Ergebnis für "man" in Coming of Age

August 1999. Sengende Hitze liegt über Bodenstein, dem Heimatort des 15-jährigen Pascal. Eigentlich könnte er den Sommer genießen. Doch seit er nicht mehr schwimmen geht, mag er den Sommer nicht mehr. Wieso, das kann er nicht erzählen. Auch nicht, weshalb er sich nicht verlieben darf. Sein Geheimnis und seine Geschichten hütet er wie einen Schatz. Doch dann kracht Jacky in seine Welt: ein furchtloses Zirkusmädchen mit roten Haaren und wasserblauen Augen. Zusammen verbringen sie den letzten Sommertag, der alles für immer verändert.

Camille (26), künstlerisch begabt, ist magersüchtig und jobbt nachts in einer Putzkolonne, um ihren Lebensunterhalt zu verdienen. Franck (34), arbeitet als Koch in einem Feinschmeckerlokal, mag leichte Mädchen, schnelle Motorräder und seine Großmutter Paulette (83), eine eigensinnige alte Dame, die sich wehrt, in ein Altenheim abgeschoben zu werden.

The cult classic that can still change your life… Let the dice decide! When a bored psychologist hands over all of his decisions to chance, making choices on the roll of a die, he transforms his life – and the world. Because when you follow the dice, anything can happen. Entertaining...

*This is an MP3 CD edition* "...listening to 4 3 2 1 in audio is worth the commitment, thanks to the author’s easy-on-the-ears baritone" — Newsday This program is narrated by—and includes a bonus interview with—the author. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize A New York Times , Los...

Bloomsbury presents Men Like Ours by Bindu Basinath, read by Francine Pinheiro “Bindu Bansinath’s Men Like Ours shows that the Immigrant Novel is not dead yet. Absolutely hilarious, mesmerizing, and disturbing.” --Gary Shteyngart, The Guardian "A genuine and offbeat talent . . . like the...

Opposites in every way . . . except the one that matters　 Shaw Landon loved Rule Archer from the moment she laid eyes on him. Rule is everything a straight--A pre-med student like Shaw shouldn't want--and the only person she's never tried to please. She isn't afraid of his scary piercings and...

Frau Freitag ist Lehrerin. Sie sagt normalerweise, wo's langgeht. Doch nun wird sie selbst zur Schülerin, denn Frau Freitag will endlich den Führerschein machen. Aber ständig bekommt sie zu hören, dass sie schon viel zu alt sei, um etwas Neues zu lernen - auch von ihrem Fahrschullehrer. Dabei hat sie doch Snowboardfahren gelernt und Lehrerinsein und Aquagymnastik. Aber Frau Freitag ist eine ungeduldige Schülerin, in ihrem Alter will sie sich eigentlich gar nichts mehr sagen lassen.

Nero is the king of Legacy Prep, living a life of power. Elle is the school's punching bag, living a life of fear.

A New York Times bestseller Nominated for the National Book Award for Fiction Ocean Vuong’s debut novel is a shattering portrait of a family, a first love, and the redemptive power of storytelling New York Times Readers Pick: 100 Best Books of the 21st Century “A lyrical work of...

One of Ray Bradbury’s best-known and most popular novels, Something Wicked This Way Comes, now in a new recording narrated by Paul Giamatti! For those who still dream and remember, for those yet to experience the hypnotic power of its dark poetry, step inside. The show is about to begin...

This quintessential coming-of-age novel describes the early life of Stephen Dedalus. It is set in Ireland during the 19th century, which was a time of emerging Irish nationalism and conservative Catholicism. Highly autobiographical in nature, the work is also notable for its being the first one in which Joyce uses innovative “stream of consciousness” writing style. A Portrait... follows Stephen Dedalus from his babyhood into early adulthood.

Three generations of Palestinian-American women living in Brooklyn are torn between individual desire and the strict mores of Arab culture in this heart-wrenching story of love, intrigue and courage. Set in an America at once foreign to many and staggeringly close at hand, A Woman Is No Man is a story of culture and honour, secrets and betrayals, love and violence. It is an intimate glimpse into a controlling and closed cultural world and a universal tale about family and the ways silence and shame can destroy those we have sworn to protect. 

Gripping and emotional, The Sunshine Man is a powerful story of a terrible crime and the revenge plotted over decades, set against the haunting beauty of rural Devon. From the bestselling author of The Lamplighters, Emma Stonex. 'Luminously unsettling' - The Observer 'Deeply thrilling and...

Brought to you by Penguin. The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus's Dublin childhood and youth, his quest for identity through art and his gradual emancipation from the claims of family, religion and Ireland itself, is also an oblique self-portrait of the young James Joyce and a universal testament to...

With this publication in 1984, Jay McInerney became a literary sensation, heralded as the voice of a generation. This remarkable novel of youth and New York remains one of the most beloved, imitated, and iconic novels in America. "A brilliant and moving work—unique, refreshing, imaginatively...

Opening five years before the start of A Woman of Substance, A Man of Honour begins with 13 year-old Blackie O’Neill facing an uncertain future in rural County Kerry. Orphaned and alone, he has just buried his sister, Bronagh, and must leave his home to set sail for England, in search of a better life with his mother’s brother in Leeds. There, he learns his trade as a navvy, amid the grand buildings and engineering triumphs of one of England’s most prosperous cities and starts to dream of greater things.

When the Chinese premier visits Harvard, international student Pei Lulu encounters a lone woman protesting who will drastically change her understanding of the People's Republic and her own place in the world. For the first time, Lulu learns of the 1989 protest movement and the government’s violent response. Determined to find out more, she seeks answers from her family, who share surprising stories of their involvement. A formative university course prompts Lulu to pursue a line of PHD research focused on the protest movement.

** THE INTERNATIONAL PHENOMENON ** 'There are many laughs in this book but it's so much more than just a comedy. It's a story about how friendship, selflessness and dignity lie at the heart of the human experience. When I'm an old man, I want to be Hendrik Groen' John Boyne, author of...

The three novels that make up The Forsyte Saga chronicle the ebbing social power of the commercial upper-middle class Forsyte family through three generations, beginning in Victorian London during the 1880s and ending in the early 1920s. Galsworthy's masterly narrative examines not only their fortunes but also the wider developments within society, particularly the changing position of women.

Born in Nice to Algerian parents, Mourad is fuelled by the desire to forge his own destiny. His retired father spends his days fixing up things in the backyard; his mother, bemoaning the loss of her natal village in North Africa. Mourad lives in fear of becoming an overweight bachelor with salt and pepper hair, living off his mother's cooking. When Mourad’s father has a stroke, he makes his son promise to reconcile things with his estranged sister Dounia, a staunch feminist and aspiring politician, who had always felt constrained living at home.