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Nisha has crossed oceans to give her child a future. Now she spends her days caring for someone else's daughter while her own waits for her return, half a world away. For Petra, it is only natural to hire a domestic worker to keep her house clean and her family fed. Their lives have nothing in common, except the love they feel for their daughters. Then one day, Nisha vanishes. No one cares about the disappearance of a foreign domestic worker, except Petra and Nisha's secret lover, Yiannis, the only connection to her daughter back in Sri Lanka.

Nuri is a beekeeper, his wife, Afra, an artist. They live a simple life, rich in family and friends, in the beautiful Syrian city of Aleppo - until the unthinkable happens. When all they care for is destroyed by war, they are forced to escape. But what Afra has seen is so terrible she has gone blind, and so they must embark on a perilous journey through Turkey and Greece towards an uncertain future in Britain.

A family from two nations, England and Greece, live a simple life on a tiny Greek island: Irini, Tasso and their daughter, sweet Chara, whose name means joy. Their life goes up in flames in a single day when one man starts a fire out of greed and indifference. Many are killed, homes are destroyed, and the island's natural beauty wiped out. In the wake of the fire, Chara bears deep scars across her back and arms. Tasso is frozen in trauma, devastated that he wasn't there when his family most needed him. And Irini is crippled by guilt at her part in the fate of the man who started the fire.

It is July 1974 and on a bright, sunny morning, the Turkish army has invaded the town of Kyrenia in Cyprus. For many people, this means an end to life as they know it. But for some, it is a chance to begin living again. Everyone has always talked about Koki. They never believed she was her father's daughter and her mother died too soon to quiet their wagging tongues. And when she became pregnant and there was no sign of a husband, her fate was sealed.   

“A beautifully crafted novel that sits at the intersection of race and class, that flags the frank truth of the life of migrant workers for whom a flight to freedom can become the most finely woven trap.”—JODI PICOULT, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Two Ways From the...

Le api non avevano segreti per Nuri, negli anni felici della sua vita ad Aleppo: le conosceva, ne sapeva interpretare le danze, i ritmi, l'incredibile miracolo della loro società perfettamente unita. La sua vita, in Siria, era semplice e insieme ricca; lui si occupava delle arnie, sua moglie Afra inventava mille colori per dipingere il mare con le sue mani e i suoi occhi di artista, il piccolo Sami giocava tranquillo. Ma poi la Siria ha cominciato a cadere a pezzi, e così la famiglia di Nuri.

This unforgettable novel puts human faces on the Syrian war with the immigrant story of a beekeeper, his wife, and the triumph of spirit when the world becomes unrecognizable. “A beautifully crafted novel of international significance that has the capacity to have us open our eyes and see...

En Alepo, la vida de Nuri y de su esposa, Afra, transcurría feliz junto a su hijo, Sami. Él era apicultor y dedicaba su vida a las abejas, ella era una artista de gran sensibilidad que vendía sus cuadros en el mercado de la ciudad. Pero cuando sucede lo impensable y la guerra destruye todo lo que aman, tienen que escapar.

“A tender depiction of loss and healing that raises questions about guilt and blame in the age of climate change.”—People “As with The Beekeeper of Aleppo, Lefteri transports the reader to a once lush and now destroyed world.”—Kristin Hannah, #1 New York Times bestselling author of...

En vandmelon, en fisk, en bibel er en rystende fortælling om krig og nedarvet had mellem folkeslag. Men frem for alt er det en smuk og rørende historie om grænseoverskridende kærlighed. I Kyrenia i Cypern går sladderen om Koki. Hun mister tidligt sin mor og vokser op alene med sin far. Ingen i byen tror dog på, at han er far til pigen med det flammende røde hår. Alle mener, hun er datter af fjenden, en soldat fra den britiske hær. Udstødt af sine egne forelsker hun sig i en ung tyrkisk skomager fra byen. Da hun bliver gravid, er hendes tyrkiske elsker forsvundet. Nu er Koki, og den søn hun føder, for alvor brændemærket af det græske samfund.

Fra den prisvindende forfatter til Biavleren fra Aleppo kommer nu Sangfugle. En smuk roman om en srilankansk tjenestepige, der forsvinder, og om hvordan de mest udsatte mennesker finder deres egne stemmer. Nisha har krydset verdenshavene for at give sit barn en fremtid. Om dagen passer hun Petras datter, om natten er hun mor for sin egen lille pige gennem en tablets lysende skærm. Nishas elsker, Jiannis, er krybskytte, og han jager de små sangfugle under deres vintertræk til Afrika. Hans drømme om et nyt liv, om at gifte sig med Nisha, bliver knust, da hun forsvinder.

Nisha träumt davon, ihrer geliebten Tochter ein besseres Leben ermöglichen. Allein deshalb verlässt sie ihre geliebte Heimat und beginnt weit weg ein Leben als Kindermädchen. Der Preis ist hoch, denn die Sehnsucht nach ihrem Kind droht Nisha fast zu zerreißen. Für ihre Arbeitgeberin Petra wird sie als Kindermädchen schnell unverzichtbar, doch trotz der vermeintlichen Nähe macht Petra sich kaum die Mühe, auch den Menschen Nisha mit seinen Ängsten, Sorgen und Hoffnungen kennenzulernen.

C'è desiderio più grande di quello di essere liberi? È una notte di luna piena, e una donna cammina da sola. Sembra avere molta fretta. Gira l'angolo, e il buio la inghiotte. Nisha è scomparsa. Quando Petra si sveglia, il giorno dopo, è evidente che qualcosa non va. Nessuno ha preparato la colazione, né vestito sua figlia, Aliki. Dov'è Nisha, la domestica che è con loro da nove anni? Non è da lei andarsene così. Anche Yiannis ha un brutto presentimento. Nisha, la donna con cui da tempo ha una storia d'amore, non è andata da lui quella notte. Forse è colpa sua.

Omgivet af mørke fandt han mod. Omgivet af krig fandt han kærlighed. Omgivet af tragedie fandt han håb. Hvad finder du i denne fortælling? Nuri er biavler, og hans kone, Afra, er kunstner. Om morgenen står Nuri tidligt op for at høre bønnekaldet, før han kører ud til sine bistader på landet. I weekenderne sælger Afra sine farvestrålende landskabsmalerier på basarens marked. De lever et enkelt liv med familie og venner i den smukke syriske by Aleppo - indtil det utænkelige sker.

Isola di Cipro, 1974. Nella piccola Kyrenia, tutti conoscono Koki. Quando l'esercito turco invade la cittadina cipriota, per molti è la fine della vita come la conoscevano, ma per qualcuno è l'occasione per ricominciare a vivere. Per Koki significa affrontare le donne che l'hanno emarginata e trovare il coraggio di dire loro la verità sull'uomo turco che andandosene le ha rubato il cuore.