Mostrando títulos en Ficción Contemporánea

Sara Smythe a réussi à gravir les échelons jusqu'à diriger les femmes de chambre d'un hôtel chic de Londres. Mais lorsqu'une rencontre fortuite avec Theodore Camden, l'un des architectes d'un grand immeuble d'appartements new-yorkais, le Dakota, débouche sur une offre d'emploi, son monde s'ouvre à de nombreuses possibilités, notamment celle de mieux connaître Theo, qui comprend Sara comme personne d'autre... et qui vit au Dakota avec sa femme et ses trois jeunes enfants.

とある家電メーカー総務部勤務の尚成は、同僚と二個体で新宿の量販店に来ています。体組成計を買うため――ではなく、寿命を効率よく消費するために。

Una entrañable celebración de la familia y del papel de la memoria en el desarrollo individual. La protagonista viaja a Bulgaria en busca de los últimos hablantes del ladino, la lengua con ecos de Cervantes que nació a finales del siglo XV tras la expulsión de los judíos de España. "Más que la lengua de mi infancia, es la infancia de mi lengua." Con una mirada atenta hacia el tiempo que se aleja, la autora, de la mano de dos lenguas, va y viene de la evocación a la añoranza.

Una oda al disparate como antídoto a la incertidumbre y el desamor. Javiera es una joven chilena que ha llegado a Barcelona gracias a una beca de posgrado en Literatura. Estudiar es el pretexto más decente, y genuino, que ha encontrado para dejar su país y descubrir el hemisferio del bienestar. Pero la disponibilidad apabullante de libros en la biblioteca y de papel higiénico en los supermercados se ve contrarrestada por unas condiciones habitacionales tan desastrosas como las del Cono Sur, aunque el doble de caras.

In I Almost Forgot About You, Dr. Georgia Young's wonderful life--great friends, family, and successful career--aren't enough to keep her from feeling stuck and restless. When she decides to make some major changes in her life, including quitting her job as an optometrist and moving house, she finds herself on a wild journey that may or may not include a second chance at love. Georgia’s bravery reminds us that it’s never too late to become the person you want to be, and that taking chances, with your life and your heart, are always worthwhile.

The complete finale of the hit BBC Radio 4 sitcom- 2 episodes. Cabin Pressure is set in the wing and prayer world of a tiny, one-plane airline, staffed by two pilots, one on his way down, and one who was never up to start with. In this, the finale of the whole series, we discover that for MJN Air, whether it's choosing an ice-cream flavour, putting a princess in a van or remembering your grandmother's name, no job is too small, but, many, many jobs are too difficult.

Ocho años después de su última novela, Baricco regresa con un western excepcional y trascendente. El sheriff Abel Crow tiene 27 años y ya es un personaje de leyenda. Sus dotes innatas como tirador —su disparo preferido es "el Místico", uno doble, cruzado y simultáneo, con ambas manos, sobre blancos distintos—, no podrán evitar, sin embargo, que en un momento crítico se replantee el sentido de la existencia.

Dallas MacGregor is living the Hollywood dream. At thirtysomething, she's an award-winning actress beloved by the public and bound for even bigger success. But when her soon-to-be-ex-husband, producer Emilio Baird, is caught in a sex scandal, Dallas's charmed life turns tabloid nightmare. Determined to shield her young son, Cody, from the ugly uproar, Dallas seeks refuge in sleepy St. Dennis, Maryland-the Chesapeake Bay town where her happiest childhood days were spent.

Andrew Yancy—late of the Miami Police and soon-to-be-late of the Monroe County sheriff’s office—has a human arm in his freezer. There’s a logical (Hiaasenian) explanation for that, but not for how and why it parted from its shadowy owner. Yancy thinks the boating-accident/shark-luncheon explanation is full of holes, and if he can prove murder, the sheriff might rescue him from his grisly Health Inspector gig (it’s not called the roach patrol for nothing).

Ava et Odélia : deux femmes que tout semble opposer. La première, extravertie et pleine d'énergie, saisit chaque occasion d'être heureuse. La seconde peine à se remettre d'une douloureuse perte, et est incapable de se projeter dans quelque futur que ce soit. Mais la vie est facétieuse. Lorsque l'on pense que notre destin est déjà tracé, un événement inattendu peut venir tout bousculer.

Since she was a little girl, the wind has dictated every move Vianne Rocher has made, buffeting her from place to place, from the small French village of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes to the crowded streets of Paris. Cloaked in a new identity, that of widow Yanne Charbonneau, she opens a chocolaterie on a small Montmartre street, determined to still the wind at last and keep her daughters, Anouk and the baby, Rosette, safe.

Sie ist reizbar, rätselhaft und viel älter als er...und sie wird seine erste Leidenschaft. Sie hütet verzweifelt ein Geheimnis. Eines Tages ist sie spurlos verschwunden. Erst Jahre später sieht er sie wieder. Die fast kriminalistische Erforschung einer sonderbaren Liebe und bedrängenden Vergangenheit.

"There's a secret to mastery that you may have never heard, a single little thing that only the very best in the world know how to do. In fact, I believe it is the only thing anyone can do to gain true mastery at anything, and it's an equal opportunity principle. It can be applied to fulfill your potential in business, in sports, in your relationships, as well as your overall life. Do you want to know what it is?"

In einer Villa am Zürichberg wohnt Alt-Nationalrat Dr. Stotz, umgeben von Porträts einer jungen Frau. Melody war einst seine Verlobte, doch kurz vor der Hochzeit – vor über 40 Jahren – ist sie verschwunden. Bis heute kommt Stotz nicht darüber hinweg. Davon erzählt er dem jungen Tom Elmer, der seinen Nachlass ordnen soll. Nach und nach stellt sich Tom die Frage, ob sein Chef wirklich ist, wer er vorgibt zu sein.

In einem fiktiven Staat in Nordamerika haben religiöse Fundamentalisten die totalitäre Republik Gilead errichtet. Nach einer atomaren Verseuchung ist ein großer Teil der weiblichen Bevölkerung unfruchtbar. Frauen werden entmündigt und in drei Gruppen eingeteilt: Ehefrauen von Führungskräften, Dienerinnen und Mägde. Letztere werden zur Fortpflanzung rekrutiert und sollen nach biblischem Vorbild für unfruchtbare Ehefrauen Kinder empfangen.

The 2:00 a.m. call is the first time Lexie Vidler has heard her sister's voice in years. Annie is a drug addict, a thief, a liar - and in trouble, again. Lexie has always bailed Annie out, given her money, a place to sleep, sent her to every kind of rehab. But this time, she's not just strung out - she's pregnant and in premature labor. If she goes to the hospital, she'll lose custody of her baby - maybe even go to prison. But the alternative is unthinkable.

事故か、自殺か、殺人か――。母の手記と娘の回想が交錯し、浮かび上がる事件の真相とは。圧倒的に新しい、母娘ミステリー!

Arthur MacDonald, 85, is having an end-of-life crisis. His beloved, dying wife of over 60 years no longer knows who he is. His older brother still has all his hair and a wife almost half his age. The man his middle-aged daughter is dating has a ponytail. His teenaged grandson wants to cook desserts for a living. And his daughter wants him to move into Silvermine retirement home. Then Arthur meets the gorgeous, radical, 80-something-year-old Robbie and learns that nobody is ever too old to fall in love all over again.

Born to elegant but frivolous parents, Harriet grows up ignored and unguided, and retains a curious innocence that neither her marriage to Freddie Lytton, nor her friendship with the beautiful Tessa can dispel. Freddie is far older than she is - a companion rather than a lover - and slightly disapproving of Tessa and her irresponsible, attractive husband, Jack. Yet all four are bound together: by their backgrounds, their children, by Harriet’s unspoken feelings for Jack and by the tragedy that lies in wait for all of them.

独ソ戦が激化する1942年、モスクワ近郊の農村に暮らす少女セラフィマの日常は、突如として奪われた。急襲したドイツ軍によって、母親のエカチェリーナほか村人たちが惨殺されたのだ。