Résultats pour "simple" dans Anthologies et nouvelles

A stunning collection of short stories, newly reissued, from a Booker-shortlisted and internationally best-selling author. Longing, familiarity, and hope suffuse these stories as they mine the charged territory of relationships—subtly weaving in conflicts between generations and cultures...

After a devastating car accident, Carole escapes from an oppressive marriage in England to begin again in rural France. Yet she is haunted by the knowledge that Paul, her husband, has tracked her down before… and will do his best to do it again. Afraid to share her fears with her new...

Ellen sat waiting in the Buick while Fr. Dean Finn checked in at the motel office. He always registered them as Mr. and Mrs. George Adams of Syracuse, New York. There was no objection to a couple without luggage taking a room for a couple of hours at the Hit-the-Sack. The desk clerk, a poorly-shaven, perpetually smirking man of 35 lewd years, had managed, in the midst of an ambiance of sexuality which should have inoculated him against disgust, to cultivate a urinal of a mind.

She lived in the shadow of others—quietly, dutifully, without question. Her world was small: a kitchen hearth, the rhythm of chores, a parrot who would outlive most dreams. But in that stillness, something vast took root. A devotion so complete, it blurred the line between the sacred and the simple. This story doesn't shout. It listens. It watches. It waits. And by the time it's done, you'll understand how the softest hearts carry the heaviest truths.

Хроники простого волшебства - сборник фантастических рассказов Надежды Мамаевой. Семь рассказов о сказочном и повседневном, случившемся давно и только грядущем в далеком будущем, - их всех объединяет одно. Чудо. Здесь в канун Нового года поведает свою историю девушка с характером из стали, а тамплиер развернет свиток со свои резюме. Здесь в морозное утро о чуде, глядя глаза в глаза небесам, попросит обычный хирург и его слова услышат.

This is a classic short story which takes place in Chinatown of New York City set in the early 1900's.

Zip is a mercenary for hire. When she and her team, The Job Ones, are employed to take out a group causing the local politicians too much trouble it seemed like easy money. How wrong could Zip be?

Seth is sure that Ruth is the one for him, planning to propose to her very soon. When Ruth's parents express discontent over her blossoming relationship with Seth, they pressure her into giving up Seth and everything she'd dreamed of. Heartbroken, Ruth and Seth go their separate ways, leaving Ruth's brother David and Seth's mother, Mary, wondering what on earth has gone on between them. Can Ruth and Seth make their way back to each other? Or will Ruth's parents convince her to stay with them, and leave Seth in her past?