Ergebnis für "Boisen" in Belletristik

The great scholar, W. E. B. Du Bois, once wrote about the problem of race in America, and what he called “Double Consciousness,” a sensitivity that every African American possesses in order to survive. Since childhood, Ailey Pearl Garfield has understood Du Bois’s words all too well. Bearing the names of two formidable Black Americans—the revered choreographer Alvin Ailey and her great grandmother Pearl, the descendant of enslaved Georgians and tenant farmers—Ailey carries Du Bois’s problem on her shoulders.

Ailey Pearl Garfield grows up between the City in the north and summers spent in her mother’s small hometown of Chicasetta, Georgia. From an early age, she finds herself in a battle for belonging that’s made all the more difficult by a hurt in her past, as well as the whispers of women—her mother, Belle, her sister, Lydia, and a maternal line reaching back two centuries—that urge Ailey to succeed in their stead.

Angie is awakened by a midnight call from an officer with the Boise Police Department and thinks there must be a misunderstanding. The officer tells her that her husband was involved in a shooting at a local bar, but how can that be when her husband is sleeping right next to her? But when she turns to wake him, he isn’t there. Tessa is the 23-year-old bartender who escapes to a backroom storage closet during the shooting. When it comes to light that five people were killed, she is burdened with the question of why she survived.

A stunning debut novel from Jesmyn Ward, Where the Line Bleeds is a rich tale of twins raised by their grandmother in a stiflingly poor rural community on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi. Upon graduating from high school, growing tensions between brothers Joshua and Christophe test their loyalties—and a violent altercation forever changes their lives.

Den amerikanske officer Sean O'Sullivan får en høj militær post i Berlin lige efter anden verdenskrig. Han forelsker sig i en tysk pige og møder en række særprægede personer, der alle spiller en vigtig rolle i dramaet om Berlin. Det er beretningen om, hvordan Berlin bliver et brændpunkt mellem Øst og Vest, om den sovjetiske blokade og om det eventyrlige redningsforsøg, der blev kaldt "luftbroen til Berlin".

Den 16. juni 1904 vandrer Leopold Bloom rundt i Dublins gader, imens hans kone Molly morer sig på kryds og tværs med andre mænd hjemme i ægtesengen. Leopold Bloom er blevet gjort til en ufrivillig hanrej, og hvad andet kan han gøre end at lade sine skosåler slide af vejen, blive ydmyget mellem husmure og på beværtninger og gemme sig i den ene erindring efter den anden efterhånden som de dukker op i Dublins våde tåge. Leopold Bloom er det 20. århundredes Odysseus, men i modsætning til Homers antikke krigerhelt, er Bloom en moderne antihelt.

In Jesmyn Ward's first novel since her National Book Award-winning Salvage the Bones, this singular American writer brings the archetypal road novel into rural 21st-century America. An intimate portrait of a family and an epic tale of hope and struggle, Sing, Unburied, Sing journeys through Mississippi's past and present, examining the ugly truths at the heart of the American story and the power - and limitations - of family bonds.

Un très bon polar, qui comblera les attentes des lecteurs du genre. Un style soigné et littéraire, un scénario et une procédure cohérents. Des personnages hauts en couleur qui prennent vie au fil des pages et des rebondissements.

W. E. B. Du Bois considered his first novel, The Quest of the Silver Fleece, to be an “economic study” of the post-Reconstruction relationship between the North and the South, but this first foray into fiction proves itself to be much more than that. Filled with literary realism, social commentary, and romance, Silver Fleece chronicles the love story between Zora, a free-spirited Black girl from a Southern swamp, and Bles, a Black man educated in the North.

Dan Slaughter has given up on appearances. With his wife dead and his kids grown, he’s slowly reverting back to the east Tennessee boy he used to be three decades earlier. He quit cutting his hair and started smoking pot. He drinks when he wants to and sings along with the classic songs of his lost youth.

The Silver Fleece, cotton, could be the answer to Zora and Bles' prayers in overcoming poverty. While attending Miss Smith's School in rural Alabama, they lovingly nurture their crop. But, the white aristocracy is determined to control the price of cotton and monopolize the market. Can two young lovers prevail despite the daunting obstacles laid before them?

"Les enfants, les bébés, ils les appellent les "petitous". Et c’est vrai qu’ils sont des petits touts. Qu’ils sont un peu de leur mère, un peu de leur père, un peu des grands-parents, un peu de ceux qui sont morts, il y a si longtemps. Tout ce qu’ils leur ont transmis, caché, inventé. Tout. C’est pas toujours facile d’être un petit tout, d’avoir en soi autant d’histoires, autant de gens, de réussir à les faire taire pour inventer encore une petite chose à soi."

In the heart of Jacksen County, Jason has begun to carve out his new destiny. With his magic system now reset, he’s focused on doing something new with his life—ranching. After taking a job at Eldritch Ranch, Jason embraces his role as a rancher under the employ of Sera—a fierce beauty who currently owns the ranch. With a reset Tracker to guide him, he’s establishing his skills with unique rancher spells and learning more about magical beasts.

Une traversée du XXe siècle, de Corrèze en Charente limousine, sur les traces de Marie. De son enfance corrézienne au début du XXe siècle, Marie garde le souvenir de l'affection des sœurs de l'orphelinat où elle a grandi. Et celui du jour de ses 13 ans où on vint la chercher, non pour l'adopter mais pour en faire une servante. Entrée au service des Cuzenac, dans leur ferme charentaise, harassée de travaux domestiques, elle s'interroge sur le sens de son destin.

I 1970'ernes Italien er der for nu relativt rolige forhold, men lige under overfladen ligger en intens politisk magtkamp og ulmer. Folk fra både højre og venstre på den politiske skala er mere end klar til opgøret, der indledes, da planerne om et statskup afsløres og flere højtstående personer bliver fængslet. Den australske forfatter Morris L. West (1916-1999) voksede op i Melbourne som den yngste af seks børn. Som 14-årig blev han en del af en munkeorden.

Cotton, or the silver fleece, could be the answer to all of Zora and Bles’ problems in overcoming poverty. But being African American at the dawn of the twentieth century has disadvantages. White aristocracy is determined to control the resource and monopolize the market. Can the two lovers overcome their obstacles?

Under den store depression i 1930ernes USA samler den livlige amerikanske iværksætter Charles Flanagan 2000 løbere fra alle verdenshjørner for at løbe fra Los Angeles til New York for præmie på 150.000 dollars. Flanagans løbere står over for et umenneskeligt hårdt løb. 5000 km på tværs af Mojave-ørkenen og de iskolde Rocky Mountains og med en distance på 50 km om dagen i tre måneder. Den nationale amerikanske sportsorganisation er imidlertid desperat efter at knuse det, den ser som en professionel udfordring til OL i Los Angeles i 1932.

Eventyrere, pirater og spekulanter - alle jagter de land og rigdomme i et Afrika, der snart er gennemsøgt på kryds og tværs af den hvide mand. Familien Ballantyne har allerede været i Afrika i et par generationer og har tjent store formuer. Familien tæller både helte og skurke blandt sine medlemmer, som også har dannet stærke venskabsbånd med sorte familier. Men alt dette smuldrer, og venner bliver til dødsfjender, i det oprør negrene indleder for at erobre det tabte land tilbage.

From the bestselling author of This Book Belongs To comes a new romantic adventure that will have you laughing, crying, and wishing you were there! Clara Herrera is a backpacking blogger traveling WITHOUT A MAP . Ben Murphy is a luxury travel writer who never got directions in how to love. When she wins a competition to join him on a trip to India for Holi, the festival of love, they’re both forced to confront their tortured pasts and opposing ideas about how to live in the present. Can they navigate their way around the world—and each other?

Manfred Steyner er gift med datteren af bestyrelsesformanden til en af Afrikas rigeste guldminer, og han ønsker at overtage sin svigerfars post - det vil gøre ham til en af de mægtigste mænd i Afrika. Men for at nå sit mål har han brug for Rod Ironside. Ingen af de to mænd ved, at de blot er brikker i et spil, der skal gøre dem til syndebukke, når en lille gruppe spekulanter begynder at bruge menneskeliv som indsats for at slå bunden ud af den afrikanske guldhandel.