Resultados para "The Rain" en Literatura y ficción

They say I'm a monster. Cold. Unfeeling. A man born to rule with bloodstained hands. They're not wrong. I don't feel guilt when I kill—only euphoria. There's nothing like the rush of holding someone's life in my hands, knowing I control the exact moment it ends. Life is weak. Fragile. Death is the only truth. Then I met Remi Cain. Quiet. Obsessed with the beauty of death, just like me. The second I see him, I want him. Not just his body, but his darkness—the parts no one else sees. I want to own him, break him, bind him to me with blood.

Cartas a un joven poeta (Letters to a Young Poet) es una obra maestra literaria que recopila diez cartas escritas por el poeta austríaco Rainer Maria Rilke entre 1903 y 1908. Estas cartas fueron dirigidas a Franz Xaver Kappus, un joven cadete militar que aspiraba a convertirse en escritor. Kappus decidió escribir a Rilke en busca de orientación sobre su vocación literaria. Rilke, que para entonces ya era un poeta consagrado, respondió con una serie de cartas en las que, lejos de proporcionar instrucciones técnicas, se enfocó en la introspección y el autoconocimiento.

Cartas a un joven poeta, contiene, desde la serenidad y la plenitud de un auténtico iniciado en los misterios de la Poesía, certeras reflexiones sobre el amor, la soledad, el destino, la religiosidad, la muerte y el sexo. Cartas a un joven poeta, más que una serie de consejos relevantes para la escritura de un autor neófito, se convierten en un amuleto contra la angustia y el sinsentido de la existencia. Descubrirlas es entrar en contacto con el rico mundo interior de un autor clásico de la modernidad.

¿Te atreverías a pedirle consejo a tu escritor favorito? En 1903, el joven cadete Franz Kappus se atrevió a hacerlo. Envió una carta al poeta alemán más prestigioso de la época: Rainer Maria Rilke. En lugar de una pequeña y escueta respuesta, el cadete Kappus compartió una extensa y hermosa correspondencia con el poeta, donde este le dio consejos sobre la escritura y, sobre todo, de la vida. De cómo vivirla y tratar de ser feliz.

Un grup d’amics es reuneixen cinc anys després d’un tràgic accident en una casa al Cap de Creus, un lloc idíl·lic de cara al mar, amb l’excusa de contemplar una pluja d’estels. Durant la trobada, es diverteixen i comparteixen confidències, però també afloren gelosies, una antiga història d’amor i el sentiment constant que els produeix un fet del passat encara sense resoldre.

What happens when you're injured and stuck with the one man who makes your blood heat in a way you've never experienced before? I've been on a path to redemption. Kayce Wilder, former screw-up. The bareback bronc rider with big dreams. I had it all figured out. Only, I didn't count on a ride gone wrong to leave me with no other option than to ask for his help. Zeke Rainer. Raine. The gruff cowboy covered in tattoos, surrounded by mysteries.

What if Hercules wasn’t the hero we all thought he was? His daughter Lyssa knows just how cruel he can be. But she has left that life behind, and now, her battered smugglers ship, the Alastor, flies under everyone’s radar - just how she likes it. The gods have a different plan for her, though.

Grab a hold of your faith. Fight for your redemption. And at all costs, Protect your power. Introducing the first installment in the Rain trilogy, An action-packed and unpredictable YA superhero fantasy. For 15-year-old, Tyler Grey, the line between myth and reality is quickly blurred, when he inadvertently becomes the host to an ancient power. A power that puts him on the radar of not only a deadly black ops organization but also very old and malevolent beings, that are eager to see both it and him destroyed. He has but two choices: Rise up and fight! Or die!

Ces lettres écrites par le poète allemand Rainer Maria Rilke ont été rédigées entre 1903 et 1908 à Franz-Xaver Kappus. Ce dernier était élève du prytanée militaire que Rilke avait fréquenté. Le jeune Kappus adressa à Rilke, alors âgé de 28 ans, une longue lettre où il lui confiait sa vocation de poète. Rilke ne s'attache pas à porter un jugement sur les poèmes de Kappus.

German poet Rainer Maria Rilke’s (1875-1926) Letters to a Young Poet has been treasured for nearly a century. Rilke’s personal reflections on the vocation of writing and the experience of living urge an aspiring poet to look inward, while also offering sage wisdom on further issues including gender, solitude, and romantic love. Barrows and Macy’s translation extends this compilation of timeless advice and wisdom to a fresh generation of readers and listeners.

These have been called the most famous and beloved letters of the past century. Rainer Maria Rilke himself said that much of his creative expression went into his correspondence, and here he touches upon a wide range of subjects that will interest writers, artists, and thinkers. This luminous translation of Rainer Maria Rilke's classic offers brilliant inspiration to all people who seek to know and express their inner truth.

The rain began nineteen years ago, and it never stopped: more than a foot of rain per day until almost the whole of North America was underwater. Those who survived the first year were forced to take drastic measures, and those who held to the veneer of civilization were few and very far between. Seventeen-year-old Tanner grew up after the rain began. She and her adoptive caretaker, Russell, have long sought a fabled Colorado refuge, a dream that has kept them going through years of brutal trials as they try to stay one step ahead of the “face eaters”.

“Haunting, incisive...King is brilliant.” — Elle “An absorbing, insightful story written in cool, polished prose right to the last conflicted line.” —The Washington Post “Spellbinding...You won’t be able to stop reading this book, but when you do finally finish the last delicious...

When Hope returns to her small hometown after a career setback, she finds herself wrestling with doubt, disillusionment, and questions about her faith. Just as she wonders if she’ll ever feel at home again, she crosses paths with Chance, a man whose quiet strength and deep trust in God stand in sharp contrast to her uncertainties. Drawn together through community service, shared laughter, and honest conversations, Hope and Chance discover that true love is rooted not just in romance, but in faith, healing, and God’s timing.

Jaxon Cole has always lived a life of quiet routine—faith, work, and carefully guarded walls around his heart. But when Pastor Martin asks him to renovate the town’s old community center, Jaxon discovers that some projects repair more than buildings—they repair lives. Enter Grace Turner, compassionate counselor and ray of light in the lives of hurting children. Her warmth and sincerity unsettle Jaxon in ways he thought were long buried. As they work side by side, Jaxon is forced to confront the fears and heartbreak that have kept him closed off from love—and from God’s plan for his life.

The closest Alex Harley has ever been to a zombie is on his game console. Trapped in a dead end job and spending his weekends gaming, Alex is coasting through life at his own pace. But one fateful weekend, he agrees to go hiking with his pal Mike. Mike's girlfriend, Elena, is bringing her friend Lucy along and that is good enough reason for Alex to endure grueling hikes along a mountain range in Wales.

Ren lives alone on the remote frontier of a country devastated by a coup. High on the forested slopes, she survives by hunting and trading - and forgetting. But when a young soldier comes to the mountains in search of a local myth, Ren is inexorably drawn into her impossible mission. As their lives entwine, unravel and erupt - as myths merge with reality - both Ren and the soldier are forced to confront what they regret, what they love and what they fear.

I’ve lived my life by a strict set of rules—rules that have kept me alive, rules that have kept the nightmares of my past at bay. But the moment I met her, I crossed all of them out with a giant X and scrawled the words Protect Rainbow Williams next to them in murderous block letters. That’s all I cared about. Keeping her safe. Keeping her—period.

A work that has inspired generations, this new edition of Letters to a Young Poet features a fresh translation of Rilke's 10 classic letters, along with the missing letters from the young poet himself.

With only three days left until the predicted apocalypse, the small town of Franklin Springs, Georgia, has become a wasteland of abandoned cars, abandoned homes, abandoned businesses, and abandoned people. People like Rainbow Williams. Rain isn’t afraid of dying. In fact, she’s looking forward to it. If she can just outrun her pain until April 23, she’ll never have to feel it at all.