Contemporary Fiction

When Esther Greenwood wins an internship at a New York fashion magazine in 1953, she is elated, believing she will finally realise her dream to become a writer....

Astrid is the only child of a single mother, Ingrid, a brilliant, obsessed poet who wields her luminous beauty...

Border Roads Organization is responsible for building roads in Himalaya at huge heights, where no other country perhaps can build roads....

This novel, based on the life of Sarat Chandra Chatterjee, a well-known Bengali novelist and short story writer, is literary and biographical fiction. Sarat Chandra Chatterjee was arguably one of the most popular novelists in the Bengali language....

Adultery, the provocative new novel by Paulo Coelho, best-selling author of The Alchemist and Eleven Minutes, explores the question of what it means to live life fully and happily, finding the balance between life's routine and the desire for something new....

Swami is a talkative, mischievous boy whose life is all about having fun with his friends and avoiding school and homework. He lives with his parents, younger brother and grandmother....

The plot centres round Miss Barbara Buncle, a maiden lady who was obliged to write a book because – as she naively explained – her dividends were so poor....

Ein universeller Roman über Genuss, Lebenskunst und die Geschichte einer weiblichen Befreiung. Für alle LeserInnen von Han Kangs...

Brida, a young Irish girl, has long been interested in various aspects of magic but is searching for something more. Her search leads her to people of great wisdom....

Irland i 50'erne: Den unge pige Eilis bor sammen med sin mor og søster i en lille by, hvor der er meget langt til resten af verden...

・・・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

Ein Silvesterabend in New York: Cleo, Mitte zwanzig, britische Kunststudentin, Bohémienne a.k.a. ewig pleite, trifft Frank, Mitte vierzig, Amerikaner...

Essays in Love is a stunningly original love story....

It's the people in our lives who are the treasures kept in our hearts. From one coast to the other, to the far side of the globe, three characters follow paths that will mysteriously connect....

Incidence & its consequence is a typical cycle, however the interpretation of consequence might be different for each individual.....

When Tulsi first meets Madhav, she is irrevocably drawn to his chiseled good looks and charm. Although wary of his many dalliances and the string of broken hearts left in his wake, she is surprised by the intense desire that Madhav arouses in her. And before long, she forsakes her family....

Four Chinese women, drawn together by the shadow of their past, meet in San Francisco to play mah jong, invest in stocks, eat dim sum, and to "say" stories to each other....

One day a renowned author discovers that his wife mhas disappeared leaving no trace. She may have been kidnapped or blackmailed - or simply bored with their marriage....

Aavarana: The Veil is a story of a free-spirited and rebellious young woman, Lakshmi, who marries the man she is deeply in love with. Amir, her husband, requests she convert to Islam....

In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, now a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train upends Sami's visit and changes his life forever....

The late Binodini Thakur had been very clear that she would never agree to sell her hissa in her Bauji's big old house on Hailey Road....

Elsa ist starrköpfig, widerspenstig, verletzlich und manchmal schlicht und einfach ein Biest...

On a brisk fall night in a New York apartment, 35-year-old Billie West hears terrified screams. It's her lifelong best friend Cassie Barnwell, one floor above, and she's just realized her infant daughter has gone missing....

どんなに前向きに生きようとも、誰しもふとした折に、心が萎えることがある。だが本来、人間の一生とは、苦しみと絶望の連続である。

Winner of the National Book Award when it was first published in 1964, Herzog traces five days in the life of a failed academic whose wife has recently left him for his best friend....

僕の先生は中学生！ひょんなことから大学のミス研に入った恐がりな僕は、家庭教師の生徒である隼人くんから古今東西のミステリー作品の講義を受けることに。

家族とは、自然に「ある」ものではなく、「なる」ものではないか。人間の一人一人が持つ希望や悩み。そこには、家族の数だけドラマがあり、笑いもあれば涙もある――。

Nell’anno fatidico in cui il mondo intero sta cambiando, il 1989, due ragazzi della provincia italiana si incontrano su una pista da ballo: nasce un gemellaggio di carne, sudore e fasci di nervi. Un’amicizia fatta di meraviglia, di inevitabili miserie, di viaggi di non formazione alla volta di Amsterdam, Londra, Berlino, Thailandia. Non cercano identità, hanno solo bisogno di andare. A guidarli le onde della musica – di una musica nuova, artificiale, prepotentemente fisica. La storia di due ragazzi e di una generazione alla ricerca di un rito definitivo. Il club, la festa perfetta, il dj.

お父さんの影響で、外山くんは、ギターが上手だった。しかし、大好きなお父さんとお母さんは、離婚することに。裏切られた気持ちで、それ以来外山くんは、ギターに触れることはなかった。

Gea abita in un condominio sui Navigli di Milano e non oltrepassa mai i confini del suo quartiere. Ha ventisette anni e si arrangia come tuttofare. Crede nel riciclo e nel dare nuova vita alle cose che aggiusta e che distribuisce, insieme a pillole per lo spirito – poesie, origami –, nell’ambito della sua “economia circolare di quartiere”. Vive sola, ma ha dei buoni amici, come l’ottantenne pseudo-portinaia o il tredicenne che sogna di diventare autista di corriera. Nessuno però, della sua età. Perché Gea nella sua età non ci si ritrova. Così come non si ritrova nel mondo.

正岡千鶴は、家族も家も失った元子爵令嬢。天涯孤独の身となった今は、帝都・小石川にある三条家で使用人として働いている。紡績業で成功した新華族の三条家は、小石川に工場を持ち地域のまとめ役にもなっていたが…

Oliva ha trent’anni, una passione segreta per gli snack orientali e l’abitudine di imitare Rossella O’Hara quando è certa di non essere vista. Di lei gli altri sanno solo che ha un lavoro precario, abita con i genitori e sta per sposare Bernardo, il sogno di ogni madre. Nessuno immagina che soffra di insonnia e di tachicardia, e che a volte senta dentro un vuoto incolmabile. Fa parte della vita, le assicura la psicologa, e d’altronde la vita è come il mare: basta imparare a tenersi in equilibrio sulla tavola da surf. Ma ecco arrivare l’onda anomala che rischia di travolgerla.

心に刺さるSNSのいい話。インスタ、X、ユーチューブ、タイムラインを流れる日々に疲れてしまっても、あなたを救う物語がある。

「全国高校生花いけバトル」。即興で花をいける、5分の勝負。二人一組でエントリー。花をいける所作も審査対象。──高校二年生の大塚春乃はこの大会に惹かれ、出場を目指していた。

「君を、私の専属カメラマンに任命します!」クラスの人気者・香織の一言で、輝彦の穏やかな日常は終わりを告げた。突如始まった撮影生活は、自由奔放な香織に振り回されっぱなし。

杉原爽香、２６歳の春。友人の田端将夫（たばたまさお）が社長を務める〈Ｇ興産（こうさん）〉で、爽香は畠中澄江（はたなかすみえ）という女性に出会った。

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！

なつかしのオムライス、うすいえんどうの豆ごはん、ロールキャベツ、アジフライ──。佃はじめ食堂の常連客でお酒も卸している辰浪康平は四十歳すぎで気楽な独身。

富久丸百貨店の鮫島静緒、全国売上トップ１０の外商員に！　芦屋セレブ達の悩みを解決する日々のなか、会社が合併。静緒は社内政治に巻き込まれ身体を壊してしまい…。爽快お仕事エンタメ、ドラマ化人気シリーズ！

Der junge Valentin erhält verschlüsselte Botschaften von einer ihm unbekannten Cäcilia. Zusammen mit seiner Cousine Selina begibt er sich auf eine Suche, um das zu finden, was der Welt verloren ging. Doch können die beiden das Rätsel lösen, wenn sie noch nicht einmal wissen, wonach sie suchen sollen? Ein mitreißender Roman, der Lebensfreude und Schicksalsschlag, sowie Realität und Traumwelt kunstvoll miteinander verknüpft.