Resultados para "John of John" en Ficción contemporánea

Den fattige fisker Kino forsørger sin kone og sin lille dreng ved at dykke efter perler på bunden af Den Mexicanske Golf. En dag finder Kino en perle på størrelse med et havmågeaeg, og fundet vaekker et håb om økonomisk sikkerhed og et løfte om et bedre liv for familien. Da nyheden om Kinos fund spreder sig i den lille by, blusser det op i grådigheden hos befolkningen, der tyer til alle midler for at få fat i Kinos perle.

"Behold what she is, not what she is not." Confession: The Truth About AHYOKA. The truth is ... I was not visited by a CaveWoman, a CaveMan or any Cave Individual, by the name of Ahyoka or any other name, from tens of thousands of years ago. I just made up the whole story. I am using an audiobook of dialogues with Ahyoka to fictitiously illustrate how it may be possible for humans to actually do and be good — and further — what humankind might become if we integrate the innocence of our childhood with the wisdom of our adulthood.

"Faithful John" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 6. In some variants, a king on his deathbed orders his servant, Trusty John, not to let his son see a certain room, which holds a portrait of a princess. - In all variants, when the new king comes to power, he forces his way into the room. Instantly, he falls in love with the princess.

Käre John är historien om John, som är skeppare på ett kustfartyg. När han under ett uppehåll i en liten skånsk hamn träffar Anita, som arbetar på byns kafé, uppstår ljuv musik. Det här är den realistiska och ömsinta skildringen av deras kärlekshistoria, fylld av vardagsdramatik och värme. - Olle Länsberg (1922-1998) var en svensk författare. Utöver böcker författade han även manus och sångtexter.

After Colby's estranged father returns to his white-trash home, the nine year old struggles to survive a promiscuous neighborhood mother, money sharks, and an uncontrollable autistic older brother while discovering the true cost of living and brotherhood.

Paradise Lost is an epic poem in blank verse by the 17th-century English poet John Milton (1608-1674). The first version, published in 1667, consists of ten books with over ten thousand lines of verse. A second edition followed in 1674, arranged into twelve books (in the manner of Virgil's Aeneid) with minor revisions throughout. It is considered by critics to be Milton's major work, and it helped solidify his reputation as one of the greatest English poets of his time.

"The Thirty Nine Steps" is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine in August and September 1915 before being published in book form in October that year by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. It is the first of five novels featuring Richard Hannay, an all action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of sticky situations.

The Thirty-Nine Steps is an adventure novel by the Scottish author John Buchan. It first appeared as a serial in Blackwood's Magazine in August and September 1915 before being published in book form in October that year by William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh. It is the first of the five novels featuring Richard Hannay, an all-action hero with a stiff upper lip and a miraculous knack for getting himself out of sticky situations.

Den aeldre forfatter Juan Diego er på vej til Filippinerne, og sammen med ham rejser hans drømme og minder om barndommen og hans tidlige ungdom i Mexico. 14-årige Juan har en 13-årig søster, som hedder Lupe, og hun tror, at hun kan forudse deres fremtid. Og så kan Lupe laese de flestes tanker, og hun kan som regel regne ud, hvad de vaerste ting, som er haendt en person, er - en evne hun gør flittigt brug af. Lupe kan dog ikke forudse fremtiden med samme nøjagtighed, men det er en frygtelig byrde at tro, man ved, hvad der vil ske i fremtiden - isaer hvis der vil ske noget, for et menneske man holder af. For hvad vil en 13-årig drive sig selv til at gøre, hvis hun tror, det kan aendre begivenhederne?

Året er 1873, og Will Andrews opgiver sine universitetsstudier ved Harvard og drager vestpå. Han ender i Butcher's Crossing, en lille, gudsforladt flaekke i Kansas. Butcher's Crossing er fuld af rastløse maend, der kun taenker på at tjene hurtige penge og bruge dem lige så hurtigt, blandt dem Miller. Han og Andrews bliver venner, og Andrews fascineres af Millers historie om en enorm bisonflok, der kun venter på at blive nedslagtet, godt gemt af vejen i en smuk dal i Rocky Mountains i Colorado.

Den niårige Bruno bor i Berlin under anden verdenskrig. Bruno ved ikke meget om krigen og lever i lykkelig uvidenhed, selvom hans far er højtrangerende soldat tæt på Hitler. En dag får familien en vigtig gæst, da "Fyren" kommer til middag. Brunos far bliver forfremmet, og hele familien må forlade Berlin og flyttet til en lejr, som Bruno kalder "Afsides". I "Afsides" er alting anderledes. Fra sit værelse kan Bruno se en indhegning med en masse mennesker, som alle går i ens stribede pyjamasser.

William Stoner bliver i slutningen af det 19. århundrede født ind i en fattig bondefamilie i Missouri, USA. Som ung går han på landbrugsskole, men drages af litteraturens verden. Han vender aldrig hjem til forældrenes gård og vælger i stedet det akademiske liv, hvor bøgerne og litteraturen forbliver hans faste holdepunkt - også når konflikter og skuffelser truer med at ødelægge hans tilværelse. Bogen blev første gang udgivet i 1965, siden genudgivet i 2006 i USA, hvorefter mange forlag verden over fik øjnene op for romanen. Den er nu en international bestseller. "Stoner" er et fascinerende, velskrevet og rørende portræt af en helt almindelig mand, hvis liv man ikke kan undgå at blive berørt af. Det er en roman om identitet, om livet, om de valg, vi træffer.

Ruth Cole har aldrig kendt sine to brødre, der omkom i en tragisk ulykke. Som lille pige opdigter hun historier om dem, og på den måde bliver fundamentet for hendes fremtidige forfatterkarriere lagt. Vi møder Ruth tre gange. Første gang i 1958, da hun er fire år gammel. I 1990, da hun er blevet en berømt forfatter, der har større succes i sin litterære karriere end i sit privatliv.

Mr Phillips wakes on the morning of July 31st in his modest, nearly mortgage-free home, in the bed he has contentedly shared with his wife of 30 years - though to be honest, at night he lies beside her and dreams of other women. He's ready to face another ordinary day. Except that for Mr Phillips, it is not an ordinary day, for on July 28th, he was summarily sacked. Nonetheless, he rises at his usual hour and prepares himself as he has done his entire working life for the office he no longer has.

Mannen som kallade sig Ray Lambert vaknade redan vid det första grå gryningsljuset. Han hade alltid vaknat tidigt, att han idag skulle döda en människa var inget som påverkade hans rutiner ... En man i Sydafrika köper ett vapen. En skyldig man lämnar landet. En statsminister i Sverige blir kallsinnigt mördad och en utdragen utredning där polisen famlar i blindo tar sin början.

A young hippie couple reach both enlightenment and social fame via their "material pragmatism", supported by both Western and Eastern religion - and with some help from an American Indian named "Little Bird".

When fledgling novelist Pace Burnette heads home to Smoke, a quiet hamlet in Louisiana, he finds that the mom-and-pop businesses that gave the place its character and charm have been put out of operation by an enormous Monster Mart on the outskirts of town. His best friend, Jay Carnihan, is struggling to keep his family's general store from going under and blames Rayford Holly, the founder of Monster Mart, for his economic woes.

A Place with Promise is a magical, generation-spanning fable about everything we think we've lost - except, as the denizens of Camp Ruby learn, it's all still there, if we only know where to look for it.

When Dr. Watson returns to London from a weekend seminar, he finds hat Sherlock Holmes has been arrested. Inspector Lestrade refers Watson to a questionable psychiatric hospital where Holmes is jailed for mental incapacity.

Around the World in Eighty Days (French: Le tour du monde en quatre-vingts jours) is an adventure novel by the French writer Jules Verne, first published in French in 1872. In the story, Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout attempt to circumnavigate the world in 80 days on a £20,000 wager (£2,242,900 in 2019) set by his friends at the Reform Club. It is one of Verne's most acclaimed works. The story starts in London on Wednesday, 2 October 1872. Phileas Fogg is a rich British gentleman living in solitude.