Ergebnis für "Tasmania" in Belletristik

Il protagonista di questo romanzo è un giovane uomo che pensava che la scienza gli avrebbe fornito tutte le risposte ma si ritrova davanti un muro di domande. Con lui ci sono Lorenza che sa aspettare, Novelli che studia la forma delle nuvole, Karol che ha trovato Dio dove non lo stava cercando, Curzia che smania, Giulio che non sa come parlare a suo figlio. La crisi di cui racconta questo romanzo non è solo quella di una coppia, forse è quella di una generazione, sicuramente la crisi del mondo che conosciamo - e del nostro pianeta.

Told from five different points of view, each one revealing something different, On a Bright Hillside in Paradise tells the story of a family of convict descendants in the back-blocks of Tasmania, on a farm in a place called Paradise. They lead hard-scrabble lives. The drama begins when strangers arrive, Christian Brethren evangelists who hold big revival meetings in local barns. On a Bright Hillside in Paradise tackles big questions of faith and family but remains grounded in the dreams and strivings of its beautifully drawn characters.

Jane Bancroft has returned to Lovett, Tasmania after 20 years away, minus one ex-husband but plus one outraged teenage daughter. Life in the city – life in general – hasn’t quite panned out as she would have liked. With her mother unwell, now seems as good a time as any to come back to where it all began, and perhaps even start a new life here in the heart of Tasmanian apple country. But the legacy of Jane's wild apple youth has not been forgotten by small-town Lovett and her homecoming is haunted by past tragedy.

Eighteen years old and completely alone, Rosemary arrives in New York from Tasmania with little more than a love of books and eagerness to explore the city she's read so much about. She begins her search for independence with appealing enthusiasm, and the moment she steps into the Arcade bookstore, she knows she has found a home. The gruff owner, Mr. Pike, gives her a job sorting through piles of books and helping the rest of the staff, a group as odd as the characters in a Dickens novel.