Ergebnis für "Love Story" in Zeitgenössische Literatur

La gran novela japonesa que ha marcado un hito en la literatura contemporánea, una historia de amor inolvidable. Novela ganadora del prestigioso Premio Tanizaki.

In a world ravaged by a deadly pandemic, former rock star Chris Price leaves New York and sets out on a long journey home to England. It’s been six years of devastation since the plague killed his wife and daughter, and Chris is determined to find out if any of his family has survived. His passage leaves him scarred, in body and mind, by exposure to humankind at its most desperate and dangerous. But the greatest ordeal awaits him beyond the urban ruins, in an idyllic country refuge where Chris meets a woman, Pauline, who is largely untouched by the world’s horrors.

Seit ihrer Geburt lebt Pearl im Auto, sie vorne, ihre Aussteiger-Mutter auf der Rückbank. Zwölf Jahre stehen die beiden jetzt schon am Rande eines Trailer-Parks irgendwo in Florida. Draußen vor der Windschutzscheibe ist die Welt den Waffen verfallen: Kinder wachsen mit Pistolen statt Haustieren auf, Schießübungen immer und überall, mal Alligatoren, mal den Fluss, mal Polizisten im Visier, und sonntags sitzt man beim Gottesdienst mit der geschulterten Schrotflinte in der ersten Reihe. Doch im Ford Mercury wirken andere Kräfte, hier lernt Pearl das Träumen. Bis mit Eli ein Mann auftaucht, der das Herz der Mutter stiehlt.

“Madeleine Gray takes a scalpel to millennial malaise, office romance, and infidelity, and the result is a brainy, gutsy, nervy—and hilarious—wonder of a novel.” —Meg Howrey, author of They're Going to Love You "Simon’s sarcastic delivery captures the emotions of a heroine with the...

Morgan, Charlotte, and Abby Weiss are filled with mixed emotions. After their beloved mother took her own life without leaving a note, the siblings go through the motions of a funeral while grappling with grief and anger at their parent’s actions.

Alësa ha quarantacinque anni e un buco nero al posto del cuore. Ha ucciso molti uomini, forse tanti quanti sono i libri che ha letto. Ma adesso l'imprevisto ha fatto irruzione nella sua vita su una bicicletta rossa, nei panni della donna piú sbagliata di cui ci si possa innamorare. Nicolai Lilin non rinuncia alla sua cifra - la scrittura ruvida e potente, e uno sguardo spietato sulle umane contraddizioni -, ma fa un altro passo e si cimenta con i generi, mescolandoli con intelligenza.

Rohan’s dreams come crashing down when his beloved breaks up with him. Unable to endure the trauma of separation, he decides to end his life. An unexpected phone call gives his story a twist and takes him on a journey to diverse places, where he discovers life-altering truths. Who is the mysterious call from? Is he able to overcome his grief and make a fresh start?

Where's Stephanie? is about a grandmother's prayer to be reunited with her granddaughter who was given up for adoption. When her granddaughter, Stephanie, was born, there was only time to say hello and goodbye. But despite the baby's adoption shortly after birth, Anna Weber always longed for the day she'd see her precious granddaughter again.

As war rages across Europe, one young woman faces an impossible choice. Will she save her country...or the man she loves? It is the late 1930s. In London, socialite Rosamund Hanbury is determined to give up the parties and social sets of which she is a prominent member to join the war effort, along with scores of other young women.

Librarian Phoebe Cotton lives with misophonia. The sound of other people crunching an apple, slurping their tea or snapping chewing gum fills her with a rage that she buries deep within. Mortified by her 'Not Quite Right' brain, she hides away inside 6 Salmon Street, the family home that her...

Someone once told me that groupings of objects should be displayed in threes. Three provides both tension and balance among items of varying size and heft. My sister’s accident made me an only child; my husband’s accident made me a widow. Part of me will always believe that Angel was the...

A woman inherits a beloved bookstore and sets forth on a journey of self-discovery in this poignant debut about family, forgiveness and a love of reading. Miranda Brooks grew up in the stacks of her eccentric uncle Billy’s bookstore, solving the inventive scavenger hunts he created just for...

"More than a glitzy Hollywood tale... It's a surprisingly insightful, even poignant meditation on stardom."--Entertainment Weekly ("Must List") The celebrated author of The Myth of You and Me explores an untraditional love story through the lens of a character actor who must finally become the...

“One of the biggest names in urban-fiction.” - Red Carpet Crash on Butterfly The hardest thing Morgan Atkins has ever done is let go of love. After losing Messiah, she never thought she’d find someone who understood her again. Until she reunited with Ahmeek Harris and their friendship...

As the wine and conversation begin to flow at a reunion between six women, who were friends at school, memories start to surface- some happy, others bittersweet and a few that are downright poisonous... Forced to confront dark secrets that they thought lay buried deep in the past, the women...

Big Fish meets The Notebook in this emotionally evocative story about a man, a woman, and an alligator that is a moving tribute to love, from the New York Times bestselling author of the award-winning memoir Rocket Boys—the basis of the movie October Sky. Elsie Lavender and Homer Hickam (the...

"La verità è quasi sempre una storia raccontata a metà." Una giovane donna attende con ansia fuori da una stanza d'ospedale. È stata lei ad accompagnare lì d'urgenza l'uomo che ora è ricoverato in gravi condizioni. È stata lei a soccorrerlo in spiaggia, mentre passava per caso, dice. Non dice - non può farlo - che invece erano insieme, che sono amanti. Lo stesso giorno, in un'altra ala dell'ospedale, una donna è in attesa di notizie sul marito, vittima di un incidente d'auto.

WILL IT BE MONEY OR LOVE? For Abhijeet, Saurav, Shruti, Garima life is about to change. They have the most sought after jobs in the country—jobs that will pay for designer clothes, shoes, watches, holidays in foreign locations . . . all the things they’ve ever wanted. But then, is life ever...

It's a simple story. Boy meets girl, takes place in NYC.