Narrative temaer: fornemmelse for sted

An unforgettable story of baby abduction, which examines motherhood, grief and the legacy of melancholy.

"It's been twelve years since June Broaden has seen her high school enemy (and secret crush) Ryan Henderson. That's a long time to hold a grudge over some petty feud, but the sharp memory of him dangling a kiss at graduation, then pulling away at the last second, has fueled many angry fantasies since. Now's her chance to get even. Ryan, along with most of her high school class, is back in town for her best friend's wedding, and June is eager to show the former bully exactly what he missed out on. A lot has changed since their high school days; June is the Southern queen of gourmet donuts now, not to mention one of the most desired bachelorettes in her small town. What she's not expecting, though, is for Ryan to show up looking like Adonis and touting his own career success as the youngest chef to ever win three Michelin stars"--

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Revideret udgave af Carsten Müller Nielsens prunk- og punktumløse anmelderroste debutroman fra 2013, forsynet med efterskrift i form af Klaus Rothsteins tilsvarende punktumløse anmeldelse fra Weekendavisen.englen over din nabos hus er en poetisk fortælling om et provinssamfunds ud- og afvikling fra mellemkrigstiden og til slut-90erne. En lille bog om hvilken det er sagt, at skønt der ikke er et gennemgående plot, er der tale om en stor fortælling.Læs også af samme forfatter bl.a. DR-romanprisvindende de døde fylder dagene med en smag af mønter og de litterære opslagsværker Bestiarium, Lapidarium og Herbarium.

Will friendship strike out after one night of passion, or will mutual desire make it a home run?I met the rookie baseball player with piercing blue eyes and a Southern drawl on my first day as a tour guide. Colin Winters was only supposed to be a one-night impulsive indulgence.Instead, the easy connection between us became an addiction. Colin believed in me when no one else ever had. He encouraged me to take risks and chase my most ambitious dreams. Finally, I was taking charge of my life. Then, two blue lines change everything.

A haunting debut novel where dreams, family, and spirits collide.Night after night, Mackenzie - a young Cree woman living in Vancouver - has dreams that return her to a memory from before her sister Sabrina's untimely death. But when the waking world starts closing in, too - crows stalk her every move around the city; she gets threatening text messages from someone claiming to be Sabrina - Mackenzie knows this is more than she can handle alone. Desperate for help, she returns to her mother, sister, cousin, and aunties in her small Alberta hometown. Together, they try to uncover what is haunting Mackenzie before it's too late.

I en lille færøsk bygd er en pige på sommerferie hos sin mormor og morfar. Moster er ikke flyttet hjemmefra endnu og så er der husholdersken, Tante, som har et godt øje til morfar. Om søndagen kommer telefonmanden til skak, salmesang, cognac og cigar med morfar, der sætter alt ind for at tæmme sit iltre temperament og spille sine træk kløgtigt ¿ telefonmanden ved nemlig alt om alle. Det kan være vanskeligt helt at forstå de voksnes verden, særligt når døren pludselig smækker, nogen hulker i værelset ved siden af og radioen igen i dag fortæller om krig i Vietnam. Men når torskehovedmanden kommer forbi med trillebøren fuld af torskehoveder, er selv de værste forviklinger glemt. Morfar suger fedtet ud af øjnene og forærer sit barnebarn den lille bruskperle, der bliver tilbage. Måske hun en dag vil have nok til en hel perlekæde?Katrin Ottarsdóttir har et særligt blik for skæve personligheder og for Færøernes ejendommelige natur. Med romandebuten "Pigen i verden" tegner hun et vidunderligt portræt af et færøsk bygdesamfund i 1960¿erne set med et barns øjne.-

Ein berühmter Filmschauspieler wird tot am Rheinufer in Köln gefunden. Nur einen Tag später wird eine Frau im Silwinger Tunnel im nördlichen Saarland getötet. Deren Tochter verschwindet spurlos. Zur gleichen Zeit lässt sich der Polizeibeamte Erik Tenes von Saarbrücken nach Köln versetzen. Es stellt sich heraus, dass die beiden Fälle in Verbindung stehen. Auch erkennen die Saarbrücker Kommissare, dass alles seinen Ursprung in der Vergangenheit hat. So bleibt den Beamten nichts anderes übrig, als Norbert Kullmann, Hauptkommissar a.D., zu Rate zu ziehen. Gerne unterstützt der Alt-Kommissar seine ehemaligen Mitarbeiter. Und er lässt es sich nicht nehmen, in der Metropole Köln zu ermitteln. Dabei ahnt er nicht, in welche Gefahr er sich begibt...

I 1187 bliver en ung greve født. Hans navn er grev Victor Danefeldt. Han vokser op med sin amme og tjenestepige Katrine. Da Victor bliver 10 år, forsvinder hans far sporløst på et korstog i Jerusalem. Det udøser et bondeoprør, der næsten koster den unge greve livet. Han flygter til et kloster, og der møder han en mystisk ridder, som hjælper ham på vej. Dette er en rejse for en ung mand, til han bliver en frygtløs ridder. Et eventyr med krige, mord, forræderi og kærlighed. En rejse ind i en ridders verden i den mørke middelalder.

Den amerikanske forretningsmand Hunter White er taget til den afrikanske savanne for at skyde det sidste af the big five: næsehornet. Men af lodgens ejer bliver han diskret tilbudt, formedelst en mindre formue, at skyde the big six ...“Trofæ får dig til at tænke, gør dig vred og river dig med fra første side til den eksplosive, bittersøde slutning” Financieel Dagblad“Schoeters overvælder sin læser med en retorisk kraft … et mareridt på adrenalin” De Standaard

Finding the beauty of nature to soothe a very difficult time. These are poems written in 2007 and reflect that time in my life. At the time I was reading Joy Harjo and Robert Michael Pyle and their influence was woven throughout.

'LINGERS LIKE A FEVER DREAM' V.E. SCHWAB'INTOXICATING' EMILY HENRYEvery fairy tale must come to an end.In the tradition of sumptuous gothic novels like The Cloisters and The Bloody Chambers comes a dark fairy tale-infused story about a cursed friendship and a marriage steeped in secrets - from New York Times bestselling author Roshani Chokshi.Once, a man who believed in fairy tales married a beautiful, mysterious woman named Indigo Maxwell-Casteñada. In exchange for her love, Indigo extracted a promise: that her bridegroom would never pry into her past. But when the couple return to Indigo's childhood home, they find the shadow of another girl lurking in the manor's extravagant rooms: Indigo's beloved friend, who disappeared without a trace.Faced with his wife's dark secrets, the bridegroom is unable to resist breaking his promise. Even if it threatens to destroy their marriage . . . or their lives.Combining the lush, haunting atmosphere of Mexican Gothic with the dreamy enchantment of The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue, The Last Tale of the Flower Bride is a spellbinding and darkly romantic page-turner about love and lies, secrets and betrayal, and the stories we tell ourselves to survive.'Gorgeous and ornate' HOLLY BLACK'A fairy tale in the oldest and truest sense' ALIX E. HARROW'A shimmering tapestry' YANGSZE CHOO'Dark, haunting, and thrumming with mystery, magic, and love' SUE LYNN TAN'An opulent, engrossing tale' KIRAN MILLWOOD HARGRAVE'Darkly gorgeous and utterly entrancing' SHANNON CHAKRABORTY

? A SPELLBINDING MASTERPIECE. READ IT ONCE, REMEMBER IT FOREVER. ? 'North Woods is a monumental achievement of polyphony and humanity. Relating the narrative of an entire country via a single plot of land, it sweeps the reader through hundreds of years and an array of protagonists with a deft, heartbreaking, idiosyncratic zeal' Maggie O'FarrellOVER FOUR CENTURIES,'This is a time-spanning, genre-blurring work of storytelling magic . . . The only constants are the land and Mason's genius' Washington PostA SINGLE HOUSE DEEP IN THE WOODS OF NEW ENGLAND'Dazzling . . . weaves a Cloud Atlas-style narrative of humanity under pressure and nature under threat . . . Brave and original . . . intimate and epic, playful and serious' GuardianIS HOME TO RUNAWAYS AND VISIONARIES, INSEPARABLE TWINS, A LOVELORN PAINTER, A DESPERATE MOTHER AND A RUTHLESS CON-MAN.'It seems almost a magic trick, the way in which Mason knits his lives into a single tale' Sunday TimesIT WILL CHANGE THE WAY YOU SEE THE WORLD.'North Woods has been heaped with praise and hype, and deservedly so. This is a book that treats life as a miracle and demands the proper awe from its readers' The Times

"Fifteen-year-old Dimkpa dreams of the day his father will be made village head. He will return to school and maybe even go on to university; his mother will no longer have to break her back foraging wild food to sell at market; they will have the money to build a fine tomb for his aunt Okike; and his family s status as ohu ma, the lowest Igbo caste, won t matter anymore. But when his father is passed over for a younger man, breaking tradition, Dimkpa realizes that he must make his own fate. Journeying from his small village in rural Nigeria, to Lagos, Awka, and home again, Dimkpa learns that no money is easy money, that superstition runs deep, that knowledge is power, and that sometimes it is better to live in the present than to always be chasing a future just out of reach. The Liquid Eye of a Moon is by turns hilarious and poignant, capturing all the messiness of adolescence, and the difficulty of making your own way in a world that seeks to oppress you."--Publisher description.

A small town, single mom romance from USA Today Bestselling author Brooke O'Brien about a woman who returns to Arbor Creek to break free from her abusive marriage and learns to let love in again.No one ever goes into marriage expecting it will end in divorce.Every day became a struggle as I saw the man I once loved become someone I didn't recognize. But for my son, I knew I had to work up the courage to walk away.Starting over in a small town wouldn't be easy, but it was close to my mom, and I needed her support. When the perfect home and a job all but fell in my lap, I couldn't help but feel like I was right where I was meant to be.Corbin Reid walked into my life like he was meant to be there all along. His devilish smile and his smooth-talking ways are no match to the amazing heart he shows me. It didn't take long and I didn't stand a chance but to fall in love with him.Our secrets always have a way of revealing themselves. When the truth comes out, the happiness I finally found comes crashing down around me.Will our past tear us apart or will our love bring us right where we belong?Where You Belong is book 5 in the A Heart's Compass small town series. Please be aware, this book contains subjects that may be sensitive for some readers, including domestic violence. Each book can be read as a standalone and ends in a happily ever after.This book was previously published in Corinne Michael's Salvation Society world. It has been revised and updated as the fifth book in the A Heart's Compass world.

'Great fun - Loretta is glorious!' Lucy Diamond'Sparkles with fun and wit' Libby Page'A fun, gossipy glimpse into Golden Era Hollywood' Julie Cohen-----You're Loretta Darling now, welcome to your brand-new flipping life.Dreams don't come true for girls like Loretta but she won't let that stop her. With her sights set on becoming a make-up artist to the stars, Loretta wangles her way from Lancashire to the bright lights of Golden Age Hollywood.Only it turns out that Sunset Boulevard is less about dashing fellas and chilled martinis - more sticky floors and misbehaving men. The gift of the gab can only get her so far but she refuses to go quietly.Hollywood has its secrets ... and so does Loretta.For a start, that's not her real name, and much more than lipstick lurks inside her beauty case.After all, revenge is a dish best served with a perfectly painted smile.-----'What a delicious dark delight of a book!' JENNA BLUM, bestselling author of Those Who Save Us'So sassy and delicious. Loretta is one cool character' JOSIE SILVER, Sunday Times bestselling author of One Day in December'Sharply observed, full of scene-stealing characters, this book is a wildly enjoyable ride. Loretta is a force of nature, truly unforgettable!' LAURA WOOD, author of Under Your Spell'Absolutely loved this romp of a book. So feisty and fun' TANIA TAY, author of The Other Woman

Den unge historiker Herman arbejder som uafhængig ekspert i Kharkiv, det står der i hvert fald på hans visitkort; selv er han i tvivl om, hvad han egentlig laver. Straks mere håndgribeligt er det, at hans bror driver en benzintank ude i Donbas. Men så forsvinder broderen pludseligt, er ifølge rygter rejst til Holland. Herman drager mod Donbas i en sort folkevogn med en høne på køleren for at rede trådene ud og vende hurtigst muligt tilbage til Kharkiv. Men ikke alt går, som præsten prædiker …Mellem en enorm himmel og uendelige majsmarker: Jazz i Donbas er ukrainske Sergij Zjadans prisbelønnede epos fra før verden gik af lave, en usentimental røverhistorie og en medrivende roadroman om bl.a. korruption, musik, gamle venner, nye fjender og – måske mest af alt – ansvarlighed og taknemmelighed.

A gripping novel set inside a cult, where the obedient daughter of the Pastor is the only survivor of a tragedyPerfect for fans of Louise O'Neill, Girl A and Good me, Bad Me by Ali Land 'A stark, stunning and deeply affecting thriller. I loved it' Chris Whitaker 'A powerful Southern Gothic thriller about the dangers of blind faith, the strength of women, and the deceptive nature of memory' Anna Bailey---- A fire burns Abigail's parents' house to the ground. Takes her parents too. She's the only survivor. The congregation of South Carolina's New America Baptist Church rallies round. They won't let troublemakers near: gawkers, outsiders, the police. All they ever wanted was to protect innocents like Abigail from a corrupt world. And hasn't Abigail always been perfect? A good daughter? So why have the police got questions? Why doesn't Abigail's story add up? And when did the church get so suspicious? Abigail survived the fire. But can she survive the coming storm?----'An eerie, chilling, gorgeously written novel that is unafraid to challenge and question its subject matter' Laurie Elizabeth Flynn'Thrilling' Prima PRAISE FOR LAURE VAN RENSBURG 'Reads like a glossy 90s thriller . . . OBSESSED' Juno Dawson 'Not to be missed' Evening Standard 'Fresh & sharp. It grips like a vice' Will Dean 'Brutal, tense, utterly compelling, Laure Van Rensburg is an electrifying new voice' Louise O'Neill

Soho, London, 1958. Three women. One boarding house. A secret that could shatter everything. 'Gripping... Julie Owen Moylan vividly recreates drab, grey postwar London and her characters are convincing to the end' THE TIMES, 'BEST NEW HISTORICAL FICTION' 'Psychologically astute and emotionally absorbing, this is a heartfelt read' DAILY MAIL 'Emotional, immersive and utterly absorbing' JENNIFER SAINT ---- West London, 1958. 73 Dove Street is a shabby house in a shabby street. But this boarding house's attic room suits newcomer Edie Budd very well. It's somewhere to hide. Tommie, on the second floor, is up in Soho every night. There's a man she's pursuing - whether he wants her or not. Landlady Phyllis has thrown out her cheating husband. She's burned his belongings in the street. Sometimes there's no going back. Three survivors living under one roof. Each alone nursing their secret hurts - and hopes. Because opening your heart could save or destroy you...----'A wonderfully evocative, immersive novel that brings 50s London to life, from the smog and the nightlife to attitudes towards women . . . a vivid, absorbing and ultimately uplifting read' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'The sense of time and place is beautifully evocative. It's about pride and shame and love and loss and ultimately hope' LAURA SHEPHERD-ROBINSON 'Once again, Julie Owen Moylan has created a world that feels completely real and vivid' JODIE CHAPMAN 'From the Rivoli Ballroom to the seedy nightlife of Soho, the characters leap off the page in this compelling mystery' WOMAN & HOME 'A beautiful story of friendship and new beginnings' BEST 'Gripping and atmospheric' RED

Star CastleIt was the year of his lord 989 AD Knight Gerrit Van Gesterte leaned on his two hands that were resting on the recently finished top wall of Ster Kasteel. It had taken ten years to get the castle built to this point. He was looking down to the river that was crowded by the many merchant vessels going up and down the river. He planned on building a nest egg collecting taxes on those merchant vessels that would carry him and his family well into the future.More than one thousand years later, , a Machiavellian realtor, Vajen de Vries leaned on her two hands resting on the same wall. She had killed the last owner of Star Castle so that she could take ownership. She looked down to the river and thought about the money she would make when she got final ownership.Lisa Roberts rested her two hand on almost the same spot that Knight Gerrit Van Gesterte had rested his. She looked down at the river and the boat passing by and then lifted her eyes to take in the flat colorful farms that flowed seamlessly to the far horizon. She knew that she had found the place where she and her family could spend the rest of their lives as they revitalized Star Castle and brought it back to its former glory.Lisa had searched far and wide for a project that her entire family could be engaged for the rest of their lives.Her feeling of being overwhelmed by the hectic and stressful success of every member of the family and the wonderful memory of a much simpler life that she had experienced growing up had prompted her to find a family project that would free all of them up to focus on the joys of each day.One small ad in the New York paper caught her eye. She convinced her family to take a vacation in the Netherlands and to visit the castle.Once at the castle they encounter Vajen's attempt to discourage the purchase to her.The help of the young, enthusiastic and very helpful grounds keeper makes the decision to purchase easy.The family embraces the idea of making Star Castle into a destination bed and breakfast.Vajen directs a group of thugs to assault Lisa's daughters and offers a reward for broken bones or disfiguring knife wounds.The attack is foiled by the two daughters as they wield their Black belt capabilities and defeat the six thugs that attack them.The family thrives. The daughters marry, the family grows, the castle is brought back to its former glory.The entire family stands on the same wall as the ancient knight and take in the glorious sunset as the children run and play.

This book is written by Shane Marquin van Rooyen.It was inspired by the gift of the Holy spirit. The book contains powerful messages and words of encouragement, acording to our everyday life. Everyday we as human beings are looking out for answers for our questions and the situations that we find ourselves in.This book was putting together through prayer, revelations, research, notes and personal experiences. Help and advise are the two things we are searching for in our daily lives.This book goes about our hardships and struggles in life, from anxiety, depression, anger confusion, and much more.

Jeg ønsker virkelig at se hende sådan, strålende af fiskelykken, jeg ønsker at høre hende tale om sit held, i aften, i morgen, når vi kommer hjem, som hun talte om vores skitur. Jeg ønsker at se hende live op, hver gang nogen i fremtiden taler om at tage ud at fiske, at høre hende istemme: jeg vil med, med barnlig glæde, den barnlige glæde, der løber gennem hende, som i et timeglas. Den glæde, hvis form hun snart vokser ud af, som ud af en ham af lysende lykke, der bliver efterladt på jorden, hvor den ligger og gløder spagt, inden den bliver hvid som tyndt væv. Som støv, der hvirvler bort i blæsten. Og hun går videre ad den sti, som ligger foran hende, uden at vende sig om. Jeg ønsker, at hendes fiskelykke og glæde skal smitte af på mig, hendes mor, at jeg skal opleve lykken gennem hendes lykke. Men jeg har det som et femårigt barn, der har tabt fire spil ludo i træk, som en der når som helst kan begynde at græde eller eksplodere i vrede, skubbe brikkerne af pladen med en hidsig armbevægelse. Fiskelykken skildrer Kajsas jagt på både de behagelige og ubehagelige sandheder i den brogede familie. En roman om at finde sine rødder og i samme nu sætte spørgsmålstegn ved dem. En insisteren på at finde svar på, hvordan man er blevet, som man er, og hvad man mon kan gøre for at fortynde sit eget bundfald og forhindre at give for meget bagage videre til den næste generation.

August 1991. Ich heiße Luca und schulde meiner Kollegin Cindy einen Besuch drüben im Osten, in ihrer alten Heimat. Cindy ist ein guter Kumpel, aber leider auch wahnsinnig anstrengend. Zum Glück sind ihre Nachbarn Ursula und Detlef vorbeigekommen, um mit uns ein paar Flaschen Wein zu köpfen. Während wir fröhlich Rosenthaler Kadarka in uns hineinschütten, verstärkt sich das ungute Gefühl, dass ich den Satz über Cindy und ihre Bekannten hinter dem Wort "wahnsinnig" beenden sollte. Und als der Sowjetsoldat Semjon auftaucht, nimmt meine Ost-Reise für alle Anwesenden eine "urst" ungesunde Wendung...

A city of romance, a city of trash, a city of tourists, a city perpetually burning. For those who can see and hear the poetry in Paris, no matter what state it's in, Rufo Quintavalle's incisive collection, which addresses subjects and towns well beyond la France, is the perfect élixir for enfants terribles and modèles de vertu alike.

"After a tornado destroys the Gale family farm, eleven-year-old Dorothy goes missing. As the days pass, the Gales are increasingly terrified the worst has happened. But when the girl turns up unharmed four days later, the townsfolk breathe a sigh of relief. That is, until Dorothy herself relates her account of the events that took place during her disappearance. In vivid detail, Dorothy describes a fantastical land and its magical inhabitants: a scarecrow, a tin man, a cowardly lion, a wizard, a witch. Her recollections are not only regarded as delusional, but also as pagan and diabolical in nature, especially when the body of a local spinster is found matching Dorothy's description of a witch she claims to have killed"--