Resultados para "Lenz" en Literatura de género

Leggendo questa storia estrema, questa esistenza di febbre, la follia assume consistenza fisica. Sembra quasi di poterla toccare. Toccare la follia ci atterrisce, perché ci spalanca l'universo vuoto sotto di noi.La comprensione di quanto sia vano il gioco estetico del consumismo della follia, la rete elettrica circolante nel sistema nervoso centrale di questi tempi estemporanei è un effetto inevitabile, una sorta d’illuminazione che folgora la lettura.

Ellis County, Texas, is turned on its head when everyone within a twenty-mile radius wakes up in a world they don't recognize - a world populated by animals long since extinct. It's up to a tired sheriff and a former Army Ranger to set aside their differences, solve the mystery, and keep the people of Ellis County and Waxahachie safe.

The last summer before the end of World War II, Walter Proska is posted to a small unit tasked with ensuring the safety of a railway line deep in the forest on the border with Ukraine and Belarus. In this swampy region, a handful of men - stunned by the heat, attacked by mosquitoes, and abandoned by their own troops in the face of the Resistance - must also submit to the increasingly absurd and inhuman orders of their superior.

After losing her husband, Sienna Parker has been living a shadow of her former life, paralyzed by anxiety and guilt over not being the mother her young son deserves. When her sister, Maya, suggests a fresh start in a small town, Sienna agrees. Oak Mountain turns out to be nothing like she...

Based on a true story, a gripping historical novel about a German immigrant who becomes embroiled in a Nazi spy ring operating in New York City in the early days of World War II. At the end of the 1930s, Europe is engulfed in war. Though America is far from the fighting, the streets of New York...

To whom does a story belong? Who is its author? What is an author? Does it matter? These questions and more populate the subversive and audacious Patchwork, a comical tragedy that highlights the connective tissue that joins stories to themselves as well as to the grand history of storytelling itself.

Elijah Campbell is on the verge of losing his writing career, his faith, and his marriage when a recurring childhood nightmare drives him back to his hometown, Bradford's Ferry. There, his encounters with loved ones both past and present shed light on the reason his wife left him—and the meaning of his nightmare. However, beyond the light he begins to glimpse something even more terrifying—a decision he must make either to continue hiding the secrets of his past or unhide the only thing that can save his marriage: himself.

When Mayer (nee Marty) Belkin fled small-town Georgia for Brooklyn nearly thirty years ago, he thought he'd left his wasted youth behind. Now he's a Talmud scholar married into one of the greatest rabbinical families in the world. But his mother's untimely death brings a shocking revelation: Mayer and his ne'er-do-well twin brother David aren't, in fact, Jewish. Traumatized and spiritually bereft, Mayer's only recourse is to convert to Judaism. But the earliest date he can get is a week from now. What are two estranged brothers to do in the interim?

He's the hottest country rock star in the country whose reputation needs to be repaired. I'm an unemployed event planner who's desperate for a job. When I'm forced to team up with Mr. Smolder for the most ambitious Christmas event around, it might be my biggest mistake yet . . .

Put your hand up if you've ever moved to a new place and found a wild animal loose in your attic, and your former high school sweetheart shows up, looking just as incredibly handsome as the day he kissed you? *Puts hand up.* Just me? Then I probably don't need to tell you that all I can think about is how I'd like to kiss him right now . . . and that is a big NOPE. Because I'm a single mom, and my whole life is in a state of major renovation right now. Especially since I bought a major fixer upper in the beach town where I grew up and moved in with my daughter.

Claire Everson is working at her dream job, vet tech for Hawkins Ridge Animal Sanctuary. Growing up in Sunny View Trailer Park, she didn't think she'd achieve her goal of taking care of animals. Especially after her accident. When she took the job, she didn't factor in Jace Beckett; the youngest of the town's golden Beckett Family. A teddy bear wrapped in a handsome, charming package. His reputation as a man who couldn't commit made it easy to say no when he asked her out. Claire didn't want a repeat of her cheating ex-fiancé.

Can love flourish amid expectations, dishonesty, and duty? Naomi Hendrix is seeking a fresh start in the small rural town of Oak Mountain, Maryland. As the town's new veterinarian, she is rebuilding her life after a painful divorce and betrayal by her former neighbors. However, her mentor...

Gemma Bennett is the leading lady of her own life, and her true love is writing screenplays. With her trusty pink notebook in hand, she signs up for the Citizen's Safety Academy to research her newest blockbuster hope, a rom-com with a police officer as the hero. And the fact that the handsome and heroic Lieutenant Karson Zellner is the one leading the training? Well, who can blame her for wanting to spend evenings with the man she swooned over months ago when he responded to a call at her apartment?

In a North American British province, a group of Norweigan settlers have carved a life for themselves in a lakeshore village called Skarkavik. Hunters and fishermen, they raise their families in peace under the natural cover of the surrounding forest. Decker Galloway believes the land's natural resources are being wasted on the few when so many have a greater need. Having made his fortune logging the wilderness of the eastern provinces, he wants to turn his axes and saws loose on the untouched western region. And no villagers are going to stand in his way.

Arne geht den Jakobsweg in Portugal. Was ihn antreibt? Den Grund kennt er nicht. Er fühlt nur, er muss den Camino gehen. Er trifft auf ein junges Mädchen, Lenka, eine Tschechin, die kaum ein Wort spricht und trotz Füßen voller Blasen und offenen Wunden in einem Irrsinnstempo über den Camino rennt. Unterwegs treffen sie auf alle Arten von Menschen, die alle ihre eigenen Gründe haben, die Beschwernisse des Camino auf sich zu nehmen: Die Power-Pilger, ein Schamane und eine Pilgerhexe, ein Leidenspilger und ein Todespilger und nicht zuletzt die Partypilger.

The residents of Ellis County and Waxahachie, Texas, continue their fight to survive in a mysterious, prehistoric world. Alone, and with no hope of rescue, those in charge struggle to maintain order and feed the hungry citizens of Ellis County. To save their starving population, they must look beyond the seam and explore the vast, untouched wilderness. What they discover in the Pleistocene wilds will change their world forever—the only question is if it’s for better or worse.

Hava hat ihre Heimat als junge Frau verlassen, aber in Deutschland, am Bodensee, ist sie nicht glücklich geworden, genauso wenig wie in ihrer Ehe. Den Mann, den sie nicht heiraten durfte, hat sie nie vergessen - und ihrem Vater nie verziehen. Und so machen sich Ayla und ihr Bruder Yasin mit ihrer Mutter in einem alten Mercedes auf den Weg nach Anatolien, damit Hava ihre große Liebe wiedersehen kann. Eine Reise beginnt, die in die Vergangenheit führt, zu dem kleinen Dorf in den Bergen, in dem Bauer Mesut von der großen, weiten Welt träumte - und seine Tochter von der Freiheit.

Die Fabrikarbeiterin Anna wird als Medium verehrt, Johanna Schellmann ist Schriftstellerin. In den Heilstätten Beelitz entsteht eine Verbindung zwischen den ungleichen Frauen, von der beide profitieren – bis der Kampf um Anerkennung und Aufstieg sie zu Rivalinnen macht. Ulla Lenze hat in ihrer unvergleichlich kristallinen Prosa einen großen Roman über die Verführungskraft der Selbsterlösung geschrieben. Versteckt in den Kiefernwäldern vor den Toren Berlins liegen die Arbeiter-Lungenheilstätten Beelitz.

Dieses Hörbuch vereint drei feinsinnige Erzählungen von Siegfried Lenz. Gelesen von der Schauspielerin Angela Schmid, wirkt es wie Balsam für die Ohren. Die im Nachhinein für das ZDF verfilmte Titelerzählung "Die Flut ist pünktlich" ist eine feinfühlige Geschichte über eine Dreiecksbeziehung, die für alle Beteiligten zum Verhängnis wird. Darüber hinaus beinhaltet dieses Hörbuch zwei weitere Erzählungen: "Herr und Frau S. in Erwartung ihrer Gäste" und "Die Lampen der Eskimos".

Ein deutscher Klassiker über das Pflichtgefühl und die Verantwortung in der Zeit des Nationalsozialismus - und das Problem der deutschen Obrigkeitshörigkeit. Reiner Unglaub reist mit dem Hörer in eine Zeit, die niemals in Vergessenheit geraten darf. Siggi Jepsen sitzt in einer Anstalt für schwer erziehbare Jugendliche. Im Zuge seines Deutschunterrichts bekommt er die Aufgabe, einen Aufsatz zu dem Thema "Die Freuden der Pflicht" beizusteuern. Darin beschreibt Siggi seinen Konflikt, der aufgrund der Rolle seines Vaters als Polizist im Nationalsozialismus in seinem Inneren tobt.