And Suddenly The Flowers Withered And Other Stories
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And Suddenly The Flowers Withered And Other Stories
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Author : João Melo
language : en
Publisher: Europa Edizioni
Release Date : 2023-07-31
And Suddenly The Flowers Withered And Other Stories written by João Melo and has been published by Europa Edizioni this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-31 with Fiction categories.
“Magical, witty and stunning, João Melo’s stories bring to mind the work of Borges and Ishiguro and some ineffable otherness that is his alone. Discovering his work could be the highlight of a literary career”. Elizabeth McKenzie Catamaran Literary Reader and Chicago Quarterly Review’s editor “Melo’s stories make the banal and everyday dramas of the folk of Luanda extraordinary, and the extraordinary occurrences mundane. Suffused with irony and wit, the messages of these stories contain serious, sometimes tragic underlying truths with which we can all identify. What the Brazilian Machado de Assis did for Rio de Janeiro in the late nineteenth century, João Melo does for his native Luanda in the early twenty-first”. David Brookshaw Emeritus Professor in Luso-Brazilian Studies University of Bristol “Western readers who still assume that African societies haven’t reached modernity would be advised to follow Angolan writer João Melo as he forges his distinctive African postmodernism. These droll, cosmopolitan, self-aware stories, whose narrators are never innocent of the ills of the society they inhabit, shuffle local and universal cultural references in the certain confidence that they are interchangeable”. Stephen Henighan University of Guelph, Ontario Author of The World of After João Melo, born in 1955 in Luanda, Angola, is an author, journalist, and communication consultant. He is a founder of the Angolan Writers Association, and of the Angolan Academy of Literature and Social Sciences. He was professor, advertiser, member of the parliament (1992-2017) and minister (2017-2019). Currently, he lives exclusively from writing, and splits his time between Luanda, Lisbon and Washington, D.C. His works include poetry, novels, articles and essays and have been published in Angola, Portugal, Brazil, Italy, Cuba, Spain and US. A number of his writings had also been translated into French, German, Arabic, and Chinese. Some of his stories and poems translated into English appeared in Words Without Borders, Catamaran Literary Reader, Chicago Quarterly Review, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Olongo Africa, The Shallows Tales Review, Lolwe, A Gathering Together, Iskanchi, Gávea-Brown and Brittle Paper. He was awarded the 2009 Angola Arts and Culture National Prize in literature category.
The Fuss About Queens And Other Stories
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Author : Darius Cooper
language : en
Publisher: Om Books International
Release Date : 2014
The Fuss About Queens And Other Stories written by Darius Cooper and has been published by Om Books International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Short stories, Indic (English) categories.
The Fuss About Queens and Other Stories, a brilliant collection of short stories by Darius Cooper, delves into disparate universes, including the charming world of the Parsis in Mumbai, caught in a cultural and historical time warp, with the fire temple, the tower of silence, dusty tomes of Dostoevsky, and the British monarch’s portrait in a drawing room, set up with period furniture a truly stunning mosaic. Talking Points: Includes some of the finest short stories by the authorEach story provides a glimpse into the humanistic outlook of the writerEncompasses a variety of socially relevant themes that are close to the writer’s heart
The Time Machine And Other Stories
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Author : H. G. Wells
language : en
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Release Date : 2016-09-14
The Time Machine And Other Stories written by H. G. Wells and has been published by Read Books Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-14 with Fiction categories.
This book is a collection of eight short stories written by H. G. Wells. "The Short Stories of H. G. Wells" constitutes a must-have for lovers of the short storm form and is not to be missed by fans of Wells' fantastic work. Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as "The Time Machine" (1895), "The Invisible Man" (1897), and "The War of the Worlds" (1898). "The Father of Science Fiction" was also a staunch socialist, and his later works are increasingly political and didactic. The stories include: "The Time Machine", "The Empire of the Ants", "A Vision of Judgement", "The Land Ironclads", The Beautiful Suit", "The Door in the Wall", "The Pearl of Love", and "The Country of the Blind". Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author.
The Wise Woman And Other Stories
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Author : George MacDonald
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 1980-10-23
The Wise Woman And Other Stories written by George MacDonald and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1980-10-23 with Fiction categories.
This is one volume in the four-volume collection of the complete fantasy stories of George MacDonald, the great nineteenth-century innovator of modern fantasy, whose works influenced C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams.
The Fever Tree And Other Stories
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Author : Ruth Rendell
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2010-08-03
The Fever Tree And Other Stories written by Ruth Rendell and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-08-03 with Fiction categories.
In this collection of eleven stories, murder is committed out of fear, jealously, cupidity, and also sheer compulsion, while the settings include an African game park, a sinister ruined cemetery, an East Anglian seaside resort, and the gloomy purlieus of Epping Forest.
Flowers In The Rain And Other Stories
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Author : Rosamunde Pilcher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Flowers In The Rain And Other Stories written by Rosamunde Pilcher and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with categories.
The First Prehistoric Serial Killer And Other Stories
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Author : Teresa Solana
language : en
Publisher: Bitter Lemon Press
Release Date : 2018-08-15
The First Prehistoric Serial Killer And Other Stories written by Teresa Solana and has been published by Bitter Lemon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-08-15 with Fiction categories.
An impressive and very funny collection of stories by Teresa Solana but the fun is very dark indeed. The oddest things happen. Statues decompose and stink out galleries, two old grandmothers are vengeful killers, a prehistoric detective on the verge of becoming the first religious charlatan trails a triple murder that is threatening cave life as the early innocents knew it. The collection also includes a sparkling web of Barcelona stories--connected by two criminal acts--that allows Solana to explore the darker side of different parts of the city and their seedier inhabitants.
Rip Van Winkle And Other Stories
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Author : Washington Irving
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2011-02-03
Rip Van Winkle And Other Stories written by Washington Irving and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-02-03 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
The legendary enchantment of Rip Van Winkle in the Kaatskill Mountains; the gruesome end of Ichabod Crane, who met the headless horseman of Sleepy Hollow; the spectre bridegroom who turned out to be happily substantial; the pride of an English village and the come-uppance of the over-zealous Mountjoy - these witty, perceptive and captivating tales range from fantasy to romance.
Subtly Worded And Other Stories
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Author : Teffi
language : en
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Release Date : 2014-06-19
Subtly Worded And Other Stories written by Teffi and has been published by Pushkin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-06-19 with Literary Collections categories.
A selection of the finest stories by this female Chekhov, Teffi's genius with the short form made her a literary star in pre-revolutionary Russia, beloved by Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike. These stories, taken from the whole of her career, show the full range of her gifts. Extremely funny - a wry, scathing observer of society - she is also capable, as capable even as Chekhov, of miraculous subtlety and depth of character. There are stories here from her own life (as a child, going to meet Tolstoy to plead for the life of War and Peace's Prince Bolkonsky, or, much later, her strange, charged meetings with the already-legendary Rasputin). There are stories of society, its members held together by mutual repulsion. There are stories of people misunderstanding each other or misrepresenting themselves. And throughout there is a sly, sardonic wit and a deep, compelling intelligence. Teffi was a phenomenally popular writer in pre-revolutionary Russia - a favourite of Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike. She was born in 1872 into a prominent St Petersburg family and emigrated from Bolshevik Russia in 1919. She eventually settled in Paris, where she became an important figure in the literary scene, and where she lived until her death in 1952. A master of the short form, in her lifetime Teffi published countless stories, plays and feuilletons. After her death, she was gradually forgotten, but the collapse of the Soviet Union brought about her rediscovery by Russian readers. Now, nearly a century after her emigration, she once again enjoys critical acclaim and a wide readership in her motherland.
The Black Mirror And Other Stories
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Author : Franz Rottensteiner
language : en
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Release Date : 2008-12-31
The Black Mirror And Other Stories written by Franz Rottensteiner and has been published by Wesleyan University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-12-31 with Fiction categories.
Handsomely equipped with a comprehensive introductory historical essay, editor's notes and selected bibliography, this distinguished anthology is a model of genre research. These previously untranslated stories, published from 1871 onward, offer reading virtually unknown to most American (and many German) readers. Some authors combine scientific and philosophical issues, like Kurd Lasswitz in his witty tale "To the Absolute Zero of Existence: A Story from 2371, " while others, as in Erik Simon's 1983 title story, pose psychological puzzles involving alien phenomena. Though the earlier stories in particular demand painstaking reading, all of them repay it with rewarding insights into German and Austrian culture and the many possible uses and misuses of science.