Ergebnis für "Esmeralda" in Literatur & Belletristik

A former military dog, a Venezuelan street mutt, and a cannibalistic Shih Tzu, who have lost their owners, escape rescue cages. Now they have to learn to survive together in a colonial Ecuadorian mountain town, bisected by winding rivers that descend to the Amazon.

De la galardonada autora bestseller de Cuando era puertorriqueña, nos llega una poderosa novela sobre la familia, la raza, la fe, el sexo y el desastre que transita entre Puerto Rico y el Bronx, revelando las vidas y los amores de cinco mujeres, y el secreto que las une. Se hacen llamar “Las...

Dos historias de amor separadas en el tiempo pero unidas por el misterio de un cuadro desaparecido. Un peligroso juego de amenazas e intereses ocultos que cambiará las vidas de los protagonistas para siempre.

A finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the Story Prize, the first ever collection of “dazzlingly told” (The New York Times) literary short stories from Don DeLillo, the National Book Award-winning author of Underworld and Falling Man. Set in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a...

Die Karibik, Griechenland, Manhattan, ein Gefängnis für Witschaftsdelikte und das Weltall sind die Schauplätze...

Auf der Suche nach Informationen über seine vergangenen Leben stößt Dorian Hunter auf Aufzeichnungen aus der Zeit der spanischen Inquisition. Im Jahre 1506 wird das Mädchen Esmeralda der Hellseherei angeklagt und gezwungen, fortan mit der Inquisition zusammenzuarbeiten. Ihre erste Aufgabe ist es, etwas über einen jungenden Mann herauszufinden: Juan Garcia de Tabera.

"Esmeralda – Vergeltung": Dorian Hunter liegt im Krankenhaus! Auf die schlagartige Erinnerung an sein zweites Leben als Juan Garcia de Tabera folgte der totale körperliche Zusammenbruch. Anfang des 16. Jahrhunderts erlebte de Tabera den Prozess gegen das unschuldige Mädchen Esmeralda. Der Beginn einer feurigen Liebschaft, die tragisch endete – und deren Schatten bis in die Gegenwart reicht. Epilog "Schneesturm": Während Dorian Hunter den Spuren seines zweiten Lebens folgt, macht FBI-Agent und Dämonenjäger Timothy Morton auf seinem Weg nach New York in einem Café an der amerikanischen Ostküste Station.

Don DeLillo er af en af vor tids største forfattere. Hans første novellesamling indeholder ni noveller, der er skrevet mellem 1979 og 2011, og som spejler det amerikanske samfund på godt og ondt og berører emner, der har optaget det amerikanske samfund i perioden. De øvrige noveller er: "Skaberværk", "Menneskelige øjeblikke i Tredje Verdenskrig", "Løberen", "Elfenbensakrobaten", "Baader-Meinhof", "Midnat hos Dostojevskij", "Hammer og segl", "Den forsultne".

""Lyrical [and] haunting, América’s liberating epiphany will have readers . . . on their feet and cheering."" — Washington Post From the award-winning, best-selling author of When I Was Puerto Rican, América’s Dream explores the ever-shifting definition of what it means to be American...

The Cruise of the Esmeralda is a thrilling treasure-hunting adventure. Captain Saint Leger, left penniless after his father’s death, sets sail to uncover a family fortune lost in the Eastern Seas. Along the way, he faces storms, pirates, and mutiny in this high-seas classic.

Este libro es cuestión de cartas. Y de emails. Y de mujeres, porque 10 mujeres son sus autoras. Creemos que también sus personajes. Y, ¿de qué hablan? Pues ¿de qué van a hablar? De lo que piensan, de lo que hacen, de sus hijos, de sus amores y pasiones, de sus innumerables dudas y certezas...

From the award-winning, best-selling author of When I Was Puerto Rican, a powerful novel of family, race, faith, sex, and disaster that moves between Puerto Rico and the Bronx, revealing the lives and loves of five women and the secret that binds them together They refer to themselves as “las...

An epic novel of love, discovery, and adventure by the author of the best-selling memoir When I Was Puerto Rican. As a young girl growing up in Spain, Ana Larragoity Cubillas is powerfully drawn to Puerto Rico by the diaries of an ancestor who traveled there with Ponce de León. And in handsome...

Un'antica leggenda narra di un uomo che osò amare una dea e di una dea che rinunciò all'immortalità per amore di un uomo. Quell'uomo è Arumna, principe Seianti, che per difendere la sua Tuscia dalla minaccia di Roma sarà costretto a compiere delle scelte difficili. Amori e alleanze inaspettate saranno la cornice della sua personale battaglia contro i Figli di Marte, contro le ingiustizie, contro il destino. E la Tomba degli Amanti sigillerà per sempre il suo segreto. Riuscirà Velia, archeologa ormai disillusa, a riportare alla luce l'amore tormentato di un uomo e di una dea?

An ambitious memoir in essays by beloved bestselling author Reyna Grande that illuminates the hidden cost of the American Dream and the complex journey of healing that follows survival. Reyna Grande has spent her career powerfully capturing the raw reality of life across borders. Her memoirs...

Horror movie reviews and true scary stories!Join hosts Esme and Laura as they dive into lighthearted reviews and commentary on the latest horror movies and shows with some personality. Both are life long horror fans based out of Los Angeles, California. Movie details and outcomes are definitely mentioned so **SPOILER ALERT!!!** for basically this whole podcast! They also share REAL-LIFE ghost stories and eerie encounters, whether from first or second hand telling from guests, their own, or listener experiences too.Join us if you like horror, scary , spooky, or gory movies and film (sometimes ...

In het Iran van de zeventiende eeuw bereikt een veertienjarig meisje de huwbare leeftijd. Maar in plaats van een prachtige toekomst kondigt een onheilspellende komeet boven de woestijn ongeluk en tegenspoed aan. Als haar vader plotseling overlijdt en geen bruidsschat achterlaat, beginnen het meisje en haar moeder noodgedwongen een nieuw leven in de sprookjesachtige stad Isfahan. Haar oom - een rijke tapijtmaker - en zijn echtgenote nemen de twee vrouwen met tegenzin naar huis. Onder begeleiding van haar oom ontwikkelt het meisje zich tot een briljant tapijtknoopster.

Fumar en una bañera no tendría nada particularmente interesante salvo si lo hacemos con alguien más, y justo eso es lo que ocurre en este libro: dos amigas se dan un baño juntas, se relajan y se fuman un cigarro mientras se expresan sus confidencias ante la perplejidad y la reconstrucción emocional a las que se ven abocadas tras salir ambas de una larga relación.

When Quasimodo appears before the masses as the "Pope of Fools," the crowd beholds an enormous cyclops-like creature—the hunchback's whole body seems a twisted grimace. Yet, with all his deformity, there is a certain grace and agility in him, and he possesses an endearing passion. When Esmerelda, the beautiful Romani woman, stands between his two executioners, Quasimodo makes the ultimate sacrifice.

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