A Mother Of Monsters

Author : Guy de Maupassant
Publisher : Lindhardt og Ringhof
Page : 9 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2023-03-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9788726666915

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A Mother Of Monsters by Guy de Maupassant Pdf

‘A Mother of Monsters’ is a dark and disturbing story. The narrator is visiting his friend, and they walk along the seafront. As their conversation continues, the friend tells him of the eponymous mother, and they decide to visit her. What they are met with is both horrific and tragic and can be read as a commentary on the plight of the lower classes. Maupassant’s concise and simple style only serves to increase the horror and brutality of this short tale. A story that’s sure to linger, ́A Mother of Monsters ́ is the ideal read for fans of Stephen King and ́American Horror Story ́. Hailed as one of the pioneers of the modern short story, Henri Ren Albert Guy de Maupassant (1850 - 1893) was born in Dieppe, France. After his parents’ divorce, Maupassant was cared for by his mother who had a passion for literature. During his secondary education, he was introduced to the acclaimed novelist, Gustave Flaubert, who was to play a prominent part in Maupassant’s literary career. The Franco-Prussian War saw the author enlist in the Navy, and his experiences influenced many of his books, including ‘Boule de Suif.’ Flaubert was to take him under his wing after the war, introducing him to realist and naturalist authors, such as Émile Zola and Ivan Turgenev.

Author : Fran Parnell
Publisher : Stories from Around the World
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1782858474

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The Mother of Monsters by Fran Parnell Pdf

Mischievous Ntombi, the Chief's daughter, isn't at all afraid of the fearsome Ilunge River. But when she goes to swim there, she enrages the Mother of Monsters and causes more trouble than she could've imagined! Can Ntombi survive the monster's gigantic head, bulging eyes and thick, slimy scales?

Author : Michael O'Shaughnessy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 094776142X

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The Monster Book of Monsters by Michael O'Shaughnessy Pdf

Author : Shaun Hamill
Publisher : Pantheon
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524747671

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A Cosmology of Monsters by Shaun Hamill Pdf

Shielded by his mother and sisters from his father’s obsessive construction of a haunted house attraction, young Noah considers an ultimate sacrifice when he chooses to acknowledge a monster that his family members have tried to ignore.

Author : Amanda Noll
Publisher : Flashlight Press
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781947277113

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How I Met My Monster by Amanda Noll Pdf

One night, when Ethan reaches under his bed for a toy truck, he finds this note instead: "Monsters! Meet here for final test." Ethan is sure his parents are trying to trick him into staying under the covers, until he sees five colorful sets of eyes blinking at him from beneath the bed. Soon, a colorful parade of quirky, squeaky little monsters compete to become Ethan's monster. But only the little green monster, Gabe, has the perfect blend of stomach-rumbling and snorting needed to get Ethan into bed and keep him there so he falls asleep—which as everyone knows, is the real reason for monsters under beds. With its perfect balance of giggles and shivers, this silly-spooky prequel to the award-winning I Need My Monster and Hey, That's MY Monster! will keep young readers entertained.

Author : Laura Sjoberg,Caron E. Gentry
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848137370

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Mothers, Monsters, Whores by Laura Sjoberg,Caron E. Gentry Pdf

A woman did that? The general reaction to women's political violence is still one of shock and incomprehension. Mothers, Monsters, Whores provides an empirical study of women's violence in global politics. The book looks at military women who engage in torture; the Chechen 'Black Widows'; Middle Eastern suicide bombers; and the women who directed and participated in genocides in Bosnia and Rwanda. Sjoberg & Gentry analyse the biological, psychological and sexualized stereotypes through which these women are conventionally depicted, arguing that these are rooted in assumptions about what is 'appropriate' female behaviour. What these stereotypes have in common is that they all perceive women as having no agency in any sphere of life, from everyday choices to global political events. This book is a major feminist re-evaluation of women's motivations and actions as perpetrators of political violence.

Author : Fran Parnell
Publisher : Barefoot Books
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781782855149

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The Mother of Monsters by Fran Parnell Pdf

Mischievous Ntombi, the Chief's daughter, isn't at all afraid of the fearsome Ilunge River. But when she goes to swim there, she enrages the Mother of Monsters and causes more trouble than she could’ve imagined! Can Ntombi survive the monster’s gigantic head, bulging eyes and thick, slimy scales?

Author : Kate Zambreno
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781584351962

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Book of Mutter by Kate Zambreno Pdf

A fragmented, lyrical essay on memory, identity, mourning, and the mother. Writing is how I attempt to repair myself, stitching back former selves, sentences. When I am brave enough I am never brave enough I unravel the tapestry of my life, my childhood. —from Book of Mutter Composed over thirteen years, Kate Zambreno's Book of Mutter is a tender and disquieting meditation on the ability of writing, photography, and memory to embrace shadows while in the throes—and dead calm—of grief. Book of Mutter is both primal and sculpted, shaped by the author's searching, indexical impulse to inventory family apocrypha in the wake of her mother's death. The text spirals out into a fractured anatomy of melancholy that includes critical reflections on the likes of Roland Barthes, Louise Bourgeois, Henry Darger, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Peter Handke, and others. Zambreno has modeled the book's formless form on Bourgeois's Cells sculptures—at once channeling the volatility of autobiography, pain, and childhood, yet hemmed by a solemn sense of entering ritualistic or sacred space. Neither memoir, essay, nor poetry, Book of Mutter is an uncategorizable text that draws upon a repertoire of genres to write into and against silence. It is a haunted text, an accumulative archive of myth and memory that seeks its own undoing, driven by crossed desires to resurrect and exorcise the past. Zambreno weaves a complex web of associations, relics, and references, elevating the prosaic scrapbook into a strange and intimate postmortem/postmodern theater.

Author : Guy de Maupassant
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1721700218

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An Affair of State by Guy de Maupassant Pdf

An Affair of State By Guy de Maupassant Taking his cue from Balzac, Maupassant wrote comfortably in both the high-Realist and fantastic modes; stories and novels such as "L'Héritage" and Bel-Ami aim to recreate Third Republic France in a realistic way, whereas many of the short stories (notably "Le Horla," cited as an inspiration for H. P. Lovecraft's "The Call of Cthulhu," and "Qui sait?") describe apparently supernatural phenomena. The supernatural in Maupassant, however, is often implicitly a symptom of the protagonists' troubled minds; Maupassant was fascinated by the burgeoning discipline of psychiatry, and this interest is reflected in his fiction. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Author : Lara Ehrlich
Publisher : Red Hen Press
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781597098830

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Animal Wife by Lara Ehrlich Pdf

In this award-winning debut collection, fifteen magical realism stories portray girls and women searching for an escape from their everyday lives. “In villages where women bore most of the weight of a constricted life, witches flew by night on broomsticks,” said Italo Calvino of the way imagination bridges the gap between everyday existence and an idealized alternative . . . The fifteen stories of Animal Wife are unified by girls and women who cross this threshold seeking liberation from family responsibilities, from societal expectations, from their own minds. A girl born with feathers undertakes a quest for the mother who abandoned her. An indecisive woman drinks Foresight, only to become stymied by the futures branching before her. A proofreader cultivates a cage-fighting alter ego. A woman becomes psychologically trapped in her car. A girl acts on her desire for a childhood friend as a monster draws closer to the shore. A widow invites a bear to hibernate in her den . . . Animal Wife was selected as the winner of the Red Hen Fiction Award by New York Times– bestselling author Ann Hood, who says, “From the first sentence Animal Wife grabbed me and never let go. Sensual and intelligent, with gorgeous prose, it made me dizzy with its exploration and illumination of the inner and outer lives of girls and women.” Praise for Animal Wife “Whimsy and fantasy meet the way things really turn out in stories from a strong new voice.” —Kirkus Reviews “Strange, funny, fearsome, Animal Wife is a gorgeous book, weird in its very bones.” —Elizabeth McCracken, author of Bowlaway: A Novel “Lara Ehrlich has written a collection of stories that allow for escapism.” —F(r)iction “I was particularly intrigued by the way Lara beautifully portrays the inner struggle between wildness and domesticity, the surreal elements of each story lending a mythical complexity to these conflicts. Really lovely and thought-provoking. Perfect for fans of Aimee Bender, Karen Russell, and Angela Carter.” —Joy Baglio, founder of Pioneer Valley Writer’s Workshop

Author : Guy de Maupassant
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1499769334

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A Mother of Monsters by Guy de Maupassant Pdf

I recalled this horrible story, the events of which occurred long ago, and this horrible woman, the other day at a fashionable seaside resort, where I saw on the beach a well-known young, elegant and charming Parisienne, adored and respected by everyone.

Author : Helen Phillips
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-07-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982113179

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The Need by Helen Phillips Pdf

***LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN FICTION*** “An extraordinary and dazzlingly original work from one of our most gifted and interesting writers” (Emily St. John Mandel, author of The Glass Hotel). The Need, which finds a mother of two young children grappling with the dualities of motherhood after confronting a masked intruder in her home, is “like nothing you’ve ever read before…in a good way” (People). When Molly, home alone with her two young children, hears footsteps in the living room, she tries to convince herself it’s the sleep deprivation. She’s been hearing things these days. Startling at loud noises. Imagining the worst-case scenario. It’s what mothers do, she knows. But then the footsteps come again, and she catches a glimpse of movement. Suddenly Molly finds herself face-to-face with an intruder who knows far too much about her and her family. As she attempts to protect those she loves most, Molly must also acknowledge her own frailty. Molly slips down an existential rabbit hole where she must confront the dualities of motherhood: the ecstasy and the dread; the languor and the ferocity; the banality and the transcendence as the book hurtles toward a mind-bending conclusion. In The Need, Helen Phillips has created a subversive, speculative thriller that comes to life through blazing, arresting prose and gorgeous, haunting imagery. “Brilliant” (Entertainment Weekly), “grotesque and lovely” (The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice), and “wildly captivating” (O, The Oprah Magazine), The Need is a glorious celebration of the bizarre and beautiful nature of our everyday lives and “showcases an extraordinary writer at her electrifying best” (Publishers Weekly, starred review).

Author : Caron E. Gentry,Laura Sjoberg
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781783602100

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Beyond Mothers, Monsters, Whores by Caron E. Gentry,Laura Sjoberg Pdf

Beyond Mothers, Monsters, Whores takes the suggestion in Mothers, Monsters, Whores that it is important to see genderings in characterizations of violent women, and to use critique of those genderings to retheorize individual violence in global politics. It begins by demonstrating the interdependence of the personal and international levels of global politics in violent women's lives, but then shows that this interdependence is inaccurately depicted in gender-subordinating narratives of women's violence. Such narratives, the authors argue, are not only normatively problematic on the surface but also intersect with other identifiers, such as race, religion, and geopolitical location.

Author : McClanahan Book Company,Marshall Efron,Alfa-Betty Olsen
Publisher : McClanahan Book
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1996-02
Category : Monsters
ISBN : 1562935887

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Monster Tales by McClanahan Book Company,Marshall Efron,Alfa-Betty Olsen Pdf

The Mother Goose Monsters tell some of their favorite spooky fairy tales, substituting themselves for the familiar characters.

Author : Charlaine Harris,Jim Butcher,Sherrilyn Kenyon
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2009-09-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781439148402

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Blood Lite by Charlaine Harris,Jim Butcher,Sherrilyn Kenyon Pdf

Presents a collection of short horror fiction by such authors as Charlaine Harris, Jim Butcher, Sherrilyn Kenyon, and Kelley Armstrong.