The Plum Rains And Other Stories
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The Plum Rains And Other Stories
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Author : Givens John
language : en
Publisher: The Liffey Press
Release Date : 2012-07-01
The Plum Rains And Other Stories written by Givens John and has been published by The Liffey Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-07-01 with Fiction categories.
Japan. The last decade of the 17th century. Men who lived by the sword find themselves cut adrift while women begin to confront new threats and opportunities. The austere demands of the haikai poet are no match for the growing popularity of urban performers, and the medieval samurai ethos has been replaced by the culture of the merchant and the shogun’s bureaucrats. This colourful but remote world is portrayed in these stories. Basho, Japan’s greatest poet, features in several of them. We also meet Ohasu, a young woman trapped in the decadence of the pleasure quarters; Hasegawa, a rogue samurai who seeks solace in wine, in the rigours of Zen Buddhism, and in his willingness to defend an outmoded code. A mysterious woman buried in an imperial nunnery struggles with an unbearable remorse; a senior shogunate official seeks to preserve Basho’s poetic legacy; a teenage sociopath tries to carve out his own career with a gratuitous and murderous assault; and a bizarrely preternatural pariah executioner accepts his destiny. Sometimes surprising, sometimes horrifying, The Plum Rains & Other Stories brings to life a uniquely beautiful and violent world. Angry and confused, they went looking for answers. They found none. There were no books to help them with the emotional upheaval they were going through. There were no explanations from the hospital as to why they had lost their baby and the counselling on offer was largely ineffective. What followed was an awkward few months where they could not grieve together and their relationship was severely strained. It was not just their relationship with each other that was affected. Family and friends who did not know how to deal with the situation also became isolated from them. Realising that communication was the key to getting through this sorrowful time, they finally started talking and found a way to get their relationship back on track. They also found that if they spoke honestly and openly to family and friends, they could get those relationships back as well. Knowing that other couples who have lost a baby would be going through similar difficulties, they decided to write down their experience in an effort to help them. Their beautifully written and poignant story, dealing with an issue that is too rarely acknowledged and discussed openly, is one of complete and heart-rending honesty.
The Selected Stories Of Xu Zechen
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Author : Zechen Xu
language : en
Publisher: Bridge 21 Publications
Release Date : 2023-05-05
The Selected Stories Of Xu Zechen written by Zechen Xu and has been published by Bridge 21 Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-05-05 with Fiction categories.
This book contains six works that each reflect the different styles of the author in each period of his work, paying attention to men of low status, memories of childhood, campus life, and the living conditions of Beijing’s drifters. Told in a straightforward manner, all the stories in this book are told in the first person and can be regarded together as a spiritual autobiography. Xu Zechen won the sixth Lu Xun Literature Award for short stories, and short stories have always been the focus and intention of his creation.
Plum Rains
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Author : Andromeda Romano-Lax
language : en
Publisher: Soho Press
Release Date : 2018-06-05
Plum Rains written by Andromeda Romano-Lax and has been published by Soho Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-05 with Fiction categories.
In a tour-de-force tapestry of science fiction and historical fiction, Andromeda Romano-Lax presents a story set in Japan and Taiwan that spans a century of empire, conquest, progress, and destruction. 2029: In Japan, a historically mono-cultural nation, childbirth rates are at an all-time low and the elderly are living increasingly longer lives. This population crisis has precipitated the mass immigration of foreign medical workers from all over Asia, as well as the development of finely tuned artificial intelligence to step in where humans fall short. In Tokyo, Angelica Navarro, a Filipina nurse who has been in Japan for the last five years, works as caretaker for Sayoko Itou, a moody, secretive woman about to turn 100 years old. One day, Sayoko receives a present: a cutting-edge robot “friend” that will teach itself to anticipate Sayoko’s every need. Angelica wonders if she is about to be forced out of her much-needed job by an inanimate object—one with a preternatural ability to uncover the most deeply buried secrets of the humans around it. Meanwhile, Sayoko becomes attached to the machine. The old woman has been hiding secrets of her own for almost a century—and she’s too old to want to keep them anymore. What she reveals is a hundred-year saga of forbidden love, hidden identities, and the horrific legacy of WWII and Japanese colonialism—a confession that will tear apart her own life and Angelica’s. Is the helper robot the worst thing that could have happened to the two women—or is it forcing the changes they both desperately needed?
The Plum Rain Scroll
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Author : Ruth Manley
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Release Date : 2005
The Plum Rain Scroll written by Ruth Manley and has been published by Univ. of Queensland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
A fantastic tale of peril and heroic deeds set in Idzumo, the old Japan of legend and living folklore. Marishoten, the evil Black Iris Lord, seeks to overtrhow the Mikado and usurp the Chrysanthemum throne. First he must find the plum roll scroll, which holds the three secrets that will help him to achieve his victory.
Snake S Pillow And Other Stories
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Author : Zhu Lin
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 1998-02-01
Snake S Pillow And Other Stories written by Zhu Lin and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-02-01 with Fiction categories.
Jiangnan, that part of east-central China watered by the Yangzi River, is the ironically Edenic setting for these six powerful tales of devotion, betrayal, and defilement. Zhu Lin, a uniquely angry female voice on China’s literary scene, takes a particular interest in the plight of young women whose exceptional qualities condemn them to exploitation by men. No other contemporary Chinese writer renders the hostility of rural society toward women in such stark and ultimately tragic terms. Serpents tyrannize the innocent in this fictional Jiangnan garden. The title story refers to a fragrant, blood-red flower known as the snake’s pillow, which symbolizes an innocent girl betrayed and violated by a male figure of authority. Immersed in the heady and sensual imagery of the natural world, Zhu Lin’s female protagonists invite comparisons not only with Eve but also with Thomas Hardy’s Tess. Zhu Lin has said of her fiction that its purpose is to “summon the souls” of readers who have lost themselves in the turbulence of a society in the transition to modernity—and then to restore these lost souls to the bodies they have left. An evocation of both flesh and spirit, these Jiangnan stories give voice to the complex and disturbing experience of women in a changing society.
All In A Month And Other Stories
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Author : Allen Raine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1908
All In A Month And Other Stories written by Allen Raine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1908 with categories.
How We Play The Game In Salt Lake And Other Stories
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Author : M. Shayne Bell
language : en
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Release Date : 2001-05-15
How We Play The Game In Salt Lake And Other Stories written by M. Shayne Bell and has been published by Grand Central Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-05-15 with Fiction categories.
From the pen of acclaimed writer M. Shayne Bell, winner of the Writers of the Future Contest, here are futures to make come true . . . and also futures that should never come true -- but will.
Panther S Moon And Other Stories
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Author : Ruskin Bond
language : en
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Release Date : 1991
Panther S Moon And Other Stories written by Ruskin Bond 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 1991 with Animal stories categories.
A collection of animal stories, set in India. The author also wrote Flames in the Forest and Getting Grannie's Glasses.
Flowers In The Rain Other Stories
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Author : Rosamunde Pilcher
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991
Flowers In The Rain 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 1991 with Fiction categories.
A Little Owl And Other Stories
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Author : Mary E. Hullah
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1883
A Little Owl And Other Stories written by Mary E. Hullah and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1883 with Children's stories, English categories.