検索キーワード： 制作 "Saga Egmont" 大衆小説

La imprenta local a la que Felipe Díaz ha dedicado media vida quiebra. Es la época en la que todo el mundo emigra a las grandes ciudades, así que Felipe y su mujer, Asun, deciden mudarse al norte, al País Vasco. Por un tiempo las cosas marchan bien: Felipe encuentra trabajo en la construcción y en la fábrica, nace su segundo hijo, compran otra casa... Pero entonces, Asun y su hijo mayor, cansados de ser siempre los otros, los ninguneados, acaban sucumbiendo a la fascinación por el discurso de los nuevos amos, a las obsesiones de identidad y afirmación, al odio.

Here comes the bride... but how long can she hide? When Kitty Clayton flees her wedding, her life seems worryingly futureless. All she knows is she'd rather sleep on the streets than go back to cheating Ethan. After picking her up hitch-hiking, widowed children's author Jack Duffy takes Kitty under his wing until she gets back on her feet. And it's not long before the two grow close.

Pretty, unworldly Sophia is twenty-one years old and hastily married to a young painter called Charles. An artist's model with an eccentric collection of pets, she is ill-equipped to cope with the bohemian London of the 1930s, where poverty, babies (however much loved) and her husband conspire to torment her. Hoping to add some spice to her life, Sophia takes up with Peregrine, a dismal, ageing critic, and comes to regret her marriage - and her affair.

Betta Bennet sembra avere tutto ciò che si può desiderare: un remunerativo lavoro come stylist per un'importante rivista di moda, un bell'appartamento nel centro di Milano e una frizzante vita sociale, fatta di eventi esclusivi e vacanze a Formentera. Quando però, inaspettatamente, viene licenziata in tronco, Betta è costretta a ricostruirsi una vita dal nulla. Così, per farlo, decide di puntare su un suo vecchio sogno: avviare un'agenzia di catering che non solo fornisca cibo, ma esaudisca anche i desideri più intimi del cliente.

Giovanni Verga pubblicò nel 1880 "Vita dei campi", un lavoro davvero rivoluzionario. Descrive le vite della gente comune in Sicilia. Verga narra la vita pericolosa dei pescatori, la solitudine dei giovani pastori, i drammi quotidiani in una miniera e la gelosia omicida di un contadino siciliano. Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) fu un autore italiano. Considerato il maggior esponente della corrente letteraria del verismo, portò la letteratura italiana in una direzione più naturalistica. Nato e cresciuto in Sicilia, si trasferì a Milano nel 1872, dove scrisse "Vita dei campi".

Mentre nello Yorkshire dilagano le proteste contro l'avvento della meccanizzazione del lavoro, l'imprenditore tessile Robert Moore conduce una florida azienda. Diviso fra i contrasti con gli operai e la convivenza con la sorella Hortense, egli non sa che Caroline, la cugina a cui Hortense insegna il francese, ha un debole per lui. Quest'ultima stringe ben presto amicizia con la ricca ereditiera Shirley, vera proprietaria della fabbrica e vecchia conoscenza di Robert. L'intricato triangolo amoroso finisce per incrociarsi con gli eventi della Storia, quando Moore scampa ad un attentato.

La morte del suo migliore amico non dà pace a Max. Fa fatica a credere che si tratti di suicidio nonostante la polizia sembrerebbe averlo già archiviato come tale. Decide quindi di mettersi in proprio, e cominciare le indagini autonomamente. Improvvisato detective, Max s’imbatterà in segreti sul suo amico che non avrebbe mai immaginato. Gli indizi lo porteranno faccia a faccia con realtà criminali, giri di prostituzione e poliziotti corrotti, in un vortice senza via di uscita che lo spaventerà sempre di più.

"Vi måste avsluta vårt samarbete". Orden träffar Courtney som ett slag i magen. Låten hon nyss spelat upp för skivbolagets chef PW skulle ju bli en nystart, inte slutet på hennes tjugoåriga karriär som schlagerdrottning. Drömmen att få visa vem hon verkligen är med egna låtar i en annan genre, har gått i kras. Med en kalender som gapar tom bestämmer sig Courtney för att flytta ut till väninnan Bea på skärgårdsön Svarvö en tid.

Ibsen och bästa vännen Ika ska börja ettan. Detta är något som Ibsen verkligen skulle se fram emot om det inte vore för hans konstiga föräldrar som tvingar honom ha på sig rosa skor för att bryta normer. Vad betyder ens normer? Det dröjer inte länge förrän de superläskiga tredjeklassarna Jings och Jangs onda öga vänds mot Ibsen och hans rosa skor. Nu måste han akta sig för att inte bli nedkastad i källaren där vaktmästarspöket Hängde Hassan ryktas härja.

"Evangeliet enligt Judas" kastar nytt ljus över Judas mysterium, inklusive hans motiv för att förråda Jesus och vad som hände med honom efter korsfästelsen, genom att berätta historien genom Judas egna ögon, med de kanoniska texterna som referenspunkt. Denna berättelse, som efterliknar evangeliernas berättarstil och som till synes skrevs av Judas son Benjamin, är provocerande, övertygande och kontroversiell.

An underemployed chef is pulled into the escalating violence of his neighbour's makeshift porn channel. An elderly piano student is forced to flee her home village when word gets out that she's fucked her thirty-something teacher. A hose pumping cava through the maquette of a giant penis becomes a murder weapon in the hands of a disaffected housewife.

At a run-down brothel in Caudal, Spain, the prostitutes are collecting stray dogs. Each is named after a famous male writer: Dante, Chaucer, and Bret Easton Ellis. When a john is cruel, the dogs are fed rotten meat. To the east, in Barcelona, an unflappable teenage girl is endeavouring to trace the peculiarities of her life back to one woman: Alba Camb, writer of violent short stories, who left Caudal as a girl and never went back.

Maggie ist achtundzwanzig und war genau sechshundertacht Tage mit Jon verheiratet, als ihr erstes Scheidungsjahr beginnt. Während die Deko der Verlobungsparty noch die Wohnung schmückt, ist Jon schon ausgezogen. Maggie ist plötzlich wieder allein. Gern wäre sie eine dieser eleganten Geschiedenen, die ihre Freiheit genießen. Aber Maggie fühlt sich wie ein Kleinkind, das Stöckelschuhe anprobiert. Bedeutet Scheidung Scheitern oder eine neue Chance? Selbstzweifel oder ein Push für den Selbstwert? Trennungstherapie oder Online-Dating? Maggie sucht Rat.

Inmitten eines ungewöhnlich starken Frühjahrssturms verschwindet in dem beschaulichen Dorf im Süden Schwedens der 9-jährige Andreas. Seine zutiefst besorgten Eltern Johan und Ann finden den Kleinen schließlich bewusstlos. Über Monate hinweg liegt Andreas im Koma. Der Schicksalsschlag scheint die Probleme in der Ehe von Johan und Ann noch zu verstärken und sie geraten in eine enorme Krise.

La protagonista de esta novela hace de todo: fregar en un barco pirata, ordenar armarios de zapatos, llevar las cenizas de su jefe, trabajar para un asesino a sueldo... Y, sin embargo, parece que nunca ha estado más lejos de tener un empleo estable, aunque ella continúa soñando con lograrlo algún día, en un mundo en el que pensar a largo plazo se antoja difícil de por sí, y más si tienes dieciocho novios y un fantasma.

What if the villain of your childhood turned out to be someone really rather extraordinary? A disgraced politician, Sir James Hastings is living out his retirement in a secluded Surrey village. He is unmoved by his centenarian mother's death - a woman he emotionally buried upon her abandonment. Raised by his father, a charismatic war-hero turned racing driver, the young James, torn between self-blame and longing, eventually dismissed her.

Ellie McTavish’s world turns upside down when a deadly diagnosis comes out of nowhere. Feeling adrift as she recovers from life-saving surgery at home, she impulsively bids on a vintage caravan, only to discover the next day that she’s won it. So she grabs her friend Fee and takes it on an impromptu road trip... well, that’s the plan, until it breaks down outside the tiny village of Magpie Cove in Cornwall. Unexpectedly stranded, the two women don’t have much choice but to stay there until it’s fixed. At least the local mechanic, Mark, is distractingly handsome.

Secrets shared can bind hearts, but secrets concealed? That's a tale of its own. The year is 1884. Robert Cooke and his pregnant wife Freya tragically lose their two sons to scarlet fever, sending Freya into self-imposed isolation for the safety of their unborn child. Cut off from each other, their shared grief becomes a silent, destructive foe. A decade later and now a successful businessman, Robert conceives a poignant tribute to his lost sons - a pleasure garden. But in withholding his vision from Freya, he widens the gulf between them.

Smash all the Windows won the inaugural Selfies Book Award in 2019. It has taken conviction to right the wrongs. It will take courage to learn how to live again. London, 22 August 2003. A day that began like any other would end in tragedy. Fifty-eight people set off for work, only to never return. For more than thirteen years, the search for truth has eaten up everything: marriages, families, health, careers and finances. A flawed justice system failed the victims' kin, but hope arises when a rookie law student scrutinizes the disaster and uncovers potential answers.

Das Leben des Bauern Schormeyer gerät aus den Fugen, als seine geliebte Frau stirbt. Allein mit Hof und zwei erwachsenen Kindern, denkt er zunächst über eine weitere Hochzeit nach, verwirft diese Idee allerdings, als er sich immer weiter in die Wirtschaft wagt. Als wäre das nicht alles schon aufreibend genug, gerät er weiter ins Straucheln, als eine Bauernmagd ein Kind von ihm erwartet. Ein Roman über Trauer, Verlust und den Wunsch neu anzufangen.