Showing results for "Passion" in Literary Fiction

In her spare, stark style, Annie Ernaux documents the desires and indignities of a human heart ensnared in an all-consuming passion. Blurring the line between fact and fiction, an unnamed narrator attempts to plot the emotional and physical course of her two-year relationship with a married foreigner where every word, event, and person either provides a connection with her beloved or is subject to her cold indifference. With courage and exactitude, she seeks the truth behind an existence lived entirely for someone else, and, in the pieces of its aftermath, she is able to find it.

It is a time for upheaval in Cuba: the time to build a new society. Even from her position of privilege, idealistic divorcée Carmela Vasconcelos sees the waves of uprising and is caught up in the excitement. Persuaded by her brother, Lucas, she flees her wealthy home to join Fidel Castro’s rebels. In the mountainous jungle of the Sierra Maestra, Carmela meets Ignacio Deheza, a charismatic Argentinian socialist fighting on behalf of the insurrection. On the training fields of a revolution, they bond in the cause - and in a blind passion that stirs their blood and soul.

One of the greatest love stories ever written, Jane Eyre is the tale of a young woman entangled with the powerful Mr. Rochester. What lurks in the attic at Thornfield, the ancestral home of the surly Mr. Rochester? Will the governess Jane Eyre discover his secret, and having discovered it, live to regret that knowledge? Battling inside Jane are passion and prudence; she struggles to survive the turmoil they cause.

Relive the witty and romantic story of Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy once again in this charming Pride and Prejudice retelling from Darcy’s point of view. For fans of historical romance like the Bridgerton novels to lovers of alternative point-of-view books like E. L. James’ Grey and...

Beginning in Paris in 1796, the saga continues as Josephine awakens to her new life as Mrs. Napoleon Bonaparte. Through her intimate diary entries and Napoleon's impassioned love letters, an astonishing portrait of an incredible woman emerges. Gulland transports us into the ballrooms and bedrooms of exquisite palaces and onto the blood-soaked fields of Napoleon's campaigns.

Efter at have levet sammen med den mere og mere psykotiske Simo i 14 år, flygter Cecilia. Hun kan stadig mærke ham i kroppen og huske det lys, der omgav ham. Men hun husker også de nætter, hvor han forbød hende at sove, og den altid låste dør til hans arbejdsværelse. Nu er han død, og Cecilia er på vej til Canada for at mødes med Will Haze - den sidste, der så Simo i live. Annette Lindegaard (f. 1957) er en dansk forfatter. Hun debuterede i 1994 med romanen "Manden fra Mars" og har siden skrevet flere bøger for både børn og voksne.

Bloomsbury presents The Great Passion by James Runcie, read by Pip Torrens. A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A masterpiece' SCOTSMAN 'A wise, refreshing novel, and a touching human story ... Runcie has an expert imagination' HILARY MANTEL Love and Death. Grief and Joy. Music that lasts forever...

Set against the glorious backdrops of Rome, Florence, and Genoa, and Naples, peopled with historical characters and filled with the details of the life of a 17th-century painter, The Passion of Artemisia is the story of Gentileschi's struggle to find love, forgiveness, and wholeness through her art.

Charente, 1925. Lorsque la foudre frappe les étendoirs du Moulin du Loup, provoquant un incendie qui ravage la majeure partie des bâtiments, Claire Roy est seule dans le logis qui, miraculeusement, est épargné par les flammes. Elle attend Jean, son mari, parti pour le Canada avec Angela, leur fille adoptive. Quand il rentre enfin, elle retrouve un homme taciturne et distant... Devant la famille réunie, Angela, enceinte, fait éclater la tempête qui brise les cœurs et les âmes, en clamant son amour pour Jean. Trahie et humiliée, Claire les chasse du moulin.

Au grand jour, Noé vit avec son père, agriculteur qui peine à faire vivre sa ferme laitière. À la nuit tombée, Noé vit avec son temps. Silencieux à la campagne, il se répand sur la toile. Invisible à la lumière, il brille dans le Darknet. Noé dans le réel, JeSuis315, dans le virtuel. Mais la frontière entre les deux se brouille quand des événements étranges viennent perturber son quotidien, si bien que le jour et la nuit semblent se confondre.

Make way for a new Magdalen. Born on a Celtic isle to eight warrior-witch mothers, Maeve is raised to be as brave as any hero. In her stubborn, enchanting voice, she recounts her perilous quest for the young man, Esus, whose life she once saved from druid sacrifice. Captured and sold to a Roman Madam, Maeve is sustained by a fierce sense of identity, compassion for her sister whores, and her unquenchable love.

Après de multiples péripéties, Pierre, un Français, retrouve Paul, son frère, qui s'est évaporé dans le Montana, quelque vingt ans plus tôt. Les retrouvailles sont disloquées par une guerre interne au sein de la réserve Blackfeet où Paul vit avec sa compagne native américaine. Un des principaux belligérants de la réserve est assassiné et les deux frères sont soupçonnés de ce meurtre. Lorsque son frère lui enjoint de retourner immédiatement chez lui, en France, Pierre fait volte-face et décide de se laisser tenter aussi par la fuite.

I know nothing. I am a tabula rasa, a blank sheet of paper, an unhatched egg. I have not yet become a woman, although I possess a woman's shape. Not a woman, no: both more and less than a real woman. Now I am a being as mythic and monstrous as Mother herself.... New York has become the City of Dreadful Night where dissolute Leilah performs a dance of chaos for Evelyn.

"[A] noir delight of a novel . . . . Evil Genius is deceptively light on its feet, skittering across the page to deliver its scorpion sting.” — New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) A Recommended Read from: Alta * Bustle * Electric Literature * Forbes * LitHub * Los Angeles Times *...

Un très bon polar, qui comblera les attentes des lecteurs du genre. Un style soigné et littéraire, un scénario et une procédure cohérents. Des personnages hauts en couleur qui prennent vie au fil des pages et des rebondissements.

Scotland, 1940. In a house on the east coast, Jane faces motherhood alone. With her husband away at war, there is no one to protect her from small town suspicions, and she must learn to keep her secrets to herself. Three decades later her daughter, Felicity, leaves their life behind for Montreal, glad to flee the unknowns that have plagued her so far. But her personal battles are nothing compared to the unrest here, where a commune in rural Quebec and a child of her own might be her saviours.

‘A captivating tale …This novel is a delight’ THE TIMES ‘A terrific novel … It springs off the page’ DEBORAH MOGGACH 'Vividly engaging’ SUNDAY TIMES Chelsea, 1876 Struggling artist Jimmy Whistler is at war with his patron. Denied full payment, he and muse Maud Franklin face ruin...

Naples, 1946. Amerigo quitte son quartier pour monter dans un train. Avec des milliers d'autres enfants du Sud, il traversera toute la péninsule et passera quelques mois dans une famille du Nord : une initiative du parti communiste vouée à arracher les plus jeunes à la misère après le dernier conflit mondial.

En el título, y en la cita de Sartre que encabeza el volumen, se cifra quizá el principal nexo unitario de los presentes relatos: a la vez una pasión prohibida y una pasión inútil es el eje irradiador de cada una de estas narraciones, en las que el don poético y el seguro pulso narrativo de Cristina Peri Rossi, sin desconocer el legado de Kafka o el de Cortázar, imponen la evidencia de una escritura irreductiblemente personal.