert. Er beobachtet genau, was die anderen mit Jörg machen und wie in der Gruppe langsam alles eskaliert. Wie weit? In seinen Träumen begegnet Kemi einem Wolf, seiner eigenen Angst. Er lernt, mit dem Wolf zu leben und mutig zu sein.

Kaveh Akbar’s Martyr! is a paean to how we spend our lives seeking meaning—in faith, art, ourselves, others—in which a newly sober, orphaned son of Iranian immigrants, guided by the voices of artists, poets, and kings, embarks on a search that leads him to a terminally ill painter living out her final days in the Brooklyn Museum. Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother’s plane was shot down over the skies of Tehran in a senseless accident; and his father’s life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past—toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the Angel of death to inspire and comfort the dying, and toward his mother, through a painting discovered in a Brooklyn art gallery that suggests she may not have been who or what she seemed. Electrifying, funny, wholly original, and profound, Martyr! heralds the arrival of a blazing and essential new voice in contemporary fiction.

Kemi wird im Ferienlager Teil einer Gruppe unterschiedlichster Jugendlicher und Betreuer. Und er trifft auf Jörg, der irgendwie andersiger ist, für den sich Kemi aber sehr interessiert. Er beobachtet genau, was die anderen mit Jörg machen und wie in der Gruppe langsam alles eskaliert. Wie weit? In seinen Träumen begegnet Kemi einem Wolf, seiner eigenen Angst. Er lernt, mit dem Wolf zu leben und mutig zu sein.

Mona drar opp munnvikene. Prøver å legge ansiktet i blide folder, kvitte seg med det bistre draget rundt munnen. Hun vet at hun ikke ser snill ut. Det er livet som har preget henne. På et eller annet tidspunkt festet sorgene og skuffelsene seg til ansiktet hennes, og det hender hun lurer på om hun kunne forhindret det, den gangen for tjue-tretti år siden. Ikke med botox, selvfølgelig, men med en lysere innstilling til det hele. Mona nærmer seg pensjonsalderen. Hun er litt for tykk, unngår motbakker og foretrekker sofaen framfor helsestudio. En kveld overmannes hun av skyhøyt blodtrykk og et sterkt ubehag. Selv er hun redd hun har fått et hjerteinfarkt, men den unge legen kaller det panikkanfall. Hun har nettopp fått vite at hun skal bli bestemor. Da sønnen og den gravide svigerdatteren Alma, eller allmama, som hun har begynt å kalle seg på Instagram, får vannlekkasje hjemme, må de bo hos Mona en periode. De flytter inn med kofferter og stappfulle bager, og rotet i den lille leiligheten vokser parallelt med Monas irritasjon. For å avreagere oppretter hun sin egen, hemmelige instagram-konto: evilgrandma65. Endelig har hun funnet en kanal der hun kan si sin hjertens mening uten å tenke på konsekvensene. Hvor kommer raseriet til de gamle damene fra? Evil grandma er en frydefullt infam roman om forventninger til kvinnerollen etter overgangsalderen - og om hva som skal til for at en video går viralt.

A legendary competition. A mesmerizing romance. An unbreakable bond between two sisters. Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval—the faraway, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show—are over. But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner. Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. Nevertheless she becomes enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic. And whether Caraval is real or not, Scarlett must find Tella before the five nights of the game are over or a dangerous domino effect of consequences will be set off, and her beloved sister will disappear forever. Welcome, welcome to Caraval . . . beware of getting swept too far away.

When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her. Beautifully written, Water for Elephants is illuminated by a wonderful sense of time and place. It tells a story of a love between two people that overcomes incredible odds in a world in which even love is a luxury that few can afford.