Showing titles in Contemporary Fiction

1995年1月、地震はすべてを一瞬のうちに壊滅させた。

Sonja ist schön und intelligent. Sie und Alex sind Architekten, sie leben und arbeiten erfolgreich zusammen. Eine vorbildliche Ehe, er müßte glücklich sein...

脱サラし、お笑い芸人になった西野勤。しかし才能がなく、８年間、売れることなくくすぶっている。そんな彼の元にガネーシャが降臨！

Winner of the Pacific Northwest Book Association Number One Fiction Book Award for 1995, The Sky Fisherman is the poignant story of a young man coming of age in a small Oregon town. Laced with love of the great outdoors and infused with colorful local characters, this audiobook is a rich glimpse at life in the Pacific Northwest. The lives of young Culver, his twice-married mother, and his charismatic Uncle Jake are shadowed by the death of Culver’s father in a fishing accident.

Of Bees and Mist centers on Meridia, who, at age 16, tries to escape her alienating childhood and her mysterious parents by running away to marry a tenderhearted young man, whose family is harboring secrets of their own. There is a grave hidden in the garden. There are two sisters groomed from birth to despise each other. And there is Eva, the formidable matriarch whose grievances swarm the air in an army of bees

Piszkos Fred a háttérből irányítja az eseményeket, s egyengeti egy hazájába visszatérő ifjú trónörökös, valamint a kikötők jólelkű vagánya, Fülig Jimmy kalandos útját Port Szaidtól Szingapúron át a Boldogság Szigetek fővárosáig.

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....

Wer sind wir, wenn wir keine Europäer mehr sind? - Der grandiose europäische Gesellschaftsroman des niederländischen Bestsellerautors. Ein junger Page, Abdul, empfängt den Schriftsteller auf den Marmorstufen des Eingangsportals, über dem in goldenen Lettern der Name "Grand Hotel Europa" zu lesen ist. Sie rauchen eine erste Zigarette und kommen miteinander ins Gespräch. Der Schriftsteller spricht von Venedig und von Clio, seiner großen Liebe, die ihn verlassen hat.

Poet, forger, and genius, Thomas Chatterton died in 1770, aged 18. His death was thought to be suicide: But what really happened? Two hundred years later, Charles Wychwood and Harriet Scrope become obsessed with decoding the clues in an 18th-century manuscript. Their investigation raises some intriguing questions....

A century before, as 19th-century artist Henry Wallis paints his celebrated portrait of Chatterton lying dead in an attic room, he, too, becomes fascinated by the mystery. Then Chatterton himself steps forward, with his own story....

・・・この『時をかける少女』というのは、自分にとってはよく稼いでくれるお嬢さんみたいなものでしてね(笑)。これでもう何作目になりますか、その時代その時代の女子中学生や女子高校生の制服のアイドルとして訪ねてきてくれる。・・・2006年のアニメ化にあたって、筒井康隆氏が語った言葉です。彼によって『時をかける少女』が書かれてから40年。明治の文豪の作品とは違った意味で時代を感じさせる内容は、しかし、かわることなく訴えかける力を秘めています。 人生をリセットしたい、と思ったことは誰しもあるのではないでしょうか。しかし、ゲームをリセットして、さっきの方がよかったかも、と思ったことのある人も多いでしょう。「リセットした人生」「リセットしなかった人生」・・・・結局、人がたどれる道は、一筋きりなのです。 重ささえ感じられる正統派SF小説に、声優として大活躍中のあの ゆかな が挑戦。さわやかに読み上げました。 ことのは出版オーディオブック詳細はhttp://www.kotonoha.co.jpまで

Luciana, 17 años, está en coma por haber ingerido una pastilla de éxtasis. Es “el día siguiente”. Mientras sus amigos se preguntan qué ha pasado, Eloy, el chico que la ama, busca desesperado al camello que le vendió la pastilla para tratar de salvarle la vida. Sólo analizando qué contenía la droga sabrán los médicos a qué se enfrentan.

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.

La vida siempre supera al mejor de los guiones ...una productora de series de televisión que está en un portal que está en una calle que está en uno de los mejores barrios de la ciudad... Por las páginas de "Bocabesada" aparecen un colaborador televisivo, autor de éxito en crisis; mujeres inteligentes presas de sus errores; puro amor en la tercera edad; directivos mediocres; gente que se muere; un ministro y una puta encantada de serlo. En un mundo donde cada vez hay más fronteras y más líneas rojas, en "Bocabesada" no existen ni siquiera entre la novela y la vida.

In his “finely crafted first novel” ( Booklist), Peter Geye evokes the savage beauty of Lake Superior’s north shore and the bittersweet reunion of a dying father and his hurting son after decades of estrangement. When Noah Torr returns to his family’s Minnesota cabin to reconnect with his father, he learns for the first time what really happened 35 years ago—and how it changed his father forever.

In the small Irish town of Knockglen, best friends Bernadette ('Benny') and Eve are inseparable. Benny is an adored only child, and Eve a poor, birdlike orphan brought up by nuns. On their first day at University College, Dublin, a fatal road accident brings the pair together with fellow students Nan Mahon and Jack Foley, and new friendships are quickly struck. Jack and Nan introduce Eve and Benny to a life of excitement and sophistication.

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.

The novel is set in Varanasi. Chetan Bhagat initiates the story through the central character of Gopal. It is through Gopal's narration of his life to the author that we are introduced to Raghav and Aarti. The story revolves around these three characters. While Gopal comes from a poor family, Raghav comes from a well-off family. Both set out to achieve success and realise their dreams.

A murder has taken place in a tony Mumbai neighbourhood. A prime suspect, Prashanth, keeps his silence in the interrogation room as Inspector Khan plays the tapes of his therapy sessions. The explosive tapes, surreptitiously recorded by therapist Shaily Gupta, slowly reveal shocking information about Prashanth, about his relationship with his girlfriend Sonya, about the therapist and about the gruesome murder in question.

David Storey's This Sporting Life, set in the industrial north, brilliantly conveys 21-year-old steelworker Arthur Machin's love of his rugby league, his success on the field, and his feelings towards his widowed landlady, as well as his bouts of doubt and anxiety.

Pieta has a secret. Ten years ago, Pieta was kidnapped by a man calling himself The Blindfolder who said he wouldn't kill her if she kept her eyes closed for 48 hours. She never told anyone what happened to her, vowing to move on with her life. But when The Blindfolder starts hunting down his past victims, Pieta realises she may finally be forced to tell her deepest secret to stay alive....