Showing results for "August" in Literature & Fiction

Lilith Clarke is supposed to be dead: murdered by the vicious King Oren, her blood staining a field of daisies. But death would have been merciful. After years of having no name, she is finally given a title: Queen of Umbra. But it will cost her everything. Lily is now bound to King Asher, the most powerful and brutal shadow divinus in all of Omnia. Forced to rule in secret, she slowly loses herself to the darkness. She fears it will swallow her whole.

At a secluded seaside hotel, Adi (Smith), a struggling painter, finds his creative spark reignited by Gustav (Schreiber), a magnetic stranger. Their connection is instant and consuming, but what begins as a chance encounter twists into something far darker when Gustav becomes intrigued by Adi’s wife, the dazzling Tekla (Siff). Talk into the night devolves into an intricate web of deception, seduction, and revelation, where the lives of all involved may be destroyed or transformed.

From the National Book Award winning author, an extraordinary, ground-breaking, epic multi-generational novel about a Korean family living under Japanese occupation. In 1930s Japanese-occupied Korea, Lee Woo-cheol was a running prodigy and a contender for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. But he...

An Oprah's Book Club Selection regarded as one of Faulkner's greatest and most accessible novels, Light in August is a timeless and riveting story of determination, tragedy, and hope. In Faulkner's iconic Yoknapatawpha County, race, sex, and religion collide around three memorable characters searching desperately for human connection and their own identities.

Pretending. I've always been good at pretending. Being someone else is easy, and that ability has served me well these last seven months. This time, I've been hired to be the long lost sister of oil tycoon, and down to earth cowboy, Maxwell Cunningham. Recently, Maxwell's father passed away and in his last Will and Testament he dropped a bomb no one saw coming. One of the richest men in the world, left forty-nine percent of his company to a sister my client never knew he had. A woman named Mia Saunders.

William Faulkner: a titan of American literature. You probably already know all about his life and work, right? No? Don’t sweat it! In five minutes, we’ll bring you up to speed on this national treasure. First we’ll fill you in on a few key facts about his career, and then we’ll hit five important aspects of his writing that are guaranteed to impress friends, family, and potential dates.

Mottenburg nennen die Patienten ihre Lungenheilstätte, in der alle dieselbe Krankheit haben - Tuberkulose...

rendition of Taylor Swift’s August

Women Talking: An Evening of Wild Female Imagination features three new works from playwrights Sandra Delgado, ruth tang, and Brittany Allen. Inspired by the film and its themes, the playwrights explored the choice the women need to make as a community: Do nothing. Stay and fight. Leave.

In Fräulein Julie, einer der berühmtesten Tragödien August Strindbergs, treffen gesellschaftliche Hierarchie, unterdrückte Begierden und psychologische Machtspiele aufeinander. Das Drama entfaltet sich in der Nacht des Mittsommers – zwischen der adeligen Julie und dem Diener Jean entsteht ein Spiel aus Anziehung, Stolz und Demütigung. Obwohl Julie sozial über Jean steht, kehrt sich die Machtbalance zunehmend um – mit unausweichlichen Konsequenzen. Ein intensives Kammerspiel über Geschlechterrollen, soziale Spannungen und emotionale Abgründe.

When an old acquaintance, finance magnate Eleanore Paget, hears August is back in town, she tries to hire him to investigate suspicious goings-on at her investment bank. August declines - detective work is no longer his beat. When Eleanore is found dead the next day of an apparent suicide, August doesn't buy it for a minute. His search for her killer will drag him into a rat's nest of Detroit's most dangerous criminals.

Ichorite is progress. More durable and malleable than steel, ichorite is the lifeblood of a dawning industrial revolution. Yann I. Chauncey owns the sole means of manufacturing this valuable metal, but his workers are on strike. They demand Chauncey research the hallucinatory illness befalling them. Marney Honeycutt, a luster-touched child worker, stands proud at the picket line with her best friend and family. That’s when Chauncey sends in the guns.

Considered “perhaps the most important American play of this century” by The Daily Telegraph, the Tony Award-winning Best Play has arrived on Audible. Based on Howards End by E.M. Forster, The Inheritance takes place in New York City decades after the AIDS epidemic. Eric Glass is a political activist engaged to his writer boyfriend, Toby Darling. When two strangers enter their lives—an older man and a younger one—their futures suddenly become uncertain as they begin to chart divergent paths.

Winner of the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award and 2021 Kate Challis RAKA Award! ""A beautifully written novel that puts language at the heart of remembering the past and understanding the present.""—Kate Morton “A groundbreaking novel for black and white Australia.”—Richard Flanagan...

“Dark August is a tightly-paced cauldron of a thriller about small town corruption, murder and mayhem, in the vein of Sharp Objects and All The Missing Girls. A macabre and confidently twisty debut.” — Lisa Gabriele, internationally bestselling author of The Winters An electrifying...

After her divorce, Katy McKenzie promised herself she’d wait a year before dating again. But just when she does, her troubled twin brother shows up needing help, and Katy’s newfound freedom is put on hold. At her high school reunion, Katy reconnects with Dan Dexter, her childhood best friend and the boy whose romantic confession she once rejected. Now a famous relationship coach, Dan has never forgotten Katy. As they spend time together, old feelings resurface, but their futures may be too different to ever align.

It's August in the Barsetshire village of Worsted, and Richard Tebben, just down from Oxford, is contemplating the gloomy prospect of a long summer in the parental home. But the numerous and impossibly glamorous Dean family - exquisite Rachel, her capable husband and six of their nine brilliant children - have come for the holidays, and their hostess, Mrs. Palmer, plans to rope everyone into performing in her disastrous annual play.

Es ist Spätsommer in Hovenäset und Zeit für das traditionelle Krebsfest. Während die Vorbereitungen auf Hochtouren laufen und August Strindberg mit seiner kleinen Tochter Sofia die letzten Sonnenstrahlen genießt, wird ein älteres Ehepaar Opfer eines Giftanschlags. Eben aus der Elternzeit zurückgekehrt, übernimmt Maria Martinsson die Ermittlung, sehr zum Leidwesen von August, der ihr eigentlich einen Heiratsantrag machen will. Als dann auch noch das Krebsfest abgesagt wird und ein rätselhaftes Fotoalbum aus der Vergangenheit seines Großvaters auftaucht, steht Augusts Welt endgültig Kopf.

Dance of Death is a gripping two-part play by Swedish playwright August Strindberg, penned in 1900. It explores the unraveling of a marriage between Edgar, an artillery captain, and Alice, a former actress, as they become increasingly ensnared in their isolated, fortress-like home. The tension mounts as they manipulate and provoke one another, leading to the unexpected arrival of Curt, Alices cousin. This intrusion intensifies their already fraught dynamic, creating a tangled triangle that heightens the drama. The narrative further evolves in Part Two with the introduction of their children, ...

Step into the world of August Strindbergs gripping one-act drama, Countess Julie, where social boundaries blur and passions ignite. Set against the backdrop of Midsummer Eve festivities, this intense tale unfolds between three characters Julie, a fervent young noblewoman; Jean, her ambitious fathers valet; and Kristin, the cook and Jeans fiancée. As the night unfolds, Julie and Jeans reckless intimacy leads to unforeseen and tragic consequences. (Summary by Elizabeth Klett)