This collection of more than one hundred tribal tales, culled from the oral tradition of the Indians of Washington and Oregon, presents the Indians' own stories, told for generations around their fires, of the mountains, lakes, and rivers, and of the creation of the world and the heavens above.
Josh Saville arrives back in the town of his birth a tortured soul, with memories of a bitter feud with his parents and a sister gone too soon etched into his consciousness.
This novel is considered one of the most prominent psychological works created by Andre Maurois, through which he presented a deep exploration of human emotions and their complexities.
Storms postum veröffentlichter Text aus dem Jahr 1888 zählt zu den reichhaltigsten und vielschichtigsten Beispielen des poetischen Realismus im deutschsprachigen Raum und reiht sich ein in die Tradition der tragischen Novellen des 19.
Spätsommer, verregneter Sonntagnachmittag, ein junges Paar in seiner Wohnung:Die beiden jungen Leute nehmen zum Zeitvertreib den I-Ging Kommentar eines längst verstorbenen daoistischen Meisters zur Hand, um das ´Orakelwerk´ versuchsweise mal nach Ideen und Einfällen für eventuelle Geschichten zu ´befragen´.
For fans of dual-timeline, mother-daughter novels like The Paper Palace and Tom Lake, a compelling contemporary novel about a woman's struggle to face her reckless history, with its trail of damage and deception, and her quest for the redemption that might still be possible.
