Kaliane Bradley

Kaikkialla kohahduttanut, hauska ja älykäs Aikaministeriö on hurmaava aikamatkustusromanssi, jossa salainen koe tuo saman katon alle viktoriaanisen tutkimusmatkailijan ja nykypäivän virkanaisen. Romanttiset tunteet ovat ehdottoman kiellettyjä, mutta pian käy ilmi, että rajojen ylittäminen saattaa olla vaarallista koko historian jatkuvuudelle. Lähitulevaisuuden Lontoossa nuori virkanainen saa aikaministeriöstä erikoisen tehtävän: hänen pitää toimia ’linkkinä’ salaisessa kokeilussa, jonka tarkoitus on tuoda ihmisiä menneisyydestä nykyhetkeen. Mielikuvitukselliselta kuulostava rooli osoittautuu hyvin konkreettiseksi, sillä linkin pitää paitsi neuvoa ja auttaa suojattiaan myös elää tämän kanssa samassa taloudessa. Eikä mies menneisyydestä ole kuka tahansa vaan tutkimusmatkailija ja laivaston komentaja Graham Gore, kiihkeä, peloton ja vetovoimainen mies. Mutta millaista sitten on elää 1800-luvun miehen kanssa? Miehen jota niin monet nykypäivän asiat hämmentävät, raivostuttavat – ja punastuttavat? Vaikeaa, koomista, epätoivoista! Ja tietenkin totaalisen pakahduttavaa. Tunteiden syvenemistä on mahdoton estää, muta tällä kertaa rakastumisella saattaa olla harvinaisen tuhoisat seuraukset.

I en nära framtid blir en ung kvinna erbjuden ett lukrativt jobb på en ny mystisk myndighet som samlar utflyttade från historien för att testa gränserna för tidsresor. Hon ska fungera som en bro för mannen som kallas 1847 - kommendant Graham Gore in i den värld han kommit till. Hennes uppgift är att assistera och bevaka honom dygnet runt. Enligt historieskrivningen har kommendant Gore avlidit under sir John Franklins dödsdömda expedition till Arktis, så han är lite överraskad av upptäckten att han inte bara lever utan också är omgiven av okända saker som tvättmaskin, Spotify och det brittiska imperiets kollaps. Med hjälp av sin upptäckaranda och sina sju cigaretter om dagen anpassar han sig dock snart, och under en lång, kvav sommar förvandlas han och hans bros relation från något obekvämt, till vänskap, till något mer. Men, när de börjar förstå sanningen om projektet de är indragna i, måste de konfrontera sina gamla livsval såväl som en föreställd framtid. Kan kärlek övervinna historien och sammanhanget som har format dem? Och hur kämpar du mot historien när historien bor i ditt hus? "En litterärt sprakande kärlekshistoria." BTJ

Odnogo dnja ja prijnjala zamanlivu propozitsiju - stati spivrobitnitseju neschodavno stvorenogo ministerstva. Chim mi zajmajemosja? Ekspatrijujemo v sogodennja ljudej z riznikh epokh, abi dosliditi mezhi mozhlivogo v podorozhakh u chasi. Mij ekspat - kapitan Grem Gor, scho mav zaginuti pid chas zloschasnoji ekspeditsiji Franklina v Arktiku. Ta ot divina: opinivshis u mojemu chasi Grem staje fanatom Spotify, pralnikh mashinok i povoditsja get ne jak ekspat. A sche vin shaleno privablivij. Odnak pro stosunki na roboti varto zabuti! Mizh nami z Gremom - tsila chasova prirva. Ta scho jak minule j majbutnje mozhna pojednati?

Uno de los mejores libros de Amazon de 2024 Uno de los mejores romances de 2024 del New York Times Book Review Una comedia rom ntica combinada con viajes en el tiempo, un thriller de esp as y una ingeniosa exploraci n de la naturaleza del poder y el potencial del amor para cambiarlo todo: Bienvenidos a Un puente sobre el tiempo, la estimulante primera novela de Kaliane Bradley En un futuro pr ximo, a una funcionaria le ofrecen el sueldo de sus sue os y, poco despu s, le comunican en qu proyecto trabajar un ministerio de reciente creaci n est reuniendo a «expatriados de toda la historia para determinar si viajar en el tiempo es factible. A ella se le encarga trabajar como «puente vivir con, ayudar y supervisar al expatriado conocido como «1847 o comandante Graham Gore. En lo que respecta a la historia, el comandante Gore muri en la condenada expedici n de Sir John Franklin al rtico en 1845, por lo que est un poco desorientado al vivir con una mujer soltera que muestra regularmente sus pantorrillas, rodeado de conceptos extravagantes como «lavadora , «Spotify o «el colapso del Imperio Brit nico . Pero con un apetito por descubrir, un h bito de fumar siete cigarrillos al d a y el apoyo de un encantador y ca tico elenco de compa eros expatriados, pronto se adapta. Pero lo que el puente pens que ser a, en el mejor de los casos, una complicada e inc moda din mica de compa eros de piso, evoluciona hacia algo mucho m s profundo. Cuando sale a la luz la verdadera idea detr s del proyecto del gobierno, el puente se ha enamorado de forma fortuita y ferviente, con consecuencias que nunca habr a imaginado. Obligada a enfrentarse a las decisiones que les unieron, debe enfrentarse a c mo lo que haga a continuaci n puede cambiar el futuro. Un puente sobre el tiempo se construye a partir de una fusi n de g neros e ideas exquisitamente original y febrilmente divertida, y nos pregunta: Qu significa desafiar a la historia cuando la historia vive en tu casa? Traducci n de Eugenia V zquez Nacarino ENGLISH DESCRIPTION Amazon Best Books of 2024 One of The Best Romance of 2024 of the New York Times Book Review ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF SUMMER 2024 - A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION - A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, VANITY FAIR, ESQUIRE, VOX, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, THE INDEPENDENT, PARADE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND MORE... "This summer's hottest debut." --Cosmopolitan "Witty, sexy escapist fiction that] packs a substantial punch... Fresh and thrilling." --Los Angeles Times "Electric... I loved every second." --Emily Henry "Utterly winning... Imagine if The Time Traveler's Wife had an affair with A Gentleman in Moscow... Readers, I envy you: There's a smart, witty novel in your future." --Ron Charles, The Washington Post A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all: Welcome to The Ministry of Time, the exhilarating debut novel by Kaliane Bradley. In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she'll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering "expats" from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible--for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time. She is tasked with working as a "bridge" living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as "1847" or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so he's a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as "washing machines," "Spotify," and "the collapse of the British Empire." But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette habit, and the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expats, he soon adjusts. Over the next year, what the bridge initially thought would be, at best, a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic, evolves into something much deeper. By the time the true shape of the Ministry's project comes to light, the bridge has fallen haphazardly, fervently in love, with consequences she never could have imagined. Forced to confront the choices that brought them together, the bridge must finally reckon with how--and whether she believes--what she does next can change the future. An exquisitely original and feverishly fun fusion of genres and ideas, The Ministry of Time asks: What does it mean to defy history, when history is living in your house? Kaliane Bradley's answer is a blazing, unforgettable testament to what we owe each other in a changing world.

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF SUMMER 2024 - A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - HUGO AWARD FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL - WINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR SCIENCE FICTION - A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK - A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: NPR, VANITY FAIR, ESQUIRE, VOX, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING, THE INDEPENDENT, PARADE, KIRKUS REVIEWS, AND MORE... "This summer's hottest debut." --Cosmopolitan - "Witty, sexy escapist fiction that] packs a substantial punch... Fresh and thrilling." --Los Angeles Times - "Electric... I loved every second." --Emily Henry "Utterly winning... Imagine if The Time Traveler's Wife had an affair with A Gentleman in Moscow... Readers, I envy you: There's a smart, witty novel in your future." --Ron Charles, The Washington Post A time travel romance, a spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingenious exploration of the nature of power and the potential for love to change it all: Welcome to The Ministry of Time, the exhilarating debut novel by Kaliane Bradley. In the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she'll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering "expats" from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible--for the body, but also for the fabric of space-time. She is tasked with working as a "bridge" living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as "1847" or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so he's a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as "washing machines," "Spotify," and "the collapse of the British Empire." But with an appetite for discovery, a seven-a-day cigarette habit, and the support of a charming and chaotic cast of fellow expats, he soon adjusts. Over the next year, what the bridge initially thought would be, at best, a horrifically uncomfortable roommate dynamic, evolves into something much deeper. By the time the true shape of the Ministry's project comes to light, the bridge has fallen haphazardly, fervently in love, with consequences she never could have imagined. Forced to confront the choices that brought them together, the bridge must finally reckon with how--and whether she believes--what she does next can change the future. An exquisitely original and feverishly fun fusion of genres and ideas, The Ministry of Time asks: What does it mean to defy history, when history is living in your house? Kaliane Bradley's answer is a blazing, unforgettable testament to what we owe each other in a changing world.

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En romantisk tidsreise. En spionthriller. En arbeidslivskomedie. Og en genial utforskning av maktens natur og kjærlighetens potensiale til å forandre alt. Kommandør Graham Gore døde under en ekspedisjon til Arktis i 1847. Han er derfor en smule forvirret og desorientert over å nå befinne seg i det 21. århundrets London. Til og med i live, og med en ugift kvinne som samboer. Kvinnen er en såkalt «bro», ansatt ved Ministeriet for tid for å assistere og overvåke Gores reaksjon på å ha reist gjennom tid og rom. I takt med at den viktorianske polarhelten tilpasser seg blant annet vaskemaskiner, Spotify og det britiske imperiets fall, utvikler relasjonen mellom Gore og hans bro seg i en uventet retning. Snart blir de konfrontert med sannheten bak prosjektet som brakte dem sammen, og det umake paret blir tvunget til å ta noen valg. Kan kjærligheten overvinne de maktstrukturene som har formet historien slik vi kjenner den? Og hvordan trosser man historien når man bor under samme tak som den? Ministeriet for tid er en original og underholdende roman om kjærlighetens forlokkende kraft på tvers av århundrer, og om hvordan selv ubetydelige valg kan påvirke om du ender opp på rett side av historien.

I en nära framtid blir en ung kvinna erbjuden ett lukrativt jobb på en ny mystisk myndighet som samlar utflyttade från historien för att testa gränserna för tidsresor. Hon ska fungera som en bro för mannen som kallas 1847 - kommendant Graham Gore in i den värld han kommit till. Hennes uppgift är att assistera och bevaka honom dygnet runt. Enligt historieskrivningen har kommendant Gore avlidit under sir John Franklins dödsdömda expedition till Arktis, så han är lite överraskad av upptäckten att han inte bara lever utan också är omgiven av okända saker som tvättmaskin, Spotify och det brittiska imperiets kollaps. Med hjälp av sin upptäckaranda och sina sju cigaretter om dagen anpassar han sig dock snart, och under en lång, kvav sommar förvandlas han och hans bros relation från något obekvämt, till vänskap, till något mer Men, när de börjar förstå sanningen om projektet de är indragna i, måste de konfrontera sina gamla livsval såväl som en föreställd framtid. Kan kärlek övervinna historien och sammanhanget som har format dem? Och hur kämpar du mot historien när historien bor i ditt hus?" En litterärt sprakande kärlekshistoria." BTJ

Seuraava ihastuksesi? Kauan sitten kuollut laivaston komentaja Graham Gore. Kaikkialla kohahduttanut, hauska ja älykäs Aikaministeriö on hurmaava aikamatkustusromanssi, jossa salainen koe tuo saman katon alle viktoriaanisen tutkimusmatkailijan ja nykypäivän virkanaisen. Romanttiset tunteet ovat ehdottoman kiellettyjä, mutta pian käy ilmi, että rajojen ylittäminen saattaa olla vaarallista koko historian jatkuvuudelle. Lähitulevaisuuden Lontoossa nuori virkanainen saa aikaministeriöstä erikoisen tehtävän: hänen pitää toimia 'linkkinä' salaisessa kokeilussa, jonka tarkoitus on tuoda ihmisiä menneisyydestä nykyhetkeen. Mielikuvitukselliselta kuulostava rooli osoittautuu hyvin konkreettiseksi, sillä linkin pitää paitsi neuvoa ja auttaa suojattiaan myös elää tämän kanssa samassa taloudessa. Eikä mies menneisyydestä ole kuka tahansa vaan tutkimusmatkailija ja laivaston komentaja Graham Gore, kiihkeä, peloton ja vetovoimainen mies. Mutta millaista sitten on elää 1800-luvun miehen kanssa? Miehen jota niin monet nykypäivän asiat hämmentävät, raivostuttavat – ja punastuttavat? Vaikeaa, koomista, epätoivoista! Ja tietenkin totaalisen pakahduttavaa. Tunteiden syvenemistä on mahdoton estää, muta tällä kertaa rakastumisella saattaa olla harvinaisen tuhoisat seuraukset. Kaliane Bradley on kambodžalais-brittiläinen kirjailija ja kustannustoimittaja. Hänen novellejaan on julkaistu lukuisissa lehdissä, ja Aikaministeriö on hänen ensimmäinen romaaninsa. Bradley asuu Lontoossa.

Der er talløse måder at fortælle en historie på. En dreng møder en pige. Fortiden møder fremtiden. En finger møder en aftrækker. Begyndelsen møder slutningen. England vil for evigt bestå. England vil falde. I den nære fremtid får en kvindelig embedsmedarbejder job i et nyoprettet ministerium, der bringer migranter fra fortiden ind i nutidens London for at se, hvordan de fysisk og mentalt reagerer på at blive transporteret gennem tid og rum. Hendes officielle rolle er at arbejde som ”bro” for en af tidsmigranterne: dvs. leve sammen med, assistere og overvåge kaptajnløjtnant Graham Gore fra Victoriatidens England, der går under kaldenavnet ’1847’. Ifølge historiebøgerne døde kaptajnløjtnant Gore ellers i netop 1847 på en ekspedition til Arktis – så han er en smule desorienteret over nu at befinde sig i det 21. århundredes London, i live og omgivet af aparte realiteter såsom "vaskemaskine", "Spotify" og "Det Britiske Imperiums undergang". Men bevæbnet med en stor portion eventyrlyst og en hang til uhæmmet kæderygning tilpasser han sig så småt, og i løbet af en lang, lummer sommer udvikler relationen mellem ham og hans bro sig fra akavet, over ægte venskab, til andet og langt, langt mere. Men efterhånden som sandheden om det projekt, der bragte dem sammen, så småt begynder at tone frem, bliver det umage par tvunget til at konfrontere beslutninger, der ligger bag dem, såvel som fremtidsscenarier de kun kan forestille sig. Kan kærlighed overvinde magtstrukturer og de historier, der har formet dem? Og hvordan trodser man historien, når man bor under tag med den? Ministeriet for Tid er en original og underholdende roman om en forelskelses dragende kraft på tværs af århundreder, og om hvordan selv ubetydelige valg kan påvirke, hvorvidt man ender med at stå på den rette side af historien.

The romantic, historical, comedic, literary, genre-defying bestseller'The hit of the year'Guardian'Addictive'Independent'Crack this book open and you'll see how time can disappear'Financial Times'Readers, I envy you: There's a smart, witty novel in your future'Washington Post A civil servant is offered a lucrative job in a mysterious new government ministry gathering 'expats' from across history to test whether time-travel is feasible. Her role is to work as a 'bridge': living with, supporting and monitoring expat '1847' - Commander Graham Gore, a former Victorian polar explorer. Gore, an adventurer by trade, soon adjusts to this bizarre new world of washing machines, feminism and Spotify; and during a long, sultry summer the pair move from awkwardness to friendship to something more. But as the true shape of the project that brought them together begins to emerge, Gore and the bridge are forced to confront their past choices and imagined futures. Can love triumph over the histories that have shaped them? And how do you defy that history when it is living in your house? A Barack Obama reading pickShortlisted for the Waterstones Debut Fiction PrizeShortlisted for the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for comic fictionShortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing AwardLonglisted for the Climate Fiction PrizeOne of the 18 best novels of the year for the Sunday TimesA book of the year for the New York Times, Guardian, Independent, Evening Standard, Spectator, Red, NPR, Vanity Fair, People, Slate, Advocate, Sydney Morning Herald, Globe and Mail, Den of Geek, Good Housekeeping, Goodreads, NetGalley and Smithsonian Magazine

'Holy smokes this novel is an absolute cut above! Exciting, surprising, intellectually provocative, weird, radical, tender and moving. I missed it when I was away from it. I will hurry to re-read it. Make room on your bookshelves for a new classic'MAX PORTER, AUTHOR OF SHY'An outrageously brilliant debut . . . This is already the best new book I will have read next year'ELEANOR CATTON, AUTHOR OF BIRNAM WOOD'Hugely enjoyable . . . Your next crush is a long dead Arctic explorer'JOANNA QUINN, AUTHOR OF THE WHALEBONE THEATRE'Kaliane Bradley writes with the maximalist confidence of P. G. Wodehouse, but also with the page-turning pining of Sally Rooney. It's thought-provoking and horribly clever - but it also made me laugh out loud'ALICE WINN, AUTHOR OF IN MEMORIAM'A fantastic debut: conceptually brilliant, really funny, genuinely moving, written in the most exquisite language and with a wonderful articulation of the knotty complexities of a mixed-race heritage'MARK HADDON, AUTHOR OF THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME'Sly and illusionless in its use of history, lovely in its sentences, warm - no, hotter than that - in its characterisation, devastating in its denouement. A weird, kind, clever, heartsick little time bomb of a book'FRANCIS SPUFFORD, AUTHOR OF GOLDEN HILLA BOY MEETS A GIRL. THE PAST MEETS THE FUTURE. A FINGER MEETS A TRIGGER. THE BEGINNING MEETS THE END. ENGLAND IS FOREVER; ENGLAND MUST FALL. There are several ways to tell a story. A civil servant starts working as a 'bridge' - a liaison, helpmeet and housemate - in an experimental project that brings expatriates from the past into the twenty-first century. This is a science-fiction story. In a London safehouse in the 2020s, a disorientated Victorian polar explorer chain smokes while listening to Spotify and learning about political correctness. This is a comedy. During a long, sultry summer - as the shadows around them grow long and dangerous - two people fall in love, against all odds. This is a romance. The Ministry of Time is a novel about Commander Graham Gore (R. N. c.1809-c.1847) and a woman known only as the bridge. As their relationship turns from the strictly professional into something more and uneasy truths begin to emerge, they are forced to face the reality of the project that brought them together. Can love triumph over the structures and histories that shape them?

A time travel romance, a speculative spy thriller, a workplace comedy, and an ingeniously constructed exploration of the nature of truth and power and the potential for love to change it allIn the near future, a civil servant is offered the salary of her dreams and is, shortly afterward, told what project she'll be working on. A recently established government ministry is gathering "expats" from across history to establish whether time travel is feasible--for the body but also for the fabric of space-time. She is tasked with working as a "bridge," living with, assisting, and monitoring the expat known as "1847" or Commander Graham Gore. As far as history is concerned, Commander Gore died on Sir John Franklin's doomed 1845 expedition to the Arctic, so he's a little disoriented to be living with an unmarried woman who regularly shows her calves, surrounded by outlandish concepts such as "washing machine," "Spotify," and "the collapse of the British Empire." But he adjusts quickly; he is, after all, an explorer by trade. Soon, what the bridge initially thought would be, at best, a seriously uncomfortable housemate dynamic, evolves into something much more. Over the course of an unprecedented year, Gore and the bridge fall haphazardly, fervently in love, with consequences they never could have imagined. Supported by a chaotic and charming cast of characters--including a seventeenth-century cinephile who can't get enough of Tinder, a painfully shy World War I captain, and a former spy with an ever-changing series of cosmetic surgery alterations and a belligerent attitude to HR--the bridge will be forced to confront the past that shaped her choices--and the choices that will shape the future. An exquisitely original and feverishly fun fusion of genres and ideas, The Ministry of Time asks the universal question: What happens if you put a disaffected millennial and a Victorian polar explorer in a house together?