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Il romanzo narra la storia di una famiglia di pescatori che vive e lavora ad Aci Trezza, un piccolo paese siciliano nei pressi di Catania. Ha un'impostazione corale e rappresenta personaggi uniti dalla stessa cultura ma divisi dalle loro diverse scelte di vita, soverchiate comunque da un destino tragico ed inevitabile. L'autore adotta la tecnica dell'impersonalità, riproducendo alcune caratteristiche del dialetto e adattandosi quanto più possibile al punto di vista dei differenti personaggi, rinunciando così all'abituale mediazione del narratore.

Violetta detta Vetta, giornalista di viaggi in una redazione romana, si è fatta spedire dal suo capo nell'isola della sua infanzia, Carloforte, dopo aver trovato nella giacca del fidanzato una scatoletta: una scatoletta da anello di fidanzamento. Terrorizzata dalla prospettiva del matrimonio, oltre che dal tradimento di Federico con cui si erano sempre detti che mai e poi mai si sarebbero convinti a quel "mercimonio orrendo", Vetta approda sull'isola pronta a scrivere un reportage leggero sulla tonnara e a godersi qualche giorno da sola.

Pubblicata per la prima volta su Rassegna Contemporanea nell'agosto del 1911, "I fortunati" è una novella in cui Pirandello critica in maniera molto dura il mondo della chiesa, senza per questo rinunciare alla sua tagliente ironia. Conosciamo così Don Arturo Filomarino, giovane prete del piccolo paesino di Montelusa (paesino immaginario che, molto probabilmente, è Girgenti), che deve fare i conti con una pesantissima eredità.

Brought to you by Penguin. Discover the gothic horror phenomenon that is sweeping across Europe, with over 2 million copies sold As the dark and menacing waters of the local river submerge Perdido, a small town in the south of Alabama, the Caskeys - a family of rich landowners - must confront...

He proposed . . . and I said yes. Normally a jovial occasion for a couple in love, but this proposal has a very different feel. Because the man that I'll be calling my husband blew into town with one thing on his mind . . . to make my life a living nightmare. So why did I say yes? Well, because we both need something from each other. Namely, I want the farm land he currently owns, and he needs a wife in order to inherit his family cabin in his grandfather’s will. So as he so eloquently put it, my hand, for his land.

Elisa Levi's That's All I Know explores the toll of caring for those who cannot care for themselves, the fear of the unknown that anchors people to unfulfilling lives, and the bravery it takes to stop deceiving oneself, to give in to longing.

Emily, Carl and Jules have all ‘gone before their time’. After dying on the same day in Halifax, West Yorkshire, they each wake up in a room in a hotel on the outskirts of town. They’re instructed to meet in the basement headquarters of film production company ‘End Credits’, where no-nonsense producer Suzi tells them their lives have been secretly filmed and they must edit their own biopic before they are able to move on.

After finding out my relationship was a complete lie, I packed up my life and teenage daughter, seeking a fresh start in Tyson's Creek. I planned on focusing on my daughter, making her my number one priority, until I met a stranger determined to derail all my plans. Our first meeting is like a strike of lightning, something that only happens in stories, giving me more than one reason to keep my distance. However, our meddling friends and daughters make that next to impossible.

Der er snak og sladder i det lille, tætte samfund i Sødalen ved den sorte hede. Sandheden er, at Else vil til Viborg for at være sammen med musikeren Christian, og hun har en anden stor hemmelighed, hun ikke kan tale med nogen om. Så hun vil bare langt væk hjemmefra, og da hun endelig kommer af sted, er det både berusende og fortvivlende. For det er farligt at være alene uden fællesskabets beskyttelse. I fest og trængsler er en myldrende og livfuld roman om udbrydertrang, forelskelse og fortabelse.

In the blistering heat of rural Mississippi, the Bundren family loads their dead matriarch, Addie, into a handmade coffin and sets out on a bleak, often darkly comic journey to bury her in her hometown of Jefferson. Each mile of flooded rivers, broken bones, starving mules, and simmering resentments peels back another layer of this family's grief, faith, and desperation, as husband Anse and children Cash, Darl, Jewel, Dewey Dell, and Vardaman tell the story in their own, often clashing voices.

My ex-husband—the town sheriff—pulled me over for speeding. Throwing up on him instead of getting a ticket? Definitely not my proudest moment. Neither was telling him the tiny little detail that I'm pregnant… from the one night we spent together at his brother's wedding. It was supposed to be a one-time thing, for old times' sake. But Carter insists on doing everything his way. Including taking a chance on us.

Newly widowed Shelby Wright has left the Portland suburbs for a new life on Washington’s San Juan Island to fulfill her late husband’s dying wish. Running the shuttered Captain Merrick Inn, where they’d honeymooned twenty years before, is also a chance for Shelby to prove she can go it solo. Miles from home and her young adult son, Shelby is ready to finally acknowledge to herself that she is gay. But becoming the person she’s hidden away for so long isn’t going to be easy.

Ending up in the same bed with my brother's best friend on a spontaneous road trip to his own wedding? Definitely not part of the plan. But when Oliver and I got stuck overnight at a hotel—with only one bed—temptation won. What was supposed to be a one-time thing… was just the beginning. Because now, he's secretly my husband. For convenience, of course. I think.

It started with him being the bane of my existence. The uptight, infuriatingly handsome lawyer with a permanent scowl and a glare sharp enough to slice glass. He storms over every time my mail ends up in his box—or whenever he feels like reminding me that photography isn't a "real" job. Keats knows exactly how to get under my skin, and honestly? Half the time, I want to strangle him. The other half…I'm trying not to imagine what he looks like shirtless.

Si narra nei dettagli un'estate d'infanzia in paese, alla fattoria dei nonni. Emergono i tratti amatriciani salienti: la freschezza montana, la folla dei villeggianti, i panorami mozzafiato, la genuinità dei prodotti, le fiere, le feste, le sagre, quella degli spaghetti su tutte. Lo sviluppo delle vicende familiari si intreccia con la crescita dei personaggi, tutti ruotanti attorno alla figura centrale dei nonni.

Da Megs mand pludselig dør, ændrer hendes liv sig for altid … og på flere måder, end hun kunne forestille sig. Efter sin mands død føler Meg sig rodløs, og hun siger derfor ja til at passe sin venindes hus i den lille skotske landsby Applemore hen over sommeren. Da hun ankommer, opdager hun, at hun ikke kun skal passe huset, men også det lille bibliotek i en tilstødende bygning til det gamle fyrtårn. Fyrtårnet viser ganske vist ikke vej for havets skibe længere, men det bliver et lyspunkt i Megs nye tilværelse.

Brought to you by Penguin. She went home for Christmas…and found the love she thought she’d lost. Curl up with this cosy Christmas romance bursting with twinkling lights, second chances and seasonal joy, from bestselling author Jenny Bayliss When Fred returns home to her Scottish town she...

Vi följer den vackra torpardottern Emilie i norska Trøndelag på 1880-talet, ett samhälle med stora klyftor mellan rika och fattiga. Sagan om Emilie är en släktkrönika fylld av hemligheter och kärleksintriger.

Vi följer den vackra torpardottern Emilie i norska Trøndelag på 1880-talet, ett samhälle med stora klyftor mellan rika och fattiga. Emilie är hos Grace på sommarbesök när ett välkänt ansikte dyker upp i hagen. Ola Teigen är beslutsam och stark i blicken inför resan till Amerika, men Emilie oroar sig för att det är hennes fel att han väljer att utvandra.

Brought to you by Penguin. 'Astonishing' Marian Keyes A luminous, life-affirming novel about a 12-year-old boy who is the sole survivor of a deadly plane crash One summer morning, a flight takes off from New York to Los Angeles. There are 192 passengers aboard: among them a young woman taking a...