Showing results by publisher "Audible Studios" in Contemporary Fiction

時翔のもとに届いた不思議な手紙。100年前を生きる千代子が書いたものらしい。思いがけず始まった〝文通〟で距離を縮めるふたりだったが――令和と大正、時を超えた恋の行方は?

Cosa fa di un'assenza una mancanza? E cosa accade quando al facile istinto di abbandonare si contrappone quello altrettanto facile di abbandonarsi? Tra addii seriali ce n'è uno che resta a fare la conta dei giorni sottratti, il dubbio imperdonabile che, come si era felici, si poteva ancora essere.

ふっと涙がこみ上げる、七つの人生の物語。

男たちの矜持が激突する感動のエンターテインメント巨編。第145回直木賞受賞作。

Lalu Nathoy's father called his thirteen-year-old daughter his treasure, his "thousand pieces of gold," yet when famine strikes northern China in 1871, he is forced to sell her. Polly, as Lalu is later called, is sold to a brothel, sold again to a slave merchant bound for America, auctioned to a saloonkeeper, and offered as a prize in a poker game. This biographical novel is the extraordinary story of one woman's fight for independence and dignity in the American West.

問題を抱える支店を回って業務改善を指導する東京第一銀行・調査役の相馬健に、念願の部下がつくことになった。

第153回芥川賞受賞作
「早う死にたか」
毎日のようにぼやく祖父の願いをかなえてあげようと、ともに暮らす孫の健斗は、ある計画を思いつく。
日々の筋トレ、転職活動。肉体も生活も再構築中の青年の心は、衰えゆく生の隣で次第に変化して……。
閉塞感の中に可笑しみ漂う、新しい家族小説の誕生！

Beaten and brutally raped, her body is never found. However, the killers make one mistake. They leave a witness, a witness who has nothing to live for except revenge. And when he crosses the boundaries of time to make the guilty pay, a whole lot of dark characters come to light. There is Valentine, the superstar brand ambassador who sells anything for a price; there is Medici, a pharmaceutical company fraudulently manufacturing banned drugs; there is the perverted and sinister-minded Dr Ranga....

Schon als kleiner Junge auf Sylt will Christian Nielsen nur eins: fliegen lernen. Aber die Nielsens sind arme Inselbewohner, und als sein Vater im Ersten Weltkrieg fällt, ist der Traum vom Fliegen vollends unerreichbar. Immerhin kann er auf der Yacht eines amerikanischen Millionärs anheuern und mit ihm auf Weltreise gehen. Die junge Lil Kimming will in New York Karriere als Journalistin machen und über die erste Weltumrundung mit dem Luftschiff schreiben.

Told in Ruskin Bond's simple yet poignant style, the stories and poems in No Man Is an Island thoughtfully explore the many shades of friendship and camaraderie. Featuring classic tales such as 'The Woman on Platform No. 8', in which a mysterious stranger befriends a young boy, and 'The Crooked Tree', in which a writer and a hawker form an unlikely bond, this heartwarming collection is a must-listen.

Growing up in the Bronx in the 1940s, Steven Robbins was raised on egg creams, baseball stats, and the camaraderie that kept his melting-pot Bronx neighborhood humming during World War II. Robbins aspired to escape his humble roots, and eventually worked his way to Madison Avenue, where he became a hotshot ad man with an enviable wife. But as he pushes 50 and his marriage falls apart, Robbins begins yearning for a deeper happiness.

人間の妄想を取り扱うエフ博士の妄想銀行は大繁盛!しかし博士は、彼を思う女からとった妄想を、自分の愛する女性にと……。32編のショートショート。

領土とはこの家、国民とはわたし、政府もわたし。小さいといえども、立派な国家だ――。マイホームを“マイ国家”として独立宣言した男がいた。訪れた銀行外勤係は、不法侵入・スパイ容疑で、たちまち逮捕。

超現代にあっても、退屈な日々にあきたりず、次々と新しい冒険を求める人間……。その滑稽で愛すべき姿をスマートに描き出す11編。

While growing up, Joe Farroni almost never saw his Uncle Rocco, and when Joe asked his parents about the man, they’d kept their lips zipped. Only when Joe is an adult - a writer struggling with a mortgage and two kids - does he discover his uncle’s identity as the sneakiest, slipperiest, most successful conman to ever grace the streets of New York City. Now Rocco has passed away, and left it to Joe, his only heir, to write the story of his master schemes.

八月の新月、三毛猫のマスターのもとに、美しい海王星の遣い・サラが訪れた。特別に満月珈琲店を手伝うという。

古い屋敷で留守番をする「僕」がある夜見た、いや見なかったものは何だったのか？　椎の木の根元から突然現れた緑色の獣とそのかわいそうな運命とは。「氷男」と結婚した女は、なぜ南極に行こうとしたのか……。次々に繰り広げられる不思議で、楽しく、そして底なしの怖さを秘めた７つの物語。

Anna is a married teacher in her 40s. Her one regret in life is that she doesn't have any children. When 15-year-old Kali arrives in her form, Anna feels a connection with her at once. But it soon becomes clear that Kali doesn't feel the same way.

Sono gli anni Quaranta del Novecento. I Blood vivono nelle campagne del Vermont, quasi ignari dei tumulti che attraversano il mondo, e cercano disperatamente di resistere e mandare avanti una fattoria che di anno in anno diventa sempre meno redditizia. Ma all’improvviso nella vita del maggiore dei figli, Loyal, succede qualcosa che cancella di colpo i suoi progetti, costringendolo ad abbandonare tutto ciò che ha. Senza dare spiegazioni Loyal lascia la casa paterna – che in sua assenza non ha alcuna possibilità di sopravvivere – e si mette in viaggio.

「アジアの若手作家が同じテーマのもと短編を書く――そんなアンソロジーを作ってみませんか。今、思い浮かんでいるテーマは“絶縁”です」 韓国人作家チョン・セランの掛け声のもと始まった、９都市９名からなる「奇跡」のプロジェクト。 格差拡大やコロナ禍、そして戦争によって、人・都市・国家の分断が急速に進みつつある時代、作家たちは「絶縁」からいかなる物語を紡ぐか。