Лиричный роман о том, что прекрасные мгновения вплетены в ткань жизни. Молодой писатель пишет письмо-исповедь неграмотной матери и вспоминает семейную историю, хрупкую первую любовь, поиски себя и попытки остаться собой несмотря на жестокость мира. Оушен Вуонг – молодой, но уже знаменитый поэт и эссеист, лауреат множества поэтических премий. Вуонг родился в 1988 году в Хошимине, в возрасте двух лет попал в лагерь беженцев на Филиппинах, а оттуда – в США. Первым в своей большой семье научился читать – в одиннадцать лет. Дзен-буддист. Начал публиковаться и получил признание как поэт. Его стихи печатали в различных журналах, включая «Нью-йоркер» и «Нью-Йорк Таймс». Неоднократно получал престижные поэтические премии и стипендии. Первый роман опубликовал в 2019 году. После публикации романа получил престижную стипендию фонда Мак-Артура.
Лиричный, нежный и полный сострадания роман молодого американо-вьетнамского поэта Оушена Вуонга вошел в шорт-листы нескольких литературных премий и получил New England Book Award и National Book Award. Герой романа, молодой американский писатель, пишет письмо своей матери – неграмотной иммигрантке из послевоенного Вьетнама. В этом письме трудная семейная история, боль и утраты взросления, глубокое исследование силы слов. Среди непонимания, немоты, попыток выжить и поисков себя герои сохраняют жажду жизни, способность любить и видеть красоту в кратких мгновениях. На русском языке публикуется впервые.
…И тут я наконец осознал: вокруг меня – кромешная тьма. Ни лучика света. Двери лифта все так же беззвучно затворились у меня за спиной, и эта тьма стала черной, как битумный лак. Я не различал даже собственных рук. Музыка тоже исчезла. В зябком воздухе едко пахло какой-то хиной. И в этой кромешной тьме я стоял, не дыша, совершенно один. «Дэнс, дэнс, дэнс» (1988) – заключительный роман культовой «Трилогии Крысы» классика современной японской литературы Харуки Мураками, начатой романами «Слушай песню ветра». «Пинбол 1973» и «Охота на овец». Создана при участии департамента Аудиокнига (АСТ)
Protagonist is a disgraced hockey player who acknowledges and discusses the negative side of the professional hockey world and how it changed him, including the violence, drugs, and brain damage Novel also explores other themes, including drug cartels, rattlesnake farming, small-town living, and family Protagonist is a Canadian playing hockey in the States Author has two previous novels, and his writing has been compared to John Irving The title refers to a travelling game that the protagonist is introduced to by the family he’s staying with
After they were locked up abroad, Swag, Tyler, and Travis have successfully made it out of Brazil with the help of the Hernandez Cartel. Now they’re on a new adventure in San Jose, Costa Rica, where they are taking orders from a much deadlier and beautiful nightmare, King Kia Costello. At first things in Costa Rica are pleasurable, until blood is shed, friend turns against friend, and jealousy comes into play when Swag catches the interest of someone else. Come join Sherrod Tunstall as he takes you on another wild ride with this story of global love, murder, deceit, and payback<B>. </B> <BR />  
When Desiree Johnson receives an unexpected call from her brother, Ernest, Jr., about their father, she and her sixteen-year-old son, Tyree, pack up and rush to her family’s summer home in Idlewild. Desiree hasn’t been to Michigan in over seventeen years, but when her family calls, she feels she has no choice but to answer.<BR />  <BR /> Arriving in the beautiful town, Desiree quickly realizes that no matter how long she has stayed away, the place still holds a special place in her heart. As the summer heats up, Desiree struggles to balance the joy of returning to the community that shaped her childhood with the overwhelming memories of the love and pain she suffered the last summer she spent there.<BR />  <BR /> Tyson Rockwell is taken aback by Desiree’s return. Their relationship might have lasted only a few months each summer, but their connection was powerful. Tyson might have succumbed to family pressure and let Desiree go once before, but now that she’s back, he vows it will not happen again. He needs to prove to Desiree that he never stopped loving her. The problem is that Tyson is now married with children. <BR />  <BR /> Desiree’s siblings, Donna and Ernest, Jr., have their own share of childhood secrets and adult scandals. Donna is recovering from addiction and convinced her sister’s return is all about their ailing father’s money She wants to send Desiree a message—go back where you came from or I’ll ruin you. Ernest, Jr. is determined to take his rightful place as their father’s heir-apparent, and he'll do whatever it takes to keep himself at the top, even if it means backstabbing his siblings and making sure his father never recovers.<BR />  <BR /> As the summer heats up, Desiree finds herself in the midst of jealousy, piling secrets, and strong, unexpected feelings for another woman’s husband. Will she stand and face it all, or will she run like she did so many years ago?<BR />  
Mika works in law enforcement and is married to one of the most distinguished detectives on the police force. While everything looks good on the outside, Mika’s home life is anything but normal.<BR /><BR /> With a controlling, two-timing husband, she buries herself into her career. She soon crosses paths with Jakeel, an ex-con fresh out of prison. The jovial jailbird piques her interest, and Mika soon forgets that there are certain lines you just don’t cross. Playing a risky game, she finds herself in a very dangerous situation, playing with two men on opposite sides of the law. Can Mika walk away, or will she make a move that could lead to murder and mayhem in her once quiet life?<BR />  
Sometimes death births new life, and that is fact for sisters Rhonnie and Ahli Malone. After facing the wrath of Madame, the young women take on the job of being security detail for none other than Sadie Thomas, the head of The Last Kings. With a new drug, Vita E Morte doing numbers under her belt, it is apparent that Sadie has plans to distribute it all over the United States. However, after seeing the deadly side effects of the drug, Sadie agrees to get rid of the formula and take it off the market for good. Only… somebody doesn’t want her to. In fact, they’ll do anything to get the formula for themselves, including taking out the leader of The Last Kings.           With a phantom gunning for her head and her own camp’s loyalty being tested, Rhonnie and Ahli are the only ones that Sadie can trust with the location of the formula—Trap Street. It’s a place only spoken of in hood myth. Legend is that not only is Trap Street a neutral ground for the most elite hustlers, but it a fortress for their secrets. Once there, the only objective is to destroy the formula for Vita E Morte so no one can ever sell or take it again, but not even Sadie is prepared for the gory nightmare that awaits her.
Джай живет в басти – в индийских трущобах безымянного города – с родителями и сестрой. Их жизнь окутана бесконечным смогом, нищетой и трудностями, но Джай не унывает и, как любой мальчишка, всегда успевает найти приключения. Когда в басти начинают таинственно пропадать дети, Джай с друзьями решают провести собственное расследование – ведь полиция бездействует, а он видел так много фильмов про детективов, что лучше него с этим делом не справиться никому. Джай, Пари и Фаиз опрашивают свидетелей, бегают по базару и строят догадки. Но по мере того как смог густеет, зима вступает в свои права, а список пропавших растет, атмосфера меняется. Может ли быть так, что Джай и сам угодит в ловушку, и джинны заберут его навсегда?