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Hätten Florentine und Hannes den beiden jungen Reisenden auch dann ihre Tür geöffnet, wenn sie geahnt hätten, welche Rolle der Besuch aus der DDR im Leben der Banater Familie noch spielen wird? Hätte Samuel seinem besten Freund Oz auch dann rückhaltlos beigestanden, wenn er das Ausmaß seiner Entscheidung überblickt hätte? In Die Unschärfe der Welt verbinden sich die Lebenswege von sieben Personen, sieben Wahlverwandten, die sich trotz Schicksalsschlägen und räumlichen Distanzen unaufhörlich aufeinander zubewegen.

Aavarana: The Veil by S. L. Bhyrappa is a story of a free-spirited and rebellious young woman, Lakshmi, who marries the man she is deeply in love with. Amir, her husband, requests she convert to Islam, and she reluctantly agrees. Despite her father being completely against the marriage, she breaks ties with him and changes her name to Razia. However, things change for the worse, and she discovers a different side to Amir. He is not the progressive and liberal person she thought he was.

The whole of the harbour was touched with gold - the tops of the quiet waves, warehouse roofs, the bulging folds of sails at rest, the tips of seagull wings - giving him one sweeping glimpse of beauty just as he was leaving, a vision of things as they ought always to be just as they were not.... March, 1912. A sultry Indian summer hangs over the west coast of Australia and aboard the luxury steamship SS Koombana, three tales entwine.

Alfred Larribee is sent by his father to live with his cousin’s family in the West. Larribee proves to be lazy and shiftless…spending most of his time in town…drinking and gambling…even cheating at cards. What changes all this is the appearance of Sky Blue…a magnificent stallion that has never been ridden. Dan Gurry is the owner and hopes to find a cowboy who can ride Sky Blue…but the first one to try is seriously injured. After that no one is willing to volunteer to try again except Larribee.

Jess Penhaligon is on her way to Devon to receive an award for her botanical painting. Hosting her will be Kate, who gladly welcomes her into her home. Jess's own family fell apart several years ago, so she is grateful for Kate's friendliness - and her close unit of extended family and friends, who embrace Jess just as warmly. As this group begins reminiscing on their pasts and sharing their stories with Jess, it becomes apparent that her family history may be linked with theirs.

「はじめて」は、いつも痛くて、少し優しい。日本エンターテインメントの最前線&最高峰!

本屋大賞受賞『成瀬は天下を取りにいく』を超える、爆走型ヒロインが誕生！

直木賞受賞作『空中ブランコ』のルーツ。これが伊良部のデビュー作！「いらっしゃーい」。伊良部総合病院地下にある神経科を訪ねた患者たちは、甲高い声に迎えられる。色白で太ったその精神科医の名は、伊良部一郎。

若者たちの生を鮮やかに描く、芥川賞候補作第173回芥川賞候補作若者たちの生を鮮烈な文章で描く、これが文学の未来！「かいぶつ」と呼ばれる時計台が見下ろす公園で出会った二人の少女と一人の青年。

お待たせしました！ 伊良部シリーズ第3弾登場町営の診療所しかない都下の離れ小島に赴任することになった、トンデモ精神科医の伊良部。

新時代の才能が炸裂！　松本清張賞受賞作“クソ田舎”からおさらばするため、３人の女子高生は学校の屋上で大麻の栽培を始める――。選考委員満場一致、規格外のデビュー作。

Geoff Rickly’s debut novel Someone Who Isn’t Me is a feverish journey through the psyche of someone who no longer recognizes himself. When Geoff hears that a drug called ibogaine might be able to save him from his heroin addiction, he goes to a clinic in Mexico to confront the darkest and most destructive versions of himself. In this modern reimagining of the Divine Comedy, survival lurks in the darkest corners of Geoff’s brain, asking, will he make it? Can anyone?

夜の街のルール、私がご案内しましょう＞＞＞紀伊國屋書店　新宿本店＜＜＜＞＞＞新書部門（6月4週）　第１位！！＜＜＜欲望渦巻く新宿・歌舞伎町では、日々、多様な事件が起きている。

いきなり自給自足できるのか？文哉は猟師の市蔵を訪ねた旅の途中で、山間にある畑付きの空き家を見つけた。縁もゆかりもない土地、限界集落でもあったが、運命を感じ購入を決める。

When the younger players in India's cricket team find out that advertising executive Zoya Singh Solanki was born at the very moment India won the World Cup back in 1983, they are intrigued. When having breakfast with her is followed by victories on the field, they are impressed. And when not eating with her results in defeat, they decide she's a lucky charm. The nation goes a step further. Amazed at the ragtag team's sudden spurt of victories, it declares her a goddess.

Paul has been led into a life of crime by his schoolyard protector, Daniel - but one night, what started as petty theft escalates fatally. Now, at 19, Paul must bear witness against his friend to avoid imprisonment. Louisa has her own dark secrets. Having fled from them many years ago, she now spends her days steeped in history, renovating the grounds of a crumbling Elizabethan mansion. But the her fragile peace is shattered when she meets Paul....

Pietro Rinaldi ha ottant'anni e vuole essere lasciato in pace. Ormai è convinto che la sua vita sia arrivata al capolinea e, mentre mangia penne all'arrabbiata, riflette su quanto i libri siano meglio delle persone. Se già fatica a sopportare se stesso, figuriamoci gli altri! Non ha proprio intenzione di avere a che fare con l'umanità... fino a quando, un giorno, nel suo mondo irrompe Diego, il nipotino quindicenne.

直木賞受賞の大ベストセラー、ついに文庫化！伊良部総合病院地下の神経科には、跳べなくなったサーカスの空中ブランコ乗り、尖端恐怖症のやくざなど、今日も悩める患者たちが訪れる。だが色白でデブの担当医・伊良部一郎には妙な性癖が……。

ゲームクリエイター、KOTAKE CREATE氏によって2023年に制作され、累計180万ダウンロードを記録した世界的大ヒットゲーム「８番出口」。本作をもとにした小説と映画を、この夏、相次いで刊行、公開することとなりました。

「すみれがぼくにとってどれほど大事な、かけがえのない存在であったかということが、あらためて理解できた。すみれは彼女にしかできないやりかたで、ぼくをこの世につなぎ止めていたのだ」　「旅の連れ」という皮肉な名を持つ孤独な人工衛星のように、誰もが皆それぞれの軌道を描き続ける。