“Laurie Colwin was the best kind of master: human and humorous, full of wisdom and love.” —Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author of All Adults HereIn these fourteen tales, Laurie Colwin explores...

Within these fourteen hilarious and insightful tales of urban life, you'll meet: Raiford Phelps, an ornithologist who discovers new patterns of animal behavior when he meets Mary Leibnitz. Benno Morna,...

This collection of stories about love and privacy is serious, funny, tender, and alive with the elegance and spirit that characterise Laurie Colwin's work. In these stories, the reader moves among young...

When Sam Bax, that charming daredevil of a Boston lawyer, sails his boat into a storm off the coast of Maine, Elizabeth 'Olly' Bax, his wife and ardent sidekick, becomes a widow at the edge of twenty-seven....

At once a hilarious social commentary and an insightful, sophisticated modern romance, A Big Storm Knocked It Over stands as a living tribute to one of contemporary fiction's most original and beloved...

Laurie Colwin è morta nel 1992 a soli quarantotto anni, ma nel panorama letterario degli Stati Uniti rimane una figura di culto: per i suoi romanzi, che uniscono grazia, intelligenza e ironia, e per questa...

'If you've ever been in a relationship with another person, if you've ever had a family, you need to read this book' Ann PatchettPolly Solo-Miller Demarest is the perfect flower of the Solo-Miller family.The...

'Warm, wise, witty, and just plain fun' Maggie Shipstead At a perfectly ordinary cocktail party, Francis is introduced to Billy and - although it slips right by him at the time - he falls in love with...

'Seriously wise, seriously wonderful, seriously comic - your life will be richer for it' Katherine HeinyGuido and Vicent - third cousins and best friends - spend their time lolling around and wondering...

Geraldine, ragazza ebrea di buona famiglia e appassionata di musica soul, ha lasciato il dottorato per fare la corista (la prima e unica corista bianca) in un gruppo rhythm and blues, Vernon e Ruby Shakely...

Vom Wagnis, sich zu binden, erzählen zehn kluge, pointierte Texte großer Autorinnen aus zweihundert Jahren, von Heiratsanträgen und Hochzeiten, von Verlobungszeit und Flitterwochen. Gemeinsame Nenner...

Comment rassasier une horde d’invités affamés ? Déguiser les légumes pour duper les enfants ? Concilier une infinité de régimes alimentaires autour d’un bon repas, dans la joie et la bonne humeur ?...

Aucune faille en vue dans la vie de Polly Solo-Miller Demarest. Un mari aimant (et riche), d’adorables enfants et un job à son goût : une vie d’épouse presque parfaite, surtout quand on descend d’une...

« Nous étions les filles de gens parfaitement sûrs d’eux qui avaient de l’argent en guise d’imagination. » Ah, la bonne société américaine, ses conventions, ses habitudes et ses aspirations à plus. Mais...

Guido et Vincent, charmants jeunes hommes de la bonne société new-yorkaise, cherchent désespérément la femme de leurs rêves. Ils la rencontrent au même moment : Holly, distinguée et mystérieuse, et Misty,...

« Elle fait indiscutablement partie de ma vie. Quand je ne travaille pas et que je ne suis pas avec elle, mes pensées vont vers elle aussi naturellement qu’une main se pose sur la tête d’un enfant… »...

Qand Frank rencontre Josephine, dite Billy, ils ont tout pour se détester. Mais les contraires s'attirent et les voici embarqués dans une relation dévorante, faite de malice et de réparties. Seul problème...

Geraldine, ragazza ebrea di buona famiglia e appassionata di musica soul, ha lasciato il dottorato per fare la corista (la prima e unica corista bianca) in un gruppo rhythm and blues, Vernon e Ruby Shakely...

Immaginate la New York dei film di Woody Allen: le case eleganti dell’Upper West Side, i viali frondosi di Central Park, una borghesia intellettuale benestante e colta; ora immaginatela raccontata non...

Laurie Colwin è morta nel 1992 a soli quarantotto anni, ma nel panorama letterario degli Stati Uniti rimane una figura di culto: per i suoi romanzi, che uniscono grazia, intelligenza e ironia, e per questa...

"Seriously good. . . . Deep and rich." — Los Angeles TimesFrom the critically acclaimed author of Happy All the Time and Home Cooking, a insightful and witty tale of a woman struggling to overcome her...

'Everything food writing should be: funny, profound, inspiring and unaffected' Nigella LawsonWeaving together memories, recipes, and wild tales of years spent in the kitchen, Home Cooking is Laurie Colwin's...