The Body Of The Beasts
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The Body Of The Beasts
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Author : Audrée Wilhelmy
language : en
Publisher: House of Anansi
Release Date : 2019-07-30
The Body Of The Beasts written by Audrée Wilhelmy and has been published by House of Anansi this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-30 with Fiction categories.
Disturbing and sensuous, Audrée Wilhelmy’s tale of a hermetic family minding a lighthouse in willed isolation is reminiscent of William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. The Body of Beasts is a startling, gorgeously written novel that tells the story of the Borya family living in isolation. Their lives are altered when young Osip, peering from the lighthouse gallery sees a woman, Noé, arrive — her dress scant, her skin curiously scarred, and her manner mysterious and wild. Noé bears a child, Mie, to the eldest son on whose hunter-gathering the Borya family depends. She lives in a cabin on her own and covers the walls with drawings that allude to her mysterious life. The family’s entrenchment in nature is enthrallingly conveyed in young Mie’s sensuous ability to borrow at will the body of mammals, birds, fish, and insects. Her shape-shifting allows her to know the ways of the natural world, though only to a point. When her own awakening body starts to intrigue her, she asks her uncle Osip to “teach me human sex.” The Body of the Beasts is an imaginative tour de force, a beautifully described portrait of a world that exists outside of words; an uninhibited and erotic novel that, in the singular tradition of Québécois Boreal Gothic, explores our humanity — and animal nature.
The Book Of Beasts
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Author : Terence Hanbury White
language : en
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Release Date : 1984-01-01
The Book Of Beasts written by Terence Hanbury White and has been published by Courier Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1984-01-01 with Literary Collections categories.
A preeminent medievalist presents a wonderful catalog of real and fanciful beasts, including the manticore, griffin, phoenix, amphivius, jaculus, and many other exotic animals. White's witty, erudite commentary on scientific and historical aspects enhances this survey of proto-zoology on which science is based and pre-scientific perceptions of the earth's creatures. 128 black-and-white illustrations.
Gorgeous Beasts
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Author : Joan B. Landes
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2015-06-26
Gorgeous Beasts written by Joan B. Landes and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-26 with History categories.
Gorgeous Beasts takes a fresh look at the place of animals in history and art. Refusing the traditional subordination of animals to humans, the essays gathered here examine a rich variety of ways animals contribute to culture: as living things, as scientific specimens, as food, weapons, tropes, and occasions for thought and creativity. History and culture set the terms for this inquiry. As history changes, so do the ways animals participate in culture. Gorgeous Beasts offers a series of discontinuous but probing studies of the forms their participation takes. This collection presents the work of a wide range of scholars, critics, and thinkers from diverse disciplines: philosophy, literature, history, geography, economics, art history, cultural studies, and the visual arts. By approaching animals from such different perspectives, these essays broaden the scope of animal studies to include specialists and nonspecialists alike, inviting readers from all backgrounds to consider the place of animals in history and art. Combining provocative critical insights with arresting visual imagery, Gorgeous Beasts advances a challenging new appreciation of animals as co-inhabitants and co-creators of culture. Aside from the editors, the contributors are Dean Bavington, Ron Broglio, Mark Dion, Erica Fudge, Cecilia Novero, Harriet Ritvo, Nigel Rothfels, Sajay Samuel, and Pierre Serna.
Beasts Of A Little Land
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Author : Juhea Kim
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2021-12-07
Beasts Of A Little Land written by Juhea Kim and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-12-07 with Fiction categories.
'Beasts of a Little Land is a stunning achievement’ TLS 'Spectacular' Lisa See, author of The Island of Sea Women 'I loved it' Brandon Hobson, author of The Removed 'Unforgettable' Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, author of The Mountains Sing An epic story of love and war, set during the turbulent decades of Korea's fight for independence It is 1917, and Korea is under Japanese occupation; the country is yet to be divided into north and south. With the threat of famine looming, a young girl named Jade is sold by her family to Miss Silver's courtesan school in cosmopolitan Pyongyang, an act of desperation that will cement her place in the lowest social class. But the city's days as a haven are numbered. Jade flees to Seoul where she forms a deep friendship with an orphan boy called JungHo, who scrapes together a living begging on the streets. As Jade becomes a sought-after performer with unexpected romantic prospects, JungHo is swept up in the revolutionary fight for independence. Soon, Jade must decide between following her own ambitions or risking everyone for the one she loves. From the perfumed chambers of the courtesan school to the glamorous cafés of a modernising Seoul, the unforgettable characters of Beasts of a Little Land unveil a world where friends become enemies and enemies become saviours, where heroes are persecuted and beasts take many shapes.
The Book Of Beasts
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Author : Terence Hanbury White
language : en
Publisher: UW-Madison Libraries Parallel Press
Release Date : 2002
The Book Of Beasts written by Terence Hanbury White and has been published by UW-Madison Libraries Parallel Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Fiction categories.
White's The Bestiary: A Book of Beasts was the first and, for a time, the only English translation of a medieval bestiary. White provides an excellent appendix that explains how the creatures of the bestiary influenced the development of allegory and symbolism in art and literature.
The Frolic Of The Beasts
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Author : Yukio Mishima
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2019-04-04
The Frolic Of The Beasts written by Yukio Mishima and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-04 with Fiction categories.
The gripping story of an affair gone horribly wrong, from one of Japan's greatest twentieth-century writers Koji, a young student, has fallen hopelessly in love with the beautiful, enigmatic Yuko. But she is married to the literary critic and serial philanderer Ippei. Tormented by desire and anger, Koji is driven to an act of violence that will bind this strange, terrible love triangle together for the rest of their lives. A starkly compelling story of lust, guilt and punishment, The Frolic of the Beasts explores the masks we wear in life, and what happens when they slip. 'One of the greatest avant-garde Japanese writers of the twentieth century' New Yorker
The Beasts They Turned Away
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Author : Ryan Dennis
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2021-03-11
The Beasts They Turned Away written by Ryan Dennis and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-11 with categories.
Among The Beasts Briars
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Author : Ashley Poston
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins
Release Date : 2020-10-20
Among The Beasts Briars written by Ashley Poston and has been published by HarperCollins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-20 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
Ashley Poston, acclaimed author of Heart of Iron, returns with a dark, lush fairy tale–inspired fantasy for fans of Sara Raasch and Susan Dennard. Cerys is safe in the Kingdom of Aloriya. Here there are no droughts, disease, or famine, and peace is everlasting. It has been this way for hundreds of years, since the first king made a bargain with the Lady who ruled the forest that borders the kingdom. But as Aloriya prospered, the woods grew dark, cursed, and forbidden. Cerys knows this all too well: When she was young, she barely escaped as the woods killed her friends and her mother. Now Cerys carries a small bit of the curse—the magic—in her blood, a reminder of the day she lost everything. As a new queen is crowned, however, things long hidden in the woods descend on the kingdom itself. Cerys is forced on the run, her only companions a small and irritating fox from the royal garden and the magic in her veins. It’s up to her to find the legendary Lady of the Wilds and beg for a way to save her home. But the road is darker and more dangerous than she knows, and as secrets from the past are uncovered amid the teeth and roots of the forest, it’s going to take everything she has just to survive.
The Body Scout
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Author : Lincoln Michel
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2021-09-21
The Body Scout written by Lincoln Michel and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-21 with Fiction categories.
In this “timeless and original” sci-fi thriller (New York Times), a hardboiled baseball scout must solve the murder of his brother in a world transformed by body modification, perfect for readers of William Gibson and Max Barry. An Esquire Pick for the Top 50 Sci-Fi Books of All Time A New York Times Best Sci-Fi and Fantasy Novel of 2021 "A breathlessly paced techno-thriller characterized by stunning, spiky worldbuilding." — Esquire In the future you can have any body you want—as long as you can afford it. But in a New York ravaged by climate change and repeat pandemics, Kobo is barely scraping by. He scouts the latest in gene-edited talent for Big Pharma-owned baseball teams, but his own cybernetics are a decade out of date and twin sister loan sharks are banging down his door. Things couldn't get much worse. Then his brother—Monsanto Mets slugger J.J. Zunz—is murdered at home plate. Determined to find the killer, Kobo plunges into a world of genetically modified CEOs, philosophical Neanderthals, and back-alley body modification, only to quickly find he's in a game far bigger and more corrupt than he imagined. To keep himself together while the world is falling apart, he'll have to navigate a time where both body and soul are sold to the highest bidder. Diamond-sharp and savagely wry, The Body Scout is a timely science fiction thriller debut set in an all-too-possible future. "I devoured it." —Jonathan Lethem "Completely weird and still completely real. Delightful—I couldn't put it down."—Shea Serrano
Beasts Men And Gods
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Author : Ferdinand Ossendowski
language : en
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Release Date : 2023-07-18
Beasts Men And Gods written by Ferdinand Ossendowski and has been published by Legare Street Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-18 with categories.
Beasts, Men and Gods is a gripping travelogue of Asia in the early 20th century, written by Polish explorer Ferdinand Ossendowski. The book recounts his adventures across Siberia, China, and Mongolia, including encounters with wild beasts, battles with bandits and warlords, and mystical visions of the divine. This is a thrilling and unforgettable account of one man's journey through a world of danger and wonder. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.