Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

LONGLISTED FOR THE DSC PRIZE FOR SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE 2018'Easily the most original and formally inventive novel to come out of India in years.

A hilarious assortment of the weirdest and wackiest tales ever to come out of the classroom - and they're all true.

Catch 22, Cather in the Rye, To Kill a Mocking Bird and Native Son- this guide deals with the themes, genre and narrative techniques of these four classic American novels, with an emphasis on providing a rich source of ideas for intelligent and inventive ways of approaching the novels.

Este libro contiene la investigación de una vida conmovedora por sus peripecias y por su dramaticidad; también el análisis de una obra que otorgó a la literatura y a la lengua inglesa nuevas formas de expresión.

'the only true knowledge of our fellow-man is that which enables us to feel with him' George Eliot's first published work consisted of three short novellas: 'The Sad Fortunes of the Reverend Amos Barton', 'Mr Gilfil's Love-Story', and 'Janet's Repentance'.

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In Vintage Living Texts, teachers, students and any lover of literature will find the essential guide to the major works of Roddy Doyle.

Ullis went to the bathroom and carefully unfolded the business card and placed it on the sink.

Why should one half be free to live, while the other is doomed to watch silently from the sidelines?

There are some things which cannot be learned quickly, and time, which is all we have, must be paid heavily for their acquiring.

From the backstreets of Buenos Aires to Parisian high society, this is the extraordinary story of the dance that captivated the world - a tale of politics and passion, immigration and romance.

This is the never-before-told story of George Orwell's first wife, Eileen, a woman who shaped, supported, and even saved the life of one of the twentieth century's greatest writers.

This revised and updated examination of how J.

A collection of three medieval English poems, translated by Tolkien for the modern-day reader and containing romance, tragedy, love, sex and honour.

The complete collection of Tolkien's essays, including two on Beowulf, which span three decades beginning six years before The Hobbit to five years after The Lord of the Rings.

Agatha Christie's 'most absorbing mystery' - her own autobiography.

James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) se considera el primer gran novelista norteamericano de fama internacional gracias a sus historias de aventuras, en especial 'El último de los mohicanos'.

Le Douanier Rousseau (Henri Rousseau)(Laval, 1844 – Paris, 1910)Les galeries marchandes à Paris fleurissant, on créa en 1884, le Salon des Indépendants.

'I am making up "e;To the Lighthouse"e; - the sea is to be heard all through it'Inspired by the lost bliss of her childhood summers in Cornwall, Virginia Woolf produced one of the masterworks of English literature in To the Lighthouse.

La alimentación vegana, equilibrada, es tan saludable como la alimentación tradicional, incluso es más beneficiosa.

Israel Armstrong, one of literature's most unlikely detectives, returns for more crime solving adventure in this hilarious second novel from 'The Mobile Library' series.

The fantastic new edition of the bestselling second novel from the author of 'Miss Garnet's Angel'.

Un corazón sencillo es un relato de gran profundidad.

A young, inexperienced governess is charged with the care of Miles and Flora, two small children abandoned by their uncle at his grand country house.

"Hubo una época en la que los afectos primaban por sobre los argumentos.

Literatur verstehen und interpretierenFriedrich Dürrenmatts erster Kriminalroman Der Richter und sein Henker (1952) erzählt die Geschichte eines Mordes und der verwickelten Ermittlungen zu seiner Aufklärung, doch geht das Geschehen weit über traditionelle Vorstellungen bezüglich des kriminalistischen Genres hinaus.

Sostiene Ana Urkiza que el sistema literario vasco, en permanente esfuerzo por ofrecer una imagen de modernidad, no ha alcanzado aún la madurez.

La configuracion del pasado, permanentemente en cuestion, entrana una disputa politica que nunca se limita a este, sino que atane tambien a como nos situamos ante el futuro.

Fortsetzung von »Ungeteerte Straßen - Eine Kindheit in Frankreich«In lyrischer Prosa erzählt Scappini Szenen aus der frühen Jugend und Pubertät des jungen Franzosen Pascal.

'I made him know his Name should be Friday, which was the Day I sav'd his Life.

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*The long-awaited return of the comedy national treasure*Blockbusters, Baywatch .

Enemigos públicos plantea una relectura del nadaísmo a partir de documentación que hasta ahora no había sido explorada, para señalar su incidencia tanto en los debates literarios y en la legitimación de una nueva poética, como en las repercusiones culturales de su permanente exteriorización.

«Wenn ich mit Sprache zu tun habe, bin ich beschäftigt mit der Verwaltung des Nichts.

A través de sus cuentos basados en hechos históricos, Antonia Cortijos describe con maestría la intriga, la pasión, los celos y las mezquindades humanas.

From one of Britain's best-loved literary novelists comes a magical, lyrical tale of the young orphan Silver, taken in by the ancient lighthousekeeper Mr.

Cultura y literatura en los cuentos de Gabriel García Márquez reúne seis ensayos sobre diferentes aspectos del género en que se reveló la genial escritura del nobel colombiano.

'Once upon a time and a very good time it was there was a moocow coming down along the road and this moocow that was coming down along the road met a nicens little boy named baby tuckoo 'So begins one of the most significant literary works of the twentieth century, and one of the most innovative.

Sowohl die antike als auch die moderne Literatur kennen das Thema Flucht in den Variationen des Exils, der Massenvertreibung und des Versuchs, aus einer psychischen oder materiellen Notsituation zu entkommen.

'Thou and thine, Hester Prynne, belong to me.

"Lecciones del ayer para el presente" es una antología de escritos que responden a diferentes momentos de la vida política española de la que Benito Pérez Galdós fue o bien actor o bien testigo de excepción.

Literatur verstehen und interpretierenGeorg Büchners 1839 postum veröffentlichtes, nicht abschließend überarbeitetes Erzählfragment Lenz zeichnet den Weg des Sturm-und-Drang-Autors Jakob Michael Reinhold Lenz (1751-1792) vom kurzen Aufenthalt bei dem elsässischen Pfarrer Johann Friedrich Oberlin (1740-1826) im Januar/Februar 1778 bis zum Abtransport nach Straßburg nach.

En las ultimas decadas se ha producido en America Latina una irrupcion masiva de nuevos autores que han encontrado una favorable acogida, un espacio propicio de reconocimiento.

Literatur verstehen und interpretierenThomas Manns weltberühmte Novelle Der Tod in Venedig (1912) schildert den rauschhaften Anfang und das unentrinnbare Ende einer 'verbotenen' Liebe.

Le Douanier Rousseau (Henri Rousseau)(Laval, 1844 – Paris, 1910)Les galeries marchandes à Paris fleurissant, on créa en 1884, le Salon des Indépendants.

A scholarly edition of a work by Charles Dickens.

`Other works may excel this in depth of thought and knowledge of human nature: other books may rival it in originality and size; but, for hopeless and incurable vivacity, nothing yet discovered can surpass it.

New Grub Street George Gissing - New Grub Street is a novel by George Gissing published in 1891, which is set in the literary and journalistic circles of 1880s London.

'I am making up "e;To the Lighthouse"e; - the sea is to be heard all through it'Inspired by the lost bliss of her childhood summers in Cornwall, Virginia Woolf produced one of the masterworks of English literature in To the Lighthouse.

Este estudio es una aplicacion de la teoria de la transculturacion narrativa de Angel Rama a la obra literaria de Gabriel Garcia Marquez.

'I, who would wish to feel close over me the protective waves of the ordinary, catch with the tail of my eye some far horizon.