Showing results for "Birds" in Contemporary Fiction

A young hippie couple reach both enlightenment and social fame via their "material pragmatism", supported by both Western and Eastern religion - and with some help from an American Indian named "Little Bird".

Writing under the name Beento Blackbird, Solomon Wilberforce writes best-selling books that reconnect Africa's children around the world with their glorious heritage. But when his father dies, Solomon is forced to break the cyclical patterns of his routine to attend the funeral, and all of the neat compartments of his life begin to tumble in on one another.

London 1941, Bomben fallen auf die Stadt. Emmeline Lake träumt davon, eine berühmte Kriegskorrespondentin zu werden. Als sie eine Anzeige für einen Job beim London Evening Chronicle sieht, scheint ihr Traum wahr zu werden. Doch stattdessen soll sie nur die Briefe der grimmigen Kummerkastentante Henrietta Bird vorsortieren. Emmeline ist enttäuscht, aber sie nimmt den Job an. Die Anweisungen von Mrs. Bird sind unmissverständlich: Alle Briefe, die irgendwie anstößig sind, wandern in den Papierkorb.

A novel from the director of the film Country Life. A young actor struggles to make his way in the theatre, experiencing the quick, intense relationships that flare within the closed world of the theatre as he acts out small, solid roles with a famous classical company outside of London.