The Ironsmith: A Tale of Obsession, Compulsion and Delusion

The Ironsmith: A Tale of Obsession, Compulsion and Delusion
Author: Reyoung
Publisher: R. R. Bowker
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2020-03-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781733446112

Born out of myth and fairytale, in particular the tradition of the wise old wizard mentoring a bumbling apprentice, and told in language echoing Homer, Beowulf, biblical scripture and John Coltrane, among others, The Ironsmith evolves into a surreal Bildungsroman of a self-perceived "monster," a painfully introverted young man whose obsession with the ancient sport of weightlifting causes him to withdraw into an increasingly delusional world that anachronistically intersects classical Greece, the Middle Ages, the Industrial Age, WWI and II, the tumultuous sixties, and the age of the Internet.

Microfinance Challenges

Microfinance Challenges
Author: Isabelle Guérin
Publisher:
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2005
Genre: Microfinance
ISBN:

Contributed papers presented earlier in a conference.

Sea Above, Sun Below

Sea Above, Sun Below
Author: George Salis
Publisher:
Total Pages: 238
Release: 2019-11-26
Genre:
ISBN: 9781733256568

Upside-down lightning, a group of uncouth skydivers, resurrections, a mother's body overtaken by a garden, aquatic telepathy, a peeling snake-priest, and more. Sea Above, Sun Below is influenced by Western myths, some Greek, some with Biblical overtones, resulting in a fusion of fantastic dreams, bizarre yet beautiful nightmares, and multiple narrative threads that form a tapestry which depicts the fragility of characters teetering on the brink of madness.

Unbabbling

Unbabbling
Author: ReYoung
Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
Total Pages: 260
Release: 1997
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781564781642

A trio of stories. One is on a working-class man who obtains an office job in the corporate world, only to decide he prefers the working class, a second is on a homeless man, a third is on living in sewers. Experimental fiction.

Margarito and the Snowman

Margarito and the Snowman
Author: ReYoung
Publisher: American Literature Series
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Motion picture producers and directors
ISBN: 9781628971446

REYoung 's latest features a nation buried in snow and ice in an obligatory 365 days a year Christmas celebration, a tribe of Mayan warriors in comedy troupe disguise, an existentially challenged hero known as the Snowman on a quest that takes him south of the border down ol' Mexico way, and a B-grade movie director named Boone Weller with his own agenda. Is it a book? A movie? Told in a shoot from the hip Texas style, Margarito and the Snowman is loose, rangy, battered with an attitude and bound to offend everybody.

An African Elegy

An African Elegy
Author: Ben Okri
Publisher: Other Press, LLC
Total Pages: 113
Release: 2024-02-13
Genre: Poetry
ISBN: 1635423112

This moving poetry collection from the Booker Prize–winning author finds strength and hope while reflecting on the complex issues that have burdened Africa. First published in 1992, Ben Okri’s remarkable debut collection features poems that are now considered classics and taught in schools and universities worldwide. Here he plays with the mystique of the African continent, countering simplistic narratives of suffering that have been imposed on it with vibrant, nuanced portraits of the traditions and resilience of African peoples. An invaluable window onto Okri’s experiences as a Nigerian immigrant to the United Kingdom and as a writer discovering his calling, these poems also speak to universal truths about love, injustice, and the search for meaning.