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Open Doors and Three Novellas

Author : Leonardo Sciascia
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Open Doors and Three Novellas written by Leonardo Sciascia and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1993-11-02 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A miniature masterpiece [by] one of the most distinctive voices in 20th-century European literature.”—The New York Times Book Review From one of modern Italy’s greatest writers come four flawless novellas that combine history and fiction while mapping the treacherous relations between individuals and the state. Whether set amid the paranoia of the fascist past or the criminal and political labyrinths of present-day Italy, the novellas in Open Doors are thrillers of Kafkaesque moral gravity, beautifully written and relentlessly engrossing. “During the last quarter century, Sciascia has made of his curious Sicilian experience a literature that is not quite like anything else ever done by a European.”—Gore Vidal “Sciascia has claimed a niche in the critical pantheon comparable to [that of] Pirandello and Borges.”—Washington Post Book World “Combining fiction, historical meditation, philosophy and intellectual detective work . . . these novels [are] a poignant gleam of the elusive gold standard in literature.”—Newsday “Our century’s most brilliant writer-detective.”—Village Voice

Three Novellas

Author : Thomas Bernhard
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022607420X
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Three Novellas written by Thomas Bernhard and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2022-09-02 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Bernhard is "one of the masters of contemporary European fiction" (George Steiner); "one of the century's most gifted writers" (New York Newsday); "a virtuoso of rancor and rage" (Bookforum). And although he is favorably compared with Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett, and Robert Musil, Thomas Bernhard still remains relatively unknown in America. Uninitiated readers should consider Three Novellas a passport to the absurd, dark, and uncommonly comic world of Bernhard. Two of the three novellas here have never before been published in English, and all of them show an early preoccupation with the themes-illness and madness, isolation, tragic friendships-that would obsess Bernhard throughout his career. Amras, one of his earliest works, tells the story of two brothers, one epileptic, who have survived a family suicide pact and are now living in a ruined tower, struggling with madness, trying either to come fully back to life or finally to die. In Playing Watten, the narrator, a doctor who lost his practice due to morphine abuse, describes a visit paid him by a truck driver who wanted the doctor to return to his habit of playing a game of cards (watten) every Wednesday—a habit that the doctor had interrupted when one of the players killed himself. The last novella, Walking, records the conversations of the narrator and his friend Oehler while they walk, discussing anything that comes to mind but always circling back to their mutual friend Karrer, who has gone irrevocably mad. Perhaps the most overtly philosophical work in Bernhard's highly philosophical oeuvre, Walking provides a penetrating meditation on the impossibility of truly thinking. Three Novellas offers a superb introduction to the fiction of perhaps the greatest unsung hero of twentieth-century literature. Rarely have the words suffocating, intense, and obsessive been meant so positively.

Reaching Through Time

Author : Lurlene McDaniel
Publisher : Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0385734611
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (857 download)

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Download or read book Reaching Through Time written by Lurlene McDaniel and published by Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2011 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three tales of teenagers experiencing the inexplicable.

Three's a Crowd

Author : Sheila O'Flanagan
Publisher : New Island Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 76 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Three's a Crowd written by Sheila O'Flanagan and published by New Island Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What's so funny about playing dung wars? What's so side-splitting about armpit noises? Jane just doesn't get it. But Dragon and Gunther, Jane's fellow knight-in training, think it's all hilarious and are fast becoming the best of friends. Maybe it's time for Jane to ask Jester to give her a crash course on crass humor!

Three Novellas

Author : Joseph Roth
Publisher : Overlook Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Three Novellas written by Joseph Roth and published by Overlook Press. This book was released on 2003-10-28 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Legend of the Holy Drinker" tells the haunting story of a dissolute vagrant who is uplifted for a short time by a series of miracles. Written in the final days of Roth's life, it is a novella of sparkling lucidity and humanity. "Fallmerayer the Stationmaster" and "The Bust of the Emperor" are Roth's most acclaimed works of shorter fiction.

The Diving Pool

Author : Yoko Ogawa
Publisher : Picador
ISBN 13 : 1429924950
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book The Diving Pool written by Yoko Ogawa and published by Picador. This book was released on 2008-01-22 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major English translation of one of contemporary Japan's bestselling and most celebrated authors From Akutagawa Award-winning author Yoko Ogawa comes a haunting trio of novellas about love, fertility, obsession, and how even the most innocent gestures may contain a hairline crack of cruel intent. A lonely teenage girl falls in love with her foster brother as she watches him leap from a high diving board into a pool--a peculiar infatuation that sends unexpected ripples through her life. A young woman records the daily moods of her pregnant sister in a diary, taking meticulous note of a pregnancy that may or may not be a hallucination--but whose hallucination is it, hers or her sister's? A woman nostalgically visits her old college dormitory on the outskirts of Tokyo, a boarding house run by a mysterious triple amputee with one leg. Hauntingly spare, beautiful, and twisted, The Diving Pool is a disquieting and at times darkly humorous collection of novellas about normal people who suddenly discover their own dark possibilities.

We Don't Live Here Anymore

Author : Andre Dubus
Publisher : Crown Publishing Group (NY)
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book We Don't Live Here Anymore written by Andre Dubus and published by Crown Publishing Group (NY). This book was released on 1984 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Seeking Sicily

Author : John Keahey
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0312597053
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Seeking Sicily written by John Keahey and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-11-08 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explores the unique culture of Sicily, discussing its history, archaeology, food, the Mafia, and politics.

Three Doors to Death

Author : Rex Stout
Publisher : Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 24 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Three Doors to Death written by Rex Stout and published by Pioneer Drama Service, Inc.. This book was released on 1947 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Complete Novellas & Short Stories

Author : Arnold Bennett
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 924 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (57 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Novellas & Short Stories written by Arnold Bennett and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Musaicum Books presents to you a meticulously edited short story collection. This ebook has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Table of Contents: Tales of the Five Towns: Part I. At Home His Worship the Goosedriver The Elixir of Youth Mary with the High Hand The Dog A Feud Phantom Tiddy-fol-lol The Idiot Part II. Abroad The Hungarian Rhapsody The Sisters Qita Nocturne at the Majestic Clarice of the Autumn Concerts A Letter Home The Grim Smile of the Five Towns: The Lion's Share Baby's Bath The Silent Brothers The Nineteenth Hat Vera's First Christmas Adventure The Murder of the Mandarin Vera's Second Christmas Adventure The Burglary News of the Engagement Beginning the New Year From One Generation to Another The Death of Simon Fuge In a New Bottle The Matador of the Five Towns: The Matador of the Five Towns Mimi The Supreme Illusion The Letter and the Lie The Glimpse1 Jock-at-a-Venture The Heroism of Thomas Chadwick Under the Clock Three Episodes in the Life of Mr Cowlishaw Dentist Catching the Train The Widow of the Balcony The Cat and Cupid The Fortune Teller The Long-lost Uncle The Tight Hand Why the Clock Stopped Hot Potatoes Half-a-Sovereign The Blue Suit The Tiger and the Baby The Revolver An Unfair Advantage The Woman who Stole Everything A Place in Venice The Toreador Middle-Aged The Umbrella House to Let Claribel Time to Think One of Their Quarrels "What I Have Said I Have Said" Death, Fire, and Life The Epidemic A Very Romantic Affair The Loot of Cities Mr. Penfound's Two Burglars Midnight at the Grand Babylon The Police Station The Adventure of the Prima Donna The Episode in Room 222 Saturday to Monday A Dinner at the Louvre

Contemporary World Fiction

Author : Juris Dilevko
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598849093
Total Pages : 554 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Contemporary World Fiction written by Juris Dilevko and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-03-17 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This much-needed guide to translated literature offers readers the opportunity to hear from, learn about, and perhaps better understand our shrinking world from the perspective of insiders from many cultures and traditions. In a globalized world, knowledge about non-North American societies and cultures is a must. Contemporary World Fiction: A Guide to Literature in Translation provides an overview of the tremendous range and scope of translated world fiction available in English. In so doing, it will help readers get a sense of the vast world beyond North America that is conveyed by fiction titles from dozens of countries and language traditions. Within the guide, approximately 1,000 contemporary non-English-language fiction titles are fully annotated and thousands of others are listed. Organization is primarily by language, as language often reflects cultural cohesion better than national borders or geographies, but also by country and culture. In addition to contemporary titles, each chapter features a brief overview of earlier translated fiction from the group. The guide also provides in-depth bibliographic essays for each chapter that will enable librarians and library users to further explore the literature of numerous languages and cultural traditions.

Shadow and Act

Author : Ralph Ellison
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307797376
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (77 download)

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Download or read book Shadow and Act written by Ralph Ellison and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the same intellectual incisiveness and supple, stylish prose he brought to his classic novel Invisible Man, Ralph Ellison examines his antecedents and in so doing illuminates the literature, music, and culture of both black and white America. His range is virtuosic, encompassing Mark Twain and Richard Wright, Mahalia Jackson and Charlie Parker, The Birth of a Nation and the Dante-esque landscape of Harlem−"the scene and symbol of the Negro's perpetual alienation in the land of his birth." Throughout, he gives us what amounts to an episodic autobiography that traces his formation as a writer as well as the genesis of Invisible Man. On every page, Ellison reveals his idiosyncratic and often contrarian brilliance, his insistence on refuting both black and white stereotypes of what an African American writer should say or be. The result is a book that continues to instruct, delight, and occasionally outrage readers thirty years after it was first published.

Sicily

Author : Sandra Benjamin
Publisher : Steerforth
ISBN 13 : 1586421816
Total Pages : 614 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book Sicily written by Sandra Benjamin and published by Steerforth. This book was released on 2010-04-20 with total page 614 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Take a tour through the Mediterranean’s largest island in this fascinating history of Sicily for armchair travelers, history buffs, and anyone planning their next trip to Italy. PLUS: Includes Sicily travel guide resources like maps, pronunciation keys, and suggestions for further reading! The emigration of people from Sicily often overshadows the importance of the people who immigrated to its shores throughout the centuries. Greeks, Romans, Vandals, Goths, Byzantines, Muslims, Normans, Hohenstaufens, Spaniards, Bourbons, the Savoy Kingdom of Italy—and countless others—have all held sway and left lasting influences on the island’s culture and architecture. Moreover, Sicily’s character has been shaped by what has passed it by. Events that affected Europe, namely the Crusades and Columbus’ discovery of the Americas, had little influence on Italy’s most famous island. A fascinating history of Sicily for the general reader, this book examines how location turned this charming Mediterranean island into the epicenter of major historical conquests, cultures, and more. Complete with maps, biographical notes, suggestions for further reading, a glossary, and pronunciation keys, this is at once a useful travel guide and an informative, entertaining exploration of the island’s remarkable history.

Organized Crime on Page and Screen

Author : David Geherin
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476654743
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)

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Download or read book Organized Crime on Page and Screen written by David Geherin and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2024-10-25 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to writers like Mario Puzo, filmmakers like Francis Ford Coppola and Martin Scorsese, and actors like Al Pacino and James Gandolfini, American and Sicilian Mafia characters are well-known figures in contemporary popular culture. Other powerful organized crime groups appearing in popular media include the Neapolitan Camorra and Mexican drug cartels. This book takes a close look at all these examples of organized crime by examining the different ways these organizations and their members have been portrayed in many of our most popular novels, movies, and TV series, and how the gangster figure has evolved from its earliest depictions in a trio of Hollywood films in the 1930s up to the present day.

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture

Author : Gino Moliterno
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000947556
Total Pages : 1249 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Encyclopedia of Contemporary Italian Culture written by Gino Moliterno and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-06-14 with total page 1249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This rigorously compiled A-Z volume offers rich, readable coverage of the diverse forms of post-1945 Italian culture. With over 900 entries by international contributors, this volume is genuinely interdisciplinary in character, treating traditional political, economic, and legal concerns, with a particular emphasis on neglected areas of popular culture. Entries range from short definitions, histories or biographies to longer overviews covering themes, movements, institutions and personalities, from advertising to fascism, and Pirelli to Zeffirelli. The Encyclopedia aims to inform and inspire both teachers and students in the following fields: *Italian language and literature *Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences *European Studies *Media and Cultural Studies *Business and Management *Art and Design It is extensively cross-referenced, has a thematic contents list and suggestions for further reading.

The Collected Novellas & Short Stories of Anton Chekhov (200+ Titles in Multiple Translations)

Author : Anton Chekhov
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8027201403
Total Pages : 2868 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book The Collected Novellas & Short Stories of Anton Chekhov (200+ Titles in Multiple Translations) written by Anton Chekhov and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-08-07 with total page 2868 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique edition of Anton Chekhov's collected novellas and short stories has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Excerpt: "Life is a vexatious trap; when a thinking man reaches maturity and attains to full consciousness he cannot help feeling that he is in a trap from which there is no escape.”Ward No. Six (1892) Anton Chekhov (1860-1904) was a Russian physician, dramaturge and author who is often referred to as one of the seminal figures in the birth of early modernism in the theatre. He made no apologies for the difficulties he posed to the readers, insisting that the role of an artist was to ask questions, not to answer them. Contents: Living Chattel Joy Bliss At The Barber's Enigmatic Nature Classical Student Matter of Classics Death of A Government Clerk Daughter of Albion Trousseau Inquiry Fat and Thin Tragic Actor Slanderer Bird Market Choristers Album Minds in Ferment Chameleon In The Graveyard Oysters Swedish Match Safety Match The Marshal's Widow Small Fry In an Hotel Boots Nerves Country Cottage Malingerers Fish Horsey Name Gone Astray Huntsman Malefactor Head of the Family Dead Body Cook's Wedding In A Strange Land Overdoing It Old Age Sorrow Oh! The Public Mari D'Elle The Looking-Glass Art A Blunder Children Misery Upheaval Actor's End The Requiem Anyuta Ivan Matveyitch The Witch Story Without an End Joke Agafya Nightmare Grisha Love Easter Eve Ladies Strong Impressions Gentleman Friend Happy Man Privy Councilor Day in the Country At a Summer Villa Panic Fears Chemist's Wife Not Wanted Chorus Girl Schoolmaster Troublesome Visitor Husband Misfortune Pink Stocking Martyrs First-Class Passenger Talent Dependents Jeune Premier In The Dark Trivial Incident Tripping Tongue Trifle from Life Difficult People In the Court Peculiar Man Mire Dreams Hush Excellent People An Incident Orator Work of Art Who Was to Blame? On The Road Vanka Champagne Frost Beggar ...

Van Gogh's Room at Arles

Author : Stanley Elkin
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1453204563
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Van Gogh's Room at Arles written by Stanley Elkin and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2010-10-26 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIV DIVThree witty and poignant novellas from a twentieth-century literary master at the peak of his craftDIV /div/divDIVVan Gogh’s Room at Arles is Stanley Elkin’s second collection of novellas, a razor-sharp exploration of three characters suffering under the weight of intellectual, physical, and social burdens. In the collection’s title story, Elkin writes of an insecure professor’s scholarly retreat with the most accomplished members of his field. “Her Sense of Timing” is a story of a man who, though confined to a wheelchair, attempts to throw a party without the help of his absent wife. And in “Confessions of a Princess Manque,” Elkin writes of the Prince of Wales’s love affair with a common woman in a parody of a sensationalist tabloid story./divDIV /divDIVThis ebook features rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate and from the Stanley Elkin archives at Washington University in St. Louis./div /div