International Bookseller 2-2020

Juli / Fiction
O‘Brien, Edna: Girl.
Set in the countryside of Nigeria, this is a story of
incarceration; a hair-raising escape into the terrors of the
forest; and a descent into the bureaucracy and hostility
awaiting a victim who having been abducted by Boko
Haram, returns home with a child. An unforgettable story
of survival, and faith in the redemption of the human heart.
Main, 240 S, Format 7.795276 in.
ISBN: 978‐0‐571‐34118‐4 (Faber & Faber, London; Faber
& Faber) KT
82 93 93 47 11,45 € (D)
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Parry, Ambrose: The Art of Dying.
Edinburgh, 1849. Hordes of patients are dying across the
city, with doctors finding their remedies powerless. And
a whispering campaign seeks to paint Dr James Simpson,
pioneer of medical chloroform, as a murderer.Determined
to clear Simpson’s name, his protégé Will and former
housemaid Sarah must plunge into Edinburgh’s deadliest
streets and find out who or what is behind the deaths.
Main, Print PDF, 416 S, Format 7.795276 in.
ISBN: 978‐1‐78689‐673‐5 (Canongate Books; Black Thorn)
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82 93 70 68 11,45 € (D)
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Phillips, Julia: Disappearing Earth.
In a story as propulsive as it is emotionally engaging,
and through a young writer‘s virtuosic feat of empathy
and imagination, this powerful novel provides a new
understanding of the intricate bonds of family and
community, in a Russia unlike any we have seen before.
272 S, 0, Format 198 mm. ISBN: 978‐1‐4711‐6952‐6
(Simon & Schuster UK; Scribner UK) KT
82 94 52 95 11,45 € (D)
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Porter, Regina: The Travelers. Die Reisenden.
An astonishing debut novel that bears witness to the Civil
Rights movement, the Vietnam War and the first term of
Obama‘s presidency, THE TRAVELERS is both an intimate
family portrait and a searing examination of America today.
320 S, Format 198 mm. ISBN: 978‐1‐78470‐886‐3
(Random House UK; Vintage) KT
82 93 65 03 11,55 € (D)
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Riley, Lucinda: The Sun Sister. Die sieben Schwestern -
The Seven Sisters – Die Sonnenschwester.
Moving from the frenetic atmosphere of Manhattan to the
magnificent wide-open plains of Africa, The Sun Sister is
the sixth instalment in Lucinda Riley’s multi-million selling
epic series, The Seven Sisters.
Main Market Ed, B‐format paperback, ab 18 J, 848 S,
Format 197 mm. ISBN: 978‐1‐5098‐4015‐1 (Macmillan
Publishers International; Pan) KT
82 93 92 11 11,55 € (D)
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9 781509 840151
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Russo, Richard: Chances Are . . . A novel.
One September day, three men convene on Martha‘s
Vineyard, friends since meeting in college circa the sixties.
They couldn‘t have been more different then, or even
today. But each man holds his own secrets, in addition
to the monumental mystery that none of them has ever
stopped puzzling over since a Memorial Day weekend on
the Vineyard in 1971: the disappearance of the woman
each of them loved.
320 S, Format 8.0000 in. ISBN: 978‐1‐101‐97199‐4
(Penguin Random House; Vintage) KT
83 17 15 82 11,45 € (D)
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Sandu, Cristina: The Union of Synchronised Swimmers.
It‘s summer behind the Iron Curtain and on the wrong side
of a river separating East from West, six girls meet each
day to swim. At first they just play, but as summer draws
to an end, they tear their legs into splits, flick them back
and forth, like herons. The girls soon begin a journey to the
Olympics. But will they come back?
128 S, ISBN: 978‐1‐913348‐23‐6 (Scribe Publications) KT
82 83 04 26 10,45 € (D)
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Scottoline, Lisa: Exposed. Rosato & DiNunzio – A Rosato
& DiNunzio Novel.
Mary DiNunzio wants to represent her old friend Simon
Pensiera, a sales rep who was wrongly fired by his
company, but her partner Bennie Rosato represents the
parent company. When she confronts Mary, explaining this
is a conflict of interest, an epic battle of wills and legal
strategy between the two ensues—ripping the law firm
apart, forcing everyone to take sides.
A‐Format, 368 S, ISBN: 978‐1‐250‐62225‐9 (Macmillan US;
SMP) KT
83 27 32 30 9,00 € (D)
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See, Lisa: The Island of Sea Women.
Mi-ja and Young-sook, two girls living on the Korean island
of Jeju, are best friends that come from very different
backgrounds. When they are old enough, they begin
working in the sea with their village’s all-female diving
collective, led by Young-sook’s mother. As the girls take
up their positions as baby divers, they know they are
beginning a life of excitement, responsibility, and danger.
384 S, Format 198 mm. ISBN: 978‐1‐4711‐8383‐6 (Simon
& Schuster UK; Scribner UK) KT
82 94 53 08 11,45 € (D)
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Sittenfeld, Curtis: Rodham. A Novel.
In 1971, Hillary Rodham is a young woman full of promise.
Life magazine covered her Wellesley commencement
speech, she‘s attending Yale Law School, and she‘s on
the forefront of student activism and the women‘s rights
movement. Then she meets a fellow law student named Bill
Clinton.
432 S, Format 9.2000 in. ISBN: 978‐0‐593‐23052‐7
(Penguin Random House; Random House) KT
83 17 57 68 18,00 € (D)
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9 780593 230527
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