Resultados Editorial "Audible Studios" en Narrativa literaria

The brilliant new collection of short stories from Man Booker Prize-winning author Julian Barnes. The stories in Julian Barnes’ long-awaited third collection are attuned to rhythms and currents: of the body, of love and sex, illness and death, connections and conversations. Each character is bent to a pulse, propelled on by success and loss, by new beginnings and endings.

Después de sesenta años, Pedro Torres Hinojosa vuelve a su ciudad natal con un sólo propósito: reencontrar a Carmen, la emperatriz de Lavapiés, su dulcinea pérdida... Esta obsesión lo acompaña mientras reviven espíritus en las callejas de Madrid y conocemos las imaginerías que lo alientan a buscar a la mujer de sus sueños.

When Jasmine is suddenly widowed at seventeen, she seems fated to a life of quiet isolation in the small Indian village where she was born. But the force of Jasmine's desires propels her explosively into a larger, more dangerous, and ultimately more life-giving world.

The hero of Hanif Kureishi's debut novel is a dreamy teenager, desperate to escape suburban South London and experience the forbidden fruits which the 1970s seem to offer. When the unlikely opportunity of a life in the theatre announces itself, Karim starts to win the sort of attention he has been craving, albeit with some rude and raucous results.

Drei Meter dreißig, so hoch sind die Wände der Wiener Altbauwohnung, in der Klara und Balázs leben. Doch eines Nachts verändert sich alles, Balázs liegt reglos im gemeinsamen Bett und ein Wettlauf gegen die Zeit beginnt. Was bleibt von einer Liebe, wenn ein Leben endet? Wer ist man, wenn man seine Heimat verlassen hat und eine fremde Sprache spricht?

Los personajes de Bestiaria vida van configurando el laberinto en el que vive nuestro personaje: una mujer que se enfrenta a sus propios demonios personales y que en un momento determinado hace un ejercicio de reflexión para contarnos su historia. Su objetivo no es otro que analizar por qué ha llegado a la situación en la que se encuentra. Los vínculos entre el sujeto y su entorno familiar se explican a través de personajes que, mediante analogías, son identificados con el bestiario literario.

"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)....

浪人生の真崎光一は一日中家にいる。そこへ祖母が同居することになった。小柄で温厚で普通のおばあちゃん……と思ったらなんだかめちゃめちゃ多くの人に慕われてるし!? 周囲の問題解決してるし！ たちまち家庭の状況も好転してるし!!

店主の円が世界各国で出会ったスイーツやドリンクを再現して振る舞う「カフェ・ルーズ」。遠いどこかで愛されるメニューを口にすれば、たちまち旅に出た気分になれる。そこは平凡な毎日を送る会社員の瑛子にとってかけがえのない居場所になっていた。

Two Syndicate World star systems have fallen prey to a mysterious fleet of warships - a fleet controlled entirely by artificial intelligence - that is now targeting Alliance space. The warships are no mystery to Geary. They were developed by his government to ensure security but malfunctioned. If the Syndics learn the truth, the war with the Alliance will resume with a vengeance.

El escenario de Chilean Electric está completamente a oscuras. Es la condición necesaria de un audiolibro preciso y singular, una bella genealogía de la luz. La Plaza de Armas de Santiago fue iluminada artificialmente en 1883 y la abuela de Nona Fernández estuvo allí, le dijo. Pero la mujer nació en 1908.

Born from Bukowski's columns, the LA underground press of the 1960s, Bukowski defined his early alter ego, Hank Chinaski, as a self-described dirty old man who eyes his defeatist attitude about himself with his clarity to see humor and holiness in others. Addictive and instructive listening, Bukowski delivers the humanity and intelligence of all the unseen. Filled with his usual obsessions - sex, booze, gambling - Notes features Bukowski's offbeat insights into politics and literature, and his tortured, violent relationships.

Con "Sonno profondo" Banana Yoshimoto indaga nel cuore di tre giovani donne e ne trae ombre plastiche, insinuanti, che echeggiano il vuoto della notte e la paura della solitudine. Vicina al germogliare più segreto delle emozioni, Yoshimoto disegna un mondo sfuggente e tuttavia concreto, che accompagna l'ascoltatore in un'avventura dell'anima di straordinaria incisività.

Fiodor, rampollo nullafacente di una ricca famiglia, ha un incidente di macchina a Santa Barbara, California. Suo padre, che si è ritirato in Costa Rica e alleva per hobby uccelli rari, lo spedisce a lavorare in una delle filiali dell'azienda di famiglia, a Milano. Qui Fiodor incontra Malaidina, una ragazza affascinante e misteriosa, e se ne innamora follemente. Sullo sfondo, il clima conflittuale e pericoloso dell'Italia degli anni '70.

Avid antiques collector Pierre-Francois Chaumont unearths the find of a lifetime at a Paris auction house: an 18th-century portrait of a gentleman who looks just like him. Researching into the painting's history, he has the chance to abandon his tedious existence and walk into a brand new life.

Manfred Baumann is a loner. Socially awkward and perpetually ill at ease, he spends his evenings quietly drinking and surreptitiously observing Adèle Bedeau, the sullen but alluring waitress at a drab bistro in the unremarkable small French town of Saint-Louis. But one day, she simply vanishes into thin air. When Georges Gorski, a detective haunted by his failure to solve one of his first murder cases, is called in to investigate the girl's disappearance, Manfred's repressed world is shaken to its core.

In a world increasingly connected to computers and machines but disconnected to self and others, Dr. Michele Stewart finds herself drowning in a life that no longer holds meaning. Searching for a deeper connection after losing her partner, Alice, she enters a contemplative monastery, living a life dedicated to prayer, to faith in things unseen.

In the 99th district of a sprawling labour camp, the Author, Musician, Scholar, Theologian and Technician - and hundreds just like them - are undergoing Re-education, to restore their revolutionary zeal and credentials. In charge of this process is the Child, who delights in draconian rules, monitoring behaviour and confiscating treasured books. But when bad weather arrives, followed by the ‘three bitter years’, the intellectuals are abandoned by the regime and left on their own to survive.

When army officer Chike Ameobi is ordered to kill innocent civilians, he knows that it is time to leave. As he travels towards Lagos, he becomes the leader of a new platoon, a band of runaways who share his desire for a better life. Their arrival in the city coincides with the eruption of a political scandal. The education minister, Chief Sandayo, has disappeared and is suspected of stealing millions of dollars from government funds.

The Spider King's Daughter is a modern-day Romeo and Juliet set against the backdrop of a changing Lagos, a city torn between tradition and modernity, corruption and truth, love and family loyalty. Seventeen-year-old Abike Johnson is the favourite child of her wealthy father. She lives in a sprawling mansion in Lagos, protected by armed guards and ferried everywhere in a huge black jeep. But being her father's favourite comes with uncomfortable duties, and she is often lonely behind the high walls.