Nathan Hill

A "novel about a son, the mother who left him as a child, and how his search to uncover the secrets of her life leads him to reclaim his own"--

The Nix

The New York Times best-selling author of The Nix is back with a poignant and witty novel about marriage, the often baffling pursuit of health and happiness, and the stories that bind us together. From the gritty '90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia of detox diets and home-renovation hysteria, Wellness reimagines the love story with a healthy dose of insight, irony, and heart. “A hilarious and moving exploration of a modern marriage that astounds in its breadth and intimacy.” —Brit Bennett, author of The Vanishing Half When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the '90s, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight, each eager to claim a place in Chicago’s thriving underground art scene with an appreciative kindred spirit. Fast-forward twenty years to married life, and alongside the challenges of parenting, they encounter cults disguised as mindfulness support groups, polyamorous would-be suitors, Facebook wars, and something called Love Potion Number Nine. For the first time, Jack and Elizabeth struggle to recognize each other, and the no-longer-youthful dreamers are forced to face their demons, from unfulfilled career ambitions to painful childhood memories of their own dysfunctional families. In the process, Jack and Elizabeth must undertake separate, personal excavations, or risk losing the best thing in their lives: each other.

A novel

Wellness

Lieben in modernen Zeiten – kühn, bewegend, klug Als Jack and Elizabeth 1993 ein Paar werden, spricht alles gegen sie. Doch der junge Fotograf mit den bäuerlichen Wurzeln und die Psychologiestudentin aus gutem Hause heiraten – und erleben in der vibrierenden Kunstszene Chicagos aufregende erste Jahre. Doch nicht alles läuft glatt. Inmitten von Achtsamkeitsseminaren, polyamourösen Bekanntschaften und schrillen Immobilienträumen droht ihre Ehe zu scheitern. Und schließlich müssen sich diese nicht mehr ganz so jungen Träumer den Dämonen ihrer Vergangenheit stellen, wenn sie nicht das Wertvollste verlieren wollen: einander. Von den Absurditäten moderner Technologie bis zur perfekten Kindererziehung legt Nathan Hill unser Leben bloß und stößt auf tiefe Wahrheiten über Liebe, Intimität und Nähe. »Ein großartiger Erzähler. Nathan Hills Prosa ist voller Esprit und Tiefe.« The Guardian

Roman

De Nix

Autor narra com humor a saga de um protagonista atormentado pelo passado da própria família Em seu elogiado romance de estreia, Nathan Hill conta o drama tragicômico de Samuel Anderson, um escritor fracassado obrigado a lidar com antigas feridas, reabertas pelo inesperado ressurgimento da mãe, Faye, que abandonou a família quando ele era criança. Faye é acusada de um crime absurdo registrado em um vídeo que viraliza na internet. A surpresa de Samuel é ainda maior ao perceber que, ao contrário da imagem de boa moça que se casou cedo com o namoradinho da escola, a mídia passa a retratá-la como uma hippie radical de passado sórdido. Engraçado e inteligente, Nix apresenta uma trama ao mesmo tempo contemporânea e atemporal, ao abordar, através de gerações, as dores cíclicas de uma família que mal se conhece.

Scandale aux Etats-Unis : le gouverneur Packer, candidat à la présidentielle, a été agressé en public. Son assaillante est une femme d'âge mûr : Faye Andresen-Anderson. Les médias s'emparent de son histoire et la surnomment Calamity Packer. Seul Samuel Anderson, professeur d'anglais à l'Université de Chicago, passe à côté du fait divers, tout occupé qu'il est à jouer en ligne au Monde d'Elfscape. Pourtant, Calamity Packer n'est autre que sa mère, qui l'a abandonné à l'âge de onze ans. Et voilà que l'éditeur de Samuel, qui lui avait versé une avance rondelette pour un roman qu'il n'a jamais écrit, menace de le poursuivre en justice. En désespoir de cause, le jeune homme lui propose un nouveau projet : un livre révélation sur sa mère qui la réduira en miettes. Samuel ne sait presque rien d'elle ; il se lance donc dans la reconstitution minutieuse de sa vie, qui dévoilera bien des surprises et réveillera son lot de fantômes. Des émeutes de Chicago en 1968 au New York post-11-Septembre en passant par la Norvège des années quarante et le Midwest des années soixante, Nathan Hill s'empare de l'Amérique d'aujourd'hui et de ses démons et compose avec beaucoup d'humour une fresque aussi ambitieuse que captivante.

Les fantômes du vieux pays

A Novel

Il Nix

'A hilarious and moving exploration of a modern marriage that astounds in its breadth and intimacy.' – Brit Bennett, author of The Mothers and The Vanishing Half From Nathan Hill, acclaimed author of The Nix, comes another hugely ambitious novel, about how we change, grow and age. Wellness is a story of marriage, middle age, our tech-obsessed health culture, and the bonds that keep people together, for readers of Jonathan Franzen, Jennifer Egan and Elizabeth Strout. When Jack and Elizabeth meet as college students in the 90s, the two quickly join forces and hold on tight, each eager to claim a place in Chicago’s thriving underground art scene with an appreciative kindred spirit. Fast-forward twenty years to married life, and the no-longer-youthful dreamers are forced to face their demons, from unfulfilled career ambitions to painful childhood memories of their own dysfunctional families. In the process, Jack and Elizabeth must undertake separate, personal excavations, or risk losing the best thing in their lives: each other. Moving from the gritty 90s Chicago art scene to a suburbia of detox diets and home renovation hysteria, Wellness mines the absurdities of modern technology and modern love to reveal profound, startling truths about intimacy and connection. In this follow-up to Hill’s electric debut, Wellness reimagines the love story with healthy doses of insight, irony and heart. 'This brilliant novel will leave you thinking about the truth of your own life and the stories we tell ourselves and each other.' – Oprah Winfrey 'Nathan Hill is a maestro . . . the best new writer of fiction in America – the best' – John Irving

Geister

Niksy

Ein Mann sucht nach seiner Mutter, die ihn als Kind verlassen hat. Diese rätselhafte Frau führte, wie sich allmählich herausstellt, ein Leben, das sie auch in politische Schwierigkeiten brachte ...

Thomas Owen-Smith

The Himalaya and surrounding regions are amongst the world's most linguistically diverse places. Of an estimated 600 languages spoken here at Asia's heart, few are researched in depth and many virtually undocumented. Historical developments and relationships between the region's languages also remain poorly understood. Thisbook brings together new work on under-researched Himalayan languages with investigations into the complexities of the area's linguistic history, offering original data and perspectives on the synchrony and diachrony of the Greater Himalayan Region. The volume arises from papers given and topics discussed at the 16th Himalayan Languages Symposium in London in 2010. Most papers focus on Tibeto-Burman languages. These include topics relating to individual - mostly small and endangered - languages, such as Tilung, Shumcho, Rengmitca, Yongning Na and Tshangla; comparative research on the Tibetic, East Bodish and Tamangic language groups; and several papers whose scope covers the whole language family. The remaining paper deals with the origins of Burushaski, whose genetic affiliation remains uncertain. This book will be of special interest to scholars of Tibeto-Burman, and historical as well as general linguists.

Historical and Descriptive Linguistics of the Himalayan Area

Trans-Himalayan Linguistics

Autor narra com humor a saga de um protagonista atormentado pelo passado da própria família. Em seu elogiado romance de estreia, Nathan Hill conta o drama tragicômico de Samuel Anderson, um escritor fracassado obrigado a lidar com antigas feridas, reabertas pelo inesperado ressurgimento da mãe, Faye, que abandonou a família quando ele era criança. Faye é acusada de um crime absurdo registrado em um vídeo que viraliza na internet. A surpresa de Samuel é ainda maior ao perceber que, ao contrário da imagem de boa moça que se casou cedo com o namoradinho da escola, a mídia passa a retratá-la como uma hippie radical de passado sórdido. Engraçado e inteligente, Nix apresenta uma trama ao mesmo tempo contemporânea e atemporal, ao abordar, através de gerações, as dores cíclicas de uma família que mal se conhece.

De auteur van De nix is terug met een warme en wervelende roman over het huwelijk, over ouder worden en dat wat ons verbindt Jack en Elizabeth ontmoeten elkaar tijdens hun studie in het Chicago van de jaren negentig. Door een gedeelde liefde voor muziek en kunst ontstaat er snel een innige band tussen de twee. Twintig jaar later zijn ze al geruime tijd getrouwd. Naast alle problemen die werk en ouderschap opwerpen, moeten ze zien om te gaan met hun tanende huwelijk, problemen rond de verbouwing van hun ‘huis-voor-het-leven’, grillige buurtbewoners, ruzies op sociale media en overspelige avances. Inmiddels herkennen Jack en Elizabeth zichzelf en elkaar niet meer. Allebei hebben ze last van onvervulde ambities en pijnlijke herinneringen aan hun eigen disfunctionele families. Allebei moeten ze op zoek naar wie ze echt zijn om hun levenslust en uiteindelijk elkaar niet te verliezen. Welzijn is een rijke, diepzinnige, soms schokkende, maar vaak ook ronduit komische roman over verbinding en intimiteit: een meeslepend liefdesverhaal voor de eenentwintigste eeuw.

Welzijn

Als Jack und Elizabeth 1993 ein Paar werden, spricht alles gegen sie. Doch der junge Fotograf mit den bäuerlichen Wurzeln und die Psychologiestudentin aus gutem Hause heiraten – und erleben in der vibrierenden Kunstszene Chicagos aufregende erste Jahre. Doch nicht alles läuft glatt. Inmitten von Achtsamkeitsseminaren, polyamourösen Bekanntschaften und schrillen Immobilienträumen droht ihre Ehe zu scheitern. Und schließlich müssen sich diese nicht mehr ganz so jungen Träumer den Dämonen ihrer Vergangenheit stellen, wenn sie nicht das Wertvollste verlieren wollen: einander. Von den Absurditäten moderner Technologie bis zur perfekten Kindererziehung legt Nathan Hill unser Leben bloß und stößt auf tiefe Wahrheiten über Liebe, Intimität und Nähe.

Roman | Ein großer Ehe-Roman von internationalem Rang

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While providing unique and detailed information on early Tibeto-Burman languages and their contact and relationship to other languages, this book at the same time sets out to establish a field of Tibeto-Burman comparative-historical linguistics based on the classical Indo-European model.

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