Showing results for "Mona" in Literary Fiction

Avant que les yeux de sa petite fille ne voient plus, un grand-père décide de lui montrer autant d’œuvres que possible. Un merveilleux roman d’initiation, une plongée émouvante au cœur de l’art.

A national best seller upon its publication, Anywhere but Here is a moving, often comic portrait of wise child Ann August and her mother, Adele, a larger-than-life American dreamer. As they travel through the landscape of their often conflicting ambitions, Ann and Adele bring to life a novel that is a brilliant exploration of the perennial urge to keep moving, even at the risk of profound disorientation. Simpson's first novel is ultimately a heart-rending tale of a mother and daughter's invaluable relationship.

Narrated by Mara Wilson Set in the early 1990s, the long-awaited tenth novel in Armistead Maupin’s beloved and enduring Tales of the City series follows the adventures of Mona Ramsey, now the widowed Lady of a glorious old manor in Britain’s golden Cotswolds, and her fabulous adopted son...

For 500 years we've been looking at the Mona Lisa, and it turns out that she's been looking right back at us. Over the centuries, few could hear her voice, but now we are let into the secret, as she tells us her story in her own words - a tale of rivalry, murder and heartbreak. And a mystery of Leonardo's greatest lost painting. Weaving through the years, she takes us from the dazzling world of da Vinci's Florentine studio to the French courts at Fontainebleau and Versailles, and into the 20th century.

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD The long-awaited, profoundly moving, and unforgettable new novel from PEN Award–winning Native American author Mona Susan Power, spanning three generations of Yanktonai Dakota women from the 19th century to the present day. From the mid-century metropolis...

Claire, a composer and a new mother, comes to LA so her husband can follow his dream of writing TV comedy. With Paul working all hours and Claire left with a baby, William, whom she adores but has no idea how to care for, they hire Lola - a 52-year-old mother of five who works in America to pay for her own children's education back in the Philippines. Lola stabilizes the rocky household, and other parents try to lure her away. What she sacrifices to stay with Claire and William remains her own secret.

Någon vill se den iranska författaren Sara Santada död och är villig att att göra vad som helst för att det ska ske. Fyra miljoner kronor är de beredda att betala för att dödsdomen skall utföras, och när Sara bjuds in till Köpenhamn ser de sin chans. Men någonting går inte enligt planerna och hotet mot Sara uppdagas. Säkerhetschefen Per Toftlund och kulturjournalisten Lise Carlsen utkämpar en desperat kamp mot klockan i jakt på en okänd mördare som inte skyr några medel för att utföra sitt uppdrag ...

In her deliciously sexy debut, Cara Connelly gives a whole new meaning to crashing a wedding. Before the wedding Tyrell Brown wanted to get the hell out of Houston and back to his ranch. Instead, he’s stuck on a flight to France for his best friend’s wedding. To top it off, he discovers...

Si el terror irrumpió en la literatura del siglo XVIII para contraponer la potencia latente de lo inexplicable por sobre la fe racionalista de la Ilustración, estas tres nouvelles de Diego Muzzio encuentran el momento preciso en que esas fuerzas colisionan en la historia local: el brote de...

Un actor de renombre sumergido en un universo inestable y superficial, se cuestiona respecto de su propia vida, de sus deseos, de sus obsesiones, del lugar que los otros le fueron construyendo a lo largo de su carrera. Con una voz madura y potente, Gonzalo Heredia cuestiona al medio en el que...

"…acodados sobre la baranda helada de ese tercer piso, plateándose débil al colarse un primer resplandor, me dijo Bernabé, casi sin pensar: «Es, tiene que ser, la casa azul. No queda, no hay más opción, a esta altura de las cosas», como si dijera: «No sabemos soñar o, mejor dicho, son...

Gewalt in intimen Beziehungen: Nicole Rose veröffentlicht eine neue Gattung Hörbuch zu ihrem 6. Roman. Von Kapitel zu Kapitel ahnen wir, dass die Beziehung zwischen Nikki und Woolf mehr als eine Amour fou; dass das ganz einfach nicht gutgehen kann. Oder etwa doch? Nikki Rose und Woolf Barzokka sind ein Paar wie Blitz und Donner. Ihre leidenschaftliche Amour fou katapultiert sie in höchste Höhen, doch immer öfter auch in abgrundtiefe Gewässer. Es scheint, als hätte sich der Himmel gegen sie verschworen. Die Liebenden kämpfen. Nicht immer mehr miteinander.