Resultados Editorial "audible studios" en Narrativa literaria

Celie has grown up poor in rural Georgia, despised by the society around her and abused by her own family. She strives to protect her sister, Nettie, from a similar fate, and while Nettie escapes to a new life as a missionary in Africa, Celie is left behind without her best friend and confidante, married off to an older suitor, and sentenced to a life alone with a harsh and brutal husband. In an attempt to transcend a life that often seems too much to bear, Celie begins writing letters directly to God.

Countess Ellen Olenska, separated from her European husband, returns to old New York society. She bears with her an independence and an awareness of life which stirs the educated sensitivity of the charming Newland Archer, engaged to be married to her cousin, May Welland. Though he accepts the society's standards and rules he is acutely aware of their limitations. He knows May will assure him a conventional future but Ellen, scandalously separated from her husband, forces Archer to question his values and beliefs.

Célian Laurent. Manhattan royalty. Notorious playboy. Heir to a media empire...and my new boss. I could have impressed him, if not for last month's unforgettable one-night stand. I left it with more than orgasms and a pleasant memory - namely, his wallet. Now he's staring me down like I'm the dirt under his Italian loafers, and I'm supposed to take it. But the thing about being Judith "Jude" Humphry is I have nothing to lose. Brooklyn girl. Infamously quirky. Heir to a stack of medical bills and a tattered couch.

Having lost the family savings on risky investments, Richard Grey removes himself from family life and suffers a bout of depression. Feeling helpless and frustrated, his youngest daughter, Agnes, applies for a job as a governess to the children of a wealthy, upper-class, English family. Ecstatic at the thought that she has finally gained control and freedom over her own life, Agnes arrives at the Bloomfield mansion armed with confidence and purpose.

Un árabe abandona en un circo de pueblo a un niño junto a dos antiguos libros: Las mil y una noches. Cuando la trapecista del circo se lesiona, decide memorizar las historias para contarlas al público. Así le dará vida a Sherezade y al rey Shariyar hasta el punto de confundir, ella y el niño abandonado, sus roles dentro del mundo de la verdad y de la ilusión. Esta novela fue reconocida en 2017 con el X Premio Iberoamericano de Novela Elena Poniatowska.

Con ecos de la novela Grandes esperanzas de Charles Dickens, Los niños es una novela inquietante y profundamente original, todo un hallazgo literario de una de las voces más interesantes del panorama de la literatura latinoamericana actual. A la casa de una mujer solitaria llega, una noche, un niño de seis años llamado Fidel. No se sabe de dónde viene ni quién es, habla siempre misteriosamente y parece no estar familiarizado con los usos del mundo.

Todo comienza cuando el diverso grupo de personajes principales decide pintar de azul cielo el techo de su casa de una forma peculiar: quitándolo. A partir de ahí el Cartógrafo, Goran Petrovic, narra y testimonia, con una escritura cercana a la tradición oral, los fantásticos sucesos que giran en torno a la casa sin techo y sus habitantes.

Uma menina está perdida no seu século à procura do pai conta a história de Hanna, uma menina de 12 anos de idade que tem síndrome de Down. Junto com Marius, um homem que parece estar se escondendo de algo, ela embarca em uma jornada por cidades assombradas por vestígios da Segunda Guerra Mundial. Mais uma vez, Tavares leva seus ouvintes a um mundo sombrio que provoca diversas questões existenciais.

In this vast and gorgeous tapestry of a novel, serf and master, Cossack and tsar, priest and Jew are brought together in a family saga which unrolls through centuries of history to reveal that most impenetrable and mysterious of lands - Russia. Through the life of a little town east of Moscow in the Russian heartland, Edward Rutherfurd creates a sweeping family saga from the baffling contradictions of Russia's culture and her peoples - bleak yet exotic, brutal but romantic, land of ritual yet riddled with superstitious fears.

Nata in una regione marina, orfana di padre, Eiko vive con la madre e la nonna, che gestiscono un ristorante. Finito il liceo, la giovane decide di trasferirsi a Tokyo dove trova lavoro come cameriera in un ristorante indonesiano, l'Arcobaleno. Alla morte di madre e nonna, si ritrova completamente sola. Per vincere il dolore della perdita, Eiko si concentra sul lavoro e si impegna così tanto che un giorno, addirittura, sviene per la stanchezza.

"El hotel Ellesmere se halla al sur de Hyde Park, en uno de los barrios más elitistas de Londres, hogar del creador de Peter Pan: el célebre South Kensington." Allí va a parar Lily, admitida en la universidad gracias a una beca y atónita por su lujosa residencia. Para Meredith, ese ambiente es muy común, al igual que para Ava, más interesada en que sus secretos no salgan a la luz pese a la insistencia de Connor, ese chico coreano que siempre acompaña a Rex (del que todos hablan debido a su madre)....

Des années plus tard, des Blancs se sont installés dans son village du Groenland. Le comptoir qu'ils ont ouvert modifie le quotidien des Inuits. Mais la jeune femme aux yeux pétillants n'a qu'une envie : participer à leurs expéditions. En 1921, Arnarulunguaq ose, et part en traîneau à travers le Grand Nord avec le charismatique Knud Rasmussen, à la rencontre des peuples d'au-delà de la mer.

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O demônio e a srta. Prym é o último livro da trilogia que Paulo Coelho chamou de “E no sétimo dia...”—antes dele vieram Na margem do rio Piedra eu sentei e chorei e Veronika decide morrer. Essas três histórias acompanham uma semana na vida de pessoas comuns que de repente se veem diante de um enorme desafio. É justamente isso que os habitantes do pequeno vilarejo de Viscos vão enfrentar. Certo dia, um estrangeiro chega à cidade em busca de uma resposta que já o atormentava fazia um tempo: os seres humanos são, na essência, bons ou ruins?

Brida é uma garota apaixonada por magia, mas que busca algo além. Isso a leva a conhecer pessoas muito especiais, como um sábio que a ensina a confiar na bondade do mundo e uma mulher que lhe mostra a importância de buscar seu dom e sua alma gêmea. Seu desafio, então, passa a ser conciliar seus relacionamentos com o desejo de ser uma bruxa.

Leo Tolstoy's classic story of doomed love is one of the most admired novels in world literature. Generations of readers have been enthralled by his magnificent heroine, the unhappily married Anna Karenina, and her tragic affair with dashing Count Vronsky.

The Buckmaster Gallery is staging another Derwatt exhibition, but now an American collector claims that the expensive masterpiece he bought three years ago is a fake. It is, of course, and he wants to talk to Derwatt, but Derwatt, inconveniently, is dead. Ripley needs the perfect solution to keep his role in the fraud a secret and his reputation clean, but not everyone's nerves are as steady as his. Especially when it comes to murder.

Yūko è in grado di vedere cose che gli altri non vedono, e di indovinare i desideri e i pensieri di chi le sta intorno grazie a una sensibilità fuori dal comune. Compiuti quattordici anni, tutto sembra assumere sfumature misteriose, e il mondo si popola di bizzarre creature. Yūko sta imparando ad assegnare un colore a ogni stato d'animo e a ogni emozione; a insegnarglielo è Kyū, il suo maestro di disegno, che ha il doppio dei suoi anni. Quando dal fusto di una pianta fuoriescono degli strani omini verdi, loro sono gli unici a vederli.

To eight-year-old Bunny Morison, his mother is an angelic comforter in whose absence nothing is real or alive. To his older brother, Robert, his mother is someone he must protect, especially since the deadly influenza epidemic of 1918 is ravaging their small Midwestern town. To James Morison, his wife, Elizabeth, is the center of a life that would disintegrate all too suddenly were she to disappear. Through the eyes of these characters, William Maxwell creates a sensitive portrait of an American family and of the complex woman who is its emotional pillar.

I got the call. The dreaded call every child fears. My dad wasn't well, and the man who had always been my everything needed me. There was only one thing to do: pack up and head back to my small hometown. I had finally made my dream life in the city, with the great job and loving boyfriend. But was there really a choice not to go?