Ergebnis für "The Priest" in Coming of Age

The Priest follows a working class altar boy's decision to become a priest, exploring the struggle many boys have becoming men, especially around sexuality. Pierre finds safety within the vocational confines and celibacy of his Catholic faith, only then to be astonished as he experiences life vicariously in the shadow of the confessional. Ultimately, he must confront his own emerging sexuality in the real world and reconcile the inevitable collision between the security of doctrine and the risks of being human - all of which takes him to a surprising place.

When I was a kid, my best friend betrayed me in the worst way possible, ripping my family to shreds in the aftermath. She ruined my life in one fell swoop, and didn’t even have the heart to warn me. Now, nearly a decade later, I’m back in the town I grew up in, determined to make her pay. They say revenge is a dangerous game, but I’ve never been one to play it safe. There is nothing I’ll love more than to find her weakness and use it to destroy her. The lie she told all those years ago will be her undoing. 

I was raised in a world where money and power are at your fingertips. My father is a lord, a very respected member of a secret society that knows no bounds. When tragedy struck my family, we discovered we weren’t untouchable. Just when I thought life couldn’t get any worse, I was shown what hell is really like. Then he came and saved me. The devil disguised as my personal hero. But of course, nothing is for free. Not when a soul is up for grabs.

Barry Dávila, un cuarentón que viste como metalero de los años ochenta, tiene un plan: reunir a La Armada Invencible, el grupo de heavy y thrash con el que pudo haber triunfado si las peleas internas y una sociedad sorda ante la crudeza de su música no le hubieran cerrado el camino. Más de...

Fierce and lyrical, The Shepherd's Hut by Tim Winton is a story of survival, solitude and unlikely friendship. Most of all it is about what it takes to keep hope alive in a parched and brutal world. For years Jaxie Clackton has dreaded going home. His beloved mum is dead, and he wishes his dad...

Verlieb dich niemals in den Priester, der dich trauen soll. Livia glaubt nicht an die Liebe auf den ersten Blick. Zumindest bis zur Besprechung ihrer kirchlichen Trauung, bei der ihr ausgerechnet der Geistliche den Kopf verdreht. Schnell muss sie eine Entscheidung treffen: Heiraten oder aufgrund von Gefühlen für einen Mann, der im Zölibat lebt, alles hinwerfen? Priester Lean hat einen guten Grund, den Frauen zu entsagen. Allerdings gerät sein Glaube ins Wanken, als Livia in seiner Kirche auftaucht.