Showing results for "Time" in Contemporary Fiction

「あの、ランチが終わったら、ちょっと話を聞いてもらってもいいですか？」おいしくて新鮮な野菜たっぷりの料理が評判の菜の花食堂は、"地元の逸品"に選ばれた瓶詰や予約制のディナーも評判の人気店。オーナーの靖子先生は今日もおいしい料理を作りながら、誰かが抱えた秘密を見抜いて心配ごとでいっぱい

Alex finds his mother's political ideas embarrassing; but he is determined that nothing will stand in the way of his desire to become a leading figure in the emerging field of aeronautics - neither his mother nor his growing affection for Tasmin.

A re-release of this award-winning, critically acclaimed novel just in time for its major motion picture release, directed by Two-time Academy Award winner Ang Lee, screenplay by Jean-Christophe Castelli and featuring Joe Alwyn, Kristen Stewart, Chris Tucker, Garrett Hedlund, with Vin...

England, 1895. Louisa West, en ung, smuk kvinde fra Boston, ser ud til at have det hele. En flot mand og en fremtid som hertuginde. Men i virkeligheden er hendes liv ved at falde fra hinanden. Louisas hvedebrødsdage er knap nok forbi, før hendes mand forlader hende, sønderknust og alene. Hun flygter til Paris i et forsøg på at undslippe sorgen, men her venter hende en ulykkelig skæbne … Boston, 2015. Livet har ikke været let for Sarah West. På et enkelt år har hun mistet begge sine forældre og sit ægteskab.

It’s the 1st of June 1914 and Hugh Stanton, ex-soldier and celebrated adventurer is quite literally the loneliest man on earth. No one he has ever known or loved has been born yet. Perhaps now they never will be.Stanton knows that a great and terrible war is coming. A collective suicidal madness that will destroy European civilization and bring misery to millions in the century to come. He knows this because, for him, that century is already history.Somehow he must change that history. He must prevent the war.

Susann, Studentin und hoffnungsvolle Romanautorin, unterstützt in ihrer Freizeit ein Projekt des jungen Pfarrers Tim Friese. Im trostlosen Vorort Tiefenfelde soll ein Begegnungszentrum entstehen. Obwohl die "Arche" immer wieder am Rande des Scheiterns steht, scheint die gemeinsame Aufgabe Susann und Tim miteinander zu verschweißen. Ungeahnte Folgen ergeben sich jedoch für das ungleiche Paar, als die hübsche Journalistin Nora zum Team der Freiwilligen stößt. Die Arbeit in der "Arche" gerät in den Sog von Beziehungs-Turbulenzen. Noras sexuelle Prägung sorgt für Zündstoff und stellt Freundschaften auf die Probe.

Mason Dupre has resigned himself to never being loved. Silver Whitney has fallen under a spell - the spell of graceful, antebellum Rosewood Plantation. But it is the spell cast long ago over Mason Dupre that prevents Silver from writing the book she has traveled hundreds of miles to complete. Mardi Gras, the interference of a ghost, and the heavy New Orleans air swirl around Silver and Mason as they struggle to solve and understand the mystery that keeps them both bound to the plantation and a vengeful curse.

Hard Times - For These Times (commonly known as Hard Times) is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. The book surveys English society and satirises the social and economic conditions of the era. Hard Times is unusual in several ways. It is by far the shortest of Dickens' novels, barely a quarter of the length of those written immediately before and after it. Also, unlike all but one of his other novels, Hard Times has neither a preface nor illustrations. Moreover, it is his only novel not to have scenes set in London.

Die Freundinnen Nina und Franziska wohnen im selben Haus am Weinheimer Marktplatz. Aus einer Sektlaune heraus gründen sie mit vier anderen Frauen den Klub der Spinnerinnen – jede von ihnen hat eine spezielle Macke. Als Nina ihre Handtasche verliert, beginnt die verhängnisvolle Bekanntschaft mit Andreas Haase. Er begnügt sich nicht mit dem üblichen Finderlohn, er möchte mehr. Die Solidarität ihrer Busenfreundin ist gefragt.

Howard and Kitty have recently moved to Lodeshill after a life spent in London; now, their marriage is wordlessly falling apart. Custom car enthusiast Jamie has lived in the village for all of his 19 years and dreams of leaving it behind, while Jack, a vagrant farm-worker and mystic in flight from a bail hostel, arrives in the village on foot one spring morning, bringing change. All four of them are struggling to find a life in the modern countryside; all are trying to find ways to belong.

Hester Christie has spent a blissful 18 months living in Kenya, where husband Tim is posted. But now it’s back to England to be with her two nearly grown children. She rents a house near the village of Old Quinings in England’s North Country and plans a quiet summer with the children near the inn owned by her beloved former maid Annie and her husband. But things are never quiet for long with Mrs Tim, and she must navigate curious neighbours, a dishonest landlady and a troublesome travel companion who makes an unwelcome appearance in Old Quinings.

После гибели от взрыва в собственном Порше "новый русский" Вован Каширский очнулся в небесном чистилище. Вынесенный ему приговор был быстрым и коротким: "Колдурас". Так Вован оказался в маленькой комнатке с огромной сковородой по середине и табличкой с надписью: "ЗАО Рай" на двери.

At 11 Lalla should be enjoying her childhood in London. But this is not London as we know it. In a collapsed society, Lalla struggles to imagine her future. When a government announcement invites her to enjoy a new life in Regent’s Park, Lalla sees a glimmer of hope. But what is she willing to risk? The Time Being is the short-story prequel to The Ship by Antonia Honeywell, if you enjoyed this, you’ll love the full-length novel sequel.

Saul Dawson-Smith can memorise the sequence of a shuffled deck of cards in under a minute; he can recite pi to a thousand decimal places and he remembers every conversation he's ever had. He is 10-years-old. Howard McNamee is 28: lonely, overweight and poorly-educated. He lives in the north of England, far from the scene of his difficult Glasgow childhood, in the home he shared with his mother before she died. Through a series of unexpected events, these two solitary people find themselves forming an unlikely friendship.

The Shadow out of Time is a novella by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between November 1934 and February 1935, it was first published in the June 1936 issue of Astounding Stories. The Shadow out of Time indirectly tells of the Great Race of Yith, an extraterrestrial species with the ability to travel through space and time. The Yithians accomplish this by switching bodies with hosts from the intended spatial or temporal destination.

Vor einer Ewigkeit hatte auch Delphine Jones einmal Träume: Sie wollte studieren, die Welt bereisen, sich einen Namen machen. Stattdessen fischt die alleinerziehende Mutter jetzt Münzen aus den Sofaritzen, weil ihr Job als Kellnerin einfach nicht reicht, um sie und die kleine Em über die Runden zu bringen. Delphines Leben steckt in einer Sackgasse und nichts, was sie tut, macht einen Unterschied. Erst die Begegnung mit der rechthaberischen Lehrerin Roz, der sarkastischen Letty und dem manchmal etwas schroffen Musiker Dylan stößt die Tür zu Delphines kleiner Welt wieder weit auf.

Owen Ithell’s sense of self is rooted in his long, vivid visits to his grandparents’ small farm in the Welsh hills. As an adult he moves away from the country and meets Mel, with whom he has children. He believes he has found happiness. But following a car accident, in which his daughter is killed and he loses a hand, the course of his life is changed for ever. In his despair, he resolves to reconnect with both his past and the natural world.

On a lake deep in the Minnesota woods, Kathy Wade comforts her husband John, a rising political star, after a devastating electoral defeat in which he's been pursued by rumors of the atrocities he committed in Vietnam. But it is clear that something is horribly wrong between them - too much has been hidden. Then Kathy vanishes, along with their boat.

À peine arrivée en Floride, Corinne va de surprise en surprise. Qui était réellement Frannie, sa grand-mère flamboyante et exubérante qui vivait selon ses propres règles ? Comment pouvait-elle posséder cette grande maison transformée en caverne d’Ali Baba et cette décapotable bleu poudre ?

海芝浦に向かう「私」を待ち受けるのは浦島太郎、レプリカント、マグロの目玉…。