In this stirring collection of linked stories, Linda LeGarde Grover portrays an Ojibwe community struggling to follow traditional ways of life in the face of a relentlessly changing world.
A woman who cannot leave her house loses everything, her only companion a garrulous radio talk show host; a house fire sets into motion the end of a marriage; a teenage girl cannot extract herself from a doomed relationship with a heroin addict.
In über 100 Prosastücken widmet Jürg Amann sich dem Besonderen genauso wie dem Alltäglichen und stellt so seine Beobachtungsgabe und Einfühlsamkeit wieder einmal unter Beweis.
These captivating short stories portray three major periods in modern Korean history: the forces of colonial modernity during the late 1930s; the postcolonial struggle to rebuild society after four decades of oppression, emasculation, and cultural exile (1945 to 1950); and the attempt to reconstruct a shattered land and a traumatized nation after the Korean War.
Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell's classic book of 8 short stories shows life in Germany during the French Revolution, and in Manchester during the Industrial Revolution.
Named to Kirkus Reviews' Best Story Collections of 2015Featuring the story adapted into the Academy Award nominated film, 45 YEARS"e;I started reading these stories quietly, and then became obsessed, read them all fast, and started re-reading them again and again.
Growing up next door to his Granny's country store in McCracken County, Kentucky, a very young Bob Thompson had unlimited access to the cold-drink box and shelves of candy.
The stories in this collection move from Malaya to America and England, and include some of Maugham's most famous tales; 'Flotsam and Jetsam', the story of an old woman trapped for years in a loveless marriage in the remote rubber plantations; 'The Man with the Scar', and notably the opening story 'The Vessel of Wrath', a tale of the unexpected love that grows between a devout missionary nurse and a drunken reprobate.
John Neal and Nineteenth-Century American Literature and Culture critically reassesses the significance of American novelist, editor, critic, and activist John Neal to the transatlantic literary culture of the nineteenth century.
Winner of FC2's Ronald Sukenick Innovative Fiction Prize A stunning look at the labor of obsession and the industry of self-destruction In her lush, lyrical, and unflinching short fiction debut, JoAnna Novak examines the restless throb of desire amid the rote work of jobs and obligations, from the walk-ins of a New York banquet kitchen to the pier of Venice Beach.
Libertad González, puesta en prisión por un crimen que no revelará inaugura el club de lectura semanal de la biblioteca, leyendo a sus compañeras de prisión de cualquier libro a su alcance, desde Los tres mosqueteros hasta Gu’a Fodor’s de puertos del Caribe.
With his intense, quickfire psychological fiction and consistent portrayal of characters' subconscious minds, Jonah Rosenfeld is a standout among Yiddish authors of the early twentieth century.
First published in 1953, the first five stories in this collection are stories from Ireland, exploring the dark history of the country and the dogged optimism of its people.
Die Geschichten von Breece D'J Pancake, geschrieben in den Siebzigern des letzten Jahrhunderts, entführen uns in die Berge und Täler West Virginias, in spärlich besiedelte Gegenden, hin zu Menschen, die hart arbeiten, rau miteinander umgehen, die trinken, sich prügeln, Opossums jagen und mit ihren alten Autos rücksichtslos durch die Landschaften brettern – und die davon träumen, eines Tages ein besseres Leben zu haben.
Best known for his complex and beautiful novels-regularly compared to those of Thomas Pynchon, William Gaddis, and Don DeLillo-Joseph McElroy is equally at home in the short story, having written numerous pieces over the course of his career that now, collected at last, serve as an ideal introduction to one of the most important contemporary American authors.
Wolf Wondratscheks literarischer Band über das Boxen versammelt – in einer erweiterten Neuausgabe – alles, was der Autor zu diesem Thema geschrieben hat.
A spectacular display of this key European writer's early workThis dazzling collection of stories follows the individual adventures of a varied cast of characters and masterfully illustrates Calvino's unique perspective and narrative gifts.
The stories in Better Than War encompass narratives from a diverse set of Iranian immigrants, many searching for a balance between memories of their homeland and their new American culture.
Short stories from a master of the form, this collection scrapes away superficial assumptions and brings to life a multitude of characters whose concerns have dominated post-1994 South Africa but are in many respects timeless; in particular, they probe the limitations of middle class norms and blinkered identities and grapple with the diverse experiences of the many millions living on the margins of privileged ghettoes.
VIELE "SELTSAME" UND "HIRNRISSIGE" GESCHICHTEN UND EIN THEATERSTÜCK, in dem sogar der Krimistar Tschonnie Tschenett auftauchtPointierte Geschichten, klassische Short-Stories, mit Schwung erzählt, hintergründig, skurril, Geschichten aber auch, die sich Zeit nehmen, dem Menschen schrittweise in seine Abgründe zu folgen, dorthin, wo er zum "Heißen Hund" wird.
In this wholly unpredictable collection of tongue-in-chic short stories, NY Times bestselling author Beth Lisick casts a cool eye on the lost and living dead of offices, nightclubs, shopping malls, and rent-controlled apartments.
"So wenig als möglich sitzen; keinem Gedanken Glauben schenken, der nicht im Freien geboren ist und bei freier Bewegung", formulierte Friedrich Nietzsche und machte so den Zusammenhang zwischen Gehen und Denken deutlich.
The Cantor's Daughter is the compelling new collection from Oregon Book Award Winner and recipient of the GLCA's New Writers Award for 2005, Scott Nadelson.
The boxing stories that inspired the Oscar-winning Clint Eastwood film: a New York Times Notable Book from “a heavyweight fiction contender” (Publishers Weekly).
If We Were Electric's twelve stories celebrate New Orleans in all of its beautiful peculiarities: macabre and magical, muddy and exquisite, sensual and spiritual.
