Adriana Hunter Bücher

Exploring the life of Camille Pissarro, the book delves into how his Jewish heritage influenced his artistic journey. As a pivotal figure in Impressionism, Pissarro maintained close ties with renowned artists like Monet and Van Gogh while grappling with feelings of alienation due to his Caribbean origins and Jewish background. Despite his atheism and avoidance of political themes in his art, his lineage shaped his perspective. Anka Muhlstein presents a detailed and personal portrayal, enriched by Pissarro's artwork and correspondence, highlighting his commitment to artistic freedom.

The timely, powerful memoir of a man unjustly charged with a crime for helping his relatives, refugees from Syria. For trying to save his in-laws, who were fleeing certain death in Syria, Stéphan Pélissier was threatened with fifteen years in prison by the Greek justice system, which accused him of human smuggling. His crime? Having gone to search for the parents, brother, and sister of his wife, Zéna, in Greece rather than leaving them to undertake a treacherous journey by boat to Italy. Their joy on finding each other quickly turned into a nightmare: Pélissier was arrested as a result of a missing car registration and thrown into prison. Although his relatives were ultimately able to seek asylum—legally—in France, Pélissier had to fight to prove his innocence, and to uphold the values of common humanity and solidarity in which he so strongly believes. I Just Wanted to Save My Family offers a heartrending window into the lives of those displaced by the Syrian civil war and a scathing critique of the often absurd, unfeeling bureaucracies that determine their fates.

Bustle: Best Book of the Month From the critically acclaimed author of The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris, a fascinating, intimate portrait of one of Japan’s most influential and respected textile artists. Writer, filmmaker, and photographer Marc Petitjean finds himself in Kyoto one fine morning with his camera, to film a man who will become his friend: Kunihiko Moriguchi, a master kimono painter and Living National Treasure—like his father before him. As a young decorative arts student in the 1960s, Moriguchi rubbed shoulders with the cultural elite of Paris and befriended Balthus, who would profoundly influence his artistic career. Discouraged by Balthus from pursuing design in Europe, he returned to Japan to take up his father’s vocation. Once back in this world of tradition he had tried to escape, Moriguchi contemporized the craft of Yūzen (resist dyeing) through his innovative use of abstraction in patterns. With a documentarian’s keen eye, Petitjean retraces Moriguchi’s remarkable life, from his childhood during the turbulent 1940s and 50s marked by war, to his prime as an artist with works exhibited in the most prestigious museums in the world.

An eloquent, heartfelt account of a young boy's fight with cancer and of a mother's determination and resilience, which see their family through to his recovery. As her ten-year-old son sits at the kitchen table one evening, Lise Marzouk inspects his mouth and discovers an unusual growth, which doctors later confirm is cancerous. When he is hospitalized at the Curie Institute in Paris for lymphoma treatment, Lise finds herself torn between two worlds, one at his bedside, and the other at home with her two younger children, struggling to maintain a sense of stability in their lives. And so she writes—of their fears and doubts, but also of their moments of tenderness and joy—and through these memories, stories, and reveries, she arrives at a deeper understanding of herself as a woman, a mother, and a writer. Brimming with a rebellious sense of hope, If offers an intimate look at how a mother's love and support enabled her family to come out of a devastating experience stronger and more connected.

Lebe nach deiner eigenen Melodie 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. Eigentlich hat Julia mit alten Leuten wenig am Hut, doch schnell merkt sie, dass sich hinter den eleganten Türen der Seniorenresidenz mehr verbirgt, als sie auf den ersten Blick geahnt hat: gebrochene Herzen, lange gehütete Geheimnisse und unbändige Lebensfreude, wie sie ihr noch nie begegnet ist. Kann Julia alles, was sie sucht, tatsächlich dort finden, wo sie es am wenigsten vermutet?

This intimate account offers a new, unexpected understanding of the artist’s work and of the vibrant 1930s surrealist scene. In 1938, just as she was leaving Mexico for her first solo exhibition in New York, Frida Kahlo was devastated to learn from her husband, Diego Rivera, that he intended to divorce her. This latest blow followed a long series of betrayals, most painful of all his affair with her beloved younger sister, Cristina, in 1934. In early 1939, anxious and adrift, Kahlo traveled from the United States to France—her only trip to Europe, and the beginning of a unique period of her life when she was enjoying success on her own. Now, for the first time, this previously overlooked part of her story is brought to light in exquisite detail. Marc Petitjean takes the reader to Paris, where Kahlo spends her days alongside luminaries such as Pablo Picasso, André Breton, Dora Maar, and Marcel Duchamp. Using Kahlo’s whirlwind romance with the author’s father, Michel Petitjean, as a jumping-off point, The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris provides a striking portrait of the artist and an inside look at the history of one of her most powerful, enigmatic paintings.

„Wie Philippe Claudel die Seelen entblößt, hat mir den Atem genommen.“ (Petra Hammesfahr) Ein Dorf im Osten Frankreichs, Winter 1917. Die Front ist nah, doch alles geht seinen gewohnten Gang. Bis eines Tages die zehnjährige Tochter des Gastwirtes ermordet wird. Der Gendarm versucht, Licht in das Dunkel zu bringen. Doch erst viele Jahre später gelingt es ihm, die Geschichte zu erzählen, zusammen mit allen anderen Geschichten, die untrennbar mit ihr verbunden sind. „Dunkel, geheimnisvoll, atemberaubend, spannend, dabei von bestechender sprachlicher Eleganz.“ (Elke Heidenreich in „Lesen“)

Die junge Belgierin Amélie tritt freiwillig eine Höllenfahrt an: Aus Neugier und Abenteuerlust verpflichtet sie sich, 365 Tage lang bei Yumimoto zu arbeiten. Da sie weiss, von welcher Bedeutung Ehrenkodex und Hierarchie in einem japanischen Unternehmen sind, versucht sie sich unterzuordnen. Doch damit kommt sie nicht weit. Denn erstens ist sie Europäerin und zweitens eine Frau. Nichts scheint sie richtig zu machen. Ob es nun um das Verfassen eines einfachen Briefes, das Eintragen von Zahlen oder um simples Fotokopieren geht. Amélie fügt sich ihrem Schicksal und erträgt alle Demütigungen. Dennoch: Ihre Haltung - eine Mischung aus japanischem Zen und europäischer Ironie - ist keineswegs untertänig. Dank ihrer frechen und subversiven Gedankenkapriolen entkommt sie dem "huis clos" unbeschadet und verlässt die Firma Yumimoto nach exakt einem Jahr gestärkt und ein bisschen weiser.

This intimate account offers a new, unexpected understanding of the artist’s work and of the vibrant 1930s surrealist scene. In 1938, just as she was leaving Mexico for her first solo exhibition in New York, Frida Kahlo was devastated to learn from her husband, Diego Rivera, that he intended to divorce her. This latest blow followed a long series of betrayals, most painful of all his affair with her beloved younger sister, Cristina, in 1934. In early 1939, anxious and adrift, Kahlo traveled from the United States to France—her only trip to Europe, and the beginning of a unique period of her life when she was enjoying success on her own. Now, for the first time, this previously overlooked part of her story is brought to light in exquisite detail. Marc Petitjean takes the reader to Paris, where Kahlo spends her days alongside luminaries such as Pablo Picasso, André Breton, Dora Maar, and Marcel Duchamp. Using Kahlo’s whirlwind romance with the author’s father, Michel Petitjean, as a jumping-off point, The Heart: Frida Kahlo in Paris provides a striking portrait of the artist and an inside look at the history of one of her most powerful, enigmatic paintings.

Vom Autor des Spiegel-Bestsellers "Die Anomalie": Le Tellier schreibt mit französischer Leichtigkeit über Liebeswirren. Es ist Sommer in Paris, ein Jahrhundertsommer, in dem sich die Leben von sechs Menschen kreuzen: zwei Frauen, ihre Ehemänner – und ihre Liebhaber. Es sind Menschen mitten im Leben, in geordneten Bahnen, mit Familie. Alle sind auf ihre Weise liebenswert, aber nicht alle wissen zu lieben. Schnell entflammen die Herzen, entstehen süße Illusionen, doch bald kommen erste Zweifel auf. Was ist jeder bereit, für die neue Liebe aufs Spiel zu setzen? Jede Begegnung, jedes Rendezvous könnte das Ende bedeuten. Oder einen Neuanfang ... Eine charmante, kluge und zugleich sehr unterhaltende Komödie. Ein Buch für alle, die gerne über Liebe sprechen.