This collection of 47 parables and ,flash fictions, can be described as follows: The dream-like; the waking fantasy; the reverie; the parable that instructs; the story that informs; the story that provokes the underbelly of consciousness; the story that becomes a slip of the mind; the story that registers alarm; the story that registers ease; the dream that illuminates the waking eye; the dream that gives voice to the silenced tongue; the dream that brings shivers; the dream that brings orgasm; the parable that offers a path out of the dark confusion of crisis; the dream that is light as a laugh; the dream that saves the dreamer.
Tom Comitta returns with a novella that is at once a picaresque quest for a stolen snuffbox and a marvel of literary dcoupage, equal parts love story, old-fashioned thriller, and absurdist romp.
"e;One of contemporary fiction's most gifted sentence builders"e; Beejay Silcox, GuardianBehind the ornate doors of 30, rue du M tal in Brussels, twenty students begin their apprenticeship in the art of decorative painting - that art of tricksters and counterfeiters, where each knot in a plank of wood hides a secret and every vein in a slab of marble tells a story.
At an international literary conference in Rome in the near future, the greatest detectives in history (and literature) gather to solve the mystery of Dickens' unfinished novel THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD and end up solving the mystery of Dickens' own death.
The complete short stories of acclaimed Moroccan author Mohamed Choukri, translated into English and collected in one volume for the first time Mohamed Choukri's vivid stories invite the reader to wander the streets of Tangier, the ancient coastal crossroads between Europe and Africa, and to meet its denizens at markets, beaches, cafes, and brothels.
In these ten engrossing stories, Simon Nganga explores the meaning and consequences of choices that areusually considered national and society-wide from the eyes of individuals residing in local markets and villages.
Desire and tragedy upset the lives of an Israeli family in this “thrilling, fresh, and surprising” debut novel from the award-winning filmmaker (ForeWord Review).
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.
Après des années à se faire trimballer d’une famille d’accueil à l’autre, la douce Cedar rencontre son père et part vivre avec lui, espérant que s’ouvre enfin un chapitre plus calme de sa vie.
In a linked collection that presents the secreted small tragedies of an Anglican congregation struggling to survive, All Saints delves into the life of Simon, the Reverend, and the lives of his parishioners: Miss Alice Vipond, a refined and elderly schoolteacher, incarcerated for a horrendous crime; a woman driven to extreme anxiety by borderline-abusive sex; Owen, The Shitblood Man, who, lost in the woods, loses himself in a fit of rage; a receptionist and her act of improbable generosity; a writer making peace with her divorce.
Der große Roman einer weitverzweigten Familie – von einer der gefeiertsten Schriftstellerinnen ItaliensWie erzählt man die Geschichte einer Familie, wenn die gemeinsame Sprache in der Diaspora verloren geht?
Mark Wolfe ist im Job gerade wegen «Überarbeitung» in den Urlaub geschickt worden, als er zum ersten Mal seit Jahren von seinem Bruder in England hört.
*PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW*An assault on the senses, part murder mystery, part metaphysical speculation; a fable for our times as catchy as a rock song blasting from the window of a sports car.
Named a Top Ten Book of the Year by Time, the bestselling debut story collection by the extraordinarily talented Miranda July, award-winning filmmaker, artist, and author of All Fours, a finalist for the 2024 National Book Award for Fiction.
These stories are linked by humor, setting, themes and recurring characterscat lovers, murderers, gamblers, ghosts and foolsbut mostly by the movie stars, gods and goddesses who look down on us struggling mortals with a mixture of benevolence and wrath.
Chinua Achebes prophetischer Afrika-RomanMit ›Einer von uns‹ nimmt Chinua Achebe den Militärputsch vorweg, der Nigeria 1966, nur Tage nach der Veröffentlichung des Romans, in einen blutigen Bürgerkrieg stürzte.
"Fragte man mich nach der Herkunft, ich sagte: Ich komme von Schubert, Cave, Cohen und so weiter …"Anna Baar erzählt von Menschen und Werken, die ihre ästhetische Welterschließung auf unterschiedlichste Weise beeinflusst haben.
These pieces show the range of Waugh's skills: Mr Loveday's Little Outing; Cruise; Period Piece; On Guard; An Englishman's Home; Excursion in Reality; Bella Fleace Gave a Party; Winner Takes All; Work Suspended; Scott-King's Modern Europe; Basil Seal Rides Again; and Charles Ryder's Schooldays.
