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Les 5 années qui ont marqué la fin du siècle dernier et les 20 premières années de notre siècle sont…
la plus belle illustration de la modernité du genre qu'est la nouvelle. Michel Lord a constitué un fort volume où il recense pas moins de 160 recueils écrits par 71 auteurs et autrices québécois. Et ce livre, cette somme, se lit comme un romanBy Nicholas Dawson. 2021
Self-care réunit les voix de 11 écrivain.es qui, à partir de leur situation de personnes minorisées, se penchent sur différents…
aspects du soin de soi. Résolument politique, cet ouvrage collectif de textes de fiction (poésie, récits, nouvelles et textes hybrides) pense laffect, les troubles, les mécanismes de défense, les obsessions, les impulsions, la mélancolie, la douleur chronique, le deuil et lanxiété comme des voies privilégiées pour aborder toutes les manières de prendre soin de soi, qu'elles soient new age , ancestrales, individualistes, solidaires ou (anti)capitalistesBy Sandro Veronesi. 2023
FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE HUMMINGBIRD'The dawn will still be far away, and you will lift your eyes to…
the sky, and the sky will be as black as sackcloth and ashes'Addressed to a 'you' that encompasses the author, the reader and all of us at once, narrated in the future tense of apocalyptic texts and inspired by Sandro Veronesi's own experience of caring for his elderly parents, Prophecy is a powerful and unforgettable story of immense grief and infinite love.A visionary take on life by one of today's most remarkable writers.PRAISE FOR SANDRO VERONESI'S THE HUMMINGBIRDWinner of the Premio Strega | A Guardian and Spectator Book of the Year'Magnificent'GUARDIAN'A towering achievement'FINANCIAL TIMES'Inventive, bold, unexpected'SUNDAY TIMES'Masterly'IAN MCEWAN'Extraordinary'HOWARD JACOBSON'A real masterpiece'LEILA SLIMANIBy H. C Andersen. 2003
Modern English translation of twenty-two familiar and unfamiliar tales by Danish storyteller Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875). "The Little Mermaid" is…
told with its original dark ending. Contains notes on the stories and an essay introducing Andersen and his times. 2003By Claudia Larochelle, Elsa Pépin, Sophie Cadieux. 2011
"De toutes les époques, lamour a commandé ses règles. Quen est-il des trentenaires aujourdhui ? Nous sommes entièrement libres de…
mener nos amours comme bon nous semble, mais nest-ce pas devenu un piège qui risque de nous perdre dans létendue des possibilités ? Lamoureux contemporain est souvent montré dans les œuvres de fiction comme un être cynique, désinvesti voire désabusé par lamour. Pourtant, à écouter parler les auteurs à qui nous donnons la parole ici, force est de croire quil existe un autre pan à notre imaginaire amoureux À la lumière de plusieurs discussions fort animées, nous avons demandé à une dizaine dentre eux, des trentenaires, de nous raconter une histoire sur lamour au XXIe siècle. Lenthousiasme avec lequel ces auteurs ont répondu à lappel nous laisse croire que le sujet fascine et inspire notre imaginaire. De lhistoire burlesque, tragique, au conte poétique en passant par lessai philosophique ou la fable romantique, les fictions qui composent cet éventail de nos amours reflètent létat de notre mythologie amoureuse, multiple, complexe et parfois moins désespérée quon serait tenté de le croire." -- 4e de couvBy Kyle Minor. 2014
Stories and essays circling around the answers to fundamental questions. "The Question of Where We Begin" contemplates how far back…
we can go to lay blame. "There Is Nothing but Sadness in Nashville" is the tale of a man dealing with his brother's failings. Strong language. 2014Ces Récits infectés donnent la parole à des autrices et auteurs qui tentent de prendre la mesure de la crise…
de la COVID-19, de ses aspects tragiques ou comiques, de ses désastres comme des utopies qu'elle a fait naître. Ils se demandent comment elle a agi et continue d'agir sur nous, puis la croise avec d'autres périodes noires, collectives ou plus intimes. Parce que toutes les grandes crises ont une chose en commun : elles révèlent le meilleur comme le pire de l'être humainBy Ring Lardner, Ian Frazier. 2013
Collection of stories, newspaper articles, plays, letters and more from one of the most popular writers of the Jazz Age.…
Most known for his sports writing, this collection includes the novel You Know Me Al, about an egotistical baseball pitcher. 2013By Walt Whitman. 1959
Anthology of prose and poetry by the nineteenth-century American poet. Includes selections from 'Leaves of Grass,' 'Specimen Days', 'Democratic Vistas,'…
and much of 'A Backward Glance o'er Traveled Roads,' with an introduction by editor Mark Van DorenAn anthology of selections from Hurston's articles, short stories, autobiography, essays, fiction, and African-American and West Indian folklore. Hurston was…
part of the Harlem Renaissance. Her writings, plus commentary by Mary Helen Washington and Alice Walker, provide insight into this most prolific black woman writer during the 1930s and 1940sBy Peter Kussi, Karel Capek, Karel C̈apek. 1990
English translations of three plays and several short stories, essays, and assorted sketches on gardening and travel provide a sampling…
of the work of this prolific Czechoslovakian writer. The word "robot" from his 1922 play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots), included here, has entered everday languageBy Norman Mailer. 1992
An anthology of short stories, newspaper columns, extracts from novels, essays, and interviews--connected by autobiographical comments, or "advertisements." Mailer's diversity…
of forms is matched by his range of styles--from simple and direct, as in "Advertisement for Three War Stories," to his sarcastic responses to reviews of his work, such as "The Last Draft of The Deer Park." Strong languageBy Don Graham. 2003
Anthology of short pieces representing the diversity, scope, and complexity of nineteenth- and twentieth-century Texas. Includes over sixty essays, stories,…
excerpts, and memoirs by writers such as Elmer Kelton, Molly Ivins, and O. Henry. Foreword by Lonesome Dove (DB 22959) author Larry McMurtry. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2003By Andrei Codrescu. 2006
Essays from a Romanian-born National Public Radio commentator about his adopted city of New Orleans. Includes some pieces written after…
Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Describes the Big Easy and its inhabitants, food, cemeteries, eccentrics, neighborhoods, Mardi Gras, and crime. 2006By Cristina García. 2007
Anthology of twenty-one contemporary writers, including Mexicans Rosario Castellanos, Carlos Fuentes, Angeles Mastretta, Octavio Paz, Elena Poniatowska, Alfonso Reyes, and…
Juan Rulfo; and Chicanos Rudolfo Anaya, Ana Castillo, Sandra Cisneros, Rubén Martínez, and Richard Rodriguez. Includes short sketches on each author. Spanish language. 2006Sixty-three stories, essays, and poems from literary magazines, online and print journals, and small presses. In "Cartagena," Nam Le portrays…
a young Colombian assassin who is in over his head. Also features Rick Bass, Joyce Carol Oates, and Edward Hirsch. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2008"Hecho en Tejas" is an historic anthology that establishes the canon of Mexican American literature in Texas. With close to…
one hundred selections chosen, the book reaches back to the sixteenth-century exploration narrative of Texas's first Spanish-speaking writer, Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca and forward to voices of the twentieth century. Selections include short stories, poems, and lyrics to songs. Most are in English or Spanish with English translations. Some work is bilingual. Contains some descriptions of sex, some violence and strong languageBy Joe McCoy, Caleb Cage. 2012
This literary journal provides an eclectic mix of writings on Nevada topics. Selections in this issue include an essay on…
public pensions in Nevada, short stories and excerpts from fiction works by Nevada authors; and an interview with Carolyn Hayes Uber, the president of Stephens Press of Las Vegas. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexBy Larry L. King. 1997
This volume brings together five essays that King considers "true fact," ten that constitute "tall tales," and four short stories…
that he classifies as "pure fiction." All of these pieces represent an ongoing attempt to define and understand his native place and his mind's country. They cover subjects ranging from a rape trial to dubious recipes and points between: writing, politics, Little League baseball, Texas basketball, racial integration in the military, dogs, sinning, and stories of troubled lives. Explicit descriptions of sexBiography of E.B. White (1899-1985), who wrote that he "felt a kinship for animals that he never felt for people"…
and penned the 1952 children's novel featuring a spider. Discusses White's New Yorker magazine days, marriage to editor Katharine Angell, and Maine farm that inspired Charlotte's Web (DB 46839). 2011