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The Day I Killed My Father
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Author : Mario Sabino
language : en
Publisher: Scribe Publications
Release Date : 2009
The Day I Killed My Father written by Mario Sabino and has been published by Scribe Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Fiction categories.
'THE DAY I KILLED MY FATHER WAS A BRIGHT DAY, ALTHOUGH THE LIGHT WAS HAZY, WITHOUT SHADOW OR CONTOURS.'So begins a work of suspense, tragedy, and profound reflections on the human soul that marks the unforgettable debut of Mario Sabino, one of Brazil's most exciting novelists.In charming and chilling prose, Sabino draws the reader directly into the mind of a man who has committed patricide. Readers will hang on every word of this bold and stark book, which calls n complex themes of religion, philosophy, and literature in seeking to understand the nature of evil.Part psychological thriller, part intellectual puzzle, this novel plays on some of humankind's most profound archetypes and fables, all the while lulling the reader with the brilliance of its voice.A Brazilian bestseller, rendered into English for Scribe by renowned Australian translator Alison Entrekin, is a tour de force.
Who Killed My Father
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Author : Edouard Louis
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2019-02-21
Who Killed My Father written by Edouard Louis and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-21 with Social Science categories.
Who Killed My Father is the story of a tough guy – the story of the little boy I never was. The story of my father. ‘What a beautiful book’ MAX PORTER In Who Killed My Father, Édouard Louis explores key moments in his father’s life, and the tenderness and disconnects in their relationship. Told with the fire of a writer determined on social justice, and with the compassion of a loving son, the book urgently and brilliantly engages with issues surrounding masculinity, class, homophobia, shame and social poverty. It unflinchingly takes aim at systems that disadvantage those they seek to exclude – those who have their expectations, hopes and passions crushed by a society which gives them little thought. ‘Édouard Louis is the vanguard of France’s new generation of political writers’ Evening Standard
First They Killed My Father
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Author : Loung Ung
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2017-09-26
First They Killed My Father written by Loung Ung and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-26 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A major film, co-written and directed by Angelina Jolie Until the age of five, Loung Ung lived in Phnom Penh, one of seven children of a high-ranking government official. She was a precocious child who loved the open city markets, fried crickets, chicken fights and being cheeky to her parents. When Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge army stormed into Phnom Penh in April 1975, Loung's family fled their home and were eventually forced to disperse to survive. Loung was trained as a child soldier while her brothers and sisters were sent to labour camps. The surviving siblings were only finally reunited after the Vietnamese penetrated Cambodia and started to destroy the Khmer Rouge. Bolstered by the bravery of one brother, the vision of the others and the gentle kindness of her sister, Loung forged on to create for herself a courageous new life. First They Killed My Father is an unforgettable book told through the voice of the young and fearless Loung. It is a shocking and tragic tale of a girl who was determined to survive despite the odds.
How I Killed My Father
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Author : Theriso
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-03-27
How I Killed My Father written by Theriso and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-27 with categories.
Daily writings of a young girl who lost her father. How she rationalizes the death, how her day-to-day life after the passing of her father goes. Ultimately how she killed her father.
The Day I Killed My Father
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Author : Mario Sabino
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-08-14
The Day I Killed My Father written by Mario Sabino and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-14 with categories.
'The day I killed my father was a bright day, although the light was hazy, without shadows or contours.' So begins the unforgettable debut of Mario Sabino: a work of suspense, tragedy, and profound reflections on the human soul that marks him as one of Brazil's most exciting novelists. In charming and chilling prose, Sabino draws the reader directly into the mind of a man who has committed patricide. This bold and stark book draws on complex themes of religion, philosophy, and literature in seeking to understand the nature of evil. Part psychological thriller, part intellectual puzzle, The Day I Killed My Fatherplays on some of humankind's most profound archetypes and fables, all the while lulling the reader with the brilliance of its voice.
Lucky Child
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Author : Loung Ung
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2010-06-30
Lucky Child written by Loung Ung and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-06-30 with History categories.
After enduring years of hunger, deprivation, and devastating loss at the hands of the Khmer Rouge, ten-year-old Loung Ung became the "lucky child," the sibling chosen to accompany her eldest brother to America while her one surviving sister and two brothers remained behind. In this poignant and elegiac memoir, Loung recalls her assimilation into an unfamiliar new culture while struggling to overcome dogged memories of violence and the deep scars of war. In alternating chapters, she gives voice to Chou, the beloved older sister whose life in war-torn Cambodia so easily could have been hers. Highlighting the harsh realities of chance and circumstance in times of war as well as in times of peace, Lucky Child is ultimately a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and to the salvaging strength of family bonds.
My Mother She Killed Me My Father He Ate Me
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Author : Kate Bernheimer
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2010-09-28
My Mother She Killed Me My Father He Ate Me written by Kate Bernheimer and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-09-28 with Fiction categories.
The fairy tale lives again in this book of forty new stories by some of the biggest names in contemporary fiction. Neil Gaiman, “Orange” Aimee Bender, “The Color Master” Joyce Carol Oates, “Blue-bearded Lover” Michael Cunningham, “The Wild Swans” These and more than thirty other stories by Francine Prose, Kelly Link, Jim Shepard, Lydia Millet, and many other extraordinary writers make up this thrilling celebration of fairy tales—the ultimate literary costume party. Spinning houses and talking birds. Whispered secrets and borrowed hope. Here are new stories sewn from old skins, gathered by visionary editor Kate Bernheimer and inspired by everything from Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen” and “The Little Match Girl” to Charles Perrault’s “Bluebeard” and “Cinderella” to the Brothers Grimm’s “Hansel and Gretel” and “Rumpelstiltskin” to fairy tales by Goethe and Calvino and from China, Japan, Vietnam, Russia, Norway, and Mexico. Fairy tales are our oldest literary tradition, and yet they chart the imaginative frontiers of the twenty-first century as powerfully as they evoke our earliest encounters with literature. This exhilarating collection restores their place in the literary canon.
When Dad Killed Mom
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Author : Julius Lester
language : en
Publisher: HMH
Release Date : 2003-06-01
When Dad Killed Mom written by Julius Lester and has been published by HMH this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-06-01 with Young Adult Fiction categories.
A brother and sister cope with loss and trauma—and fight to keep what’s left of their family together—in a “compelling” novel by a Newbery Honor Medal winner. Jenna and Jeremy knew their parents’ marriage was in trouble. That was pretty obvious. But no one who knew the family could have predicted what would come next. One afternoon, Jenna and Jeremy are pulled from class and given horrifying news: their father, a college psychologist, has just shot their mother to death on a public street. Now, Mom is dead, Dad is in jail, and a fifth-grade boy and his fourteen-year-old sister have a lot to reconcile. Not only grief, anger, confusion, and guilt—but their dad’s motive, the secrets in their mother’s diary, and shifting loyalties that are driving Jenna and Jeremy even further apart. With their fragile new lives in free fall, and their father about to stand trial, they’re now going to have to confront the unimaginable. From an author who has been a finalist for the National Book Award, among numerous other honors, this is “a compelling story suffused with raw and honest emotion” (Kirkus Reviews) and “a taut psychological mystery” (Publishers Weekly).
Catastrophic Care
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Author : David Goldhill
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2013-01-08
Catastrophic Care written by David Goldhill and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-08 with Medical categories.
A visionary investigation that will change the way we think about health care: how and why it is failing, why expanding coverage will actually make things worse, and how our health care can be transformed into a transparent, affordable, successful system. In 2007, David Goldhill’s father died from infections acquired in a hospital, one of more than two hundred thousand avoidable deaths per year caused by medical error. The bill was enormous—and Medicare paid it. These circumstances left Goldhill angry and determined to understand how world-class technology and personnel could coexist with such carelessness—and how a business that failed so miserably could be paid in full. Catastrophic Care is the eye-opening result. Blending personal anecdotes and extensive research, Goldhill presents us with cogent, biting analysis that challenges the basic preconceptions that have shaped our thinking for decades. Contrasting the Island of health care with the Mainland of our economy, he demonstrates that high costs, excess medicine, terrible service, and medical error are the inevitable consequences of our insurance-based system. He explains why policy efforts to fix these problems have invariably produced perverse results, and how the new Affordable Care Act is more likely to deepen than to solve these issues. Goldhill steps outside the incremental and wonkish debates to question the conventional wisdom blinding us to more fundamental issues. He proposes a comprehensive new way, where the customer (the patient) is first—a system focused on health and maintaining it, a system strong and vibrant enough for our future. If you think health care is interesting only to institutes and politicians, think again: Catastrophic Care is surprising, engaging, and brimming with insights born of questions nobody has thought to ask. Above all it is a book of new ideas that can transform the way we understand a subject we often take for granted.
The Eiger Obsession
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Author : John Harlin
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2007-03-06
The Eiger Obsession written by John Harlin 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 2007-03-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A historic memoir by the noted Alpine climber and journalist who undertakes an epic climb of The Eiger in Switzerland—the very same mountain that not only made his father “Eiger John” famous, but killed him in 1966. In the 1960s an American named John Harlin II changed the face of Alpine climbing. Gutsy and gorgeous—he was known as “the blond god”—Harlin successfully summitted some of the most treacherous mountains in Europe. But it was the north face of the Eiger that became Harlin’s obsession. Living with his wife and two children in Leysin, Switzerland, he spent countless hours planning to climb, waiting to climb, and attempting to climb the massive vertical face. It was the Eiger direct—the direttissima—with which John Harlin was particularly obsessed. He wanted to be the first to complete it, and everyone in the Alpine world knew it. John Harlin III was nine years old when his father made another attempt on a direct ascent of the notorious Eiger. Harlin had put together a terrific team, and, despite unending storms, he was poised for the summit dash. It was the moment he had long waited for. When Harlin’s rope broke, 2,000 feet from the summit, he plummeted 4,000 feet to his death. In the shadow of tragedy, young John Harlin III came of age possessed with the very same passion for risk that drove his father. But he had also promised his mother, a beautiful and brilliant young widow, that he would not be an Alpine climber. Harlin moved from Europe to America, and, with an insatiable sense of wanderlust, he reveled in downhill skiing and rock-climbing. For years he successfully denied the clarion call of the mountain that killed his father. But in 2005, John Harlin could resist no longer. With his nine-year-old daughter, Siena—his very age at the time of his father’s death—and with an IMAX Theatre filmmaking crew watching, Harlin set off to slay the Eiger. This is an unforgettable story about fathers and sons, climbers and mountains, and dreamers who dare to challenge the earth.