House Of Bougainvillea And Other Stories
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House Of Bougainvillea And Other Stories
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Author : Debadatta Satpathy
language : en
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
Release Date : 2014-02-26
House Of Bougainvillea And Other Stories written by Debadatta Satpathy and has been published by Partridge Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-26 with Fiction categories.
From the very beginning, I believed that every moment of our life has a story written in it, because its unpredictableness breeds countless posibilities. Its only because we are so tuned to our mechanical jobs that we do not keep a track of it. As we grow old, the stories are written on the hard disk and then deleted simultaeneously, for we have better things to do than remebering silly episodes. Therefore, I turned to my childhood. Where little incidents have shaped my life. Where a girl taught me what is struggle. Where a school showed me what is friendship.And where a friend demonstrated the true worth of fellowfeeling. This book has just captured those moments and some other stories as well, some funny, some poignant, which either I have encountered or listened somewhere. I have no pretension of being a great writer. This book is written in a very day-to-day english, because I feel ornamental language destroys emotions. Being my first attempt, I have also no idea about the rules of writing, if something of that sort exists. The tales are just the reflections of my feeling. Hope, the esteemed readers enjoy.
Ghostbusters And Other Stories
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Author : Debadatta Satpathy
language : en
Publisher: Notion Press
Release Date : 2017-09-07
Ghostbusters And Other Stories written by Debadatta Satpathy and has been published by Notion Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-07 with Fiction categories.
Enjoy Ghostbusters and other stories, a collection of stories about fantasies, love, affection, and courage. A must read for people of all ages and inclinations. Among the rows of eucalyptus trees, three children run after an apparition in the dead of the night to have a spine chilling experience… A girl rediscovers her favorite rock carving after a poignant reunion… A boy masters Sanskrit at a great personal cost only to find that competitions in life are meaningless… A friend clears a smokescreen showing the courageous side of the much vilified public sector employees… A solitary passenger in a train finds the true meaning of his recurring nightmare…
A Phantom Tiger And Other Stories
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Author : Maalan
language : en
Publisher: Pustaka Digital Media
Release Date : 2023-03-27
A Phantom Tiger And Other Stories written by Maalan and has been published by Pustaka Digital Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-03-27 with Fiction categories.
These stories are elements of loud thinking triggered by the questions hurled at us by contemporary life. But, it doesn’t preach or recommend any ideology to you. Some of these stories may enthral you, some might lacerate you, some might tickle you and some might provoke you. Some might possibly provide you with new insights. Some could raise critical questions. Some might lead you to agree with the author’s position. Some may provoke you to oppose him. The aim is to spur you into thinking on your own. A reader’s mind is in no way inferior to a writer’s. Instead of looking at life as a mere story, or story as a mere extension of imagination, it projects a vision of life through these stories. It treaded a path of equilibrium—no pomposity of dismissively treating grass-root’s idiom; escaping the grip of pseudo-modernity complicating the written form of the language with the ostensible purpose of importing subtlety. Maalan V. Narayanan is an eminent award winning writer bilingual (Tamil and English) writer, bestowed with various coveted awards including Lee Kong Chian Research Fellowship of Singapore and ‘Krititva Samagra Samman’ (award for wholesomeness in creativity) of Bharaiya Basha Parishad.He has served in Senates of various Universities and committees of National Book Trust and Sahitya Akademi Dr.K.S.Subramanian, a former Director of Asian Development Bank, is an eminent translator who has won many awards for his translations. He holds a Ph.D from the University of the Philippines. He has translated more than 30 Tamil literary works of different genre into English and his translations have beem published by many leading reputed publishers of India.
The Houseguest And Other Stories
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Author : Amparo Dávila
language : en
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Release Date : 2018-11-20
The Houseguest And Other Stories written by Amparo Dávila and has been published by New Directions Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-20 with Fiction categories.
The first collection in English of an endlessly surprising, master storyteller Like those of Kafka, Poe, Leonora Carrington, or Shirley Jackson, Amparo Dávila’s stories are terrifying, mesmerizing, and expertly crafted—you’ll finish each one gasping for air. With acute psychological insight, Dávila follows her characters to the limits of desire, paranoia, insomnia, and fear. She is a writer obsessed with obsession, who makes nightmares come to life through the everyday: loneliness sinks in easily like a razor-sharp knife, some sort of evil lurks in every shadow, delusion takes the form of strange and very real creatures. After reading The Houseguest—Dávila’s debut collection in English—you’ll wonder how this secret was kept for so long.
Incantations And Other Stories
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Author : Anjana Appachana
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Release Date : 2006-12
Incantations And Other Stories written by Anjana Appachana and has been published by Penguin Books India this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-12 with India categories.
The Stories In This Collection Are Set In The Early Eighties, And Anjana Appachana Wonderfully Captures The Raw, Vibrant Energy And Optimism Of A Time When We Drank Chai For Thirty Paise, And Twenty Thousand Rupees Spent On &Lsquo;Gifts&Rsquo; For The Boy&Rsquo;S Side Was An Enormous Amount Of Money For Middle-Class Indians. Her Characters Strain For A Place Beyond The Boundaries Of A Prescribed Way Of Life In Urban Middle India: A Hapless College Student Gets Gated A Few Days Before Her Appointment For An Abortion; A Disgruntled Clerk Philosophises Gloomily About His Place In The Scheme Of Things; A Young Girl, Against All Odds, Decides To Keep Her Sister&Rsquo;S Deep, Dark Secret. By Turns Warm, Gullible, Arrogant And Bigoted, Appachana&Rsquo;S Characters Live Their Lives Amid Contradictions And Double Standards, Superstitions And Impossible Dreams, But Ultimately Usurp Their Familiar Landscape And Imbue It With An Idiosyncratic Vision.
The Golden Village And Other Stories
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Author : Edith Exton
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2003-04-21
The Golden Village And Other Stories written by Edith Exton and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-04-21 with Fiction categories.
From Edith Exton, the author of Continent in Limbo and An Invented Life, comes this collection of vignettes about life at all ages. Exton's stories describe a variety of human experiences, from her early childhood in pre-World-War-II Europe to later life in a multi-generational American family. Each story evokes the distinctive flavor of a time and place and addresses a broad palette of the human condition: uncertainty, love, trust, betrayal, belonging, friendship, and family bonds. Each story presents a different aspect of a colorful journey.
Secret Lives Other Stories
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Author : Ngugi wa Thiong'o
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2018-04-05
Secret Lives Other Stories written by Ngugi wa Thiong'o and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-04-05 with Fiction categories.
'One of the greatest writers of our time' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Ngugi wa Thiong'o is renowned for his political novels and plays, yet he honed his craft as a short story writer. First published in 1975, Secret Lives and Other Stories brings together a range of Ngugi's political short stories. From tales of the meeting between magic and superstition, to stories about the modernising forces of colonialism, and the pervasive threat of nature, this collection celebrates the storytelling might of one of Africa's best-loved writers.
Unsettled And Other Stories
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Author : Sandra Hill
language : en
Publisher: African Books Collective
Release Date : 2015-12-01
Unsettled And Other Stories written by Sandra Hill and has been published by African Books Collective this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-12-01 with Fiction categories.
There is a grand piano delivered to the wrong Sea Point address. There is Toby the dog whose casual disappearance leads to the discovery of a world as unlikely as a helpful man. There are Isabelle and Hester, both travelling on the same train, but moving in opposite directions. There are the school girls who smoke through Die Stem during a Republic Day Celebration. There is Adeela longing for OK Bazaars, Boxing Day, and groenboontjie bredie; Lilly who knows too little of her mothers past and Elizabeth who is desperate to shed hers. Who can say why Eleanor married the man she did, or why she took the long sea journey south? Who can say where Sues been, or who the vark lilies are for? Who believes it when told, Its for your own good? Whether drawn from the distance of history or located in contemporary Cape Town, these eight stories create a tender and luminous account of just how extraordinary the everyday life of women can be.
The Life Manager And Other Stories
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Author : Mirela Roznoveanu
language : en
Publisher: iUniverse
Release Date : 2004
The Life Manager And Other Stories written by Mirela Roznoveanu and has been published by iUniverse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Fiction categories.
In Mirela Roznoveanu's new book of fiction, human love is everywhere but strangely hard to find. Love animates a world where the tangled web of sexuality, commitment, language, place, and history enthralls us with its tantalizing detours, its cruel pretenders, and its unexpected pleasures. These tumultuous pages introduce us to people we can instantly recognize and never forget. From adventures that vividly signal a lifetime's meaning each returns with something new--something utterly different from that which was sought. Here in her first major work in English, we find the pulsing, streaming vision of time, place, history and character that distinguishes Roznoveanu's work in her native Romanian. Roznoveanu restores a visionary spirit lost to English for two or more generations. These stories come to us in the circuitous wake of the great early modernists, offering prodigious healing power for the grave psychic wounds that have afflicted the human condition since the crucial turning point of 1945. The Life Manager and Other Stories scintillates with cascades of luminous images and narrative reversals that seize our attention and don't let go. This is a book to return to again and again for its endlessly intriguing glimpses of the elusive peace and joy our souls thirst for.
Migrations And Other Stories
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Author : Lisa Hernàndez
language : en
Publisher: Arte Publico Press
Release Date : 2007-03-31
Migrations And Other Stories written by Lisa Hernàndez and has been published by Arte Publico Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03-31 with Fiction categories.
In the story entitled ñThe Neighbor,î seventy-nine-year-old Sarita has just called 911 to report a disturbance next door. Sarita doesnÍt much like her neighbor Matilde and thinks sheÍs a fool to put up with the philandering boyfriend who beats her. But Sarita feels obligated to help because MatildeÍs mother was her best friend. ñThatÍs for not singing at your funeral, even though I promised,î she whispers to her dead comadre. And this time, SaritaÍs deliberate provocation of the volatile situation next door will end the beatings once and for all. Past and present are interwoven in this award-winning collection of 11 stories dealing with migration across geographical and cultural boundaries. Set in California and Mexico, the characters in these stories struggle with all that life throws their way, including abusive boyfriends, separation from loved ones, and unfaithful spouses, all in an uneasy search for a balance between a Mexican past and a Mexican-American future. With vivid brushstrokes, Hernandez paints a collage of Latinas who work vigorously to overcome drastic situations. A woman is convinced that her brother-in-lawÍs constant fooling around with co-eds caused her sisterÍs heart attack, and she obsesses about getting revenge even if it means turning to brujeria. A young woman who has flunked out of college multiple times finally goes home to confront the memories of her fatherÍs sexual abuse that she hasnÍt been able to flee or forget. On her deathbed, Chata reveals to her daughter that when she was growing up in a small Mexican village, her first love was a beautiful prostitute. Themes of survival, identity, and cultural conflict are woven through the stories in this intriguing and entertaining collection, the winner of the University of California-IrvineÍs Chicano / Latino Literary Prize.