Showing results for "I" in Contemporary Fiction

"I'M A FAN" tells the story of an unnamed narrator's involvement in a seemingly unequal romantic relationship. With a clear and unforgiving eye, Sheena Patel makes startling connections between power struggles at the heart of human relationships to those in the wider world, offering a devastating critique of social media, access and patriarchal systems.

A SUNDAY TIMES SUMMER READ Dreamer. Bombshell. Icon. Featuring a wealth of unpublished material, Andrew Wilson’s biography of Marilyn Monroe presents the actress in a startling new light. Born Norma Jeane Mortenson, she had an uncertain and unforgiving upbringing. She grew up in Los Angeles...

A beautiful story of love and second chances, with a remarkable family at its heart, from the Sunday Times bestselling author. So much can change in half a lifetime… Then At fifteen, George is the foster brother Leah never asked for. As the angry, troubled boy struggles to come to terms with...

Toby Jones and Holliday Grainger star in a new BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Dodie Smith's enduringly popular coming-of-age novel In the 1930s, seventeen-year-old Cassandra Mortmain lives in a crumbling ruin of a castle in the Suffolk countryside. Her father, an author wrestling with...

In I Love Dick, published in 1997, Chris Kraus boldly tore away the veil that separates fiction from reality and privacy from self-expression. It's no wonder that I Love Dick instantly elicited violent controversies and attracted a host of passionate admirers. The story is gripping enough: in 1994 a married, failed independent filmmaker, turning forty, falls in love with a well-known theorist and endeavors to seduce him with the help of her husband.

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Waiting To Exhale is back with the inspiring story of a woman who shakes things up in her life to find greater meaning. In I Almost Forgot About You, Dr. Georgia Young's wonderful life--great friends, family, and...

A widely acclaimed international best seller, I'm Not Scared combines a coming-of-age narrative with a satisfying and spine-tingling story of suspense. A sweltering heat wave hits a tiny village in Southern Italy, sending the adults to seek shelter, while their children bicycle freely throughout the countryside, playing games and getting into trouble. When the gang find a dilapidated farmhouse, nine-year-old Michele Amitrano makes a discovery so momentous he dare not tell a soul.

Enveloped in the dark inner kingdom of her schizophrenia, 16-year-old Deborah is haunted by private tormentors that isolate her from the outside world. With the reluctant and fearful consent of her parents, she enters a mental hospital where she will spend the next three years battling to regain her sanity with the help of a gifted psychiatrist. As Deborah struggles to regain her sanity, the listener is inexorably drawn into her private suffering.

Chris, en eksperimenterende filminstruktør på næsten 40, forelsker sig øjeblikkeligt og uopretteligt i sin 56-årige akademikermands yngre kollega Dick. Chris indvier manden Sylvère i sin voldsomme betagelse, og idéen om en slags kunstprojekt med Dick i centrum opstår. Fra hver sin position går parret sammen i gang med at skrive kærlighedsbreve til objektet Dick. Chris er i sin erotiske besættelse kreativt forløst som aldrig før, men pludselig befinder hun sig i spidsen af et altopslugende trekantsdrama.

'For fans of Maggie O'Farrell and Jojo Moyes, this is a sweeping book of love, motherhood, death and hope' STYLIST 'Wonderfully assured' THE TIMES 'Pass the tissues...' EVENING STANDARD 'Lovely novel. Highly recommend' JENNI MURRAY 'Beautifully written' THE SUN 'Prepare for heartbreak' WOMAN &...

Eleonora stringe tra le mani un bauletto che custodisce ricette con ingredienti speciali: il Coraggio, la comprensione, la Fiducia in sé stessi, la Gentilezza… Basta usarne solo un pizzico per creare l'Amore, la Speranza, il Perdono. Ma dove trovarli? Eleonora non lo sa, eppure inizia a cercarli, perché quelle ricette sono l'ultimo ricordo della nonna Ernesta. È stata lei a insegnarle che cucinare è molto più che "far da mangiare": è anche un atto di guarigione, per gli altri e per sé stessi.

Fire mænd og en kvinde rejser til Kenya for at redde verden fra menneskets dårskab. De fem enkeltpersoner er: tandlægen Vidkun, den ressourcestærke bøsse og zoolog Sperber, serieromanforfatteren Hektor Gråbæk, vellidt af både mennesker og dyr, filmklipperen Såkaldte Bob, som fornemmer en stærk dragning mod Afrika og Lise Løvenskiold, politiefterforsker og single, som holder af Leopard-nips og fugle.

Rafe Khatchadorian, the hero of the bestselling Middle School series, is ready for a fun summer at camp – until he finds out it’s a summer school camp! Luckily, Rafe easily makes friends with his troublemaking cabin mates and bunkmate, a boy nicknamed Booger Eater, who puts up with endless...

Dazzlingly inventive, witty and mysterious: a writer pieces together the story of a young man's death in an exhilarating narrative puzzle reminiscent of the hit podcast Serial. A young man dies in a car crash – accident or suicide? An unnamed writer with an agenda of his own sets out to piece...

It's that time again ... time to indulge in a spot of jealousy, betrayal and late-night bar-hopping. Everyone's back from a week of après-ski hot tub fun in Sun Valley, and cream coloured envelopes from the Ivy League are beginning to drop all over Fifth Avenue doorsteps.

Tessa has just a few months to live. Fighting back against hospital visits, endless tests, drugs with excruciating side-effects, Tessa compiles a list. It's her To Do Before I Die list. And number one is sex. Released from the constraints of 'normal' life, Tessa tastes new experiences to make her feel alive while her failing body struggles to keep up.

Dicembre 1981. Vanni Maestri è l'anima di una piccola libreria nel centro di Bologna, nota per una particolare tradizione: i clienti scrivono su dei foglietti i loro propositi per l'anno nuovo e li lasciano dentro alle pagine dei volumi usati. C'è chi spera in una nuova casa, chi in un lavoro, chi nella vittoria dell'Italia ai prossimi mondiali di calcio. Accantonato il suo sogno di gioventù, Vanni ha scelto di essere il custode di quelli altrui, di vivere una vita tranquilla e di tenere a distanza il ricordo di un amore rimasto sospeso nel tempo.

I det gamle Møllehus hersker en trykket stemning. Enken Birthe Jervelund har giftet sig med sin afdøde mands faetter, og Niels Jervelund, hvis vaesen udadtil ellers kan vaere charmerende, har vist sig at vaere en slet hustyran. Kun Birthes unge datter, Ingeborg, har vovet at gå imod sin stedfar, og er derfor blevet sendt bort til en slaegtning på Sjaelland. Men nu er Ingeborg blevet myndig, og Niels aner ikke sine levende råd. For han har hersket enerådigt over den gamle mølle, men møllen tilhører Ingeborg, og nu vil hun tage den i besiddelse. Sammen med sine kumpaner planlaegger han at gifte hende bort til Jeppe Dinesen, den dovne søn af byens rigeste mand. Men han har gjort regning uden vaert. For møllersvenden Jakob elsker også Ingeborg, og Ingeborg selv har vist også noget at skulle have sagt i den sag.

Dwaj bracia walcza o spadek - zaklady przemyslowe "Dalcz". Krzysztof, wyksztalcony za granica inzynier, wychowywany, by pokierowac fabryka oraz Pawel - czarna owca rodziny, wybitny samouk, ekonomista o dalekosieznych planach, który wykorzystuje zamieszanie po smierci ojca. Niestety, wielkimi krokami zbliza sie kryzys gospodarczy.

Wojna jest straszna, wojna jest bezlitosna i doskonale potrafi wyrzezbic czlowieka na swój obraz i podobienstwo. Powiesc "Wilki i orly" przedstawia to brutalnie, bez zbednych upiekszen i udawania, ze moze byc inaczej. Opowiesc o wojnie w Czeczenii - wojnie utajonej, ukrywanej przez imperium, ale przez to jeszcze bardziej okrutnej - moze, choc nie musi pomóc w odnalezieniu odpowiedzi.