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And Suddenly the Flowers Withered and Other Stories

Author : João Melo
Publisher : Europa Edizioni
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book And Suddenly the Flowers Withered and Other Stories written by João Melo and published by Europa Edizioni. This book was released on 2023-07-31 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Magical, witty and stunning, João Melo’s stories bring to mind the work of Borges and Ishiguro and some ineffable otherness that is his alone. Discovering his work could be the highlight of a literary career”. Elizabeth McKenzie Catamaran Literary Reader and Chicago Quarterly Review’s editor “Melo’s stories make the banal and everyday dramas of the folk of Luanda extraordinary, and the extraordinary occurrences mundane. Suffused with irony and wit, the messages of these stories contain serious, sometimes tragic underlying truths with which we can all identify. What the Brazilian Machado de Assis did for Rio de Janeiro in the late nineteenth century, João Melo does for his native Luanda in the early twenty-first”. David Brookshaw Emeritus Professor in Luso-Brazilian Studies University of Bristol “Western readers who still assume that African societies haven’t reached modernity would be advised to follow Angolan writer João Melo as he forges his distinctive African postmodernism. These droll, cosmopolitan, self-aware stories, whose narrators are never innocent of the ills of the society they inhabit, shuffle local and universal cultural references in the certain confidence that they are interchangeable”. Stephen Henighan University of Guelph, Ontario Author of The World of After João Melo, born in 1955 in Luanda, Angola, is an author, journalist, and communication consultant. He is a founder of the Angolan Writers Association, and of the Angolan Academy of Literature and Social Sciences. He was professor, advertiser, member of the parliament (1992-2017) and minister (2017-2019). Currently, he lives exclusively from writing, and splits his time between Luanda, Lisbon and Washington, D.C. His works include poetry, novels, articles and essays and have been published in Angola, Portugal, Brazil, Italy, Cuba, Spain and US. A number of his writings had also been translated into French, German, Arabic, and Chinese. Some of his stories and poems translated into English appeared in Words Without Borders, Catamaran Literary Reader, Chicago Quarterly Review, Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine, Olongo Africa, The Shallows Tales Review, Lolwe, A Gathering Together, Iskanchi, Gávea-Brown and Brittle Paper. He was awarded the 2009 Angola Arts and Culture National Prize in literature category.

Lightning Flowers

Author : Katherine E. Standefer
Publisher : Little, Brown Spark
ISBN 13 : 0316450359
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Lightning Flowers written by Katherine E. Standefer and published by Little, Brown Spark. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This "utterly spectacular" book weighs the impact modern medical technology has had on the author's life against the social and environmental costs inevitably incurred by the mining that makes such innovation possible (Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises). What if a lifesaving medical device causes loss of life along its supply chain? That's the question Katherine E. Standefer finds herself asking one night after being suddenly shocked by her implanted cardiac defibrillator. In this gripping, intimate memoir about health, illness, and the invisible reverberating effects of our medical system, Standefer recounts the astonishing true story of the rare diagnosis that upended her rugged life in the mountains of Wyoming and sent her tumbling into a fraught maze of cardiology units, dramatic surgeries, and slow, painful recoveries. As her life increasingly comes to revolve around the internal defibrillator freshly wired into her heart, she becomes consumed with questions about the supply chain that allows such an ostensibly miraculous device to exist. So she sets out to trace its materials back to their roots. From the sterile labs of a medical device manufacturer in southern California to the tantalum and tin mines seized by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to a nickel and cobalt mine carved out of endemic Madagascar jungle, Lightning Flowers takes us on a global reckoning with the social and environmental costs of a technology that promises to be lifesaving but is, in fact, much more complicated. Deeply personal and sharply reported, Lightning Flowers takes a hard look at technological mythos, healthcare, and our cultural relationship to medical technology, raising important questions about our obligations to one another, and the cost of saving one life.

Forget-Her-Nots

Author : Amy Brecount White
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061990590
Total Pages : 390 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (619 download)

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Download or read book Forget-Her-Nots written by Amy Brecount White and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2010-03-02 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Something—some power—is blooming inside Laurel. She can use flowers to do things. Like bringing back lost memories. Or helping her friends ace tests. Or making people fall in love. Laurel suspects her newfound ability has something to do with an ancient family secret, one that her mother meant to share with Laurel when the time was right. But then time ran out. Clues and signs and secret messages seem to be all around Laurel at Avondale School, where her mother had also boarded as a student. Can Laurel piece everything together quickly enough to control her power, which is growing more potent every day? Or will she set the stage for the most lovestruck, infamous prom in the history of the school?

The Dead and Other Stories

Author : James Joyce
Publisher : Broadview Press
ISBN 13 : 1460403304
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The Dead and Other Stories written by James Joyce and published by Broadview Press. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: That James Joyce’s “The Dead” forms an extraordinary conclusion to his collection Dubliners, there can be no doubt. But as many have pointed out, “The Dead” may equally well be read as a novella—arguably, one of the finest novellas ever written. “The Dead,” a “story of public life,” as Joyce categorized it, was written more than a year after Joyce had finished the other stories in the collection, and was meant to redress what he felt was their “unnecessary harsh[ness].” Set on the feast of the epiphany, it is a haunting tale of connection and of alienation, reflecting, in the words of Stanislaus Joyce (James’s brother and confidant), “the nostalgic love of a rejected exile.” The present volume highlights “The Dead” for readers who wish to focus on that great work in a concise volume—and for university courses in which it is not possible to cover all of Dubliners. But it also gives a strong sense of how that story is part of a larger whole. Stories from each of the other sections of Dubliners have been included, and a wide range of background materials is included as well, providing a vivid sense of the literary and historical context out of which the work emerged.

Grandpa was a Cowboy and an Indian and Other Stories

Author : Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803242746
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (427 download)

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Download or read book Grandpa was a Cowboy and an Indian and Other Stories written by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of sixteen short stories by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve.

The Beauty of the Dead and Other Stories

Author : H.E. Bates
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1448215110
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book The Beauty of the Dead and Other Stories written by H.E. Bates and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-03-15 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beauty of the Dead (Jonathan Cape, 1940) featuring fifteen stories, was released to critical acclaim. Pamela Hansford Johnson wrote in John O'London's Weekly that "all have that delicate luminosity by which visions are seen more clearly than in the bright sunlight." 'Old' is a snapshot of an elderly man – no longer appreciated or respected by his children and extended family – during a Sunday tea. He finds a companion in his seven-year-old grand-niece, making animal shapes out of biscuits and eventually falling into a "mesmeric peace" as she brushes his hair. There is a glimpse of Bates's childhood experiences in 'Quartette', written through the eyes of a music director. The story accounts the attraction between two of the singers which the director worries is breaking up the group, yet on their last song he can feel "the passionate quality of their singing transcending the small hot room and the small bewildered minds". Bates had much personal knowledge of choirs and singing through his father, who was a choir director. 'The Bridge' is narrated by a twenty-two-year-old woman while she and her older sister vie for the attention of the same man. The Spectator praised it as "a masterly short story...courageously conceived... thick with symbolism, it is a triumphant display of control." For the first time, this collection features the comic bonus story 'Obadiah'. After a tough, poverty-stricken childhood, Obadiah's scheme to make his fortune begins with a pig. He wanted neither children nor romance, but a partner in business, so when he meets a widow with similar values, he wins her over in what becomes a comic sketch of a bickering couple – a rare and brilliant piece of caricature in Bates's canon. Published in the New Clarion (1933), and not republished since.

The Adventures of Sam Spade and other stories

Author : Dashiell Hammett
Publisher : Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1252 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Adventures of Sam Spade and other stories written by Dashiell Hammett and published by Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing. This book was released on 2021-02-15 with total page 1252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samuel Dashiell Hammett was an American author of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the enduring characters he created are Sam Spade (The Maltese Falcon), Nick and Nora Charles (The Thin Man), and the Continental Op (Red Harvest and The Dain Curse). Also wrote as Peter Collinson, Daghull Hammett, Samuel Dashiell, Mary Jane Hammett. “Time” magazine included Hammett's 1929 novel Red Harvest on its list of the 100 best English-language novels published between 1923 and 2005. His novels and stories also had a significant influence on films, including the genres of private-eye/detective fiction, mystery thrillers, and film-noir. Most popular books: The Maltese Falcon The Thin Man Complete Novels Red Harvest Nightmare Town. Content: 1. Hammett, Dashiell: The Adventures of Sam Spade and other stories 2. Dashiell Hammett: The Dain Curse 3. Dashiell Hammett: The Glass Key 4. Hammett, Dashiell: His Brother's Keeper 5. Dashiell Hammett: The Maltese Falcon 6. Dashiell Hammett: Red Harvest 7. Hammett, Dashiell: They Can Only Hang You Once 8. Dashiell Hammett: The Thin Man

A Divided Heart and Other Stories

Author : Paul Heyse
Publisher : DigiCat
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book A Divided Heart and Other Stories written by Paul Heyse and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-08-16 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "A Divided Heart and Other Stories" by Paul Heyse. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

In the Heart of the Heart of the Country

Author : William H. Gass
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590177916
Total Pages : 274 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book In the Heart of the Heart of the Country written by William H. Gass and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2014-11-04 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1968, In the Heart of the Heart of the Country established William Gass as one of America’s finest and boldest writers of fiction, and nearly fifty years later, the book still stands as a landmark of contemporary fiction. The two novellas and three short stories it contains are all set in the Midwest, and together they offer a mythical reimagining of America’s heartland, with its punishing extremes of heat and cold, its endless spaces and claustrophobic households, its hidden and baffled desires, its lurking threat of violence. Exploring and expanding the limits of the short story, Gass works magic with words, words that are as squirming, regal, and unexpected as the roaches, boys, icicles, neighbors, and neuroses that fill these pages, words that shock, dazzle, illumine, and delight.

The Little Mermaid and Other Stories

Author : Hans Christian Andersen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Little Mermaid and Other Stories written by Hans Christian Andersen and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Costume of the Dead and Other Stories

Author : Eami Mathew
Publisher : Partridge Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1482885530
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (828 download)

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Download or read book Costume of the Dead and Other Stories written by Eami Mathew and published by Partridge Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-03 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Different Indian scenarios expose a vast, unfamiliar lifestyle for non-Indian readers. This is imbibed from a mixed culture, different languages, strange mannerisms and food habits, foreign gods, local festivals, superstitions, and advanced technologies. India has become a land of puzzles to outsiders. Yet this is something worthwhile to look at, as the author says through her stories. Each story in Costume of the Dead and Other Stories is a memoir for a simple person she met with in the distant past or in the recent present. The characters, drawn straight from life, have grown in size and shape as the story proceeds. They establish their place in humanity by sharing the basic human emotions with their fellow beings. Each story stands either as a window opened to the reader to peep in or a door kept ajar to enter inside, if curious. The persistent diversity of stories makes them unique, the simplicity of narration makes them admirable, and the emotional bondage between beloved ones makes them all the more lovable.

Olga Nazimov, and Other Stories

Author : Walter Lionel George
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book Olga Nazimov, and Other Stories written by Walter Lionel George and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Clever Adulteress and Other Stories

Author : Phyllis Granoff
Publisher : Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
ISBN 13 : 9788120811508
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book The Clever Adulteress and Other Stories written by Phyllis Granoff and published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ.. This book was released on 1993 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The stories in this collection span almost one thousand years of story-telling in India. Most originate in North India and all were written by Jain monks for the edification and amusement of the faithful. The treasures of India`s heritage of story-telling are known to us today mainly from these Jain stories which have been carefully preserved through the years. The Stories in The Clever Adulteress have been translated by a renowned group of scholars from India, North America and Europe. Each translator has chosen his or her favorites from the vast treasures of Jain literature.

Peter Schlemihl; And Other Stories

Author : Adelbert von Chamisso
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3368342290
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (683 download)

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Download or read book Peter Schlemihl; And Other Stories written by Adelbert von Chamisso and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2023-03-06 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction of the original.

Subtly Worded and Other Stories

Author : Teffi
Publisher : Pushkin Press
ISBN 13 : 1782277307
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (822 download)

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Download or read book Subtly Worded and Other Stories written by Teffi and published by Pushkin Press. This book was released on 2021-06-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of the finest stories by this female Chekhov, now available in a striking new Pushkin Blues format. Teffi's genius with the short form made her a literary star in pre-revolutionary Russia, beloved by Tsar Nicholas II and Vladimir Lenin alike. These stories, taken from the whole of her career, show the full range of her gifts. Extremely funny-a wry, scathing observer of society-she is also capable, as capable even as Chekhov, of miraculous subtlety and depth of character. There are stories here from her own life (as a child, going to meet Tolstoy to plead for the life of War and Peace's Prince Bolkonsky, or, much later, her strange, charged meetings with the already-legendary Rasputin). There are stories of émigré society, its members held together by mutual repulsion. There are stories of people misunderstanding each other or misrepresenting themselves. And throughout there is a sly, sardonic wit and a deep, compelling intelligence.

The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories

Author : Lord Dunsany
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
ISBN 13 : 1513223941
Total Pages : 69 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (132 download)

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Download or read book The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories written by Lord Dunsany and published by Graphic Arts Books. This book was released on 2022-01-11 with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories (1908) is a short story collection by Lord Dunsany. Published at the beginning of his career, The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories—which features the pantheon of gods first portrayed in The Gods of Pegāna (1905)—would influence such writers as J. R. R. Tolkein, Ursula K. Le Guin, and H. P. Lovecraft. Recognized as a pioneering author of fantasy and science fiction, Dunsany is a man whose work, in the words of Lovecraft, remains “unexcelled in the sorcery of crystalline singing prose, and supreme in the creation of a gorgeous and languorous world of incandescently exotic vision.” “At the end of that avenue was a colossal chariot with three bronze horses driven by the winged figure of Fame, and behind her in the chariot the huge form of Welleran, Merimna's ancient hero, standing with extended sword.” The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories, Dunsany’s third collection of short fiction, contains some of his finest tales of fantasy and adventure. While the people of Merimna sleep soundly, while the guards of the city sing songs and tell stories of the warriors Welleran and Rollory, the tribesmen of the plains below look up in awe, wondering if the day will come when Merimna’s glory fades. Behind the ramparts, a young boy named Rold looks up at the statues of his heroes, hoping to take their place. Dunsany’s tales of high fantasy continue to delight over a century after they first appeared in print. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Lord Dunsany’s The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories is a classic of Irish fantasy fiction reimagined for modern readers.

Katherine Mansfield and Bliss and Other Stories

Author : Enda Duffy
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474477321
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Katherine Mansfield and Bliss and Other Stories written by Enda Duffy and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book celebrates the centennial of Bliss's publication by offering new readings of some of Mansfield's most well-known stories.