Resultados para "Memories" en Negra y suspense

Il racconto - che fa parte della raccolta 'Arabeschi' e 'Racconti di Pietroburgo' - scritto in prima persona nella forma di un diario, narra la progressiva discesa nella follia del burocrate Aksentij Ivanovic. Attratto dalla bella figlia del suo direttore, e volendo sapere qualcosa di più sul conto di lei, Aksentij Ivanovic sottrae le lettere che sarebbero state scritte dalla cagnolina Maggie, nelle quali egli crede di leggere tutto il disinteresse della ragazza verso di lui.

Un uomo schivo, vile, che sopravvive a stento senza il sostegno di amici e senza riconoscimenti di nessun tipo, né a livello personale, né lavorativo, racconta di sé. Lui è in contrasto permanente con la società, e dal suo sottosuolo la osserva, la critica, anche se a volte desidera farne parte. Il più delle volte però si autocensura e si rifugia nel suo mondo sotterraneo popolato di fantasie sfrenate e deliranti che si alternano a stati di risentimento estremo, avallato dalla consapevolezza che la sofferenza è insita nell'essere umano pensante, e che per lui non c'è scampo.

Pubblicato nel 1864, questo breve romanzo è uno spaccato nel dialogo interiore di un impiegato pubblico, che vive “nel sottosuolo”, fuori dalla vita della società. Il libro è diviso in due parti: nella prima le disquisizioni filosofiche dello scrittore di fronte ad un pubblico immaginario, nella seconda, la memoria di un breve periodo della sua vita, che è quasi un racconto a sé.Cornice musicale di Anton Rubinstein.

What strange science made Nameless who he is? What catastrophes have been erased from his memories? In the stunning conclusion of this series, the dark past comes flooding back, and Nameless must decide how much he really wants to know. In Indiana, a murderous psycho has kidnapped his own six-year-old stepson, Jamie, and secreted him away in a subterranean cave. It’s become their bunker. For Nameless, the case is breaking down his defenses, and it may force him to face his memories.

Brighton, 1920. Clara Fitzgerald is trying to earn a little respect as the first female private detective in Brighton when Mrs Wilton turns up on her doorstep one snowy day. Struggling to get by since the war, Mrs Wilton has been convinced by an unscrupulous clairvoyant that her dead husband is trying to make contact via strange riddles that supposedly lead to hidden treasure. Clara is quickly on the case to prove the notorious clairvoyant, Mrs Greengage, is nothing more than a scam artist extorting money from Mrs Wilton.

As long-buried memories from his hidden past begin to resurface, Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny feel compelled to return to the small country town where Ishmael crash-landed in 1963; the place where his memories began. Norton Hedley is no ordinary town. Apparitions, sudden disappearances, sightings of unusual beasts: For centuries, the place has been plagued by a series of inexplicable events. Ishmael’s first task is to track down local author Vincent Smith, the one man he believes may have some answers.

Twenty-five years ago Katie ran away from home and never came back. But now she's suddenly reappeared in her best friend Olivia's life - in the form of a chilling confession. Olivia's father-in-law, wracked with guilt, says he murdered her all those years ago. Tom suffers from Alzheimer's and his story is riddled with error and confusion. Except for one terrifying certainty: he knows where the body is buried.

What makes a legendary assassin? For John Rain, it was the lessons of love, war, and betrayal he learned in Tokyo in 1972. Fresh from the killing fields of Southeast Asia, Rain works as a bagman under the watchful eye of his CIA handler, delivering cash to corrupt elements of the Japanese government. But when a delivery goes violently wrong, Rain finds himself in the crosshairs of Japan’s most powerful yakuza clan.

Harlan Matthews, a stamp dealer with memories of a murder he committed long ago, attempts murder, suicide, and more! An alienist and Randy Stone try to help. The system cue has been deleted. Randy Stone covers the night beat for the Chicago Star. Stories begin in many different ways. This one began and ended with a confession...a confession to the crime of murder.