Книги в жанре «Современная проза» (5204 книги)Показаны книги с 51 по 6051. Si pudieras verme ahora Читать →Автор: Ahern Cecelia En la vida de Elizabeth Egan todo tiene su sitio, desde las tazas para cafГ© exprГ©s en su reluciente cocina hasta los muestrario y los botes de pintura de su negocio de diseГ±o de interior. El orden y la precisiГіn le dan una sensaciГіn de control sobre la vida y mantienen el corazГіn de Elizabeth… 52. Posdata: Te Amo Читать →Автор: Ahern Cecilia Hay personas que esperan toda la vida para encontrar a su alma gemela, pero este no es el caso de Holly y Gerry. Novios desde el instituto, se sentГan como si siempre hubiesen estado juntos. PodГan acabar las frases del otro, e incluso cuando discutГan?como sobre quiГ©n debГa salir de la cama para apagar la… 53. Copi Читать →Автор: Aira Cesar Este libro recoge la transcripciГіn de unas clases que di en el Centro Rojas en el invierno de 1988. El pГєblico fue una veintena de estudiantes muy jГіvenes: a nuestro alrededor, los cuatro pisos del Rojas hervГan de performances, videos, cine, mГєsica, pintura, capoeira, teatro, tГteres, talleres, seminarios, cursos… Todo lo que se manifestaba parecГa… 54. La costurera y el viento Читать →Автор: Aira Cesar En la novela corta ' La costurera y el viento' CГ©sar Aira hace uso de lo que mГЎs sabe. Su facilidad para imaginar y a travГ©s de la imaginaciГіn confrontar al olvido, para que junto a la memoria como apoyo, ir cosechando los recuerdos de a uno, que sin su ayuda sГіlo serГan desechos en… 55. The Chosen Читать →Автор: Potok Chaim With dramatic force, with a simplicity that seizes the heart, The Chosen illumines-for us, for now-the eternal, powerful bonds of love and pain that join father and son, and the ways in which these bonds are, and must be, broken if the boy is to become a man. … 56. Ham On Rye Читать →Автор: Bukowski Charles “In what is widely hailed as the best of his many novels, Charles Bukowski details the long, lonely years of his own hardscrabble youth in the raw voice of alter ego Henry Chinaski. From a harrowingly cheerless childhood in Germany through acne-riddled high school years and his adolescent discoveries of alcohol, women, and the Los… 57. The Captain Is Out to Lunch Читать →Автор: Bukowski Charles “I am not in a contest. I never wanted fame or money. I wanted to get the word down the way I wanted it, that's all. And I had to get the words down or be overcome by something worse than death.” So writes the late Charles Bukowski in his entry for 6/23/92 (12:34 AM).… 58. La Guarida Del LeГіn Читать →Автор: Feehan Christine La aristГіcrata empobrecida Isabella Vernaducci provocarГa a la mismГsima muerte para rescatar a su hermano encarcelado. Aunque el miedo oprimiera su corazГіn, desafiarГa la embrujada y maldita guarida del leГіn: el amenazante palazzo del legendario y letal Nicolai DeMarco. LA BESTIA Los rumores decГan que el poderoso Nicolai podГa dominar los cielos, que la bestia de abajo… 59. Boomsday Читать →Автор: Buckley Christopher From The Washington Post Reviewed by Judy Budnitz Does government-sanctioned suicide offer the same potential for satire as, say, the consumption of children? Possibly. One need only look to Kurt Vonnegut's story “Welcome to the Monkey House,” with its… 60. Wet Work Читать →Автор: Buckley Christopher Thanks to Hollywood and writers like Christopher Buckley, America has given the world a brand-new literary form: the revenge comedy. In the movies, maverick cops roam the world, taking names, kicking butts, and making wisecracks. For all the gore, pictures like Die Hard are essentially Road Runner cartoons with superior special effects. Audiences do more… 61. The Prestige Читать →Автор: Priest Christopher Flyleaf: After ten years of quietude, author Christopher Priest (nominated one of the Best of Young British Novelists in 1983) returns with a triumphant tale of dueling prestidigitators and impossible acts. In 1878, two young stage magicians clash in a darkened salon during the course of a fraudulent sйance. From this moment, their lives spin webs of… 62. Choke Читать →Автор: Palahniuk Chuck «IF YOU'RE GOING TO READ THIS, DON'T BOTHER. After a couple pages, you won't want to be here. So forget it. Go away. Get out while you're still in one piece. Save yourself. There has to be something better on television. Or since you have so much time on your hands, maybe you could take a night course.… 63. Diary Читать →Автор: Palahniuk Chuck Diary “CAN YOU FEEL THIS?” Diary takes the form of a “coma diary” kept by one Misty Tracy Wilmot as her… 64. Fight Club Читать →Автор: Palahniuk Chuck Every weekend, in the basements and parking lots of bars across the country, young men with good white-collar jobs and absent fathers take off their shoes and shirts and fight each other barehanded just as long as they have to. Then they go back to those jobs with blackened eyes and loosened teeth and the… 65. Fugatives & Refugees Читать →Автор: Palahniuk Chuck Fugitives & Refugees A WALK IN PORTLAND, OREGON Chuck Palahniuk Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint the following material to: … 66. Fugatives & Refugees Читать →Автор: Palahniuk Chuck « Fugitives & Refugees A WALK IN PORTLAND,OREGON Chuck Palahniuk Grateful acknowledgment is made for permission to reprint the following material to: Anton Pace and Delta Cafe, for the recipes “Fritters,” “Fritter Dip,” and “Black-Eyed Peas.” Reprinted by permission of the Delta Cafe. Le Happy Bar, Inc., for the recipe “Faux Vegan Crepes.” Copyright© 2002 by Le Happy Bar, Inc.… 67. Invisible Monsters Читать →Автор: Palahniuk Chuck For Geoff, who said, “This is how to steal drugs.” And Ina, who said, “This is lip liner.” And Janet, who said, “This is silk georgette.” And my editor, Patricia, who kept saying, “This is not good, enough.” 68. Snuff Читать →Автор: Palahniuk Chuck One dude stood all afternoon at the buffet wearing just his boxers, licking the orange dust off barbecued potato chips. Next to him, a dude was scooping into the onion dip and licking the dip off the chip. The same soggy chip, scoop after scoop. Dudes have a million ways of peeing on what they… 69. Survivor Читать →Автор: Palahniuk Chuck Tender Branson – last surviving member of the so-called “Creedish Death Cult” – is dictating his incredible life story into the flight recorder of Flight 2039, cruising on autopilot at 39,000 feet somewhere over the Pacific Ocean. He is all alone in the plane, which will shortly reach terminal velocity and crash into the vast… 70. The Ghost Who Came to Say He Was Sorry Читать →Автор: Palahniuk Chuck Scanned from The Week, Dec 6, 2002 Originally published in The London Independent © 2002 When novelist Chuck Palahniuk invited friends to a haunted-house party, he was more prepared to snicker than hide behind the sofa. But his murdered father had other ideas. A friend of mine lives in a “haunted” house. It's a nice,… |
