God Dies by the Nile is Saadawi's attempt to square religion with a society in which women are respected as equals; Searching expresses the poignancy of loss and doubt with the hypnotic intensity of a remembered dream; while in The Circling Song, Saadawi pursues the conflicts of sex, class, gender and military violence deep into the psyche.
Neste quinto volume da Colect,nea de Contos Traduzidos pelos vencedores do Concurso de TraduÁ"o Liter·ria, apresentamos o segundo livro de contos da mul- tifacetada escritora Ucraniana Kateryna Babkina.
Life and Other Shortcomings is a collection of linked short stories that takes the reader from New Orleans to New York City to Madrid, and from 1970 to the present day.
As a symbol of the British crown, Commissioner Sanders governs the affairs of Colonial Nigeria, and becomes the target of both internal and external threats.
A portable, family-friendlycollection of some of the most classic and entertainingfunny stories--perfect to share around the campfire Whether read aloud to friends or read alone, this collection will tickle your funny bone in the backcountry.
Jim Tomlinson's previous book of short stories, Things Kept, Things Left Behind, won the prestigious Iowa Short Fiction Award and received enthusiastic reviews.
The very cordial welcome given to my earlier volume of "e;Jewish Fairy Tales and Fables"e; has prompted me to draw further upon Rabbinic lore in the interest, chiefly, of the children.
"e;Sharply intelligent [and] subtly hilarious"e; short fiction by the National Book Award winner, including previously uncollected and unpublished stories (Kirkus Reviews, starred review).
Ijon Tichy, Lem's Candide of the Cosmos, encounters bizarre civilizations and creatures in space that serve to satirize science, the rational mind, theology, and other icons of human pride.
Finalist for the 2015 Giller PrizeFinalist for the 2016 Best Translated Book AwardOne of Quill & Quire’s Books of the Year, 2015A twenty-five-thousand-copy bestseller in Quebec, Arvida, with its stories of innocent young girls and wild beasts, attempted murder and ritual mutilation, haunted houses and road trips heading nowhere, is unforgettable.
An “irresistibly readable” pair of novellas skewering Americans abroad—by the New York Times–bestselling author and National Book Award finalist(The New York Times Book Review).
Asali Solomon's characters are vivid misfits-a heathen at Jesus camp, a scheming prep-school student, a middle-aged mom pining for her salsa-dancing salad days, a scheming twentysomething virgin, a college stud in love with his weight-lifting partner, a lonely girl in love with a yellow dress.
Finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction“The excellent strength [the novellas] share is a gracefulness and dreamlike sonority, reminiscent of writers like Jhumpa Lahiri and W.
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.
“Earthy, thoughtful, funny” stories of love and despair, destiny and dumb luck, by the author of Last Exit to Brooklyn and Requiem for a Dream (Library Journal).
A mysterious case with an anonymous client and a murderous back story, Sherlock Holmes can't resist the temptation of danger in this thrilling short story by Arthur Conan Doyle.
Enter into the worlds of fifteen young women who, despite their vastly different circumstances, seem to negotiate an eerily similar and unavoidably dangerous emotional terrain.
A provocative collection of literary horror stories by one of America's most acclaimed and inventive writers whose unique prose "e;can be soul-shaking"e; (New Yorker).
Shortlisted for the 2011 Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize2011 Scotiabank Giller Prize NomineeLonglisted for the Frank O'Connor Short Story Award"e;Clark Blaises brilliantly imagined The Meagre Tarmac is a novel in short-story form, warmly intimate, startling in its quick jumps and revelations, a portrait of individuals for whom we come to care deeply and a portrait of an Indo-American way of life that shimmers before our eyes with the rich and compelling detail for which Clark Blaises fiction is renowned .
Handsome mechanics, struggling actresses, unhappy couples, and seemingly successful businessmen, Gigolo is an Edna Ferber short story collection that recounts the quiet private lives of everyday Americans.
Agatha Christie created magnificent works of suspense for the theater, and eight of her riveting stage dramas are collected in The Mousetrap and Other Playsincluding the title piece, the longest running play in history, still a smash hit in London's West End after 60 years!
On the bicentennial of Hans Christian Andersen's birth, this collection takes Andersen out of the nursery and places him squarely in the literary pantheon.
This reissue of Grace Paley's classic collection-a finalist for the National Book Award-demonstrates her rich use of language as well as her extraordinary insight into and compassion for her characters, moving from the hilarious to the tragic and back again.
