Resultados Editorial "audible studios" en Narrativa literaria

Crispin the mosaicist wants to concentrate on his art. Rustem of Kerakek, a physician, is also on his own journey of self-discovery. But no man may withdraw from society that easily, and both men soon find themselves drawn into the deadly webs of Sarantium. Lord of Emperors is the sequel to Sailing to Sarantium.

In the last and most complex of the Barsetshire novels, many of Trollope's best-loved characters appear, but the mood of the novel is darker and more uneasy than in earlier volumes. At the heart of the novel is the penniless Reverend Josiah Crawley, first encountered in Framley Parsonage, who in the opening of the book is accused of theft, creating a public scandal that threatens to tear the community apart.

Il protagonista, Gregory Reeves, è un gringo che incarna molti dei difetti e delle virtù della nostra società degli ultimi cinquant'anni. La vicenda si svolge in un arco di tempo che va dalla bomba su Hiroshima fino ai giorni nostri, passando attraverso le contestazioni del '68 e la guerra in Vietnam. L'autrice affronta i sentimenti dell'emarginazione sociale e del razzismo, la politica, i contrasti tra opulenza e miseria, l'evoluzione del concetto di famiglia, l'incessante ricerca di amore e di equilibrio interiore.

In the American Southwest, Nevada, Arizona, and California skirmish for dwindling shares of the Colorado River. Into the fray steps Angel Velasquez, detective, leg breaker, assassin, and spy. A Las Vegas water knife, Angel "cuts" water for his boss, Catherine Case, ensuring that her lush, luxurious arcology developments can bloom in the desert, so the rich can stay wet while the poor get nothing but dust.

On the first day of the new year, no one dies. This of course causes consternation among politicians, religious leaders, morticians, and doctors. Among the general public, on the other hand, there is initially celebration - flags are hung out on balconies, people dance in the streets. They have achieved the great goal of humanity: eternal life. Then reality hits home....

Ubicada en un pequeño pueblo del norte de Chile que verá alterada su tranquilidad con la llegada de algunos personajes, "Albina y los hombres perro" relata la historia de dos mujeres, la amnésica giganta blanca Albina, cuya sensualidad transforma a los hombres en una jauría desenfrenada, y La Jaiba, mujer con bigote y joroba, unidas por un azar mágico que las relacionará con otros personajes igualmente fuera de lo común.

En Ricard viatja a París amb l'esperança de retrobar-hi un vell amic que el redimeixi del desconcert i la convulsió que l'ofega a la Barcelona del 2017. Més de trenta anys enrere, hi van anar junts fugint d'una Transició que suposava la renúncia als seus ideals, i allà van conèixer filòsofs d'esquerres, artistes bohemis i revolucionaris de cafè, que, com ells, lluitaven amb la força de la paraula per transformar el món.

Veinticinco años después, el robo a un banco desencadena una serie de circunstancias que descubrirán lo que se esconde detrás de cada uno de los personajes principales: Daniel Kozlowski, un judío polaco que terminada la II Guerra huyó del campo de refugiados en Caraolos, Chipre, y se radicó en Chicago. Viveka, su joven esposa, que nos conducirá a momentos insospechados.

Capote's previously lost and unpublished tale "Yachts and Things" was recently discovered by Vanity Fair contributing editor Sam Kasher in the Manuscripts and Archives Division of the New York Public Library. Written at the height of his career and socialite life, this short, thinly-veiled work of fiction tells the story of two friends about to take an "idyllic three-week cruise in the Mediterranean aboard a friend's chartered yacht".

»Frohes neues Jahr und eine gute Jagd« Der legendäre Privatdetektiv Nigel Strangeways verbringt die Silvesternacht in einem stattlichen Herrenhaus aus dem achtzehnten Jahrhundert im ländlichen England. Doch während überall im Land die Menschen das neue Jahr einläuten, läuft ihm die Zeit davon – denn das Leben eines Kindes steht auf dem Spiel. Nigel Strangeways reist auf Bitte der britischen Regierung über die Weihnachtsferien ins verschneite Südengland, um den Professor Alfred Wragby und seine Familie zu schützen.

百人を超える死者を出した列車事故。原因は、踏切内に進入した飲酒運転の車だった。危険運転致死傷罪はまだなく、運転していた男の刑期はたったの五年。目の前で死んでいった顔見知りの女子高生、失った自分の右腕。元駅員は復讐を心に誓うが……（表題作）。

「開け，ゴマ」の呪文で有名な「アリババと，女奴隷に殺された四十人の盗賊の話」，魔法の馬に乗って空を飛び，ベンガルの王女に出会ったペルシアの王子の話，美しい妖精と結婚した王子の話，

"Cuando le pedí al Rebe que me contara su vida, no me respondió pero se puso a llorar. Ni mi abuelo ni mi padre habían pensado en preguntarle cómo había sido su existencia antes de que los osos le devoraran el cuerpo. Yo fui el primero en interesarme en ese pasado. Comprendo la actitud de mis antecesores.

Los personajes de Las confesiones realzan las mezquindades espirituales y morales del México contemporáneo para presentar una novela colmada de pensamientos, chismes y habladurías funestas que hunden al personaje principal. La narrativa de Luisa Josefina Hernández demuestra cómo en gran parte de la construcción mexicana no existe cabida para la mujer que intenta desafiar los estereotipos impuestos, pero sí para el hombre que se ensalza en la mediocridad.

Marta e Lorenzo hanno più di quarant'anni, stanno insieme da quindici e sono sposati da dieci. Una vita, praticamente. Vita che si distrugge quando Marta scopre il tradimento di Lorenzo, e Lorenzo decide di andare via per raggiungere l'amante. Ma è la necessità di una quarantena imposta a costringerli a fare quello che non vorrebbero più: trascorrere quattordici giorni insieme in ottanta metri quadri. Più che una quarantena, una condanna. "14 giorni" racconta una storia d'amore fra un marito e una moglie che si sono persi, e non solo a causa di un tradimento.

Mr. Bones, the canine hero of this astonishing book, is the sidekick and confidant of Willy G. Christmas, a brilliant and troubled homeless man from Brooklyn. As Willy's body slowly expires, he sets off with Mr. Bones for Baltimore in search of his high-school English teacher and a new home for his companion. Mr. Bones is our witness during their journey, and out of his thoughts, Paul Auster has spun one of the richest, most compelling tales in American fiction.

El de 1937 y el de 1938. Dos veranos inolvidables, a salvo bajo la dorada luz de Sussex, donde los días se consumen en una sucesión de juegos infantiles y pícnics en la playa. Tres generaciones de la acomodada familia Cazalet reunidas en su finca natal. Los quehaceres de dos abuelos, cuatro hijos, nueve nietos, innumerables parientes políticos, criados y animales domésticos que abarcan desde lo cotidiano hasta lo más trascendental.

Playwright, poet, and novelist Ntozake Shange originally composed for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf in as a mesmerizingly original choreopoem. The New York Post called it "rich with the author's special voice: by turns bitter, funny, ironic, and savage; fiercely honest and personal." Now a new audiobook, it chronicles the interconnected lives of a group of women facing shatteringly difficult issues, and evokes the indomitable power of enduring hope and joy.

In the years before the Mexican Revolution, Mexico is ruled by a tiny elite that apes European culture, grows rich from foreign investment, and prizes racial purity. The vast majority of Mexicans, who are native or of mixed native and Spanish blood, are politically powerless and slowly starving to death. Presiding over this corrupt system is Don Porfirio Díaz, the ruthless and inscrutable president of the Republic. Against this backdrop, The City of Palaces opens in a Mexico City jail with the meeting of Miguel Sarmiento and Alicia Gavilán.

After publication in 1928, it was banned for obscenity before going on to become an international best seller. It tells the story of Stephen Gordon, an Englishwoman from an upper-class family who is ostracised for falling in love with another woman, Mary Llewellyn. Groundbreaking in its day, Radclyffe Hall’s novel ultimately makes a very clear plea in regards to homosexuality: 'Give us also the right to our existence'.