Résultats pour "Olga" dans Vie de famille

"All three narrators are Puerto Rican–born and deliver the Spanish passages with musical grace, thereby enhancing an already fine novel." —The Washington Post “The narrators’ accents and code-shifting create a vibrant auditory experience. In particular, Guerra’s luscious voice conveys...

Străveacul şi alte vremi este considerată cea mai reuşită carte a scriitoarei poloneze. Olga Tokarczuk construieşte o vastă alegorie despre forţa distructivă a timpului, povestind optzeci de ani din viaţa locuitorilor unui sat mitic. Sensul său profund este reprezentat de modul î...

Es el año 2017 y Olga y su hermano, Pedro 'Prieto' Acevedo, tienen un renombre audaz en su ciudad natal de Nueva York. Prieto es un congresista popular que representa a su vecindario Latinx de Brooklyn que está en vías de ser gentrificado, mientras que Olga es la organizadora de bodas más destacada de los poderosos de Manhattan.

It's 2017, and Olga and her brother, Pedro 'Prieto' Acevedo, are bold-faced names in their hometown of New York. Prieto is a popular congressman representing their gentrifying, Latinx neighbourhood in Brooklyn, while Olga is the tony wedding planner for Manhattan's power brokers. Despite their alluring public lives, behind closed doors things are far less rosy. Sure, Olga can orchestrate the love stories of the one per cent, but she can't seem to find her own...until she meets Matteo, who forces her to confront the effects of long-held family secrets.

Olga Master's debut novel - immediately hailed for her powerful and original fiction. Loving Daughters is a brilliant, unsentimental portrait of two sisters - one artistic and restless, the other houseproud, her father's favourite. The entry of an eligible young man into their lives creates a disturbing triangle of desire and rivalry.

After giving birth, Anna is utterly lost. She and her family move to the unfamiliar, snowy city of Stockholm. Anxiety threatens to completely engulf Anna, who obsessively devours online news and compulsively orders clothes she can’t afford. To avoid sinking deeper into her depression, she forces herself to read and write.

Stadig chokeret efter fødslen flytter hun med sin svenske kæreste, Aksel, og deres lille søn til et sneomsust Stockholm. Snart må parret se sig selv falde ind i gamle kønsroller mod deres vilje, og en afgrund åbner sig imellem dem. Angst truer med at opsluge Anna, der læser alt for mange nyheder på nettet og shopper alt for meget tøj, hun ikke har råd til. For at stå imod en truende galskab må hun læse og skrive sig til rette i verden igen.

Olga opowiada, jak postrzegane jest przez innych dziecko niepełnosprawne, takie, w którego fizycznym wyglądzie nie ma widocznych znaków inności. Opisuje jak na zachowanie dziecka autystycznego reagują osoby z najbliższego otoczenia oraz przypadkowi ludzie. To swoista spowiedź zamknięta w dzienniku matki, gdzie padają słowa będące oskarżeniem wobec służby zdrowia, opieki społecznej, bezduszności i obojętności ze strony ludzi.

“Syrian Jewish culture gets the Jane Austen treatment, with sisters Nina, Fortune and Lucy—the rebel, the good girl and the baby of the family, respectively—all on the marriage market. What’s Mama Cohen to do? Chehebar’s witty debut dives deep into Brooklyn’s Syrian Jewish community...

When a nine-year-old boy makes a horrifying discovery in the pond behind his house, things in his life go from bad to worse. He can’t tell anyone about what he’s found—not his father, his mother, or even his little sister. Neither can he share how he feels, because the thing floating in the pond is more than just terrible. It’s curious, disgusting, and wonderful.