Resultados para "Simone" en Coming of age

Best-selling author William Boyd—the novelist who has been called a “master storyteller” ( Chicago Tribune) and “a gutsy writer who is good company to keep” ( Time)—here gives us his most entertaining, sly, and compelling novel to date. The novel evokes the tumult, events, and iconic faces of our time as it tells the story of Logan Mountstuart—writer, lover, and man of the world—through his intimate journals. It is the “riotous and disorganized reality” of Mountstuart’s 85 years in all their extraordinary, tragic, and humorous aspects.

For his whole life, the boy has lived underground, in a basement with his parents, grandmother, sister, and brother. Before he was born, his family was disfigured by a fire. His sister wears a white mask to cover her burns. He spends his hours with his cactus, reading his book on insects, or touching the one ray of sunlight that filters in through a crack in the ceiling. Ever since his sister had a baby, everyone's been acting very strangely.

The Witch Queen's reign nears its end—but only if Karn can survive the final battle. Branded a traitor and hunted by the kingdom he once served, Karn must return home, where the past he abandoned and the future he fears collide. His adopted father, Banar, remains a prisoner of the Witch...

Mattia vive a Milano con la madre, divorziata. Non va bene a scuola e ha smesso di impegnarsi, anche perché è entrato in un brutto giro: Jonathan, uno dei suoi compagni meno raccomandabili, lo ha preso sotto la sua ala protettiva e Mattia non è più una vittima di bullismo ma in compenso rischia di perdersi. Anche Malik vive con la madre, vedova, in Ghana. Lui a scuola ha tutti dieci e un talento per la matematica.

From New York Times bestselling author Tom Perrotta, hailed by critics as “the Steinbeck of Suburbia” (Time), “our Balzac of the burbs” (Chicago Sun-Times), and “an American Chekhov” (The New York Times), comes a gripping and darkly nostalgic tale about a tumultuous summer in 1970s...

Fans of Hannah Grace and Elle Kennedy, meet your new obsession! The international college romance phenomenon with over 1 million copies sold! He’s the campus bad boy. She’s his neighbor’s ex. Who thought becoming roommates was a good idea? Lane O’Neill is living the dream his senior year...

Chiara e Save dopo uno scontro casuale e un incontro fortuito nel laboratorio di fisica iniziano a frequentarsi. Tra la dolcezza di un amore che sboccia, le prime esperienze e il turbinio delle emozioni adolescenziali, Chiara si ritrova invischiata in una situazione più grande di lei. Assieme all'amica Tilde si fa coinvolgere da Luca e i suoi amici, e in un pomeriggio tutto degenera. Si mettono in moto così una serie di eventi che cambieranno il destino di tutti i ragazzi coinvolti, legati da un unico filo che si sviluppa attraverso "nodi" del tempo.

A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICK 'As heart-wrenching as it is achingly beautiful' Sadeqa Johnson, author of The House of Eve 'Heartbreaking and life affirming' Adrienne Brodeur, author of Little Monsters 'Courage, friendship, loyalty, hardship, love – this novel has everything' Mary Beth Keane...

Barcelona 1936. Theo helps the Anarchist workers defeat the army that is trying to overthrow the democratically elected government, and he is reunited with his true love, Maria. But all too soon, his joy turns to terror as the Anarchists turn on him, led by a rival for Maria’s affection. Lucky to escape with his life, Theo returns to England to study at Oxford. But his heart is in Spain, now torn apart by a bloody civil war, and he is quick to abandon his new life when his old schoolmate Esmond offers him the chance to fight the Fascists.

New York City, 1929. Young Theo Sterling’s world begins to unravel as the Great Depression exerts its icy grip. He finds it hard to relate to his parents: His father, a Jewish self-made businessman, refuses to give up on the American dream, and his mother, a refugee from religious persecution in Mexico, holds fast to her Catholic faith. When disaster strikes the family, Theo must learn who he is.

Stephen King’s classic #1 New York Times bestseller and the basis for the massively successful films It: Chapter One and It: Chapter Two as well as inspiration for HBO Max’s series It: Welcome to Derry—about an evil without a name: It. Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place...

Escrita en 1954, cinco años después de la publicación de El segundo sexo, Las inseparables narra la amistad apasionada que une a Sylvie y a Andrée -alter ego de la propia Simone de Beauvoir y de Élisabeth Lacoin (Zaza)- desde que con nueve años se conocen en la escuela. Andrée es alegre, inteligente y atrevida, y Sylvie, una niña formal que se siente irremediablemente atraída por su personalidad arrolladora. Juntas aprenderán a librarse de las convenciones y las expectativas asfixiantes de su entorno, ignorantes del trágico precio que tienen la libertad y la ambición intelectual y existencial.

Two brothers in conflict. This is London, 1977. Little Bastard follows two feuding brothers over a six-month period in 1977 - from the Queen's Silver Jubilee to Christmas. Jason, the older brother, models himself on James Dean, rides a motorbike and enjoys easy success with girls. Younger brother Robin - known to Jason as "LB" Little Bastard - is sensitive, introspective, hero worships Marc Bolan, and fixates on Jason's girlfriend, Cherry. As their mother looks on in despair, tension builds between the siblings....

"Questo breve e intenso primo libro di Erri De Luca porta già impressi in ogni frase - mi sembra - i segni di un vero scrittore: un tono di voce che appena si coglie diventa inconfondibile, e la integrità di uno sguardo che sa mettere nel giusto fuoco i pensieri e i sentimenti. Qui la memoria non è consolazione, ma è un dramma, e il tempo gioca un suo gioco crudele stabilendo distanze insormontabili tra chi narra e la materia del proprio racconto. Una luce bianca e densa come quella che filtra da nuvole alte bagna queste pagine.

It's night time, and a young man sits writing at a table. He's afraid. Afraid of having to decide - on a woman, a group of friends, an annual holiday destination. He's afraid of becoming numb to emotion. Afraid of growing up. But all of that is about to change. When an acquaintance makes him a proposition, our unnamed protagonist is drawn into a scheme where each night at seven o'clock, he must commit one of the seven sins - a task that forces him to decide how far he is truly willing to go in his efforts to stave off habit and ennui and save his own life. 

After escaping from the dark and dismal workhouse where he was born, Oliver finds himself on the mean streets of Victorian-era London and is unwittingly recruited into a scabrous gang of scheming urchins. In this band of petty thieves, Oliver encounters the extraordinary and vibrant characters who have captured audiences' imaginations for more than 150 years.

Die sogenannte Höllenwoche steht an und damit Training bis zum Umfallen. Cece sieht dies als Chance zu beweisen, dass sie zu den Besten gehört. Am Ende der Höllenwoche sollen die Schülerinnen und Schüler die bislang schwierigsten Choreographien präsentieren. Als Preis winkt für die beiden Besten ein Workshop in London.

Una novela inolvidable ambientada en el Berlín de la primavera de 1939, la Cuba pre- y postrevolucionaria y el Nueva York después del 11 de septiembre. Antes de que todo se desmoronara, Hannah Rosenthal y sus padres tenían una vida encantadora. Su familia, una de las más distinguidas en los...

This “harrowing, heartbreaking story” (Kirkus Reviews) depicts the epic journey of a young Guatemalan American college student, a “dreamer,” who gets deported and decides to make his way back home to California. One day, Emilio learns the shocking secret: he is undocumented. His parents...

A Stunning Novel of Hope and Redemption Taking us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the present, The Kite Runner is the unforgettable and beautifully told story of the friendship between two boys growing up in Kabul. Raised in the same household and sharing the same wet nurse...