Showing results for "Fifty/Fifty" in Literary Fiction

Marta Ferrer, una mujer de mediana edad casada y con dos hijos que trabaja en la delegación de Hacienda de Barcelona, ha pasado los últimos meses luchando contra un cáncer de pecho que ha modificado su vida. Pero tras la última sesión de radioterapia algo parece haber cambiado. Marta...

Dareese "Dollar Bill" Blake is one of those bad guys that women love to hate. In an effort to escape the hood life and dabble in the good life, Dollar quickly grows from a small pup to a big dawg. After carefully critiquing the game, he chooses a concrete type of hustle that he's sure will offer him an early retirement from the workforce. If you ask his home girl, Thomasena, she'd say it's been nothing but love for Dollar since day one. In Dollar's eyes, however, Thomasena is just one of the boys.

When Billie was eight years old, her father was murdered. Ever since that day, she has vowed to bring every criminal to justice, especially the man responsible for her father's death. Twenty years later, Billie is still on a mission to rid the streets of criminals. If she can't do it legally, then she takes matters into her own hands.

After a reunion with an old friend goes wrong in a Long Island nightclub, Kasheef Williams is forced to protect himself by any means necessary. The only problem is that prying eyes see everything. Those eyes belong to Alija Bell. She runs, but Kasheef sees her face, and he tells her that it's best for her to get temporary amnesia. Afraid for her life and the safety of her daughter, she keeps her mouth shut, but when a tape of the murder surfaces, the only face that is visible is Alija's. Now the police are looking for their eyewitness.

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Jakki and School Boy are more than first cousins; they’re best friends and partners in crime with a reputation for getting theirs by any means necessary. The pair are ultimately forced to defend not only their family name but their loyalty to each other. With both wanting to stand at the head of the table, Jakki and School Boy feud. Sani, a well-known female gambling house owner, is at the top of her game, but after she decides to inject phony currency into her business, all hell breaks loose.

いつか来たときの列車で向いの席にいた声の美しい女性の葉子は、駒子の家の若い病人を看病していたが、その病人も亡くなった。その後毎日、墓に参っていた。葉子は、湯に入るといつも澄んだ声で歌うのだった。駒子の使いでやって来た葉子と話すと、いずれ東京にいくので一緒に連れて行ってほしいという。ある日の早朝、駒子は宿の裏の坂を上ってそっと島村の部屋にやってきた。その夜も泥酔して島村の宿に立ち寄った。「君はいい女だね」という言葉に突然怒りだす。島村は、いつか駒子が通ってくるのを心待つにする気持ちになりながら、他方で自分のわがままに呵責が募るのであった。もうこれからは来られないだろうと思いながら長逗留を続けた晩秋のある日、島村の乗る車に飛び乗ってきた駒子と街を歩く。そこに突然、半鐘が鳴り出した。映画上映が行われている繭倉が火事だという。二人は駆けだした・・・。

「国境の長いトンネルを抜けると雪国であった。夜の底が白くなった。」の冒頭部分が有名な川端康成の代表作。雪国の温泉宿を舞台に、東京に妻子のある島村と、土地の芸者である一途な駒子の揺れ動く心の襞を軸に、彼女とも知り合いの美しい葉子への関心と平行しながら描かれる。雪国の雪の白さ、冷たく澄みきった空気の透明感や緊張感、温泉の温かさや湯煙、突き抜けるような青空、若葉の瑞々しい緑、列車の汽笛、そして駒子の肌の感触、女性2人の美しい声や手鞠歌の歌声、火事の紅い炎と熱気・・・五感に訴える哀しくも美しい川端美学の結晶的な作品。 ...