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Michel Faber's short stories are markedly diverse-the voice of each is so distinct that the book reads like an anthology of different writers. But Faber's radically inventive style fastens all fifteen stories into a compelling collection deserving of the high praise it garnered in the United Kingdom. One surreal story, "Fish," projects a futuristic world populated with fish swimming in the air. As sharks hover in abandoned corners and human zealots...
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The Pillow Book of Sei Shonagon is a fascinating, detailed account of Japanese court life in the eleventh century. Written by a lady of the court at the height of Heian culture, this book enthralls with its lively gossip, witty observations, and subtle impressions. Lady Shonagon was an erstwhile rival of Lady Murasaki, whose novel, The Tale of Genji, fictionalized the elite world Lady Shonagon so eloquently relates. Featuring reflections on royal...
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The narrative revolves around a Hungarian refugee who arrives in America after the 1956 Hungarian Revolution. Young Attila struggles to make sense of life as an adolescent, but also within his family who are neither Hungarian nor American, but who seem to live in a separatist community of Hungarian-Americans bottled up in a historical and political time warp. Caught between two worlds, his past and his present, Attila's conflict comes to a head when...
4) La jaula
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Edmunds Bērzs, un arquitecto de éxito, desaparece repentinamente sin dejar rastro durante el trayecto de regreso a su casa en Riga, después de haber ido a visitar la granja de sus padres. Nadie sabe si se ha fugado voluntariamente o si ha sido víctima de un crimen.
Su mujer, Edīte, se encarga de que se inicien las investigaciones policiales, que enseguida parecen llegar a un punto muerto. No hay señales de Bērzs ni indicios de su paradero,...
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Der Zweite Weltkrieg hat der Chemischen Fabrik am Zürichsee nicht nur wirtschaftlichen Erfolg gebracht. Die Rohstoffe wurden knapp, ein Betriebsausflug aufs Rütli erlitt im Juli 1944 Schiffbruch und die wieder aufblühende Konkurrenz im Ausland bedrohte das Schweizer Unternehmen existentiell. Am Zürichsee beklagen sich Weinbauern lautstark über vergiftete Reben, ein mysteriöser Familienmord rüttelt das Fabrikdorf Rustikon auf. Was haben die...
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What happens to a society when lying becomes as common as breathing and is no longer considered wrong? "Selling Lies" describes such a world where lying has become morally acceptable behavior. This is a tale of political intrigue, daring risks, media deception, legendary romance, and hope for redemption. To mirror society's acceptance of lying, lawmakers have passed the necessary legislation to reflect lying as a new social norm. Now anyone can misrepresent,...
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"I had a real romance with this book." -Miranda July
A highly anticipated collection, from the writer Maggie Nelson has called, "bracingly good…refreshing and welcome," that explores the myriad ways in which desire and commodification intersect.
From graffiti gangs and Grand Theft Auto to sugar daddies, Schopenhauer, and a deadly game of Russian roulette, in these essays, Chelsea Hodson probes her own desires to examine where the physical and...
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This collection, available exclusively in e-book form, brings together the twelve novels (and one novella) of the great Portuguese writer José Saramago, with an introductory essay by Ursula Le Guin. From Saramago's early work, like the enchanting Baltasar & Blimunda and the controversial Gospel According to Jesus Christ, through his masterpiece Blindness and its sequel Seeing, to his later fables of politics, chance, history, and love, like All...
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Cut and Save the Line is a debut novel that sheds light on what it means to be trans when the coming out is off the table.
By the time college acting student Lis meets Ty at a drag bar, she'd spent a lot of time alone in her dorm room watching transition vlogs and contemplating the space between herself and the screen. But Ty is flesh and blood, not just in a video, and he's offering Lis a way into a world that has only ever existed on her laptop.
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10) Crossroads
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Mary Morris's first book, the short story collection Vanishing Animals, was widely nailed by critics as one of the most distinguished recent debuts by a fiction writer. The American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters recognized her achievement with a citation and the coveted Rome Prize in Literature. Here, in her first novel, Mary Morris continues to fulfill her great promise, giving to her readers a compassionate story of good romance and...
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Considerada como una de las grandes obras de la literatura universal, narra cómo Fausto -frustrado por no alcanzar la totalidad de sus conocimientos-, pacta con Mefistófeles, quien le ofrece todo mientras esté en la tierra. Así conoce a Margarita quien queda seducida y embarazada de Fausto. Margarita ahoga a su propio hijo y muere también en los brazos de Fausto. A partir de ahí comienza un sin fin de aventuras, viaja en el tiempo y el espacio:...
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The Stephen King Companion is an authoritative look at horror author King's personal life and professional career, from Carrie to The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
King expert George Beahm, who has published extensively about Maine's main author, is your seasoned guide to the imaginative world of Stephen King, covering his varied and prodigious output: juvenalia, short fiction, limited edition books, bestselling novels, and film adaptations. The book is...
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Primo Levi is best known as a memoirist of Auschwitz, but he was also a scientist, fiction writer, and poet: in short, a Renaissance man. Primo Levi's Universe offers a multi-faceted portrait of the heroic man who turned the concentration camp experience into beautiful yet terrifying literature. Over time, Levi developed an original world-view which he conveyed in his writing. Through careful readings of Levi's works, Sam Magavern finally does justice...
14) Ficciones narrativas sobre la identidad de América Latina en: El caballero de El Dorado y Cosas d
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Es un acercamiento a dos obras de Germán Arciniegas, El caballero de El Dorado y Cosas del pueblo: crónica de la historia vulgar, que analiza la importancia de los recursos empleados por el autor para que las figuras sin nombre, sin voz, invisibles en las historias oficiales pudieran emerger y que la cosmovisión de esos personajes, quehaceres, modos de vivir, formas de pensar, luchas y derrotas fueran recuperados, desde lo que puede denominarse...
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Embers Ignited: A Fury Unbound - A Call to Action Against InjusticeIn the relentless flow of our daily lives, injustices unfold around us. We witness them, some minor, some monumental, yet a disquieting silence often prevails. Embers Ignited: A Fury Unbound shatters this silence, urging readers to confront the apathy that allows wrongs to fester. This potent collection of poems is not just a lament; it's a clarion call to action, a searing indictment...
16) Losing Venice
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Short-listed for the 2019 People's Book Prize"A remarkable novel... only someone who has lived in Venice could write with such vivid detail, clarity and affection about her charms and annoyances."JoAnn Loctov, Dream of VeniceSurrounded by beauty, can you learn to live beautifully?Travel marketing specialist Mark Vandermar leads an itinerant life. Elsewhere is where he calls home, so it's no surprise when he's called to Venice to craft the Venice Tourism...
17) The Kill Lists
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A killer is on the loose in Minnesota, determined to fulfill his kill lists. The police must work with the BCA and FBI to locate and apprehend a psychopath who has been killing for a number of years. As the serial killer escalates the number of kills to add to the lists, it is a race to protect themselves as the police have become a topic on the kill lists. Brent Thompson must find the serial killer before his friends on the force, or his fiancé,...
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En 1978, une vague de révolte écologique secoue les océans, propulsant sur le devant de la scène des acteurs majeurs de ce mouvement à l'échelle mondiale. Dans le même temps, deux inconnus se sauvent la vie sans jamais se rencontrer, amorçant ainsi une correspondance mystérieuse o leurs identités restent soigneusement dissimulées. Leur destin se trouve alors étroitement lié à celui d'un navire qui s'apprête à marquer l'histoire à...
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« Rebondir, rebondir encore, rebondir toujours. Persévérer, persévérer encore, persévérer toujours. Ne jamais rien lâcher. Penser aux autres avant de penser à soi-même, car une vie sans empathie est une vie égoïste et sans saveur. De l'humour, encore de l'humour, toujours de l'humour, même si les "culs serrés" qui vous écoutent ne le comprennent pas et sont bêtement scandalisés. Fuyez comme la peste les incompétents qui s'érigent...
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