Ergebnis für "Norma" in Science Fiction & Fantasy

From the internationally best-selling author of Purge and When the Doves Disappeared, a spellbinding new novel set in present-day Helsinki, about a young woman with a fantastical secret who is trying to solve the mystery of her mother's death. When Anita Naakka jumps in front of an oncoming...

Was passierte wirklich in der Nacht auf den 5. August 1962 im Haus von Norma Jeane Mortenson, die unter ihrem Künstlernamen Marilyn Monroe zu einer der bekanntesten Persönlichkeiten des 20. Jahrhunderts wurde? Viele Indizien deuten auf Mord, findet der Berliner Hacker Georg Brand - alias T-Rex - bei seinen Nachforschungen heraus. Doch waren es wirklich die Kennedys, die hier eine kompromittierende Zeugin beseitigen wollten? Oder war es jemand ganz anders, der den Kennedys den Tod des Filmstars zu seinem eigenen Nutzen in die Schuhe schieben wollte?

Brought to you by Penguin. Evie Cross had big dreams of becoming an investigative journalist but at 25 and struggling to make it in New York City, she's finally starting to admit that her dream is her side hustle and her day job is actually... her job. That is, until she signs on as a temp for a...

Tras irrumpir en el panorama literario internacional con Purga, que vendió más de un millón de ejemplares en más de cuarenta países y recibió el aplauso unánime de los lectores y la crítica, además de numerosos premios y honores, Sofi Oksanen, una de las principales voces de la narrativa finlandesa actual, vuelve a sorprendernos con Norma, una novela intensa y asombrosa que combina con gran eficacia la intriga, el realismo mágico y la crítica social.

Norma ist scheinbar eine ganz normale Frau. Sie ist Mitte dreißig, vernarrt in ihre beiden Katzen und von dem Wunsch beseelt, endlich den richtigen Mann zu finden und eine Familie zu gründen. Was Norma nicht ahnt: Ihr ist es bestimmt, einem außerordentlichen Kind das Leben zu schenken – dem Silbernen Menschenkind, von dessen Schicksal die Zukunft aller Erdenwesen abhängt. Seit ihrer Geburt steht sie daher unter dem besonderen Schutz der Lumani, der Wächter des Lichts.

Harold is dead, shot by an unknown assailant. While staring at his lifeless body, his deceased uncle enters the room and urges Harold to follow him to a better place. Harold refuses, determined to hold onto his earthly belongings. While he investigates his own murder, he learns how to adjust to the world as a spirit, interact with the town's other ghostly inhabitants, and frighten new tenants who dare move into his house. Eventually a malicious entity known as "the Dark One" invades his home. Can Harold get rid of it and solve the mystery of his death?

Peppy Penguin has lots and lots of waterproof feathers and a nice chubby layer of fat around her middle to help keep her warm. When she grows up she will be about the size of a six-year-old. But she's much littler now. The Emperor penguins have a special way of keeping warm called huddling. Peppy Penguin was in that huddle right now, and she noticed two naughty penguins cut in line. What would you do?

Have you ever had a loose tooth? Lucy Llama woke up one morning and her tooth was loose! She ran to the mirror and wiggled it. She ran to her mother and wiggled it. She ran to her father and wiggled it. Then she ran all the way to school to wiggle it for her friends. Knowing that she would lose her first tooth soon was exciting. Would Lucy Llama's tooth fall out on its own, or would it have help?

Mathlo the Meerkat had very good eyes. His friends called him Matt for short. Matt could spot danger from far away. Some said he was the best guard in the whole clan. Therefore, he was given a lot of guard duties. He never fell asleep on duty. He never left his post. He was an excellent guard. Matt knew he wasn't supposed to leave his guard duty that day. But his replacement never showed and as the sun began to dip down, his impatience got the better of him.

Peter Penguin sometimes felt jealous that his friends seemed to have cooler toys and games than him. Edgar Elephant just got a new skateboard, Francine Flamingo always had the newest sneakers, and Henry Hamster had a trampoline! Peter Penguin had an old skateboard, he had the same pair of shoes from the year before, and his backyard wasn't even big enough to fit a trampoline.

Retomar la fuerza de lo que podría haber sucedido nos impulsa a que palpitemos mejor lo que puede llegar a pasar. "Etiopía. Lucy: rapto y confabulación" es una prueba literaria de ello.