Ergebnis für "Dark" in Zeitgenössische Literatur

A hilarious spin on life in the celebrity fast lane from “Florida’s most entertainingly indignant social critic” (New York Times Book Review) and the bestselling author of Squeeze Me. Meet twenty-two-year-old Cherry Pye (née Cheryl Bunterman), a pop star since she was fourteen—and about...

Brida, a young Irish girl, has long been interested in various aspects of magic but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of great wisdom. She meets a wise man who dwells in a forest, who teaches her to trust in the goodness of the world, and a woman who teaches her how...

The Beating of his Wings by Paul Hoffman is the final instalment in his epic Cale and the Sanctuary of Redeemers series. Thomas Cale has been running from the truth. Since discovering that his brutal military training has been for one purpose - to destroy God's greatest mistake, mankind itself -...

An NPR, Washington Post, Time, People, Vulture, Guardian, Vox, Kirkus Reviews, Newsweek, LitHub, and New York Public Library Best Book of the Year * “Delightful…cathartic, devious, and terrifically entertaining.” —The New York Times * “Timely, whip-smart, and darkly funny.” —People...

Sam returns home from a business trip a day before his son's 13th birthday and is looking forward to being with his family when his world is cruelly shattered in one fell swoop. Initially he thinks he can cope with the loss but finally seeks the help of Cynthia, an experienced therapist, to regain his equipoise. What he does not know is that Cynthia herself is trying to cope with a debilitating divorce and the sinister shadow of her ex-husband over her daughter....

When a couple renovate a beautiful 17th-century house in the Cotswolds, they discover the ghosts of the Civil War are still in residence. As Guy and Ruth delve into the property's history, uncovering both joy and sorrow, the house finally relinquishes its secrets, revealing how closely the family from the past is intertwined with the present-day owners. Why do they seem so familiar? Have they perhaps met before?

Après dix ans passés derrière les barreaux, Riley Materson revient à Riverton, sa ville natale. Il a l'intention d'aider Sheldon, son frère, qui a pris la direction des Droks suite au décès de leur paternel. Toutefois, Riley ne s'attendait pas à devenir leur chef, comme l'avait exigé son père. Lui qui désirait justement écarter Sheldon et Hayden de ce milieu dangereux où règnent les trafics d'armes, de drogue et la violence ; il va devoir revoir ses résolutions.

A "prophetic, propulsive" tale of one mysterious, messianic child with untold powers who draws three desperate souls into acts of mercy and mayhem. (Scott Blackburn) An old woman, riddled with dementia, walks off into the woods in the middle of the night. A light in the wood draws her to a...

"J'étais au trente-sixième dessous. J'avais du verre pilé à la place du cœur. Quand j'ai rencontré Dominic, tout a changé. Peu à peu, la douleur s'est atténuée. J'ai réappris à être heureuse. Je n'aurais jamais soupçonné à quel point il était exaltant de s'abandonner. C'est aussi à Dominic que je dois cette découverte. Avec lui, j'explore un univers inconnu où le plaisir et la douleur ne font qu'un, à l'image de cet amour en clair-obscur dont il m'entoure. Un amour qui me laisse pieds et poings liés.

Middle-class Rosie Macalister has worked for years to fit in with her wealthy friends on the Yale equestrian team. But when she comes back from her junior year abroad with newfound confidence, she finds that the group has been infiltrated by a mysterious intruder: Annelise Tattinger. A talented tarot reader and a brilliant rider, the enigmatic Annelise is unlike anyone Rosie has ever met. But when one of their friends notices money disappearing from her bank account, Annelise's place in the circle is thrown into question.

Quand Aria croise par hasard son fantasme d'adolescente, c'est tout un bastion de sentiments forts et de souvenirs qui lui reviennent. Elle retombe aussitôt sous son charme. Mais derrière le masque de clown et le beau sourire du lieutenant McCarthy, il y a un passé sombre, et un présent tout aussi trouble. Qui est-il vraiment ? Et surtout, qui cherche-t-il à fuir ?

"The Haunter of the Dark" is a horror short story by American author H. P. Lovecraft, written between 5-9 November 1935 and published in the December 1936 edition of Weird Tales (Vol. 28, No. 5, p. 538-53). It was the last-written of the author's known works, and is part of the Cthulhu Mythos. The epigraph to the story is the second stanza of Lovecraft's 1917 poem "Nemesis". The story is a sequel to "The Shambler from the Stars", by Robert Bloch. Bloch wrote a third story in the sequence, "The Shadow from the Steeple", in 1950.

The story of the world’s deadliest industrial disaster – The Bhopal gas tragedy, told through an emotional lens of memories of an unsung hero. A son of the soil who lost everything like the city did, but reclaimed everything, just like the city did.

“The daily grind got you down? Escape into this Swedish dark comedy about a scaldingly contemptuous office drone who discovers a secret room in his workplace.”—O: The Oprah Magazine The inspiration for the upcoming feature film Corner Office, starring Jon Hamm Björn is a compulsive...

Dopo una delusione d'amore il giovane protagonista, per evitare di soffrire ancora, decide di annientare la propria sensibilità e diventa un sicario. Freddo e spietato, solo il sangue delle sue vittime sembra procurargli piacere, fino al giorno in cui gli viene ordinato di uccidere un ministro con tutta la sua famiglia. Il diario segreto della figlia adolescente del ministro risveglia in lui una morbosa curiosità, che si trasforma ben presto in ossessione sconvolgendo in modo imprevedibile il suo destino...