Ergebnis für "Bron" in Literatur & Belletristik

För tre månader sedan körde Lena Nguyens tvillingsyster Cambry till en undangömd bro tio mil från Missoula i Montana – och hoppade. Hon dog sextio meter nedanför bron, på stenarna i den uttorkade flodfåran. Det hävdar polisen i sin utredning. Men Lena tror inte på det. Nu har hon själv kört till bron i sin döda systers bil, beväpnad med en bandspelare och fast besluten att ta reda på vad som verkligen hände genom att intervjua polismannen som hittade Cambrys kropp. Korpral Raymond Raycevic är sympatisk, rättfram och professionell. Men hans berättelse känns fel.

It began in a women's club in London on a February afternoon. A discreet advertisement in The Times, addressed to "Those who Appreciate Wistaria and Sunshine..." lures four very different women away from the dismal British weather to San Salvatore, a castle high above a bay on the sunny Italian Riviera. There, the Mediterranean spirit stirs the souls of Mrs Arbuthnot, Mrs Wilkins, Lady Caroline Dester, and Mrs Fisher, and remarkable changes occur.

Beautiful, sophisticated and endlessly ambitious Lily Bart endeavours to climb the social ladder of New York's elite by securing a good match and living beyond her means. Now nearing 30 years of age and having rejected several proposals, forever in the hope of finding someone better, her future prospects are threatened. A damning commentary of 20th-century social order, Edith Wharton's tale established her as one of the greatest British novelists of the 1900s.

Det har gått ett år sen den dramatiska skogsbranden, men Stella Robertsson lever fortfarande med konsekvenserna. Hon är avstängd från tjänsten medan hon utreds för sitt agerande i samband med exmannens död, och har tagit sin tillflykt till en lånad sommarstuga. Två kvinnor angrips när de tältar i ett naturreservat utanför stan. Spår på brottsplatsen tyder på kopplingar till ett ouppklarat dubbelmord i närliggande Heleneberg fem år tidigare. Då mördades två trettonåriga flickor av en man de mötte på en nedlagd järnvägsbro.

The acclaimed BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of Anthony Trollope's gently satirical tales of provincial life One of the most respected, successful chroniclers of nineteenth-century life, Anthony Trollope is still widely read and much-loved today. The Barchester Chronicles - witty moral comedies with...

Fem brødre vokser op sammen i et hjem præget af fattigdom og forældrenes ulykkelighed. Derfor går der ikke længe, før alle fem drenge forlader deres barndomshjem for at søge lykken andre steder. To flytter til andre dele af landet, en tager til Australien og to, Martin og Steffen, rejser til Nordamerika for at udleve den amerikanske drøm i både Canada og USA. Martin drager ud i håbet om at kunne skabe sig et liv andetsteds efter at have fået knust sit hjerte, og Steffen rejser med drømmen om at kunne tjene nok penge til at købe et hus og et stykke jord sammen med sin elskede Agnes.

En sen aften står en mand på broen over søen Tjörninn i Reykjavik. Han læner sig ud over rækværket, fordi han har fået øje på noget, der flyder i vandoverfladen. En dukke. Det lykkes ham at fiske dukken op, men så får han øje på noget andet i det iskolde vand. Dernede flyder liget af en lille pige langsomt forbi. Mange år senere bliver den pensionerede politimand Konrad opsøgt af et ældre ægtepar, der vil have ham til at finde deres forsvundne barnebarn, Danni. Hun er narkoman, og hendes mormor er en indflydelsesrig politiker, så de beder Konrad efterforske sagen med yderste diskretion.

Simon Russell Beale stars in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of John le Carré's first novel, which introduced his most famous character, George Smiley. This dramatisation, set in London in the late 1950s, finds Smiley engaged in the humdrum job of security vetting. But when a Foreign Office civil servant commits suicide after an apparently unproblematic interview, Smiley is baffled. Refusing to believe that Fennan shot himself, Smiley decides to investigate.

Lud-in-the-Mist - a prosperous country town situated where two rivers meet: the Dawl and the Dapple. The latter, which has its source in the land of Faerie, is a great trial to Lud, which had long rejected anything 'other', preferring to believe only in what is known, what is solid. Nathaniel Chanticleer is a somewhat dreamy, slightly melancholy man, not one for making waves, who is deliberately ignoring a vital part of his own past: a secret he refuses even to acknowledge.

The Journey Home is a novel narrated through 35 engaging vignettes involving a son’s relationship with his parents during their final year of life. Using amplified recollections vivid dreams, and impressionistic flashbacks, The Journey Home leads the listener on an amazing pilgrimage of discovery and healing.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams is one of the three most important American dramatists of the 20th century, alongside Arthur Miller and Eugene O'Neill. Acclaimed for their lyrical language, dark themes and vivid portrayal of the American South, his works have spawned several Oscar-winning films and been translated and performed worldwide. Collected here are some of the best, beginning with the play that launched Williams' career: The Glass Menagerie. 

A BBC radio collection of full-cast dramatisations, bringing together Edith Wharton’s most popular and best-loved works. 

Jimmy Ek ser sig selv som en rigtig mand, og han opfører sig som lidt af en hustyran derhjemme. Fru Lena har vænnet sig til hans udbrud og gør alt for at glatte ud, både derhjemme og når parret er ude. Men da de to veninder Agneta og Carina opdager, hvordan Jimmy opfører sig, tager det hele en drejning. For de vil i hvert fald ikke se til fra sidelinjen, mens en medsøster bliver holdt nede – så de beslutter at gribe ind!

Det er den tid på året, hvor bukkene tager op i fjeldet for at spise af det friske, grønne græs. Trolden under broen får besøg af den store trold, som vil demonstrere, hvordan man holder vagt og får fat i bukkene. Men trolden vil hellere gå at hygge sig og lave grønmossuppe.Trolden under broen er en moderne udgave af det klassiske folkeeventyr om De tre bukke bruse.I Jesper Wung-Sungs fortælling vendes tingene på hovedet, da trolden egentlig helst er fri for at have noget med bukkene at gøre. Han vil hellere bare passe sig selv.Gyldendal A/S, Klareboderne 3, 1115 København K. www.gyldendal.dk.

Inspired by an old photograph album to investigate the life of a lost relative, a man finds himself on a journey that traverses the 20th century, leading him from an American asylum to the shores of the Dead Sea. Adapted by Edward Kemp from W G Sebald's acclaimed novel about the experiences of...

gentle romance begins innocently enough in the stalls of a London theatre where Catherine is enjoying her ninth and Christopher his thirty-sixth visit to the same play. He is a magnificent young man with flame-coloured hair. She is the sweetest little thing in a hat. There is just one complication: Christopher is 25, while Catherine is just a little bit older. Flattered by the passionate attentions of youth, Catherine, with marriage and motherhood behind her, is at first circumspect, but finally succumbs to her lover's charms.

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Eugenia, an American expatriate brought up in Europe, arrives in rural New England with her charming brother Felix, hoping to find a wealthy second husband after the collapse of her marriage to a German prince. Their exotic, sophisticated airs cause quite a stir with their affluent, God-fearing American cousins, the Wentworth's - and provoke the disapproval of their uncle, suspicious of foreign influences.

Pierre and Agnès marry for love against the wishes of his parents and the family patriarch, the tyrannical industrialist Julien Hardelot, provoking a family feud which cascades down the generations. This is Balzac or The Forsyte Saga on a smaller, more intimate scale, the bourgeoisie observed close-up with Némirovsky's characteristically sly humour and clear-eyed compassion.

Twelve make-believe spoof comedy documentaries charting the lives of celebrated fictional characters ‘Gorgeously silly’ The Independent Have you ever wondered what became of the protagonists from your favourite childhood stories? Well, wonder no more: in these hilarious mockumentaries, the...