Resultados para "Sex" en Narrativa literaria

A medio camino entre el preciosismo trascendente de Paolo Sorrentino y la desvergonzada falta de prejuicios de Pablo Tusset, esta novela sigue la brillante estela de un personaje inolvidable: Boissel, un cocinero estrella y hedonista, cruce de James Bond y Forrest Gump. A través de su vida haremos un repaso por el siglo XX en el que no queda en pie nadie, desde Franco hasta el rey Juan Carlos.

Called “the most influential Ukrainian book for the 15 years of independence", Field Work in Ukrainian Sex by Oksana Zabuzhko is the tale of one woman’s personal revolt. It provoked the top literary scandal of the decade. The novel was first published in Ukraine in 1996, unleashing a storm of controversy and propelling the author to national fame. It topped the bestseller list in Ukraine for more than ten years, making it the most successful Ukrainian-language book of the '90s in every regard.

Esta edición reúne las columnas mensuales que Mónica Braun publicó con gran éxito, durante siete años, en la revista Chilango (desde su primer número). Los textos conforman una crónica-ficción en forma de episodios, basados en sus experiencias reales, con algunos detalles disfrazados...

A woman goes about certain rituals of sex with her second husband, sharing the bed with the ghosts of her sexual past. A beautiful young art student embarks on an affair with a much older, married, famous artist. A middle-aged woman struggles with the decline of her mother, once glamorous and still commanding; their fraught relationship causes unexpected feelings, both shaming and brutal. A man finds that his father has died while in the midst of extramarital sex and wonders what he should do with the body.

“Erkekler Mars'tan, Kadınlar Venüs'ten” zamana meydan okuyan ve her daim güncelliğini koruyan eşsiz bir klasiktir. Kitabın başarısının sırrı, erkeklerin ve kadınların düşünme, hissetme ve davranma farklılıklarını anlamalarına ve benimsemelerine yardımcı olan basit ama derin kılavuzluğunda yatmaktadır. Bu kitap sayesinde sayısız çift sadece ilişkilerini geliştirmekle kalmamış, aynı zamanda onları dağılma eşiğinden de kurtarmıştır.

Conversation with Johnny is very special to me, because it constitutes at least my own dual cultural nature, the writer and the individual of power, the local gangster, most of us experienced in the old neighborhoods. Here, they merge into one. Out of this duo comes, I hope, a kind of closure on the stereotype we also all know, that of the godfather myth. On an exalted plain above all of this, to my great pleasure, is the alluring, elusive woman.

Lady Chatterley's Lover was the subject of one of the most infamous trials of the 20th century when Penguin was prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act. However, with expert witnesses for the defence, including E.M. Forster, Penguin was acquitted and permitted to publish in 1960. The book became a best seller largely on account of explicit scenes of a sexual nature and use of four letter words.

A small-town waitress, awestruck by dreams of a bigger world, looks forward to the biggest break of a budding career in this darkly comic short tale of what happens when innocence collides with cynicism. Eighteen-year-old Keridee is done with high school, her cheating boyfriend, her jealous friends, and Nowhere, Florida. She’s determined to do something with her life, and her small-time modeling agent has already scored her a gig. She’s working an event for a real estate mogul who happens to own a huge modeling agency. What if he’s dazzled by her smile and makes her a star?

A frustrated lawyer finds release where she least expects it - and where she needs it most - in this exhilarating, sexy romp through the finest gluten-free indulgences in a New York City grocery store. After another long workday, the only thing Meredith wants is a big bowl of paleo maple-pecan coconola. But the hour-long checkout line at 7:00 p.m. at an all-organic supermarket stands between her and satisfaction, and the yupster mob is working her last nerve. Then, out of nowhere, a spontaneous flirtation with a stranger shows her there’s a lot more than coconola waiting for her.

An aspiring artist gets a seven-figure offer that could change her life forever in this provocative and surprising short story of a woman torn between saying yes and saying no. Alicia could do a lot with a million dollars. But what’s she willing to do for it? Her top client, a billionaire hedge fund manager, has made a very intimate business proposal. In the world of finance, it’s just another transaction, right? An efficient supply-demand exchange. At least that’s what Alicia tries to tell herself.

A young novelist trapped in a bad relationship takes the first step toward true pleasure and tenderness…but does she have the courage to be swept off her feet? It doesn’t matter how many people read and like her new book, there’s only one man’s opinion that matters to Clara…or at least that’s what she thinks. But when a chance encounter at a film premiere introduces her to someone new - someone who understands her in a way the first man can’t - Clara finally discovers the validation she really wants and needs.

Lauren is angry enough that her mother couldn’t find time to show up to the opening of her new art gallery. But when she gets home and discovers the gift her mother has sent instead, Lauren comes undone in the face of a temptation that will push her to the edge, closer to her demons and the bitter taste of a mother’s love.

Heidi is writing a script to explain the financial industry, based on how the men within it approach romance. Her clueless heroine is looking for a Wall Street husband, but who’s the best option? The trader? The investment banker? The venture capitalist? Scene by sizzling scene, Heidi considers their assets. What she wants for certain is a happy ending - but when she hits a dead end, it might take a real-life finance guy to show her what a long-term investment really looks like.

Is there any chance of a second date? That all depends on what a woman and a man are willing to invest in the first, in this quick-witted short story of a perfectly equitable modern romance. After 10 years of bad blind dates, Candace is having a hard time believing Patrick is so spot-on. He’s sharp, handsome, and kind - her mind can’t help racing to where it all will lead. Then the check arrives. It’s time to get real.

The bestselling author and historian Lisa Hilton picks up the mythical ‘City of Ladies’ where the medieval writer Christine de Pisan left off, continuing a conversation about gender and greatness that began more than six hundred years ago. In 1405 Christine de Pisan took up the pen to defend...

Reunión de nueve cuentos que giran alrededor del erotismo y la sexualidad entre personas de diferentes géneros, edades y geografías. Narrador: Mildred...

Bad Sex on Speed is a savage, careening, hyper-real nightmare of a novel, taking us to the depths of Amphetamine America. Told with no concession to traditional narrative, in the voices of those in the grips and on the fringes, the stories that emerge are at once devastating, hysterical, and - perhaps most terrifying of all - going on all around you, all the time. Stahl digs deep into the psyche of the most demented and dispossessed among us, returning with an unsparing vision.

Doris' Leben ist ein Trümmerhaufen und dieses Mal kann sie aber ausnahmsweise wirklich nichts dafür. Ihr kleiner Laden ist samt der dazugehörigen Wohnung bis auf den Grund abgebrannt. Ein paar verkohlte Holzbalken und eine Damenstrumpfhose mit Zwickel sind alles, was ihr geblieben ist. Zu allem Überfluss beichtet ihre Geschäftspartnerin ihr auch noch, dass sie die Feuerversicherung des Hauses vor einigen Wochen gekündigt hat. Doris ist ruiniert. Um nicht auf der Straße zu enden, zieht Sie notgedrungen auf dem Bauernhof ihres Exfreundes Björn ein.

Einer wie Tom wird von der Gesellschaft als Außenseiter betrachtet. Einer, der gegen den Strom schwimmt. Dem Musik alles bedeutet. Und der mit seiner Band ganz hoch hinauswill. Nachdem das mit dem Plattenvertrag nicht ganz so läuft, wie seine Bandkollegen und er sich das vorgestellt haben, und dann auch noch sein Glück bei den Frauen ausbleibt, stürzt er in eine Depression. Tom ist es gewohnt, dass die Menschen seiner Umwelt auf seine Lebensweise argwöhnisch und ablehnend reagieren, doch dass ihn selbst irgendwann auch die großen Fragen des Lebens einholen, damit hatte er nicht gerechnet.

Warum heißt ein Buch "Schluss mit dem Sex"? Damit Sie reinschauen! - Allerdings behandelt nur ein Teil des neuen Buches von Andrea Roedig Themen wie sexuellen Missbrauch, Feminismus, queere Identitäten, #MeToo, Transsexualität. Aufgenommen sind in dem Band etwa auch "Familiensachen", die jeweils auf ihre Weise um Verlust kreisen, um Verschwinden - physisch oder psychisch: etwa eine Recherche zu Müttern, die ihre Kinder verlassen haben.