Bücher von Ann Patchett

'Der Zorn verflüchtigt sich zusammen mit der Liebe, und was bleibt, ist eine Geschichte.''Der perfekte Sommerroman' The Atlantic'Ein Roman über das geheime Leben der Eltern - und darüber, wie man inmitten eines langen Lebens sein Glück findet.' Time'Patchett führt uns zu einer Wahrheit, die sich eher wie Leben als wie Literatur anfühlt.' Guardian'Ann Patchetts Weisheit, wenn es um die Liebe geht, durchzieht jedes ihrer Bücher¿... Sobald Sie 'Der Sommer zu Hause' beendet haben, sollten Sie sie alle (noch einmal) lesen.' Washington Post

In this beautiful and moving new novel about family, love, and growing up, Ann Patchett once again proves herself one of America's finest writers.

Dr. Marina Singh, a research scientist with a Minnesota pharmaceutical company, is sent to the Amazon to find her former mentor, Dr. Annick Swenson, who seems to have disappeared while working on a new drug. No one knows where Dr. Swenson is, and the last person sent to find her died before completing his mission. Plagued by trepidation, Marina embarks on an odyssey in hopes of finding answers.Now in her seventies, the uncompromising Dr. Swenson dominates her research team and the natives with the force of an imperial ruler. But while she is as threatening as anything the jungle has to offer, the greatest sacrifices are those Dr. Swenson asks of herself, and will ultimately ask of Marina, who finds she is still unable to live up to her teacher's expectations.Replete with poison arrows, devouring snakes, and cannibals, State of Wonder is a tale that leads you into the very heart of darkness, and then shows what lies on the other side.

Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeNew York Times Bestseller | A Read with Jenna Today Show Book Club Pick | A New York Times Book Review Notable Book | TIME Magazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2019Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR, The Washington Post; O: The Oprah Magazine, Real Simple, Good Housekeeping, Vogue, Refinery29, and BuzzfeedAnn Patchett, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Commonwealth, delivers her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go. The Dutch House is the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are.At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves.The story is told by Cyril's son Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly acerbic and self-assured Maeve, are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother. The two wealthy siblings are thrown back into the poverty their parents had escaped from and find that all they have to count on is one another. It is this unshakeable bond between them that both saves their lives and thwarts their futures. Set over the course of five decades, The Dutch House is a dark fairy tale about two smart people who cannot overcome their past. Despite every outward sign of success, Danny and Maeve are only truly comfortable when they're together. Throughout their lives they return to the well-worn story of what they've lost with humor and rage. But when at last they're forced to confront the people who left them behind, the relationship between an indulged brother and his ever-protective sister is finally tested.

»Was für ein Vergnügen« The New York TimesWenn die  Autorin von »Das Holländerhaus« und »Bel Canto« über ihr Leben und Schreiben erzählt, werden die ganz großen Themen wie Liebe, Verlust, ja sogar Tod, fast leicht und klar.»Die Leserin wird in jene heiligen Hallen eingeladen, wo eine Autorin hinter den Buchseiten hervortritt und ¿Hallö sagt, ¿Wollen wir uns richtig kennenlernen?¿ Stoisch, freundlich, ungestüm, witzig  und klug: Patchetts Essays ehren was in diesem prekären und kostbaren Leben am meisten zählt.« Oprah Daily

"While a single short story may have a difficult time raising enough noise on its own to be heard over the din of civilization, short stories in bulk can have the effect of swarming bees, blocking out sound and sun and becoming the only thing you can think about,” writes Ann Patchett in her introduction to The Best American Short Stories 2006. This vibrant, varied sampler of the American literary scene revels in life's little absurdities, captures timely personal and cultural challenges, and ultimately shares subtle insight and compassion. In "The View from Castle Rock,” the short story master Alice Munro imagines a fictional account of her Scottish ancestors' emigration to Canada in 1818. Nathan Englander's cast of young characters in "How We Avenged the Blums” confronts a bully dubbed "The Anti-Semite” to both comic and tragic ends. In "Refresh, Refresh,” Benjamin Percy gives a forceful, heart-wrenching look at a young man's choices when his father -- along with most of the men in his small town -- is deployed to Iraq. Yiyun Li's "After a Life” reveals secrets, hidden shame, and cultural change in modern China. And in "Tatooizm,” Kevin Moffett weaves a story full of humor and humanity about a young couple's relationship that has run its course.Ann Patchett "brought unprecedented enthusiasm and judiciousness [to The Best American Short Stories 2006],” writes Katrina Kenison in her foreword, "and she is, surely, every story writer's ideal reader, eager to love, slow to fault, exquisitely attentive to the text and all that lies beneath it.”

'Ein Buch wie eine Oper' DER SPIEGELDer Champagner fließt, die Stimme einer Weltklasse-Sopranistin erfüllt den Palazzo - die politische Elite feiert ein großes Fest. Plötzlich fallen Schüsse. Terroristen stürmen den Raum und nehmen die ganze Gesellschaft als Geiseln. Wie es scheint, eine ausweglose Situation. Noch kann niemand ahnen, was die verzaubernde, einende Kraft der Musik in dieser bedrohlichen Lage auszurichten vermag.'Erwarten Sie Wunder, wenn Sie Ann Patchett lesen!' The New York TimesAusgezeichnet mit dem Orange Prize for Fiction

Manchmal ist es ein Haus, das die ­Geschicke einer Familie bestimmt¿...Es trifft Danny und Maeve wie ein Blitz, als Stiefmutter Andrea ihnen für immer das Zuhause verbietet. Die Geschwister hätten so etwas nach dem Tod ihres Vaters wohl ahnen müssen, aber vielleicht wollten sie es einfach nicht kommen sehen: Das Holländerhaus und seine Bewohner waren ihre »Familie«. Noch als Erwachsene kehren sie regelmäßig zurück, um wenigstens von der Straße aus einen Blick auf ihr Kindheitsparadies zu werfen. Bis das Leben die Karten eines Tages aganz neu mischt¿...»Ann Patchetts bester Roman ¿ und das will was heißen!« John Boyne»Nur wenige Autoren verbinden ihren unbestechlichen Blick mit einem derart tiefem Verständnis für die menschliche Natur. Ich würde auch Ann Patchetts Einkaufsliste lesen!« Jojo Moyes

»Patchetts großer Generationenroman ist eine kluge Betrachtung der Folgen des Familien-Patchworks, als das Wort dafür noch nicht einmal erfunden war.« Brigitte Ein sehr heißer Tag, ein ungeladener Gast, eine große Flasche Gin. Nicht nur die Geschwister lesen, was Frannys Geliebter in seinem neuesten Bestseller effektvoll in Szene setzt. Nur dass es darin zufällig um ihr Leben geht ... Wem aber gehört eine Geschichte? Und wer darf sie erzählen? Klug und gegen den Strich schreibt Ann Patchett über den eigentlichen Reichtum einer Familie. »Es liegt eine Ruhe und Schönheit in Ann Patchetts Schreiben, die einem den Atem verschlägt ...« The Times

Marina Singhs Kollege Anders ist spurlos verschwunden. Im Auftrag eines Pharmainstituts reist sie in den brasilianischen Urwald, um ihn zu suchen - und um herauszufinden, welche mysteriösen Forschungen die exzentrische Dr. Swenson im Urwald betreibt. Für Marina beginnt eine gefahrvolle Reise zu den Grenzen von Wissenschaft und Mythos, Wahn und Wunder. »Eine Abenteuerreise in den Dschungel, auch den der menschlichen Seele.« Cosmopolitan

In her new collection, with her trademark blend of wryness, intelligence and wisdom, she explores family, friendship, marriage, failure, success - and how all these forces have shaped her as a writer. Ranging from the personal - her portrait in triptych of the three men she called her fathers, to unexpectedly falling into a friendship with Tom Hanks, to how to answer when someone asks why you don't have children - to the sublime - exploring the Harvard Museum of Natural History before its doors open, or the perfection to be found on a single page of Eudora Welty - each essay shows Patchett's strikingly original perspective, and the magical sleight of hand with which she transforms the particular into the universal. Illuminating, penetrating, funny and generous, These Precious Days is joyful time spent in the company of one of our greatest living authors.

Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeNew York TimesBestseller |A Read with JennaTodayShow Book Club Pick |ANew York Times Book ReviewNotable Book |TIMEMagazine's 100 Must-Read Books of 2019Named one of the Best Books of the Year by NPR,TheWashington Post;O: The Oprah Magazine,Real Simple,Good Housekeeping, Vogue,Refinery29, andBuzzfeedAnn Patchett, the #1New York Timesbestselling author ofCommonwealth,delivers her most powerful novel to date: a richly moving story that explores the indelible bond between two siblings, the house of their childhood, and a past that will not let them go.The Dutch Houseis the story of a paradise lost, a tour de force that digs deeply into questions of inheritance, love and forgiveness, of how we want to see ourselves and of who we really are.At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves.The story is told by Cyril’s son Danny, as he and his older sister, the brilliantly acerbic and self-assured Maeve, are exiled from the house where they grew up by their stepmother. The two wealthy siblings are thrown back into the poverty their parents had escaped from and find that all they have to count on is one another. It is this unshakeable bond between them that both saves their lives and thwarts their futures. Set over the course of five decades,The Dutch Houseis a dark fairy tale about two smart people who cannot overcome their past. Despite every outward sign of success, Danny and Maeve are only truly comfortable when they’re together. Throughout their lives they return to the well-worn story of what they’ve lost with humor and rage. But when at last they’re forced to confront the people who left them behind, the relationship between an indulged brother and his ever-protective sister is finally tested.