Títulos em Ficção Contemporânea

It is the story of 11-year-old Pecola Breedlove--a black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others--who 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.

No conto "Só!", o leitor encontra um exemplo da genialidade narrativa de Machado de Assis. Quem lê o texto como que acompanha, com os olhos do narrador, a movimentação dos personagens, com destaque para Bonifácio, protagonista, que encarna o título do conto ao vivenciar a experiência da solidão. Como contraponto, encontra-se o personagem Tobias, que permite uma reflexão filosófica sobre a solidão.

Com a morte de seu Presidente, a população de Novamazônia, uma jovem nação, situada no coração da floresta amazônica, se vê numa inédita situação: pela primeira vez, em trinta anos, escolheriam um novo Presidente, através de eleições diretas. Dois candidatos disputam o cargo: Júnior Pedrosa, conservador; e Ophelia Marabaixo, progressista. Para vencer, um dos candidatos precisa conquistar os votos dos eleitores de Pouso Alegre, uma ilha fluvial, na qual o lixo da capital, Londonésia, é despejado.

Auch hier macht Houellebecq die verzweifelte Suche seiner Figuren nach zwischenmenschlicher Verbindung zum zentralen Motiv der Handlung: Der sexuell umtriebige Michel verliebt sich in seine Affäre Valérie, aus der intensiven körperlichen Verbindung entsteht eine Liebesbeziehung. Das Paar lebt seine sexuelle Experimentierfreudigkeit gemeinsam aus und steigt ins Sextourismus-Geschäft ein. Bis ihr Glück im thailändischen Sündenparadies ein jähes Ende findet.

"Madame Pylinska, quel est le secret de Chopin ? - Il y a des secrets qu'il ne faut pas percer mais fréquenter : leur compagnie vous rend meilleur." Dans le cadre du "Cycle de l'Invisible", "Madame Pylinska et le secret de Chopin" est un conte initiatique, plein d'intelligence et d'humour, où la musique apprend à vivre et à aimer.

As Jake Rayne travels through Idahaho in his classic '57 Thunderbird, a devastating accident is the catalyst for a journey he isn't expecting. Alone in the deep forest, with his body battered and broken, Jake calls out for help. And the help he finds changes not only his life but his whole reality.

An ordinary family man, geologist, and Mormon, Soren Johansson has always believed he'll be reunited with his loved ones after death in an eternal hereafter. Then, he dies. Soren wakes to find himself cast by a God he has never heard of into a Hell whose dimensions he can barely grasp: a vast library he can only escape from by finding the book that contains the story of his life. In this haunting existential novella, author, philosopher, and ecologist Steven L. Peck explores a subversive vision of eternity.

Lucas will nichts als seine Ruhe in einer Welt, die ihn einfach nicht in Ruhe lässt. Eine Kurzgeschichte vom internationalen Bestsellerautor Fredrik Backman Videospiele, Wein und Pad Thai – das ist der perfekte Abend für Lucas. Andere Menschen? Muss nicht sein. Warum denn, wenn er auch alleine glücklich sein kann? Als der dreiköpfige Vorstand der Bewohnervertretung überraschend an seiner Tür klingelt und eine Inspektion seiner Bratpfanne verlangt, ist Lucas alles andere als begeistert. Doch Abwimmeln ist nicht.

Neste breve romance em que a atmosfera onírica se mescla à transcendência, um homem começa a dirigir sem rumo e, desconhecendo as próprias motivações, conduz seu carro até uma floresta. Logo escurece e começa a nevar. Obedecendo à lógica trágica e misteriosa que opera nos pesadelos — ou no encontro inescapável com o destino —, em vez de procurar ajuda, ele decide se aventurar pela mata escura, onde se depara com um ser de brancura reluzente.

Antwerpen, Hauptbahnhof, Salle des pas perdus im Jahr 1967. Dem Erzähler fällt ein Mann auf, der eingehend die Architektur des Gebäudes betrachtet. Die beiden Herren kommen ins Gespräch und verabreden sich für den nächsten Tag. Aus dem zufälligen Zusammentreffen wird ein über 30 Jahre andauerndes Gespräch an verschiedensten Orten Europas. Zwischen London, Paris und Prag erzählt der Kunsthistoriker Austerlitz seine Geschichte.

In this unnamed city, to be interesting is dangerous. Middle sister, our protagonist, is busy attempting to keep her mother from discovering her maybe-boyfriend and to keep everyone in the dark about her encounter with Milkman. But when first brother-in-law sniffs out her struggle, and rumours start to swell, middle sister becomes 'interesting'. The last thing she ever wanted to be. To be interesting is to be noticed and to be noticed is dangerous. Milkman is a tale of gossip and hearsay, silence and deliberate deafness. It is the story of inaction with enormous consequences.

Savannah has awakened to the fact that she's made too many concessions in her marriage. Bernadine has watched her megadivorce settlement dwindle. Robin has an all-American case of shopaholism. Gloria has taken happiness and security for granted. But being at the wrong place at the wrong time can change everything. All four are learning to heal past hurts and to reclaim their joy and their dreams; but they return to us full of spirit, sass, and faith in one another.

On a beautifully restored barge on the Seine, Jean Perdu runs a bookshop - or, rather, a 'literary apothecary', for this bookseller possesses a rare gift for sensing which books will soothe the troubled souls of his customers. The only person he is unable to cure, it seems, is himself. He has nursed a broken heart ever since the night, twenty-one years ago, when the love of his life fled Paris, leaving behind a handwritten letter that he has never dared read.

Sie ist reizbar, rätselhaft und viel älter als er...und sie wird seine erste Leidenschaft. Sie hütet verzweifelt ein Geheimnis. Eines Tages ist sie spurlos verschwunden. Erst Jahre später sieht er sie wieder. Die fast kriminalistische Erforschung einer sonderbaren Liebe und bedrängenden Vergangenheit.

東京下町で老舗古書店〈東京バンドワゴン〉を営む堀田家は、四世代の大家族。勘一のひ孫・花陽は受験生になり、研人は中学校に入学、かんなと鈴花もすくすく育っている。ひとつ屋根の下、ふしぎな事件が舞い込んで、今日も一家は大騒ぎ。

昭和40年代、人気ロックバンドLOVE TIMERのボーカル・我南人は、物騒な男たちに絡まれて怪我をした女子高生・秋実を助ける。彼女は、窮地に陥った親友のアイドル・冴季キリを救いにきたのだという。そこに深い事情を察した堀田家の人たち。

板橋の商店街で、父の代から続く中華そば屋を営む康平は、一緒に店を切り盛りしてきた妻を急病で失って、長い間休業していた。ある日、分厚い本の間から、妻宛ての古いはがきを見つける。

謎と秘密を乗せて、今、長い航海が始まる。撮影中の事故により三たび映像化が頓挫した“呪われた”小説『夜果つるところ』と、その著者・飯合梓の謎を追う小説家の蕗谷梢は、関係者が一堂に会するクルーズ旅行に夫・雅春とともに参加した。

高校を卒業したばかりの堀田研人が率いるバンド〈TOKYO BANDWAGON〉が、ひょんなことからイギリスのスタジオでフルアルバムのレコーディングを行うことになった。我南人の引率で、藍子とマードックが暮らす家を訪れた一行。

南軽井沢の銀河ホテル。イギリス風の瀟洒な洋館の一角に、「手紙室」がある。室長の苅部文彦は、このホテルに居候する風変わりな男。彼の手紙ワークショップを受けると、なぜか心の奥のほんとうの気持ちが見えてくる。