Showing titles in Contemporary Fiction

Now a major film starring Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence and Robert De Niro.Pat Peoples knows that life doesn’t always go according to plan, but he’s determined to get his back on track. After a stint in a psychiatric hospital, Pat is staying with his parents and trying to live according to his new philosophy: get fit, be nice and always look for the silver lining. Most importantly, Pat is determined to be reconciled with his wife Nikki. Pat’s parents just want to protect him

Dans son appartement viennois, Franz Ritter, musicologue épris d'Orient, cherche en vain le sommeil, dérivant entre fièvre et mélancolie, songes et souvenirs qu'habitent les images de l'insaisissable Sarah, spécialiste de l'attraction du Grand Est sur les aventuriers, les savants, les artistes occidentaux. Ainsi se déploie un monde d'orientalistes animés d'un désir de découvertes que l'actualité contemporaine vient gifler.

「モノガタリ by mercari」は、「すべてのモノには物語がある」というコンセプトのもと、さまざまな書き手による“モノとの出会いと別れ”が生み出すストーリーをお届けするプロジェクトです。 渡せなかったプレゼント、捨てられない思い出のモノ、受け継いだ遺品ーー人に人生があるように、モノの背景にも目には見えないドラマがあります。 多様な人生とモノが生み出す、個性豊かなモノガタリをお楽しみ下さい。

「真夜中は、なぜこんなにもきれいなんだろうと思う」。わたしは、人と言葉を交わしたりすることにさえ自信がもてない。誰もいない部屋で校正の仕事をする、そんな日々のなかで三束さんにであった――。

Евгений Водолазкин - филолог, специалист по древнерусской литературе, автор романа "Соловьев и Ларионов", сборника эссе "Инструмент языка" и других книг. Герой романа "Лавр" - средневековый врач. Обладая даром исцеления, он, тем не менее, не может спасти свою возлюбленную и принимает решение пройти земной путь вместо нее.

When journalist Ellie looks through her newspaper's archives for a story, she discovers a letter from 1960, written by a man asking his lover to leave her husband.... In 1960, Jennifer wakes up in hospital after a car accident with no memory. And then, when she returns home, she uncovers a hidden letter, and begins to remember the lover she was willing to risk everything for.

Eine Kindheit in den Fünfzigern, in einer Stadt, nicht groß, nicht klein; ein bürgerlicher Haushalt, in dem viel Musik gemacht wird; der Vater ist Gefängnisdirektor. Der Krieg ist noch nicht lange her, und die Eltern versuchen, durch Hingabe an klassische Musik und Literatur nachzuholen, was sie ihre verlorenen Jahre nennen. Überall spürt der Junge Risse in dieser geordneten Welt. Gebannt verfolgt er die politischen Auseinandersetzungen, die seine älteren Brüder mit Vater und Mutter am Esstisch führen. Aber er bleibt Zuschauer. Immer häufiger flüchtet er sich in die Welt der Phantasie.

銀行本店営業部に異動した半沢直樹が押しつけられたのは、巨大損失を出した老舗ホテルの再建という頭取命令だった。銀行内の見えざる敵、金融庁検査官・黒崎との対決、出向先での執拗ないびり。やられたらやり返す。泣き寝入りはしない。その流儀を貫く半沢は、次々に襲いかかる逆境をどう切り抜けるのか――？　大ヒットドラマ「半沢直樹」原作!!

Ci sono romanzi che toccano corde così profonde, originarie, che sembrano chiamarci per nome. È quello che accade con "L'Arminuta" fin dalla prima pagina, quando la protagonista, con una valigia in mano e una sacca di scarpe nell'altra, suona a una porta sconosciuta. Ad aprirle, sua sorella Adriana, gli occhi stropicciati, le trecce sfatte: non si sono mai viste prima. Inizia così questa storia dirompente e ammaliatrice: con una ragazzina che da un giorno all'altro perde tutto - una casa confortevole, le amiche più care, l'affetto incondizionato dei genitori.

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!

Un matin, Ethan reçoit le faire-part de mariage de Céline, la femme qu'il aimait et qu'il a quittée pour se consacrer à sa fulgurante carrière. Une décision qu'il regrette amèrement aujourd'hui. Sur un coup de tête, il se rend au mariage et se met au défi de reconquérir la jeune femme. Il ne lui reste que quelques heures pour y parvenir. Quelques heures folles et pleines de mystère, au terme desquelles il est abattu par un inconnu. C'est alors que l'incroyable se produit.

Eight-year-old Bailey has spent most of her young life in a hospital. She is beginning to lose faith that she will ever be well again and desperately prays for an angel to help her. Soon, Bailey befriends an old grumpy maintenance man, and they both begin an epic journey when Bailey opens the cover of a book that Henry created for her. A tale of courage, faith, friendship, and love unfolds as Henry and Bailey fight for their survival while confined to a hospital and unspeakable darkness that is determined to overtake them.

Viola ha quarant’anni. Nuota, ogni giorno. Sin da quando era bambina. Decine di vasche avanti e indietro, mentre fuori, il mondo, sparisce. Le sue giornate sembrano muoversi nell’ipnosi leggera di un tempo fermo, e invecchiare non c’entra, c’entra la sua vita, quella che esiste, quella che non è mai esistita. Forse tutto è cominciato quando sua madre è andata via, troppo presto. O forse molto prima, Viola non può saperlo. Figlie uniche entrambe, orfane entrambe di un padre mai esistito.

Rachele sa bene che cosa va di moda e che cosa no, ed è da sempre una grande esperta dei trend del momento al punto che l’ha reso il proprio lavoro: nella Milano più divertente, tra un aperitivo con gli amici nell’ultimo locale aperto e un evento privato, lei scrive di lifestyle su una testata online di successo. Quindi se di eredità, atti notarili e faccende giuridiche connesse non ne sa nulla è ampiamente giustificata. Per esempio: perché mai dovrebbe fare come vuole suo padre e rinunciare a scatola chiusa all’insolita proprietà che suo zio le ha lasciato?

唯一無二の主人公、再び。……と思いきや、まさかの事件発生！？10万部突破の前作に続き、読み応え、ますますパワーアップの第２作！

Adapted For The Film Slumdog Millionaire. Eighteen-year-old Ram Mohammad Thomas has been arrested after answering twelve questions correctly on a TV quiz show to win one billion rupees. The producers have accused him of cheating his way to victory. Twelve extraordinary events in street-kid Ram's life - how he was adopted as a foundling orphan by a priest; came to have three names; fooled a professional hit man; even fell in love - give him the crucial answers.

Late one night in August 1934, following a yearlong spree of bank robberies across the Midwest, Jason and Whit Fireson are forced into a police shootout and die for the first time. Now it appears that the bank robbers known as the Firefly Brothers by an admiring public have at last met their end in a hail of bullets.

Nestled in the lush Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia, the town of Big Stone Gap has been home for Ave Maria Mulligan MacChesney and her beloved family and friends for generations. But with her daughter, Etta, having flown the nest to enchanting Italy, Ave Maria has reached a turning point, and she realizes that it’s time to go in search of brand-new dreams. Yet before she can put her foot on the path, her life is turned upside down.

A tragic accident. It all happened so quickly. She couldn't have prevented it. Could she? In a split second, Jenna Gray's world descends into a nightmare. Her only hope of moving on is to walk away from everything she knows to start afresh. Desperate to escape, Jenna moves to a remote cottage on the Welsh coast, but she is haunted by her fears, her grief, and her memories of a cruel November night that changed her life forever. Slowly Jenna begins to glimpse the potential for happiness in her future.

Walter ist der unbeliebteste Postbote der ganzen Stadt. Er wird in die Abteilung für unzustellbare Briefe versetzt – und natürlich hasst er es. Eines Tages erreicht ihn ein Schreiben an den lieben Gott. Der zehnjährige Ben will wissen, wie man einen Antrag ausfüllt. Selbst Walter ahnt: Hier liegt einiges im Argen. Er antwortet Ben – selbstverständlich als Gott. Ein Briefwechsel beginnt, und Walter erfährt immer mehr über das Leben des Jungen mit seiner depressiven Mutter. Mehr als alles andere wünscht Ben sich einen Freund. Und Walter... nun, Walter hat seine eigenen Probleme.