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Range of styles and moods throughout this collection.Collection contains everything from hard realism to the fantastical to stories bordering on science fiction. Many stories were published recently in a literary magazine (The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction; Baltimore Review; Mississippi Review; New South; etc.)Several stories have been published or are forthcoming in anthologies (2013 Writer's Digest Short Story Competition Collection; Best of Ohio Short Story Anthology)Some...
| Автор | David Armstrong |
Praise for Michael Mirolla: "Intriguing, passionate, sad, hilarious. Mirolla is a master storyteller. . . . Berlin will make you laugh, cry, and cringe."—Toronto Sun "An ambitious novel concerned with the nature of identity, the weight of history, the significance of catastrophe, and the legacies of fascism and communism."—Quill & Quire "Mirolla . . . is a teller of tales that only the tautest of prose could relate with cohesion and beauty. This book will...
| Автор | Michael Mirolla |
Bernadou clung to his home with a dogged devotion. He would not go from it to fight unless compelled, but for it he would have fought like a lion. His love for his country was only an indefinite shadowy existence that was not clear to him; he could not save a land that he had never seen, a capital that was only to him as an empty name; nor could he comprehend the danger that his nation ran; nor could he desire to go forth and spend his lifeblood in defence of things unknown to him. He was only a...
| Автор | Emilie Kip Baker |
Of all the illustrious families who have shone like gems upon the earth's surface, none have been more distinguished in their way than the Lazybones family; and were I so disposed I might recount their virtues and trace their talents from a long-forgotten period. But interesting as the study might prove, it would be a difficult task, and the attention I crave for Prince Leo would be spent on his ancestors.<br><br>THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE LAZY BONES<br>PHIL'S...
| Автор | W. J. Hays |
Table Of Contents<br>ANNE OF GREEN GABLES<br>ANNE of the ISLAND<br>Anne's House of Dreams<br>CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA<br>FURTHER CHRONICLES OF AVONLEA<br>THE GOLDEN ROAD<br>KILMENY OF THE ORCHARD<br>Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1896 to 1901<br>Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903<br>Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1904<br>Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1905 to 1906<br>Lucy Maud Montgomery...
| Автор | Люси Мод Монтгомери |
This illustrated edition of two heartfelt holiday fables abounds in the Yuletide traditions of generosity and friendship, perfect sentiments for a gift book. «The First Christmas Tree» is a tale set during an eighth-century winter festival, where a struggle ensues between foresters worshipping pagan gods and a heroic pilgrim who has come to teach them about Christ's birth. In «The Story of the Other Wise Man,» well-meaning Artaban prepares to join three fellow Magi in their journey to...
| Автор | Henry Van Dyke |
With his novels, short stories, and plays, Giovanni Verga (1840–1922) achieved renown in the Italian verismo (realist) school of writing. This outstanding selection of 12 short stories — most from the Sicilian writer's Vita dei campi (Rural Life) and Novelle rusticane (Rustic Stories) — attests to his storytelling skills.Selections include «Nedda,» a short story that initiated Verga's naturalistic depictions of Sicilian peasant life; the much-celebrated...
| Автор | Giovanni Verga |
One of the most important Latin-American writers of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Nicaraguan poet and essayist Rubén Darío (the pen name of Félix Rubén García Sarmiento) is considered the high priest of the modernismo school of literature, known for its dazzling verbal virtuosity and technical perfection. The present volume contains a rich selection of Darío's best poems and stories, carefully chosen from Azul...
| Автор | Rubén Darío |
An apprentice sushi chef and a mysterious blue-eyed woman share a bottle of wine inside a climate-controlled otter tank. The Great Wall of China grumbles as workers forego construction to watch an imperial game of baseball. A young woman tries to imagine a future unsullied by her family’s history of untimely death.First issued in 1991, Pangs of Love introduced David Wong Louie’s bold storytelling. The son of Chinese immigrants, he centered his stories around characters who are in conflict with...
| Автор | David Wong Louie |
“The power of Raphael’s stories comes from his passion for telling the truth, however painful.”— Hadassah Magazine “His characters are voices of reason, observers rather than judges. The prose is poetic, the sex scenes sweat with passion.”— Los Angeles Times When Lev Raphael published the controversial story collection Dancing on Tisha B’av , he broke new ground in the publishing world. Never before in one book...
| Автор | Lev Raphael |
E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776-1822) was perhaps one of the two or three greatest of all writers of fantasy. His wonderful tales, translated into many languages and adapted into numerous stage works, have delighted readers for a century and a half. They open our eyes to an extraordinary world of fantasy, poetry, and the supernatural. Remarkable characters come vividly to life. With exciting speed, Hoffmann moves from the firm ground of reality to ambiguity, mystery, and romance. His imaginativeness is...
| Автор | E. T. A. Hoffmann |
A collection of stories by Australia's most significant Yiddish writer translated into English, some never before published. Goldhar was the literary voice of his generation, as well as a leading cultural and social commentator. This new collection will ensure that this wonderful writer is not forgotten.<br /> <br />Pinchas Goldhar (1901-1947) arrived in Australia in 1926, escaping growing anti-Semitism in Poland. Here he laid the foundations of the now substantial literature on...
| Автор | Pinchas Goldhar |
Temper trantrums, doomed relationships, failed businesses, Magellan's crew and house-hunting… This is, at first glance, a quite disparate collection of stories. The settings range from New York, Texas and San Francisco to Sydney, Lismore and Malaysia. The characters vary in age from three years old in 'Rights of Man' to nonagenarians in 'Shady Oaks.' And yet this varied assemblage of work is unified by core themes that speak to us all: the search for one's place in...
| Автор | Jon Steiner |
A portrait-painter discovers a terrifying side-effect of his talent. A professor of medicine finds himself romantically involved with a dying patient. The lives of two young people are changed forever by a performance of the Mozart Requiem. A self-styled Messiah tries desperately to persuade a writer that he alone can avert a catastrophe about to engulf the city.<br /> <br />Serge Liberman's extraordinary characters rise up off the page like apparitions. Whether in chastened...
| Автор | Serge Liberman |
Some of the most popular horror and mystery stories of all time are collected together here in “The Best Short Stories of Edgar Allan Poe.” A master of the macabre, Poe exhibits his literary prowess in these chilling and classic tales. Included in this collection is “The Fall of the House of Usher,” the story of a man and his sister who suffer from a strange, debilitating illness. Her death drives him to the point of madness as their fragile mansion falls along with the Usher family line. One of...
| Автор | Эдгар По |
Edith Wharton was an American novelist, poet and short story writer whose works display her mastery over the realistic fiction genre. Although she grew up in a world of refined manners and fashionable people, she was also aware of its superficiality, a theme that frequently appeared in her works. She began writing short stories and poetry at a young age, impressing such literary figures as Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and William Dean Howells. Her stories range widely from powerful social...
| Автор | Edith Wharton |
Die behoue huis verteenwoordig De Vries se “ernstige” verhale en die kern van sy werk. Hy het self die keuse van verhale uit sy werk gedoen, en Wium van Zyl het ’n kort inleiding daarvoor geskryf: “Geen kortverhaalskrywer in Afrikaans ewenaar De Vries se volgehoue uitdaging aan sy leser nie: die intens gekonsentreerde intriges, die kriptiese weergawe van hele lewensgeskiedenisse in volle verwikkeldheid en daaragter tergende oerbeelde uit die kollektiewe onbewuste (die towenaar, die idioot, die...
| Автор | Abraham H. de Vries |
Kosblik is ’n heerlike boek wat gemik is op sowel die leser van ernstige Afrikaanse literatuur as die liefhebber van stories oor kos en wyn, en dit sluit smulpape en gastronome in. Die bydraers is Wilna Adriaanse, Christine Barkhuizen le Roux, Zandra Bezuidenhout, M.C. Botha, Kerneels Breytenbach, Willemien Brummer, Izak de Vries, EKM Dido, Isobel Dixon, Rachelle Greeff, Helena Gunter, Joan Hambidge, Marie Heese, Nicole Jaekel Strauss (ook die samesteller), Louis Jansen van Vuuren, Emile...
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Die kollektiewe geheuebank is propvol bangmaakstories; spektakulêre en sinistêre afskuwelikhede word vanaf die wieg van die mensdom oral oorgelewer, van grot tot kampvuur. Nou is dit geboekstaaf: ʼn vreesaanjaende bundel grilverhale oor spoke, kwelgeeste, goëlery, krapgeeste, dwaalgeeste, fortuinvertellers, stigmata, wonderwerke, sieners, séances, sangomas, tokkelosse, djins, spookligte en alles wat onverklaarbaar is. Laat gerekende spekskieters soos Kerneels Breytenbach, RR Ryger, Henning...
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Hierdie vyfde bundel oor die wel en wee van Stoffel Mathysen – veldkenner, bewaringskundige en safarileier – bied ’n nuwe invalshoek en nuwe ervarings. Hoewel hy reeds dekades lank in Suider-Afrika werk, neem sy ekspedisies na Midde-Afrika hom tot in die hart van die ware, ongetemde Afrika. Om skatryk kliënte op die gesogte gorillasafari’s in Uganda en Rwanda te begelei, is nie altyd so glansryk soos dit klink nie, maar met sy kenmerkende humor, fyn mensekennis en ironiese kyk maak Stoffel...
| Автор | Christiaan Bakkes |
'n Vrou laai vir haar 'n kind en 'n hond langs die pad op, want sy wil nie meer alleen wees nie. 'n Ma besluit om te staak omdat haar man en kinders haar slegter as 'n paradysdonkie behandel. 'n Man begin orrelles neem in 'n desperate poging om God se medelye met hom te toets, maar ontdek dat dit sy eie medemenslikheid is wat beproef word. 'n Predikant verslaaf hom aan 'n rekenaarspeletjie en verloor sy houvas op alles behalwe die geel, rooi, groen en...
| Автор | Annelie Botes |
Die sewende hersiene uitgawe van hierdie standaardwerk en bekende bloemlesing wat al baie lank beskou word as die barometer van die kortverhaalgenre in Afrikaans. Die nuwe uitgawe sluit 133 verhale van 81 skrywers in. Die chronologiese volgorde, wat oor ’n tydperk van byna 120 jaar strek, gee ’n goeie oorsig van die ontwikkeling van hierdie genre in Afrikaans. Dis die ideale geskenk vir iemand wat belangstel in die stand van die Afrikaanse literatuur of sommer net enigeen wat van boeiende...
| Автор | Группа авторов |
Die nuwe Afrikaanse prosaboek is ’n viering van verskeidenheid. Dit bied ’n verruimende, vars blik op die Afrikaanse kortverhaal met sowel klassieke verhale deur welbekende skrywers asook voorheen ongepubliseerde verhale deur nuwe stemme. Jan Rabie, wat in die laat-1950’s die kontoere van die literêre landskap verlê het met sy soms absurde, soms filosofiese, soms politieke “prosas”, dien as inspirasie. Met Rabie-verhale as invalshoek is hierdie ’n bloemlesing van eggo’s, spore en teenspraak in...
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Oplaas ’n nuwe versameling van 25 lekkerlees-liefdesverhale wat oor die jare in rooi rose verskyn het. Gunsteling-skrywers se verhale is hier te vinde: Sophia Kapp, Irma Joubert, Helene de Kock, Annelie Botes, Christine Barkhuizen-le Roux, Elsa Winckler. En moenie van die mans vergeet nie: Fanie Viljoen, Jaco Jacobs, en veral ’n uitmuntende verhaal deur wyle George Weideman. Dit is ’n boek vir alle soorte leesgieriges. Verkies jy om bietjies-bietjies te proe, is dié tydskrifstories net die regte...
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