Stories spanning over three decades, many previously unpublished, from "e;a keen observer of the outlandish and outrageous in politics and human behavior"e; (Booklist).
';From the absurdly comic to the acutely moving'eleven fearless stories of love, friendship, faith and family under siege (The New York Times Book Review).
Thanksgiving is a time to gather and what better way to bring together the history, stories and poetry surrounding the event than with this keepsake volume.
Set in the ancient Upper Egyptian village of Karnak against the backdrop of the British campaigns in Sudan, the Second World War, and the war in Palestine, The Collar and the Bracelet is the stunning saga of the Bishari family a family ripped apart by the violence of history, the dark conduits of human desire, and the rigid social conventions of village life.
Brooke Biaz's short stories unearth the bonds between individuals and location but also wonder on the underlying connections between people and their sense of belonging.
When Elderly Miss Allie sees her new great-grandbaby for the first time, she discovers a shocking truth about her own past, a truth that causes Miss Allie to sneak away into the woods with the baby -- who, in Miss Allie's memory-addled mind, is only a heavy doll, one she can carry no longer.
Forging documents in an Egyptian government office, a bureaucrat 'authorizes' a police department for a nonexistent city in Upper Egypt in order to siphon off its monthly payroll.
Jessie is tired of dealing with her drunk mother and life in a rough part of town, and when a creepy woman approaches her one morning and advises her to pay attention to Shakespeare's As You Like It in her English class she shrugs off the recommendation.
Presented in the first person, the story is a collection of journal entries written by a woman whose physician husband (John) has rented an old mansion for the summer and the couple moves into the upstairs nursery.
Stories spanning over three decades, many previously unpublished, from "e;a keen observer of the outlandish and outrageous in politics and human behavior"e; (Booklist).
Meet the people who make it all happenthe photographers, chefs, and the writers who have helped orchestrate and document the perfect day for countless couplesas they find their own happy endings in three sweet novellas.
Fierce, poignant and funny, Washing the Dead is a collection of interlinked short stories, where a minor character in one story becomes the main one in another.
Hunter School is a work of fiction consisting of recollections, folklore, and autobiographical stories from the perspective of an aboriginal Taiwanese man aiming to reconnect with his lost tribal identity.
