Resultados para "The Contemporary Novel" en Literatura y ficción

La tímida June Jones vive en Chalcot, una pequeña población de Reino Unido, y es bibliotecaria de corazón. Sus mejores amigos son las personas que conoce cada día en el trabajo: el viejo Stanley, a quien ayuda con el ordenador; Chantal, una joven que busca un lugar tranquilo para estudiar; Leila, una refugiada que aprende inglés con ayuda de los libros de cocina que June elige para ella, o la activista Mrs. Bransworth, que critica todas las obras que encuentra en la biblioteca.

Una apasionante novela sobre la vida de la princesa Diana: el mayor icono de los últimos tiempos. Londres, 1978. Diana Spencer, de diecisiete años, asiste a un partido de polo en el que está la familia real británica. Dado que ella misma proviene de una de las familias nobles más respetadas del país, se mueve en este entorno como pez en el agua y comienza un coqueteo con el futuro rey de Reino Unido, que cambiará su vida para siempre: menos de tres años después, está de pie frente a tres mil quinientos invitados en la catedral de St. Paul y celebra la boda del siglo.

A veces, el tren de los sueños pasa antes de que llegues a la estación. Entonces tienes dos opciones: verlo alejarse para siempre, o recorrer a pie el andén y seguir persiguiendo tus deseos. Y eso decide hacer Blu Rocchini, que vive en Florencia, en un piso compartido con otras tres jóvenes, todas más o menos treintañeras, todas más o menos con una vida sentimental complicada. Blu tiene un sueño: trabajar en el mundo de los libros. Primero prueba suerte brevemente en una editorial especializada, y después en una gran cadena de librerías. Hasta que toma una decisión: abrir su propia librería.

"Quanta, quanta guerra…" és l'últim llibre que va escriure Mercè Rodoreda en un estat que no havia tingut gaire ocasió de conèixer: la felicitat.

Si creiem el que n'explica ella, va començar-lo després de perdre el seu company d'amor i guerra i va acabar-lo quan per primer cop a la vida tenia casa pròpia, als setanta anys. És llavors que Rodoreda s'encarna en un adolescent de qui diu: "Al meu Adrià l'impulsa a anar-se'n de casa la seva aspiració de llibertat. D'aquesta llibertat tan cantada —la sola paraula m'emociona— que només mena a un canvi de presó."...

A l’Emil no li agrada l’esport però sempre diu que no amb un somriure. "Vam haver d’insistir perquè l’Emil comencés a córrer. Però quan va començar, ja no es va aturar. No va parar d’accelerar. Vet aquí l’home que va córrer més de pressa sobre la Terra." Aquesta és la història de l’Emil Zatopek, un home que inventarà noves formes d’entrenament per córrer cada cop més de pressa. Primer sorpren Txecoslovàquia amb els seus rècords, després sorprendrà el món. Un parell d’Olimpíades més tard se’l considera invencible.

If Fiona has learned anything in life, it’s how to keep a secret - even from the father who raised her. She is the only person who knows about her late mother’s affair in Tuscany thirty years earlier, and she intends to keep it that way...until a lawyer calls with shocking news: her biological father has died and left her an incredible inheritance - along with two half siblings.

For Joanna and Ted Kramer, building a life in New York City is tough but full of joy thanks to their lovely little boy, Billy. Or so it seems, until one day Joanna walks out, unable to manage the burdens of family life and her own unfulfilled ambitions. Alone with Billy, Ted begins to navigate the challenges of single parenthood and forms a bond with his son that no one can break - except the courts.

Treinta años después de Demasiado amor, vuelve Beatriz para contar una historia desgarradora sobre el mundo que se nos ha caído encima. En sus andanzas por cuatro continentes, Beatriz conocerá el vértigo de la violencia en algunas de sus formas más descarnadas, y se entregará de lleno a un mundo que recompensa los actos más vacíos y egoístas y castiga la inocencia y la solidaridad. Sara Sefchovich presenta una novela vertiginosa sobre la búsqueda de sentido en medio de las circunstancias más oscuras.

When famed chef Augustus Beauvais dies, he leaves behind a celebrated reputation—and four women grappling with loss, anger, pain, and the question of how the world will turn without him...

Las cartas cuentan la historia. La historia de Diego: llegó a la colonia Roma en 1987, se instaló con su padre en el misterioso Edificio Begur, hizo amigos. Lo normal. Pero cuentan, en realidad, una historia de fantasmas. O algo parecido. El Begur, edificio famoso que ha albergado a celebridades y que constituye un rostro emblemático de su barrio, no es lo que parece. Diego encuentra recados que no tienen autor, personas que no están ahí… Todo lo que no es normal.

If every war needs its master chronicler, Ukraine has Serhiy Zhadan, one of Europe’s most promising novelists. Recalling the brutal landscape of The Road and the wartime storytelling of A Farewell to Arms, The Orphanage is a searing novel that excavates the human collateral damage wrought by the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Single mother Roxy Novak works days at a dentist’s office and delivers food at night, making the best life she can for herself and her son, Aero. When her wealthy ex-husband decides to ask for full custody, telling her Aero will be better off living with him and his Instagram-famous new wife, Roxy is stunned and scared. How can she possibly get the money to fight back?

Newly installed at All Souls Lutheran, Mallory “Pastor Pete” Peterson soon realizes that her church isn’t merely going through turbulent waters, but is a sinking ship. With the help of five loyal members of the Naomi Circle, the young, bold minister brainstorms fundraising ideas. They all agree that the usual recipe book won’t add much to the parish coffers, but maybe one with all the ingredients on how to heat up relationships rather than casseroles will…

Natalie Walker is the reason her older brother and sister went to prison over fifteen years ago. She fled California shortly after that fateful night and hasn’t spoken to anyone in her family since. Now, on the same day her boyfriend steals her dream job out from under her, Natalie receives a letter from a lawyer saying her estranged mother has died and left the family’s historic Santa Cruz house to her. Sort of. The only way for Natalie and her siblings to inherit is for all three adult children to come back and claim it―together.

Lewis Madigan is young, gay, out of work, and getting antsy when he’s roped into providing end-of-life care for his insufferable homophobic neighbor, Chester Wheeler. Lewis doesn’t need the aggravation, just the money. The only requirements: run errands, be on call, and put up with a miserable old churl no one else in Buffalo can bear. After exchanging barbs, bickering, baiting, and pushing buttons, Chester hits Lewis with the big ask. Lewis can’t say no to a dying wish.

Sleep deprived and overwhelmed, first-time mom Jenn is struggling to adapt to her new role. Frustrated with her loving but preoccupied husband and still grieving the death of her own mother, she feels isolated and depressed. It’s only when she joins a new-moms’ group that she starts to think she’s finally getting back on track. Until Isabel, the group’s leader, suddenly disappears.

Lily Weiss is her mother’s worst nightmare: thirty-two and single - the horror! She’s also a talented writer but hides behind a boring job at a science foundation. To her friends, she’s reliable and selfless, which is how she winds up a bridesmaid in five weddings in six weeks. Anything for her three best friends and two (younger) siblings, right? Even if her own love life is...well, she’d rather not talk about it. To keep her sanity, Lily needs a safe place to vent. And so her anonymous blog, Bridesmania, is born.

Annie Beyers has everything - a beautiful house, a loving husband, and an adorable daughter. It’s a day like any other when she takes Hannah to the pediatrician…until she wakes hours later from a car accident. When she asks for her daughter, confused doctors tell Annie that Hannah never existed. In fact, nothing after waking from the crash is the same as Annie remembers. Five happy years of her life apparently never happened.

Jailbird. Klepto. Spectacular failure to launch. Nicole Wood’s sticky fingers have earned her many names, but it’s not that she’s stealing—some objects just need to be moved elsewhere, and the universe has chosen her to do it. Still, being a relocator of objects isn’t easy. With her marriage on the rocks, no real-world skills, and the threat of prison hanging over her head, Nicole is determined to change her ways.

Single mother Maisey Addington has always fallen short of her own mother’s expectations - never married, a bit adrift, wasting her high IQ on dead-end jobs. The only thing Maisey’s sure she’s gotten right is her relationship with her twelve-year-old daughter, Elle...until a phone call blows apart the precarious balance of their lives. Maisey’s mother is in a coma, and her aging father faces charges of abuse and neglect.