Louis Begley

Wraz z wybuchem II wojny światowej beztroskie dzieciństwo Maćka dramatycznie dobiega końca. Chłopiec jest polskim Żydem i wkrótce jego rodzina pada ofiarą hitlerowskiego terroru. Rozpoczyna się koszmar nieustannej ucieczki, ciągły strach i szukanie nowych kryjówek. Przez całą wojnę Maciek i jego ciotka Tania trzymają się razem, za pomocą różnych...

Thomas Mistler has always thought himself "e;a happy man, as the world goes."e; A scion of old money, he made his own fortune in advertising and is now poised to sell the company he founded for a fabulous price. But when a medical examination reveals the presence in his liver of a fatal intruder, "e;preposterously, unmistakably, he...

"e;[A] perfectly constructed novel.... The time is 1974, and Max, who is fleeing from the wreckage of his first marriage, is a summer-house guest on Lake Como, where he encounters the two characters who will shape his life over the next 20 years: Charlie Swan, a Harvard classmate from the 1950s turned famous architect...and Toby, a poised and...

As he tries to make his life habitable again--after the devastating loss of his wife--retired lawyer Albert Schmidt finds the possibility of regeneration in a new love the old "e;Schmidtie"e; would never have dreamt of. Set in the Hamptons and Mahnattan, and laced with black humor, About Schmidt casts a cold, pitiless eye on the eastern...

A mesmerizing novel of deception and betrayal from the acclaimed author of Wartime  Lies and About Schmidt. John North, a prize-winning American writer, is suddenly  beset by dark suspicions about the real value of his work. Over endless hours and  bottles of whiskey consumed in a mysterious cafAAAa AaAAaAa AaAAAAAaAA AAaAAAaAaAAAa...

Recently widowed, Albert Schmidt has triumphantly rediscovered domestic bliss in  the Hamptons with Carrie, the Puerto Rican waitress who is younger than his daughter.  Schmidt is content with keeping his own hours and steering his own course, even as  he becomes entertained--and increasingly ensnared-- by the odd billionaire...