Metaphysical Fiction

After narrowly escaping Aleron’s monster, Tashon is left with a connection to the fourth dimension that grants him new insights and grand visions. What he sees leads to the discovery of two living, intelligent species on Aethera. One believes in pacifism above all else, while the other thinks Aethera belongs to them alone.

Utilizând Minotaurul ca pe o metaforă structurant, naratorul îndelung așteptatului roman al lui Gospodinov construiește un labirint din povești despre propria familie, sărind dintr­o epocă în alta și dintr­o perspectivă în alta, într­o explorare incredibil de minuțioasă și de amuzantă a mentalității est­europene. Fizica tristeții este o carte ce are la bază obsesia pentru arhive, colecții, muzee și capsule ale timpului, despre urmele lăsate de timpul pierdut în texte, imagini și asupra obiectelor.

Un accidente de moto, un transplante de corazón y la vida de Lucas dará un giro maravilloso e inesperado.....El accidente de Lucas con la moto que le acaban de regalar, aunque casi le cuesta la vida, le va a meter de lleno en un nuevo mundo de sensaciones increibles, en el que rodeado de un grupo de nuevos amigos, y con la ayuda de Oriana, tendrá que asumir la responsabilidad de buscar el símbolo que puede salvar a una raza que está a punto de desaparecer y para ello será fundamental que consiga la plena comunión con la naturaleza.

In 1975 a black child named Radar Radmanovic is mysteriously born to white parents. Though Radar is raised in suburban New Jersey, his story rapidly becomes entangled with terrible events in Yugoslavia, Norway, Cambodia, the Congo, and beyond. Falling in with a secretive group of puppeteers and scientists who stage experimental art for people suffering under war-time sieges, Radar is forced to confront the true nature of his identity.

What if all brain disorders were treatable? Few would lament the passing of dementia or autism, but what if the twisted mind of a sex offender or murderer could be cured, too? Or how about a terrorist or maybe a political extremist? What if we could all be "corrected"? Welcome to the Condition: The Complete Trilogy, a series of near-future fiction novels on the cusp of becoming a frightening reality.

Fierce. Audacious. Independent. Curtis Ash can't be bothered to settle down. He's too busy enjoying his cushy job as a high-paid stylist, caught in a whirlwind of hookups, parties, and obscenely priced cocktails. The only snarl in an otherwise charmed life is the salon's hotshot colorist, Red Turner. Not only does Red put the whammy on customers and rake in all the big tips, he's oblivious to Crash's flirtation. But there will be plenty of time to win him over - or so Crash thinks.

After Gleb Yanovsky, a celebrated guitarist, is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at age fifty, he permits a writer, Sergei Nesterov, to pen his biography. For years, they meet regularly as Gleb recounts the life he's lived: a difficult childhood in Kyiv, his formative musical studies in St. Petersburg, and his later years in Munich, where he lives with his wife and meets a thirteen-year-old virtuoso whom he embraces as his own daughter. In a mischievous and tender account, Gleb recalls a personal story of a lifetime quest for meaning, and how the burden of success changes with age.

Detroit, 2087. Nothing unexpected ever happens. Every coin lands exactly as physics predicts. Three million people living without the possibility of surprise. Zephyr Calculus used to be the best Momentum Raider alive—a thief who could steal fortune from lightning strikes. Now she’s down to her last 47 kilolucks, barely enough to find her keys in the dark. When she learns Kairos Infinitum has drained seventeen cities to build his “Singularity”—a world without random tragedy, but also without joy—Zephyr assembles one last crew.

In Melton and the Hereafter, Damian Gutierrez Barnes crafts a luminous and emotionally resonant novel that dares to follow a soul beyond the veil. As Melton exhales his last breaths in a hospital room, surrounded by family, the boundary between this world and the next begins to dissolve. Awakening in a gray corridor, he tumbles into a surreal and profound journey through memory, love, loss, and forgiveness.

Michelangelo. Saint Helena. A Catalan politician. A dying Irish banker, an aboriginal tribesman. A Benedictine Oblate nun, a homeless beggar, French soldiers, Mark Antony, Capuchin monks, Dominican friars... and a nondescript 21st century man. Lost in a feedback loop of life, he travels the world searching for something more than he was being told. At various places from Sydney to Dublin, Paris to Rome, and points in between, the world has something to show him. His imagination fills in the blanks.

En una Portugal de inicio del siglo XX, nace un casino que promete una nueva y moderna sociedad, mientras que sus habitantes atraviesan una donde el espiritismo pone a prueba el temple del que están forjados.

Che cos’è la realtà, se non una serie di storie che ci raccontiamo a vicenda per provare a carpirne il segreto? Roberto Piumini, uno dei nostri maggiori scrittori per ragazzi, si avventura in un racconto che ha molto di antico, di epico, ma al contempo estremamente attuale e contemporaneo. Ai piedi di una collina, in una casa che potrebbe essere un tappeto volante, vivono, insieme a una gatta, Chinarra, Maloi e Siba: il primo è uno scrittore, il secondo un geniale matematico e l’ultima una pittrice di straordinaria bravura.

Ambientada en un futuro distópico perturbadoramente cercano, Akogare narra la historia de la Federación, un grupo que busca revertir la devastación ecológica y social en curso. La Federación nace a partir de un grupo de universitarios que provienen de diferentes zonas del mundo. Para poder sustraerse al dominio de las grandes corporaciones que fulminan toda intimidad, los protagonistas deberán crear un espacio mental de comunicación telepática llamado Akogare donde intercambiar conocimientos y poder evadirse con su actividad onírica.

In a world where silence speaks louder than words, modern-day monk Jean Moreau invites you to traverse the intricate pathways of the human spirit. His journey is not just a story—it's an awakening, a call to discover the divine tapestry woven into the fabric of everyday life. A sudden tragedy threatens to unravel the very fabric of his community. The once-peaceful sanctuary is thrust into chaos, division looming like a dark cloud. In the midst of this turmoil, Jean Moreau must lead through the shadows of uncertainty.

As a young boy, he grew up with a sense that he in some way, shape, or form had been here before. He seemed to know things that perhaps he shouldn’t at his age. When his mother died, this life changing event put him directly on course to fulfill his dream. As a research scientist, Douglas Kavanaugh incorporated traditional medicine and certain laws and principles associated with quantum physics. The result of which produced a vaccine that cured a particular disease in which an inordinate percentage of the world’s population was suffering from.

Over the course of a burning hot summer, two very different men—Calvert, an ex-soldier traumatized by his experience in the Falklands War, and his affable friend Redbone—set out nightly in a decrepit camper van to undertake an extraordinary project. Under cover of darkness, they traverse the fields of rural England in secret, forming crop circles in elaborate and mysterious patterns, painstakingly avoiding damaging the wheat to yield designs so intricate that their overnight appearances inspire awe amongst a mystified public.

Jodorowsky revisa y amplía su audiolibro de cuentos "El tesoro de la sombra", dándole nuevas dimensiones y prácticamente duplicando el volumen. Alejandro Jodorowsky explica que, en su infancia, la lectura de cuentos "le impidió morir", ya que encontró un alimento que reencantó su difícil existencia. Desde entonces le gusta crear cuentos: cortos, largos, sabios o locos.

In this fascinating fantasy novel, God becomes disappointed in his ability to bring humans into a harmonious relationship in his image. As a result, he starts over, making two planets for humans. God unleashes Satan in his new worlds, hoping for a better outcome where humans rally together under the duress the devil imposes upon them. An angel convinces God that a combat Messiah is needed to inspire the humans to fight and to teach them how to harmonize with other beings. The combat Messiah fights and unites himself and others to the angels calling.

Josh is a young man just starting out in life. But when he is taken from this world, to the other side, and back, evil follows. A special person on the other side gives Josh an obligation to find and destroy that evil. Helped from the other side in ways he never thought possible, Josh can see auras, and finds two very special friends to help him in his task. Cassie is Josh's age and from this world, while Ezekiel, known as Zeke, is a different story.

Dagens hus nattens hus er en mangetydig og farverig roman om mennesker og menneskeskæbner i grænselandet mellem Polen og Tjekkiet. En magisk fortalt lag-på-lag fortælling hvor personer og historier ligesom lægges oven over hinanden. Med jævne mellemrum møder man f.eks. en middelalderlig kvindelig helgen ved navn Kummernis der som ung fik Kristus ansigt for at undslippe et uønsket ægteskab. En anden genkommende figur er den transseksuelle munk Paschalis som er den der skriver Kummernis historie.