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A Noel Perrin sampler
By Noel Perrin. 1991
This Cambridge-educated native New Yorker is learning the rural ways of New England. In the process, which has now lasted…
well over thirty years, he has written about his experiences, ranging in place from the library to the barn, and in subject from a lampoon on poetic research to hints on saving a marriage. Nothing is sacred. Perrin takes on the pillars of academe as readily as he does his neighbors, finding a penchant for the same human foibles in eachEl deli latino: prosa y poesía
By Judith Ortiz Cofer, Elena Olazagasti-Segovia. 2006
This prizewinning collection of short stories, personal essays, and poems opens a door into the lives of the Puerto Rican…
immigrants who live in or near an urban New Jersey tenement known as "El Building." Some descriptions of sex. Anisfield-Wolf Book Award. Spanish language. 2006Great short stories by American women (Dover Thrift Editions: Short Stories)
By Candace Ward. 1996
A Collection of 13 short stories including "Life in the Iron Mills" by Rebecca Harding Davis, Zora Neale Hurston's "Sweat",…
plus superb fiction by great American authors including Kate Chopin, WIlla Cather, Edith Wharton, and others. AdultMaktub (Bibliothèque Paulo Coelho)
By Paulo Coelho. 2004
...] Recueil de paraboles inspirées à l'auteur par les sources et les folklores les plus divers, Maktub représente un trésor…
coloré de sagesse. Ces textes courts sont nés d'une contribution de Paulo Coelho au quotidien brésilien Folha de São Paulo. -- 4e de couvL'été funambule: nouvelles (Romanichels)
By Louise Dupré. 2008
"Ce recueil de nouvelles est tout entier consacré aux femmes. Il est pour ainsi dire un constat, mais aussi un…
questionnement. Sommes-nous rivées, pensent-elles, à notre destin ou est-il possible de faire le saut dans le vide ? Et qu'est-ce qui nous attend en bas? La catastrophe ou un monde nouveau susceptible d'effacer en un tournemain le passé et son emprise? [...]" -- 4e de couvWe the Sea Turtles: A collection of island stories
By Michelle Kadarusman. 2023
In a collection of powerful stories by Governor General’s Award-nominated author Michelle Kadarusman, eight children on islands around the world…
are each changed by a chance meeting with a turtle as they find their own grounding in an increasingly unpredictable world.