Resultados para "Casualidad" en Literatura y ficción

Mi nombre es Eve Andrews. Si te cuento que me han despedido por cometer un grave error, que mi casera me ha dado un mes para abandonar el apartamento de Nueva York y que mi mejor amiga ha dejado de serlo porque me considera la mensajera de las peores noticias que podía recibir… habrás adivinado que mi vida es un desastre. Pero si, en medio de ese desastre, heredo la mitad de una mansión enorme, antigua y aislada, perdida en mitad de la nada, donde un cuarto guarda secretos, quizá las cosas cambien.

Casualidad es un cuento de la destacada autora española Emilia Pardo Bazán que examina las complejidades del destino y las fuerzas misteriosas que gobiernan nuestras vidas. La trama sigue a un joven llamado Mariano que, tras un encuentro casual con un amigo de la infancia, se encuentra inesperadamente involucrado en una serie de eventos que desafían su comprensión del mundo. A medida que la narrativa avanza, Mariano se enfrenta a situaciones que desafían sus creencias y lo llevan a cuestionar el significado de la casualidad y el propósito en la vida.

Fifty-three, long married, and in the throes of menopause, Laura is dismayed. She’s always tolerated her journalist husband’s belittling insults and manipulation—but at least she got some peace when he was busy at his job. Now he’s working from home, and her life is becoming a nightmare. Laura’s blessed escape comes in the form of book-club meetings where her female friends commiserate and joke about raging hormones and rogue chin hairs. She also runs into an ex-boyfriend, and their renewed friendship awakens the spirit and self-confidence she thought was long gone.

Renia White’s debut poetry collection strikes up a conversation, considering what’s being said, what isn’t, and where it all come from. From her vantage point of Black womanhood, White probes the norms and mores of everyday interactions. In observations, insights, and snippets of speech, these poems look to the unspoken thoughts behind our banter, questioning the authority of not only the rule of law but also of our small talk itself—the concepts we have accepted and integrated without pause.

Nella vita, la concorrenza tra le specie e la capacità di adattamento sono tutto ciò che conta. È questo che insegna ai suoi alunni Inge Lohmark, professoressa di Biologia vecchia maniera, in una sperduta cittadina dell'ex DDR, che con il tasso di natalità a picco non ha più nessuno che abiti le case né bambini da iscrivere a scuola.

Miles is hoping to move on from the heartbreaking loss of his former lover. But when a casual fling with a co-worker spirals into another emotional whirlwind, the life he’s fought to rebuild hangs in the balance. Can Miles finally learn from his mistakes, or will his choices keep dragging him under? Don’t miss the gripping second installment of Casual Encounters With Women From Work.

Miles was in search of a fresh start after heartbreak and figured that a casual dinner with Sherie would be the perfect distraction. Little did he realize that this seemingly innocent encounter would entangle him in a love story with a haunting twist. Prepare to be swept away in this tale where mixing business with pleasure will surely leave you captivated until the very last minute. Find out what all happens in part one of "Casual Encounters With Women From Work".

When Mar Meyer's husband divorces her for another woman, she reacts by abandoning everything in her past: her home, her friends, even her name. Though it's not easy to start over, Mar is young-looking, fit, and ready for new adventures - as long as she can keep things casual. With each passing month, Mar goes from one acquaintance to the next.

The discovery of a dead body is nothing new for Detective Simon Grave, but when the body and the murderer are both invisible, well, that's another matter entirely, even in the futuristic town of Crab Cove. The question is whether he and his human and android team are up for the challenge, which also remains to be seen. Making his job even more difficult is the sudden retirement of Captain Henry Morgan, who taps Grave as acting chief.

Body Baggers is a fictional story about a Black biker club located in Oakland, California, and a strained relationship between two brothers that is filled with love and hate, envy and abandonment, and resentment and competition. Friends and family get caught up in their tumultuous relationship and loyalties are continually tried and tested throughout their story.

Stacy Aumonier was described by John Galsworthy as "one of the best short-story writers of all time". Odd Fish gives a keen insight into why the Nobel Prize winner believed Aumonier would outlive the writers of his day. In this collection of sketches of London Characters, Aumonier amply exhibits his genius for characterisation, his keen wit and his ruthless ascerbity.

Meet Stormy, a confident and successful woman who doesn’t get nearly enough time outdoors. She finally decides on a weeklong hike all by herself. It’s time for her to enjoy herself again…little does she know that this hike will lead her to an entirely different perspective! Of course, she’s stuck waiting for her key as a multitude of others wait ahead of her. On the bright side, the guy who works for the place looks a lot like a guy from college, a guy who satisfied Stormy over and over again!

Gaylord LeClaire is desperately in love with schoolmate Robert Blake. Blake is everything he wants to be: tall, tan, handsome, athletic, and most of all, masculine. He makes Gay wish he'd been born a girl so he could dance and flirt with Blake the way the girls are allowed to. Written in 1952, Maybe--Tomorrow is a classic piece of mid-century, gay erotica. Gaylord is just beginning to discover his desires and how and when to give in to them. Though his sights are set on Blake, he winds his way through several other lovers in his journey of sexual discovery.