Each of us sometimes has a time when we want to be sad - or even cry over some sincere and touching story. This, of course, may be something just a little sentimental. But sometimes you want something that will affect the strings of the soul, cause a lively response and emotions. We bring to your attention a list of sad books that will certainly cause tears!
Les Miserables, Hugo
There is a spectacle more magnificent than the sea - it is the sky; there is a spectacle more magnificent than the sky - it is the depth of the human soul.
This novel of the great Hugo is called by critics only as great. The writer talks about how people live, whom society has rejected ... Among them, for example, Jean Valjean. Jean received twenty years of hard labor for stealing bread. However, he simply had no choice - his family was starving. Here is the story of baby Cosette, who is brought up in a family of innkeepers who hate her. This is the tragedy of the Parisian tomboy named Gavrosh. Victor Hugo shows the confrontation between the police and the criminal world of the capital of France, talks about the bloody battles at the barricades, introduces the reader to the church system and its laws.
It is difficult to find a brighter book that reveals all the secrets of Parisian (and, in general, French) society of the beginning of the 19th century than this.
Borrowed Life, Remarque
He who wants to hold on is losing. Those who are ready to let go with a smile are trying to keep him.
In the book "Life on loan," Erich Maria Remarque tells the story of people who are trying to win their own lives in the war on death. Fate ruined by war, addiction to alcohol, race, friendship and love ... And - the visiting card of the writer - a tragic ending. Before the readers, there is a story of misunderstanding that appears between a young woman in a hurry to live and an adult man who, despite the age difference, will survive the girl. It is difficult for him to understand how a person behind whom death stands thinks. She fails to figure out why the person himself - intentionally - is at mortal risk.
And of course, on the pages of the book you will find Parisian charm, wine and oysters, long evening promenades ...
"PS I love you," Ahern
There are sins in the world and worse than learning to be happy again.
Do you believe in love that is stronger than death? If not, then Cecilia Ahern will tell you about this feeling. Her sad - to tears - a book about Holly Kennedy, who at thirty is losing her husband. After the death of a loved one, Holly closes in himself, does not leave the house and does not communicate with anyone. Everything changes when a woman receives a package with letters - from her husband. You can open only one letter per month. It turns out that, realizing the approach of death, the husband of Holly makes a difficult decision: his love is so strong that even after death he will help his wife return to normal life - without pain and tears.
Each letter is a kind of instruction. Holly will have to sing karaoke, buy a new dress and go to the sea. But what happens when she opens the last envelope? ..
Boy in Striped Pajamas, Boyne
So what is the difference between people behind the fence and the military? - asked himself Bruno. And who decides to whom to wear striped pajamas, and to whom a beautiful form?
Among the books that can be moved to tears, and the work that John Boyne wrote - "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas." The protagonist of this story is a nine-year-old boy, whose name is Bruno. True, this book is unlikely to suit young readers. It is more likely for adults who know what barbed wire is. It is she who will meet the boy on the way. Beyond the barbed wire, Bruno will find a friend - a boy in striped pajamas.
What is this book about? Not about friendship, as it might seem at first glance. And certainly not about family relationships. She is not even about fascism. John Boyne will tell a terrible story that any idea, raised to the absolute, sooner or later goes out of bounds and brings not benefit, but disappointment and grief. In addition, it is always worth remembering that the fence, by which a person protects himself from something, holds it, just like the one that remains behind it.
A Thousand Splendid Suns, Hosseini
In the dark days ... it seems to me that you are all that I have in this world.
The cruel sun of Kabul. For some reason, it completely differently illuminates the paths of men and women. This is exactly what Khaled Hosseini talks about in one of his saddest books .
The writer introduces us to Mariam. As a child, she understood what injustice and contempt are. She is illegitimate. And unnecessary. Mother’s suicide, life in her father’s family, where no one needed her, unloved (and unloving) husband ... The only joy of many Afghan women is their children, but Mariam doesn’t have that either. Her life is complicated even more when Leila appears on the threshold of the house - a young girl who has lost her relatives. Leila becomes the second wife of a man who is extremely difficult to call a man. In his understanding, women are just things, they can be insulted, beaten ... Leyla and Mariam themselves cannot understand who they are, enemies to each other? Sisters? Only one thing is clear - they simply cannot cope with cruelty and despotism alone. The two women will go through all the suffering, will dream of happiness, the path to which one of them will break off.
"Loneliness in the network", Vishnevsky
There are times when the pain is so strong that it is impossible to breathe.
Speaking of books that hurt the heart, one cannot fail to say about "Loneliness in the network" by Janusz Wisniewski. Its main characters are people found on the expanses of the World Wide Web. They tell each other stories from their own lives, which sometimes exceed fiction, talk about erotic fantasies, and just listen to each other. These two will have to go through many trials before they meet in Paris. True, they do not even realize that the meeting will be the most important test for them - and their love.
Will the heroes be able to distinguish between virtual and real world? And if so, will the girl stay with Yakub or return to her husband?
The Book Thief, Zusak
Like almost any despair, it all started with apparent prosperity.
If you talk about this book very briefly, then this is a story about a girl, words, Germans, thefts, accordionist and Jewish brawler. The narrative leads Death. Death that has a heart. Death that is in pain is due to its difficult work. If you talk about this - the saddest - book in a little more detail, then you should look into the past. On the calendar 1939. Germany seems to be holding her breath. Death goes crazy with so much work. And ahead - even more difficulties ...
Nine-year-old Liesel with her mother and younger brother sets off for Munich. With them there is no girl’s father. And never will be again. Mom is now afraid of such a fate. And Death, for some reason, is noticed by Lizelle. So the girl appears on Heavenly Street. The one who came up with this name has a very unusual sense of humor. It is far from paradise, although not hell. And now Liesel has all death ahead ...
Lord of the Flies, Golding
When you are in charge, you have to think and be wise, that’s the whole trouble.
A person is able to endlessly look at three things: fire, water and ... No, not those who work. For those who are slowly but surely degrading. This book, which begins as a children's fairy tale, pretty soon makes it clear that there is nothing fabulous in it. Absolutely. On a desert island is a group of children. Why did this happen? The author only hints. But that's not the point. Rather, it is a work about how society, albeit made up of children, is capable of developing and evolving. And what ultimately can come of this. The plot of one of the saddest books begins with a plane crash.
The boys, being in a completely deserted place, are taken to organize life, learn to survive in conditions of hunger and lack of civilization. They even decide to create a government - just like adults. Together, they choose a leader - a boy named Ralph. But the other boy - Jack - does not like this at all, because he wants to be a leader. Because of the riot, the "tribe" is split. And the further life of the boys is more like a catastrophe. In reviews of the "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding, readers note: the author shows by the example of children that the animal principle present in a person, under certain conditions, can triumph over other traits and character traits, over upbringing. But what happens when morality simply collapses, when the boys who are on the island cross all the boundaries of what is permitted? And how to react to the fact that the book will not have a happy end? ..
The Green Mile, King
I am tired of the darkness that surrounds me. But most of all I was tired of pain. Its too much. If I could put an end to her, I would want to live on. But I can not.
Among the saddest books is the story written by Stephen King. The writer slowly tells us about the life of the overseer. A person who works in prison for those sentenced to death. His name is Paul Edgecomb. He is the most common overseer, who has long been accustomed to execute people without feeling any particular pity for them. Everything changes when Paul meets a newcomer - John Coffey.
John, despite his height and age, is a baby. A child who encounters dirt that cannot be washed. A child who tried to save, but was charged with a terrible crime. At least that's what he says. And so Edgecomb thinks. Critics and readers unanimously say: this book is able to expose the whole essence of society. It is that we are ready to help those around us. True, only until it begins to threaten us. Will work for both Paul and other overseers prove more important than the life of an innocent person? The answer will be given by Stephen King.