Resultados para "Lucien" en Narrativa literaria

Orphaned at birth, Oliver Twist is born into the grimmest of 19th century English workhouses with a life of grinding poverty ahead of him. But the boy is a fighter and after being evicted from the workhouse for asking for 'more' and surviving a stint as an undertaker’s assistant, he walks many miles to London and finds a whole new life with a gang of young pickpockets led by the Artful Dodger and their guardian Fagin.

Unsprezece povesti in care dragostea e privita din unghiuri surprinzatoare si, in acelasi timp, unsprezece secvente ale unui roman construit pe o unica poveste, a unei iubiri ce nu-si gaseste ritmul. Lipsa comunicarii, tradarea, gelozia, angoasele si asteptarile, toate aceste stari, puse sub...

Nominalizat la International Dublin Literary Award, în 2019 Premiul special al cititorilor "Natalia Gorbaniewska", in cadrul Premiului Literar al Europei Centrale ANGELUS, Polonia, editia 2015 Matei Brunul a fost distins in anul 2012 cu Premiul literar "Augustin Fratila", Premiul revistei...

Prefata de Daniel Cristea-Enache Romanul are drept tema centrala ironia: fata de romanul clasic, fata de temele lui majore, fata de literatura, in general. Protagonistul, un tinar mereu in cautarea nefericirii, pentru a gasi motivatia autocompatimirii, este prins in diverse situatii ce...

"Lucian Dan Teodorovici e un maestru al circului suicidar, al bufonadelor patibulare. În pofida deriziunii însă, cartea lui Teodorovici e tristă, ca existenţialismul de cîrciumă şi gang. Tristeţe amărîtă şi sordidă, insidioasă ca o igrasie care-l îmbibă, finalmente, pe ipocritul...

Prefata de Luminita Marcu. "Povestirile sint absolut surprinzatoare prin umorul lor sec si negru, prin felul economicos in care sint scrise, prin morala (sociala) pe care o au bine incapsulata intr-o aparenta de gratuitate, de poveste spusa fara nici un scop, ba chiar intr-un fel nating...

O poveste reală despre încercarea de a supraviețui prin ficțiune, o narațiune alertă și acaparantă despre lumi care se construiesc acolo unde limitele organismului nu te lasă să ajungi. Romanul autobiografic al lui Teodorovici este locul în care, rînd pe rînd, superstițiile se...

Lucie refuse de patauger dans une vie sans refrain, sans envol, sans idéal. Elle observe le monde avec enchantement. Nos souffrances l'émeuvent, elle en parle, toujours pour les sublimer en refusant l'égoïsme ambiant. Comme une ado qui hurle sa joie de vivre, elle ouvre grand ses bras au monde. Cécile le Ray a toujours aimé le chant, les mots, le monde de l'enfance et sa poésie. Elle publie ses premiers contes pour enfants, puis se lance dans l'opéra. Elle éprouve alors le bonheur infini de communiquer à fleur de peau avec le public.

Leah Smith finally has everything she has ever wanted. Except she doesn't. Her marriage feels more like a loan than a lifelong commitment, and the image she has worked so hard to build is fraying before her eyes. With a new role and a past full of secrets, Leah must decide how far she is willing to go to keep what she has stolen.

Only a year ago Isabel Moore was married, the object of adoration of her 10-year-old daughter, and thought she knew everything about her wild, extravagant, beloved best friend, Josie. But in that one short year: her husband moved out and rented his own apartment; her daughter grew into a moody insomniac; and Josie - impulsive, funny, secretive Josie - was killed behind the wheel in a single-car accident.

The aftermath of a car accident. McSweeney's is a literary journal based in San Francisco.

Lucie est verte de rage : spoliée et abandonnée par ses enfants à la mort de son mari, elle se retrouve dans un appartement minuscule ! Finie la grande vie... Jusqu'à ce qu'elle rencontre le bel Henri. Quand son cher époux est mort, Lucie ne s'attendait certainement pas à hériter de... ses dettes. Ses enfants ne lui parlent plus (il faut dire qu'elle n'a jamais pu retenir le prénom de ses petits-enfants) et, ruinée, elle est obligée de déménager ! En plus, ses nouveaux voisins sont insupportables - surtout le petit Hyppolite, un vrai pot de colle.

An Asian/Pacific American Award Honor Book A USA TODAY bestseller One of NPR's 2024 ""Books We Love"" A Kirkus Best Book of 2024 A School Library Journal Best Book of 2024 A New York Public Library Best Book of 2024 From acclaimed author Makiia Lucier, a dazzling, romantic fantasy inspired by...

The underground mine fires ravaging Pennsylvania coal country have forced 11-year-old Brigid Howley and her family to seek refuge with her estranged grandparents, the formidable Gram and the black lung-stricken Gramp. Tragedy is no stranger to the Howleys, a proud Irish-American clan who takes strange pleasure in the "curse" laid upon them generations earlier by a priest who ran afoul of the Molly Maguires. The weight of this legacy rests heavily on a new generation, when Brigid, already struggling to keep her family together, makes a grisly discovery in a long-abandoned bootleg mine shaft.

In this sparkling debut novel imbued with the rich intrigue of Kate Atkinson’s literary mysteries and the spirited heart of Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand, a disparate group of Londoners plunge into a search for a missing American actress. In the dreary days of November 1965, American actress...

Lisa and Elliot have been best friends ever since the day they met as children. Popular, bright and sporty, Lisa was Elliot's biggest supporter when the school bullies made his life a misery, and for that, he will always be grateful. Twenty years later, life has pulled the pair apart, and Lisa is struggling. Her marriage is floundering, her teenage kids are being secretive and she's so tired she can't think straight. So when Elliot knocks on the door, looking much better than she remembers, she can't help but be delighted to see her old friend again.

Charlie, a curious boy with a dangerous Dictaphone habit, eavesdrops on the eccentric guests of the Mirage Hotel as the African nation of Bwalo prepares for the annual appearance of its Glorious Leader Tafumo. Sean, an Irishman who's given his heart (and the best part of his liver) to Bwalo, struggles to write the great African novel - if only his crazed fiancée and fierce thirst would stop distracting him.

After practicing on robot patients for weeks, the kids at Wah-Kee-Nah Summer Camp for Teenage Psychiatrists are finally getting to work with real humans. But when Andromeda's patient, the mysterious Joe, tells her what's actually going on at Wah-Kee-Nah, she dispenses with her psychiatric training and opts for full-on rebellion.

West of New Orleans among a few small Gulf islands lies the Isle aux Chiens, a tiny, impoverished strip of land burdened by intolerable heat and roaming packs of wild dogs. Here a handful of Creole families eke out a meager existence by fishing the Gulf waters. Such is the fate of Al Landry and his seventeen-year-old daughter, Annie. All Annie has ever known is the wild sea, but she longs for other people and places, including the glamor of life in the Big Easy.

« ...À sa vue, je me sentis confuse et étourdie. Répondant à une impulsion soudaine, je passai ma robe par-dessus ma tête puis la jetai par terre. Ma culotte était trempée de sueur et de désir. Je la fis descendre et elle finit en boule à côté de ma robe. La vitre de la fenêtre contre mes seins nus était froide et je sentais la tension envahir tout mon être. Toutes mes pensées étaient focalisées sur le corps de cet homme, ses mouvements expérimentés et ses muscles puissants.»