Imperfect Paradise

Imperfect Paradise
Author: Congwen Shen
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 544
Release: 1995-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780824817152

The most comprehensive and authoritative representation in English of the remarkable Shen Congwen canon, ranging from the polished stories that made him a serious contender for the Nobel literary prize in the 1980s to lesser known, extravagant experimental pieces.

Small, Imperfect Paradise

Small, Imperfect Paradise
Author: Dallas Crow
Publisher: UW-Madison Libraries Parallel Press
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2013
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1934795496

In Small, Imperfect Paradise, Dallas Crow unflinchingly explores themes of love, sex, growing up, and growing older. The spine of the narrative is the speaker's progression through a relationship, from the early possibility and romance, through marriage and parenthood, and on to the painful dissolution. The titular poem identifies a moment of stillness in this progression, where two realities exist, one aching, and one idyllic: that of the husband and wife, whose relationship is over, and that of the sleeping children, who do not yet know. The small, imperfect paradise that Crow writes toward is shattered in Separation: Like a home movie played backwards, Crow intones, the gifts / are rewrapped and taken away, the guests / sidle awkwardly out, and then your children leave, / smiling and waving. In this collection, Crow creates a Mobius loop that mirrors the human experience; the poems wind through startling pain and realization and then loop back to hope and love again and again, each experience simultaneously fractured and precious.

The Imperfect Paradise

The Imperfect Paradise
Author: Linda Pastan
Publisher: W W Norton & Company Incorporated
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1988
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780393305241

"This is a remarkable book, and it places Pastan among the most satisfying of contemporary American poets." —Josephine Jacobsen on The Five Stages of Grief in the Washington Post Book World

Imperfect Paradise

Imperfect Paradise
Author: Congwen Shen
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 552
Release: 1995-10-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0824862937

The most comprehensive and authoritative representation in English of the remarkable Shen Congwen canon, ranging from the polished stories that made him a serious contender for the Nobel literary prize in the 1980s to lesser known, extravagant experimental pieces.

Imperfect Paradise

Imperfect Paradise
Author: Dan Dembiczak
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2014-02-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781493742592

For thirty-two-year-old Sarah Chizeck, marriage was not an option, but an expectation. She was raised to believe that a woman's main focus is to get married and start a family, and she put everything else on hold to accomplish this goal. So when she finally marries her boyfriend of five years, Sarah and her family are ecstatic. But underneath Sarah's smiles, something else is lurking. Sarah's career and personal interests were not all she put on hold to pursue marriage. She also put her feelings on the backburner and buried her emotions. But when she reluctantly goes to Hawai'i for her honeymoon, these things come to the surface, and she is both pleased and alarmed by the sensory experiences she encounters. Terrified by her attraction to a handsome young concierge, Sarah is forced to confront her new feelings, as well as what she previously ignored, and she ultimately comes to shocking revelations about her upbringing, marriage, and future. Imperfect Paradise tells the compelling story of Sarah's internal awakening and delivers a powerful message about hope, happiness, and finding your place in the world. A classic romance with a contemporary twist, it is sure to appeal to fans of modern, liberating fiction.

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Total Pages: 1776
Release: 1888
Genre: Bibliography
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Vols. for 1871-76, 1913-14 include an extra number, The Christmas bookseller, separately paged and not included in the consecutive numbering of the regular series.