Emil, the unwanted child of two young parents, is adopted by Yoel and Leah, a childless couple. Yet, as the years pass, it becomes clear that Emil doesn't bear much resemblance to the parents who've loved and raised him. Is his name the only thing his real parents have left him? Kin traces the movements of Emil and his four parents as they walk through the same city, nearby but apart, searching for each other in the faces of passersby; until Yoel, now old, becomes determined to do the...
Maximilian Sacheverell Hollingsworth is a counterfeiter, sculptor, filmmaker, sound artist, mystic, and terminal recluse, and over the course of fifty years, making use of a vast stockpile of illegitimate currency, he funds a great range of secret, large-scale art projects throughout London—from explorations of the far reaches of the imagination to more civic-minded schemes of an equally radical nature. At once a strikingly original satire of the ways in which art and currency conspire to favor...
Nea, a Chinese Cambodian teenager, has survived the Khmer Rouge only to land in poverty in Texas. Her small family struggles to get by when a miracle occurs. Wealthy and mysterious, Auntie and Uncle write to say they are alive and well, running a Chinese restaurant in Nebraska. As Nea helps pack Hefty bags with meager belongings for a journey into the American Midwest, little does she know their miracle has a dark side. Soon family secrets, small town resentments, lies born of wartime and a...
The final novel from the New York <i>Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Are You Somebody?</i> Like many a modern, well-travelled woman, Rosie has lived a fascinating life, full of adventure and the pleasure of many lovers in her younger years. Now, facing the challenges of middle-age, she finds that the things that defined her most–work, love, independence–begin to fail her. She comes home to Ireland to care for her elderly Aunt Min, trapped by circumstances in sleepy...
<P>Brion Gysin (1916–;1986) was a visual artist, historian, novelist, and an experimental poet credited with the discovery of the &#8216;cut-up' technique – a collage of texts, not pictures – which his longtime collaborator William S. Burroughs put to more extensive use. He is also considered one of the early innovators of sound poetry, which he defines as &#8216;getting poetry back off the page and into performance.' Back in No Time gathers...
Herr Lehmann / Neue Vahr Süd / Der kleine Bruder / Meine Jahre mit Hamburg-Heiner Wer Sven Regener schon einmal live erlebt hat, weiß, dass seine Lesungen ganz besondere Abende sind. Auf der lit.COLOGNE 2008 hat er aus der «Herr Lehmann»-Trilogie («Herr Lehmann», «Neue Vahr Süd», «Der kleine Bruder») quer gelesen; 2011, ebenfalls auf der lit.COLOGNE, aus «Meine Jahre mit Hamburg-Heiner. Logbücher». Beide Lesungen wurden mitgeschnitten, beide sind nun in einer Produktion zusammengefasst: Sven...
Nach einer bedrückenden Episode im Altersheim zieht Edeltraut Karczewski mit 83 in ihre erste WG. Ihre sechs MitbewohnerInnen sind, wie sie, dement. Kann das funktionieren? Oh ja. Ihre Enkelin, die Journalistin Chantal Louis, erzählt aus dem Leben ihrer Großmutter, sprich: Omma, in der Wanne-Eickeler Demenz-WG. Ein charmantes Plädoyer für eine Wohnform, die Menschen mit Demenz gerecht wird, zugleich ein Stück Ruhrgebietsgeschichte sowie ein liebevoller Blick auf ein typisches Frauenleben dieser...
In a small town in northern New Mexico a father’s untimely death leads to mayhem and murder. Families find their lives threatened once the father’s will is read for unlike his wife, he did not believe in primogeniture. Truth reveals that the father did not believe in his son Granger at all and herein begins the conflict. The father’s death was to be Granger’s salvation but Granger must now find a way to gain wealth in order to maintain a family male heir. The father’s doctor and nurse know...
Leena's traditional South Asian mother is constantly nagging her to lose weight and get pregnant, her husband of five years feels more like a roommate than a lover and she has the sinking feeling she's never had an orgasm. But other than that, life is fine. That is until she attends a sex party and is inspired by what she learns. Leena feels empowered, which sets in motion her journey of self-discovery and personal transformation – everything from using a vibrator for the first time to...
1) CENTRAL THEMES OF RELIGION, LOSS, LOVE, ADDICTION—AND HOPE: What is the meaning of family, and love, when both are so easily revoked? Scolding the Winds is a novella that will show the reader how one person was able to find out what's truly important in life by losing everything she'd once believed to be important. 2) TITLE COMES FROM MATTHEW 8:26: «And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a...