Resultados para "Grace" en Narrativa literaria

Barcos e islas: así empieza y termina una buena novela de aventuras, porque en la aventura dominan el agua y el viaje, y la tierra es pequeña, rara y desconocida. El narrador de "Gracias" llega en un barco como prisionero a una isla y es vendido como esclavo; a partir de allí sucede casi todo lo que el lector espera que suceda, apenas desfasado. Para ese pequeño desplazamiento, imperceptible como un minutero, juegan la precisión del lenguaje, el tenue sentido del humor, los personajes y sobre todo la imaginación de Pablo Katchadjian, que da la vuelta al mundo.

La legendaria historia de cómo siete familias tomaron de unas tierras de Morelos, en 1973, y cómo llegaron a ser quince mil colonos encabezados por el Güero Medrano, en un insólito experimento de solidaridad, resistencia y justicia.

"Grace," a moving account of alcoholism, friendship, and redemption among Irishmen, begins this collection from Dubliners, Joyce's masterwork of short fiction. Richard Setlok's gentle reading matches the elegance of the stories, which also include "After the Race," "Clay," "A Little Cloud," "Counterparts," and "Araby," a bittersweet tale of first love.

For a runaway slave in the 1840s South, life on the run can be just as dangerous as life under a sadistic master. That's what 15-year-old Naomi learns after she escapes the brutal confines of life on an Alabama plantation. Striking out on her own, she leaves behind her beloved Momma and sister, Hazel, and takes refuge in a Georgia brothel run by a freewheeling, gun-toting Jewish madam named Cynthia.

Un home, una novel·la sense escriure i un cadàver. Així comença L'abisme de Carla Gracia, que s'endinsa a la psique de l'Octavi Fontseca. De petit, la seva mare el va abandonar i la rabia d'aquest fet, que va acompanyar l'Octavi durant tota la seva infantesa, es va veure transformada, d'adult, en una novel·la exitosa. Però ara l'èxit s'ha esfumat i amb ell tota la vida que hi havia construït al seu voltant: el seu matrimoni s'enfonsa, la seva filla no l'aguanta i el seu editor s'impacienta.

Salvo Cagli, medico dell'Unità del Sonno che paradossalmente soffre d'insonnia, accetta l'invito di un amico sull'isola greca di Halki. Il sole dell'estate sembra placarlo, acquietare il ricordo della moglie e la figlia che ormai non fanno più parte della sua vita. Ma, dopo una gita in barca al vicino isolotto di Krev, una ragazza, Cora, cade in mare e scompare. Viene ritrovata qualche giorno dopo sulla spiaggia. Uccisa con un colpo d'arma da fuoco.

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.

Gifted pianist Valentine Windham, youngest son of the duke of Moreland, has little interest in his father's obsession to see his sons married, and instead pours passion into his music. But when Val loses his music, he flees to the country, alone and tormented by what has been robbed from him. Grieving Ellen Markham has hidden herself away, looking for safety in solitude. Her curious new neighbor offers a kindred lonely soul whose desperation is matched only by his desire, but Ellen's devastating secret could be the one thing that destroys them both.

It was a dream come true. Susan loved all things Scottish. So, when the opportunity presented itself, there was no question in her mind that she would go on the archaeological dig in the Highlands.

The Newbery Honor-winning author and illustrator of Year of the Rat and Dim Sum for Everyone presents When the Sea Turned to Silver, a finalist for the 2016 National Book Award. A companion to Where the Mountain Meets the Moon, this exquisitely written and illustrated novel blends fantasy and Chinese folklore for a fast-paced adventure steeped in legend. In conversation with Kat Yeh ( The Truth About Twinkie Pie). With a reading by Annie Q. ( The Leftovers).

Est-ce le hasard qui a décidé que se rencontrent Frédéric le musicien et François l'auteur ? Ils passent à tour de rôle à la radio en direct, non sans une appréhension qui fait naître en eux une empathie réciproque. Ce rapprochement sera suivi d'un tête-à-tête au restaurant. Frédéric irradie un charme tout de réserve et de discrète féminité qui suscite en François une attirance immédiate. Les liens très forts qu'ils tissent côte à côte seront ponctués d'élans et de retenues. Pourquoi ?

Desde su niñez en Alaska, David Winkler ha vivido obsesionado por la nieve. Además, David tiene un don: a veces puede ver cosas antes de que ocurran. Sus premoniciones le permiten saber que un vecino será atropellado por el autobús o que se enamorará de una mujer en un supermercado. Pero cuando David sueña que su hija se va a ahogar en una inundación sin que él pueda salvarla, toda su vida se desmorona. Huir de su familia, de su casa y de su propio futuro parece el único modo de negar el sueño que lo atormenta.

In this visionary novel by Larissa Lai - her first in 16 years - a community of parthenogenic women, sent into exile by patriarchal and corporate Salt Water City, go to war against disease, technology, and an economic system that threatens them with extinction. Kirilow is a doctor apprentice whose lover, Peristrophe, is a "starfish", a woman who can regenerate her own limbs and organs, which she uses to help her clone sisters whose organs are failing.

Disappearing Moon Café was a stunning debut novel that has become a Canadian literary classic. An unflinchingly honest portrait of a Chinese-Canadian family that pulses with life and moral tensions, this family saga takes the listener from the wilderness in 19th-century British Columbia to late 20th-century Hong Kong, to Vancouver's Chinatown. Intricate and lyrical, suspenseful and emotionally rich, it is a riveting story of four generations of women whose lives are haunted by the secrets and lies of their ancestors.

Wharton's most erotic and lyrical novel, Summer explores a daring theme for 1917, a woman's awakening to her sexuality. Eighteen-year-old Charity Royall lives in the small town of North Dormer, ignorant of desire until the arrival of architect Lucius Harney. Like the succulent summer landscape in the Berkshires around them, Charity's romance is lush and picturesque, but its consequences are harsh and real.

Fleeing a turbulent Guatemala with her missionary parents, Penny returns to America and is forced to deal with a fresh kind of trauma: summer Bible camp for Mennonite teens. Along with her outspoken and rebellious friend, Gina, Penny struggles to deal with her past, the camp's fierce regulations, and the sexual energy that electrifies the air between the campers, counselors, and even visitors. This coming-of-age story offers an intimate look into a young girl’s attempt to find her place and start figuring out which rules are worth breaking.

Twenty-four-year-old Eric Marshall arrives on Prince Edward Island to become a substitute schoolmaster, even though he has a bright future in his wealthy family's business. Eric has taken the two-month teaching post only as a favor to a friend - but fate throws in his path a beautiful, mysterious girl named Kilmeny Gordon. With jet black hair and sea blue eyes, Kilmeny immediately captures Eric's heart. But Kilmeny cannot speak, and Eric is concerned for and bewitched by this shy, sensitive mute girl.