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【解説】 永井荷風の江戸情緒を漂わせる作品集。 風流三昧の俳諧師蘿月は、遊芸への思いを断ち切れずにいる甥の長吉に、敢えて親孝行のために辛抱せよと諭し、長吉と懸隔が生じる苦衷を味わう荷風の懐旧情緒の代表作のひとつ「すみだ川」。他に、新橋の花柳街を題材にした『新橋夜話』より「牡丹の客」、麻布の古家に響いてくる鐘の音の情緒を描く「鐘の声」、明治末年、外遊から帰国して東京の喧噪や雑然さに憤然とする中で訪れた深川で、たちまち懐かしい昔に戻ることができたしみじみさを描く随筆「深川の唄」の3編を収録。 【朗読】 wis ※透明感と落ち着きのある声で親しまれている女性朗読家です。

The story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. In a story where past and present confuse, she relives scenes of Japan's devastation in the wake of World War II.

代々江戸城の茶室を管理し、将軍や大名に茶の接待をする「奥坊主」と呼ばれる職を務めた家柄に育ち、文芸や芸事への興味・関心を早くから持っていた芥川龍之介。 才気にあふれ、世話好きな性格は周りの人

日本の名作文学傑作選を超凝縮して簡潔にご紹介！！

不朽の純文学作品をアイドルが読む『THE FIRST 音読』。コンセプトは「同じクラスになったアイドルの音読を、隣の席で聞けたら——。そんな追体験ができる、聞いて焦がれる純文学」。HKT48の秋吉優花が『杜子春』(芥川龍之介)を朗読。

父と暮らす孝行息子・ヨハンネスは、病で父を亡くしたことから、ひとりで旅に出ます。ある時、彼の前に見知らぬ男が同行したいと強引に加わります。その後、大きな町の王女が自身に求婚する王子たちを難問

Sie findet eine Stelle in einem Verlag, auch nicht schlecht, und München ist eine schöne Stadt, vor allem im Sommer. Im Vorzimmer des Verlegers sitzt Charlotte ganz nah am Zentrum der Macht. Dass der seine Assistentinnen oft auswechselt, kriegt sie schnell mit. Aber sie entwickelt ein gutes Verhältnis zu ihrem Chef, der ihre Stärken erkennt, ihr vertraut.

The first time, Yrsa doesn't intend to kill. But the Cambridge professor sitting opposite has manipulated her friend, stolen her research. When she flicks the bee into his Sanpellegrino, she thinks he'll get a nasty sting. Then he's dead. And Yrsa, who – let's face it – has been bored for a while, is alive. It's a sweet feeling, finally having some control.

Конец нулевых, Пермь. Катя и Лариса, студентки психфака и подруги не разлей вода, встречаются после летних каникул. Девушки дружат с детства, и у них много общего, но прежде всего — любовь к рок-музыке. Лариса поглощена новой идеей — игрой в хиппи. Теперь она одевается, как хиппи, говорит, как хиппи, а главное — ведет себя, как хиппи. И еще у Ларисы появился новый приятель по прозвищу Док, намного старше ее, прошедший Афган. А у Кати — новая тайна. Она видит сны о том, чего знать в деталях никак не может, ей снится афганская война… Время идет, игра перестает быть игрой.

Могла ли обычная женщина, врач-нейрохирург, подумать, что спасение тяжелораненого больного навсегда изменит ее жизнь? И теперь ей предстоит избежать покушений, разобраться в своих желаниях и найти силы поверить в любовь. Каждый из нас носит маску. Любимый жених может оказаться подлым изменником, случайный знакомый — палачом тайного Ордена, и даже родная мать хранит тайны, которые навсегда разрушат привычные представления о мире.

Avni is done with the meaningless carousel of tame sex. When she is sucked into the orbit of a couple who seem as unstitched as she is, Avni thinks she may have found what she is looking for. But each time she fulfills her darkest needs her appetite grows, and she begins to spiral into obsession.

The Lucky Ones is a profound evocation of family and the magnetic bonds that can attract or repel. The five people whose lives converge here are also haunted by family: the longing for love, the struggle to connect. Here, a young pregnant mother wrestles with an utterly changed life; a new...

When young nurse Claire Davidson goes missing on the riverbank, the only clues left behind are her phone and shoes. People disappear all the time, but this case sparks an online frenzy. Amateur investigators descend on the rural idyll. Everyone has a theory. But when another woman is discovered dead in the river, signs point to murder. Jake Jackson, a former detective who came to the countryside searching for peace, must investigate before more lives are taken.

Vivienne, a photographer from Manchester, arrives at a boarding house on a tiny Finnish island hoping to rekindle her creativity and heal her broken heart. Vivienne quickly grows close with Ilya, the affable caretaker, and Gagarin, a rebellious mycologist. The days pass in a blur of snow and birch trees and vodka. Yet the longer Vivienne spends in the forest, the more it consumes her.

When headteacher Kirsty's local MP resigns after a sex scandal, she's set on running in the by-election to replace him. When he fails to dissuade her from standing, Rick sets out to influence Kirsty's campaign to his own advantage. Kirsty battles on in the spotlight as the domestic and the political start to collide – until a revelation from the past threatens to derail the whole operation.

Eniiyi wird an dem Tag geboren, an dem ihre Tante Monife begraben wird. Aufgrund der unheimlichen Ähnlichkeit mit Monife ist sich die Familie sicher: Sie ist ihre Reinkarnation. Die Frauen in Eniiyis Familie finden seit Generationen schon keinen Frieden, weil sie ihre geliebten Männer verlieren. Laut der Yorubapriesterin Mama G ist ein Fluch am Werk, der ihnen allen zum Verhängnis wird. Bleibt die Frage: Kann wenigstens Eniiyi dem Familienfluch und dem mysteriösen Schicksal, das Monife ereilt hat, entkommen?

At school they called her Porky on account of the pigs her family kept outside their bungalow near Heathrow. But she felt no different – not until she realised she was losing her innocence in a way that none of her friends could possibly imagine. Only a child robbed of her childhood can know too late what it means to be loved too little and loved too much.

Italy, 1943. The girl rushes down the winding streets, tucking the handwritten menu into the wicker basket and thinking only of the code hidden on the delicate paper. Present day. Arriving in Caccipulia, Callie grips the faded restaurant menu. Found hidden in her family home, she is certain it will lead her to the truth about her grandmother's life in Italy during World War II. Local café owner Oliver's eyes light up when he sees the menu. During the war, one brave family secretly fed desperate Jewish families. Callie's heart soars at the thought that her grandmother was involved.

A London restaurant. An ordinary night out. But when ambitious lawyer Mark introduces his date to a work colleague, Chloe, and her husband, it's obvious something is very wrong. Alex and Julia pretend not to know each other, but the shocked expressions on their faces tell a different story. As the mystery of Julia's identity unravels, a terrible, decade-old tragedy comes to light. While Chloe struggles with secrets of her own, Alex must decide whether to take Julia back to Australia to lay the past to rest.

Artie Dam is a man with a secret. He goes about his days teaching American history to high schoolers, correcting their casual ignorance, and lending a kind word to those who need it most. He spends his free time sailing the beautiful Massachusetts Bay, or with his adult son and his wife of more than three decades — and as Artie does these things, he plans the event that will forever change the world he inhabits.