Goddess Peak The Q Of Hearts Storycuts

Author : Su Tong
Publisher : Random House
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448125814

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Goddess Peak/The Q of Hearts (Storycuts) by Su Tong Pdf

In 'Goddess Peak', Miaoyue and Li Yong were almost the last two passengers aboard the steamboat to Goddess Peak - them and Li Yong's friend Mr Cui. Miaoyue found Mr Cui taller and better built than she'd imagined, and also a little younger and more handsome. For some reason, this irritated her. In 'The Q of Hearts', when the boy found the Queen of Hearts missing from his deck of cards, he immediately assumed that someone had stolen it. It was 1969, and those cards were his only toy. He searched everywhere for a new one - but only found things to frighten him. Part of the Storycuts series, these two short stories were previously published in the collection Madwoman on the Bridge.

Author : Su Tong
Publisher : Random House
Page : 15 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448125890

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Thieves (Storycuts) by Su Tong Pdf

Tan Feng was my one and only friend in Sichuan. He was the same age as me: about eight or nine. Tan Feng's family lived next door to us, and their other kids were all girls, so you can imagine how they spoiled their only boy. They really adored him, but they didn't know what he got up to. Tan Feng stole things. Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Madwoman on the Bridge.

Author : Su Tong
Publisher : Random House
Page : 22 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448125845

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Madwoman on the Bridge (Storycuts) by Su Tong Pdf

The madwoman was wearing a white velvet cheongsam. Standing on the bridge, she revelled in her own faded splendour. Normal people pay no attention to madwomen, but one woman from Shaoxing stayed on the bridge that afternoon to talk to this one; what was she coveting? Part of the Storycuts series, this short story was previously published in the collection Madwoman on the Bridge.

Author : Su Tong
Publisher : William Morrow Paperbacks
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2004-07-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0060596333

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Raise the Red Lantern by Su Tong Pdf

The brutal realities of the dark places Su Tong depicts in this collection of novellas set in 1930s provincial China -- worlds of prostitution, poverty, and drug addiction -- belie his prose of stunning and simplebeauty. The title novella, "Raise the Red Lantern," which became a critically acclaimed film, tells the story of Lotus, a young woman whose father's suicide forces her to become the concubine of a wealthy merchant. Crushed by loneliness, despair, and cruel treatment, Lotus finds her descent into insanity both a weapon and a refuge. "Nineteen Thirty-Four Escapes" is an account of a family's struggles during one momentous year; plagued by disease, death, and the shady promise of life in a larger town, the family slowly disintegrates. Finally, "Opium Family" details the last years of a landowning clan whose demise is brought about by corruption, lust, and treachery -- fruits of the insidious crop they harvest.

Author : Su Tong
Publisher : Random House
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2010-01-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781409094104

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The Boat to Redemption by Su Tong Pdf

Disgraced Secretary Ku has been banished from the Party - it has been officially proved he does not have a fish-shaped birthmark on his bottom and is therefore not the son of a revolutionary martyr, but the issue of a river pirate and a prostitute. Mocked by the citizens of Milltown, Secretary Ku leaves the shore for a new life among the boat people on a fleet of industrial barges. Refusing to renounce his high status, he maintains a distance - with Dongliang, his teenage son - from the gossipy lowlifes who surround him. One day a feral little girl, Huixian, arrives looking for her mother, who has jumped to her death in the river. The boat people, and especially Dongliang, take her to their hearts. But Huixian sows conflict wherever she goes, and soon Dongliang is in the grip of an obsession for her. He takes on Life, Fate and the Party in the only way he knows . . .

Author : Su Tong
Publisher : Penguin Group Australia
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-08
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781760144524

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Petulia's Rouge Tin: Penguin Specials by Su Tong Pdf

Who would have anticipated that Petulia, stripped of her silk gowns, would be forced to denounce the Red Delight Pavilion? Or believed that Autumn Grace would cry in desperation as nuns shave off her locks? After years working side-by-side, their sudden goodbye was the first sign of a changing society. Still, the scent of rouge filling their memories keeps them close, despite the twists and turns that life throws at them. Until one day, the promise of love and stability becomes a temptation neither can deny. . .

Author : Gustavo Subero
Publisher : Springer
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781137564955

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Gender and Sexuality in Latin American Horror Cinema by Gustavo Subero Pdf

Gender and Sexuality in Latin American Horror Cinema explores the different mechanisms and strategies through which horror films attempt to reinforce or contest gender relations and issues of sexual identity in the continent. The book explores issues of machismo, marianismo, homosociality, bromance, among others through the lens of horror narratives and, especially, it offers an analysis of monstrosity and the figure of the monster as an outlet to play out socio-sexual anxieties in different societies or gender groups. The author looks at a wide rage of films from countries such as Cuba, Peru, Mexico and Argentina and draws points of commonality, as well as comparing essential differences, between the way that horror fictions – considered by many as low-brow cinema - can be effective to delve into the way that sexuality and gender operates and circulates in the popular imaginary in these regions.

Author : Eric Denis,Marie-Hélène Zérah
Publisher : Springer
Page : 614 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788132236160

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Subaltern Urbanisation in India by Eric Denis,Marie-Hélène Zérah Pdf

​This volume decentres the view of urbanisation in India from large agglomerations towards smaller urban settlements. It presents the outcomes of original research conducted over three years on subaltern processes of urbanization. The volume is organised in four sections. A first one deals with urbanisation dynamics and systems of cities with chapters on the new census towns, demographic and economic trajectories of cities and employment transformation. The interrelations of land transformation, social and cultural changes form the topic of the “land, society, belonging” section based on ethnographic work in various parts of India (Karnataka, Himachal Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu). A third section focuses on public policies, governance and urban services with a set of macro-analysis based papers and specific case studies. Understanding the nature of production and innovation in non-metropolitan contexts closes this volume. Finally, though focused on India, this research raises larger questions with regard to the study of urbanisation and development worldwide.

Author : Jennie Hall
Publisher : E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2024-02-10
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9786059496315

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Viking Tales by Jennie Hall Pdf

Iceland is a little country far north in the cold sea. Men found it and went there to live more than a thousand years ago. During the warm season they used to fish and make fish-oil and hunt sea-birds and gather feathers and tend their sheep and make hay. But the winters were long and dark and cold. Men and women and children stayed in the house and carded and spun and wove and knit. A whole family sat for hours around the fire in the middle of the room. That fire gave the only light. Shadows flitted in the dark corners. Smoke curled along the high beams in the ceiling. The children sat on the dirt floor close by the fire. The grown people were on a long narrow bench that they had pulled up to the light and warmth. Everybody's hands were busy with wool. The work left their minds free to think and their lips to talk. What was there to talk about? PART I IN NORWAY The Baby The Tooth Thrall Olaf's Farm Olaf's Fight With Havard Foes'-fear Harald is King Harald's Battle Gyda's Saucy Message The Sea Fight King Harald's Wedding King Harald Goes West-Over-Seas PART II WEST-OVER-SEAS Homes in Iceland Eric the Red Leif and His New Land Wineland the Good

Author : Dwight Conquergood
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-22
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780472051953

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Cultural Struggles by Dwight Conquergood Pdf

Gathers the essential essays of Dwight Conquergood, performance studies scholar, ethnographer, and activist

Author : McKenzie Wark
Publisher : Pluto Press (Australia)
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : STANFORD:36105112316299

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Celebrities, Culture and Cyberspace by McKenzie Wark Pdf

In a series of entertaining essays, this wide-ranging book looks at the impact of the media on Australian life and politics, and anlyses key images and stories that shape our perceptions at century's end. Topics include Americanisation, feminism, pop, pay TV, the Internet, political correctness, Mabo, and the republican convention.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Acting games
ISBN : 9163378566

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Nordic Larp by Anonim Pdf

Author : Patrick A. Smith
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2002-10-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780313077272

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Thematic Guide to Popular Short Stories by Patrick A. Smith Pdf

Providing easy access to information on nearly 450 short stories, this unique guide surveys a wide spectrum of world literature, canonical works, and contemporary fiction. Librarians and teachers will find multiple purposes for this expertly-compiled resource, which can be employed in much the same way as a standard bibliography. Educators will appreciate the concise annotations, arranged alphabetically by author, that form the core of this work. Insightful critical statements synthesize plot summaries and identify the thematic content of each short story. A theme guide utilizes the nearly 100 theme headings matching those at the start of each entry, allowing the user to quickly locate story titles on related themes and construct reading lists based on individual interests and needs. Another component designed to aid librarians offers one bibliography that lists the anthologies from which the stories are drawn (Works Cited) and one comprised of a number of recent anthologies that can be adapted for the classroom (Further Reading). In addition to the theme index, the general subject and author indexes make this a user-friendly and invaluable resource.

Author : Thomas King
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781443403252

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Truth And Bright Water by Thomas King Pdf

With a plethora of superb reviews and upcoming publication in the US, Thomas King’s latest work affirms him as one of our wittiest and wisest writers. Truth & Bright Water is the tale of two young cousins and one long summer. Tecumseh and Lum live in Truth, a small American town, and Bright Water, the reserve across the border and over the river. Family is the only reason most of the people stay in the towns, and yet old secrets and new mysteries keep pulling the more nomadic residents back to the fold. Monroe Swimmer, famous Indian artist, returns to live in the old church with the hope of painting it into the prairie landscape and re-establishing the buffalo population. Tecumseh’s Aunt Cassie has come back too, already arguing with his mother. Why has his mother given Cassie a suitcase full of baby clothes? And why is Lum interested only in winning the Indian Days race? Tecumseh has more questions than anyone will answer, until the Indian Days festival arrives and the mysteries of the summer collide in love, betrayal and reconciliation. Equally plainspoken and poetic, comic and poignant, Truth & Bright Water is a crackling good story that resonates with universal truths.

Author : Evelyn P. Mayer
Publisher : Mainzer Studien zur Amerikanistik
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : American fiction
ISBN : 3631653220

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Narrating North American Borderlands by Evelyn P. Mayer Pdf

Combining historical, sociological and political as well as literary methods, the interdisciplinary study analyzes Thomas King's Truth & Bright Water (1999), Howard Frank Mosher's On Kingdom Mountain (2007), and Jim Lynch's Border Songs (2009). The novels narrate North American borderlands and gauge current developments at the Canada-U.S. border.