Resultados para "The Man" en Ficción contemporánea

When Felix Kendall vanishes, his wife Kate is left in turmoil. As she and their children adjust to a hand-to-mouth existence, she looks back on their marriage and Felix's orphaned upbringing in search of clues, confronting the possibility that she has badly misread him. And as Kate gradually discovers strengths she never knew she had, Felix is coming to terms with just what he has lost.

The Man is a 1905 Victorian novel by Bram Stoker, best known for Dracula. A typical Gothic novel, it features horror and romance. The Man has also been published as The Gates of Life. Squire Stephen Norman is lord of the manor in Normanstead. He marries Margaret Rowly, younger sister of his friend Rowly (squire of the neighboring town). Desirous of an heir, Norman and Margaret have a baby girl and Margaret dies shortly after the birth.

There’s not a dare Smoke Burnham won’t take, and there’s not a wager he won’t make. Now he’s betting his life that he can fly his plane, Super Comet - with his pet cheetah Patty coming along for the ride - across the mountains and jungles of South America to a prize-winning payday. All he has to do is out-race the competition, out-maneuver a saboteur, and make out with his girl - who’s determined to bring him down to earth. One thing you can count on - in the air, in a fight, or in his girlfriend’s arms - he’s a man who likes to turn up the heat.

Den arbetslöse Erik Hammar har spenderat de senaste fem åren på sin bästa vän Johns soffa. Han har en jur.kand. i bagaget men lever helt utan ambitioner. Varför anstränga sig när det är mycket roligare att göra ingenting alls? En dag inser dock Erik att hans vänner och bekanta ser honom som ett enda stort misslyckande. Och när John dessutom får nog av sin inneboende, och kastar ut honom på gatan, leder det till ett bryskt uppvaknande.

Terry Boyle is your typical small-town guy. Friendly, kind to strangers, a devoted husband and father. A gentle soul quietly moving through life. But still waters run deep, and Terry’s inner turmoil derives from a secret that he can’t share with anyone. As fate would have it, Terry’s guarded world is turned upside down the day he walks into a hardware store and meets Renee Patrick, a free-spirited beauty who is as tough as the nails she sells from her family business. Unfiltered and unapologetic about her questionable lifestyle, Renee ignites a spark deep inside Terry.

In "Portret van een man" blikt de hoofdpersoon terug op zijn leven aan de hand van de vrouwen die daarin een belangrijke en vormende rol hebben gespeeld. Als jonge man wordt hij zo aangegrepen door de dood van zijn moeder dat hij op zoek gaat naar meer betekenis in zijn leven. Een van zijn leraressen inspireert hem en laat hem kennismaken met kunst en literatuur; er gaat een wereld voor hem open. Hij zit vol idealen en denkt de wereld iets te kunnen bieden door ook leraar te worden.

The Turkish Man is about a man who has rather unusual powers. When he is discovered by an unsuspecting man waiting for his bus one evening, he seems to hide the truth. However, the man is intent on catching him out, perhaps getting his picture in the newspaper. The authorities are alerted and attempt to do some investigations. Will they succeed in catching someone who appears to not be what he seems?

The Island Man is a story based on some truths. Its main character is Mr. G. We become introduced to him through the eyes of a friend who observes the changes happening in his life. Just when it seems that nothing new will happen, our character is yet again playing life from another angle. The friendship changes and yet there always remains some thread connecting itself to Mr. G. Whatever you wish to say, Mr. G loves variety.

Un libro sulla violenza contro le donne. Una suspense palpabile ed una resa delle situazioni di un realismo scioccante. Gabriella e la sua storia: dall'innamoramento alle esperienze più traumatiche. I primi capitoli, di una studiata lentezza, introducono gradualmente alle vicende che seguono il matrimonio, che deluderanno amaramente i sogni di una vita serena.

"A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man" is the first novel of Irish writer James Joyce. A Künstlerroman in a modernist style, it traces the intellectual and religious philosophical awakening of young Stephen Dedalus, a fictional alter ego of Joyce and an allusion to Daedalus, the consummate craftsman of Greek mythology. Stephen questions and rebels against the Catholic and Irish conventions under which he has grown, culminating in his self-exile from Ireland to Europe.

Un joven escritor, agobiado por la necesidad de cumplir con su editorial entregándole una nueva novela, recrea las experiencias vividas durante dos cursos universitarios pasados en el extranjero, uno en Brighton, Reino Unido, y el otro en Grenoble, Francia, a los que se dedican, respectivamente, cada una de las dos partes del libro. En la novela, escrita en primera persona en la voz de su protagonista, vuelven a aflorar los temas recurrentes de novelas anteriores, la noche, las drogas, el sexo, la crisis creativa.

Told in Ruskin Bond's simple yet poignant style, the stories and poems in No Man Is an Island thoughtfully explore the many shades of friendship and camaraderie. Featuring classic tales such as 'The Woman on Platform No. 8', in which a mysterious stranger befriends a young boy, and 'The Crooked Tree', in which a writer and a hawker form an unlikely bond, this heartwarming collection is a must-listen.

Fjorten moderne historier af forfatteren til "Farven lilla" og "Meridian". De handler om kærlighed, lyst og berømmelse; faren ved pornografi, abort og voldtægt; spændingen ved nye elskere og glæden ved at genfinde gamle venner på tværs af forskelle på hudfarve og køn. Det er en samling provokerende og humoristiske portrætter af kvinder, der modigt gør krav på deres tilkæmpede rettigheder, og som i deres styrke og ukuelighed ikke er til at holde nede.

"Der kommer ikke flere vejrtraekninger. Pludselig var det den sidste, og vi vidste det ikke. Det er den anden af de to, man aldrig kan vide om sig selv. Hvordan man lyder, når man er ved at dø." De syv noveller i "To ting man aldrig kan vide" traekker laeseren ind i et mørkt og realistisk univers set gennem et barns øjne. Afmagt, hjaelpeløshed, spirende seksualitet og ensomhed er blot nogle af de temaer, Dorthe de Neergaard skildrer smukt og barskt i denne vedkommende novellesamling skrevet til større børn.

Das Herz denkt nicht, es fühlt – und doch versuchen wir, genau das zu vermeiden. Das Fühlen. Marinas Leben, geprägt von Höhen und Tiefen, nimmt seinen Lauf. Das Denken geht ihr noch immer leichter von der Hand als das Fühlen. Verunsichert vom Richtig und Falsch, vom Sein und Werden, sucht sie nach Sicherheit durch Kontrolle und strebt gleichzeitig nach Vertrauen. Mehr und mehr versteht sie sich selbst, beginnt, sich in ihrer Unvollkommenheit zu akzeptieren, und verändert sich, wird zu dem Menschen, der sie immer schon war.

Narcís Presas, a prop dels seixanta anys, s’ha retirat a un casalot enmig del bosc amb la intenció de matar Amanieu de Palol, el protagonista de la sèrie de novel•la històrica que l’ha convertit en un escriptor d’èxit. Abans que ho enllesteixi es presenta a la casa una amant de vint anys enrere amb una oferta sorprenent: serà la seva esclava. Per sempre. Però la incapacitat de l’escriptor per comprendre els sentiments de la seva filla, enamorada d’un il•lusionista, i per afrontar la vida, la naturalesa i tot allò que l’envolta, el fa dubtar ...

Nil Barral, fidel assalariat d'una companyia d'assegurances, té sospites sobre la mort d'un dels seus clients. La vídua del client n'és la principal sospitosa: podria haver causat la mort al seu marit per tal de beneficiar-se de la quantiosa suma que li correspon de la pòlissa de vida que havien contractat junts. Estirant el fil, però, la mort destapa moltes preguntes més. Massa, de vegades, per a algú com en Nil, que només somia a acabar les llargues jornades de feina i tornar a casa, als braços del seu estimat Néstor.

The Ferguson Clan has a problem. A couple thousand years ago, one of their ancestors uttered a curse with complete sincerity. In that curse, a woman named Srine offered all of herself for retribution on the world that had tortured her. The curse was so sincere that it echoed into places distant. In the darkness of the universe, something even darker than her words accepted her offer. Despite her being too old, and her husband incapable of siring a child, she became pregnant. This child was filled with dark potential. Unchecked, he could destroy the world. Join the fight!

August 1999. Sengende Hitze liegt über Bodenstein, dem Heimatort des 15-jährigen Pascal. Eigentlich könnte er den Sommer genießen. Doch seit er nicht mehr schwimmen geht, mag er den Sommer nicht mehr. Wieso, das kann er nicht erzählen. Auch nicht, weshalb er sich nicht verlieben darf. Sein Geheimnis und seine Geschichten hütet er wie einen Schatz. Doch dann kracht Jacky in seine Welt: ein furchtloses Zirkusmädchen mit roten Haaren und wasserblauen Augen. Zusammen verbringen sie den letzten Sommertag, der alles für immer verändert.

Neville St. Clair, a respectable businessman, has disappeared and his wife claims she saw him at the upper window of an opium den. Rushing upstairs to the room she found only a beggar who denied any knowledge of St. Clair - whose clothes are later found in the room, and his coat, laden with coins, in the River Thames outside the window. The beggar is arrested, but a few days later St. Clair's wife receives a letter from her husband. Holmes concludes, then proves, that the beggar is actually St.