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| Author | : Dave Eggers |
| Publisher | : Penguin UK |
| Total Pages | : 332 |
| Release | : 2012-04-05 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 014138932X |
This collection of pithy, brilliantly acerbic pieces is a companion to Sixty Stories, Barthelme's earlier retrospective volume. Barthelme spotlights the idiosyncratic, haughty, sometimes downright ludicrous behavior of human beings, but it is style rather than content which takes precedence.
| Author | : Anton Chekhov |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 385 |
| Release | : 2011-03-09 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0307778533 |
If any writer can be said to have invented the modern short story, it is Anton Chekhov. It is not just that Chekhov democratized this art form; more than that, he changed the thrust of short fiction from relating to revealing. And what marvelous and unbearable things are revealed in these Forty Stories. The abashed happiness of a woman in the presence of the husband who abandoned her years before. The obsequious terror of the official who accidentally sneezes on a general. The poignant astonishment of an aging Don Juan overtaken by love. Spanning the entirety of Chekhov's career and including such masterpieces as "Surgery," "The Huntsman," "Anyuta," "Sleepyhead," "The Lady With the Pet Dog," and "The Bishop," this collection manages to be amusing, dazzling, and supremely moving—often within a single page.
| Author | : David Eagleman |
| Publisher | : Vintage |
| Total Pages | : 128 |
| Release | : 2009-02-10 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0307378020 |
At once funny, wistful and unsettling, Sum is a dazzling exploration of unexpected afterlives—each presented as a vignette that offers a stunning lens through which to see ourselves in the here and now. In one afterlife, you may find that God is the size of a microbe and unaware of your existence. In another version, you work as a background character in other people’s dreams. Or you may find that God is a married couple, or that the universe is running backward, or that you are forced to live out your afterlife with annoying versions of who you could have been. With a probing imagination and deep understanding of the human condition, acclaimed neuroscientist David Eagleman offers wonderfully imagined tales that shine a brilliant light on the here and now.
| Author | : Anton Pavlovich Chekhov |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 404 |
| Release | : 1967 |
| Genre | : Russia |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Deborah Treisman |
| Publisher | : Macmillan + ORM |
| Total Pages | : 491 |
| Release | : 2010-11-23 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1429918403 |
In June 2010, the editors of The New Yorker announced to widespread media coverage their selection of "20 Under 40"—the young fiction writers who are, or will be, central to their generation. The magazine published twenty stories by this stellar group of writers over the course of the summer. They are now collected for the first time in one volume. The range of voices is extraordinary. There is the lyrical realism of Nell Freudenberger, Philipp Meyer, C. E. Morgan, and Salvatore Scibona; the satirical comedy of Joshua Ferris and Gary Shteyngart; and the genre-bending tales of Jonathan Safran Foer, Nicole Krauss, and Téa Obreht. David Bezmozgis and Dinaw Mengestu offer clear eyed portraits of immigration and identity; Sarah Shun-lien Bynum, ZZ Packer, and Wells Tower offer voice-driven, idiosyncratic narratives. Then there are the haunting sociopolitical stories of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Daniel Alarcón, and Yiyun Li, and the metaphysical fantasies of Chris Adrian, Rivka Galchen, and Karen Russell. Each of these writers reminds us why we read. And each is aiming for greatness: fighting to get and to hold our attention in a culture that is flooded with words, sounds, and pictures; fighting to surprise, to entertain, to teach, and to move not only us but generations of readers to come. A landmark collection, 20 Under 40 stands as a testament to the vitality of fiction today.
| Author | : Dave Jackson |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2017-04-17 |
| Genre | : Chicago (Ill.) |
| ISBN | : 9780998210711 |
"Provoked by a gang leader into the random shooting of an innocent guy, fourteen-year-old Ray faces a forty-year sentence in Chicago's infamous prison system"--Back cover.
| Author | : |
| Publisher | : august house |
| Total Pages | : 180 |
| Release | : 1996 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780874834505 |
Stories from cultures including ancient Babylonia, China, India, Eastern Europe, Morocco.
| Author | : Mitchell Gold |
| Publisher | : Greenleaf Book Group |
| Total Pages | : 402 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1929774109 |
A mental health crisis faces American teens right now -- and it is one we can solve. Hundreds of thousands of gay teens face traumatic depression, fear, rejection, persecution, and isolation -- usually alone. Studies show they are, 190 percent more likely to use drugs or alcohol and four times more likely to attempt suicide. Homophobia and discrimination are at the heart of their pain. Love, support, and acceptance -- all within our power to give -- can save them. This book is for: clergy, parents, educators, and politicians who cause harm with their words and actions; parents of gay teens; teens navigating this difficult time; and fair-minded people who want to help to end the harm. Here are revealing stories by forty diverse Americans, some well-known and some not, plus insights from straight clergy and parents explaining their support of gay people as whole human beings guaranteed equal rights by our Constitution.
| Author | : George W (George Washingto Sanville |
| Publisher | : Hassell Street Press |
| Total Pages | : 104 |
| Release | : 2021-09-09 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : 9781013353611 |
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