1855. Lucknow, India. As tensions simmer in the heat of repressive colonial India, romance does not seem a likely prospect between an Indian prince and an English girl. Yet after discovering a common delight in music, Salim, son of the last Nawab of Avadh, and Rachael Bristow, daughter of an English colonel, defy their own and their societies' preconceptions and prejudices to fall in love. As the two are drawn closer together, their privileged lives in northern India are about to be torn apart. Trouble begins when the British annex Avadh banish the rightful Nawab, inflaming Salim's hatred of the colonisers, complicating his love for Rachael. Determined to recover what is rightfully his, Salim fights back when a small Sepoy mutiny flares into bloody rebellion against British rule. As unrest spreads across the subcontinent, the fiercely contested ancient city of Lucknow proves one of the most dangerous places to be. Amid the chaos of a city and society consumed in hatred and devastation, Salim and Rachael are forced to choose between their loyalty to each other, their families, and the opposing sides that threaten to raze Lucknow to the ground. Will their love prove strong enough to rise above the violence and survive to a world beyond?

Threads, a reincarnation fantasy, opens with the death of Anne Boleyn, whose execution appears upon first sight to have resulted from her inability to produce a son for the king. As Anne reviews her life, and several previous lifetimes, she learns about the true depth of her relationship with Henry VIII. Furthermore, she learns that she has been given a hard task: to forgive him.

Zwei Generationen, zwei Schicksale, Mann und Frau: Chloé, sitzen gelassen von ihrem Ehemann und Pierre, ihr Schwiegervater. Und ausgerechnet dieser distanzierte, kühle Pierre nimmt Chloé mit in sein Landhaus und erzählt ihr von seinem lang gehüteten Geheimnis: von der großen Liebe seines Lebens, von heimlicher Untreue und von ungelebten Träumen. Es sind zwei gegensätzliche Schicksale, die Gavalda in ihrem bekannt lakonischen, pointierten Stil beschreibt: eine doppelte Liebesgeschichte - voller Lebensklugheit und Witz.

Camille Fauque tiene 26 años, dibuja de maravilla, pero no tiene fuerza para hacerlo. Frágil y desorientada, malvive en una buhardilla y parece esmerarse en desaparecer: apenas come, limpia oficinas de noche, y su relación con el mundo es casi agonizante. Philibert Marquet, su vecino, vive en un apartamento enorme del que podría ser desalojado; es tartamudo, un caballero a la antigua que vende postales en un museo, y el casero de Franck Lestafier. Cocinero de un gran restaurante, Franck es mujeriego y malhablado, casi vulgar, lo cual irrita a la única persona que le ha querido, su abuela Paulette, que a sus 83 años se deja morir en un asilo añorando su hogar y las visitas de su nieto.

Cuatro supervivientes, cuatro personajes magullados por la vida, cuyo encuentro va a salvarlos de un naufragio anunciado. La relación que se establece entre estos perdedores de corazón puro es de una riqueza inaudita, tendrán que aprender a conocerse para lograr el milagro de la convivencia.

Juntos, nada más es una historia viva, con un ritmo suspendido en el aire, llena de esos minúsculos dramas personales que seducen por su sencillez, su sinceridad y su inconmensurable humanidad.

«La sal de la vida es un relato alegre, lleno de sonrisas, de juegos, de reyes, reinas y ases, que nos recuerda que todo es posible todavía», ANNA GAVALDA.

Simone, Garance y Lola, tres hermanos que se han hecho ya mayores, huyen de una boda familiar que promete ser aburridísima para ir a encontrarse en un viejo castillo con Vincent, el hermano pequeño. Olvidándose de maridos y esposas, hijos, divorcios, preocupaciones y tristezas, vivirán un último día de infancia robado a su vida de adultos.

La sal de la vida es un homenaje a los hermanos, compañeros imborrables de nuestra niñez. Una novela con todos los ingredientes que han hecho de Gavalda una de las autoras más leídas y admiradas de la literatura europea: alegría, ternura, nostalgia y humor.

Hailed as "The Great Israeli Novel" ( Tel Aviv) and winner of the prestigious Bernstein Prize, is a monumental and daring work about life in a West Bank settlement from one of Israel's most acclaimed young novelists.

On a rocky, beautiful hilltop stands Ma'aleh Hermesh C, a fledgling community flying under the radar. According to the government it doesn't exist; according to the military it must be defended. On this contested land, Othniel Assis — under the wary gaze of the neighboring Palestinian village — plants asparagus, arugula, and cherry tomatoes, and he installs goats — and his ever-expanding family. As Othniel cheerfully manipulates government agencies, more settlers arrive, and, amid a hodge-podge of shipping containers and mobile homes, the outpost takes root.

One of the settlement's steadfast residents is Gabi Kupper, a one-time free spirit and kibbutz-dweller, who undergoes a religious awakening. The delicate routines of Gabi's new life are thrown into turmoil with the sudden arrival of Roni, his prodigal brother, who, years after venturing to America in search of fortune, arrives at Gabi's door, penniless. To the settlement's dismay, Roni soon hatches a plan to sell the "artisanal" olive oil from the Palestinian village to Tel Aviv yuppies. When a curious correspondent stumbles into their midst, Ma'aleh Hermesh C becomes the focus of an international diplomatic scandal and faces its greatest test yet.

By turns serious and satirical, brilliantly skewers the complex, often absurd reality of life in Israel, the West Bank settlers, and the nation's relationship to the United States, and makes a startling parallel between today's settlements and the kibbutz movement of Gabi and Roni's youth. Rich with humor and insight, Assaf Gavron's novel is the first fiction to grapple with one of the most charged geo-political issues of our time, and he has written a masterpiece.Hailed as "The Great Israeli Novel" ( Tel Aviv) and winner of the prestigious Bernstein Prize, is a monumental and daring work about life in a West Bank settlement from one of Israel's most acclaimed young novelists.

On a rocky, beautiful hilltop stands Ma'aleh Hermesh C, a fledgling community flying under the radar. According to the government it doesn't exist; according to the military it must be defended. On this contested land, Othniel Assis — under the wary gaze of the neighboring Palestinian village — plants asparagus, arugula, and cherry tomatoes, and he installs goats — and his ever-expanding family. As Othniel cheerfully manipulates government agencies, more settlers arrive, and, amid a hodge-podge of shipping containers and mobile homes, the outpost takes root.

One of the settlement's steadfast residents is Gabi Kupper, a one-time free spirit and kibbutz-dweller, who undergoes a religious awakening. The delicate routines of Gabi's new life are thrown into turmoil with the sudden arrival of Roni, his prodigal brother, who, years after venturing to America in search of fortune, arrives at Gabi's door, penniless. To the settlement's dismay, Roni soon hatches a plan to sell the "artisanal" olive oil from the Palestinian village to Tel Aviv yuppies. When a curious correspondent stumbles into their midst, Ma'aleh Hermesh C becomes the focus of an international diplomatic scandal and faces its greatest test yet.

By turns serious and satirical, brilliantly skewers the complex, often absurd reality of life in Israel, the West Bank settlers, and the nation's relationship to the United States, and makes a startling parallel between today's settlements and the kibbutz movement of Gabi and Roni's youth. Rich with humor and insight, Assaf Gavron's novel is the first fiction to grapple with one of the most charged geo-political issues of our time, and he has written a masterpiece.