Résultats pour "The Man" dans Fiction contemporaine

The Man is a 1905 Victorian novel by Bram Stoker, best known for Dracula. A typical Gothic novel, it features horror and romance. The Man has also been published as The Gates of Life. Squire Stephen Norman is lord of the manor in Normanstead. He marries Margaret Rowly, younger sister of his friend Rowly (squire of the neighboring town). Desirous of an heir, Norman and Margaret have a baby girl and Margaret dies shortly after the birth.

Von der unbedingten Anwesenheitspflicht im eigenen Leben. Selma, eine alte Westerwälderin, kann den Tod voraussehen. Immer wenn ihr im Traum ein Okapi erscheint, stirbt am nächsten Tag jemand im Dorf. Unklar ist allerdings, wen es treffen wird. Davon, was die Bewohner in den folgenden Stunden fürchten, was sie blindlings wagen, gestehen, verschwinden lassen oder in Ordnung bringen, erzählt Mariana Leky in ihrem Roman - und natürlich noch viel mehr. Was man von hier aus sehen kann ist das Porträt eines Dorfes, in dem alles auf wundersame Weise zusammenhängt. Aber es ist vor allem ein Buch über die Liebe im Modus der Abwesenheit.

The Ferguson Clan has a problem. A couple thousand years ago, one of their ancestors uttered a curse with complete sincerity. In that curse, a woman named Srine offered all of herself for retribution on the world that had tortured her. The curse was so sincere that it echoed into places distant. In the darkness of the universe, something even darker than her words accepted her offer. Despite her being too old, and her husband incapable of siring a child, she became pregnant. This child was filled with dark potential. Unchecked, he could destroy the world. Join the fight!

Das perfekte Rezept gegen sinnlose Planeritis: neue Alltagsgeschichten vom Meister der guten Laune. Jetzt neu mit der Alpaka-Formel! Warum unternehmen alle anderen immer mehr als man selbst? Hat die Künstliche Intelligenz eine Chance gegen die Natürliche Dummheit? Und wo zum Teufel ist der rote Aufreißfaden der Prinzenrolle hin? Da müsste man doch mal... Tommy Jaud stellt sich dem täglichen "Man müsste mal": Er kämpft um Payback-Punkte, Rückenmuskulatur, Spülmaschinen-Ästhetik und geistige Gesundheit.

Here it is; Alexandre Dumas' thrilling final chapter in the D'Artagnan saga. Thirty years after their last adventure, D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers are reunited in a daring plot to replace the King of France with a look-alike, long kept hidden in the Bastille, then suffer the true king's revenge, and meet their ultimate destinies.

When Felix Kendall vanishes, his wife Kate is left in turmoil. As she and their children adjust to a hand-to-mouth existence, she looks back on their marriage and Felix's orphaned upbringing in search of clues, confronting the possibility that she has badly misread him. And as Kate gradually discovers strengths she never knew she had, Felix is coming to terms with just what he has lost.

Fjorten moderne historier af forfatteren til "Farven lilla" og "Meridian". De handler om kærlighed, lyst og berømmelse; faren ved pornografi, abort og voldtægt; spændingen ved nye elskere og glæden ved at genfinde gamle venner på tværs af forskelle på hudfarve og køn. Det er en samling provokerende og humoristiske portrætter af kvinder, der modigt gør krav på deres tilkæmpede rettigheder, og som i deres styrke og ukuelighed ikke er til at holde nede.

Sean is a young man with a seemingly bright future ahead of him. After deciding he is going to take his own life, Sean visits his favorite park bench to contemplate his demise. His thoughts are interrupted by an older, sarcastic man named John. Through prompting from John - and much resistance from Sean - the two begin a conversation of self-discovery that will change the course of both of their lives forever. The Man on the Bench is a story about strangers affecting positive change and surviving the aftermath of love and loss.

Tove Ditlevsens romandebut fra 1941 handler om en ung pige, der kæmper for at gøre sig fri af en ulykkelig hændelse i den tidligste barndom i form af et seksuelt overgreb.

A newly married couple with a flair for the macabre buys a Queen Anne-style manor that echoes their gloomy insides. Once the pair met and committed themselves, both knew there was no way to escape from the other—even in death. Conrad and Elizabeth Fleischer, their surname meaning “butcher”, are beautiful and find that they need only each other to satisfy their sliver of desire to be social. They seldom leave their beloved manor, which is occupied by their united souls.

Filth ( Failed in London, Try Hong Kong) is a successful lawyer when he marries Elisabeth in Hong Kong soon after the war. Reserved, immaculate, and courteous, Filth finds it hard to demonstrate his emotions.

But Elisabeth is different - a free spirit. She was brought up in the Japanese internment camps, which killed both her parents but left her with a lust for survival and an affinity with the Far East. No wonder she is attracted to Filth's hated rival at the bar - the brash, forceful Veneering.

Efervescència i melancolia: una novel·la sobre l'amistat en un món abocat al col·lapse. La Rita viu a la Colònia, dalt d'un cim on homes cansats buiden una mina a punt d'esgotar-se. Des d'allí, contempla el poble enfonsat a la vall, i els boscos que, tot d'una, comencen a cremar. En Líton, que va créixer a ciutat, apaga el foc amb la resta de joves del Servei. Aquesta novel·la ressegueix la història dels dos amics: la infantesa en contextos oposats, el descobriment del desig, els seus amors amb en Fèlix i en René –i la nostàlgia del futur que no serà.

Continuing the history of the Irish Darcys begun in Missus and continued in The Harp in the South, this third novel of the trilogy re-acquaints listeners with the vicissitudes of slum life in a Sydney suburb. An unforgettable family and a cast of unforgettable characters enliven a story that is sometimes tragic, but often humourous, in a time of poverty and destitution, hope and promise.

Hans er en 67-årig nyskilt og fyringstruet biolog, der som de fleste pattedyr holder af at blive i sit habitat - i dette tilfælde lejligheden på Frederiksberg med den grønne lænestol. Han er stærkt optaget af sin potens, kvinden, han aldrig fik, og lemmingen, den vævre orangegule gnaver, som han elsker for dens mod til at blotte sine gule fortænder og skrige ad en meget større fjende og for dens accept af sit enkle, ydmyge liv: Den spiser, formerer sig, undviger døden. For så vidt ligesom Hans.

The mid-'70s: at an all-boys Catholic school in Melbourne, Timothy Conigrave falls wildly and sweetly in love with the captain of the football team. So begins a relationship that weathers disapproval, separation and ultimately death. With honesty and insight, Holding the Man explores the highs and lows of any partnership and the strength of heart both men have to find when they test positive for HIV. This is a book as refreshing and uplifting as it is moving - a funny and sad and celebratory account of growing up gay.

It’s 1954 and Adam Carter is 12 years old, an only child with no friends nor any self-confidence. His father Edward is a bully of a man. A successful and ruthless businessman, he breeds fear into the heart of his family. Adam’s mother Peggy is too cowed to protect her son, so Adam’s only support comes in the shape of Jake Wallis, the school bus driver. One particular afternoon, when Adam is his last drop of the day, Jake decides to accompany him along the darkening wood land to his house.

Thomas og Cathrine tager med deres etårige datter på ferie til en ø i Caribien. De håber på at finde roen sammen. Men lidt efter lidt opløses feriestemningen i en ond række af hændelser, som ingen kontrollerer. "White Man" handler om en forbrydelse og om kærligheden før og efter. Johnsen beviser, at der er muligt at skabe sitrende god litteratur, som både handler om de helt nære og de virkelig store forhold i den verden, vi lever i.

The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade was the last major novel by Herman Melville, the American writer and author of Moby-Dick. The novel portrays a Canterbury Tales-style group of steamboat passengers whose interlocking stories are told as they travel down the Mississippi River toward New Orleans. The novel's title refers to its central character, an ambiguous figure who sneaks aboard a Mississippi steamboat on April Fool's Day.

En samling af følgende noveller: "Dengang i trediverne"; "Koen"; "Aftenmalkning"; "Fæstebrevet"; "Kirstine"; "Manden med korset"; "Svends historie"; "Et enkelt læs grus"; "Sølvbryllup"; "En kjole til Astrids konfirmation"; "Ser I noget til Evald?"; "Inger"; "Karl"; "Som man ser det"; "Gratulanten".

"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" is the first novel of Irish writer James Joyce. A Künstlerroman in a modernist style, it traces the intellectual and religious philosophical awakening of young Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter ego of Joyce and an allusion to Daedalus, the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology. Stephen questions and rebels against the Catholic and Irish conventions under which he has grown, culminating in his self-exile from Ireland to Europe.