Résultats pour "Helena" dans Littérature du monde

Gilles est le fils, celui qui devra tenir la ferme. Claire, la sœur qui n'est pas concernée par cette décision, prend la tangente au fil des années grâce aux études. La ferme est isolée de tous. C'est le royaume du père qui donne libre cours à sa violence. Hors champ traverse cinquante années. Dix tableaux, dix morceaux de temps, détachés, choisis ; le lecteur y pénètre tantôt avec elle, Claire, tantôt avec lui, Gilles.

Après une vie mouvementée, Tormod Neshov, le patriarche de la famille, coule enfin des jours paisibles dans sa maison de retraite. Plus rien ne l'empêche désormais de baigner dans les souvenirs de son premier amour, un jeune soldat allemand, une histoire qu'il a dû nier toute sa vie et que pourtant il n'a jamais oubliée. Pour rien au monde, il ne souhaite quitter cet établissement, que ce soit pour se rendre à l'hôpital après une chute, ou à la ferme où règne dorénavant sa petite fille Torunn. Elle ne lâche rien pour remettre l'exploitation en état, tout en s'investissant dans l'entreprise de pompes funèbres de son oncle Margido.

A preschool teacher and her retiree neighbor team up to take on a suspicious multi-level marketing scheme that has a vicelike grip on the women in their suburban Southern community. Delilah Thomas, beloved preschool teacher to the twos class, has always been the unconventional "black sheep" in...

La obra póstuma de Umberto Eco, que el autor entregó a imprenta pocos días antes de morir, es una selección de artículos inéditos en España, seleccionados por él mismo.

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Left suddenly penniless, the Honorable Sophia Grafton, a viscount's orphaned daughter, sails to the New World to claim the only property left to her name: a tobacco plantation in the remote wilds of colonial Virginia. Enlisting the reluctant assistance of a handsome young French spy - at gunpoint - she gathers an unlikely group of escaped slaves and indentured servants, each seeking their own safe haven in the untamed New World.

The frontier of the Commonwealth of Virginia, 1783. In the years since the first settlers arrived, looking to build new lives, the township of Grafton has flourished. Together, European immigrants, Native Americans, indentured servants, and former slaves have established a tight-knit community. As time passes and America becomes a nation, Grafton is swept up in the tumult of the outside world. The Cherokees are rounded up and driven west. The Civil War leaves a long shadow. Newcomers make their mark, fortunes are won and lost, and loyalties are tested in the march of history.

Recorriendo los temas que le apasionan y que son referenciales en el resto de su obra, en Bajo una luz más clara Helena establece un diálogo con los muertos, tan real como en la Antigüedad clásica. En el tránsito de la memoria, el recuerdo, la negación del olvido, la protagonista busca...

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Neste livro, a autora propõe uma compreensão aplicada das virtudes nas áreas pessoal, familiar, interpessoal, social, espiritual, com atitudes concretas para o uso desses dons. Assim, o adulto terá ideias para transpor esse entendimento para o momento criativo das crianças, a fim de criar historinhas com elas, em que sempre haverá a noção de responsabilidade pelas escolhas.

Single-mom Samantha moves with her daughter to a quiet village in the Peak District. The post as matron at Hallow Croft, now an exclusive residential home, seems to offer the escape she needs. But away from the TV room and afternoon activities, one of the residents is kept locked out of sight "for their own safety." And nobody will talk about the previous matron. She disappeared, leaving behind only a scuffed diary. Forty years ago, a girl was killed on the grounds of Hallow Croft Manor. Some people even say that began a curse on the home and the family who owned it.