Ergebnis für "Writers" in Magischer Realismus

El coronel no tiene quien le escriba fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez durante su estancia en París, adonde había llegado, a mediados de los cincuenta, como corresponsal de prensa y con la secreta intención de estudiar cine. El cierre del periódico para el que trabajaba le sumió en la pobreza mientras redactaba en tres versiones distintas esta excepcional novela, que luego fue rechazada por varios editores antes de su publicación.

"Listeners will be captivated as each narrator provides glimpses of Jamie's present and Serena's past, interspersed with snippets from the book of magic that Jamie is studying." — AudioFile In the vein of Alice Hoffman and Charlie Jane Anders's own All the Birds in the Sky comes a multicast...

When the stones of her house begin to rattle and shift and call out mysterious messages to her in the middle of the night, Pauline Sinclair, age ninety-nine, knows she will not make it to her one-hundredth birthday. She has lived a modest life in Mason Hall, a rural Jamaican village, educating herself with stolen books, raising her two children, surviving by becoming a successful ganja farmers in the area, and experiencing both deep passion and true loss with her beloved baby father, Clive. Behind this seemingly benign façade, however, Miss Pauline has buried many secrets.

Un viejo coronel retirado va al puerto todos los viernes a esperar la llegada de la carta oficial que responda a la justa reclamación de sus derechos por los servicios prestados a la patria. Pero la patria permanece muda.

In the world of speculative fiction… Your favorite authors… Have selected best new voices of the year.

The title harkens back to Duras' novel and film, Destroy, She Said. Mira, the main character, a writer, has a kind of magical realism experience with these two 20th century writers who come back to life as she steps through a mirrored glass to meet Jean Rhys in a bar and Marguerite Duras on a park bench.

THE KOREAN SENSATION For lovers of The Midnight Library and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop, discover a spellbinding novel about a mysterious bookshop that exists outside of time and space, where the past is only a page away… If you're lost or grieving, you'll find The Memory Bookshop, where the...

Beloved author and winner of The Story Prize, Paul Yoon, is back with the unforgettable story of a working dog, Etna, who, after a devastating war, embarks on an odyssey in the hopes of returning home. Set in a fictional country in the present day, this is a story told through the eyes of an...

"Queer, dirty, insightful, and so funny" (Andrea Lawlor), this coyly revolutionary debut story collection imagines new origins and futures for its cast of unforgettable protagonists—almost all of whom are named Sarah. NAMED A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2021 BY THE MILLIONS * OPRAH MAGAZINE *...

Sarah Miller struggles to remain conscious while medical teams work diligently to save her life. As she slips into a deep sleep, she enters an ethereal realm where her grandfather, Ralph Miller, awaits her under the protective canopy of a large oak tree beside a still pond. But this is no ordinary tree! As Sarah gazes into its glittering leaves, she is whisked away into one memory after another. With her grandfather's ever-changing tie, Ralph guides Sarah into understanding life's tragedies and the power of decisions.

Imogen and her sister Marin escape their cruel mother to attend a prestigious artists’ retreat, but soon learn that living in a fairy tale requires sacrifices, whether it be art or love in this critically acclaimed debut novel. Imogen has grown up reading fairy tales about mothers who die and...

Viviane Rose has lived with auditory hallucinations all her life. Despite this, she has a good job as the manager of the laundry at Vince Malum Residential Living Center, a long-term care facility for the mentally ill. She works there to be near her catatonic mother and amnesiac fiance, and she lives with her grumpy grandfather. Family is her top priority. Viviane has all aspects of her life running like clockwork until one of her hallucinations manifests and begins killing the patients at the Center.

It's what's down the road that haunts us, the not knowing, the anticipation. But as with each road taken, there must be the element of mystery. With each shadow, there must be a corresponding feather of light. To eye beyond the bend in the road would be abnormal. No one sees through the veil of time, the curtain of uncertainty. That's what makes us equal.

Jackson Stafford has finished his commitment to the government he pledged to protect from all enemies both foreign and domestic. Once within the Project, Jackson has become the pawn of the directors, the investors from all over the world. He wasn’t aware why he was brought to the facility, all he knows is that his government has provided him as an anonymous lab rat to be used for furthering the lifespan of the human race.

The senator's assistant has been put on a hit-list by the senator himself. Bradley's time is limited, but his memories and letters to his families will be mailed out before everything is over. The POST's reporters, Jacob and Ron, feeling grateful for the assistant's help, call him to say thank you but are cut short by Bradley himself.

In this installment of the Jackson Stafford' series, the listener will come face-to-face with powers that govern the universe as we know it. The Transdimensional name La Tulipan, who is also Jackson Stafford's protector, has been called into the Council Chamber where he will be ordered to give an account of the progress in fulfilling his mission. Don and Nancy, NSA, have found out that the very head of our Government is involved in the cover-up and supports the Pandora Project.

Viv risks her life to fix the trouble she caused. Her new powers are blossoming, and she's beginning to understand what it means to live with magick. It's unclear, however, whether the benefit outweighs the cost. The secrets she uncovers have sharp edges. Can Viv divert a war, or does her very existence herald the end of an era?

Remnant. The story, new in its conception, tells a tale of greed, lust, hatred, and power. All of the things the world is full of. We see it daily. But, in comparison, the story also has the qualities that we hope to find in ourselves: hope, love, trust, friendship, commitment, and resolve. These qualities, often an endangered collection, will stand the test of time. As in ages gone by, these attributes will be successful in accomplishing the end result.

Adilyne Grace was just an average woman who had dreams of one day becoming an Editor at the most exclusive media outlet in the entire state of New Hampshire. One day a mysterious quill lands at her feet. Intrigued by the enchanting object, Adilyne takes it home and starts writing with it.