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Memoirs of a Village Boy

Author : Xosé Neira Vilas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789543841189
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of a Village Boy written by Xosé Neira Vilas and published by . This book was released on 2021-12-20 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are three bestsellers of Galician literature: The Carpenter's Pencil by Manuel Rivas, a love story set in the Spanish Civil War; Winter Letters by Agustín Fernández Paz, about a man who decides to find out if a haunted house is really haunted (this title is also available from Small Stations Press); and perhaps most famously of all Memoirs of a Village Boy by Xosé Neira Vilas. This book, according to Wikipedia, is the most published work of Galician literature and has sold 700,000 copies in the Galician language. Now this work is being made available in an English translation by John Rutherford, founder of the Centre for Galician Studies at Oxford University and translator of Don Quixote and La Regenta for Penguin Classics. The book is a diary kept by Balbino, a village boy, 'in other words a nobody'. In the first chapter, he describes the village as 'a mixture of mud and smoke, where the dogs howl and the people die "when God sees fit"'. He would like to see the world, to go over seas and lands he doesn't know. He was born and brought up in the village, but now it feels small, cramped, as if he was living in a beehive. Behind the detailed description of village life, there is a fierce indictment of the iniquities of Galicia's feudal system, which is remarkable in a book first published in 1961, at the height of Franco's rule. Memoirs of a Village Boy paints a picture of the hardships and hard-won joys of life in a Galician village in the middle of the twentieth century, a life that was once common, but is now distant from our technology-dominated lives. It is a book to relish as one is transported by the richness of the language to another place and time.

Village Boy

Author : Anietie Usen
Publisher : Parresia Publishers Limited
ISBN 13 : 9789789831074
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Village Boy written by Anietie Usen and published by Parresia Publishers Limited. This book was released on 2021-04-28 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thrilling, funny, irresistible and full of suspense, Village Boy is not just a real-life saga of a poverty-stricken boy who overcame incredible obstacles and prevailed against all odds. It is the inimitable and absorbing adventure into the village life in southern Nigeria, especially AkwaCross States. For adults, it is a nostalgia to relish. For the younger generation, this is not just a breezy window to the 60s and 7Os, but the veritable binoculars to trace the footsteps of their parents and grandparents, in the proverbial good old days. And for teachers and students in secondary and tertiary institutions, this is a study in creative writing. Unputdownable.

Memoirs of a Boy

Author : Banta Natung
Publisher : FROG BOOKS
ISBN 13 : 9789381836453
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (364 download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of a Boy written by Banta Natung and published by FROG BOOKS. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: iMemoirs of a Boy' is a touching story of a simple village teenager from a small town who comes to the city, to complete his high school and with hopes to find his girl friend. However, that is not an easy task. Yet, he believes that she is waiting for him too. In the city he starts partying, flirting with girls, drinking; all this becomes a habit with him. One day he receives a message from an unknown number that reminds him of his early days. Memories come back; of school days, of his village with its scenic hills, and its innocent villagers. The story takes you through the transition of a village boy; his dreams and first experiences with the Nuns, English, different types of people, and his journey from a simple village boy to the city. In this new city scenario, he faces an entirely different environment; drugs, cigarettes, a fast track life. iMemoirs of a Boy' is a simple story of a teenage boy's many ifirst experiences' on; love, proposal, his first kiss, Valentine's day ... Is the girl he loves really waiting for Him? Will he find his love? Or will he only cherish her memories..."

Memoirs of a Dutch Village Boy

Author : Pieter W Broekharst
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (67 download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of a Dutch Village Boy written by Pieter W Broekharst and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-04-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: MEMOIRS OF A VILLAGE BOY is a life story, but not an entire autobiography. The main character Frederik Brocard talks about his childhood and his friends, and about the neighborhood where he grew up, the neighbors and other local residents. It is a story about everyday events, but also about love and loss, about joy and sadness, amorous encounters, and erotic escapades. It is about his social life then and now and the return to his native village after years of residence in France. He finds new neighbors and new friends and feels like the village boy of yesteryear again. It is a mixture of factual experiences with a nod to the truth, and events that originated entirely from the author's brain. What is autobiographical is a question to which the answer will remain shrouded in darkness. Fact and fantasy, always with a quip, are connected to each other. It is a story about a life as a life could have been.

A Long Way Gone

Author : Ishmael Beah
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374105235
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (741 download)

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Download or read book A Long Way Gone written by Ishmael Beah and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2007-02-13 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: My new friends have begun to suspect I haven’t told them the full story of my life. “Why did you leave Sierra Leone?” “Because there is a war.” “You mean, you saw people running around with guns and shooting each other?” “Yes, all the time.” “Cool.” I smile a little. “You should tell us about it sometime.” “Yes, sometime.” This is how wars are fought now: by children, hopped-up on drugs and wielding AK-47s. Children have become soldiers of choice. In the more than fifty conflicts going on worldwide, it is estimated that there are some 300,000 child soldiers. Ishmael Beah used to be one of them. What is war like through the eyes of a child soldier? How does one become a killer? How does one stop? Child soldiers have been profiled by journalists, and novelists have struggled to imagine their lives. But until now, there has not been a first-person account from someone who came through this hell and survived. In A Long Way Gone, Beah, now twenty-five years old, tells a riveting story: how at the age of twelve, he fled attacking rebels and wandered a land rendered unrecognizable by violence. By thirteen, he’d been picked up by the government army, and Beah, at heart a gentle boy, found that he was capable of truly terrible acts. This is a rare and mesmerizing account, told with real literary force and heartbreaking honesty.

Kafka Was the Rage

Author : Anatole Broyard
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0679781269
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (797 download)

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Download or read book Kafka Was the Rage written by Anatole Broyard and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1997-06-24 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What Hemingway's A Moveable Feast did for Paris in the 1920s, this charming yet undeceivable memoir does for Greenwich Village in the late 1940s. In 1946, Anatole Broyard was a dapper, earnest, fledgling avant-gardist, intoxicated by books, sex, and the neighborhood that offered both in such abundance. Stylish written, mercurially witty, imbued with insights that are both affectionate and astringent, this memoir offers an indelible portrait of a lost bohemia. We see Broyard setting up his used bookstore on Cornelia Street—indulging in a dream that was for him as romantic as “living off the land or sailing around the world” while exercizing his libido with a protegee of Anais Nin and taking courses at the New School, where he deliberates on “the new trends in art, sex, and psychosis.” Along the way he encounters Delmore Schwartz, Caitlin and Dylan Thomas, William Gaddis, and other writers at the start of their careers. Written with insight and mercurial wit, Kafka Was the Rage elegantly captures a moment and place and pays homage to a lost bohemia as it was experienced by a young writer eager to find not only his voice but also his place in a very special part of the world.

Diary of A Village Boy

Author : Kevin James
Publisher : Memoirs Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1909544957
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Diary of A Village Boy written by Kevin James and published by Memoirs Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kevin James was brought up in a humble home in rural Somerset in the 1950s, the son of a rabbit catcher and a farm labourer’s daughter. Despite poor health he soon learned how to fend for himself and make a bob or two by cutting the grass and doing odd jobs for wealthier neighbours. As he grew older he became something of a tearaway who had more than his fair share of scrapes in pubs and on motor bikes, but in later years he set up a successful metal fabrication company, making enough cash to buy a share in a winning racehorse. Kevin never forgot the difficult years he had grown through, years he remembers vividly for the music and the news that was current at the time. In this unusual autobiography he matches up the chapters of his life story and a string of anecdotes from the times with the news headlines and top ten hits of each of the key years of his life.

The Bud from the Rocks

Author : Edwin Omari Mokaya Prof
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (254 download)

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Download or read book The Bud from the Rocks written by Edwin Omari Mokaya Prof and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-05-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There was a point in my life's journey when it looked as though all hope had been lost, and there I stood, a small boy in a world that seemed cruel and merciless, surrounded by the ruins of my hopes and dreams. It was a period when I could not foresee the possibility of rising from the depths of hopelessness to the heights of inspiration. It was a time when my life resembled a bud struggling to sprout from the unlikeliest of rocks. Yet, here I stand, the author of "The Bud from the Rocks," a living testament to the resilience of the human spirit. This book is not just a story; it is a chronicle of my journey, from homelessness and despair to becoming an internationally acclaimed teacher, a published author, and a motivational speaker. It is a reminder that, in the face of adversity, one can rise, not despite the challenges but because of them. Within these pages, you will embark on a transformative voyage with me. You will witness the moments of heartbreak and despair, the trials that tested the very essence of my being. But more importantly, you will share in the triumphs, both big and small, that transformed me from a village boy who knew nothing of the world to an educator who imparts knowledge with love. You will witness the extraordinary power of faith, determination, and the unwavering support of those who believed in me. "The Bud from the Rocks" is a must-read for anyone who has faced adversity, for everyone who has contemplated giving up, or who believes that the obstacles before them are insurmountable. It is a reminder that, like a bud rising from the unlikeliest of rocks, limitations are mere figments of our imagination. It is a testament to the fact that, even in the darkest of times, God's divine grace is our beacon of hope. I invite you to turn the pages of "The Bud from the Rocks" and join me on this incredible journey. May you find solace, inspiration, and the unwavering belief that, with faith and resilience, even the unlikeliest of buds can sprout from the rocks. EDWIN OMARI MOKAYA-PROFESSOR

Diary of A Village Boy

Author : Kevin James
Publisher : Memoirs Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1909544965
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Diary of A Village Boy written by Kevin James and published by Memoirs Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-01 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kevin James was brought up in a humble home in rural Somerset in the 1950s, the son of a rabbit catcher and a farm labourer’s daughter. Despite poor health he soon learned how to fend for himself and make a bob or two by cutting the grass and doing odd jobs for wealthier neighbours. As he grew older he became something of a tearaway who had more than his fair share of scrapes in pubs and on motor bikes, but in later years he set up a successful metal fabrication company, making enough cash to buy a share in a winning racehorse. Kevin never forgot the difficult years he had grown through, years he remembers vividly for the music and the news that was current at the time. In this unusual autobiography he matches up the chapters of his life story and a string of anecdotes from the times with the news headlines and top ten hits of each of the key years of his life.

Orphan Boys - It Takes a Village to Raise a Child

Author : Phil Mews
Publisher : Kings Road Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1786069083
Total Pages : 299 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Orphan Boys - It Takes a Village to Raise a Child written by Phil Mews and published by Kings Road Publishing. This book was released on 2018-07-26 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1976, the hottest summer for a generation and life was perfect for the two young brothers Philip and Roger. They lived an idyllic life on a farm in the picturesque dales of the north of England. With their days spent on the farm, playing on Tarzan swings, building dens and swimming outdoors, their perfect existence was plunged into darkness when tragedy struck the family. Within a ten-week period, the boys lost their parents and were left as orphans. This is the story of Philip and his brother Roger, how their grandparents stepped in to bring them up and how a family and community came together to deal with the consequences that the devastation of death had left behind. Orphan Boys is not a misery memoir. It is a story full of love, strength and hope - an uplifting tale of a family's survival and how they faced the huge challenges that life threw at them.

Lost Property

Author : Ben Sonnenberg
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1681374234
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (813 download)

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Download or read book Lost Property written by Ben Sonnenberg and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2020-06-16 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A smart and hilarious memoir of privilege and excess told by the son of a powerful, seductive member of the New York elite. Ben Sonnenberg grew up in the great house on Gramercy Park in New York City that his father, the inventor of modern public relations and the owner of a fine collection of art, built to celebrate his rise from the poverty of the Jewish Lower East Side to a life of riches and power. His son could have what he wanted, except perhaps what he wanted most: to get away. Lost Property, a book of memoirs and confessions, is a tale of youthful riot and rebellion. Sonnenberg recounts his aesthetic, sexual, and political education, and a sometimes absurd flight into “anarchy and sabotage,” in which he reports to both the CIA and East German intelligence during the Cold War and, cultivating a dandy’s nonchalance, pursues a life of sexual adventure in 1960s London and New York. The cast of characters includes Orson Welles, Glenn Gould, and Sylvia Plath; among the subjects are marriage, children, infidelity, debt, divorce, literature, and multiple sclerosis. The end is surprisingly happy.

The African Village Boy

Author : Alwell Chikwe Boms
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781540600844
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The African Village Boy written by Alwell Chikwe Boms and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book tells the true story of the life and times of an African nuclear family whose breadwinner, their father, was caught between sickness and war. His death leaves all the responsibility of care for his children to his helpless wife. Determined to raise her family, the poor widow is left amid that task and the task of preserving a little inheritance for her only son. Not giving up on their dreams the woman and her son faced life squarely, even when the youngest of her four children was only a few months old and the eldest eight. This seemed like the proverbial tale of a man pursuing a shadow. Was she able to surmount these herculean tasks? Did her only son live up to his many lofty dreams? This book is a must read for people of all ages, backgrounds and cultures and will be of particular benefit for students of African History and related courses. Once started this book which is the author's first novel cannot be put down until finished! His second novel is titled 'Amaka, the child of fate'.

In His Hands

Author : Biyi Afonja
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789785631753
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (317 download)

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Download or read book In His Hands written by Biyi Afonja and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Kunle the Village Boy

Author : Babatunde Solarin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789781429477
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (294 download)

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Download or read book Kunle the Village Boy written by Babatunde Solarin and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Kunle, who lives in the village with his parents, is happy about the simple way of life there. He especially enjoys the time he spends with his friends and the adventures he gets from the colourful yearly festivals."--

A Child From the Village

Author : Sayyid Qutb
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
ISBN 13 : 0815608071
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (156 download)

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Download or read book A Child From the Village written by Sayyid Qutb and published by Syracuse University Press. This book was released on 2015-02-01 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Well known throughout the Islamic world as the foundational thinker for a significant portion of the contemporary Muslim intelligentsia, Sayyid Qutb (1906–1966) was a member of the Muslim Brotherhood and was jailed by Gamal Abdul Nasser’s government in 1954. He became one of the most uncompromising voices of the movement we now call Islamism and is perhaps best known for his book, Ma`lam fi al-tariq. A Child from the Village was written just prior to Qutb’s conversion to the Islamist cause and reflects his concerns for social justice. Interst in Qutb’s writing has increased in the West since Islamism has emerged as a power on the world scene. In this memoir, Qutb recalls his childhood in the village of Musha in Upper Egypt. He chronicles the period between 1912 and 1918, a time immensely influential in the creation of modern Egypt. Written with much tenderness toward childhood memories, it has become a classic in modern Arabic autobiography. Qutb offers a clear picture of Egyptian village life in the early twentieth century, its customs and lore, educational system, religious festivals, relations with the central government, and the struggle to modernize and retain its identity. Translators John Calvert and William Shepard capture the beauty and intensity of Qutb’s prose.

It Takes a Village

Author : Hillary Rodham Clinton
Publisher : Pocket Books
ISBN 13 : 9781847390561
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book It Takes a Village written by Hillary Rodham Clinton and published by Pocket Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on her experiences as daughter, mother, public servant, and longtime child advocate, as well as on her observations of children and families across the country and around the world, Mrs. Clinton reflects on the needs of children and the possibilities the children themselves suggest for rekindling a better family and community life in today's world. Abridged. 5 CDs.

Memoirs of a Peasant Boy

Author : Xosé Neira Vilas
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1490720723
Total Pages : 119 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (97 download)

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Download or read book Memoirs of a Peasant Boy written by Xosé Neira Vilas and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2006-01-18 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balbino,"a boy from a village", a "nobody" who writes a notebook about everything that happens to him within the repressed and stifling society of Galicia in the thirties and forties. He tells of the moral and social atmosphere that prevails asking and answering questions and details the most elemental social struggle. There is also however the story of a true but impossible love. This book was first printed in Argentina in 1961 and became one of the most successful Galician books published. It has a lyrical style that immediately evokes sights and sounds of this part of Spain. The author Xos Neira Vilas writes from his experiences of the era and the lifestyle of boys growing up in that society and provides a rich insight to life of the peasant boy "Balbino".