Showing titles in Contemporary Fiction

When Vivi and Siddalee Walker, an unforgettable mother-daughter team, get into a savage fight over a New York Times article that refers to Vivi as a "tap-dancing child abuser", the fallout is felt from Louisiana to New York to Seattle. Siddalee, a successful theater director with a huge hit on her hands, panics and postpones her upcoming wedding to her lover and friend, Connor McGill. Vivi's intrepid gang of lifelong girlfriends, the Ya-Yas, sashay in and conspire to bring everyone back together.

Florent-Claude Labrouste er 46 år gammel og ansat i Landbrugsministeriet. Han bor sammen med sin tyve år yngre japanske kæreste Yuzu i en luksuslejlighed i Paris, men er led og ked af sit job, og sin unge, smukke kæreste har han kun foragt til overs for. Han begynder så småt at lege med tanken om at slå hende ihjel, men beslutter sig i stedet for at forsvinde frivilligt. Han opsiger sin stilling, forlader sin kæreste og indlogerer sig på et af de få hoteller i Paris, hvor man stadig må ryge.

Meet Mare, a grandmother with flair and a fascinating past. Octavia and Tali are dreading the road trip their parents are forcing them to take with their grandmother over the summer. After all, Mare isn’t your typical grandmother. She drives a red sports car, wears stiletto shoes, flippy wigs, and push-up bras, and insists that she’s too young to be called Grandma. But somewhere on the road, Octavia and Tali discover there’s more to Mare than what you see.

When a man and a woman get married, things can get complicated. When they have children from previous marriages, "complicated" can become the understatement of the year.

Carrie White is no ordinary girl. Carrie White has the gift of telekinesis. To be invited to Prom Night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie – the first step towards social acceptance by high school colleagues. But events will take a decidedly macabre turn on that horrifying and endless night as she is forced to exercise her terrible gift on the town that mocks and loathes her...

Iron Druid Atticus O'Sullivan, hero of Kevin Hearne's epic New York Times best-selling urban fantasy series, has a point to make - and then drive into a vampire's heart. When a druid has lived for 2,000 years like Atticus, he's bound to run afoul of a few vampires. Make that legions of them. Even his former friend and legal counsel turned out to be a bloodsucking backstabber. Now the toothy troublemakers - led by power-mad Theophilus - have become a huge problem requiring a solution.

Angelo Galassi aveva approfittato al volo di un errore burocratico che lo dichiarava deceduto, facendo perdere le sue tracce così bene che ormai tutti lo consideravano morto: i suoi genitori, il suo agente, il suo pubblico adorante. Il grande cantautore, l'idolo delle folle, era in realtà un uomo tormentato e depresso, che aveva sperato di riuscire a sfuggire a sé stesso e ai suoi problemi nascondendosi tra i grattacieli di New York.

"Dacă Bolintineanu ar fi avut acces la lumea de curăţii geometrice cărora li se închina Ion Barbu? Dacă pe Eminescu l-ar fi mişcat zbuciumul din sufletul unui Manoil? Dacă lui Arghezi i-ar fi venit gustul să rescrie el Ţiganiada? Dacă ar fi presimţit paşoptiştii noştri că se va ivi pe meleagurile române un tiran fără pereche şi porneau să-l ia în tărbacă, aşa cum ştiau ei, cu cântecele comice şi monoloage autodemascatoare?"

Enveloped in the dark inner kingdom of her schizophrenia, 16-year-old Deborah is haunted by private tormentors that isolate her from the outside world. With the reluctant and fearful consent of her parents, she enters a mental hospital where she will spend the next three years battling to regain her sanity with the help of a gifted psychiatrist. As Deborah struggles to regain her sanity, the listener is inexorably drawn into her private suffering.

Christopher Lucas, unsure of his own beliefs, is wandering through Jerusalem, working on an article about religious mania. When he meets Sonia Barnes, dusky nightclub singer, devoted Sufi and mystic, he is entranced. As Sonia helps Lucas meet some of the visionaries and gurus who fill the city, the two suddenly find that they have become pawns in a fanatical bombing plot.

Un giorno Selene Vanni si sveglia e si rende conto di essere una donna "quasi felice". Non c’è niente di apparentemente sbagliato o fuori posto nella sua vita. Ha un compagno, Filippo, con cui convive da anni, e il lavoro che aveva sempre sognato di fare, nella libreria che era stata di suo padre e prima ancora del nonno. Eppure, in una mattina più complicata delle altre, è proprio quella parola innocua – quasi – a spalancarsi come un baratro davanti ai suoi occhi. Confusa e senza più punti di riferimento, Selene comincia a interrogarsi sul motivo di quella crisi inaspettata.

Premio Biblioteca Breve 2023. Las mayores batallas de una mujer se libran en su propio cuerpo. "El jurado del Premio Biblioteca Breve 2023 ha destacado La educación física, novela ganadora por unanimidad, por una voz narrativa que explora su propia identidad a través del cuerpo y que, al hacerlo, recoge el sentir de una generación y lo convierte en una experiencia a la vez única y universal." Jurado del Premio Biblioteca Breve 2023. Una tarde de finales de agosto, Catalina, que acaba de cumplir dieciséis años, abandona la casa de su mejor amiga en una urbanización de las afueras tras un desagradable percance.

バルブシステムの開発で倒産の危機を切り抜けてから数年、佃製作所はまたしてもピンチに陥っていた。そんな時、社長・佃航平の元に、かつての部下から医療機器の開発依頼が持ち込まれる。「ガウディ」と呼ばれるその機器が完成すれば、多くの心臓病患者を救うことができるというのだが――。ロケットから人体へ。佃製作所の新たな挑戦が始まる！

Rosie Gardener and Vickie Winters were best friends, closer than sisters. Svelte and single Vickie only wanted the best for her friend - and she couldn't stay quiet when Rosie, overweight and unable to see her own worth, fell under the spell of Kent Bliss, a two-timing cad. The night before Rosie's wedding was the last time Vickie spoke to her - to warn her about Kent's true nature. On her third wedding anniversary, Rosie realizes Vickie was right--and that the Porsche and other indulgences were her attempts to buy the love of a man who only cared about himself.

Most of the big money belongs to Torquil Paterson Frisby, the dyspeptic American millionaire – but that doesn’t stop him wanting more out of it. His niece, the beautiful Ann Moon, is engaged to ‘Biscuit’, Lord Biskerton, who doesn’t have very much of the stuff and so he has to escape to Valley Fields to hide from his creditors. Meanwhile, his old schoolfriend Berry Conway, who is working for Frisby, himself falls for Ann – just as Biscuit falls for her friend Kitchie Valentine.

東京の下町にある信用金庫に勤める小倉太郎。

Nachdem man ihnen endlich das volle Bürgerrecht gegeben hat, hoffen die Meijers darauf, gewöhnliche Schweizer werden zu können. Ihr Weg führt sie hinaus aus dem Dorf, erst in die kleine Stadt Baden, dann nach Zürich. Janki versucht sein Glück im Tuchgeschäft, Arthur wird Arzt, bald gibt es sogar einen Landwirt. Aber trotz aller Bemühungen stoßen sie immer wieder gegen eine unsichtbare Wand – so wie es ihnen der unsterbliche Onkel Melnitz vorausgesagt hat.

Neue, skurrile und wahrhaftige Storys von T. C. Boyle. »Das war der Tag, an dem die Hyäne kam, um ihn zu holen, und es spielte keine Rolle, dass es im Süden Frankreichs überhaupt keine Hyänen gab, vor allem nicht in Pont-Saint-Esprit, sie war da und wollte ihn holen.« Dreizehn neue brillante Storys vom Meister des Genres, surreal und abgründig witzig: Sie handeln von sprechenden Drohnenautos, die ihre Passagiere auf algorithmischen Routen durch die Landschaft führen.

Chloé, 28 ans et parisienne jusqu'au bout des ongles, enchaîne les histoires d'amour catastrophiques. Un jour, elle conclut un pacte avec son amie Constance. Chloé devra s'exiler en pleine campagne avec l'interdiction d’approcher un homme pendant six mois et réaliser son rêve de toujours : écrire un roman. Constance, incorrigible romantique, s'engagera à coucher le premier soir avec un parfait inconnu.

Ashcombe was the most beautiful house Saskia had ever seen as a little girl, providing a perfect sanctuary to hide from the tragedy which shattered her childhood. Now an adult, Saskia is still living at Ashcombe and, as a book restorer ,devotes her days tending to broken, battered books. When she discovers a notebook carefully concealed in an old Bible, Saskia finds herself drawn into a heart-rending tale of wartime love....