Resultados para "Awaken" en Narrativa literaria

Set in New Orleans at the close of the 19th century, The Awakening follows Edna Pontellier, who, while vacationing with her husband and their two sons, finds liberation from her prudish behavior and repressed emotions and desires. At the coastal resort of Madame Lebrun, Edna struggles to reconcile her increasingly unorthodox views on femininity and motherhood with the prevailing social attitudes of the turn-of-the-century American South.

In The Sleeper Awakes by H.G. Wells, a man falls into a mysterious sleep and awakens two centuries later to a radically transformed world. Graham, once an ordinary Victorian gentleman, discovers he has become the richest and most powerful man on Earth—known as "The Sleeper." But with great power comes a shocking truth: society has evolved into a dystopian system controlled by elites, and his wealth is the backbone of a deeply unequal world. As Graham struggles to understand his new reality, he becomes entangled in political intrigue, rebellion, and the fight for freedom.

Sister John has devoted her life to serving God. For almost 30 years she has lived in a Carmelite monastery near Los Angeles. There, she experiences religious visions of such intensity that she is revered by the other nuns. But these visions also bring on excruciating headaches. When she is offered an operation that may stop the pain, she realizes that it may also stop the visions. Now Sister John wonders how this change will affect her faith.

Wells’ dystopian fiction masterpiece! A man sleeps for 203 years, waking up in a completely transformed London in which he has become the richest man in the world. The future is revealed to him in all its horrors and malformities.

From defeat to success. Illness to wellness. A two year old boy overcomes a serious health challenge using it to inform his adult life. A lifelong low achiever discovers self worth and transforms his life. The managing director still using twentieth century motivational techniques wonders why his staff are always leaving. A woman loses her job to find her true vocation. The author asks 'Is it 1984 yet?' and discovers universal truths.

'An incredible achievement, a story of friendship, memory, loss, and moral duty unlike any I've read before' Dina Nayeri, author of The Ungrateful Refugee What if you can no longer trust your memories? Mary is struggling with her memory. She does not have too few recollections but too many...

WINNER OF THE ASIAN AMERICAN AWARD FOR LITERATURE IN ADULT FICTION FINALIST FOR THE PEN/HEMINGWAY AWARD FOR DEBUT NOVEL An utterly transporting debut novel about the unexpected relationship between an artist and the 130-year-old woman she cares for—two of the last people living in a...

Bloomsbury presents Are You Awake? Written and read by Sarah Crossan. 'Funny and dark. Tender and tough. Uncanny and relatable.' Erin Kelly 'Deeply moving, simultaneously delicate yet hard-hitting' Claire Kilroy 'Blends comedy, drama and heartbreak' John Boyne 'A really clever novel' Cecelia...

The third installment in New York Times bestselling author Gena Showalter’s sizzling Alien Huntress series that began with Awaken Me Darkly. Mishka Le’Ace was created to be an undercover operative. Her beautiful body has been mechanically augmented to give her superhuman strength—strength...