Titres dans Vie urbaine

When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to turn 80. She'd like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen. Once Leena learns of Eileen's romantic predicament, she proposes a solution: a two-month swap. Eileen can live in London and look for love. Meanwhile Leena will look after everything in rural Yorkshire....

Golden Globe-winning actor Michael C. Hall (Six Feet Under) performs Truman Capote's masterstroke about a young writer's charmed fascination with his unorthodox neighbor, the "American geisha" Holly Golightly. Holly - a World War II-era society girl in her late teens - survives via socialization, attending parties and restaurants with men from the wealthy upper class who also provide her with money and expensive gifts. Over the course of the novella, the seemingly shallow Holly slowly opens up to the curious protagonist.

Hinweis: Die Bücher der Jason-Green-Reihe sind eigenständige Romane und können in beliebiger Reihenfolge gelesen werden. Eine großartige Thriller-Reihe. Gordon Wallis' lebendige Beschreibungen fügen sich nahtlos in all die Geheimnisse, Intrigen und die hochkarätige Action ein, die seine Leser so lieben. Jason Green ist ein Held für unsere Zeit. Absolut fesselnd!

El único hecho inmutable en la vida de Ferguson es que nació el 3 de marzo de 1947 en Newark, Nueva Jersey. A partir de ese momento, varios caminos se abren ante él y le llevarán a vivir cuatro vidas completamente distintas, a crecer y a explorar de formas diferentes el amor, la amistad, la familia, el arte, la política e incluso la muerte, con algunos de los acontecimientos que han marcado la segunda mitad del siglo XX americano como telón de fondo.

It is 1981. Glasgow is dying and good families must grift to survive. Agnes Bain has always expected more from life. She dreams of greater things: a house with its own front door and a life bought and paid for outright (like her perfect, but false, teeth). But Agnes is abandoned by her philandering husband, and soon she and her three children find themselves trapped in a decimated mining town. As she descends deeper into drink, the children try their best to save her, yet one by one they must abandon her to save themselves. It is her son Shuggie who holds out hope the longest.

En plena década de los años 90 una mujer se gana la vida como novia de alquiler de hombres gays. En un fumadero de Harlem una travesti latina conoce íntimamente nada menos que a Billie Holiday. Un grupo de rugbiers regatea el precio de una noche de sexo y a cambio recibe su merecido. Monjas, abuelas, niños y perros nunca son lo que parecen. Los nueve relatos que componen este libro están habitados por personajes extravagantes y profundamente humanos que resisten de modos tan extraños como ellos, frente a lo ominoso del mundo.

El desgarrador viaje vital de una niña atrapada en un cuerpo que no sabe habitar. Una novela deslumbrante que no se parece a nada que hayas leído. Un fenómeno literario internacional antes de su publicación. Narrada desde una singular y desgarradora voz en primera persona, La mala costumbre recorre la adolescencia de una niña atrapada en un cuerpo que no sabe habitar, que intenta comprenderse a sí misma y al mundo en el que vive, desde su infancia en una familia de clase obrera en el barrio de San Blas, arrasado por la heroína en los años ochenta, hasta las noches clandestinas en el centro de Madrid de los noventa.

En Rayuela (1963), Julio Cortázar supo condensar sus obsesiones estéticas, literarias y vitales a partir de un mosaico diverso, profundo, inagotable que, a su vez, refleja de forma maravillosa lo más esencial de su época. El amor turbulento de Oliveira y La Maga, los amigos del Club de la Serpiente, las impredecibles caminatas por París -la ciudad que promete el cielo pero puede conducir al infierno-, encuentran su contracara en la aventura protagonizada por Oliveira, Talita y Traveler en Buenos Aires.

O avesso da pele é a história de Pedro, que, após a morte do pai, assassinado numa desastrosa abordagem policial, sai em busca de resgatar o passado da família e refazer os caminhos paternos. Com uma narrativa sensível e por vezes brutal, Jeferson Tenório traz à superfície um país marcado pelo racismo e por um sistema educacional falido, e um denso relato sobre as relações entre pais e filhos.

Davant dels ulls del lector una plaça d’una gran ciutat sense nom i el tramvia que hi circula cobren vida. En aquest escenari minimalista es desenvolupa una història sobre les vides quotidianes i les passions ocultes dels seus residents. Tot el seu món el controla el personal invisible interessat només a maximitzar els beneficis i a infectar, amb un enfocament omnipresent, destructiu i improvisat, expressió de la seva arrogància, els residents i enverinar-ne les emocions.

Quelque part entre la banlieue et la campagne, Jonas et ses amis tuent le temps. Ils fument, jouent aux cartes, font pousser de l'herbe, et, quand ils sortent, c'est pour constater ce qui les éloigne des autres. Dans cet univers où tout semble voué à la répétition du même, leur fief, c'est le langage, qu'ils ne cessent de mettre en scène, que ce soit Lahuiss interprétant le Candide de Voltaire ou Poto offrant un morceau de rap de son cru. Jonas, qui a grandi avec eux, a ses jardins secrets - une fille qu'il visite de temps en temps - et un avenir possible - la boxe professionnelle.

The first novel from the award-winning, best-selling author of Everything I Know About Love. Thirty-two-year-old Nina Dean is a successful food writer with a loyal online following but a life that is falling apart. When she uses dating apps for the first time, she becomes a victim of ghosting and by the most beguiling of men. Her beloved dad is vanishing in slow motion into dementia, and she's starting to think about ageing and the gendered double-standard of the biological clock.

Avery, a strait-laced lawyer living in London, is the typical eldest daughter, though she’s hiding a secret that could undo her perfect life forever. Bonnie was a boxer but, following a devastating defeat, she's been working as a bouncer in LA, until one reckless night threatens to drive her out of the city. And Lucky, the rebellious youngest, is a model in Paris whose hard-partying ways are finally catching up with her. Then there was Nicky, the beloved fourth sister, whose unexpected death left Avery, Bonnie and Lucky reeling.

Hawke's narrator is a young man in torment, disgusted with himself after the collapse of his marriage, still half hoping for a reconciliation that would allow him to forgive himself and move on as he clumsily, and sometimes hilariously, tries to manage the wreckage of his personal life with whiskey and sex. What saves him is theater: in particular, the challenge of performing the role of Hotspur in a production of Henry IV under the leadership of a brilliant director, helmed by one of the most electrifying - and narcissistic - Falstaff's of all time.

Deux nouvelles de Samuel Beckett, deux parcours d'homme entre errements et introspections, l'auteur jette un regard cynique, désabusé et amusé sur le monde. Les mots de l'auteur forment une matière que la lecture de Michaël Lonsdale égrène de manière fascinante.

Eve, Justin, Susie and Ed have been friends since they were 18. Now in their 30s, the four are still as close as ever, Thursday pub quiz night is still sacred and Eve is still secretly in love with Ed. Maybe Eve should have moved on by now, but she can’t stop thinking about what could have been. And she knows Ed sometimes thinks about it, too. Then one night, in an instant, all their lives change forever. And, as Eve learns she didn’t know her friends as well as she thought, she also discovers she isn’t the only person keeping secrets.

The person you are with is just like you: same background, same age, same interests. The perfect match. And it is an unmitigated disaster. Then, when and where you least expect it, you meet someone new. You seem to have nothing in common and yet, somehow, it feels totally right. Nick Hornby's brilliantly observed, tender but also brutally funny new novel gets to the heart of what it means to fall surprisingly and headlong in love with the best possible person - someone who is not just like you at all.

Calvino è stato uno degli scrittori italiani degli ultimi decenni più amati e conosciuti nel mondo. Nato a Cuba e cresciuto a San Remo, Italia, cominciò la sua carriera come scrittore di opere realistiche e impegnate politicamente nel clima degli sconvolgimenti del dopoguerra italiano.

Crush Hour: A Musical presents a series of heart-warming and hilarious chance encounters via London’s transport links, in the run up to Christmas.

Un éditeur charge Alejandra Varela, spécialiste de l'art urbain, de retrouver Sniper, graffeur célèbre pour son talent exceptionnel et ses actions de rue à la limite de la légalité et de la guérilla. Elle doit lui proposer, en même temps qu'une édition de ses œuvres, une grande rétrospective au MoMA. Mais personne n'a jamais vu le visage de Sniper ni ne sait où il se trouve. De Madrid à Lisbonne, de Vérone à Naples, Alejandra se lance alors sur ses traces et se retrouve prisonnière d'un piège mortel à mesure qu'elle comprend les véritables objectifs des performances stupéfiantes de cet artiste radical.