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Dedicated with affection to all those (and there are many) who have given their love to someone and had to contend with their illness, even though they knew that they have no chance of winning; and to those who had to coexist with a love like this. "Over twenty years ago a girl I loved like myself asked me to leave her forever because of her poor health, and not to contact her again. I agreed, with death in my heart, and intending it only as an act...
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Hallar un tesoro, hurgar en el pasado, revelar un secreto, iniciar un viaje a lo inesperado. Desde la primera venta de garage que organizó Ernestina Hi, Valeria fue atesorando en su memoria relatos, momentos, imágenes, gestos. No solo estuvo atenta a la increíble variedad de elementos que tenía que etiquetar y vender, sino que fue capturando en su memoria historias que, de alguna manera, contienen algo que todos compartimos: un abanico de emociones....
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In these selections from twenty years of her best short fiction, Edna O'Brien's A Fanatic Heart pulls the reader into a woman's experience.
Her stories portray a young Irish girl's view of obsessive love and its often wrenching pain, while tales of contemporary life show women who open themselves to sexuality, to disappointment, to madness. Throughout, there is always O'Brien's voice-wondrous, despairing, moving-examining passionate subjects that...
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Sí, cuando vieron la sombra en el poste de luz, todos dijeron: "Es el rostro de Cristo". La esquina ya no volvió a ser la misma. La ciudad se revolucionó.
Y ni hablar cuando se supo que Maradona había estado en una casona de Corrientes escuchando chamamé. Cuentan que en medio de la tertulia se tomó el atrevimiento de decirle no a un inoportuno llamado de Putín.
Ídolos de hoy y de siempre, como Luis Miguel y su Tour Argentina 2023… ¿Cuántos...
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From one of our most imaginative and inventive writers, a crystalline collection of perfectly modulated, sometimes harrowing and often hilarious investigations into the multifaceted ways in which human beings perceive each other and themselves. A couple suspects their friends think them boring; a woman resolves to see herself as nothing but then concludes she's set too high a goal; and a funeral home receives a letter rebuking it for linguistic errors....
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If you find yourself as a main character in any of these stories, you are only human.If you don't, you are in denial.This intriguing and powerful collection of prose reflects on the many complex facets of the human experience. The diverse narratives, perspectives, and characters in the stories touch on a number of experiences and emotions that everyone will relate to at one point or another in their lives, which is what makes the stories so captivating....
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Siguiendo la estructura musical del réquiem, Javier Sáez de Ibarra nos sorprende con la composición de un libro de cuentos como notas a veces discordantes y otras, armónicas que dejan su temblor en la atmósfera. La riqueza de sus partes e himnos se transforman en una mirada sobre nuestros comportamientos: los malentendidos, la mezquindad, el rencor, los prejuicios, la disociación íntima, la violencia como también la generosidad, el amor o...
8) Moving Parts
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In a pink-walled motel, a teenage prostitute brings a grown man to tears. A lovestruck young boy holds the dismembered hand of his crush, only to find himself the object of a complex ménage à trois. A naked body falls from the window of a twenty-storey building, while two female office workers offer each other consolation in the elevator…
In these wry and unsettling stories, Prabda Yoon once again illuminates something of the strangeness of modern...
9) Smorgasbord
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A retired Sergeant Major builds a cabin for his wife, missing and unwanted dogs become members of loving families, and a Big Brothers Big Sisters volunteer takes a dozen needy children on a fishing trip. Memories of attending family funerals, and the physical and financial pains involved in undergoing jaw surgery. A customer service manager jeopardizes his job and his life all because too many of his personal buttons are pushed. Two young lovers try...
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This collection of stories weaves together themes of faith, humour, the rawness of life, and the depths of tragedy. Each narrative poses a thought-provoking question that lingers in the mind: Can certain mysteries ever be truly answered?
One story unfolds with two letters bearing the words, 'We can put this behind us,' leading us to ponder whether the characters truly can move past their shared history. Another tale delves into the emotional turmoil...
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Life is full of unexpected twists, but how do ordinary people like us handle these pivotal moments? This insightful book delves into the myriad choices we face: those thrust upon us, made subconsciously or where the right path is shrouded in uncertainty. It's a reflection on the signs that guide us – those we heed and those we overlook – and a meditation on the intricacies of human nature encompassing frustration, joy, growth, and the subtle progression...
12) A Kind of Cousin
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A Kind of Cousin is a daring collection of short stories by Suenel Bruwer-Holloway that whisks readers on a journey through the raw and unapologetic facets of human experience. Like a fresh breeze, blowing irreverently through old taboos, sweeping away the cobwebs of political correctness, Holloway shatters the confines of political correctness, delving into the resilient and complex spirit that pulses through her homeland, a place of beauty, sorrow,...
13) Life's Touch
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This book is a collection of short stories, where each story unveils a unique tapestry of global celebrations. Experience the mythical allure of the world's cultural richness and joyous revelry within the pages of this anthology. From the cherished traditions of well-known festivals to the hidden gems of lesser-known commemorations, each narrative paints a vivid portrait of the cultural significance and human experience that define these occasions....
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Frank O'Connor, considerado por autores como William B. Yeats, Julian Barnes o Richard Ford como el Chéjov irlandés, analiza las realidades dispares que conforman aquel país, católico y timorato, y, al mismo tiempo, cuna de algunos de los mejores autores de la literatura universal. En Huéspedes de la nación y otros relatos, O'Connor nos presenta soldados de bandos opuestos, niños que cargan con la culpa de la religión y la moral, familias...
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Here are retellings of the fanciful fables told by night on clipper ships-exciting yarns, full of the lore, superstitions, and everyday life of sailors at sea. Stories such as these were spun around the forecastle by lantern light on the long, languid summer nights.
C. Fox Smith brings this historical period vividly to life with these six great 19th Century sea stories. Introduction by David Lefferts Cannon.
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A collection of the published writings (so far!) from author Josh Karaczewski, including the Pushcart Prize nominated titular story. Through mostly short stories, you will meet a homecoming warrior defeated by housework (ouch!), a lonely debut author impatient for recognition (imagine that!), a son losing a boyfriend because of his mother (imagine that!), boys doing boy stuff (no batteries required!), a man who is awakened into a new title (enjoy...
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Behind Enemy Lines is a collection of stories about ordinary people and anti-heroes dragged into a search for meaning in their lives – whether it is a simple search for identity and love, or a bigger struggle for Africa's political freedom. The canvas of their actions, motivations and circumstances is a Zimbabwe of the past, present and future. Humorous, acerbic, funny and tragic, the stories cover the whole gamut of emotions."A lovely little collection...
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The thirty-four stories in this seminal collection powerfully display what have become Lydia Davis's trademarks-dexterity, brevity, understatement, and surprise.
Although the certainty of her prose suggests a world of almost clinical reason and clarity, her characters show us that life, thought, and language are full of disorder. Break It Down is Davis at her best. In the words of Jonathan Franzen, she is "a magician of self-consciousness."
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One man moves into a single-room home, only to uncover a labyrinth of metaphor. Another possesses a cryonic chamber which enables his wife to adopt a vacationing approach towards existence. A third is troubled by his brother's attempts to discern the patterns of a dead language from out of a Ouija board's gibberish. A fourth attempts to write his own biography, ignoring his own perspective and relying solely on the testimonies of second and third-party...
20) Leyendas
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Incluimos las diecisiete leyendas publicadas entre 1858 y 1865. Estas narraciones tienen un carácter íntimo que evoca el pasado histórico y se caracterizan por una acción verosímil con una introducción de elementos fantásticos o insólitos. La temática y localización es muy diversa; Maese Pérez, el organista narra los misteriosos sonidos que emite el órgano de la Catedral en Sevilla, tras la muerte del organista, El Cristo de la calavera,...
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