Ergebnisse für 'Englisch; Romane/Erz...'
Vacuum in the Dark
Jen Beagin (Oneworld Publications, 2020)
From the Whiting Award-winning author ofPretend Im Deadcomes a new hilarious, edgy, and brilliant one-of-a kind novel, for fans of Sally Rooney and Joshua Ferris SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC ...
A Man Without a Country
Kurt Vonnegut (Bloomsbury Trade, 2007)
This is vintage Vonnegut - hilariously funny and razor-sharp as he fixes his gaze on art, politics, himself and the condition of the soul of America today. (Vorschau verfügbar)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain (Penguin UK, 2012)
Young Huck Finn fakes his own death to flee from his drunken father and the 'sivilising' influence of the Widow Douglas; the slave Jim wants to escape being sold by his owner.
Eat Pray Love
Elizabeth Gilbert (Bloomsbury Trade, 2007)
A, funny, tender, utterly beguiling story about a woman's search for happiness A, funny, tender, utterly beguiling story about a woman's search for happiness It's 3 a.m. and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor.
Solar, English edition
Ian McEwan (Random House UK, 2011)
An engrossing, satirical and very funny new novel on climate change Michael Beard is a Nobel prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him.
Satanic Verses
Salman Rushdie (Vintage, London, 2006)
One of the most controversial and infamous books of modern times Just before dawn one winter's morning, a hijacked aeroplane blows apart high above the English Channel and two figures tumble, clutched in an embrace, towards the sea: Gibreel ...
The Turn Of The Screw And Other Stories
Henry James (Oxford University Press, 2008)
A young, inexperienced governess is charged with the care of Miles and Flora, two small children abandoned by their uncle at his grand country house. She sees the figure of an unknown man on the tower and his face at the window.
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath (Faber & Faber, London, 2013)
The 50th anniversary edition of Sylvia Plath's dark, perceptive, and groundbreaking novel, The Bell Jar, about a young woman's descent into mental illness in 1950s America. I was supposed to be having the time of my life.
About a Boy, English edition (Film Tie-In)
Nick Hornby (Penguin UK, 2002)
Kinder sind so ungefähr das letzte, was sich Will Freeman, 36 Jahre alt und überzeugter Single, wünscht. Er lebt bequem von den Tantiemen eines Weihnachtsliedes, das sein Vater 1938 komponiert hat.
Something Fresh
P. G. Wodehouse (Random House UK, 2008)
'You don't analyse such sunlit perfection: you just bask in its warmth and splendour' Stephen Fry This is the first Blandings novel, In whuch P.G. Wodehouse intorduces us to the delightfully dotty Lord Emsworth, his bone-headed younger son, the Hon.
The Year I Met You
Cecelia Ahern (HarperCollins UK, 2015)
A thoughtful, captivating and ultimately uplifting novel from this uniquely talented author. Jasmine loves two things: her sister and her work. And when her work is taken away she has no idea who she is. Matt loves two things: his family and the booze.
Matilda
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (Penguin UK, 2016)
Mathilda is narrated from the title character's death bed. She recounts her relationship with her father, who had an incestuous love for her, and his suicide by drowning.
Oliver Twist, English edition
Charles Dickens (Wordsworth, 2000)
Der Held, Sohn unbekannter Eltern, wächst im Armenhaus einer Kleinstadt unter dem harten Regiment des selbstgefälligen Mr. Bumble auf. (Vorschau verfügbar)
Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson (Nikol Verlag, 2016)
"Dr. Jekyll und Mr. Hyde" ist eine Schauernovelle von Robert Louis Stevenson, erstmalig 1886 erschienen, die als Vorläufer die Thematik der Persönlichkeitsstörung aufgreift. Der hochangesehene Londoner Arzt Dr. (Vorschau verfügbar)
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho (HarperCollins UK, 2006)
Santiago, a young shepherd living in the hills of Andalucia, feels that there is more to life than his humble home and his flock.
Straight White Male, English edition
John Niven (Random House UK, 2014)
Kennedy Marr ist ein Autor der alten Schule. Irisch, zynisch bis zum Anschlag, ein Borderline-Alkoholiker und Sex-Süchtiger. Sein Mantra lautet: hart trinken, gut essen und jede Frau flachlegen, die bei drei nicht auf den Bäumen ist.
The World According to Garp
John Irving (Black Swan, 1998)
An extraordinary novel, perhaps the best known and most loved of Irving's books, and rightly hailed as a modern classic.
Great Expectations
Charles Dickens (Wordsworth, 2007)
Während seiner allwöchentlichen Besuche bei der reichen Miss Havisham verliebt sich der kleine Pip in die Adoptivtochter der alten Dame und beginnt von Reichtum und Bildung zu träumen - schier unerfüllbare Wünsche für einen Waisenjungen und ... (Vorschau verfügbar)
East of Eden
John Steinbeck (Penguin UK, 2014)
Set in the rich farmland of the Salinas Valley, California, this title follows the interwined destinies of two families - the Trasks and the Hamiltons - whose generations hopelessly re-enact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of ...
The Thing Around Your Neck
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (HarperCollins UK, 2009)
Eine Sammlung von Kurzgeschichten der Orange Prize 2007 Gewinnerin Adichie.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote (Penguin UK, 2000)
Die 18-jährige Holly Golightly lässt sich in New York vom Strom des leichten Lebens treiben. Mit charmanter Keckheit und überraschendem Einfallsreichtum schlägt sie sich zwischen Bohemiens, Playboys, Gin und Rosen durch und bleibt sich und ihrem ...
The Prince And The Pauper
Mark Twain (HarperCollins UK, 2011)
Tom Canty and Edward Tudor could have been identical twins. Their birthdays match, their faces match, but there the likeness stops. For Edward is a prince, heir to King Henry VIII, whilst Tom is a miserable pauper.
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck (Penguin UK, 2017)
Shocking and controversial when it was first published in 1939, Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning epic remains his undisputed masterpiece.
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
Oscar Wilde (Penguin UK, 2015)
'He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim as well as a priest.'Wilde's supremely witty tale of dandies, anarchists and a murderous prophecy in London high society.
Tess of the D' Urbervilles
Thomas Hardy (HarperCollins UK, 2010)
HarperCollins is pround to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'My life looks as if it had been wasted for want of chances! When I see what you know, what you have read, and seen, and thought, I feel what a nothing I am!
Forrest Gump
Winston Groom (Black Swan, 1996)
DISCOVER THE NOVEL THAT INSPIRED THE CLASSIC FILM It's Forrest Gump as you've never seen him before, but just as lovable as ever.
Robinson Crusoe, English edition
Daniel Defoe (HarperCollins UK, 2010)
Gegen den Willen seiner Eltern heuert Robinson Crusoe auf einem Schiff an und fährt zur See. Nach zahlreichen Abenteuern erleidet er eines Tages Schiffbruch auf einer einsamen Insel.
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami (Penguin Random House, 2011)
Ein wunderbarer Liebes- und Entwicklungsroman von Japans Kultautor Haruki Murakami, voller Märchen und Mythen und schwebend zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit.
The Zahir
Paulo Coelho (HarperCollins UK, 2006)
Wie schon im 'Alchemist', greift Paulo Coelho erneut das Thema der Pilgerschaft auf, doch dieses Mal erzählt er eine ganz andere Geschichte, in der es um Liebe, Verlust und Leidenschaft und Obsession geht