Resultados para "muse" en Literatura y ficción

Madrid, 1877. La joven Celia Gross trabaja de ayudante en la exclusiva confitería La Perla, cuyos dulces son los favoritos del joven rey Alfonso XII, que a menudo manda a recogerlos a su cochero particular, Diego Sáez, un chico atractivo aunque algo burlón con ella.

En plena i fosca època franquista de censura permanent, Vallbona ens trasllada a una Barcelona clandestina de «bars, alcohol, noies, jazz, fum i quimeres de somiatruites que es pensaven que eren a Saint-Germain-des-Prés», transitada, entre d'altres, per Joan de Sagarra i Vázquez Montalbán, i marcada pel naixement de la mítica sala Jamboree, que molt aviat comptaria amb els Jazz Brothers i la Gloria Stewart, que es va convertir en la musa jazzística de la ciutat.

Por si la sangre, el sexo, el horror y la violencia que supura este audiolibro no fuera suficiente para convencer a las lectoras, estas páginas también contienen (a duras penas) a una heroína como pocas veces se ha visto, la hija secreta de Pam Grier e Imperator Furiosa: Mandy Jane, una mujer como pocas en busca de venganza. Sectas satánicas, nazis, monstruos, zombies y hombres han intentado detenerla. No lo han conseguido.

In the story "The Muse," celebrated novelist Mark Davis unexpectedly returns from his travels, surprising his wife and compelling her to discreetly send their houseguest, Victor, out of their home to avoid exposing their secret affair. Upon Mark's arrival, Victor is summoned for a meeting where discussions of fate, destiny, and a mysterious journal Mark refers to as the Muse, unfold.

The enclosed was transcribed from 10 mini-cassette tapes that were recovered from the offices of Boston attorney William J. Latch following his disappearance on June 19, 2014. These tapes are part of the evidentiary record in the civil case of Latch V. Weymouth Life & Casualty. William J. Latch was declared dead by the State of Massachusetts in April 2015 after Magistrate Gavin FitzGerald reviewed these tapes, privately, in his chambers. Weymouth Life & Casualty was therein ordered to release Latch's survivor's benefits to his children. Latch's body has never been found.

In this compilation from Skyboat Media, composers and artists, miners and soldiers, tinkerers and amateur psychologists must fend for themselves in the struggle for their own “ideal” wherein they may find either happiness and salvation, or tragedy and madness. Originally published in German from 1816-1818 and in English from 1885-1908.

Musa is a young man in Uganda who struggles to pay school fees and stay in school until he graduates as a doctor. It begins with his father’s desire to keep up appearances in an elite club and his mother’s ambition to become a nurse. Musa survives in school, doing well academically while trying to be the darling of girls, but he competes with rich boys and sugar daddies. They are in the difficult position of needing money but also wanting true love from a boy like Musa.

"Bajé la vista hasta la pintura de color verde. Emil acababa de pintarme la piel, y para comprobar que no era imaginación mía, hurgué con el dedo en una de las marcas, de manera que la pintura que cubría la piel del escote se trasladó al dedo. Emil se introdujo el pincel en la boca y se inclinó sobre mí, desabrochándome con las manos los tres botones de la blusa y quitándomela con un ágil movimiento..."

With Muse of Fire, Michael Korda, the bestselling author of Alone and Hero, takes a novel approach to World War I by telling its history through the lives of the soldier-poets whose verses memorialize the war's unimaginable horrors. He begins with Rupert Brooke and the halcyon days before violence engulfed his generation—destroying the self-contented world of Edwardian England—and ends with the tragic death of Wilfred Owen, killed only days before the armistice brought an end to a war that took over 25,000,000 lives.

Adriana Ivancich, scrittrice e disegnatrice di talento, conosce Ernest Hemingway a Venezia, nel 1948. Lei ha 18 anni, lui 50. Tra loro nasce una grande amicizia e un sodalizio letterario. Ispirato da Adriana, Ernest scrive Di là dal fiume e tra gli alberi e Il vecchio e il mare, che gli apriranno la strada al Nobel. Ma la relazione porta con sé anche tante, troppe maldicenze: Adriana si sente schiacciata e l’amicizia s’interrompe. Ernest qualche anno dopo si suicida. Lei, da allora, vuole solo dimenticare.

In a world where we can feel so disconnected, bogged down by the motions and minutes that steal dreams and tuck the self out of sight, Muses and Muscle Memory: The Audio Experience invites you to sneak away and reconnect. There are moments—beautiful, chaotic, and in-between—that make us who we are; they're as ingrained as the bones beneath our skin. And there are muses—bursts or bodies—that inspire us to feel, to explore, to change, or to appreciate. But we need the space: to think, to remember, to create, or just to be.

Parigi, 1788. In una Francia sull'orlo della Rivoluzione, Olympe de Gouges travalica il suo tempo: è una romanziera affermata e indipendente, vive da sola, grazie alle sue parole, in una mansarda davanti al centralissimo teatro dell'Odéon, dove le sue pièces vanno in scena nonostante i boicottaggi della Comédie-Française. Ma essere la scrittrice più famosa, e più odiata, di Francia non le basta. Sente che la società ha bisogno di donne con il suo carattere per non sprofondare in quello che sembra essere un baratro di sangue e terrore.

From the Elusive Muse's Lexicon is a second volume of poetry to accompany the earlier, "A Storm in Pandora's Tea Box". It touches upon a diverse range of subjects, from a homage to London's beloved River Thames, a trilogy of Coventry poems anticipating the City's role as UK City of Culture in 2021, tributes to departed musician friends, plus reflections upon sources of inspiration and sometimes consternation, as we navigate a course through life's amazing and often challenging journey.

I loved the way he made me feel. The way he warmed my insides and made my lady parts drum. I loved the way he looked at me, as if I was the best thing that God had created. And, just for him. His round eyes and solid frame was a source of inspiration. I found myself scribbling his features into my pieces. One after the other. Stroking my canvas as I imagined he'd stroke me. And, when he finally did, we'd make one unique piece.

Thirty years of quiet. Clearly, the evil that Khalon and his twin sister Carmon had seen was gone. As Khalon isolates himself in his new job as a trucker, he explores his artistic desire to become a writer. Through practice on a Ouija board, he reaches for inspiration into the darkness. The darkness reaches back, and a deal is made, but with whom?

Le muse sono lì, pronte a suggerirci infiniti modi di comportarci, di sentire, di vivere e anche di sopravvivere al dolore. È tempo di riscoprirle, riportarle alla luce e, se necessario, vendicarle. “Volevo essere Marianne Faithfull”. Questo era il desiderio di Serena Dandini adolescente, mentre, in una grigia aula scolastica, sognava di vivere le gesta trasgressive di quella che aveva eletto come sua musa personale. Perché, da sempre, le muse sono necessarie. Ma se agli albori della civiltà i poeti invocavano dee per farsi ispirare, con il passare del tempo il ruolo di musa è stato affidato a delle mortali.

Pressured into a political career by his traditional, establishmentarian family, Nick Dormer longs to be a painter. Eventually, encouraged by the carefree aesthete Gabriel Nash, reminiscent of Oscar Wilde, he resigns from Parliament and follows his artistic dream. His journey is counterpointed with that of budding young actress Miriam Rooth, the subject of Nick's most successful paintings, and the "tragic muse" of the title, who too sacrifices an affluent life (marriage with Nick's cousin Peter) for her art.

Ihr neuster Fall führt Privatdetektivin Molly Murphy nach Paris zwischen Schönheit und Hass. Der spannende Band aus der Cosy Crime-Reihe von NYT Bestseller-Autorin Rhys Bowen Molly Murphys Glück ist mit ihrem Mann, dem NYPD Captain Daniel und ihrem Sohn Liam perfekt, doch die Idylle wird erschüttert, als eine New Yorker Gang das Haus der kleinen Familie niederbrennt. Daniel will seine Liebsten in Sicherheit wissen und schickt Molly und Liam zu Mollys Künstlerfreundinnen Sid und Gus nach Paris.

Three Muses is a love story that enthralls: a tale of Holocaust survival venturing through memory, trauma, and identity, while raising the curtain on the unforgiving discipline of ballet. In post-WWII New York, John Curtin suffers lasting damage from having been forced to sing for the concentration camp kommandant who murdered his family. John trains to be a psychiatrist, struggling to wrest his life from his terror of music and his past.

Perhaps Danielle's first clue should have been that Hillary's muse is male. He brings with him restless spirits and murders to solve - if Danielle dares. She has already been warned to stay away.