Bibliotek i Västmanland

Moskovalaisen ravintolan lakeija Nikolai Tshikildejev sairastuu, menettää työnsä ja muuttaa perheineen sukulaisten luo pieneen Shukovon kylään. Maaseutuidyllin sijaan kylä osoittau ...

Poliisitarkastaja Osthumjelov todistaa kauppatorin laidalla kummallista tapahtumaa. Kultaseppä Hrjukin jahtaa juovuspäissään koiraa, joka on purrut häntä sormeen. Ohikulkijat arvel ...

”Kaksikymmentä” sisältää nimensä mukaisesti kaksikymmentä lyhyehköä novellia, jotka edustavat Tšehovin uran alkuvaiheen kepeää ja kujeilevaa otetta. Erityisesti ”Soittajan seikkail ...

Är en otrohet alltid en otrohet? Eller är det upp till var och en att bestämma sig för om de blivit svikna eller inte? I denna samling noveller utforskar Anders Mathlein hur olika ...

Båten åker genom det kristallklara vattnet och Alessandra vet inte vad hon kan förvänta sig. Allt hon vet är att utflykten är erotisk. Hon betraktar nyfiket de heta besättningsmänn ...

Alessandra är på semester på Maldiverna och njuter av livet. Hon börjar dock känna sig uttråkad och längta efter fler av de där erotiska utflykterna hon blivit utlovad. Allt runtom ...

Alessandra har lämnat en långvarig relation och bestämmer sig för att byta ut sin stressiga vardag i Sverige mot en månad på de heta och fuktiga Maldiverna. På den lyxiga Royal Par ...

Dinner party in Paris. A guest called Hermann starts to tell a story; a story about two French doctors who traveled to Andernach in Germany in 1799. The men decided to stay in a gu ...

Claude Gueux is a poor man living in Troyes. One day he decides to steal food for the sake of his family. Good intentions, however, don’t save him in front of the law, and he ends ...

When an aspiring artist Nicolas Poussin gets a chance to meet the legendary painter Frenhofer, he is more than thrilled. Frenhofer has the ability to paint in an incredible way, an ...

Guy de Maupassant's short story "Who Knows?" recounts nothing short of a bizarre series of events. Our narrator writes from inside an asylum, where he has committed himself and now ...

When Colonel Chabert marries a prostitute named Rose Chapotel, he doesn’t know yet how the marriage will affect the rest of his life. Chabert leaves for a war in Russia, where he i ...

The author is in the middle of working when he suddenly gets a visitor – a friend, whose face is completely pale. The author is no longer irritated by the interruption; he wants to ...

THE PROMISE is an intense, fast-paced and gripping Scandinavian thriller told in four parts.With Carsten’s help, Nina tries to get Gabriela out of the Herstedvester Prison. But tim ...

THE PROMISE is an intense, fast-paced and gripping Scandinavian thriller told in four parts.Nina’s presence in her sister’s grand villa has a strong impact on the whole family, and ...

THE PROMISE is an intense, fast-paced and gripping Scandinavian thriller told in four parts.Nina has moved into her rich sister’s splendid villa and is adapting to life outside of ...

THE PROMISE is an intense, fast-paced and gripping Scandinavian thriller told in four parts.In Herstedvester Prison sits a frustrated and restless Nina with her young protégée, Gab ...

The fantasy and science-fiction stories in this early collection by H. G. Wells deal in extraordinary sarcasm, vividness, and attention to detail. The fantastic go hand in hand wit ...

Jean-Marie is a young boy, left homeless after the death of his previous protector. Doctor Desprez and his wife, the beautiful Anastasie, live in a French district called Gretz. Th ...

A dog, named Lovey, tells us the story of his unpleasant mistress and dear owner. A couple in love struggle to find money for Christmas gifts for each other. Another married couple ...

You lose something. And only then you appreciate it. John Perkins has a peaceful and lovely life with his wife Katy. They live in a seeming harmony. However things turn upside down ...

While some try to get out of prison, Soapy, the only character in O. Henry’s short story, tries to get into it. Soapy is a homeless guy who prefers the warm cell to the cold night ...

‘Scruff’ McKenzie is a gold prospector and a practical man. If he wants a thing, he usually gets it. But when McKenzie lays his eyes on Zarinska, the daughter of the local indigeno ...

When a missionary John Starhurst decides to carry the gospel all around Viti Levu in Fiji, he does not know how these intentions will change his life. The indigenous people still e ...

Pearl buyer Charley has just boarded Petite Jeanne, a ship that is supposed to sail from Rangiroa to Tahiti. Charley starts to worry when some of the passengers get a smallpox – an ...