Holly Gramazio

Kuinka monta kumppaniehdokasta pitää tavata sen oikean löytämiseksi? Nauruhermoja kutkuttava, herkkä ja älykäs romaani Tinder-sukupolven mutkikkaista parisuhdekuvioista. Kun Lauren palaa eräänä iltana kotiinsa Lontoossa, hänen aviomiehensä Michael on häntä vastassa ovella. On vain yksi ongelma – Lauren ei ole naimisissa. Mutta hänen ystäviensä, valokuvien ja kaiken sen perusteella, mitä hän kodissaan näkee, he ovat olleet naimisissa viisi vuotta. Jonkin ajan kulutta Michael lähtee ullakolle vaihtamaan lamppua ja jää sille tielleen. Hänen tilalleen ullakolta astelee uusi mies, ja samalla kaikki kodissa taas muuttuu. Myös tämä mies lähtee jossain vaiheessa ullakolle, josta lopulta tulee uusia miehiä jatkuvana virtana. Aluksi Lauren ihmettelee tilannetta, mutta pian hän innostuu vaihtoehtojen loputtomasta määrästä. Lukemattomien miesten jälkeen Lauren joutuu esittämään itselleen tärkeän kysymyksen. Jos ihmisten swaippaaminen elämästä on yhtä helppoa kuin lampunvaihto, mistä voi tietää, että on valinnut elämässään sen oikean? Pitäisikö vain lopettaa loputon etsiminen ja ryhtyä elämään sitä elämää, joka on tarjolla?” Holly Gramazion romaani vie täydellisen ihmissuhteen metsästyksen absurdille tasolle hauskasti, älykkäästi ja kliseitä karttaen. Aviomiehiä on alkuvuoden yllätys ja nautittava lukukokemus.” – EevaHolly Gramazio on lontoolainen kirjailija, kuraattori ja pelisuunnittelija. Aviomiehiä on hänen esikoisromaaninsa. Kirjan käännösoikeudet on myyty 17 maahan.

**READER FAVOURITE IN THE FIRST-EVER GOOD HOUSEKEEPING GOOD BOOKS COLLECTION****SOON TO BE A MAJOR APPLE TV SERIES**‘Properly laugh-out-loud funny, this was one of the most original novels I’ve read in years’ RED, *Books of the Year*‘A witty, ingenious debut novel… An enormously entertaining story that is both silly and sophisticated’ SUNDAY TIMES, *Books of the Year*What if you could change husbands as easily as a lightbulb? One night Lauren finds a strange man in her flat who claims to be her husband. All the evidence – from photos to electricity bills – suggests he’s right. And then another one appears. Lauren’s attic, she slowly realises, is creating an endless supply of husbands for her. There’s:The one who’s too hot (there must be a catch). The one who pretends to play music on her toes. The one who can calm her unruly thoughts with a single touch. But when you can change husbands as easily as changing a lightbulb, how do you know whether the one you have now is the good-enough one, or the wrong one, or the best one? And how long should you keep trying to find out?'Huge fun' KATE ATKINSON'A wonderful, wonderful novel' JENNIE GODFREY'The most fun I've had reading in the longest time' MARIAN KEYES'A time-bending gem' GABRIELLE ZEVINTHE NO 1 KINDLE BESTSELLERTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERBEST SUMMER READ IN THE GUARDIAN, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, RED & DAILY MAIL***READERS LOVE THE HUSBANDS!!****‘This book was INCREDIBLE! So inventive, funny and different’‘I clapped out loud and cried’‘I adored this book. Fast-paced and funny with heart’‘Incredibly vivid, completely original’'So many husbands so many personalities so much confusion so much fun!

'The most fun I've had reading in the longest time' MARIAN KEYES * 'A time-bending gem about the way we live now' GABRIELLE ZEVIN * 'Brilliant, hilarious, surprising and wise. I devoured it' NAOMI ALDERMANYou wait ages for The One . . . then 203 come along at onceOne night Lauren finds a strange man in her flat who claims to be her husband. All the evidence - from photos to electricity bills - suggests he's right. Lauren's attic, she slowly realises, is creating an endless supply of husbands for her. There's the one who pretends to play music on her toes. The one who's too hot (there must be a catch). The one who makes a great breakfast sandwich. The one who turns everything into double entendres ('I'll weed your garden'). And the one who can calm her unruly thoughts with a single touch. But when you can change husbands as easily as changing a lightbulb, how do you know whether the one you have now is the good-enough one, or the wrong one, or the best one? And how long should you keep trying to find out?

**NO 1 KINDLE BESTSELLER****A SUNDAY TIMES, STYLIST AND RED BOOK OF THE YEAR**'As soon as I started reading I thought, ‘I wish I’d thought of that.’ Huge fun’ KATE ATKINSON * 'One of the funniest debuts for years' SUNDAY TIMES * 'The most fun I've had reading in the longest time' MARIAN KEYES * 'An absolute riot' THE UNMUMSY MUM * 'A wonderful, wonderful novel' JENNIE GODFREY * 'A time-bending gem' GABRIELLE ZEVINYou wait ages for The One . . . then 203 come along at onceOne night Lauren finds a strange man in her flat who claims to be her husband. All the evidence – from photos to electricity bills – suggests he’s right. Lauren’s attic, she slowly realises, is creating an endless supply of husbands for her. There’s the one who pretends to play music on her toes. The one who’s too hot (there must be a catch). The one who makes a great breakfast sandwich. The one who turns everything into double entendres (‘I’ll weed your garden’). And the one who can calm her unruly thoughts with a single touch. But when you can change husbands as easily as changing a lightbulb, how do you know whether the one you have now is the good-enough one, or the wrong one, or the best one? And how long should you keep trying to find out? THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA GUARDIAN, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, RED, DAILY MAIL AND iNEWS BEST SUMMER READ***READERS LOVE THE HUSBANDS!!****‘This book was INCREDIBLE! So inventive, funny and different’‘I clapped out loud and cried’‘I adored this book. Fast-paced and funny with heart’‘Incredibly vivid, completely original’'So many husbands so many personalities so much confusion so much fun!'

A veces, esperas que llegue el hombre de tu vida... Y entonces la vida te manda 203. Una novela divertid sima que se ha convertido en un bestseller instant neo de The New York Times y ha causado furor entre los lectores internacionales. Una noche, en su piso, Lauren encuentra a un desconocido que dice ser su marido. Todas las pruebas que aporta apuntan a que es cierto. Poco a poco, Lauren se da cuenta de que es el tico de su casa el que le est creando un sinf n de maridos. Est el que es demasiado guapo (ah tiene que haber gato encerrado), el que prepara unos desayunos espectaculares, el que convierte todo en un doble sentido (« Te desatasco las tuber as? )... y el que puede hacer que se calme con solo tocarla. Pero cuando se puede cambiar de marido tan f cilmente como de camisa, c mo saber si el que tienes es lo suficientemente bueno, o el equivocado, o el mejor? Y cu nto tiempo puedes seguir intentando averiguarlo? ENGLISH DESCRIPTION INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - READ WITH JENNA'S APRIL BOOK CLUB PICK - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2024 BY THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, PEOPLE, PARADE, AND BOOKRIOT The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of never-ending options? ("A bottomless champagne flute of a novel --The Washington Post) When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. There's only one problem--she's not married. She's never seen this man before in her life. But according to her friends, her much-improved decor, and the photos on her phone, they've been together for years. As Lauren tries to puzzle out how she could be married to someone she can't remember meeting, Michael goes to the attic to change a lightbulb and abruptly disappears. In his place, a new man emerges, and a new, slightly altered life re-forms around her. Realizing that her attic is creating an infinite supply of husbands, Lauren confronts the question: If swapping lives is as easy as changing a lightbulb, how do you know you've taken the right path? When do you stop trying to do better and start actually living?

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - READ WITH JENNA'S APRIL BOOK CLUB PICK - The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of never-ending options? ("A bottomless champagne flute of a novel --The Washington Post) When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. There's only one problem--she's not married. She's never seen this man before in her life. But according to her friends, her much-improved decor, and the photos on her phone, they've been together for years. As Lauren tries to puzzle out how she could be married to someone she can't remember meeting, Michael goes to the attic to change a lightbulb and abruptly disappears. In his place, a new man emerges, and a new, slightly altered life re-forms around her. Realizing that her attic is creating an infinite supply of husbands, Lauren confronts the question: If swapping lives is as easy as changing a lightbulb, how do you know you've taken the right path? When do you stop trying to do better and start actually living?

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - READ WITH JENNA'S APRIL BOOK CLUB PICK - NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF 2024 BY THE WASHINGTON POST, NPR, PEOPLE, PARADE, AND BOOKRIOT The Husbands delights in asking: how do we navigate life, love, and choice in a world of never-ending options? ("A bottomless champagne flute of a novel --The Washington Post) When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. There's only one problem--she's not married. She's never seen this man before in her life. But according to her friends, her much-improved decor, and the photos on her phone, they've been together for years. As Lauren tries to puzzle out how she could be married to someone she can't remember meeting, Michael goes to the attic to change a lightbulb and abruptly disappears. In his place, a new man emerges, and a new, slightly altered life re-forms around her. Realizing that her attic is creating an infinite supply of husbands, Lauren confronts the question: If swapping lives is as easy as changing a lightbulb, how do you know you've taken the right path? When do you stop trying to do better and start actually living?

In his final work, a visionary game designer reveals how a surprising range of play-based experiences can unlock our imagination and help us capture the power of fun and delight. Bernard De Koven (1941-2018) was a pioneering designer of games and theorist of fun. He studied games long before the field of game studies existed. For De Koven, games could not be reduced to artifacts and rules; they were about a sense of transcendent fun. This book, his last, is about the imagination: the imagination as a playground, a possibility space, and a gateway to wonder. The Infinite Playground extends a play-centered invitation to experience the power and delight unlocked by imagination. It offers a curriculum for playful learning. De Koven guides the readers through a series of observations and techniques, interspersed with games. He begins with the fundamentals of play, and proceeds through the private imagination, the shared imagination, and imagining the world--observing, "the things we imagine can become the world." Along the way, he reminisces about playing ping-pong with basketball great Bill Russell; begins the instructions for a game called Reception Line with "Mill around"; and introduces blathering games--Blather, Group Blather, Singing Blather, and The Blather Chorale--that allow the player's consciousness to meander freely. Delivered during the last months of his life, The Infinite Playground has been painstakingly cowritten with Holly Gramazio, who worked together with coeditors Celia Pearce and Eric Zimmerman to complete the project as Bernie De Koven's illness made it impossible for him to continue writing. Other prominent game scholars and designers influenced by De Koven, including Katie Salen Tekinbaş, Jesper Juul, Frank Lantz, and members of Bernie's own family, contribute short interstitial essays.