Showing results for "Maria" in Literary Fiction

The new novel from the bestselling author of Where'd You Go Bernadette ⭐ 'Smart, funny and devastating in a great way' Jennette McCurdy ⭐ ⭐ 'I felt both cleverer and sillier after finishing this book' Guardian ⭐ ⭐ 'Loaded with Maria Semple's signature wit' Bonnie Garmus ⭐ Adora...

For readers of Philippa Gregory and Alison Weir comes a dramatic novel of the beloved Empress Maria, the Danish princess who became the mother of the last Russian tsar. “This epic tale is captivating and beautifully told.”—Lisa Wingate, New York Times bestselling author of Before We Were...

The latest book in Alexander McCall Smith's entertaining and hilarious Professor von Igelfeld series Professor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld is not just any German professor - he is the author of that great work of scholarship, Portuguese Irregular Verbs. His eminence in language studies is widely...

Nada hacía suponer a Mauro Larrea que la fortuna que levantó tras años de tesón y arrojo se le derrumbaría con un estrepitoso revés. Ahogado por las deudas y la incertidumbre, apuesta sus últimos recursos en una temeraria jugada que abre ante él la oportunidad de resurgir. Hasta que la...

Hrabia Wentzel Croy-Dülmen ma wszystko, czego może pragnąć młody mężczyzna: ogromny majątek, powodzenie u kobiet z wyższych sfer, a także z półświatka, dobraną kompanię przyjaciół do wspólnych zabaw oraz zdrowie i urodę. Miary szczęścia absolutnego dopełnia całkowity brak nadzoru ze strony starszych. Jedyną skazą na jego doskonałości jest częściowo polskie pochodzenie, źródło okazjonalnych docinków. Pewnego dnia poznaje przypadkiem tajemniczą, niewrażliwą na jego wdzięk i przymioty młodą damę z Wielkopolski - Jadwigę Chrząstkowską, siostrę polskiego powstańca.

Declared “a writer to watch” (Publishers Weekly, starred review), New York Times bestselling author María Dueñas pours heart and soul into this story of a woman who discovers the power of second chances. A talented college professor in Madrid, Blanca Perea seems to have it all. But her...

Após um mês acometido por uma febre delirante, Luís da Silva se levanta da cama para contar a história da grande perturbação que desviou os caminhos de sua pacata vida como funcionário público, na Maceió dos anos 1930. Desprezado, o "pobre-diabo" perdeu Marina, vizinha bonita e interesseira, para as mãos de Julião Tavares, um homem repulsivo, mas rico. Às voltas com a ameaça recorrente dos ratos que invadem sua casa e assombrado pelo crime que cometeu, Luís da Silva rememora, de forma frenética, sua decadência, com um ódio crescente.

Venecia, 1957. A los treinta y cuatro años, Maria Callas ha llegado a la cúspide de su carrera como soprano, pero la perfección artística que representa en el escenario está empezando a pasarle factura. Llega exhausta a la mansión de su amiga Elsa...

Reunited in old age, two former lovers confront the past and what could have been in this subtle psychological novel that upends expectations—from the acclaimed author of Your Steps on the Stairs. During their youth, Gabriel Aristu and Adriana Zuber lived a passionate love story that seemed...

Pelea de gallos narra desde diferentes voces el hogar, ese espacio que construye...

Winner of the Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz Prize Winner of Colombia’s National Novel Award This prizewinning novel interweaves four animal odysseys in a gripping, adventurous meditation on migration and displacement in the inextricable human and natural worlds. In Only a Little While Here...

Maria ha vent'anni, studia a Milano in Bocconi, ha una camera in un appartamento centralissimo, frequenta locali di grido, i suoi amici sono gender-fluid e i suoi compagni di corso guidano Porsche e Lamborghini. È il suo strano mondo. O così - strano - sembra a suo padre Gil, che invece abita in provincia, a Pavia, e ha più di sessant'anni. Gil adora Maria, e come non potrebbe? Ma tra lui e lei, figlia unica, passano due generazioni.

Set against the tropics and megacities of the Americas, Maria, Maria takes inspiration from wild creatures, tarot, and the porous borders between life and death. Motivated by love and its inverse, grief, the characters who inhabit these stories negotiate boldly with nature to cast their desired ends. Brimming with sharp wit and ferocious female intuition, these stories bubble over into the titular novella, "Maria, Maria"—a family drama set in a reimagined California rainforest that explores the legacies of three Marias, and possibly all Marias.

Bianca Perea, studiosa madrilena, è in California per catalogare e archiviare le carte del letterato spagnolo Andrés Fontana. Ad aiutarla c'è l'ex allievo prediletto di Fontana, Daniel Carter. A mano a mano che procede nelle ricerche, Bianca inizia a chiedersi perché nessuno - e in particolare Daniel - abbia finora recuperato l'eredità di Fontana. Per ottenere le risposte che sta cercando, Bianca dovrà scavare nel passato, affrontare retroscena impensati e svelare interessi politici nascosti. Ma dovrà soprattutto tornare a credere in se stessa.

A vida mais invisível de Maria das Dores promove uma empregada doméstica a protagonista de uma saga familiar que atravessa quase um século de história brasileira. Maria das Dores viveu uma existência “invisível”, lutando de maneira obstinada para vencer na vida e criar seus três filhos.

Sous le coup d'une déception amoureuse, Sofia a quitté Paris pour son petit village natal de la côte amalfitaine. Là, la jeune traductrice respire enfin. Attablée à sa place habituelle, sur la terrasse du Mamma Maria, le bonheur est simple comme un espresso au soleil ou une chanson d'Adriano Celentano... Ce caffè, c'est le cœur du village, le rendez-vous des jeunes, des vieux, dans le généreux giron de la patronne, Maria, leur mère à tous.

Une exploration éblouissante des sentiments au féminin, des jeux entre l'apparence et la vérité. Son nom est Liv Maria Christensen. Enfant solitaire née sur une île bretonne, entre une mère tenancière de café et un père marin norvégien. Envoyée subitement à Berlin à l'âge de 17 ans, elle tombe amoureuse de son professeur d'anglais. Le temps d'un été, elle apprend tout. Le plaisir des corps, l'intensité des échanges. Mais, à peine sortie de l'adolescence, elle a déjà perdu tous ses repères.

In this mesmerizing sequel to a Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, the "heart-stealing heroine" (Amy Tan) and muse of Cuban musician Nestor Castillo takes readers on the journey of a lifetime with this story of reinvention, romance, and revolution. In Beautiful...

Thirty-two-year-old Catherine Hope has a great memory. But she can't remember everything. She can't remember her ninth year, or when her insomnia started. And she can't remember why everyone stopped calling her Catherine-Maria. With a promiscuous past, and licking her wounds after a breakup, Catherine wonders why she resists anything approaching real love. But when she loses her home to the devastating deluge of 2007 and volunteers at Flood Crisis, a devastating memory emerges.

Ausgerechnet Obdachlose bilden den neuen Freundeskreis von Josephine. Acht Menschen ohne festen Wohnsitz inszenieren ein Theaterstück, dessen Entstehung der engagierten Altenpflegerin überraschende Einblicke in die fremde Gesellschaftsschicht geben. Herla ist Initiatorin sowie allgegenwärtiger lichter Schatten der Handlung. Hautnah erlebt der Leser ein Wechselbad der Gefühle und begleitet Josi auch in ihrer persönlichen Entwicklung: dem Aufbau einer Liebesbeziehung vor dem Hintergrund sexuellen Missbrauchs in ihrer Kindheit.