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First published nearly a quarter-century ago and one of the very few short-story collections to win the PEN/Faulkner Award, this is American fiction at its most vital - each narrative a masterpiece of sustained power and seemingly effortless literary grace.

You think you can trust the ones you love most. But what if one secret could make you question everything? Every day, a woman like Louise passes you in the street: elegant, confident, determined. But underneath, she’s struggling. She doesn’t know her sister, Alice, has been scared of leaving the house since their mother died. She doesn’t know when Alice babysits her little boy, Archie, he sometimes sees things he shouldn’t. She doesn’t know Archie has a secret. A secret that could send cracks through the heart of Louise’s carefully constructed life....

Tara Logan adores her perfect little family: husband, Noah, and two children, teenager Rosie and 11-year-old Spencer. But her happiness is shattered when she wakes in her neighbour Lee Jacobs' bed, with no memory of how she got there or what happened between them. And worse - he has been stabbed to death. Convinced she didn't kill Lee, Tara flees home and stays silent, holding her breath as the investigation grips the neighbourhood.

Considerado como um dos maiores romances de Machado de Assis e pertencente ao gênero de realismo psicológico, mesmo contendo resquícios de sua fase romântica, por tratar de temas como ciúmes, adultério e amor na perspectiva do protagonista, com suas reflexões e devaneios. Dom Casmurro narra a história de Bentinho, sua infância na Rua de Matacavalos e seu grande amor por Capitu, uma das figuras femininas mais enigmáticas da literatura brasileira. A relação dos dois é abalada quando Bento começa a acreditar que sua mulher o está traindo com o melhor amigo.

When single mother Darcy’s son falls from a rope bridge at a local playground, life stands still. She clutches his small, limp body, frozen, until a pair of strong hands push her aside, and she watches as George, a local doctor, saves her son’s life. George, with his twinkling hazel eyes, easy charm and lack of wedding band is almost too good to be true, but coffee becomes lunch, lunch becomes dinner, and soon they can’t go an evening without seeing each other.

Twelve-year-old Josy has an inexplicable illness. She vanishes without a trace from her doctor's office during treatment. Four years later Josy's father, psychiatrist Viktor Larenz, has withdrawn himself to an isolated North Sea island in order to deal with the tragedy. Then he's paid a surprise visit by a beautiful stranger. Anna Glass is a novelist who suffers from an unusual form of schizophrenia: All the characters she creates for her books become real to her.

In a dorm room at her safety school, surrounded by corn-fed boys and contemptuous girls, Alice is losing her mind. Her first semester is spent clinging to middling grades between drunken hookups and roommate fights. The next brings sleepless nights, extreme weight loss, and effortless, compulsive energy, paused only by an unexpected summoning from the RA for evaluation.

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?

Julia rennt nicht weg. Zumindest nicht so richtig. Aber sie braucht dringend eine Auszeit von ihrem Leben, und da fühlt sich das Angebot aus Biarritz an wie eine Rettungsleine. Hals über Kopf zieht sie an die Atlantikküste, wo sie als Psychologin den Bewohnern eines Seniorenheims zur Seite stehen soll.

Nada é o que parece na Baía Looking Glass – prepare-se para um suspense psicológico cheio de reviravoltas. No verão de 1989, Wilder Harlow conhece Harper e Nat, dois adolescentes tão misteriosos quanto a própria baía Looking Glass, uma pequena cidade aterrorizada por um serial killer que invadia casas, fotografava crianças dormindo e deixava rastros de puro terror. Agora, décadas depois, Wilder começa a redigir seu livro, contando sobre o terrível segredo que ele e seus amigos descobriram nas enseadas da baía e como o pacto que fizeram naquele verão moldou para sempre suas vidas.

A Madrid vive una famiglia come tante: una madre vedova ormai anziana, tre figli adulti. La madre fra poco compirà ottant’anni e, per l’occasione, l’unico figlio maschio vuole organizzare un pranzo che riunisca tutti. Ma le sorelle non ci stanno: ha forse dimenticato che non si parlano più da mesi? In effetti, a ben guardare la situazione è tutt’altro che idilliaca.

My darling little boy Albie adores playing at our new neighbours’ house. And after the terrible year we’ve had, I feel so lucky that we can start over in this perfect place, with new friends who treat Albie like the son they never had. He can’t stop talking about the tree house they’re building him, and the cookies they bake together. But as time passes, something starts to feel wrong. Why don’t they ever open the front door more than a crack? They told me they had no children so who does the small pink tricycle I saw in their hall belong to?

Ora che è anziano, le giornate di Agostino, detto Gosto, scorrono l’una uguale all’altra nel podere immerso nella campagna ereditato anni prima. La moglie, cinica e pettegola, lo ha lasciato e l’unica figlia sembra interessata solamente ai soldi. Eppure, Gosto crede ancora nel bene e nella giustizia; conduce una vita appartata, ama la natura e prova a ignorare l’ostilità della gente del paese in cui, da sempre, è considerato un estraneo. Con pazienza, cerca di rimettere in sesto il terreno di sua proprietà anche se i ricordi del passato spesso tornano a tormentarlo.

È il 1951. In un piccolo casolare nella campagna del Polesine, dove i temporali ingoiano all’improvviso i cieli luminosi e il granturco cresce alto e impenetrabile, vivono Norma e Nilde, due cugine cresciute come se fossero sorelle dopo che un bombardamento durante la guerra ha ucciso le loro madri. Nilde è una ragazza riservata e timorosa di tutto e la sua ansia aumenta quando Norma inizia a comportarsi in maniera strana.

Los habitantes de Peñafonte, una pequeña aldea minera, tratan de subsistir en el particular equilibrio establecido tras los trágicos eventos de los últimos años: la revolución obrera

Le venti storie che compongono questo volume spaziano nel tempo dai primi racconti rarissimi degli anni '60 al recentissimo Ontalgie. Una stupenda cavalcata attraverso i mondi dell'animo umano, che rimane uguale sulle rive del grande fiume natale come nell'immensità degli spazi siderali o nelle profondità del tempo.

Recently life has been good for Mallory Hansen: a great job, a lovely home, and a wonderful man, Nathan, to share it with. But now she must ask herself: is it all built on lies? A shocking accusation has been made against Nathan, and Mallory doesn’t know who to believe. As teenagers, Mallory and Nathan were part of a close-knit group of six friends until a vicious argument drove them apart. Now, fifteen years later, they are back in touch - only to find themselves drawn into a web of mutual distrust, one by one.

The doorbell rings, just days after my beloved husband’s sudden death. I don’t recognise the woman on our doorstep, with her blonde highlights, a diamond bracelet identical to my own and a bouncing baby boy in her arms. As I show her inside, I notice her eyes grow wide as she takes in our spacious hallway, and the big squashy sofas that we all used to pile on. She glances at the silver-framed family photos and my little daughter hiding behind my skirts. She looks at me, her blue eyes serious. ‘I’m sorry’ she says. ‘I am your husband’s girlfriend. And this is his son.'

In a beautiful house surrounded by woodland, the Drayton family and their dearest friends are enjoying dinner together. The wine is flowing, the meal has been lovingly prepared, and it’s going to be an evening none of them will ever forget.

Lorenzo Sartori è uno psicoterapeuta di circa trent'anni, razionale ma inquieto, ansioso di imparare, di crescere, di migliorarsi. È per questo che quando i suoi primi pazienti gli sbattono la porta in faccia, inizia a chiedersi quale sia il problema. Il problema, capirà poi, era in parte suo, aveva molti luoghi oscuri interni da illuminare.