In the same delectable format as The Matisse Stories, this collection deals with betrayal and loyalty, quests and longings, loneliness and passion - the mysterious absences at the heart of the fullest lives.
1940, der Zweite Weltkrieg wütete in Europa, schrieb George Orwell den Essay ›Im Innern des Wals‹, in dem er die Freiheit des Künstlers, sich von den Problemen der Welt abzuwenden, verteidigte – obwohl er selbst ein eminent politischer Autor war.
The highly anticipated follow-up to Alexander MacLeod's critically acclaimed debut, Animal Person is a wry and perfectly-observed collection of short stories about intimacy, family and the struggle to connectAnimal Person is a collection of startling juxtapositions.
In this darkly comic and surreal collection from celebrated author Alissa Nutting, misfit women scramble for agency in a series of uncanny circumstancesThroughout these breathtakingly creative seventeen stories spread across time, space, and differing planes of reality, we encounter a host of women and girls in a wide range of unusual jobs.
A collection of short stories by Booker Prize winning author Penelope Lively In Pack of Cards Penelope Lively's gifts of acute perception and wry humour are distilled into a unique collection of mesmerizing stories.
The Nazis murdered their husbands but concentration camp prisoners Priska, Rachel, and Anka would not let evil take their unborn children tooa remarkable true story that will appeal to readers of The Lost and The Nazi Officers Wife, Born Survivors celebrates three mothers who defied death to give their children life.
»Melancholisch, einfühlsam und wunderbar geschrieben« Publishers WeeklyDieser Erzählungsband hat Stuart Nadler in den USA Vergleiche mit dem jungen Saul Bellow, mit Nathan Englander und mit John Cheever eingebracht.
ÉMILIE DUBREUIL – La mort de Frantz TremblayCHANTAL FLEURY - MalenaALEXANDRA GILBERT - HenrietteLAURENCE GOUGH - MamanALAIN LABONTÉ – VonetteTRISTAN MALAVOY – Hugo : le dernier chapitreAÏKO SOLOVKINE - LolaALEXANDRE SOUBLIÈRE - DhakiyaSous le regard bienveillant de Véronique Marcotte, leur directrice artistique, ainsi que celui de Marcel Sabourin, leur muse improbable et volubile, huit auteurs et autrices en résidence au studio B-12 à Valcourt ont créé des nouvelles autour d’un thème qu’ils se sont imposés : ÉTRANGERS.
The only story collection from the beloved Jenny Diski—darkly funny, subversive, sexy, and eccentric tales from one of the most original and intelligent voices of our time “Mordant and talon-sharp.
Whole lives come into focus in this rich and diverse collection, as Desai trains her luminous spotlight on private universes from India to Canada and New England, from Cornwall to Mexico.
Worlding America explores the circulation of short narratives in the early Americas through a combination of neglected primary materials and scholarly commentary.
One of Jane Austen's earliest works, Love and Friendship is a sharply satirical novella that pokes fun at the romantic excesses and social pretensions of eighteenth-century upper-class society.
Seventeen tales of untamed spirits in the newly expanded edition of the Spur Award finalist from the "e;custodian of the twilight zone"e; (Southern Living).
When Sarah leaves him - heartbroken by their inability to conceive - Pietro reverts to a younger self, leaving the dishes unwashed, his bed unmade and the post unopened.
