Ergebnis für "Blind" in Anthologien & Kurzgeschichten

From the surreal to the mundane, twenty-four stories that “show Murukami at his dynamic, organic best” (Los Angeles Times Book Review). "A warning to new readers of Haruki Murakami: You will become addicted.... His newest collection is as enigmatic and sublime as ever." —San Francisco...

Agatha Christie demonstrates her unparalleled mastery with Three Blind Mice and Other Stories—a classic compendium of mystery and suspense, crime and detection, whose title novella served as the basis for The Mousetrap, the longest running stage play in the history of the London theater. A...

Blind is a collection of four short stories. Each narrative focuses on characters that come across new insights in their personal lives. The main story revolves around a blind man named Zane, who is given the opportunity to see for the first time in his life. The question is, does he really want to open his eyes to see the new world that awaits him? The second story, "When Worlds Collide", is about a boy named Akbar. He is trying to return the magic rock to his people while also evading the monsters nearby. Plus more!

Dr. Rebecca Miller is devastated over her fiancé's affair...with her best friend. Country charm is the best medicine. Along with a good friend and a bottle of wine. In the heart of wine country, four friends spice up their book club and create The Love List. Love is the last thing on Becca's mind until she's matched with Chase Tanner. Chase discovers the love list and believes to be fooled. Can Becca convince him she really does love him?

Un capitán del ejército de Franco que, el mismo día de la Victoria, renuncia a ganar la guerra; un niño poeta que huye asustado con su compañera niña embarazada y vive una historia vertiginosa de madurez y muerte en el breve plazo de unos meses; un preso en la cárcel de Porlier que se niega a vivir en la impostura para que el verdugo pueda ser calificado de verdugo; por último, un diácono rijoso que enmascara su lascivia tras el fascismo apostólico que reclama la sangre purificadora del vencido.

Der als Kind erblindete und schwer entstellte Fred hat endlich sein Glück gefunden. Er hatte schon nicht mehr an die Liebe geglaubt, doch dann fand er Nadine. Mit ihr lebt er nun abgeschieden in einem verlassenen, einsamen Dorf. Aber dann verschwindet seine Angebetete. Wenige Tage darauf wird eine Frauenleiche erdrosselt in einem nahe gelegenen Bach gefunden. Handelt es sich um Nadine? Haben die Schatten der Vergangenheit sie eingeholt?

“In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king” repeats in Chen Fangyuan’s mind after he finds himself trapped in a valley holding a community of people for whom a disease eliminated their vision many generations before and no longer have a concept of sight. Chen Fangyuan quickly finds that these people have developed their other senses to compensate for their lack of sight. His insistence that he can see causes the entire community to believe he is crazy.

Featuring New York Times bestselling author Victorine E. Lieske. Readers will love this collection of six novellas - three contemporary and three historical - all with one thing in common: Romance.

The incomparable Ray Bradbury is in the driver's seat, off on 21 unforgettable excursions through fantasy, time, and memory, and there are surprises waiting around every curve and behind each mile marker. The journey promises to be a memorable one.

In his fiction, HG Wells explored various fantasy and science fiction sub-genres, from alien invasion narratives through time travel to dystopian tales. He was also an innovator and pioneer in matters of plot and style, as proven by the 33 short stories in The Country of the Blind and Other Stories. The tale of the title is about a mountaineer who discovers a secluded valley of blind people. When he tries to tell them about the sense of sight, they scoff and attribute it to an over-active imagination.

This 1911 collection of thirty-three stories, selected and revised by the author from amongst his huge output of short fiction, includes tales of comedy, horror, monsters, and strange worlds. In his Introduction, Wells writes that the book brings together, “All the short stories by me that I care for any one to read again,” and that, “No short story of mine of the slightest merit is excluded from this volume.”

The book contains a wonderful story of the great Russian writer and public figure Vladimir Korolenko (1853-1921) "The Blind Musician".

A blind beauty, a slave girl, and a lonely daughter - immerse yourself in three stories that are unique but reminiscent of tales as old as time.

From the author of Mrs. and TheFundamentals of Play comes a brilliant and biting short story collection about pride, privilege, and our nagging need to belong. In an era of “hot takes” and easy generalizations, this collection reclaims the absurdities and paradoxes of life as it is actually...

These six stories mark a turning point in Joseph’s work and overflow with the the mystery surrounding death, passion, and the desire to live forever or die in the attempt. David Joseph is a writer of astonishing passion and honesty - his pen set on describing the world as seen through the eyes of a world traveler that has experienced tragedy. Yet the ability to see what dwells in the hearts of ordinary people.

In the small town of Seward, Alaska, Charlene Dixon wanted to follow in her father’s footsteps and be a part of the Nanuq Shila motorcycle club; the only downside was the "No Old Ladies" rule. The antiquated rule amused her, but she respected it just the same, and it never stopped her from taking a ride around the peninsula on her old beat up Yamaha, her pride and joy, and dreaming of a bigger and better future for her.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating. From their pens to your your ears.

From the spine-tingling account of an intergalactic poacher’s rite of passage to an erotic and ultimately uplifting modern fable of inner scars and otherworldly transformation, here are 15 remarkable tales, including the classic novella The Hemingway Hoax. These are stories that sing with a unique and haunting voice—stories of war's monsters, of brutal art and lost stars, and a brief, miraculous moment called childhood, when a young girl can actually fly.

Guy de Maupassant gilt als Aushängeschild weltliterarischer Novellenkunst. Seine Erzählungen erfrischen uns nach wie vor durch deren Natürlichkeit, schlichter Eleganz und Bodenständigkeit. Erfreut und amüsiert genießen wir diese kleinen Zeitreisen, welche einen genüsslichen Einblick in die bürgerliche Lebenswirklichkeit der französischen Gesellschaft des 19ten Jahrhunderts gewähren. Auf diesem Hörbuch befinden sich folgende vier Erzählungen: Vater Milon berichtet aus der Zeit des Deutsch-französischen Krieges 1870/71.

Fifteen stories of hellish horrors come together in C. Dennis Moore's latest collection, What the Blind Man Saw. Rudy finds a dead baby in his trash can. Another man will do anything to escape Hell and take vengeance on Heaven. Cody has done a bad thing, and a disfigured goblin is set on making him pay. Sean Leonard goes out for pizza one night, but on the way back home finds himself on an endless highway, and the clocks have stopped moving.