Résultats pour "Lent" dans Littérature, romans et fiction

It's a miracle that he can see demons, plain as day, and that he can cast them out with the force of his will. It's a miracle that he's friends with Pico della Mirandola, the Count of Concordia. It's a miracle that when Girolamo visits the deathbed of Lorenzo "the Magnificent", the dying Medici is wreathed in celestial light, a surprise to everyone, Lorenzo included. It's a miracle that when Charles VIII of France invades northern Italy, Girolamo meets him in the field, and convinces him to not only spare Florence but also protect it.

In these peculiar times, we are thrust back into ourselves in a kind of suspension: one in which only private life exists yet threatens to become trivial through a sense of mutual, overarching dread. Lent from award-winning writer Kate Cayley is built from this tension, exploring domestic and artistic life amidst the environmental crisis and the surprising ways that every philosophical quandary—large and small—converges in the home, in small objects, conversations, and moments.

"…acodados sobre la baranda helada de ese tercer piso, plateándose débil al colarse un primer resplandor, me dijo Bernabé, casi sin pensar: «Es, tiene que ser, la casa azul. No queda, no hay más opción, a esta altura de las cosas», como si dijera: «No sabemos soñar o, mejor dicho, son...

Las horas lentas de la noche es una historia profunda y apasionada sobre cómo comprendemos la soledad, cómo actuamos desde ella y por qué, tantas veces, morimos en su cruel abrazo. Hugo Marroquín, autor de Los años de los amantes –novela aclamada por booktubers y jóvenes lectores-, nos...

Hewitt Pearce is a 43-year-old blacksmith who lives alone in his family home, producing custom ironwork and safeguarding a small collection of art his late father left behind. When Jessica, a troubled young vagabond, shows up in his backwoods one morning, fleeing her demons, Hewitt's previously hermetic existence is suddenly challenged - more so when he learns that Emily, the love of his life whom he'd lost 20 years before, has been unexpectedly widowed.

Philosophy has always been more than an ivory tower discipline. Renowned philosophers from Plato to Nietzsche and many others produced fiction with thought-provoking philosophical content. Many of philosophy’s story-tellers preferred long walks rather than the confines of the ivory tower. I’m a workaday philosopher of no renown who has enjoyed both for a long time, deep thoughts in the Tower, long walks to process them.

The religious leaders known as The Pharisees were among Jesus's chief antagonists in many of the ancient writings that talk of him. Some of those Pharisees, however, did come to believe that this small town teacher had risen from the dead. Ever wonder what it must have been like to have seen this local happening begin to change an empire, to have seen the significance of these events as they unfold over many tumultuous years?

Bite-sized daily reflections, prayers and poems to help you draw nearer to God as we approach Easter. This Lent, join us as we take time out to reflect on and celebrate the power of unity and togetherness. You’ll hear from voices around the world as we explore this theme and reflect on God’s goodness

In Hitsig doorbreken seksuologe Kaat Bollen en auteur Nele Reymen het taboe rond vrouwelijk genot. Met 30 bevrijdende kortverhalen, telkens geïnspireerd op de praktijk, bespelen ze de brede waaier aan seksuele fantasieën en nodigen ze jou mee uit op een sensuele verkenningstocht. Van telefoonseks tot trio's of BDSM: met dit boek op je nachtkastje laat je je diepste verlangens de vrije loop.