Resultados Editorial "Audible Originals" en Literatura y ficción

La vita, le opere, le passioni e i tormenti di uno maggiori intellettuali dell'Ottocento italiano che è riuscito a fare della propria esperienza poetica un caso unico: il classicismo che permea la sua dimensione umana e culturale si intreccia con il vissuto personale e sboccia nel romaticismo della sua produzione poetica.

Macbeth: A Novel brings the intricacy and grit of the historical thriller to Shakespeare’s tale of political intrigue, treachery, and murder. In this full-length novel written exclusively for audio, authors A. J. Hartley and David Hewson rethink literature’s most infamous married couple, grounding them in a medieval Scotland whose military and political upheavals are as stark and dramatic as the landscape in which they are played.

L'esperienza letteraria di Flaubert nel contesto francese della seconda metà dell'Ottocento produce una nuova letteratura, capace di raccontare la realtà con distacco e con approccio positivista: è il Naturalismo. Questo stesso bisogno di "realismo" in Italia accende il dibattito sulla necessità che il romanzo sia sempre più aderente al "vero": Verga, Capuana e De Roberto ne saranno i portavoce nazionali.

Mentre nell'Europa del secondo Ottocento, sulla scia della poesia di Charles Baudelaire, si diffonde il Simbolismo, che riprende ed esaspera alcuni aspetti della poetica romantica, l'Italia vive esperienze ugualmente interessanti: quella reazionaria e anticonformista degli scapigliati, o, all'opposto, quella di ritorno al classicismo di Giosuè Carducci.

The Heathcliff we know is obsessive, possessive and cruel, bound and beholden to his childhood love and would-be soulmate Catherine, and their home at Wuthering Heights. But before his descent into monstrous revenge, there were three missing years. A time of possibility, freedom and a different kind of love… With Cathy’s rejection burning hot in his ears, Heathcliff flees the moors and arrives in London, seeking distraction and oblivion...

Toby never meant to be a highway robber, but needs must. He didn’t plan to impersonate a top London valet either, but when the chance comes to present himself as the earl of Arvon’s new gentleman's gentleman, he grabs it. Unfortunately, the earl is the man he seduced and robbed on the road to get here. Oops.

Esme is a start-up success who runs her own successful media company and heads up a series of investigative podcasts. She also has a beautiful home, where she lives with her sister, Michelle, and her son, Zachary. Sure, there’s an ex-husband hanging around - Owen likes to pop round a bit too often - but everything is civilised and amicable. She has life all tied up. But Esme knows that any successful podcaster is only as good as her last story, so she sets out on a new series of interviews to get to the truth behind Simone Fischer’s high-profile murder of her husband.

Emma, Aiden and Gina stand on the brink of a new life. After the trauma of Aiden’s abduction and return, they are slowly healing and returning to a fragile normality. Emma is desperate to protect her children, but the world is fascinated by Aiden, the silent child who is finally learning to speak for himself. Against her better judgment, Emma allows her son to attend a talk show. Her worse nightmare comes true when her daughter, Gina, is snatched from the studio and a chilling game begins.

Miranda’s back, but she’s not sticking around for long. In an attempt to regain her mojo, she’s packing up her whips, chains and thigh-high boots to leave London, and set out on a road trip unlike any other. With her best frenemy, and fellow dominatrix, Mistress Laveen in tow, she heads out to see what delights – and displeasures – they can dish out from the “comfort” of budget hotel rooms across the UK.

El reciente hallazgo de un episodio de Alex Peligro motivó a dos documentalistas a redescubrir la historia del héroe de acción más grande de la historia y a tratar de explicar las razones por las cuales cayó en el olvido.

In the summer of 2005, Mookie Hooper—think Diane Sawyer in a training bra—investigates a girl who went missing from Camp Cartwright, while confronting the budding anxieties of tweendom.

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Il panorama letterario italiano dell'Ottocento è dominato da due figure letterarie di spicco: Giovanni Verga che elabora la sua poetica a contatto con le più vivaci correnti culturali italiane ed europee, pur mantenendo uno stretto legale alla sua terra d'origine, la Sicilia; Giovanni Pascoli che trova la sua modernità in una poesia che, partendo da un trauma personale e che diventa una reazione all'angoscia esistenziale.

Imagine living with a fear so visceral each day that simply walking down the street draws terror to one’s core. That’s the best case scenario for a woman on the streets of Juárez, Mexico. Kate del Castillo (La Reina del Sur) delivers a stunning one-woman performance that transports listeners from a New York stage to the treacherous streets of Juárez, Mexico, where thousands of women have been murdered in an ongoing epidemic of violence.

Some People Have Real Problems (Algunas personas tienen problemas de verdad), escrita por Brit Bennett, la autora más vendida del New York Times de The Vanishing Half (La mitad evanescente), es una historia corta oscuramente divertida sobre las reflexiones de una mujer sobre las rutas que ha tomado en la vida y los desvíos que ha hecho por el camino.

DIARIO LA LIBRO, Temporada 2 asocia las noticias candentes de México y del mundo con la literatura.

Crush Hour: A Musical presents a series of heart-warming and hilarious chance encounters via London’s transport links, in the run up to Christmas.

2045, the Arctic Circle. A crew of six aboard the research vessel, The Nox, embark upon a voyage through the melting ice and Arctic dark in search of the last of the polar bears. The mission represents a ray of hope in a world ravaged by climate change, but it quickly becomes clear that some on board are in search of more than bears. Isolation and the disorientation of 24/7 darkness soon have the group losing their grip on reality – accidents, nightmares, or hauntings – no one can be sure, but the voyage seems cursed.

The Lady of the Lake (job description: hand out mystical swords to youngsters with potential) has her first dissatisfied customer. This humorous fantasy tale will appeal to anyone who has ever landed a glamorous job, only to find out that the gig has grueling requirements (in this case, confinement in a swamp and the company of wise-cracking toads.)

It all started with a simple, yet sneakily difficult challenge from global best-selling author Harlan Coben: Pick a bird of prey, then use it as the inspiration for a brand-new story. The response from some of the best writers on the planet: Game on! The result: Eleven stories that are twisty, scary, surprising and bursting with imagination. An egg worth more than its weight in gold. A mysterious operative known only as Owl. An eagle-watcher who sees more than she should. Even a story that somehow places the Maltese Falcon in a nursing home.