Mark Haddon

'The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house. It looked as if it was running on its side, the way dogs run when they think they are chasing a cat in a dream. But the dog was not running or asleep. The dog was dead. There was a garden fork sticking out of the dog.' THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT- TIME is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective, and narrator, is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger's, a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths and very little about human beings. He loves lists, patterns and the truth. He hates the colours yellow and brown and being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own, but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down. Christopher is a brilliant creation, and Mark Haddon's depiction of his world is deeply moving, very funny and utterly convincing. The novel is being published simultaneously for adults by Jonathan Cape and for children by David Fickling, publisher of Philip Pullman. We are convinced that both audiences will recognise it as one of those very rare books that change the way you see everything.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

'Just downright brilliant... a transcendant, transporting experience' Observer 'A full-throttle blast of storytelling mastery' Max Porter A newborn baby is the sole survivor of a terrifying plane crash. She is raised in wealthy isolation by an overprotective father. She knows nothing of the rumours about a beautiful young woman, hidden from the world. When a suitor visits, he understands far more than he should. Forced to run for his life, he escapes aboard The Porpoise, an assassin on his tail... So begins a wild adventure of a novel, damp with salt spray, blood and tears. A novel that leaps from the modern era to ancient times; a novel that soars, and sails, and burns long and bright; a novel that almost drowns in grief yet swims ashore. Pirates rampage, a princess wins a wrestler's hand, and ghost women with lampreys' teeth drag a man to hell - and in which the members of a shattered family, adrift in a violent world, journey towards a place called home. 'A breathless, delightful, utterly absorbing read' Guardian **A Daily Telegraph and Metro Book of the Year** **Chosen by Lindsey Hilsum, author of In Extremis, and Stuart Turton, author of The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle for the Observer, 'The Best Books of 2019 - Picked by the Year's Best Writers**

The Porpoise

Paola Novarese

Lo strano caso del cane ucciso a mezzanotte

From the author of "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" comes a novel about families and secrets

Two families. Seven days. One house.

Angela and her brother Richard have spent twenty years avoiding each other. Now, after the death of their mother, they bring their families together for a holiday in a rented house on the Welsh border. Four adults and four children. Seven days of shared meals, log fires, card games and wet walks.

But in the quiet and stillness of the valley, ghosts begin to rise up. The parents Richard thought he had. The parents Angela thought she had. Past and present lovers. Friends, enemies, victims, saviours.

The Red House

Mark Haddon, author of the international bestselling novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and A Spot of Bother, returns with a collection of unsparing short stories In the prize-winning story "The Gun," a man's life is marked by a single afternoon and a rusty .45; in "The Island," a mythical princess is abandoned on an island in the midst of war; in "The Boys Who Left Home to Learn Fear," a cadre of sheltered artistocrats sets out to find adventure in a foreign land and finds the gravest dangers among themselves. These are but some of the men and women who fill this searingly imaginative and emotionally taut collection of short stories by Mark Haddon, that weaves through time and space to showcase the author's incredible versatility. Yet the collection achieves a sum that is greater than its parts, proving itself a meditation not only on isolation and loneliness but also on the tenuous and unseen connections that link individuals to each other, often despite themselves. In its titular story, the narrator describes with fluid precision a catastrophe that will collectively define its victims as much as it will disperse them--and brilliantly lays bare the reader's appetite for spectacle alongside its characters'. Cut with lean prose and drawing inventively from history, myth, fairy tales, and, above all, the deep well of empathy that made his three novels so compelling, The Pier Falls reveals a previously unseen side of the celebrated author.

And Other Stories

The Pier Falls

adapted by Simon Stephens

THE STORY: 15-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain: He is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched, and he distrusts strangers. Now it is 7 minutes after midnight, and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork. Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington, and he carefully records each fact of the crime. But his detective work, forbidden by his father, takes him on a thrilling journey that upturns his world.

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

When Jim and Charlie overhear two of their teachers talking in a secret language, the two friends set out to solve the mystery and do not expect the dire consequences of their actions.

(or 70,000 Light Years)

Boom!

Süper İyi Günler - Ya da Christopher Boone'un Sıradışı Hayatı

Criado entre professores especializados e pais que definitivamente não sabem lidar com suas necessidades especiais, Christopher Boone tem 15 anos e sofre do mal de Asperger's, uma forma de autismo. Adora listas, padrões e verdades absolutas. Odeia amarelo e marrom e, acima de tudo, odeia ser tocado por alguém. Christopher nunca foi muito além de seu próprio mundo, não consegue mentir nem entende metáforas ou piadas. É também incapaz de interpretar a mais simples expressão facial de qualquer pessoa. Um dia, Christopher encontra o cachorro da vizinha morto no jardim, é acusado do assassinato e preso. Depois de uma noite na cadeia, decide descobrir quem matou Wellington, o cachorro, e escreve um livro, relatando suas investigações.

O estranho caso do cachorro morto

Despite his overwhelming fear of interacting with people, Christopher, a mathematically-gifted, autistic fifteen-year-old boy, decides to investigate the murder of a neighbor's dog and uncovers secret information about his mother.

O estranho caso do cão morto

Family

Shīlā Sāsānīʹnīyā

ماجراى عجىب سگى در شب

Margaret Drabble

Ramsey Campbell

Lara Williams

David Constantine

Alan Beard

Gaia Holmes

Bernardine Bishop

Lucie McKnight-Hardy

Matthew Holness

Something has fallen away. We have lost a part of ourselves, our history, what we once were. That something, when we encounter it again, look it straight in the eyes, disgusts us, makes us retch. This is the horror of the abject. Following the success of Comma's award-winning New Uncanny anthology, The New Abject invites leading authors to respond to two parallel theories of the abject - Julia Kristeva's theory of the psychoanalytic, intimate abject, and Georges Bataille's societal equivalent - with visceral stories of modern unease.

Tales of Modern Unease

The New Abject

Michael Rosen

Nicholas Carr

Zadie Smith

Tim Parks

Carmen Callil

Blake Morrison

Mirit Barzillai

Dr Maryanne Wolf

Jane Davis

Jeanette Winterson

In any 24 hours there might be sleeping, eating, kids, parents, friends, lovers, work, school, travel, deadlines, emails, phone calls, Facebook, Twitter, the news, the TV, Playstation, music, movies, sport, responsibilities, passions, desires, dreams. Why should you stop what you're doing and read a book? People have always needed stories. We need literature - novels, poetry - because we need to make sense of our lives, test our depths, understand our joys and discover what humans are capable of. Great books can provide companionship when we are lonely or peacefulness in the midst of an overcrowded daily life. Reading provides a unique kind of pleasure and no-one should live without it. In the ten essays in this book some of our finest authors and passionate advocates from the worlds of science, publishing, technology and social enterprise tell us about the experience of reading, why access to books should never be taken forgranted, how reading transforms our brains, and how literature can save lives. In any 24 hours there are so many demands on your time and attention - make books one of them. Carmen Callil Tim Parks Nicholas Carr Michael Rosen Jane Davis Zadie Smith Mark Haddon Jeanette Winterson Blake Morrison Dr Maryanne Wolf & Dr Mirit Barzillai

Stop What You're Doing And Read This!

Загадочное ночное убийство собаки

Virginia Woolf

Two Stories

Christopher, un băiat de 15 ani, suferă de sindromul Asperger, o formă de autism. Are o memorie fotografică. Înțelege matematica. Înțelege știința. Ceea ce nu poate înțelege el sunt oamenii. Când îl găsește pe Wellington, câinele vecinului său, zăcând mort pe o peluză din apropiere, se decide să pornească în căutarea asasinului și să scrie un roman polițist despre aceasta. În incursiunea sa va descoperi însă alte mistere ce pot face ca întreaga lume din jurul său să se prăbușească. Apărut în Anglia, romanul O întâmplare ciudată cu un câine la miezul nopții s-a bucurat de un enorm succes, devenind un bestseller absolut în majoritatea țărilor în care a fost publicat și fiind recompensat cu 17 premii literare, printre care Whitbread Award și Los Angeles Times Book Prize. Nu am mai citit niciodată o carte atât de plină de umor și seriozitate în același timp... Vă sfătuiesc să o cumpărați în dublu exemplar, o să vreți s-o dați la prieteni, dar nu vă veți îndura să o împrumutați pe a voastră. – Arthur Golden Christopher e un studiu de caz fascinant și, mai presus de toate, un băiețel cu care empatizezi imediat: nu blocat, ci uluit de senzații, lipsit de filtrele prin care oamenii normali examinează ce e în jur. Modul straniu în care observă lumea și o interpretează literal compune un soi de sensibilitate poetică și o personalitate aparte. Deși Christopher insistă că „aceasta nu va fi o carte amuzantă. Nu știu să spun glume pentru că nu le înțeleg“, romanul e impregnat de un tip de umor ironic și emoționant totodată. Mark Haddon a construit o voce literară unică și extrem de convingătoare. “Când merg cu autobuzul la școală mă uit la mașinile care trec pe lângă noi și le rețin culorile. 3 mașini roșii la rând înseamnă că va fi o Zi Destul de Bună. 4 mașini roșii înseamnă că va fi o Zi Bună. 5 mașini roșii înseamnă că va fi oZi Foarte Bună. Iar 4 mașini galbene la rând înseamnă că va fi o Zi Neagră, adică o zi în care nu vorbesc cu nimeni și nu mănânc la prânz nimic și Nu-mi Asum Riscuri, fiindcă galbenul e culoarea cremei de ouă, a liniilor duble galbene și a frigurilor galbene, care e o boală mortală. Dar dacă văd 3 mașini roșii la rând sau 4 mașini roșii la rând sau 5 mașini roșii la rând, mă simt în siguranță și este o zi bună pentru un proiect.“ Mark Haddon este un scriitor lucid și, în același timp, extrem de amuzant, care intră perfect în mintea personajului său. – Ian McEwan

O întâmplare ciudată cu un câine la miezul nopții

Agent Z and the Penguin from Mars

Marisa Reis Sobral

George Hall anda desiludido com a vida. Aposentado, ele ocupa seus dias com uma obra no jardim de casa. A esposa Jean, no entanto, torce o nariz por ter o marido sempre por perto. É que os encontros com o amante estão se tornando cada vez mais raros. Não bastassem os problemas pessoais do casal, a notícia de que a filha está para casar desestabiliza ainda mais a família. Além disso, o filho parece ter dificuldades em assumir seu relacionamento amoroso.

Mark Haddon

About

Books

Join the club