Resultados para "Hagen" en Narrativa literaria

Dos enemigos. Una cama. ¿Qué podría salir mal? Nuestro nuevo director general es el hombre más difícil del mundo. Seguro que piensa que con esos irresistibles ojos verdes puede hacer lo que quiera. Pues conmigo no funciona. Ni un poco. Nop, nada de nada. Puede que sea el señor Encanto...

La mala suerte parece perseguirme. Ayer por la noche, decidí ir a tomar una copa al bar cercano a mi nuevo lugar de trabajo. Allí conocí a un hombre muy sofisticado que me “robó” la mesa. Charlamos y bailamos y, por primera vez en mi vida, terminé yéndome a la casa de un desconocido. A...

Bassam and George are childhood best friends who have grown up on the Christian side of war-torn Beirut. Now on the verge of adulthood, they must choose their futures: to remain in the exhausted, corrupt city of their birth, or to go into exile abroad, cut off from the only existence they have known.

‘It’s got a thunderstorm in it. And revenge. Definitely revenge.’ Felix is at the top of his game as Artistic Director of the Makeshiweg Theatre Festival. His productions have amazed and confounded. Now he’s staging a Tempest like no other: not only will it boost his reputation, it will...

The Sorrows of Young Werther is a loosely based autobiographical novel by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. It was first published in 1774 and is one of the most famous-and infamous-works in the history of literature. Werther, a sensitive young man falls in love with Lotte, a sweet-natured girl he meets while visitng an idyllic German village. Although Lotte is betrothed to Albert, Werther’s infatuation with her torments him to the point of despair and suicide.

To celebrate ten years of the National Theatre’s New Views Programme, Audible and the National Theatre bring you New Voices, ten captivating audio plays written by young people, delving into thought-provoking narratives and profound emotions.

Una inspiradora historia sobre la amistad, la felicidad y el verdadero sentido de la vida. Ben Schilling, 37 años, exitoso director de televisión, está deprimido. ¿Agotamiento? ¿Crisis de los cuarenta? No lo sabe. Una mañana decide escapar de todo e irse de viaje ese mismo día, donde quiera que le lleve el viento. En la soleada isla de ensueño de Creta, conoce a Max, de 72 años. Y tiene algo que al director le gustaría tener: un brillo extraordinario en los ojos lleno de ligereza y alegría de vivir.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain has been popular since it was first published in 1884. It is known for its colorful and often scathng look at the people and places along the Mississippi River at a time when racism was an entrenched attitude in Southern antebellum society. The strong point of view, masterful depiction of dialects, and confrontations of issues of prejudice and race have inspired crtics to dub it “the great American novel”.

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "A taut, slow-burning thriller." -Boston Globe "Truly exceptional." – Liz Moore, New York Times bestselling author of The God of the Woods Welcome to Eris: an island with only one house, one inhabitant, one way out...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER READ WITH JENNA BOOK CLUB PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAY Three estranged siblings return to their family home in New York after their beloved sister’s death in this “deeply nuanced and compelling” (Vogue) novel, from the acclaimed author of Cleopatra and...

'The power of this weird, haunting fiction is undeniable.' Guardian 'Vivid, brutal, moving and tender. This is heartfelt and immersive.' Joanne Harris 'Mindbogglingly glorious.' Yvvette Edwards In the mountainous town of Gethsemane, 17th-century Cape Verde, a mysterious woman's arrival sparks a...

ONE OF THE WASHINGTON POST'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR One of Christian Science Monitor's BEST FICTION OF 2019 "Funny and tender but also provocative and wise. . . One of the most hopeful and insightful novels I've read in years." - Ron Charles, The Washington Post "Serious yet joyous comedy...

Meet the Laments—the affably dysfunctional globetrotting family at the center of George Hagen’s exuberant debut novel. Howard is an engineer who dreams of irrigating the Sahara and lives by the motto “Laments move!” His wife Julia is a fiery spirit who must balance her husband’s oddly...

In Carnival, internationally acclaimed author Rawi Hage takes us into the world of Fly, a taxi driver in a crime-ridden apocalyptic metropolis. Raised in the circus, the son of a golden-haired trapeze artist and a flying-carpet man, Fly sees everything, taking in all of the city's carnivalesque beauty and ugliness as he roves through its dizzying streets in his taxi. Fly is a reader, too, and when he's not in his taxi he is at home in the equally dizzying labyrinth of books that fills his tiny apartment.

Meet the Laments—the affably dysfunctional globetrotting family at the center of George Hagen’s exuberant debut novel. Howard is an engineer who dreams of irrigating the Sahara and lives by the motto “Laments move!” His wife Julia is a fiery spirit who must balance her husband’s oddly...

The Whiting Award winning author of the story collection Reasons for and Advantages of Breathing delivers her enchanting debut novel, set in 1916 Tennessee: a rich and rewarding tale of two flawed yet endearing grifters who pursue women, wealth, and a surprisingly valuable commodity for the...

Veronica Stafford has seven days before the date on her calendar in which she’s entered a single word. Die. Veronica persuades Jake Travis to use those seven days to recover a stolen Salvador Dali painting. If Jake is successful, she will gift ten million dollars to Harbor House, a refugee center operated by Jake and his friend Morgan. Eager to make his wife, Kathleen, and two young daughters proud of him, Jake accepts the deal.

Endlich hat Kathy es geschafft, sich aus ihrer Ehe mit David zu lösen. Seitdem lebt sie mit John, dem Abenteurer und ehemals besten Freund ihres Mannes. Eine neue Liebe, eine neue Stadt und ein neues Leben. Davis, John, Kathy - drei Teile einer Gleichung, die mit mathematischem Geschick einfach umgestellt wurde. Ein scheinbar neues Leben auf altem Grund. Doch nichts ist, wie es scheint. Eigentlich müsste Kathy glücklich sein. Wären da nicht der Ehering, den sie immer noch trägt, und das gemeinsame Haus in Portland, das sie nicht verkaufen möchte.

Paul Durell, eine Künstliche Intelligenz, ist Teil der Testphase von sechzig freilebenden Robotern. Doch wie begegnet der Mensch der Maschine? Paul trifft auf verschiedene Charaktere – die Nachbarn Ernesta und Laurin, deren Kater Hermann, seinen Vorgesetzten bei der Bank Dr. Brauer, sowie den Pensionisten Lois van der Zwan, den Paul regelmäßig in der Mittagspause trifft. Mit einigen davon schließt er Freundschaften, andere stellen sich gegen ihn und versuchen ihn auszuschalten. Die Ansätze und Lösungsvorschläge in „Paul Durell – mein Nachbar der Roboter“ treffen den Zeitgeist.

Zwei ungleiche Schwestern, ein legendäres Luftschiff und ein machthungriger junger Piratenkapitän... »Gestatten: Egil Leiðtogi, Pirat!« Als die Schwestern Birta und Iben auf einer Luftschiffreise von Piraten entführt werden, rettet sie nur die Aussicht auf ein üppiges Lösegeld ihres Vaters vor dem sicheren Tod. Doch an Bord des Piratenluftschiffs herrschen grausame Sitten und neben Schändung und Demütigung müssen die jungen Frauen viele Wochen der Angst durchleben. Besonders für die kluge Iben hat der brutale Anführer eine delikate Schwäche entwickelt und er ist kein Mann, dem man sich widersetzt.