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General fiction, Anthologies
For Tributes Conjunctions invited a number of contemporary writers to pay homage to American literary masters who made something… possible for them whether that was the act of writing itself writing a certain book writing in a particular manner or living in a way that was consonant with the act of writing This is an anthology of personal enthusiasms a colloquium Whitman might have seen as a progress of vistas John Sayles offers an appreciation of Nelson Algren Robert Creeley of Edwin Arlington Robinson Nathaniel Mackey on Walt Whitman And then there s Rick Moody on John Cheever Ben Marcus on Dr Seuss Mona Simpson on Henry James Ana Castillo on Ana s Nin Anne Waldman on Jack Kerouac Lydia Davis on Edward Dahlberg All in all forty-five authors share compelling tales of their adopted literary parentage
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General fiction, Anthologies
Who holds the whip hand? From a young mother stealing back her child to a disillusioned lover seeking revenge with… a potion, from house cleaners contemplating a life of crime to a woman parting ways with Jesus, these are stories of people living on the edge. In their collections ‘The Returning’ and ‘Playing Dead’, Mihaela Nicolescu and Nadine Browne illuminate the complexity of the everyday with compassionate but unflinching accounts of the ways in which people gain, lose or reclaim control of their lives.
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General fiction, Anthologies
Featuring both established and emerging Western Australian writers, this short story anthology includes both fiction and creative nonfiction. A quirky… and memorable collection, it centers on “who we are and what we want to be”—ideas that will resonate globally despite the regional origin of the contributors. The distinctive voices highlighted here present joy and pain in equal measure with humor and feeling.
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General fiction, Anthologies
8 Rooms showcases a selection of sleek, thought-provoking and powerful short stories portraying thoughts and actions that take place in… or around a single room. Each author’s interpretation demonstrates original and contemporary fiction that paints a realistic yet inimitable portrait of everyday life. A host of talented writers each offer absolute beauty that is weaved into the very fabric of these short stories. Easily accessible and entertaining, you can’t help but feel moved and inspired by this collection.
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Classic fiction, General fiction, Anthologies
In 1930 Sinclair Lewis became the first American to win the Nobel Prize for literature, and the 1920 publication of… Main Street brought him his first serious critical recognition. Born and raised in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, Lewis knew the American heartland as few other writers have. He both loved and despised small towns, and the tension between those feelings permeates this classic novel. The setting is Gopher Prairie, a bastion of prosaic, small-minded, middle-class values. Its newest inhabitant is the beautiful young Carol Kennicott, who dreams of transforming her adopted hometown into an oasis of beauty, refinement, and culture. But Carol is no match for the town's provincialism, and her struggle to overcome the complacency, bigotry, and hypocrisy of Gopher Prairie becomes the author's devastating and satiric take on all small towns.
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General fiction, Short stories, Anthologies
The O Henry Prize Stories 2018 contains twenty prize-winning stories chosen from thousands published in literary magazines over the… previous year The winning stories come from a mix of established writers and emerging voices and are uniformly breathtaking They are accompanied by essays from the eminent jurors on their favorites observations from the winning writers on what inspired their stories and an extensive resource list of magazines that publish short fiction The Tomb of Wrestling Jo Ann Beard Tin House Counterblast Marjorie Celona The Southern Review Nayla Youmna Chlala Prairie Schooner Lucky Dragon Viet Dinh Ploughshares Stop n Go Michael Parker New England Review Past Perfect Continuous Dounia Choukri Chicago Quarterly Review Inversion of Marcia Thomas Bolt n 1 Nights in Logar Jamil Jan Kochai A Public Space How We Eat Mark Jude Poirier Epoch Deaf and Blind Lara Vapnyar The New Yorker Why Were They Throwing Bricks Jenny Zhang n 1 An Amount of Discretion Lauren Alwan The Southern Review Queen Elizabeth Brad Felver One Story The Stamp Collector Dave King Fence More or Less Like a Man Michael Powers The Threepenny Review The Earth Thy Great Exchequer Ready Lies Jo Lloyd Zoetrope Up Here Tristan Hughes Ploughshares The Houses That Are Left Behind Brenda Walker The Kenyon Review We Keep Them Anyway Stephanie A Vega The Threepenny Review Solstice Anne Enright The New YorkerPrize Jury for 2018 Fiona McFarlane Ottessa Moshfegh Elizabeth Tallent
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General fiction, War stories, Anthologies
An army doctor s classic Vietnam War memoir a National Book Award Finalist and … a book of great emotional impact plus two powerful novels The New York Times Published in 1971 with the Vietnam War still raging Ronald Glasser s unflinching memoir of one doctor s experience with the human cost of the devastating conflict was hailed by William Styron as a moving account about tremendous courage and often immeasurable suffering A valuable and redemptive work 365 Days quickly became a powerful anti-war statement of the time that still resonates today selling over two hundred thousand copies Turning to fiction Glasser continued to draw on his own experience as a doctor in the Vietnam War and as an intern in a pediatric ward to craft novels of gripping drama and heartfelt poignancy 365 Days In 1968 as a serviceman in the Vietnam War Ronald Glasser a pediatrician was sent to Japan to work at the US Army hospital tending to children of officers and government officials But he was soon caught up in the waves of casualties that poured in from every Vietnam front In 365 Days Glasser reveals a candid and shocking account of that harrowing experience giving voice to the wounded the maimed the dead with unflinching candor and compassionate humanity The most convincing most moving account I have yet to read about what it was like to be an American soldier in Vietnam Newsweek Another War Another Peace Assigned to Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War an idealistic young doctor forms an unlikely bond with his driver a battle-hardened soldier as they struggle to bring medical aid to Vietnamese villagers The author of the remarkable classic 365 Days has in this small novel written with such power about a young American doctor in the war zone that surely he has added another memorable book to the literature of those ghastly years Gloria Emerson author of Winners Losers Ward 402 In this gripping authentic and impassioned novel an intern on pediatric Ward 402 fights to save an eleven-year-old girl with advanced leukemia which her parents believe to be terminal Dr Glasser can describe a medical emergency in a way that makes the entire scene spring to life This is good and exciting writing The New York Times Book Review
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Classic fiction, General fiction, Anthologies
Before becoming the patron of Lost Generation artists, Gertrude Stein established her reputation as an innovative author whose style was… closer to painting than literature. Stein's strong influence on 20th-century literature is evident in this 1915 work of highly original prose rendered in thought-provoking experimental techniques.
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Classic fiction, General fiction, Anthologies
Equal parts muckraking novel, transnational love story, and socially engaged panorama, Cho Chongnae's The Human Jungle portrays China on the… verge of becoming the world's dominant economic force.Against a backdrop of rapidly morphing urban landscapes, readers meet migrant workers, Korean manufacturers out to save a few bucks, high-flying venture capitalists, street thugs, and shakedown artists. The picture of China that emerges is at turns unsettling, awe-inspiring, and heart-breaking. Chongnae deftly portrays a giant awakening to its own raw, volatile, and often uncontrollable power.Translators Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton have condensed three of Chongnae's Korean novels, each of which sold more than one million copies in South Korea, into this single English-language edition.Cho Chongnae is one of Korea's most important living writers. He is best known for a trio of massive historical novels: the ten-volume T'aebaek Mountains (1989), the twelve-volume Arirang (1995), and the ten-volume Han River (2002). Cho lives in Seoul, South Korea.Bruce Fulton and Ju-Chan Fulton are the translators of numerous volumes of modern Korean fiction, including the award-winning women's anthologies Words of Farewell and Wayfarer, and, with Marshall R. Pihl, Land of Exile: Contemporary Korean Fiction. They have received two National Endowment for the Arts Translation Fellowships, including the first ever given for a translation from the Korean language, and the first residency at the Banff International Literary Translation Centre awarded to translators from any Asian language. Bruce Fulton is the inaugural holder of the Young-Bin Min Chair in Korean Literature and Literary Translation at the University of British Columbia.
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General fiction, Anthologies
Collection of literary essays on self-consciousness written on pieces of parchment, sealed, rolled up and pushed into colourless glass bottles,… without any label residue, closed with corks from the Alentejo cork trees. They're coming to you.
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Classic fiction, General fiction, Anthologies
A unique novel told in chapters, each one by a different author. The unusual project was conceived by William Dean… Howells, an American realist author and literary critic. Howells had hoped Mark Twain would be one of the authors, but Twain did not participate. The twelve authors are: Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews, John Kendrick Bangs, Alice Brown, Mary Stewart Doubleday Cutting, Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman, William Dean Howells, Henry James, Elizabeth Garver Jordan, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps, Henry Van Dyke, Mary Heaton Vorse and Edith Wyatt.
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General fiction, Anthologies
The editors who brought us Unsettling America and Identity Lessons have compiled a short-story anthology that focuses on themes of… racial and ethnic assimilation. With humor, passion, and grace, the contributors lay bare poignant attempts at conformity and the alienation sometimes experienced by ethnic Americans. But they also tell of the strength gained through the preservation of their communities, and the realization that it was often their difference from the norm that helped them to succeed. In pieces suggesting that American identity is far from settled, these writers illustrate the diversity that is the source of both the nation's great discord and infinite promise. .
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General fiction, Erotic fiction, Anthologies
The country estate, masters and servants, mystery and intrigue, sex and money. All go hand in hand in these turn-of-the-century… tales of what goes on behind the manor's closed doors. Does the master lure the butler to the phonograph room for a romp behind the sofa, or does the stable boy have a tryst with the footman while the lord longingly watches on? Does the aristocrat drop his foppish manners when the butler helps him undress? And do the classes exchange more than pleasantries when the lamps are dimmed and the ladies retire for the evening? Rob Rosen has gathered the hottest stories of romance and sex between wealthy aristocrats and the hard-working estate staff, all with a pre-World War I backdrop, including the fashion and art and the latest inventions of the day. War is years way, the estates are huge and sprawling, the fashionably elite have too much time on their hands, while the toiling underclass are always on the lookout for a means to a brighter future -- no matter whose bed they end up in. Think Downton Abbey and Upstairs, Downstairs, but with enough sex to make the town vicar blush.
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Romantic suspense, General fiction, Arts and entertainment, Anthologies
The Desert Places is a pocket-sized edition of a hybrid text by Amber Sparks and Robert Kloss that explores the… evolution of evil in worlds both seen and unseen and features full-color illustrations by Matt Kish, illustrator of the critically acclaimed Moby-Dick in Pictures: One Drawing for Every Page.
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General fiction, Anthologies
Welcome to New York City. A place where stories lurk around every corner and linger in the hearts of the… millions in these five boroughs. In these pages, tales of the underbelly of modern-day New York City hook-up with hilarious and poignant stories of love and loss in this annual collection of thrilling short stories by seasoned and fresh writers who know how to tell them. Edited by Peter Carlaftes and Kat Georges, these stories are sharp and concise, each an unusual take on the swirling panorama of the streets of New York, from Hell's Kitchen to Greenwich Village and Coney Island to Williamsburg, Queens, and beyond. Readers are transported by a modern noir sensibility, populated by a plethora of characters of our times, carving new notches of experience on the city that still fires up the imagination. Authors in this edition include acclaimed crime novelist Lawrence Block (A Walk Among the Tombstones, 8 Million Ways to Die), Liz Axelrod, Gil Fagiani, Bonny Finberg, Michael Gatlin, Kat Georges, Kirpal Gordon, Ron Kolm, Peter Marra, J. Anthony Roman, Angela Sloan, Paul Sohar, Joanie Hieger Fritz Zosike and Nina Zivancevic.
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Multi-cultural fiction, General fiction, Anthologies
A compelling collection of essays providing a comprehensive vision of immigration to the United States in the late twentieth and… twenty-first centuries--the indispensable companion to Immigrant Voices.Filled with moving narratives by authors from around the world, Immigrant Voices: Volume II delivers a global and intimate look at the challenges modern immigrants confront. Their stories, told with pride, humor, trepidation, candor, and a touch of homesickness, offer rarely glimpsed perspectives on the difficult but ultimately rewarding quest to become an American.From the humorous experiences of Firoozeh Dumas, author of Funny in Farsi, to the poignant struggles of Oksana Marafioti, author of American Gypsy, this collection travels from Burundi to Afghanistan, Egypt to Havana, and Cambodia to Puerto Rico, to present incredible contemporary portraits of immigrants and illustrate that America is, and always will remain, a fresh and ever-changing melting pot.Featuring Firsthand Accounts byAndré Aciman, Tamim Ansary, H.B. Cavalcanti, Firoozeh Dumas, Gustavo Pérez Firmat, Reyna Grande, Le Ly Haslip, Aleksander Hemon, Rose Ihedigbo, Oksana Marafioti, Anchee Min, Shoba Narayan, Elizabeth Nunez, Guillermo Reyes, Marcus Samuelsson, Esmeralda Santiago, Katarina Tepesh, Gilbert Tuhabonye, Luong Ung, Kao Kalia YangFrom the Trade Paperback edition.
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Adventure stories, Christian fiction, General fiction, Historical fiction, Contemporary romance, Romance, Anthologies
Irish photojournalist Grace Brennan travels the world's war zones documenting the helpless and forgotten. After the death of her friend… and colleague, Grace is shaken. She returns to London hoping to rekindle the spark with the only man she ever loved--Scottish businessman Ian MacDonald. But he gave up his championship rowing career and dreams of Olympic gold years ago for Grace ... only for her to choose career over him. Will life's tides bring them back together ... or tear them apart for good this time?
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General fiction, Anthologies, Poetry
Included are conversations with Nicole Aragi, Lesley Hazleton, and George Packer, and features and poetry from Tomaž Šalamun, Kiese Laymon,… Ann Neumann, J. Malcolm Garcia, Rebecca Gayle Howell, Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés, and many more of Guernica's esteemed contributors.
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General fiction, Anthologies
Margaret Atwood reinventa La tempestad de William Shakespeare en La semilla de la bruja, una novela que aboga por el… poder de las palabras y que invita a no olvidar y a creer en la magia de la vida cotidiana. «Cuando eres joven, crees que todo es posible. Te mueves en el presente, jugando con el tiempo como si fuera un juguete a tu disposición. Piensas que puedes deshacerte de cosas y personas, y aun no sabes bien que tienen la mala costumbre de volver.»Margaret Atwood Es un lunes cualquiera de enero de 2013 y Felix pasa el control de seguridad para acceder al centro correccional de Fletcher. Los guardias lo miran con simpatía y benevolencia; para ellos este hombre solo es el señor Duke, un cincuentón que en sus ratos libres se dedica a organizar funciones de teatro con los reclusos. El autor elegido siempre es Shakespeare, y este año el profesor les propone La tempestad. Felix accede sin problemas al recinto de la cárcel, llevando consigo algo muy peligroso pero imposible de detectar a través de un escáner: son las palabras, aún vivas, robustas, sonoras, de una obra donde la venganza viaja a través del tiempo y se instala en el presente. De a poco, ensayo tras ensayo, los chicos de Fletcher, que quizá nunca antes habían oído hablar de Shakespeare, convierten la obra en algo muy personal. Ahí se encuentran con sus fantasmas y con algo de sí mismos que no sabían, pero hay más: Felix, ese profesor terco y a veces aburrido, el día del estreno de la obra también podrá vengarse de quien le arruinó en el pasado. Reseña:«En esta novela hay tanta exuberancia, pasión e imaginación que lo único que quiero es que Atwood reescriba todo Shakespeare.»Viv Groskop, The Guardian
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General fiction, Anthologies
Clarence Brown's marvelous collection introduces readers to the most resonant voices of twentieth-century Russia. It includes stories by Chekhov, Gorky,… Bunin, Zamyatin, Babel, Nabokov, Solzhenitsyn, and Voinovich; excerpts from Andrei Bely's Petersburg, Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita, Boris Pasternak's Dr. Zhivago, and Sasha Solokov's A School for Fools; the complete text of Yuri Olesha's 1927 masterpiece Envy; and poetry by Alexander Blok, Anna Akhmatova, and Osip Mandelstam.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.From the Trade Paperback edition.