Showing results for "Max" in Metaphysical & Visionary

Francis Bacon is on his deathbed. Max Porter reimagines his final dying fever dreams in a magisterial appreciation of one of the greatest artists of all time. It is as filthy, clever, luminescent, dark and wild as Bacon himself.

Max Frischs Meisterwerk erstmals als beeindruckendes Hörspiel. Die Welt des Ingenieurs Walter Faber wird durch eine unwahrscheinliche Kette von Zufällen erschüttert: Auf seinen Reisen trifft er eine junge Frau, in die er sich verliebt - und bald beginnt er zu ahnen, dass sie seine eigene Tochter sein könnte. Aus dieser ungeheuren Konstellation erwächst die wichtigste und mit Sinn gefüllteste Zeit seines restlichen Lebens... Regisseur Leonhard Koppelmann setzt mit den Klängen der hr-Bigband einen der wichtigsten und meistgelesenen Romane des 20. Jahrhunderts ins Hörspiel um.

Max Pzoras is the poster child for the American dream. The child of Greek immigrants who grew up in a dangerous New York housing project, he triumphed over his upbringing and became a successful Wall Street analyst. Yet on the frigid December night that his mother dies of cancer and he's involved in a violent street scuffle, Max begins to confront the nagging questions he has about life. He begins his search for answers by impulsively traveling to India, first to the foothills of the Himalayas and then to an ashram in the drought-stricken south.

Life is hard for "bad boy" Jack Ellis. He's just minding his own business one day when government agents start chasing him. Soon a deadly terrorist also has him in his sights.