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Diwan-e-Ghalib is the famous collection of poetic works of legendary Urdu poet Mirza Ghalib.

When fledgling novelist Pace Burnette heads home to Smoke, a quiet hamlet in Louisiana, he finds that the mom-and-pop businesses that gave the place its character and charm have been put out of operation by an enormous Monster Mart on the outskirts of town. His best friend, Jay Carnihan, is struggling to keep his family's general store from going under and blames Rayford Holly, the founder of Monster Mart, for his economic woes.

東京から父の郷里・ハヤブサ地区に移住した売れない作家の三馬太郎。田舎暮らしを楽しむはずが、地元の消防団入りした彼を待ち受けていたのは連続放火事件だった。

A brilliantly inventive novel about three astronauts training for the first-ever mission to Mars, an experience that will push the boundary between real and unreal, test their relationships, and leave each of them—and their families—changed forever. “A transcendent, cross-cultural, and...

1941 год. До начала войны остаются считанные дни. Неподалеку от села Красное совершает вынужденную посадку военный самолет У-2. Возможности отбуксировать самолет нет, поэтому принято решение выставить возле него часового.

Al sentir próxima la muerte, el barón Béla Wenckheim, que ha pasado buena parte de su vida exiliado en Argentina, decide regresar a su Hungría natal con la esperanza de reencontrarse con su amor de adolescencia. Pero su retorno siembra la confusión en el pueblo, muchos de cuyos habitantes lo reciben como a un rico benefactor capaz de salvarlos de la fatalidad, cuando en realidad ha dilapidado su fortuna en los casinos de Buenos Aires. En la ola de rumores y malentendidos cada vez más extravagantes participarán hasta los políticos y periodistas de la región.

The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade was the last major novel by Herman Melville, the American writer and author of Moby-Dick. The novel portrays a Canterbury Tales-style group of steamboat passengers whose interlocking stories are told as they travel down the Mississippi River toward New Orleans. The novel's title refers to its central character, an ambiguous figure who sneaks aboard a Mississippi steamboat on April Fool's Day.

Only a teenager when Delphine was born, Lucile raised two daughters largely alone. She was a former child model from a Bohemian family, younger and more glamorous than the other mothers: always in lipstick, wayward and wonderful. But as Delphine grew up, Lucile's occasional sadness gave way to overwhelming despair and delusion. She became convinced she was telepathic, in control of the Paris metro system; she gave away all her money; she was hospitalized, medicated, and released in a kind of trance.

"L'amore non è una storia, ma due". Per questo Fosco e Alice hanno affidato ai loro rispettivi avvocati le parole che non sanno dirsi, lasciandosi. Alice aspira a una conclusione drammatica, come se un grande amore si misurasse dalle ferite, dal male che è possibile farsi. Vuole enfasi, conflitto, palcoscenico. Fosco è più morbido, quasi passivo, incline ad accettare qualsiasi condizione. E alla fine, come in tutte le separazioni, le loro posizioni si tradurranno in documenti mortificanti, che nulla dicono perché nulla sanno di una vita insieme.

Two stunning dramatisations from one of the twentieth century’s most beloved authors Sink into the lyrical landscapes and beautifully observed lives of J. L. Carr’s finest stories, brought to life in these glorious, full-cast dramatisations starring Shaun Dingwall (Noughts and Crosses, Top...

独ソ戦が激化する1942年、モスクワ近郊の農村に暮らす少女セラフィマの日常は、突如として奪われた。急襲したドイツ軍によって、母親のエカチェリーナほか村人たちが惨殺されたのだ。

Мы продолжаем уникальную серию аудиокниг по произведениям Сергея Довлатова! "Марш одиноких. Рассказы" - новый сборник рассказов легендарного автора в исполнении Анатолия Белого, Максима Виторгана и Максима Суханова. В 1980 – 1980 гг. Довлатов вел рубрику в еженедельнике "Новый американец", являясь его главным редактором.

A sophisticated page-turner about a wealthy New York family embroiled in a financial scandal with cataclysmic consequences. Now that he's married to Merrill Darling, daughter of billionaire financier Carter Darling, attorney Paul Ross has grown accustomed to New York society and all of its...

Роман "Женщины Лазаря" - культовый роман, лауреат множества литературных премий, семейная сага длиною в ХХ век. Это роман о большой любви и большой нелюбви. Лазарь Линдт, гениальный ученый и большой ребенок, - центр инфернальных личных историй трех незаурядных женщин.

野間文芸新人賞受賞作。1通の手紙から羊をめぐる冒険が始まった 消印は1978年5月――北海道発。あなたのことは今でも好きよ、という言葉を残して妻が出て行った。その後広告コピーの仕事を通して、耳専門のモデルをしている21歳の女性が新しいガール・フレンドとなった。

Drei Frauen, drei Generationen, verbunden durch die Liebe und ein tragisches Geheimnis der Nachkriegszeit. Als Juni ins Haus ihrer verstorbenen Großeltern auf der kleinen norwegischen Insel zurückkehrt, entdeckt sie ein Foto: Es zeigt ihre Großmutter Tekla als junge Frau mit einem deutschen Soldaten. Wer ist der unbekannte Mann? Ihre Mutter kann Juni nicht mehr fragen. Das Verhältnis zwischen ihrer Mutter und ihrer Großmutter war immer von etwas Unausgesprochenem überschattet.

愛したはずの夫は、まったくの別人であった。──「マチネの終わりに」の平野啓一郎による、傑作長編。

Greg era un brillante attivista politico all’università di Melbourne ma dopo la separazione dalla moglie e dalla sua bambina si trasforma in uno dei “most wanted men” australiani. Condannato a 19 anni di carcere per una lunga serie misfatti, scappa dal carcere di massima sicurezza di Pentridge e si rifugia a Bombay dove trova la sua seconda occasione. Diventa uno Shantaram, un “uomo della pace di Dio”, allestisce un ospedale per gli indigenti, recita nei film di Bollywood... Un romanzo che tocca la mente e il cuore, che appassiona e fa pensare.

「スプリットタンって知ってる?」そう言って、男は蛇のように二つに割れた舌を出した―。その男アマと同棲しながらサディストの彫り師シバとも関係をもつルイ。彼女は自らも舌にピアスを入れ、刺青を彫り、「身体改造」にはまっていく。

Ein Haus an einem märkischen See: Es ist der Schauplatz für fünfzehn Lebensläufe, Geschichten, Schicksale von den Zwanzigerjahren bis heute. Das Haus und seine Bewohner erleben die Weimarer Republik, das Dritte Reich, den Krieg und dessen Ende, die DDR, die Wende und die Zeit der Nachwende. Jedem einzelnen Schicksal gibt Jenny Erpenbeck eine eigene literarische Form, jedes entfaltet auf ganz eigene Weise seine Dramatik, seine Tragik, sein Glück.