Showing results for "Land Fictions" in Literature & Fiction

A delivery driver finds himself inside a world occupied by characters from unfinished novels and must accept he is not real. But the world around him doesn’t feel right, and when he starts asking questions, the authorities soon take extreme measures to stop him finding the truth about Fiction Land.

Tricked into a world of banished gods, demons, goblins, sprites and magic, Richter must learn to meet the perils of The Land and begin to forge his own kingdom. Actions have consequences across The Land, with powerful creatures and factions now hell-bent on Richter's destruction. Can Richter forge allegiances to survive this harsh and unforgiving world or will he fall to the dark denizens of this ancient and unforgiving realm? A tale to shake "The Land" itself, measuring 10/10 on the Richter scale, how will Richter's choices shape the future of The Land and all who reside in it?

Flatland, first published in 1884, is classic work of satire. The full title, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions, reveals the story's most compelling characteristic, its discussion of multiple dimensions. It is this fascinating examination which has contributed to Flatland's enduring popularity.

Everyone in Cape Cod thinks that Mother is a wonderful woman: pious, hardworking, frugal. Everyone except her husband and seven children. To them she is a selfish and petty tyrant, endlessly comparing her many living children to the one who died in childbirth, keeping a viselike hold on her offspring even as they try to escape into adulthood. Welcome to Mother Land: a suffocating kingdom of parental narcissism.

The battle of the dead was won, but at a great cost. Sion, leader of the Mist Village, was left with only pain and regret as Richter was claimed by the abyss. What no one but the abandoned chaos seed knows is that he narrowly avoided the curse of the lich Singh, a curse that still hangs above his head. Now, surrounded by miles of darkness and tons of crushing rock, Richter has to find his way back into the light.

Set a thousand years (give or take) before the events of Disenchanted, Distopia tells the story of Wyngalf the Bold, the legendary hero renowned for ridding the land of Dis of the scourge of dragons. The story begins as Wyngalf, a young missionary for an obscure religious sect, arrives in the port city of Skuldred. Desperate to prove his worth to his superiors, Wyngalf finds himself drafted into leading a missionary voyage across the sea to the semilegendary land of Dis.

The Battle of Brandsveid brought together every king and nobleman in the land in an epic struggle for the future of the Land of Dis, as the armies of the Six Kingdoms united against the monstrous army of Lord Brand. It was the event Vergil, a knight in the service of the Order of Avaress, had waited for his entire life. Unfortunately, he slept through it.

London, 1852: Zwei junge Frauen treten die Reise nach Neuseeland an. Es ist der Aufbruch in ein neues Leben, als künftige Ehefrauen von Männern, die sie kaum kennen...

Wander to "where the song of the ocean / Meets the salty piece of land" with Tully Mars, washed up from Margaritaville and in the mood for monkeyshines—in the 20th anniversary edition of this shimmering Caribbean epic by the late king of tropical rock, Jimmy Buffett. It's not on any chart, but...

As comic as it is deeply moving, Holy Lands chronicles several months in the lives of an estranged family of colourful eccentrics. Harry Rosenmerck is an ageing Jewish cardiologist who has left his thriving medical practice in New York - to raise pigs in Israel. His ex-wife, Monique, ruminates about their once happy marriage even as she quietly battles an aggressive illness. Their son, David, an earnest and successful playwright, has vowed to reconnect with his father since coming out. Annabelle, their daughter, finds herself unmoored in Paris in the aftermath of a breakup.

“Lively and evocative, Mother Land is a deftly crafted exploration of identity and culture, with memorable and deeply human characters who highlight how that which makes us different can ultimately unite us.”—Amy Myerson, author of The Bookshop of Yesterdays and The Imperfects From the...

"Ein Jahr in der Provinz. Lokalredakteur in der Ödnis Borkendorf. Ich hätte mir was Besseres vorstellen können. Ein gebrochenes Bein zum Beispiel. Oder eine Steuernachzahlung. Aber man wird ja nicht gefragt."

Eine Geschichte über Freundschaft, Vergebung und den Mut, zu seinen Fehlern zu stehen - humorvoll, skurril, emotionsgeladen. Sieben Senioren mit speziellen Eigenarten stranden in einem Seniorenheim auf einem idyllischen Bauernhof. Wie das Leben so spielt, hat jeder von ihnen sein Päckchen zu tragen. Durch den geheimnisvollen Leiter der Residenz, Magnus Violent, erhalten sie die Chance, sich von ihren Lasten zu befreien, um den Rest des Lebenswegs erleichtert zu beschreiten.

Finnland. Da denkt jeder an Seen, Sauna, Mücken und Elche. Und eine verteufelt schwere Sprache. Aber wer sind die Menschen dort? Verschrobene Einzelgänger? Trinkfest und sangestüchtig? Bernd Gieseking bekommt einen Crashkurs. Weil sein Bruder sich in eine Finnin verliebt hat und seine Eltern ihn in seiner neuen Heimat besuchen wollen, bricht er zu einer Familienreise mit alten Eltern auf und fährt von Kutenhausen nach Lahti. Und das ist so skurril wie alltäglich, das ist aberwitzig und melancholisch schön.

Die zwei grundsoliden Schwaben Häberle und Pfleiderer sitzen in ihrer Lieblingswirtschaft "Lamm" bei einem Viertele als ein Anruf bei der Wirtin eingeht. Kurz darauf kommt ein amerikanischer Journalist, der die beiden davon überzeugt eine Weltreise zu machen. Die Ehefrauen können durch Zugeständnisse ebenfalls überzeugt werden und schon machen sich die beiden auf den Weg. Es geht nach Afrika, Indien, Indonesien, Macao, Japan und die USA.

Helmut Qualtinger spricht Peter Turinis "Es ist ein gutes Land"...

Die Elite der Neuen Chinesen ist entnervt: Zwar glänzt ihr Land mit enormen Wachstumsraten, doch bei Reformvorhaben stoßen sie auf Widerstand...

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