Lily King

Ensirakkaus jättää aina jälkensä. Jordan on aina uskonut rakkauteen, mutta hänen elämänsä suurin rakkaustarina ei noudattanut mitään sääntöjä. Nuori nainen ystävystyy viimeisenä opiskeluvuonna kahden huippuoppilaan kanssa. Parhaat kaverukset Sam ja Yash asuvat professorinsa tyylikkäässä talossa kampuksen laitamilla. Poikien ja Jordanin välille muodostuu monisyinen ja latautunut suhde, ja ystävyyden ja rakkauden sekoittuessa Jordan huomaa, ettei mikään ole enää yksinkertaista. Lopulta tuon yhden vuoden aikana tehdyt valinnat muuttavat jokaisen elämää peruuttamattomasti. Kun yllättävä uutinen pakottaa Jordanin palaamaan elämänsä käännekohtaan vuosikymmeniä myöhemmin, hän ymmärtää, että ystävyys - olipa se ollut kuinka monimutkaista tahansa - kantaa vuosien jälkeenkin. Lily King (s. 1963) on palkittu yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija, jota on ylistetty erityisesti ihmisyyden mestarillisena kuvaajana. Häneltä on aiemmin ilmestynyt suomeksi romaani Kirjoittajia & rakastajia (suom. Salla Voutilainen).

Our narrator understands good love stories – their secrets, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the rules. She was in her senior year of college when star students Sam and Yash swept her into an intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. Their lives became quickly intertwined – with friendship but also with unpredictable passions and the intimations of first love. Decades later, she is a successful writer, living a comfortable life with her husband and children, when a surprise visit brings the past crashing into the present, forcing her to confront the decisions and deceptions of her youth. Written with the precision of poetry and the emotional tide of an epic, Heart the Lover is a celebration of literature and the life-long echoes of young love. This is King at her very best, affirming her as a masterful chronicler of the human experience and one of the finest novelists at work today.

Naura, itke, ihastu. Vangitseva tarina rakkaudesta, luovuudesta ja pitkäksi venähtäneen nuoruuden viime metreistä, jolloin kaikki elämän osa-alueet tuntuvat ajautuvan kriisiin. Kesä 1997. Kolmekymppinen Casey on romuna äidin äkillisen kuoleman ja vasta päättyneen romanssin jäljiltä. Hän palaa kotikaupunkiinsa ja elättää itsensä tarjoilemalla Harvardin eliitin suosimassa ravintolassa. Pysyvää on vain romaani, jota Casey on kirjoittanut jo kuusi vuotta. Eräänä iltana Casey tapaa ystävällisen ja komean Silasin. Muutamaa viikkoa myöhemmin ravintolaan saapuu vaimonsa kuolemaa sureva Oscar kahden poikansa kanssa. Pian Casey on keskellä kolmiodraamaa kahden suhteen, kahden tulevaisuuden ja omien haaveidensa kanssa. Lily Kingin ylistetty romaani Kirjoittajia & rakastajia pureutuu liikuttavasti ja hauskasti siihen pelottavan huumaavaan hyppyyn, joka vie päättymäisillään olevasta elämänvaiheesta uuden alkuun. Lily King (s. 1963) on palkittu yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija. Kirjoittajia & rakastajia on hänen viides romaaninsa ja ensimmäinen suomennettu teos.

'You knew I'd write a book about you someday'Our narrator understands good love stories - their secrets, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the rules. She was in her senior year of college when star students Sam and Yash swept her into an intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. Their lives became quickly intertwined - with friendship but also with unpredictable passions and the intimations of first love. Decades later, she is a successful writer, living a comfortable life with her husband and children, when a surprise visit brings the past crashing into the present, forcing her to confront the decisions and deceptions of her youth. Written with the precision of poetry and the emotional tide of an epic, Heart the Lover is a celebration of literature and the life-long echoes of young love. This is King at her very best, affirming her as a masterful chronicler of the human experience and one of the finest novelists at work today.

'You knew I'd write a book about you someday'Our narrator understands good love stories - their secrets, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the rules. She was in her senior year of college when star students Sam and Yash swept her into an intoxicating world of academic fervour, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. Their lives became quickly intertwined - with friendship but also with unpredictable passions and the intimations of first love. Decades later, she is a successful writer, living a comfortable life with her husband and children, when a surprise visit brings the past crashing into the present, forcing her to confront the decisions and deceptions of her youth. Written with the precision of poetry and the emotional tide of an epic, Heart the Lover is a celebration of literature and the life-long echoes of young love. This is King at her very best, affirming her as a masterful chronicler of the human experience and one of the finest novelists at work today.

"Lily King is one of our great literary treasures."--Madeline MillerFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Writers & Lovers comes a magnificent and intimate new novel of desire, friendship, loss, and the lasting impact of first loveYou knew I'd write a book about you someday. Our narrator understands good love stories--their secrets and subtext, their highs and free falls. But her greatest love story, the one she lived, never followed the simple rules. In the fall of her senior year of college, she meets two star students from her 17th-Century Lit class: Sam and Yash. Best friends living off campus in the elegant house of a professor on sabbatical, the boys invite her into their intoxicating world of academic fervor, rapid-fire banter and raucous card games. They nickname her Jordan, and she quickly discovers the pleasures of friendship, love and her own intellectual ambition. But youthful passion is unpredictable, and soon she finds herself at the center of a charged and intricate triangle. As graduation comes and goes, choices made will alter these three lives forever. Decades later, the vulnerable days of Jordan's youth seem comfortably behind her. But when a surprise visit and unexpected news brings the past crashing into the present, she returns to a world she left behind and must confront the decisions and deceptions of her younger self. Written with the superb wit and emotional sensitivity fans and critics of Lily King have come to adore, Heart the Lover is a deeply moving love story that celebrates literature, forgiveness, and the transformative bonds that shape our lives. Wise, unforgettable, and with a delightful connective thread to Writers & Lovers, this is King at her very best, affirming her as a masterful chronicler of the human experience and one of the finest novelists at work today.

Naura, itke, ihastu. Vangitseva tarina rakkaudesta, luovuudesta ja pitkäksi venähtäneen nuoruuden viime metreistä, jolloin kaikki elämän osa-alueet tuntuvat ajautuvan kriisiin. Kesä 1997. Kolmekymppinen Casey on romuna äidin äkillisen kuoleman ja vasta päättyneen romanssin jäljiltä. Hän palaa kotikaupunkiinsa ja elättää itsensä tarjoilemalla Harvardin eliitin suosimassa ravintolassa. Pysyvää on vain romaani, jota Casey on kirjoittanut jo kuusi vuotta. Eräänä iltana Casey tapaa ystävällisen ja komean Silasin. Muutamaa viikkoa myöhemmin ravintolaan saapuu vaimonsa kuolemaa sureva Oscar kahden poikansa kanssa. Pian Casey on keskellä kolmiodraamaa kahden suhteen, kahden tulevaisuuden ja omien haaveidensa kanssa. Lily Kingin ylistetty romaani Kirjoittajia & rakastajia pureutuu liikuttavasti ja hauskasti siihen pelottavan huumaavaan hyppyyn, joka vie päättymäisillään olevasta elämänvaiheesta uuden alkuun. Lily King (s. 1963) on palkittu yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija. Kirjoittajia & rakastajia on hänen viides romaaninsa ja ensimmäinen suomennettu teos.

A Chicago Tribune and Publishers Weekly Best Novel‘A domestic drama with the adrenaline-fuelled beating heart of a thriller’ - ElleFrom Lily King, author of Writers and Lovers, The English Teacher is a compelling drama about the fragility of a life built from ruins and the need to protect it. Fifteen years ago, English teacher Vida Avery arrived alone and pregnant at the elite Fayer Academy. Living on the campus off the coast of New England, she worked to become a beloved fixture of the school – and to shelter herself and her son, Peter, from a painful secret she left behind. Then she accepts the impulsive marriage proposal of ardent widower Tom Belou, and the prescribed life Vida has constructed begins to come apart. As Peter bonds with Tom and his new step-siblings, Vida retreats further into the books she teaches. To embrace life and a chance at happiness, she will have to face the nightmares of her former self – and shed the pain she has held onto for far too long.

Winner of the New England Book Award for FictionFrom Lily King, beloved author of Writers and Lovers, Father of the Rain is a mesmerising novel about the complexity and power of familial love. Gardiner Amory’s life is reeling – Nixon is being impeached, his wife is leaving him and his worldview is rapidly becoming outdated. His daughter, Daley, has spent her life negotiating her parents’ conflicting worlds: the liberal realm of her mother and the conservative, liquor-soaked life of her father. But when the pair divorces, Gardiner’s basest impulses are unleashed in a deluge, and the chasm between all of them widens. As she reaches adulthood, Daley rejects her father’s prejudices and embarks on her own life – until Gardiner hits rock bottom. Returning home to help her father get sober, Daley risks everything, including a chance at love, in an attempt to repair a trust that was broken long ago . . .'A gripping epic about a father and daughter that plumbs the dark side of a family riven by addiction and mental illness' - Entertainment Weekly

A New York Times Notable BookThe Pleasing Hour, the debut novel by Lily King, is a profoundly moving story of family, betrayal and the naivety of youth. Young, inexperienced and fleeing a terrible personal loss, Rosie travels to France to become an au pair to the Tivot family. Nicole, the cool, distant and beautifully polished mother of the three children she cares for is impossible to connect with - there is something about the woman that both fascinates and unnerves Rosie. The same is true of the rest of the Tivot clan. Nicole’s husband, Marc, and their children all seem to be caught in an unending struggle against each other for love and acceptance. Only when Rosie is sent to care for Nicole’s now-elderly guardian – the storyteller of the family’s secrets – does she finally discover the truth. There, Rosie will learn of a past darkened by war, duplicity and a tragedy that still resonates in the Tivot’s lives.

Omtalad amerikansk roman om en ung kvinnas sökande efter sin väg i livet 31-åriga Casey har nyss flyttat hem till Boston, skuldsatt och med krossat hjärta. Som i en bubbla rör hon sig mellan restaurangen där hon jobbar som servitris och trädgårdsskjulet som hon kallar sitt hem. Den enda fasta punkten i hennes liv är romanen som hon skrivit på i sex år. Trots att de flesta av hennes vänner gett upp sina författardrömmar, fortsätter Casey kämpa med att balansera skrivandet och livet. När hon träffar både den unga konstnärssjälen Silas och den äldre författaren Oscar, befinner hon sig plötsligt i ett vägskäl mellan två helt olika relationer, och två helt olika liv. Skriva & älska utforskar både kvinnligt konstnärskap och det skrämmande och spännande språnget mellan slutet på en fas i livet och början på en annan. "Efter de första sju raderna är jag fast. Det här är en oemotståndlig bok - rolig, klok, hjärtskärande och romantisk, skriven på ett språk som är en ren njutning. /.../ Insiktsfullt om konstnärskap, kärlek och vägval." - Ingalill Mosander, Aftonbladet "Mycket fin roman om konsten att vara kvinnlig konstnär (författare), och den svåra konsten att välja rätt väg i livet!" - Femina "Inspirerande /.../ en smart relationsroman" - Johanna Lundin, SVT Go'kväll "Jag älskade den här boken från första stycket ... ärligt, fängslande och insiktsfullt om kreativitet och livet" - Curtis Sittenfeld "Rent litterärt är romanen en fest med levande gestaltning när den är som bäst, psykologiskt intressanta karaktärer, spirituella dialoger, spännande miljöer, bra intrig och framåtdriv, samt framförallt en hel del underfundig komik. Betyg 5" - BTJ-häftet 9/2022, Katarina Tavakol "Underbar, smart, innerlig" - Washington Post Lily King är en amerikansk författare och lärare i kreativt skrivande. Skriva & älska är hennes femte roman.

‘Moved me, inspired me, thrilled me. It filled up every chamber of my heart’ – Ann Patchett‘Masterful, surprising, and satisfying’ – Madeline MillerThe stunning short story collection from the bestselling author of Writers & Lovers and EuphoriaA reclusive bookseller begins to feel the discomfort of love again. A widow whisks her daughter away for a holiday she can barely afford, desperate to help the two of them grieve. A neglected teenage boy finds much-needed nurturing from an unlikely pair of college students. A proud man rages helplessly at his granddaughter’s hospital bedside. A writer receives a visit from all of the men who have tried to suppress her voice. The romantic but brutally raw stories in Five Tuesdays in Winter explore desire, heartache, moments of shocking cruelty and the inexorable tug toward love at all costs. This profoundly tender collection confirms Lily King as one of our most beloved chroniclers of the human heart.‘Vivid, moving, immersive’ – Marian Keyes‘Intimate and revealing, unflinchingly honest and insightful’ – The Observer‘Exquisite’ – Financial Times