Showing results for "Saga" in Literary Fiction

Amber is more than just a girl with a stolen ID and an attitude; she is a daughter of the wolf-kind, a shapeshifter able to change forms at will. One night, as Amber prowls the Hollywood Hills in wolf form, she stumbles onto an occult ceremony, interrupting the ritual. As a result, Amber finds herself the unwilling mistress of a handsome demonic servant, Richard. Appearing as a fair youth of eighteen years, Richard is a demon accidentally summoned, then captured, by Dr. John Dee, court magician to Queen Elizabeth I.

The Story of a New Name follows Elena Ferrante's critically acclaimed My Brilliant Friend, featuring Lila and Elena. The two protagonists are now in their 20s, and marriage appears to have imprisoned Lila. Meanwhile Elena continues her journey of self-discovery.

Here is the dazzling saga of two women: the brilliant, bookish Elena and the fiery, uncontainable Lila. Both are now adults; many of life's great discoveries have been made, its vagaries and losses have been suffered. Through it all, the women's friendship has remained the gravitational center of their lives. Both women once fought to escape the neighborhood in which they grew up - a prison of conformity, violence, and inviolable taboos.

Wodehouse introduces us once again to the "wonder butler" Jeeves, who, as usual is able to solve any and all of Bertie Wooster's endless problems with ease and finesse. And he also introduces us to a character not dissimilar to Bertie . . . by name of Reggie. Such fun to follow Jeeves in the hijinks!

In this third Neapolitan novel, Elena and Lila, the two girls whom were first introduced in My Brilliant Friend, have become women. Lila married at sixteen and has a young son; she has left her husband and the comforts her marriage brought and now works as a common laborer. Elena has left the neighborhood, earned her college degree, and published a successful novel, all of which has opened the doors to a world of learned interlocutors and richly furnished salons.

Cormac McCarthy, best-selling author of National Book Award winner All the Pretty Horses, delivers his first new novel in seven years. Written in muscular prose, No Country for Old Men is a powerful tale of the West that moves at a blistering pace.

Long before Hank Crawford arrived in the waters of Ketchikan, his partners and compatriots were already in love with its shores. Following the final, crushing moments of World War II, Japanese officer Kiyoshi Tsurifune, Sergeant Jones Henry, and Resistance fighter Swede Scorden struggle to regain normalcy and any contact with the shimmering, fish-filled sea. Lost honor, fallen friends, their cultural identities gone in the wake of a nuclear blast - these fishermen-turned-soldiers have a long way to go till they regain the waters in which they feel most at home.

A visionary work that combines speculative fiction with deep philosophical inquiry, The Sparrow tells the story of a charismatic Jesuit priest and linguist, Emilio Sandoz, who leads a scientific mission entrusted with a profound task: To make first contact with intelligent extraterrestrial life. The mission begins in faith, hope, and beauty, but a series of small misunderstandings brings it to a catastrophic end.

Nach ihrer katastrophalen Krönung steht Diem im Zentrum des Konflikts zwischen den Descended und den Guardians. Mit ihren neu gewonnenen Freunden und dem Mann, in den sie sich verliebt, auf der einen Seite und den Sterblichen, die sie zu beschützen geschworen hat, auf der anderen, muss Diem einen schmalen Grad gehen, um die Menschen, die sie liebt, zu retten – sogar vor sich selbst. Das Rätsel um ihre ungewöhnliche Herkunft beginnt sich zu entwirren und führt Diem und Luther auf eine unerwartete Reise durch die Königreiche.

Yorkshire, Ende des 18. Jahrhunderts: Mr. Earnshaw gibt dem Findling Heathcliff auf seinem Gut Wuthering Heights eine neue Heimat. Der Junge wächst zusammen mit seinen Kindern Hindley und Cathy auf. Nach dem Tod des Vaters übernimmt Hindley das Gut. Schon bald wendet sich alles zum Schlechten: Der alkoholsüchtige Hindley terrorisiert die beiden anderen. Schließlich beschließt Cathy, den wohlhabenden Edgar Linton auf dem Nachbargut Thrusscross Grange zu heiraten – auch wenn sie ihn nicht liebt. Der gekränkte Heathcliff sinnt auf Rache.

The war between the alien hydrogues and the faeros rages, reducing suns to blackened shells - including one of the fabled seven suns of the Ildiran Empire. Instead of protecting themselves, the Ildirans engage in bloody civil war and the many factions of humanity are bitterly divided. Can mankind and Ildirans overcome their own internal fighting to face a deadly new enemy that is ready to annihilate them?

José Arcadio Buendía y Úrsula Iguarán se aman, pero son primos hermanos, y sobre ellos cae el presagio de que sus hijos podrían nacer con colas de cerdo. La maldición los atormenta día y noche sin descanso. Cuando se les aparece el fantasma de un hombre a quien José Arcadio Buendía asesinó, él y su mujer deciden huir de su propio destino. Se van a la selva y fundan el pueblo de Macondo, el mítico escenario donde se desarrollan las aventuras de esta saga familiar a lo largo de siete generaciones.

Iride Dessì vive da anni nel continente, lontano da Padria, il suo paese natale, nel cuore della Sardegna. Ma è costretta a tornarvi, per il funerale del padre. Racconti che parlano proprio della donna della foto, Mimì Oppes, trisavola di Iride, giovane donna condannata a un matrimonio infelice con Augusto Dessì. Un matrimonio da cui la salvano l'amicizia con Elisabeth Hope, una donna inglese incredibilmente forte e indipendente. E l'amore per Emanuele Manca, il famoso brigante.

Trick is a stylish drama about ambition, family, and old-age that goes beyond the ordinary and predictable. Imagine a duel between two men. One, Daniele Mallarico, is a successful illustrator who, in the twilight of his years, feels that his reputation and his artistic prowess are fading. The other, Mario, is Daniele's four-year-old grandson. Daniele has been living in a cold northern city for years, in virtual solitude, when his daughter asks if he would come to Naples for a few days and babysit Mario. Shut inside his childhood home, grandfather and grandson match wits.

When single mother Seren Evans returns to Anglesey with her young daughter Enya, she hopes to leave her troubled London past behind. Living near the Black Point lighthouse of her childhood, Seren reconnects with her estranged father and begins uncovering the mystery behind her mother's long-ago abandonment. As Seren settles into island life and starts a job at an art gallery, sparks fly between her and Jamie, a Scottish journalist with his own scars.

"Mediamoguler slåss för att rädda sina imperier!" Så lyder kvällstidningarnas rubriker. Mogulerna är affärsmännen Keith Townsend och Richard Armstrong, som båda kämpar för att bli världens mäktigaste tidningsägare. De är beredda att göra vad som helst för att nå sitt mål och den hänsynslösa kampen mellan de maktlystna männen eskalerar allteftersom rivaliteten ökar ...

Philippa Gregory's first story in the best-selling Wideacre trilogy. A compelling tale of passion and intrigue set in the 18th century. From the author of The Other Boleyn Girl and The Virgin's Lover. Wideacre Hall, set in the heart of the English countryside, is the ancestral home that Beatrice Lacey loves. But as a woman of the 18th century, she has no right of inheritance. Corrupted by a world that mistreats women, she sets out to corrupt others.

Det börjar som en dag som alla andra. Stridspiloten Johan Malm ger sig ut på ett rutinuppdrag och morgonens mål är en okänd signalspanare. Men just den här gången händer något som ger Johan sitt livs chock. Mitt under anflygningen blir han plötsligt attackerad av sin egen rote-tvåa och tvingas ta blixtsnabba beslut för att rädda sitt eget skinn. Han gör en perfekt undanmanöver och skjuter skarpt. När allt är över sätter grubblandet igång och frågorna måste få sina svar.

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK Once in a great while a writer comes along who can truly capture the drama and passion of the life of a family. David James Duncan, author of the novel The River Why and the collection River Teeth, is just such a writer. And in The Brothers K he tells a story...

Sons begins where The Good Earth ended: revolution is sweeping through China. Wang Lung is on his deathbed in the house of his fathers, and his three sons stand ready to inherit his hard-won estate. One son has taken the family's wealth for granted and become a landlord; another is a thriving merchant and moneylender; and the youngest, an ambitious general, is destined to be a leader in the country.