Ergebnis für "Silence" in 20. Jahrhundert

Bloomsbury presents Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah, read by Damian Lynch. BY THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE 2021 'One of Africa's greatest living writers' Giles Foden 'Exquisite' Telegraph ‘A remarkable novel, by a wondrous writer’ Philippe Sands 'To read Afterlives is to be...

From “a novelist at the height of his powers,” a dramatic and jubilant dive into France in the “glorious years” of the 1950s, through the lens of one ambitious, troubled, and utterly compelling family (La Croix). It is 1952 and the grown children of Louis Pelletier, a prominent...

Brought to you by Penguin. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WATERSTONES DEBUT FICTION PRIZE 2024 The Silence in Between is a historical novel based in Berlin in 1961 and during the Second World War. Lisette lives in East Berlin but brings her new-born baby to a hospital in West Berlin. Under doctor's orders...

Bloomsbury presents Painter of Silence by Georgina Harding, read by Sian Thomas SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012 Iasi, Romania, the early 1950s. A nameless man is found on the steps of a hospital. Deaf and mute, he is unable to communicate until a young nurse called Safta brings...

The Hunt for Red October meets The Thing when a British spy in East Germany, codename Thistle, uncovers a hidden USSR underwater base with a terrifying secret, blending deep-sea dread and psychological horror in a high-stakes thriller that will captivate fans of S.A. Barnes and Daniel Kraus...

Set in the ancient city of Smyrna, this powerful novel follows the intertwining fates of four families as their peaceful city is ripped apart by the dissolution of the Ottoman Empire. On an orange-tinted evening in September 1905, Scheherazade is born to an opium-dazed mother in the ancient city...

For months, Marianne’s resistance network has carried out courageous missions from a remote farmhouse in Southern Provence, aiding the Nazis’ downfall. But one fateful night, they are viciously ambushed as German soldiers storm in, scattering, capturing or killing every last person there. Mourning the loss of her friends, Marianne will need every ounce of courage to survive. Not only has her life as a secret agent been critically compromised, but her heart has been shattered. Because Jack, her darling fiancé and fellow spy, fled in the chaos–and is accused of being a traitor.

Anna acaba de perder a una de las personas más importantes de su vida: su abuela Anita, su faro y su refugio, quien siempre la protegió y la amó incondicionalmente. Su ausencia le deja un profundo vacío, pero también un cometido que deberá asumir: desentrañar la historia oculta tras los silencios que se han apoderado de su familia a lo largo de varias generaciones.

As a secret agent for the British government, Anthony Brooke wants to expose a gang responsible for blackmailing innocent people and gruesome murders. But when they plot a kidnap, Anthony must race to reach the little girl before they do. Milly will not be easy to retrieve, for she is in a Belgian convent, in German-occupied territory. To rescue her, Anthony must go behind enemy lines, crawl under the wire, face ruthless guards and break into the convent.

On a bombing mission over Germany, David Turner's thoughts are with Sally Barnes in Liverpool. Deaf since childhood, Sally is young and vulnerable and David wishes he could be with her to protect her from the horros of war. But to Sally, David is just the boy from down the road. It is Lee, the young carefree American airman, who has won her heart.

Voici l'histoire vraie du jeune pilote Claude Eatherly qui, le 6 août 1945, a participé au bombardement d'Hiroshima. Démobilisé, il est accueilli en héros mais s'enferme dans le mutisme. Une étrange voix le hante. Qui est-elle ? Que veut-elle ? Et si c'était la voix de sa conscience ? Tandis que les autorités le font passer pour fou, Eatherly entraîne sa femme et ses enfants dans une chute inexorable. "La Revanche des orages" est un roman sur la gloire et le remords, ou le portrait profondément humain d'un héros malgré lui.