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Rudyard Kipling’s taut, tender two-part tale unfolds amid a searing South Indian famine. Wilhelmina “William” Martyn—a fearless, whip-smart Englishwoman—refuses the safety of the hills and rides straight into the crisis. Beside her works Scott, a driven irrigation engineer seconded to...

Brought to you by Penguin. From the multi-million-copy bestselling author of LONELY CASTLE IN THE MIRROR and LOST SOULS MEET UNDER A FULL MOON Ayumi is a young man with special powers to bring back the dead to meet the living. A gift passed down in his family, he is able to arrange meetings...

Two drugged-out couples contemplate life and morality in "Leviathan," a classic short story by the masterful Tobias Wolff. For Helen's thirtieth birthday party, her husband decides to throw her a small party. Armed with booze and three grams of cocaine, the four partyers—Helen, her husband...

I've been a lone wolf in this broken, desolate world for four years. Until one fateful night with Cal exposes our secret desires, forging an unexpected bond despite our age difference. But he ran afterwards. And even when he returns, the lingering pain continues to haunt me. So I keep him at arm's length. When old friends arrive, their presence breathes new life into our home, easing the tension between Cal and I.

A Classic Pair: A Tale of Two Cities & War and Peace brings together two unforgettable pieces of historical fiction – by turns beautiful and devastating – from nineteenth-century literary giants, Charles Dickens and Leo Tolstoy. This magnetic pairing is brought to life by award-winning narrators, including the unparalleled Miriam Margolyes. A masterpiece of historical fiction, A Tale of Two Cities tells a story of sacrifice, redemption and the bonds that transcend even the most appalling of circumstances.

2020 제11회 젊은작가상 수상 작가이현석 첫 소설집"그 다른 세계에서도 당신에 대한 나의 사랑은 분명 굳건할 것임을당신이 이해하는 날이 오기를"현재 한국 소설 평단에서 가장 주목받고 있는 이현석 소설가의 첫 소설집...

The Real Osamu Dazai features twenty unforgettable tales—some autobiographical, others fictional—that chart the inner life of one of modern Japan's most brilliant and tormented writers. From darkly comic meditations on fashion and identity to heartrending accounts of childhood, love, and war, Dazai's prose is both timeless and emotionally raw.

No final do século XIX, Joris-Karl Huysmans percorreu as ruas de Paris e deu vida àquilo que parecia comum: o barulho das carroças, os anúncios de jornal e os gestos apressados dos transeuntes. Em Esboços de Paris, o autor reúne poemas em prosa e textos breves que registram o dia a dia de uma cidade em plena modernização. A partir de cenas fugazes do cotidiano—em cabarés, bailes, cafés e interiores domésticos—Huysmans transforma o banal em literatura.

In a series of poignant and supernatural tales, a silent woman dressed in a black hoodie walks unnoticed through hospitals, nursing homes, disaster scenes, and funeral gatherings. She arrives when lives reach their crossroads, bearing witness to humanity's final moments of courage, regret, forgiveness, and grace.

考え事が止まらずに眠れない夜、意図的に起伏をなくした単調で穏やかな物語が、高ぶった思考を静かにクールダウンさせ、あなたを心地よい深い眠りへと導きます。ベッドの中で過去の後悔や明日の不安が頭を駆け巡る...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. In the archives of a German abbey, the English antiquary Mr Somerton finds a riddle left behind by Abbot Thomas von Eschenhausen, a sixteenth-century churchman rumoured to have hidden a fortune in gold before his death. The clue is hidden in the painted...

The prestigious annual story anthology, featuring prize-winning stories by a diverse and exciting array of writers, including Wendell Berry, Alice Hoffman, Dave Eggers, Ling Ma, Lori Ostlund, and Anthony Marra. Continuing a century-long tradition of cutting-edge literary excellence, this year's...

This collection of 21 short, soul-soothing Zen stories is designed to help you quiet your mind, let go of unnecessary worries, and reconnect with the simplicity of the present moment. Each story is quick and easy to listen to, yet filled with timeless wisdom that gently shifts your perspective—offering clarity where there was confusion, peace where there was tension.

In "Newlywed", an unhappily married young man deliberately misses his stop on the train, only to be questioned by a shape-shifting homeless man about the trials of his marriage. In "Blood and Water", a woman recalls how she left the village she grew up in - which was run by a New Age cult - in order to lead a fulfilling life, even against her parents' wishes. And in the title story, "Lizard", a woman who has never before felt truly secure in her life admits a deep secret to her lover.

Autoritratto magistrale per ricchezza di temi e leggerezza di tono, "Le piccole virtù" racconta di figli, di amicizie, di nostalgie, di infanzia, adolescenza e maturità. Come afferma Mario Fortunato nell'Introduzione, "questi testi non sono racconti e non sono saggi, ma pagine che fanno la spola tra un capo e l'altro dello stesso universo letterario." Scritti tra l’autunno del 1944 e la primavera del 1960, questi testi continuano a essere una lezione di vita e di letteratura.

It was the eye. The dull, sightless, vulture's eye that shredded his final nerve. But the murder was done so carefully, so perfectly, that only one thing could reveal the whereabouts of the body. B. J. Harrison gives a masterful reading of the famous murder that wouldn't keep quiet. This audiobook was the #3 best-selling audiobook in 2008 at the iTunes Music Store!

Die besten und berühmtesten Stories von Edgar Allan Poe sind in dieser riesigen Hörbuch-Box versammelt - aufgelistet nach dem Datum ihres Entstehens! Poes erste Geschichte "Metzengerstein" aus dem Jahre 1832 ist ebenso dabei wie eine seiner letzten, "Hoppfrosch" aus dem Jahre 1849, kurz vor seinem Tode. 30 Meisterwerke aus der Feder des Großmeisters der dunklen Romantik.

Nur wenige seiner Werke hielt Franz Kafka für gu genug, um der Nachwelt erhalten zu bleiben. Die Verwandlung gehört dazu. Gregor Samsa findet sich eines Morgens in ein großes Ungeziefer verwandelt. Er nimmt diese Metamorphose scheinbar stoisch hin - doch wie soll und wird es weitergehen? Kafkas wohl berühmtestes Werk.

Dall'Apocalissi festosa de L'ultimo capodanno dell'umanità alle peripezie del picciotto Albertino protagonista di Fango , i racconti di Niccolò Ammaniti mettono in scena i nuovi eroi di un'umanità borderline e metropolitana, capace di passare con leggerezza da una modesta aspirazione a un efferato delitto. Sono racconti che mescolano tutti i generi, dall'horror alla commedia all'italiana, trovando infine in una grottesca vena comica il vero elemento comune.

A Guardian, Observer, New Statesman, Financial Times, Independent, BBC and Daily Mail Book of the Year 'Vital, fierce and free.' Financial Times 'Incandescently good.' Sarah Perry 'Pulsing with life and lyricism.' Spectator 'Fiercely exuberant.' Observer 'Delightfully playful.' Andrew Miller 'A...