Fiction: special features

Kafka Tamura runs away from home at fifteen, under the shadow of his father's dark prophesy.

"e;Half ingenuous and half wily, winningly hard to pin down.

In the Lovecraftian universe there exists many terrible and horrifying things, from extraterrestrial gods and ancient secrets to zealous cults, supernatural beasts and beyond.

American Indian Stories (1921) is a collection of stories and essays from Yankton Dakota writer Zitkala-Sa.

Jennifer Sahary, an American artist, and her husband Karim, a professor and Iranian immigrant, make an extended visit to Teheran shortly after the Iran-Iraq War, encountering unforeseen dangers and sexual temptations that change the course of their lives.

When David Herronoverwhelmed and despairing, his familys business and finances in ruin due to the bursting lending bubble of 2008takes his own life one chilly spring morning, he has no idea the ripple effect his decision will set into motion.

Havanna im Ausnahmezustand: Der historische Besuch Obamas und das legendäre Rolling-Stones-Konzert stehen kurz bevor.

On a Clear April Morning, by Marcos Iolovitch, is a lyrical and riveting coming of age story set among early twentieth-century settlers brought to an almost unknown Jewish farming experiment in an isolated corner of Brazil.

Children travel across generations and across time: yesterday to the present.

Die erste Liebe ist unvergesslich.

This early work by Sherwood Anderson was originally published in 1921 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

A young poet's relationship with a predatory professor is explored through a diary, a play, and a novella dealing with themes of grief, trauma, and desire.

This is a collection of short stories by American author B.

»Besser kann man die 60er-Jahre nicht zusammenfassen.

The country estate, masters and servants, mystery and intrigue, sex and money.

Unsafe Attachments explores the relationships of a loosely interlinked group of Londoners.

The Valley of the Moon (1913) is a novel by American writer Jack London.

**A Guardian book to look out for in 2024**'An exceptional book: a meditation on family; an interrogation of movement and borders; a reflection on how someone can become separated from their own personal history; and an argument that it is never too late to reconnect with what was lost' SALLY HAYDEN'A compelling story from a gifted storyteller In a moment where refugees are often talked about but rarely heard from, her voice breaks through' GARY YOUNGEA staggering investigation into the costs and consequences of displacement, from a young woman uniquely placed to explore the refugee experience and its aftershocksIn 2015, Aamna Mohdin travelled to Calais to report from the frontlines of the refugee crisis.

First published in 1911, "e;In a German Pension"e; is a collection of short stories by the writer Katherine Mansfield.

Die gottverlassene Provinzstadt Ostrog wird von einer Suizidserie von Jugendlichen im Waisenhaus erschüttert.

Kurz vor seinem sechzehnten Geburtstag richtet Kevin in der Schule ein Blutbad an.

Eine Liebe, die die Welt retten könnte … oder sie für immer zerstören.

Fifty-four monologues and dialogues, a remarkable distillation of rhythms and nuances from the region of the heart.

Edo is back!

Es sind Geschichten vom Ausbrechen aus dem gewohnten Leben und von Ereignissen, die alles ins Wanken bringen: Viola Rohner beherrscht es, auf wenigen Seiten ganze Schicksale zu kondensieren.

Das neue Buch des amerikanischen Literaturstars Dave EggersJunge Amerikaner, die sich in ihrem Vaterland alles andere als zu Hause fühlen, bevölkern die Geschichten in Dave Eggers' Erzählungsband.

Life Is ShortArt Is Shorter is not just the first anthology to gather both mini-essays and short-short stories; readers, writers, and teachers will get will get an anthology; a courses worth of writing exercises; a rally for compression, concision, and velocity in an increasingly digital, post-religious age; and a meditation on the brevity of human existence.

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.

Touch Me Not (1887) is a novel by Jose Rizal.

Dos mujeres articulan décadas de amistad en torno a la pizza.

Celebrate the resilience of the human spirit through the stories of everydayspeople whose ordeals allowed them to experience first-hand the healing powersof second chances.

First published as a special issue of Robin Dudding' s literary magazine Islands (Vol.

*Winner of the Rome Prize for Literature 2018-19*Named one of the Best Books of the Year -BookforumSynopsisWith all the brilliance, bravado, and wit of his award-winning debut, A Questionable Shape, Bennett Sims returns with an equally ambitious and wide-ranging collection of stories.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE INDEPENDENT FOREIGN FICTION PRIZE'A writer who has no equal in the contemporary landscape of the Spanish novel.

LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD AND THE STORY PRIZE Named a BEST BOOK OF 2022 by Oprah Daily, Vogue, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, and Electric Lit From a prizewinning author comes an ';electric.

Together for the first time, in ebook form, the stunning, cutting-edge thrillers with a chilling supernatural twist from the Japanese master of suspense.

Praise for Sallie Bingham:"e;Sallie Bingham binds her collection together with sheer talent.

Immerse yourself in the rich storytelling tradition of Ancient Egypt with Flinders Petrie's second collection of tales.

There's a part of the city that no one much goes to, a collection of rundown old houses and gloomy streets.

This collection of Grimms' Fairy Tales features the original stories by which many popular books, movies, and plays were inspired.

First published in 1878, this book contains volume IV 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).

Carrer Marsala, which won prizes from the City of Barcelona and the Generalitat de Catalunya-neither of which Bauca bothered to accept-is a relentless monologue delivered by a paranoid hypochondriac obsessed with dental hygiene, sex, and his own squalid rooms in Barcelona.

The people in these eight interlaced stories are "e;bound together by the worst sort of grief,"e; the kind that can devour you after someone close takes his or her own life.

Written by Victor Hugo in 1834, "e;Claude Gueux"e; is a short story considered to be an example of early 'true crime' fiction.

Der Atlantik hat sich über Nacht von der Küste Floridas zurückgezogen und eine Wüste hinterlassen.