Resultados Editorial "audible studios" en Narrativa literaria

"Llevado por mi ardiente deseo de evadirme de la novela costumbrista, realista mágica o didáctica-social, con su aristotélica construcción en tres actos, comienzo-nudo-desenlace, cuajada de lluvias de flores, chamanes drogados, patriarcas con olor a queso de cabra, amores entre vejetes, putas santas, jergas indígenas, muertos que no saben que han muerto..., me dije: voy a presentar un héroe con el que el lector de ninguna manera pueda identificarse.

All'inizio del XX secolo, una notizia drammatica sconvolge l'opinione pubblica di San Pietroburgo, la capitale dell'Impero russo. Nella lontana Siberia una tigre semina il terrore, aggredisce il bestiame e massacra gli abitanti dei villaggi. Pochi testimoni sono riusciti a sfuggire ai suoi assalti. Lo zar decide di offrire una ricompensa straordinaria a chi riuscirà a uccidere l'animale, l'equivalente del peso della Tigre in monete d'oro.

"Quizá debo comenzar explicando que mi vida de escritor ha sido bastante aventurera, más divertida y laboriosa que segura, y mucho más arriesgada y tormentosa que rentable. Tampoco es raro, si pensamos que el oficio de escribir es quehacer de horizonte: quesoñar de cielo, como las navegaciones". En esta fascinante epopeya—a veces memoria feliz, crónica de mil viajes narrados en escenarios de novela y de cine—Mauricio Wiesenthal nos embarca a bordo de legendarios navíos, repletos de historias románticas, de amores, de lugares y de vidas apasionantes cuya memoria recupera este viajero empedernido.

In 1909, Clementine steps off a train with her new husband, Winston. An angry woman emerges from the crowd to attack, shoving him in the direction of an oncoming train. Just before he stumbles, Clementine grabs him by his suit jacket. This will not be the last time Clementine Churchill will save her husband. Lady Clementine is the ferocious story of the ambitious woman beside Winston Churchill, the story of a partner who did not flinch through the sweeping darkness of war, and who would not surrender either to expectations or to enemies.

Madrid, 1906. Un Maharajá se enamora locamente de una joven bailarina malagueña. La muchacha se llama Anita Delgado. El riquísimo personaje es el monarca de un principado del Punjab. En 1908, Anita Delgado se convierte en la Princesa de Kapurthala. Ésta es la sorprendente narración de la vida de la única Maharaní española en la fascinante India de los Maharajás.

En una pequeña aldea serbia, durante una tarde dominical del año 1980, alrededor de treinta personajes peculiares se reúnen en el cine Uranija para ver una película. El cine se encuentra en lo que otrora fuera el Gran Hotel Jugoslavija, y su techo está cubierto por un papel tapiz que muestra un cielo estrellado. Tras la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la llegada del comunismo, el hotel es nacionalizado y proyecta únicamente películas soviéticas y yugoslavas.

Cuando lee con mucha atención, Adam Lozanic es capaz de meterse dentro de un libro y encontrarse allí con quien sea que lo esté leyendo al mismo tiempo que él. Adam trabaja como corrector externo para una revista de turismo y es becario del Departamento de Lengua y Literatu­ra Serbias.

Light-skinned Black woman Irene Redfield encounters an old childhood friend - Clare - who is now "passing" as a White woman. Clare is married to a racist White man, who doesn't know she has African American blood. In spite of the danger of being found out by her husband and society at large, she finds herself helplessly drawn to Irene's world.

Of all of John Irving's books, this is the one that lends itself best to audio. In print, Owen Meany's dialogue is set in capital letters; for this production, Irving himself selected Joe Barrett to deliver Meany's difficult voice as intended. In the summer of 1953, two 11-year-old boys – best friends – are playing in a Little League baseball game in Gravesend, New Hampshire. One of the boys hits a foul ball that kills the other boy's mother. The boy who hits the ball doesn't believe in accidents; Owen Meany believes he is God's instrument. What happens to Owen after that 1953 foul ball is extraordinary and terrifying.

Un eremita de la antigüedad, misántropo y quisquilloso decide pasar su existencia sobre una columna desde la cual divisa a un compañero más anciano que él, y puede que más sabio y con más seguidores, lo que provoca en su interior pasiones insospechadas. Un biólogo amante de la soledad, enfrentado a lo que promete ser el descubrimiento de su vida, se ve confinado a un aislamiento autoimpuesto en la cumbre de un tepuy, en plena selva amazónica, con la única compañía de una anaconda que se convertirá a un tiempo en su ángel y su demonio.

The ruling Asharites of Al-Rassan have come from the desert sands, but over centuries, seduced by the sensuous pleasures of their new land, their stern piety has eroded. The Asharite empire has splintered into decadent city-states led by warring petty kings. King Almalik of Cartada is on the ascendancy, aided always by his friend and advisor, the notorious Ammar ibn Khairan - poet, diplomat, soldier - until a summer afternoon of savage brutality changes their relationship forever.

Un escriptor famós descobreix que el llibre més venut del dia de Sant Jordi és la seva autobiografia. Però ell no l'ha escrit, tot i que el seu nom apareix a la coberta. Qui l'ha suplantat? Per què? I què hi diu? Quins secrets revelarà? Jordi Cabré ens proposa un joc de miralls que enfronta un escriptor d'èxit amb una vida personal anodina amb el seu reflex, algú capaç de saltar-se les normes, de seduir el perill, de córrer riscos per trobar-se a si mateix. Un camí que transita entre Barcelona i Cadaqués i que li pot costar la vida.

"La mia vita sessuale è iniziata presto, più o meno a cinque anni, all'asilo delle suore Orsoline a Santiago del Cile." Così inizia l'introduzione di Isabel Allende, scanzonata e nel tono lieve de "La somma dei giorni", a questa raccolta dedicata all'amore.

In this rich new audio production, acclaimed British American actress Rebecca Hall brings one of E. M. Forster's most admired works to life in this classic tale of human struggle. A charming young Englishwoman, Lucy Honeychurch, is wooed by both free-spirited George Emerson and wealthy Cecil Vyse while vacationing in Italy. Though attracted to George, Lucy becomes engaged to Cecil despite twice turning down his proposals. On hearing of the news, George confesses his love, leaving Lucy torn between marrying the more socially acceptable Cecil or George, the man she knows would bring her true happiness. Should Lucy choose social acceptance or true love?

Constance Chatterley seeks to escape from the confines of a loveless marriage and the upper class surroundings that suffocate her. When she meets the gamekeeper of Chatterley mansion, Oliver Mellors, she is mesmerised and infatuated by his no-nonsense demeanour and passionate touch. The two soon forge a profound bond as a result of their sexual compatibility and sociopolitical views.

Hailed by The New York Times as "a marvel of storytelling", The Things They Carried’s portrayal of the boots-on-the-ground experience of soldiers in the Vietnam War is a landmark in war writing. Now, three-time Emmy Award winner-Bryan Cranston, star of the hit TV series Breaking Bad, delivers an electrifying performance that walks the book’s hallucinatory line between reality and fiction and highlights the emotional power of the spoken word.

The nightmare home. We thought we'd found our haven, a cottage deep in the heart of the forest. Quaint, charming, maybe a little run-down, but so peaceful. The woodland animals and birds couldn't have been more neighbourly. That was the first part of the Magic. Midge's painting and my music soared to new heights of creativity. That was another part of the Magic. Our sensing, our feelings, our love for each other - well, that became the supreme Magic. But the cottage had an alternative side. The Bad Magic.

The Witch is dead. And the discovery of her corpse - by a group of children playing near the irrigation canals - propels the whole village into an investigation of how and why this murder occurred. Rumors and suspicions spread. As the novel unfolds in a dazzling linguistic torrent, with each unreliable narrator lingering on new details, new acts of depravity or brutality, Melchor extracts some tiny shred of humanity from these characters that most would write off as utterly irredeemable, forming a lasting portrait of a damned Mexican village.

Cuando el narrador de esta novela conoce a Mirko Bevilacqua, un hombre extravagante que frecuenta de manera intermitente y clandestina a Clara, una joven que cuida de una anciana y elegante dama croata, su percepción de la realidad cambia irreversiblemente.

C'est un gosse qui parle. Il a entre six et seize ans, ça dépend des fois. Pas moins de six, pas plus de seize. Des fois il parle au présent, et des fois au passé. Des fois il commence au présent et il finit au passé, et des fois l'inverse. C'est comme ça, la mémoire, ça va ça vient. Ça rend pas la chose compliquée à lire, pas du tout, mais j'ai pensé qu'il valait mieux vous dire avant.