Fiction Genres

تأمّلات عميقة في الحُب والخسران والتعاطف. تأخذ القصص مشاهدها من مناطق مألوفة للجميع لكنّها معزولة في الوقت نفسه، بين رجال ونساء عاديين نلتقيهم يوميًّا، يشربون ويصطادون ويلعبون الورق، منتظرين الوقت أن يمضي وحسب.
بحسّه الحادّ الدّقيق، وأسلوبه التبسيطيّ الذي عُرِف به، كتب كارفر هذه المجموعة القصصية التي وضعته في مصافّ أكثر المؤثّرين في المشهد الأدبي في الثمانينات الأمريكيّة. وقد أُعيدَت إلى الأضواء مؤخّرًا في فيلم Birdman الحائز على أربع جوائز أوسكار عام 2015 لأنّ قصّة الكتاب الرئيسيّة (عمّ نتحدّث حين نتحدّث عن الحب) تشكّل قلب الفيلم وما تدور حوله أحداثه.

A novel of serendipity, of fortunes won and lost, and of the spectre of imprisonment that hangs over all aspects of Victorian society, Charles Dickens's Little Dorrit is edited with an introduction by Stephen Wall in Penguin Classics.

Forget Mr. Right. Mr. Wrong is right here... You love to hate me. Cocky. Playboy. Rich. Handsome. The next big thing in Hollywood. You might think I'm a scumbag, but you still can't resist me. She sure as hell can't.

64 page ADAPTATION of the classic story of Anne of Green Gables is beautifully retold by Mary Sebag-Montefiore in this new edition to the Young Reading programme, series 3 for confident readers.

Dark secrets and forbidden love threaten the very survival of the Shadowhunters in Cassandra Clare's Queen of Air and Darkness, the final novel in the number-one New York Times and USA Today best-selling the Dark Artifices trilogy. Queen of Air and Darkness is a Shadowhunters novel. What if damnation is the price of true love?

Rafael Ellie Sinclair is a hopeless romantic who writes love songs. I'm a struggling workaholic who could inspire a hundred breakup albums. On paper, we have nothing in common except for my son. For eight months, I avoid her until our summer trip. Fourteen days. Two islands. And one nanny I shouldn't be attracted to. Spending time with Ellie is expected, but enjoying her company? That isn't part of our travel plans. After my divorce, I swore to protect my heart at all costs. Even if it means breaking hers in the process. Ellie What's worse than working for a grumpy single dad? Admitting that I once had a secret crush on him in high school. Thankfully, Rafael Lopez and I have changed since we graduated from Wisteria High. He is a billionaire with a company to run and a child to take care of. I'm an unemployed songwriter he hired to watch his son and teach music. We coexist without any issues until a vacation changes everything. Lines blur and old feelings for Rafael return with vengeance as I face a new dilemma. Being his son's nanny is one thing, but wishing for more? Sounds like a heartbreak song waiting to be written.