Ergebnis Anbieter "SAGA EGMONT" in Zeitgenössische Literatur

Acht Erzählungen in lebendiger und unterhaltsamer Sprache. Ein Hörvergnügen! Lothar Streblow, geb. 1929 in Gera, ist ein deutscher Schriftsteller. In den Siebziger Jahren verfasste er etliche Science-Fiction-Bücher für Jugendliche und Erwachsene, sowie zahlreiche Tierbücher. Streblow studierte in der DDR Regie, Dramaturgie und Ästhetik. Anschließend arbeitete er als wissenschaftlicher Assistent für Ästhetik, als Regisseur und Dramaturg. 1955 siedelte er in die Bundesrepublik Deutschland um, wo er als freier Schriftsteller und Mitarbeiter von Rundfunkanstalten tätig war.

"What were we, then, if ‘English’ was a prize out of our reach and ‘Tunisian’ was the mask we wore at home?" Caught between cultures and struggling to find her identity, Nessie, a Londoner with Tunisian roots, navigates the complexities of belonging. With her multiple name - Nesrine, Susu, Nessie - and a yearning for acceptance, she grapples with not being "enough" for anyone. But when Mrs Brown enters their lives, her charismatic presence becomes the glue holding their dysfunctional family together - until a catastrophic betrayal tears them apart.

Two rivals. One winner. Fresh off his fourth-place finish in his first Olympic final, British long jumper Adam Lowe finds himself standing face-to-face with the man who beat him to a medal. Little does he know, this chance encounter will spark a rivalry that, for Lowe, will become all-consuming. Through epic victories and crushing defeats, Lowe pushes himself to the brink, testing his mental, physical, professional, and personal limits.

Welke bloem past bij jouw emotie? Victoria Jones is de enige die het weet! Als kind groeide ze op in 32 verschillende pleeghuizen, liefdeloos en moederziel alleen. Door de traumatische gebeurtenissen uit haar jeugd heeft ze zich volledig afgesloten voor alles en iedereen. Op achttienjarige leeftijd vindt ze een baantje als bloemist en weet door haar diepe connectie met bloemen zich open te stellen voor mensen. De Victoriaanse taal van bloemen is de enige taal die ze spreekt, totdat een mysterieuze bloemenhandelaar haar hart verovert.

I "Kvinna till salu" möter vi Louise, som har påbörjat den långa processen av att lämna ett liv som prostituerad bakom sig. Genom terapisamtal får vi ta del av Louises historia, som börjar vid de sexuella övergrepp hon fick genomlida som barn, groomingen som får in henne i prostitutionen som tonåring, och hennes komplicerade familjeförhållanden. Som 45-åring for hon nog. Kroppen gör ont, själen gör ont, och Louise är redo att finna sig ett nytt liv. "Kvinna till salu" är baserad på verkliga händelser.

A widow spends weeks haunting a cemetery, desperate to track down an unknown woman who keeps leaving flowers on her husband’s grave; A daughter searches a foreign city for her father, trying to understand why he disappeared forty-five years ago; A former gay lover of Roger Casement stands among the crowds at his state funeral in 1965, paying silent homage to the closeted world they were forced to inhabit at the dawning of the Irish State. A writer at a book launch comes face to face with the person secretly responsible for his success.

I walk slowly to the kitchen counter, staring out the window as Ceci rocks back and forth on the swing. My beautiful darling girl has been through so much already. How can I tell her that her life is about to change forever? When the woman from the hospital tells me that my husband Drew is in a coma my world comes crashing down. In an instant, I see our whole married life flashing before my eyes: the way our children ran into his arms when he came home from work, the way his face lit up when he read to them.

Monsoon Memories is an unforgettable journey through a mesmerizing, passionate land of contrasts – with a family whose story will touch your heart. Anyone who enjoys the storytelling of Jodi Picoult, Diane Chamberlain, or Dorothy Koomson will love this. Exiled from her family in India for more than a decade, Shirin and her husband lead a comfortable but empty life in London. Memories of her childhood – exotic fragrances, colours, stifling heat and tropical storms – fill Shirin with a familiar and growing ache for the land and the people that she loves.

Nature or nurture? The impact of traumatic childhood experiences reverberates into the grown-up world of Frank, Alice and Henry – children from three families suffering the fall-out from their early life. Frank, a working-class boy abused by his step-father. Alice, physically handicapped and frustrated. Henry, the less clever son of wealthy ambitious parents. From a rundown estate in Eastleigh, a small town in Darlington and an affluent Cotswold home, each character grapples with the life fate has handed them.

Rose Gregory has suffered a devastating blow, a double bereavement from which months later she is still reeling. Sanctuary and rest are prescribed by her doctor. But when she arrives at her refuge, a dank and decaying monastery, she finds it is not the haven promised. Despite the veneer of calm contemplation, the monastery turns out to be a hotbed of intrigue and disharmony. Rose witnesses bullying and cruelty and ultimately in defence of the vulnerable turns to violence herself.

"Vi måste avsluta vårt samarbete". Orden träffar Courtney som ett slag i magen. Låten hon nyss spelat upp för skivbolagets chef PW skulle ju bli en nystart, inte slutet på hennes tjugoåriga karriär som schlagerdrottning. Drömmen att få visa vem hon verkligen är med egna låtar i en annan genre, har gått i kras. Med en kalender som gapar tom bestämmer sig Courtney för att flytta ut till väninnan Bea på skärgårdsön Svarvö en tid.

Ibsen och bästa vännen Ika ska börja ettan. Detta är något som Ibsen verkligen skulle se fram emot om det inte vore för hans konstiga föräldrar som tvingar honom ha på sig rosa skor för att bryta normer. Vad betyder ens normer? Det dröjer inte länge förrän de superläskiga tredjeklassarna Jings och Jangs onda öga vänds mot Ibsen och hans rosa skor. Nu måste han akta sig för att inte bli nedkastad i källaren där vaktmästarspöket Hängde Hassan ryktas härja.

Smash all the Windows won the inaugural Selfies Book Award in 2019. It has taken conviction to right the wrongs. It will take courage to learn how to live again. London, 22 August 2003. A day that began like any other would end in tragedy. Fifty-eight people set off for work, only to never return. For more than thirteen years, the search for truth has eaten up everything: marriages, families, health, careers and finances. A flawed justice system failed the victims' kin, but hope arises when a rookie law student scrutinizes the disaster and uncovers potential answers.

Visceral and poetic, these short stories reveal everyday miracles and trivialities, human desires and anxieties in a very recognizable reality. The woman who cooks soup for the lover whose fidelity she questions, the man who loses courage when faced with the birth of his child, the married couple who know they have embarked on their last summer together. In English for the first time, readers of Tove Ditlevsen and Tove Jansson will be thrilled to discover the debut short story collection of a celebrated Danish writer.

Every morning, Kerry gets up, goes on her post-round, talks to the locals, and then goes home again. Once a month, she has Sunday lunch with her perfect sister’s perfect family. Life is simple, life is fine. Her sister, Beth, thinks Kerry is kidding herself. She thinks Kerry needs to move out of their parents’ annexe, find a better job, and maybe even meet a man. Beth is determined to make Kerry get a life... whether Kerry likes it or not. But Kerry knows something Beth doesn’t.

When their last embryo is accidentally given to another woman, Quinn and James reminisce about the child they gave up 4 years prior... All Quinn has ever wanted is to be a mother. Although her husband James brings her comfort, the knowledge they have no embryos left, and that their child is out there being raised by another family, is tearing them both apart. When the clinic tells Quinn and James they have the right to spend time with little Emily, at first they hesitate. Of course, they would never want to come between Emily and her loving family.

"In the desert, no one can hear you, queen." Justin David’s newly-released novella is part creepy coming-of-age story, part black-comedy, set partly in buzzing 1990s London and partly in barren New Mexico wildlands. When Jamie meets Matthew in Soho, he’s drawn to his new-age charms. But when he follows his new friend across the planet to a remote earth-ship in Taos, bizarre incidents begin unfolding and Matthew’s real nature reveals itself: he’s a manipulative monster at the center of a strange cult.

Tucked away in a near-derelict library in the center of London, The House of Marvellous Books is a publishing house on the brink of financial disaster. With assistant Ursula asleep at her desk, head publisher Gerard going health and safety mad, and chief editor Drusilla focused on finding a supposedly priceless but famously missing manuscript, there is hardly anyone left to steer the ship. Young Mortimer Blackley, assistant editor, charts the descent of the House in his logbook as it lurches from one failure to the next.

"T'as beau m'donner des coups de pied sous la table, tu ne me feras pas fermer ma gueule !" Je me souviens qu'il avait commencé par me filer de petites taloches, derrière la nuque. Malgré mon regard saisissant, il s'était mis à rire avant d'ajouter : "Quoi, qu'est-ce qu'il y a, je fais ça à tous mes potes ?" Ainsi débute ce roman. Des gestes, des paroles sexistes, des commandements autoritaires contribuent à perpétuer la violence contre les femmes.

Traum oder Wirklichkeit? Vor dieser Wahl steht die Mittdreißigerin Liane Ginsterbusch, die von einer mysteriösen, unbekannten Schlafkrankheit befallen worden ist. Während der immer länger dauernden Schlafphasen träumt sie sich in die fremde Welt von Ashta-Kah, in der sie all das findet, was sie im echten Leben vermisst: Leidenschaft, Abenteuer, Begehren, Bedeutung. Aus den Träumen behält sie einen seltsamen Glanz auf der Haut zurück, und bald wird klar, dass mehr als reine Fantasie hinter ihrer Traumwelt zu stecken scheint.