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Frances und ihre Freundin Bobbi, Studentinnen in Dublin, lernen das gut zehn Jahre ältere Ehepaar Melissa und Nick kennen. Sie treffen sich bei Events, zum Essen, führen Gespräche. Persönlich und online diskutieren sie über Sex und Freundschaft, Kunst und Literatur, Politik und Genderfragen und, natürlich, über sich selbst. Während Bobbi von Melissa fasziniert ist, fühlt sich Frances immer stärker zu Nick hingezogen ... Ein intensiver Roman über Intimität, Untreue und die Möglichkeit der Liebe, eine hinreißende, kluge Antwort auf die Frage, wie es ist, heute jung und weiblich zu sein.

Nach »Kaffee und Zigaretten« und »Nachmittage« - der neue große Erzählband von Bestsellerautor Ferdinand von Schirach.Ferdinand von Schirach schreibt über die Verletzlichkeit des Menschen, über seine Triumphe und sein Scheitern. Seine Geschichten erzählen von der upper class und von Aristokraten, vom Tod und von Verbrechen, von Musik, Film, Malerei und Philosophie. Sie spielen in Berlin, Kapstadt, Rom, Wien und an der Côte d´Azur. Sie berichten von privaten Begegnungen, von historischen Ereignissen und von Persönlichkeiten wie dem Tennisspieler Gottfried von Cramm, dem Architekten Adolf Loos oder dem Wiener Schriftsteller, Schauspieler und Kulturphilosophen Egon Friedell. Und immer wieder erzählt sein neues Buch »Der stille Freund« von Zufällen, die ein Leben unaufhaltsam verändern, von der Unbegreiflichkeit und Großartigkeit des Menschen, von der Unsicherheit des Daseins und der Sehnsucht nach Schutz, Sicherheit und Freiheit.

Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 176, Publishers: Insight Editions, ISBN-13: 9798886639711, Date of issue: 2025

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If Rintaro falls prey to eye candy, he could die. So it's just his luck that Mell, his new arcade buddy, happens to be the heavenly ruling tiger, one of the few girls who can hold her own against the dragons. But when the dragon of storming jade, Rino, appears with her own agenda, it seems that she and Mell harbor a deep dark past--and now Rintaro's at the center of it...! It's a girl-ridden panic with no sign of escape! Autorid: Tsuyoshi Watanabe

Ausgezeichnet mit dem Literaturnobelpreis 2020Averno ist der Name eines vulkanischen Kratersees in der Nähe von Neapel. Für die alten Römer war hier der Eingang zur Unterwelt. Die Mythologie, die Natur, der Mensch zwischen Liebe, Leben und Tod - das sind die Themen der mit zahlreichen Preisen ausgezeichneten amerikanischen Dichterin Louise Glück. 2020 erhielt sie den Literaturnobelpreis »für ihre unverkennbare poetische Stimme, die mit strenger Schönheit die individuelle Existenz universell macht«.Zweisprachige Ausgabe. Ins Deutsche übertragen von Ulrike Draesner

This book is a practical guide to OpenAI's revolutionary language model that will help you learn to craft effective prompts, explore real-world applications, and overcome AI challenges. It offers case studies, creative strategies, and advanced techn

Discover how today's amazing inventions and technologies work while developing your coding skills Recreate the technology that lives in space technology with code. Learn aboutgravity, create a jetpack game, program a spaceship's return to Earth and much more! Each book goes inside a different machine or technology and explains the key computer code and systems that are controlling them. Step-by-step activities teach you how to create your own versions of these machines on screen, and bring them to life - with code! The focus is placed on modern technologies that actually use code to work, rather than looking back at steam engines, etc. This will keep the practice of coding firmly in the contemporary. The series uses Scratch as the coding language, as this is still the most used, user-friendly and flexible in building projects, however no prior experience of Scratch is expected and each book will include an introduction to Scratch. Perfect for exploring STEAM and other high-interest topics. Great for reader 9 and up.

"A White pastor and a Black pastor, close friends who have each built racially diverse congregations, offer a model Christians can follow to open necessary conversations about race, encourage unity, and foster mutual respect to heal a wounded nation riven by racial tension and political tribalism"-- A White pastor and a Black pastor, close friends who have each built racially diverse congregations, offer a model Christians can follow to open necessary conversations about race, encourage unity, and foster mutual respect to heal a wounded nation riven by racial tension and political tribalism.For years, Pastors John Siebeling and Wayne Francis have led thriving congregations that are the embodiment of diversity; Siebeling in Memphis and Francis in New York City. Many churches and leaders have sought their counsel, hoping to emulate their success. At the height of the Black Lives Matter protests in Summer 2020, they pooled their insights and experiences to help others facilitate conversations about racism. The guide they developed is the basis of God and Race. Siebeling and Francis examine the White-Black tension from both perspectives and answer all the uncomfortable questions we’re afraid to ask—regarding ourselves, our families, our work and relationships, and the church. Most important, they provide practical steps anyone can take to become part of the solution. Whether you are a church leader or just a caring person who wants to make a difference, God and Race provides inspiration and guidance to help you become an agent of reconciliation and change. These two wise pastors teach you how to find your voice and join Jesus in healing, to help bring our divided communities together with open minds, open hearts, and open hands.Many Christian books on race either do not ask the hard questions or, if they do, speak as critics outside the mainstream church. Siebeling and Francis probe the meaning of racial reconciliation and reveal how the church can be a positive and effective leader to move us forward, beyond hate and injustice, to equality and love.

A moving and inspiring nonfiction picture book about Jackie Robinson’s court martial trial—an important lesser-known moment in his lifetime of fighting prejudice with strength and grace. Students who have been introduced to this American hero from such books as Brad Meltzer's I Am Jackie Robinson can take a deeper look at a key event in his life with The United States v. Jackie Robinson.Jackie Robinson broke boundaries as the first African American player in Major League Baseball. But long before Jackie changed the world in a Dodger uniform, he did it in an army uniform.As a soldier during World War II, Jackie experienced segregation every day—separate places for black soldiers to sit, to eat, and to live. When the army outlawed segregation on military posts and buses, things were supposed to change. So when Jackie was ordered by a white bus driver to move to the back of a military bus, he refused. Instead of defending Jackie’s rights, the military police took him to trial. But Jackie would stand up for what was right, even when it was difficult to do.This nonfiction picture book is a strong choice for sharing at home or in the classroom—as Booklist noted: "A story that will appeal to both baseball fans and those looking for an interesting way to highlight lesser-known aspects of the fight for civil rights.”With an author's note, a timeline, bibliography, and more, this book offers helpful resources for readers, teachers, and librarians to find out more about Jackie Robinson and the history of civil rights in the US.

The sky was once so close to the Earth that people cut parts of it to eat, but their waste and greed caused the sky to move far away.

Just one man can make all the difference . . . 1931, Lancashire: When Finn Carlisle loses his wife and unborn child, he spends a few years travelling to keep the sad memories at bay. Just as he's ready to settle down again, his great-uncle dies and leaves everything to him. This includes Heythorpe House in Ellindale just down the road from Leah Willcox and her little fizzy drink factory. Finn finds a village of people in dire need of jobs, a house that hasn't been cleaned or lived in for thirty years and Reggie, an eleven-year-old who's run away from the nearby orphanage and its brutal Director Buddle. When Finn sees the marks left by regular beatings, he decides Reggie will never go back there. But Buddle has other plans for the child, and will stop at nothing to get Reggie back in his cruel grasp. Finn's new neighbours help him save Reggie but other surprises throw his new plans into turmoil. *********** Praise for the Ellindale series 'One of the most lovely and heartwarming books I have ever read!' - 5 STARS - Between the Pages 'A book of family, love, friendship and loyalty' - 5 STARS - Stardust Book Reviews 'I was gripped from the very first word on the very first page and I wasn't released until the last word on the last page . . . When I finished I felt like I had been through an emotional wringer' - 5 STARS - Ginger Book Geek *********** What readers are saying about ONE KIND MAN 'Brilliant' - 5-STARS 'Loved it, can't wait for the next one' - 5-STARS 'Another excellent read from Anna Jacobs' - 5-STARS Autorid: Anna Jacobs

Euripides II contains the plays &;Andromache,&; translated by Deborah Roberts; &;Hecuba,&; translated by William Arrowsmith; &;The Suppliant Women,&; translated by Frank William Jones; and &;Electra,&; translated by Emily Townsend Vermeule. Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek tragedies that would be the ultimate resource for teachers, students, and readers. They succeeded. Under the expert management of eminent classicists David Grene and Richmond Lattimore, those translations combined accuracy, poetic immediacy, and clarity of presentation to render the surviving masterpieces of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides in an English so lively and compelling that they remain the standard translations. Today, Chicago is taking pains to ensure that our Greek tragedies remain the leading English-language versions throughout the twenty-first century. In this highly anticipated third edition, Mark Griffith and Glenn W. Most have carefully updated the translations to bring them even closer to the ancient Greek while retaining the vibrancy for which our English versions are famous. This edition also includes brand-new translations of Euripides&; Medea, The Children of Heracles, Andromache, and Iphigenia among the Taurians, fragments of lost plays by Aeschylus, and the surviving portion of Sophocles&;s satyr-drama The Trackers. New introductions for each play offer essential information about its first production, plot, and reception in antiquity and beyond. In addition, each volume includes an introduction to the life and work of its tragedian, as well as notes addressing textual uncertainties and a glossary of names and places mentioned in the plays. In addition to the new content, the volumes have been reorganized both within and between volumes to reflect the most up-to-date scholarship on the order in which the plays were originally written. The result is a set of handsome paperbacks destined to introduce new generations of readers to these foundational works of Western drama, art, and life. Autorid: Euripides, Mark Griffith, Glenn W. Most, David Grene, Richmond Lattimore

Celebrate Christmas the zero-waste way with these crafty solutions for everything from Christmas tree decorations to advent calendars. The zero-waste movement is huge and this collection of crafty ideas will help you to create your own zero waste solutions for a sustainable Christmas. It's time to reclaim Christmas - this collection is all about using the things around you to bring festive cheer to your home. It's about crafting and creating together and using what you've got to make unique, unusual items that you can enjoy year after year. By crafting your zero-waste Christmas you are also creating memories ; something that cannot be bought online. Upcycling and reuse gurus Emma Friedlander-Collins and Christine Leech show you how to turn Christmas into a zero-waste experience with step-by-step instructions and some clever crafting. Whether you're a committed crafter or new to making, there is something for everyone no matter what your skill level is. Choose from projects and tutorials for a sustainable Christmas including sewing, crochet, upcycling and reuse ideas. You don't need to have lots of craft skills to create these projects, there are step-by-step instructions for each one. There are also instructions for the basic craft techniques such as crochet and embroidery so you can get stuck in straightaway. There are four different Christmas themed chapters: Hot; Frosty; Skandi and Retro so you pick your favourite style or mix and match for festive mash-up! Projects include Coffee Cup Baubles; a minimalist wreath made using an old cake tin; a milk carton advent calendar and some magical fairy lights made using takeaway containers. Choose your favourite projects from this collection of 24 projects including no-waste decorations for the tree and zero-waste gift wrap. Packed full of original ideas, Zero Waste: Christmas will help you to celebrate the zero-waste way and improve your efforts to reduce, reuse and recycle while at the same time having fun. Autorid: Emma Friedlander-Collins, Christine Leech

Crochet your own Pikachu and five other Pokémon! Which is the most popular Pokémon? Why Pikachu of course! With clear, easy to follow, step-by-step instructions, this kit gives you not just the information that you need to make your very own Pikachu amigurumi-Japanese stuffed toy-but also all the yarns and materials. It will take anyone-even a beginner-through the process right from the first steps, all the way through to stuffing and assembly. When you've finished, you'll have your very own Pikachu. That's not all! In addition, the accompanying book contains the details you'll need to crochet five other popular Pokémon amigurumi: Eevee, Jigglypuff, Vulpix, Snorlax and Psyduck. When you've finished, you'll have your very own set of lovable Pokémon plushies. But beware! Making these plushies is so much fun-the more you make, the more you'll want. And so will everyone else who sees them! Crochet fans will love making these plushies-for themselves, for kids, and for gifting. Every Pokémon fan will want their own figures, and every crafter will be begged to make them by everyone who sees them. The box contains: 48-page book containing patterns to create Pikachu and five companions crochet hook yarns of the correct colors to create Pikachu stuffing felt for detailing glue sewing needle Author Sabrina Somers has been a Pokémon fan since she was nine, and an amigurumi aficionado since 2014 when she first picked up the crochet hooks. She combines both passions to perfection in this box that combines instruction with invention. Officially licensed by The Pokémon Company International. © 2021 PokémonTM ® Nintendo. Autorid: Sabrina Somers

Dave Barbarossa was given his monicker by no less a music industry luminary than Malcolm McLaren, and from that point on it was clear that his was to be a life less ordinary. And so it has proved. Now with 'Mute' - his second novel that follows the success of his debut 'Mud Sharks' - the former drummer with Adam & the Ants, Bow Wow Wow and Republica draws on his long experience of both life itself, and more particularly a life on the road, to create a world that is authentic, heartfelt and full of insight. 'Mute' will be published on 14 November 2025 by Astral Horizon Press. 'Mud Sharks' was hailed as "A formidable coming-of-age tale of salvation through punk from lifeless '70s London" by Eamonn Forde in Q. Louder Than War's Lizzie Alderdice enjoyed, "A cracking good read!" Lara Reinberger, of Vive Le Rock, hailed an "Intense true-to-life story about the reality of life behind the trappings fame" from an influential musician but also a gifted writer". Nor was the praise restricted to the media. Roland Gift, musician and actor, said, "'Mud Sharks' takes me back to the London I first knew, before skinny lattes and nouvelle cuisine, when a cafe was a caff, bars were pubs, and UKIP were the National Front. I've missed it". The author Max Decharne said, "Most musicians can't write, and most writers make lousy musicians, but Dave Barbarossa is the exception that proves the rule. Drawing on his years of experience in the music business, he has crafted a superbly human novel that's shot through with authenticity. A cracking debut". The new novel 'Mute' also stands in the twilight liminal zone between fiction and reality, between fiction and autobiography and, despite the title, Dave has a lot to say. They say, "write what you know", and in this searing and essential novel he has done just that. Dave Barbarossa himself says of the book, "'Mute' is set in a band in the late '90s. Daniel is the keyboard player coerced by Torin, his coke-driven, misogynistic rich kid of a lead singer into destroying his band, loyalties and morals. Ultimately, redemption and justice prevail. The undercurrent in this story is Daniel's relationship with his mother, a damaged person, a liability, but with an unstinting love and care of him". 'Mute' is a story about rock'n'roll, and the lies we tell ourselves to keep going - until we stop. Autorid: Dave Barbarossa

Eskaro terrassiõli Terrace Aqua on vesialuselise õli baasil terrassiõli puitpindade kaitseks ja dekoratiivtöötluseks. Õli imbub sügavale, tekitades vetthülgava kihi puidu poorides ja kapillaarides. Töödeldud pind on dekoratiivne, mustust hülgav ja vastupidav lõhenemisele. Toode sisaldab karestusaineid, mis vähendavad töödeldud puitpinna libedust.Kasutuskoht:Puittoodete ja -konstruktsioonide töötlemiseks: terrassid, laudised, purded, käsipuud, trepid, sillad, piirded jne. Sobib kütteta ruumides ja varikatuste all olevate puitpindade ning puitkonstruktsioonide töötlemiseks. Ennetamaks puidu pleekimist on soovitav välistöödel kasutada toonitud õli või eeltoonitud õlisid Terrace Aqua brown ja palisander. Sise- ja välistöödeks. Mitte kasutada lakitud ja värvitud pindadel. Mitte kasutada biokahjustustega pindadel.Kasutatakse varem õlitatud või surveimmutatud ning igat liiki töötlemata puitpindade kaitseks. Sobib hästi hööveldatud puidu töötlemiseks.• Katvus: 8-13 m²/l• Kuivamisaeg (+20°C; RH 50%): 16-24 tundi• Töövahendid: pintsel, käsn• Valmistoon: pruun• Värvimistingimused: töötemperatuur peab olema üle +5°C ja suhteline õhuniiskus kuni 80%

Der Mikrobiologe Paul Bálint feiert mit ehemaligen Kollegen in Paris seinen 80. Geburtstag. Er wird geehrt und spürt zugleich, dass die Feier auch ein Abschied ist. Er befindet sich, so sein Freund Steinberg, an der Schwelle zwischen dem "jungen Alter" und dem "alten Alter" - einer Phase, in der nichts mehr selbstverständlich ist und sich die Vergänglichkeit in allen Dingen bemerkbar macht. Doch statt sich nur mit dem Verlust zu beschäftigen, will Bálint die neue Lebensphase erkunden wie ein unbekanntes Land: Was bedeutet das Alter für den Körper, die Erinnerung, das Gefühl für das Selbst und die Zeit, für das Verhältnis zu den Mitmenschen, den lebenden wie den toten? Je mehr er sich mit dem Alter beschäftigt, desto deutlicher zeigt sich ihm ein Leben voller neuer Möglichkeiten. Es bietet ihm zudem die große Freiheit, sich ohne Rücksicht auf Konventionen und wissenschaftliche Regeln einen eigenen Reim auf die heutige Welt und ihre Veränderung zu machen.

?A heartbreaking and bittersweet novel about the need for queer joy even in the midst of the horrors of war. The ending had me in tears.??Malinda Lo, New York Times bestselling and National Book Award?winning author of Last Night at the Telegraph ClubFor fans of Ruta Sepetys and Malinda Lo, a heart-wrenching queer historical YA romance set in the Swing Youth movement of World War II BerlinCharlotte Kraus would follow Angelika Haas anywhere. Which is how she finds herself in an underground club one Friday night the summer before World War II, dancing to contraband American jazz and swing music, suddenly feeling that anything might be possible.Unable to resist the allure of sharing this secret with Geli, Charlie returns to the club again and again, despite the dangers of breaking the Nazi Party's rules. Soon, terrified by the tightening vise of Hitler's power, Charlie and the other Swingjugend are drawn to larger and larger acts of rebellion. But the war will test how much they are willing to risk?and to lose.From the critically acclaimed author of Who I Was with Her, this beautifully told story of hope, love, and resistance will captivate readers of Girl in the Blue Coat and Last Night at the Telegraph Club.

. Utilizing robotics in creative work with paint, photography, tools and much more. . Projects and case studies show which potential uses of robotics are possible for designers, artists, researchers, etc. . Detailed documentation of projects can be used as a manual for the reader's own work. Robotic arms are rapidly becoming part of the daily goings-on at art and design studios, but due to a lack of reference materials, there are still difficulties in accessing the workflows and methods for these machines. A Third Hand presents applied case studies and defines a range of exemplary working methods that can both inform and inspire future users. The book offers an introduction to working with robotic arms and is aimed at designers and artists in the broadest sense. It is the result of the research project "A Third Hand - Creative Applications for Robotics," which was conducted at ÉCAL. Of the six projects, each presenting a specific approach and working method, five were developed in collaboration with professional designers and artists and one with students of design. In Jussi Ängeslevä's project, the robotic arm is used to precisely carve a block of ice to slowly reveal a projected image as light passes through. In the project by Varvara & Mar, the robotic arm is holding a mirror and moves to stay in front of the person interacting with it ¿ a real-time interaction where viewers also discover other faces depicted on the mirror. Design duo Pinaffo & Pluvinage experimented with spraying techniques on simple objects such as furniture using a series of shifting movements to achieve a projection of color on multiple sides at once. The Swiss photographer Taiyo Onorato continued his research on light painting, this time making use of the robotic arm's movement possibilities. Niklas Hagemann used his design engineering skills to develop an open-source arm for affordable, simplified, and customizable applications.

From the late 1960s onwards, the Argentine conceptual artist Mirtha Dermisache (1940­-2012) produced numerous publications, containing marks that resemble writing in both its handwritten and typographic forms. Although the pages of these works imitate familiar graphic forms, most famously in the case of her newspaper "Diario 1: Año 1" (1972, with several later reprints), the signs of which they consist do not convey semantic content. Her work is therefore often contextualised as "asemic writing". The publication brings together three academic contributions by Regine Ehleiter, Megumi Andrade Kobayashi and Barbara Bausch, as well as an artistic contribution by Sebastián Barrante, all of which deal in very different ways with the ways and possibilities of "reading" the work of the artist Mirtha Dermisache. Ab den späten 1960er Jahren veröffentlichte die argentinische Konzeptkünstlerin Mirtha Dermisache (1940-2012) zahlreiche Publikationen, die Zeichen enthalten, die an sowohl an Handschrift als auch an Drucktypen erinnern. Obwohl die Seiten vertrauten grafischen Textgenres gleichen - am prominentesten im Zeitungsexperiment Diario 1: Año 1 (1972, mit mehreren späteren Neuauflagen) -, vermitteln die abgebildeten Zeichen keinen semantischen Inhalt. Dermisaches Werk wird daher häufig im Kontext des "asemischen Schreibens" verortet. Die Publikation vereint drei Beiträge von Regine Ehleiter, Megumi Andrade Kobayashi und Barbara Bausch sowie eine künstlerische Intervention von Sebastián Barrante. Sie alle beschäftigen sich auf sehr unterschiedliche Weise mit der 'Lesbarkeit' von Mirtha Dermisache Arbeiten.

When the attempt to translate something into sound and meaning fails or is only partially successful, it is usually called 'illegible'. It can be frustrating to be confronted with indecipherable graphisms or potentially crackable codes, defaced writing or text that remains incomprehensible. But it can also prove highly productive, for it is precisely the unfulfilled expectation of legibility that enables new ways of thinking about reading itself. Illegibilities Reflecting Reading sounds out reading as an aesthetic, semiotic and epistemic practice by focusing on its limits. By engaging with experiences of illegibility, the essays in this volume reflect on reading, for example, as an interaction between body and artefact, as an exercise in attention, as a dominant mode in Western knowledge cultures, or as a metaphor for understanding the world.

Lorenzo, Caspar und Miss Detroit: Drei Freunde - alle irgendwo zwischen Lebensmitte und Lebensmüdigkeit - machen sich auf die Reise durch das Herz Mitteleuropas. Im Kofferraum: die Knochen eines NS-Verbrechers, die sie einem Berliner Friedhof entwendet haben, um den plündernden Reichsbürgern zuvorzukommen. Was als absurde Mission beginnt, wird zum Roadtrip über Friedhöfe und in die Vergangenheit. Während Lorenzo versucht, auf der Rückbank ein Gedicht über die toten europäischen Dichter zu schreiben, träumt Miss Detroit davon, Friedhofsbotanikerin zu werden. Und Caspar erinnert sich an den Großonkel, der noch als Kind im Krieg tragisch ums Leben kam und seitdem durch die Familiengeschichte geistert. Mit jedem gefahrenen Kilometer rücken die drei näher aneinander und sehnen sich nach einer Antwort auf die Frage, die Grab um Grab lauter wird: Wovon erzählen die Toten, wenn man ihnen zuhört? Ein temporeicher Roman voller lakonischem Humor: Jaroslav Rudis bricht auf zu einer rasanten Odyssee entlang der Grenzen der europäischen Mitte und dessen, was uns zusammenhält.

Was geschieht, wenn der Mensch sich aller Moral entledigt und nur noch um sich selbst kreist? Über die Kräfte, die uns formen, sowohl die dunklen als auch die hellen.Eine winzige Insel vor der norwegischen Küste: Kristian Hadeland, erfolgreicher Künstler mit einer Karriere in London und einer bevorstehenden Retrospektive am MoMa in New York, hat sich in die Abgeschiedenheit zurückgezogen. Er will seinem Leben ein Ende setzen. »Tod und Vergänglichkeit«, das war das große Thema seines fotografischen Werks, mit dem er sich über sämtliche Regeln hinwegsetzte und in der Kunstwelt für Furore sorgte. Für diesen Ruhm ist er einen faustischen Bund eingegangen. Jetzt steht er vor den Trümmern eines rücksichtslosen Lebens und bittet um Erlösung. Möglicherweise vergeblich. Karl Ove Knausgårds neuester Roman »Die Schule der Nacht« ist Teil der großangelegten Morgenstern-Serie, die LeserInnen und KritikerInnen in der ganzen Welt begeistert. Ausgangspunkt ist das plötzliche Erscheinen eines neuen Sterns am Himmel, der unheimliche Kräfte freisetzt, sämtliche physikalische Regeln sprengt und die Menschen auf ihr Innerstes zurückwirft.

Die Geschichte eines Paares, das gegen die Konventionen der Zeit kämpft. »Ein zauberhaftes Buch über eine unerschütterliche Liebe.« Le Figaro Magazine. Lieblingsbuch der Buchhändler*innen in Frankreich. Ausgezeichnet mit dem Prix Goncourt 2023. Der sensationelle Romanerfolg aus Frankreich: Nr. 1-Bestseller, 700.000 verkaufte Exemplare.»Über manches, was uns fehlt, kommen wir nie hinweg.« Im großen Spiel des Schicksals hat Mimo - Michelangelo Vitaliani - die falschen Karten gezogen. In Armut geboren, wird er als kleiner Junge zu seinem Onkel nach Italien gegeben, um das Handwerk eines Bildhauers zu erlernen. Dort, in dem kleinen ligurischen Dorf Pietra d'Alba, begegnet er Viola, Tochter aus gutem Hause und jüngstes Kind der Orsinis, einer angesehenen Adelsfamilie. Viola scheint vom Glück begünstigt zu sein, doch sie ist eine junge Frau, die nicht in die Zeit passt. Sie will »fliegen« - auf eigenen Beinen stehen, aus dem engen gesellschaftlichen Korsett ausbrechen, das für eine Frau ihres Standes nur die Ehe vorsieht. Von ihrer ersten Begegnung an durchleben Viola und Mimo Seite an Seite die erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts, den Aufstieg des Faschismus und die Unruhen der Weltkriege. Er, der ungewöhnlich kleine Bildhauer, wird ein von der Elite gefeierter Künstler; sie versucht unermüdlich, ihre Träume als emanzipierte Frau zu verfolgen. Beide werden sich immer wieder verlieren und finden, als Verbündete oder Gegner, ohne ihre Freundschaft jemals aufzugeben. Aber was nützt Mimo aller Ruhm, wenn er Viola am Ende doch ziehen lassen muss?