Ergebnis für "Silence" in Coming of Age

Frances Janvier è sempre stata una "macchina da studio" con un unico obiettivo: entrare in una università d'élite. E nulla la può fermare: né gli amici, né il segreto che nasconde, neppure la sua stessa personalità. Aled Last frequenta l'ultimo anno del liceo ma ricorda a tutti un bambino piccolo che ha perso la mamma al supermercato. È timido e prende sempre voti altissimi. Quando incontra Aled, Frances scopre una nuova libertà.

We’re all playing a dangerous game. One where there are no winners. Only survivors. I’m in love with my enemies, but obviously they don’t feel the same way. When their lies and betrayal surface, I have no choice but to leave. They’ve broken my heart, but not my spirit. They think they’ve won. They think they’ve ruined me. The only thing they’ve done is made me stronger.

Alrion barely survived. His success came at a terrible cost. Driven to improve his skill and prove his worth as a wizard he pushes on. His dreams show him a vision of his next goal, the Vault of Silence. It is a secret trial guarded by an order of monks and designed to test a person’s will. To get there, he must find a guide and negotiate his way through sprawling cities and a vast desert. But the creatures of the Blight are organising.

Había una vez, en un remoto sur español, un pueblo blanco llamado Arquía de la Millación. Allí vivían: el maestro, enamorado de una inalcanzable estrella de cine; Conchita, una prostituta que quería ser madre; Don Adolfo, un pianista que inventaba un pasado mejor para su hijo; Mónica Portugal, la folclórica que fascinaba con su voz? Pero Ocho años de silencio no es una novela sobre un pueblo andaluz, ni sobre los inolvidables personajes que lo habitan.