Showing results for "john" in Contemporary Fiction

The recent death of one of the descendants of Dr. Watson has brought to light his personal papers. These include a number of stories that Dr. Watson suppressed at the time for various reasons. As all involved are long dead, the inheritor has agreed to the publication of a set of eight of the most interesting adventures.

Käre John är historien om John, som är skeppare på ett kustfartyg. När han under ett uppehåll i en liten skånsk hamn träffar Anita, som arbetar på byns kafé, uppstår ljuv musik. Det här är den realistiska och ömsinta skildringen av deras kärlekshistoria, fylld av vardagsdramatik och värme. - Olle Länsberg (1922-1998) var en svensk författare. Utöver böcker författade han även manus och sångtexter.

Two architects: Andrew Martin, a fêted young Australian whose success has come early, and Johannes Von Ruhland, an aging genius who draws with the hand of God but whose work has never been realised. When Martin finally meets the mythic Von Ruhland on a trip to Berlin, it is a dream fulfilled, but once that dream is brought back to Australia it jeopardises his marriage and divides his friends.

Kunsthistorikeren Max Morden er vendt tilbage til den kystby, hvor han tilbragte sine ferier som dreng - en retræte fra den sorg, vrede og tomhed, han føler, efter at hans kone nylig er død af kræft. Men det er også en tilbagevenden til det sted, hvor han som 10-11-årig mødte den velhavende ferierende Grace-familie og første gang oplevede kærlighed, sex og pludselig død. Romanen omhandler dels Mordens skæbnesvangre oplevelser som dreng, dels minderne om hans kone Anna og dels de både betydningsfulde og trivielle begivenheder i hans nuværende liv.

März 2020: Ein protestantischer Pfarrer in der Uckermark, der dem Tod ins Auge blickt. Eine Anästhesistin der Charité, die mit einem Rabbi zusammen in Quarantäne gerät. Ein Kunststudent, der heillos in seine Professorin verliebt ist und in eine Welt der Betäubung abdriftet. Und Selma, die Enkelin, Tochter und Schwester der Genannten, die diese Familie irgendwie zusammenhalten soll - keine leichte Aufgabe in Zeiten von Kontaktbeschränkungen und Abstandsregeln, in denen Distanz zur Tugend wird und Nähe zum Problem.

Rosalie Parker runs the independent UK publishing house Tartarus Press with R. B. Russell. Her previous collections include The Old Knowledge (Swan River Press 2010) and Damage (PS Publishing 2016). "In the Garden" was selected for Best New Horror 21 (2010), and "Random Flight" for Best British Horror 2015. Rosalie lives in Coverdale, North Yorkshire, the magnificent landscape of which inspires and sometimes provides the settings for her writing. DEAR JOHN: There are times when something affects you deeply and alters the way you look at the world.

After Colby's estranged father returns to his white-trash home, the nine year old struggles to survive a promiscuous neighborhood mother, money sharks, and an uncontrollable autistic older brother while discovering the true cost of living and brotherhood.

Trade Up follows the fictional journeys of several young people who find their futures in skilled trades. Madison’s dream of becoming an electrician means she must reconcile with her parents’ hopes that she’d become “someone who carried a briefcase to work”. Jordan, Madison’s mentor, weighs his options as a family man and busy journeyman. Jacob discovers his love for working with his hands, just like his grandfather. Fuuads chooses a completely different path from the one his parents planned for him. Bob has built a career not unlike John Finan’s own.

Anna har altid haft styr på alting. Med topkarakter i studenterhuen er hun strøget gennem sin CBS-uddannelse med kurs mod drømmejobbet på et prestigefyldt PR-bureau. Men da stillingen går til en anden, står hun for første gang uden en plan og med en stigende følelse af panik. Imens er Annas fraværende far tilbage i Danmark for at overtage det sønderjyske familiegods, og han er opsat på at ansætte hende. Selvom tanken ikke huer storbypigen Anna, er opgaven med at lægge godsets nye brandingstrategi vel bedre end ingenting?

A Place with Promise is a magical, generation-spanning fable about everything we think we've lost - except, as the denizens of Camp Ruby learn, it's all still there, if we only know where to look for it.