Showing titles in Contemporary Fiction

डिप्रेशन, अवसाद, एंग्ज़ाइटी और मानसिक रोग हमारे समय के सबसे ख़तरनाक शब्द हैं। भीड़ जितनी बढ़ती जा रही है, अकेलापन भी उसी अनुपात में बढ़ता जा रहा है।

In Find Me, Aciman shows us Elio's father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio, now a gifted classical pianist. A chance encounter on the train upends Sami's visit and changes his life forever. Elio soon moves to Paris, where he, too, has a consequential affair, while Oliver, a New England college professor with a family, suddenly finds himself contemplating a return trip across the Atlantic. Aciman is a master of sensibility, of the intimate details and the nuances of emotion that are the substance of passion. 

Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 'Kept me rapt until the final page' THE TIMES 'More than lives up to the hype ... Likely to fill the Sally-Rooney-shaped hole in many readers' lives' IRISH TIMES 'Droll, shrewd and unafraid - a winning debut' Hilary Mantel, author of WOLF HALL 'A...

दिव्यांग जनों का सारा जीवन उनके साहस, उनके हौसले और उनकी सकारात्मक सोच का परिचायक होता है। समस्त दिव्यांग जन अपने भविष्य निर्माण के लिए एक सामान्य व्यक्ति की तरह ही जीवन में आने वाली सभी चुनौतियों का सामना करते हैं लेकिन उन्हें कठिनाइयाँ कुछ अधिक होती हैं।

When Tulsi first meets Madhav, she is irrevocably drawn to his chiselled good looks and charm. Although wary of his many dalliances and the string of broken hearts left in his wake, she is surprised by the intense desire that Madhav arouses in her. And before long, she forsakes her family, her...

This is the story of a toy that everyone yearned for. A toy that was found, caught, and caged. This is the story Mohit, the beloved of God. A love story you ask? Well, it could have been. But some stories are best left incomplete. This is a story of how a small spark led to the biggest fire ever. A story about love, passion, and obsession taken to the greatest heights possible. A story of a man’s love for a girl.

The Edgar-winning short story from the author of Gone Girl. A young woman is making a living, faking it as a cut-price psychic working at Spiritual Palms (with some illegal soft-core sex work on the side). She makes a decent wage - mostly by telling people what they want to hear. But then she meets Susan Burke. Susan moved to the city one year ago with her husband and 15-year-old stepson, Miles. They live in a Victorian house called Carterhook Manor, built in 1893.

In this stunning new novel, the inventor of the world's first clock is punished for trying to measure time. He is banished to a cave for centuries and forced to listen to the voices of all who come after him seeking more years for themselves. At last, with his soul nearly broken, Father Time is...

世界が熱狂。 女と女の衝撃のダーク・スリラー 累計170万部突破。イギリスで4冠達成。 40か国・地域で翻訳された世界的ベストセラー 「脂肪分たっぷり、ミシュラン級の極上の一冊」――Sunday Times 「文学界に旋風を巻き起こした」――BBC

The complete finale of the hit BBC Radio 4 sitcom- 2 episodes. Cabin Pressure is set in the wing and prayer world of a tiny, one-plane airline, staffed by two pilots, one on his way down, and one who was never up to start with. In this, the finale of the whole series, we discover that for MJN Air, whether it's choosing an ice-cream flavour, putting a princess in a van or remembering your grandmother's name, no job is too small, but, many, many jobs are too difficult.

A collection of beautiful Ghazals by one of the prominent post-modern poets from India, Nomaan Shauque.

Now a major motion picture starring Domhnall Gleeson, Ruth Wilson, Will Poulter and Charlotte Rampling, and directed by Lenny Abrahamson. Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 'Sarah Waters's masterly novel is . . . gripping, confident, unnerving and supremely entertaining' Hilary Mantel After...

There is no knowing what lies in a man's heart. On a trip to buy ponies, Frank Ross is killed by one of his own workers. Torn Chancy shoots him down in the street for a horse, $150 cash, and two Californian gold pieces. Ross's unusually mature and single-minded fourteen-year-old daughter Mattie...

Meet Jovi Mehta: corporate high-flier, accidental rebel, and reluctant role model. She’s the woman who can rescue any project, can silence any boardroom, but can never silence her own self-doubt. Armed with conviction, red lipstick, and a steel dabba, Jovi is ready to prove her worth. But at her workplace, women’s competence is measured by their clothes, late nights are praised in men, but questioned in women, and passion is politely rebranded as “aggression.”

さまざまな背景を持つ人物が「国家」を語る 陸軍幼年学校をドロップアウトした経験を持つ画商の梨田と、その友人でスーパーマーケットの経営者でありながら台湾民主共和国（台湾独立を目指す団体）の大統領・洪、洪の部下ながらアナーキストを自認する林ら、置かれた立場や政治的信条が異なる男女が、国旗や国歌、民主主義について、ときには酒を酌み交わしながら語り合う。

義妹・マリアが選ぶのは双子の兄か弟か？ 名峰ドライチンネで遭難死したイタリア人ガイドの娘・マリアは、ガイドのバディーであった日本人・鳥羽省造の元に引き取られ、２歳上の双子・博、豊とともにすくすくと成長する。

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Anne Rice, this sensuously written spellbinding classic remains 'the most successful vampire story since Bram Stoker's Dracula' (The Times) In a darkened room a young man sits telling the macabre and eerie story of his life - the story of a vampire...

'A thrilling work' TA-NEHISI COATES 'Lovely and lyrical . . . warm and wonderful' KILEY REID 'An absolutely brilliant book' SARA COLLINS A queen of punk before her time. A duo on the brink of stardom. A night that will define their story for ever. Opal is a fiercely independent young woman...

William Stoner bliver i slutningen af det 19. århundrede født ind i en fattig bondefamilie i Missouri, USA. Som ung går han på landbrugsskole, men drages af litteraturens verden. Han vender aldrig hjem til forældrenes gård og vælger i stedet det akademiske liv, hvor bøgerne og litteraturen forbliver hans faste holdepunkt - også når konflikter og skuffelser truer med at ødelægge hans tilværelse. Bogen blev første gang udgivet i 1965, siden genudgivet i 2006 i USA, hvorefter mange forlag verden over fik øjnene op for romanen. Den er nu en international bestseller. "Stoner" er et fascinerende, velskrevet og rørende portræt af en helt almindelig mand, hvis liv man ikke kan undgå at blive berørt af. Det er en roman om identitet, om livet, om de valg, vi træffer.

Michael is a violinist from Rochdale. He plays in a trio in Vienna with Julia, a pianist, and they are much taken with each other. But the trio splits up and they go their separate ways. One day in London, from the top of a double-decker bus, Michael catches a glimpse of Julia. They eventually meet up, and she tells him that she is contentedly married and has a child. Michael persuades her to visit Vienna and Venice with him. He discovers that Julia has become deaf, though her deafness comes and goes.