Migliori Libri di Rainbow Rowell

A love story by Rainbow Rowell, the New York Times bestselling author of Eleanor & Park. Cath and Wren are identical twins, and until recently they did absolutely everything together. Now they’re off to university and Wren’s decided she doesn’t want to be one half of a pair any more – she wants to dance, meet boys, go to parties and let loose. It’s not so easy for Cath. She’s horribly shy and has always buried herself in the fan fiction she writes, where she always knows exactly what to say and can write a romance far more intense than anything she’s experienced in real life. Without Wren Cath is completely on her own and totally outside her comfort zone. She’s got a surly room-mate with a charming, always-around boyfriend, a fiction-writing professor who thinks fan fiction is the end of the civilized world, a handsome classmate who only wants to talk about words . . . And she can’t stop worrying about her dad, who’s loving and fragile and has never really been alone. Now Cath has to decide whether she’s ready to open her heart to new people and new experiences, and she’s realizing that there’s more to learn about love than she ever thought possible . . . Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell comes with special bonus material; the first chapter from Rainbow’s irresistible novel Carry On.

Rainbow Rowell has won fans all over the world by writing about love and life in a way that feels true. In her first short story collection Scattered Showers, she gives us nine beautifully crafted love stories. Girl meets boy camping outside a movie theater. Best friends debate the merits of high school dances. A prince romances a troll. A girl romances an imaginary boy. And Simon Snow himself returns for a holiday adventure. It’s a feast of irresistible characters, hilarious dialogue, and masterful storytelling, in short, everything you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell book.

Based on the characters Simon and Baz who featured in Rainbow Rowell’s bestselling Fangirl, Carry On is a ghost story, a love story, a mystery and a melodrama. It has just as much kissing and talking as you’d expect from a Rainbow Rowell story – but far, far more monsters. Simon Snow just wants to relax and savour his last year at the Watford School of Magicks, but no one will let him. His girlfriend broke up with him, his best friend is a pest and his mentor keeps trying to hide him away in the mountains where maybe he’ll be safe. Simon can’t even enjoy the fact that his room-mate and longtime nemesis is missing, because he can’t stop worrying about the evil git. Plus there are ghosts. And vampires. And actual evil things trying to shut Simon down. When you’re the most powerful magician the world has ever known, you never get to relax and savour anything. ‘Come for the make-outs and stay for the magic’ – The Atlantic

Eleanor è appena arrivata in città. La chioma riccia rosso fuoco e l’abbigliamento improbabile, ha lo sguardo basso di chi, in pasto al mondo, fa fatica a sopravvivere. Park ha tratti orientali che ha preso dalla madre coreana e veste sempre di nero. La musica è il suo rifugio per tenersi fuori dai guai. La loro storia inizia una mattina, sul bus che li porta a scuola. Park è immerso nella lettura dei suoi fumetti e perso tra le note degli Smiths, Eleanor si siede accanto a lui. Nessun altro le ha fatto posto, perché è nuova e parecchio strana. Il loro amore nasce dai silenzi, dagli sguardi lanciati appena l’altro è distratto. E li coglie alla sprovvista, perché nessuno dei due è abituato a essere il centro della vita di qualcuno. Tra insicurezze e paure, Eleanor e Park si scambiano il regalo più grande: amare quello che l’altro odia di sé, perché è esattamente ciò che lo rende speciale. Sarà la loro forza, perché anche se Eleanor non sopporta quegli sfigati di Romeo e Giulietta, anche il loro legame deve fare i conti con un bel po’ di ostacoli, primo fra tutti la famiglia di lei, dove il patrigno tiranneggia incontrastato. Riusciranno, per una volta nella vita, ad avere ciò che desiderano?