Resultados para "Alice" en Antologías y relatos breves

Popularizado por las decenas de versiones que de él se han llevado a cabo, el relato que el reverendo Charles Dodgson (verdadero nombre de Lewis Carroll) escribió para la pequeña Alicia Liddell de 10 años, es un delicioso entramado de situaciones inverosímiles y absurdas, de metamorfosis insólitas de seres y ambientes, de juegos con el lenguaje y la lógica y de asociaciones oníricas que hacen de él un libro inolvidable.

Isabel Gibson has all but perfected the art of forgetting. She’s a New Yorker now, with nothing left to tie her to Brinkley’s Island, Maine. Her parents are gone, the family bookstore is all but bankrupt, and her sister, Sophie, will probably never speak to her again. But when a mysterious letter arrives in her mailbox, Isabel feels herself drawn to the past. After years of fighting for her independence, she dreads the thought of going back to the island.

On a clear day, you could see America from Edinburgh's Castle Rock - or so said Alice Munro's great-great-great-grandfather when he had had a drink. Then, in 1818, he left and sailed to the New World with his family. This is the story of those shepherds from the Ettrick Valley and their descendants. They were a Spartan lot: showing off was frowned upon, and fear was commonplace, at least for females. But opportunities present themselves for two strong-minded women in a ship's close quarters.

Every nosy neighbor, gossipy friend, and meddling relative is just one good mystery away from becoming a detective. From behind locked doors or out in broad daylight, driven by chance or curiosity, amateur sleuths get in over their heads in these six hair-raising, hilarious stories.

"María sube el volumen y deja que los gemidos de la mujer inunden su habitación. Es sumamente estimulante saber que ella está realmente sentada del otro lado. María roza sus labios vaginales con la punta de sus dedos. Está tendida sobre su espalda. Con la cabeza girada hacia la pantalla, su mirada se pasea por la vagina de la mujer, sus senos redondos y la cifra en aumento en la esquina superior derecha." –Orgasmos en línea. Relatos eróticos que suceden alrededor del mundo y levantan la temperatura, como la fogosa gente de Leo.

“Creemos que somos únicos e irrepetibles. Nos han vendido la idea (y sin dudarlo la hemos comprado) de que nadie es como nosotros. Pero la realidad es que nos parecemos tanto a los demás que no nos damos cuenta. Crecemos con la necesidad de sentirnos integrados a nuestra comunidad y nos hacemos dependientes de las masas. Hacemos lo que hacen los demás, queremos ser como la gente que admiramos. Somos todo lo que vemos, escuchamos, leemos, comemos, bebemos, compramos, amamos y odiamos. Vivimos con el instinto gregario a flor de piel”.

A sequel to Stories for the Heart, More Stories for the Heart offers up over 100 stories that hug listeners' hearts and encourage their souls. This treasury of timeless tales, written by some of the best Christian communicators today, offers a wealth of compassion and love certain to minister to multiple generations. Listeners will find themselves sharing these uplifting tales in conversation and letting the stories' wisdom inspire their thinking.

In the same tender, uplifting, and heartwarming style of Stories for the Heart is this wonderful collection of stories selected for a woman's heart. These inspirational stories by communicators like Ruth Graham, Gigi Tchividjian, Kay James, and Luci Swindoll instill Christian values and virtues. They motivate, encourage, and honor women. These are timeless treasures selected to inspire your thoughts and stir your soul.

A picture is worth 1,000 words, and a good story spans the generations. Now, the same story treasury that has touched readers' souls since 1996 - and launched a series with more than 4 million copies in print - has gotten even better! The new book still offers over 100 encouraging story selections from some of America's best-loved communicators. Carry them in your heart, learn from their wisdom, and share them with someone you love. It's the storybook that sparked a movement!

In this haunting short story of loyalty and betrayal, a young woman in early 1900s Massachusetts discovers that in navigating her treacherous coming-of-age, she must find her voice first. For fatefully observant Adeline, growing up carries an ominous warning from her adulterous mother: don’t say a word. Adeline vows to never speak again. But that’s not her only secret. After her mother takes a housekeeping job at a lighthouse off the tip of Cape Ann, a local woman vanishes. The key to the mystery lies with Adeline, the silent witness.

Dall’invecchiamento della popolazione ai cambiamenti climatici, dall’istruzione di massa all’impatto dei social network, le storie immaginate da Liu Cixin, Xia Jia, Chen Qiufan e Wu Yan mostrano una Cina lontana dall’Occidente per costume e sensibilità, ma simile nelle realtà economico-sociali e così tecnologicamente avanzata da restituire uno sguardo sul futuro che attende il mondo intero. Una selezione di alcune delle voci più importanti della fantascienza cinese contemporanea che di certo delizieranno i lettori di tutto il mondo.

This edition of Christmas Stories for the Heart offers an uplifting collection of many of the best Christmas stories ever told. The heartwarming and tender treasury - another release in the best-selling Stories for the Heart series from Alice Gray - includes stories by several of America's most respected and beloved Christian communicators. It's the perfect holiday gift to give or to keep for listeners who want to curl up by a crackling fire and renew their faith, hope, and love for the holiday season.

La magia de Alice Munro, que han invocado tantos escritores y críticos literarios, con la que ha llenado de luz las vidas, los sentimientos y los diálogos más cotidianos, y que ha hecho de ella la mejor cuentista de la literatura contemporánea, ganadora del Nobel y del Booker, ya estaba totalmente afianzada en el primero de sus catorce libros de relatos: Danza de las sombras.

Alicia Erian's characters are brave, disarming, affectionate, and deeply flawed. They inhabit the not-so-very-wide space between a good intention and a bad outcome. The Brutal Language of Love challenges traditional notions of right and wrong with what has become Erian's signature—an achingly stylish humor and a deep understanding of the brutal truth about human nature. These surprising, provocative, and deeply resonant stories marked the emergence of a major talent.

"Quiero besarte. Cada poro y cada parte de tu cuerpo, las pequeñas y las grandes. Y quiero hacerlo por mucho tiempo. Eres como una muñeca, tan inocente. Suave, sedosa, completa sin un principio ni un final. Incluso querría saborearte. Me despierto en la mitad de la noche pensando en ti. Quiero estar cerca tuyo". En esta compilación te damos lo mejor de LUST: Un vals a tres tiempos, Policías y ladrones, El Gimnasio, Semana sí, semana no, Las múltiples caras del amor, Ardiente como el infierno, Piel, Fuckboy, Valentine, Paranormal. Varias autoras han contribuido a esta compilación.

A civil rights activist and key figure in African American literary history, Alice Dunbar-Nelson made her mark during the emerging Harlem Renaissance. Violets and Other Tales is her debut (included here in full, save for three stories later updated in The Goodness of St. Rocque). The collection includes poetry, short stories, and essays offering a varied examination of class differences, racial identity, oppression, intolerance, and women’s societal roles. The Goodness of St. Rocque and Other Stories assembles 14 of Dunbar’s short works of fiction.

You are about to find a collection of erotic stories that will ignite passions, lust and feelings deep within you like nothing else! Each story is written to speak to your heart's hidden desires and will fill you with lustful sensations that will keep you going until the end. This book will unleash your fantasies with rough and forbidden sex stories, taboo wild sex, threesomes, gangbangs, lesbian sex, seduction, BDSM fantasies that come to life and much more. Prepare to be transported into a world of ecstasy and pleasure.

Langt de fleste eventyr handler om mænd, der skal udrette eller opnå noget, og ofte er der en prinsesse som belønning i slutningen af historien. Men der findes også eventyr om kvinder og deres prøvelser med onde søstre, dominerende fædre, grusomme stedmødre og svigermødre, der kan få de drager og trolde, mændene til tider må slås imod, til at se ud som søde små kæledyr. Leif Varmark genfortæller her en lang række folkeeventyr om kvinder. Eventyrene er både sjove og spændende og skrevet i et moderne sprog. Leif Varmark (f.

Tales for an Unknown City is a vibrant selection of almost fifty stories from among the many told at One Thousand and One Friday Nights of Storytelling, a weekly open gathering in Toronto begun by Dan Yashinsky in 1978 and still going strong. There are tales from Canada and many other parts of the world, each followed by a brief word from the teller, giving us the flavour of the “Friday Nights.”

Una joven madre recibe consuelo inesperado por la muerte de sus tres hijos, otra mujer reacciona de forma insólita ante la humillación a la que la somete un hombre; otros cuentos describen la crueldad de los niños y los huecos de soledad que se crean en el día a día de la vida de pareja. Como broche de oro, en el último cuento acompañamos a Sofi a Kovalevski, una matemática rusa que realmente vivió a mediados del siglo XIX, en su largo peregrinaje a través de Europa en busca de una universidad que admitiera a mujeres como profesoras.