検索キーワード： 都市

Сенсационный роман номинанта Букеровской премии о ярком, но жестоком мире мегаполиса. Пять героев прибывают в Шанхай из Малайзии: у кого-то из них за плечами богатое наследство, а кто-то наоборот — вырвался из глубокой нищеты без гроша в кармане. Этих совершенно разных людей объединяет одна только цель: реализовать свою заветную мечту и покорить этот "Восточный Париж". Фиби — трудолюбивая девушка из провинции, приехавшая в Шанхай найти хоть какую-то работу, но в душе мечтающая поймать журавля в небе.

The summer is colder than it's ever been for Koya Priest. Owning up to her deception, Koya holds her head high while letting the speculators know she regrets nothing that concerns Parish. With past traumas lingering, can she love him fully, or will her beautifully flawed layers cause her to miss out on the first real love she'd experienced?

Segunda parte de la trilogía "Refranes, canciones y restos de sangre". Una trilogía que podrás complementar con "Khimera" y "Konets", audiolibros también disponibles en Storytel. Asistiremos a la persecución de los miembros de la Congregación de los Hombres Puros, una organización criminal sobre la que no será sencillo alcanzar su cúspide.

El desplazamiento entre la ciudad y el campo construye la dinámica de esta novela. La protagonista es una joven estudiante de veterinaria, cuyo discurso a la vez indolente y desamparado enhebra una trama de sobrio desarrollo y exquisita resolución. En las primeras páginas la narradora se presenta como empleada de una veterinaria que vive con otra mujer, Aída, quien al poco tiempo desaparece de manera misteriosa.

With Alex Silva facing time behind bars, his family are in freefall. Wife Maggie doesn't know how she's going to cope without her beloved Alex. How will they survive? But survival is in the Silva blood and Alex has taught his children well. And this new generation is going to cause more trouble than anyone can handle...Will the Silvas survive or will trouble follow them...

Teniendo como escenario una ciudad donde convergen el pasado y el presente, Armando Ramírez nos ofrece una novela que mezcla crónica, guiños autobiográficos y ficción. El resultado es una historia hecha de muchas historias que se fraguan en la difusa frontera entre lo vivido y lo imaginado, entre lo tangible y lo etéreo.

«Unos años más y me corto la coleta. Tengo la sensación de haber estado diciendo esas palabras la mitad de mi vida. Es así como funciona este mundo, y la razón por la que nunca puedes escapar de él. Todos esos favores que deben devolverse de un modo u otro. Siempre en deuda; nunca libre. Ello es aplicable a todos los habitantes de los bajos fondos y el modo en que se capta a los que no son delincuentes. Una pequeña deuda que pasa a ser grande; una deuda ficticia por un honor mancillado que deviene gigantesca. Una vida de mierda. Un mundo de mierda. Por suerte la voy a palmar pronto.»

L’esordio nella narrativa di Alessandro Baricco è un libro fuori dal tempo e fuori dal mondo come Quinnipak, questa città immaginaria dove la gente sogna il progresso tecnologico e la meraviglia, sogna l’amore romantico e l’omicidio. E, mentre gli abitanti sognano, Baricco gioca con la lingua, con le parole, con il ritmo, costruendo un castello letterario che ancora si erge magnifico e commovente.

Uma reunião de textos em prosa que podem ser ouvidos independentemente, como se fosse uma coletânea de contos, ou em conjunto, como uma novela sobre o fim do mundo. O audiolivro é constituído de uma dezena de cenas em que o principal personagem é o Diabo, mas outros personagens se veem às voltas com tarefas inconvenientes e exasperantes.

Caught between his well-meaning yet misapprehending family, his boisterous friends, and his self-assured partner Ben, Elom struggles to fit in. All he ever wants is to feel understood – but what does it mean to live authentically when the only thing changing faster than the world around you is the world within? Moving between Accra, Glasgow, London, and the islands of the outer Hebrides, Selali Fiamanya’s extraordinary debut asks what it means to love and be loved in return. Before We Hit the Ground is an intimate portrait of a family, and one man’s struggle to find his place.

Darrell Donnelly and his daughter Laykin embark on their yearly hiking trip to a scenic and remote part of the Ocala National Forest. What started as a long weekend turned into a fight for survival as the hikers attempt to return home in the face of civil unrest and lawlessness, the aftermath of a coordinated attack on the power grid and most electronic devices.

He wasn't born a savage, but he became one. Life used him as its toilet and the results were something the streets weren't ready for. He didn't just catch a raw deal though; it was brokered for him by forces whose identity no one seems to know. He finds himself caught up in a world full of lies, deception, and unimaginable pain. Who is he? Well, he just may be the stuff that nightmares are made of, and someone made the mistake of waking him up. Now he's on the loose and ready to wreak havoc on the unsuspecting world.

Batallas sangrientas, bandas callejeras, asesinatos, racismo, prostitución y corrupción en Boston: así es la ópera prima del gran maestro del noir estadounidense. Kenzie y Gennaro asumen una tarea en apariencia simple: descubrir el paradero de Jenna Angeline, una mujer de la limpieza negra que, según parece, ha sustraído documentos confidenciales. Pero la pareja se entera de que Jenna no posee documentos. Tiene un hijo y un esposo que lideran pandillas callejeras, una hermana enojada y una foto de un político con su esposo en una habitación de hotel.

In the 1920s, three young girls enter a strict, cheerless convent school in a quiet London suburb. Six years later they leave, to change the world … Maureen was the movie star, whose role as Tarzan’s Jane helped rewrite the rules of cinema censorship. Sonia was the aspiring writer who became George Orwell’s wife and the guardian of his literary legacy. And Vivien was the actress as iconic as the roles she played, from Cleopatra to Scarlett O’Hara. Together their careers encompassed glamour and tragedy, triumph and scandal.

Немезида и разносчик — зарисовка известного новеллиста конца XIX века О. Генри (англ. O. Henry, 1862–1910). Что случается, когда женское очарование разбивается о неприступную стену железного мужского спокойствия? Писатель также прославился благодаря рассказам "Фараон и хорал", "Сыщики", "Момент победы", "Закон и порядок", "День, который мы празднуем", "Тысяча долларов", "Багдадская птица" и "Орден золотого колечка". О. Генри, чье настоящее имя Уильям Сидни Портер, считается основоположником жанра "сказка большого города", где искрометный юмор сочетается с глубоким философским смыслом.

Повесть Рим является отрывком незаконченного романа «Аннунциат» Николая Васильевича Гоголя — гениального прозаика и драматурга. Главный герой, гордый итальянец, возвращается после пребывания в Париже в свой родной город — Рим. Автор, используя всю силу художественного слова, описывает его переживания и впечатления об этом итальянском городе и недружелюбное отношение к немцам и французам.

Предпоследняя правда – первая часть увлекательной трилогии о жизни в знаменитом Толстовском доме. История разворачивается вокруг четырех петербургских семей, у каждой из которых своя судьба, свои трудности и потрясения. Герои "Предпоследней правды" не идеальны, а потому в их чертах так легко узнать себя, своих родителей, родных и друзей, мечты и страхи, интересы и секреты, даже одежду и манеру речи.

August Hanson was the silent type, the kind who spoke through his actions and not his words. He possessed enough power to make me feel safe and secure. I was ready to open up and share the parts of myself I’d never shared with another, and then I got hit with a truth that changed everything. There was a slight chance he’d still want me, only he had to accept our baby, too.

Ocean was the driver's name, and it fit her perfectly. Just looking at her, he knew that her beauty was endlessly deep, and behind the allure in her eyes was violent turbulence. She was beyond her curves, chocolate skin, and artistic features. Despite her youth, life had dealt her a bad hand. She had the eyes of a fighter—determined and unafraid. Her pain was evident in the creases of her brow and the natural pout of her full lips. Her amazing eyes revealed a broken soul, fighting to put itself back together.

Seis relatos que transcurren en Nueva York al filo del cambio del milenio y una novela breve ambientada en la Edad de Oro de Hollywood. Aparentemente inconexas, todas estas historias presentan un momento crítico en que dos personas deben sentarse a una mesa para abordar asuntos tan universales como la búsqueda de la felicidad, el poder del dinero o la subversión de las normas sociales.