Resultados para "Winkler" en Narrativa literaria

In New York's Catskill Mountains before the American Revolution, a Dutch American villager named Rip Van Winkle falls asleep and wakes up 20 years later without realizing how much time has passed. Unaware that the Revolutionary War has taken place, he must come to terms with the changes he encounters. 

The fates of three tormented men, born as many eras apart, come together in a rock cave on the Coromandel peninsula of New Zealand - Tama of the Ngatei Hei, Billy Green in the days of gold, and Dr. Sababa from across the ocean - seeking revenge, discovering treasure, and searching for redemption. Here their thrilling life and death stories of obsession begin by hurtling down the shoreline of the same beach and end in the fierce battles that left the coastal sands white with bones.

Faldistoire’s grandfather thinks he’s a ghost. Sylvie’s mother reads Tarot and summons storm clouds to mete her witch’s justice. Behind his Dad-of-the-Year demeanor, Sébastien’s father hides dark designs. It’s Croustine’s grandfather who makes the boy a pair of slippers from the dead family dog, but it’s his dad, the uncannily named Kevin Lambert, who always seems to be nearby when tragedy strikes, and in the cemetery, under the expressionless gazes of toads, small graves are continuously being dug: Chicoutimi, Quebec, is a dangerous place for children.

During the early summer of 1967, inseparable teenage beauties Sissy Morgan and Zaza Mulligan wander among the vacation cottages in the community of Boundary, drinking and smoking and swearing, attracting the attention of boys and men. First one and then the other go missing, and both are eventually found dead in the forest. Have they been the victims of freak accidents? Or is someone hunting the young women of Boundary? And if there is a hunter, who might be next?

What happens when a man simply steps away for a quiet walk in the mountains—only to return and find the world utterly changed? Set against the misty ridges of the Catskills, this gently magical tale offers more than a rustic legend—it's a sly meditation on escape, transformation, and the odd persistence of character.

Washington Irving's two most famous stories are combined here. One tells of Rip Van Winkle, who escaped the dreadful life of a hen-pecked husband by magical means. The other is the story of Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman on their midnight ride.

In einem bösen Wortmarathon exhumiert der Autor das Skelett des SS-Massenmörders - und mit dem Skelett die Geschichte Kamerings nach dem Krieg. Ausgrabung und die neuerliche Visitation des vielleicht meistbeschriebenen Dorfs der deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur ergeben: Der Boden, auf dem Kamering steht, ist vergiftet.

Josef Winklers Themenwelt kreist um ländliche Kindheit, Erinnerungen an geliebte und ungeliebte Personen, deren Obsessionen, die eigene Wahrnehmung und Beobachtung der Welt und natürlich - den Tod.

Wenn man fällt, dann zumeist tief! Doch ist dies ein Problem? Vierzehn Geschichten, erzählt von Tina Winkler, verfangen sich in einer Navigationsautonomie der persönlichen Lageveränderung!

Nominiert für den Deutschen Buchpreis! Jeder Mensch hat zwei Familien. Die, in die er hineingeboren wird, und die, für die er sich entscheidet. "HOOL" ist die Geschichte von Heiko Kolbe und seinen Blutsbrüdern, den Hooligans. Philipp Winkler erzählt vom großen Herzen eines harten Jungen, von einem, der sich durchboxt, um das zu schützen, was ihm heilig ist: Seine Jungs, die besten Jahre, ihr Vermächtnis. Winkler hat einen Sound, der unter die Haut geht.

Heiko hasn't finished high school. His father is an alcoholic. His mother left. His housemate organizes illegal dogfights. He works in his uncle's gym. He definitely isn't one of society's winners, but he has his chosen family, the pack of soccer hooligans he's grown up with. His uncle is the leader, and gradually Heiko has risen in the ranks, until he's recognized in the stands of his home team and beyond the stadium walls, where, after the game, he and his gang represent their city in brutal organized brawls with hooligans from other localities.

Adriana Altaras erzählt von ihrer Tante, der schönen Teta Jele. Von einer Frau, die 101 Jahre alt wurde, die spanische Grippe, das KZ und ihre norditalienische Schwiegermutter überlebte. Von einer so liebevollen wie eigensinnigen Beziehung. Und davon, wie man lernt, das Leben anzunehmen. Als ihre Eltern aus Zagreb fliehen müssen, kommt Adriana mit vier Jahren zu ihrer Tante nach Italien. Dorthin wird sie ihr Leben lang zurückkehren. Als Jugendliche in den Sommerferien, mit ihrer gesamten Abiklasse - und mit all ihren Liebhabern, die Tantchens aristokratischem Blick standhalten müssen.