Showing results for "Seven" in Literary Fiction

For those looking for the real story behind the fictionalized movie account of the 47 Ronin story, this is the definitive, fascinating account of this unforgettable tale of a band of samurai who defied the Emperor to avenge the disgrace and death of their master, and faced certain death as a result. It led to one of the bloodiest episodes in Japanese history, and in the process, created a new set of heroes in Japan.

Draken vae Khellian, bastard cousin of the Monoean King, had risen far from his ignominious origins, becoming both a Bowrank Commander and a member of the Crown’s Black Guard. But when he is falsely condemned for the grisly murder of his beloved wife, he is banished from the kingdom and cast upon the distant shore of Akrasia, at the arse-end of the world.

Manda is a 38-year-old, tough, sarcastic woman who has yet to make peace with the town she was brought to as a teenager after her parents' messy divorce. Her mother is estranged, her father is ill, her brother and stepbrother are emotionally distant and growing restless, and all the while, her tight-lipped and depressed husband is pressing her to have a baby. Full of barbed dialogue and macabre, deadpan descriptions of family dynamics and the awkward social dances performed daily, this novel depicts those who feel permanently out of place.

In den frühen 2000ern erkennt Michael Tolliver die Stadt an der Bucht kaum wieder. Gestern gehörte er noch zu den Pionieren der Schwulenrechtsbewegung, heute fährt die Straßenbahn die Touristen sogar bis in sein geliebtes Castro-Viertel. Irgendwie hat die Zeit ihn eingeholt. Die Haare sind ergraut, er hat einen Bauch bekommen, und der Rücken macht auch nicht mehr alles mit.

The warning was inscribed on the entrance of the hidden tomb, forgotten for millennia in the sands of mystic Egypt. Then the archaeologists and grave robbers came in search of the fabled Jewel of Seven Stars, which they found clutched in the hand of the mummy. Few heeded the ancient warning, until all who came in contact with the Jewel began to die in a mysterious and violent way, with the marks of a strangler around their neck.

다시 돌아온 에놀라 홈즈! 젊은 백작부인의 죽음, 음울한 정신병원 검은색 사륜마차의 비밀을 풀어라! '셜록 홈즈의 프롤로그'로 시작되는 『검은색 사륜마차』는 책장을 펼치자마자 1~6권까지 에놀라의 활약상을 한눈에...

Kushank Purandare is a young writer living off the goodwill of a host of friends, relatives, and lovers while he waits to gain recognition for his work. He is witness to their struggle as modern Indians to hold on to a semblance of truth and sanity in the face of alienation, squalor, violence, and loss of hope. Nagarkar's explosive style and irreverent approach caused an equally explosive reaction when Seven Sixes was first published in 1974. Critics have struggled to reconcile its apparent nihilism with its underlying sense of optimism.

"לא מזמן חזרתי מאמריקה ופתחתי מעון יום לחולי שכחה ולכאלה שסתם מוכרחים לצאת מביתם מדי בוקר, כי רק ככה הם מחזיקים מעמד. בדיוק למטרה הזאת שכרתי יחד עם דריה ברגמן, חברת...

The energetic and bitingly satirical novel from author Edward Ashton, author of Mickey7! The End of Ordinary is a riveting near-future thriller that asks an important question: if we can’t get along when our differences are barely skin deep, what happens when they run all the way down to the...

จู่ๆ ทริปลุยเดี๋ยวเที่ยวญี่ปุ่น 8 วัน 7 คืนที่วางแผนมานานของ อิน ก็มีอันผิดแผน เมื่อต้องพ่วง แบร์ หรือ...

Witty and elusive Eugenia Snowe has all society begging for one of her premiere governesses-except the powerful Edward Reeve, who bursts into her office with his arrogant demands. No question that Eugenia enjoys crossing wits with the brilliant inventor, but Ward wants far more than a governess...

『페인트』 작가 이희영 신작 18세 애늙은이 아들, 34세 철없는 엄마 그들 사이에는 말하지 않는 진실이 있다! 가족의 의미를 새롭게 살펴본 장편소설 『페인트』로 창비청소년문학상을 수상한 이희영 작가. 그가 이번에는...

For Stella Fortuna, death has always been a part of life. Stella’s childhood is full of strange, life-threatening incidents—moments where ordinary situations like cooking eggplant or feeding the pigs inexplicably take lethal turns. Even Stella’s own mother is convinced that her daughter is...

A spellbinding novel of World War II based on the little-known history of the X Troop—a team of European Jews who escaped the Continent only to join the British Army and return home to exact their revenge on Hitler’s military. A lone soldier wearing a German uniform stumbles into a British...

From Governor General's Award-nominated author Sheung-King comes a novel about a millennial living through the Hong Kong protests, as he struggles to make sense of modern life and the parts of himself that just won’t gel. Glen Wu (aka Glue) couldn’t care less about his job. He’s returned...

Lucas e Natan são gêmeos idênticos… mas só na aparência. Herdeiros da fortuna e dos negócios da família Avelar, são também Reis de um Jogo que domina o colégio de elite onde estudam. O problema é que Lucas descobriu um sonho bem diferente dos planos do pai e do irmão, e está...

봉행소에 들이닥친 꼬마 요괴들! 그리고 벌어지는 야단법석 대소동! 귀여운 쌍둥이 가라스텐구, 우쿄와 사쿄. 오늘은 아버지와 함께 요괴 봉행소를 방문했다! "아버님은 여기서 어떤 일을 하시나요?" 무시무시하지만...

ถ้าถามถึงคนที่ใช่สำหรับ "คิรัน" คนนี้แล้วล่ะก็ไม่ขออะไรมาก เขาขอแค่เธอคนนั้นชอบอะไรเหมือนๆ กับเขาก็พอ...

Christine Snow, a Chicago therapist, wakes one morning to find her live-in lover gone. At first Chris thinks that Taylor has left in a funk because they fought the night before over a minor flirtation. But too many clues point to another explanation: Either Taylor has left for Morocco and a mysterious woman there, or she has come to harm. Running the emotional gamut from anger to alarm, Christine anxiously tracks the course of Taylor's disappearance, only to discover that her trust in her lover may have been misplaced.

Mark Sandoval - resolutely arrogant, covered head to foot in precise geometric scarring, and still marginally famous after Hollywood made an Oscar-winner based off his memoir years before - has been strongly advised by his lawyer to leave the country following a drunken and potentially fatal hit and run. When a woman sends Sandoval grainy footage of what appears to be a unicorn, he quickly hires an assistant and the two head off to the woman's farm in Hvildarland, a tiny, remote island off the coast of Iceland.