Resultados para "Sand" en Narrativa literaria

Historien om en ung kvinde, der lever sit liv indhyllet i et mørke bestående af alkoholmisbrug og prostitution. Men alt dette lader til at ændre sig, da hun møder en ældre herre, der kan være hendes redning. Men han har sin egen fortid, og den truer med at ødelægge deres fælles fremtid. Pernille Højmark (f. 1960) er en dansk sanger, skuespillerinde og forfatter. Hun er uddannet skuespiller fra Skuespillerskolen ved Aarhus Teater i 1983, og har haft flere store roller i film og på tv.

« Pauline » de George Sand est une histoire de passion et de révolution dans la France du XIXe siècle. Sur fond de bouleversements politiques, le roman retrace le parcours de Pauline, une femme dont la fougue et la quête incessante de justice défient les contraintes de son époque.

Early in The Sweetness, an inquisitive young girl asks her grandmother why she is carrying nothing but a jug of sliced lemons and water when they are forced by the Germans to evacuate their ghetto. "Something sour to remind me of the sweetness," she tells her, setting the theme for what they must remember to survive. Set during World War II, the novel is the parallel tale of two Jewish girls, cousins, living on separate continents, whose strikingly different lives ultimately converge.

Dutch couple Sarie and Barend Vervoort celebrate their retirement by buying a camper van and hitting the road. Their intention is to drive around Europe, fulfilling Sarie's wanderlust and returning to some of the places they traveled together when they first met, in 1968. But then Sarie falls seriously ill - diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer. The tragic discovery forces them to completely redefine their trip.

Often cited as the best work of short fiction ever written, Joyce's elegant story details a New Year's Eve gathering in Dublin that is so evocative and beautiful that it prompts the protagonist's wife to make a shocking revelation to her husband—closing the story with an emotionally powerful epiphany that is unsurpassed in modern literature.

Country music superstar Clayton Meyers and entrepreneur Kate Meyers may seem like they have everything they ever wanted: fame, riches, and the lifestyle to match. From the outside, they do. Their life in Nashville looks like paradise. But in reality, their relationship has gone cold. Like ships passing in the night, they now live like strangers, questioning whether the other cares anymore.

When James Kreider receives the devastating news his life is shortened from cancer, he is immediately filled with shock and disbelief. At 60 years, Jim is too young to die and believes he has a whole life ahead of him. When the reality of his impending demise sinks in, Jim methodically prepares for his final days, including trying to heal old wounds. With a dash of life's regrets and unfinished business, Jim's hours are spent pondering the legacy he will leave for his friends and children.

Eines Abends ist er einfach da. Baptiste, der scheue, junge Mann, von dem niemand in der verschlafenen Ortschaft in der Provence weiß, woher er gekommen ist. Und er scheint dort sein Glück zu finden, bis Jahrzehnte später seine verschwiegene Vergangenheit aufersteht. Mit aller Macht ziehen ihn die Erlebnisse vergangener Tage wieder in ihren Bann, und mit ihnen die Erinnerungen an Abda, das längst vergessene Frauengefängnis in der algerischen Wüste.

This program is read by award-winning actor and two-time Tony Award–nominee David Pittu. Andrew Holleran’s unique literary voice is on full display in this poignant story of lust, dread, and desire—the first novel in thirteen years from one of the most acclaimed gay authors of our time...

In this riveting novel of almost unbearable suspense, three fragile yet determined people become dangerously entangled in a relentlessly escalating crisis. Colonel Behrani, once a wealthy man in Iran, is now a struggling immigrant willing to bet everything he has to restore his family's dignity...

Cedric – Footprints in the Sand is an epoch dog tale. Inspired by the true story of a shipwrecked Newfoundland dog who wandered into a small coastal village. Finding his way to the end of a pier, he would spend the remainder of his years rescuing twenty-three people from other shipwrecks.

Dans une étrange maison close, les belles sont endormies, parées et nues pour recevoir la visite d'hommes de grand âge. Eguchi est l'un de ces visiteurs nocturnes, qui vient admirer le sommeil des jeunes filles, retrouver les images oubliées, respirer les parfums de sa jeunesse ; vivre quelques heures splendides et sensuelles. Dans ce court roman, au style dépouillé, l'intimité ouvre sur des questions universelles : l'amour, la quête du bonheur et la mort.