Septuagenarian Stew is a combination of poetry and stories written by Charles Bukowski that delve into the lives of different people on the backstreets of Los Angeles.
Meine Nachbarn und andere UnkrautvernichterAls Emma Quaadvliegh nach dem Tod ihres Mannes eine Parzelle in einem Kleingartenverein erbt, verliebt sie sich sofort in das gemütliche, etwas chaotische Gartenhaus.
Irene Solàs neuer Roman: Ein wundersamer Hexensabbat, ein wildes Fest der Schwesternschaft Alle Frauen, die in dem abgelegenen Bauernhaus in den Pyrenäen jemals geboren wurden oder gestorben sind, versammeln sich am Todestag der uralten Bernadeta zu einem Fest.
In this masterful collection of short fiction, Joe Hill dissects timeless human struggles in thirteen relentless tales of supernatural suspense, including "e;In The Tall Grass,"e; one of two stories co-written with Stephen King, basis for the terrifying feature film from Netflix.
When Latin American writers burst onto the world literary scene in the now famous "e;Boom"e; of the sixties, it seemed as if an entire literature had invented itself over night out of thin air.
The final, previously unpublished novel by the author of All Quiet on the Western Front - a dreamlike, powerfully moving account of an emigrant's experience of New York during World War II.
Patrick Rothfuss kehrt nach neun Jahren endlich in die Welt der Königsmörder-Chronik zurückDie atemberaubende und stark erweiterte Neufassung der bisher nur in einer Anthologie erschienenen Novelle »Der Blitzbaum«.
For more than sixty years, the imagination of Ray Bradbury has opened doors into remarkable places, ushering us across unexplored territories of the heart and mind while leading us inexorably toward a profound understanding of ourselves and the universe we inhabit.
The award-winning author's "e;gorgeously-crafted second collection of stories"e; explores moments of profound loss, discovery, and transition (Charlotte Observer).
Travel, and the exhilarating experiences it offers us, is the shared concern of these stories, which have been chosen from among the hundreds that have appeared in the prestigious Flannery O'Connor Award for Short Fiction series.
____________________The necromancers Bauchelain and Korbal Broach - scourges of civilization, raisers of the dead, reapers of the souls of the living, devourers of hope, betrayers of faith, slayers of the innocent and modest personifications of evil - have a lot to answer for and answer they will, but first they must lie, murder and cheat their way through three more escapades in some of the more deprived fringes and impoverished communities of the Malazan Empire.
»Monsieur Pain« vereint in sich das Beste von Borges und Poe - ein halluzinatorisches MeisterwerkIm Frühling 1938 wird Monsieur Pain, ein Akupunkteur und Anhänger des Magnetismus in ein Pariser Krankenhaus gerufen.
These eight stories deal with ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances, war and its aftershocks prominent among them, where the reality is often much more surreal than fiction.
Set against the political and social upheavals of the 1960s, A Room Where the Star-Spangled Banner Cannot Be Heard tells the story of Ben Isaac, a blond-haired, blue-eyed American youth living with his father at the American consulate in Yokohama.
First published in 1896, this book contains volume III of "e;Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag"e;, a six-volume collection of classic children's stories by American author Louisa May Alcott (1832 - 1888).
For most of his adult life, the only place he felt at peace was at home in Silver Lake, Ohio with his parents-but after their sudden death, he is left on his own.
Beginning with a brief history and evolution of the short story genre, alongside an overview of the key short story writers, and an explanatory chapter of literary criticism, this book aims to give readers insight into the works by canonical British, Irish, and American authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, James Joyce, Flannery O'Connor, and more.
An outstanding array52 pieces in allof selected fiction from the multiple-award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman, introduced with a foreword by Booker Prize-winning author Marlon JamesSpanning Gaimans career to date, TheNeil Gaiman Reader: Selected Fiction is a captivating collection from one of the worlds most beloved writers.
A bewitching collection of short fiction-haunting and hypnotic meditations on art, movies, literature, and lifeA circus elephant named Topsy was executed at Coney Island in the year 1900 for killing a man.
A thrilling new story collection from acclaimed writer Don Lee exploring Asian American identity, spanning decades and continentsDon Lee is one of those masterful storytellers who is both classic and modern, who can transport you into any setting, with any character.
With beautiful prose and defined characters, England, My England is a collection of ten works of short fiction written by the provocative and controversial author, D.
The four works collected in this volume reveal the fascinating preoccupations of the German Romantic movement, which revelled in the inexplicable, the uncanny and the unknown and, especially, the mysterious world of the fairy tale.
