Showing titles in Contemporary Fiction

In Morrison’s acclaimed first novel, Pecola Breedlove—an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others—prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different. This is the story of the nightmare at the heart of her yearning, and the tragedy of its fulfillment.

「夢を、見ないか」異物混入、政治家、アイドル、人々の集まる広場、巨獣、投げる矢、動かない鳥……。現実を動かすものはいったい――。

Eine junge Journalistin trifft eine Diva, die im Verborgenen lebt – der neue bewegende Roman von SPIEGEL-Bestsellerautorin Sibylle Weischenberg. Hinter den Geheimnissen ihres Herzens ist das Leben. Die junge Journalistin Sophie beobachtet von ihrem Fenster aus, wie eine elegant gekleidete ältere Dame die benachbarte Villa betritt. Sie glaubt Luise Radell gesehen zu haben, den großen Filmstar der 1950er-Jahre – die tragische Diva, die so plötzlich aus der Öffentlichkeit verschwunden war. Sophie gelingt es schließlich, Luise Radell zu einem Gespräch zu überreden, und beginnt, hinter ihre Fassade zu blicken.

毎日こつこつと働き、余暇には本を読み、紅茶を淹れて音楽を聴く。つつましく生きてきた律子に人生の終盤、ある奇跡が訪れる。

＜彼女は善い魔法使いとなり、出会ったひとびとを救い、幸福にするための力を手に入れるのですが、それは世界の片隅で起きるひそかな物語、ほんとうに小さな魔法です。

Mit seinen Erzählungen entführt der Seminarleiter, Schriftsteller, Zen-Schüler und Radioniker Korai Peter Stemmann Sie in die tiefen Ihrer Seele. Dorthin, wo Sie Ihre eigene Wirklichkeit erkennen und das Paradoxon hören und lösen. Dorthin, wo Mut mit echter Erkenntnis belohnt wird und der Schleier sich lüftet.

In the wake of his wife's murder, agent Grady Shields turned his back on the FBI - and everything else-to retreat into the vast solitude of Montana, grieve for his lost love, and forget the world. But after years in seclusion, his sister's wedding draws him to St. Dennis, a peaceful town on the Chesapeake Bay. Though he swears he isn't interested in finding love again, Grady can't ignore the mutual sparks that fly when he meets Vanessa Keaton.

Dallas MacGregor is living the Hollywood dream. At thirtysomething, she's an award-winning actress beloved by the public and bound for even bigger success. But when her soon-to-be-ex-husband, producer Emilio Baird, is caught in a sex scandal, Dallas's charmed life turns tabloid nightmare. Determined to shield her young son, Cody, from the ugly uproar, Dallas seeks refuge in sleepy St. Dennis, Maryland-the Chesapeake Bay town where her happiest childhood days were spent.

The New York Times best-selling novel from Garth Stein - a heart-wrenching but deeply funny and ultimately uplifting story of family, love, loyalty, and hope - a captivating look at the wonders and absurdities of human life...as only a dog could tell it.

Brooklyn Melody James has finally gotten the punishment she deserves after leaving a web of lies, heartache, and betrayal behind her. As her life slips away, Brooklyn remembers the events that shaped her into the cold, calculating creature she became.

In Smoke and Mirrors, Gaiman's imagination and supreme artistry transform a mundane world into a place of terrible wonders - where an old woman can purchase the Holy Grail at a thrift store, where assassins advertise their services in the Yellow Pages under "Pest Control," and where a frightened young boy must barter for his life with a mean-spirited troll living beneath a bridge by the railroad tracks.

After losing her sister in a devastating car accident, chef Quinn Weller is finally getting her life back on track. She appears to have it all: a loving family, a dream job in one of LA's hottest eateries, and a gorgeous boyfriend dying to slip an engagement ring on her finger. So why does she feel so empty, like she's looking for a missing piece she can't find?

Told through the eyes of Tish, a 19-year-old girl in love with Fonny, a young sculptor who is the father of her child, Baldwin's story mixes the sweet and the sad. Tish and Fonny have pledged to get married, but Fonny is falsely accused of a terrible crime and is imprisoned. Their families set out to clear his name, and as they face an uncertain future, the young lovers experience a kaleidoscope of emotions - affection, despair, and hope.

"There's a secret to mastery that you may have never heard, a single little thing that only the very best in the world know how to do. In fact, I believe it is the only thing anyone can do to gain true mastery at anything, and it's an equal opportunity principle. It can be applied to fulfill your potential in business, in sports, in your relationships, as well as your overall life. Do you want to know what it is?"

Le retour de l'auteur japonais le plus lu en France. Dans son nouveau roman qui a fait sensation au Japon, on retrouvera l'onirisme caractéristique de l'œuvre de Haruki Murakami, dans la lignée de ses grands succès, Kafka sur le rivage, 1Q84, La Course au mouton sauvage, Au sud de la frontière à l'ouest du soleil, Le Meurtre du commandeur, Des hommes sans femmes, L'Incolore Tsukuru Tazaki et ses années de pèlerinage, Abandonner un chat, Première personne du singulier ou encore La Ballade de l'impossible.

Десмонд Фицджеральд умен, невероятно привлекателен, к тому же обладает божественным голосом. Его ждет блестящее будущее. Окончив семинарию, он становится священником, побеждает в Риме на музыкальном конкурсе и отправляется по назначению в приход в Ирландию, где быстро находит общий язык с главой местной церкви и прихожанами. Но вдруг налаженная жизнь рушится с головокружительной быстротой. И как всегда, виновата женщина.

In una scuola serale a nord di Milano, un giovane professore insegna italiano a una classe di immigrati di diverse nazionalità: magrebini, albanesi, sudamericani, perfino un quarantenne con tre figli e una laurea in ingegneria, conseguita in Iraq. Tra di loro ci sono Cesar e Apollinaire, padre e figlio sbarcati in Italia dalla Costa d’Avorio, Amin l’albanese, partito a bordo di un gommone e arrivato a Brindisi a nuoto, Rafkani e Mohammed, il più silenzioso degli alunni.

Perché Antoine Duris, stimato professore di storia dell'arte a Lione ed esperto di Modigliani, si è licenziato dall'oggi al domani, ha chiuso ogni contatto con il mondo e si è candidato come guardiano di sala al Musée d'Orsay? Che cosa nasconde la sua ostinata reticenza? È questo che si chiede Mathilde Mattel, la responsabile delle risorse umane che, tra qualche perplessità, lo ha assunto. Nessuno sembra riuscire nemmeno a intuire che cosa si celi in questo strano personaggio, che contempla per ore il ritratto di Jeanne Hébuterne, la musa di Modigliani dal tragico destino.

16-årige, Starr, er eneste vidne til, at hendes ubevæbnede ven, Khalil, bliver skudt og dræbt af en hvid politimand. Indtil nu har Starr balanceret mellem det sorte lokalmiljø, hvor hun bor, og den finere privatskole i forstaden, som hun går på. Men da nedskydningen af Khalil bliver forsidestof over hele landet, er hun nødt til at beslutte, om og hvordan hun vil råbe op, særligt da nogle af hendes venner på skolen antyder, at Khalil selv var ude om det.

Read by the critically acclaimed actress Maggie Gyllenhaal. When Esther Greenwood wins an internship at a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer. But in between the cocktail parties and piles of manuscripts, Esther's life begins to slide out of control. She finds herself spiralling into depression and eventually a suicide attempt as she grapples with difficult relationships and a society which refuses to take women's aspirations seriously.

T.C. Boyle is hailed as "America's most imaginative contemporary novelist" ( Newsweek). In 1970, a California commune pulls up stakes and moves to the harsh interior of Alaska. The members establish Drop City, a back-to-the-land town, on a foundation of peace and free love. But their idealism cannot prevent tension from rippling through the group. The results are anything but predictable in this honest, surprising evocation of a time period and its enduring beliefs.