Nine Stories

Author : J. D. Salinger
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316459983

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Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger Pdf

The "original, first-rate, serious, and beautiful" short fiction (New York Times Book Review) that introduced J. D. Salinger to American readers in the years after World War II, including "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and the first appearance of Salinger's fictional Glass family. Nine exceptional stories from one of the great literary voices of the twentieth century. Witty, urbane, and frequently affecting, Nine Stories sits alongside Salinger's very best work--a treasure that will passed down for many generations to come. The stories: A Perfect Day for Bananafish Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut Just Before the War with the Eskimos The Laughing Man Down at the Dinghy For Esmé--with Love and Squalor Pretty Mouth and Green My Eyes De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period Teddy

Author : Joy Williams
Publisher : Tin House Books
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2016-07-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781941040362

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Ninety-Nine Stories of God by Joy Williams Pdf

A New York Times Notable Book and a Best Book of the Year at Esquire, Seattle Times, Minnesota Star Tribune, Huffington Post, and Publishers Weekly. From “quite possibly America’s best living writer of short stories” (NPR), Ninety-Nine Stories of God finds Joy Williams reeling between the sublime and the surreal, knocking down the barriers between the workaday and the divine. Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Joy Williams has a one-of-a-kind gift for capturing both the absurdity and the darkness of everyday life. In Ninety-Nine Stories of God, she takes on one of mankind’s most confounding preoccupations: the Supreme Being. This series of short, fictional vignettes explores our day-to-day interactions with an ever-elusive and arbitrary God. It’s the Book of Common Prayer as seen through a looking glass—a powerfully vivid collection of seemingly random life moments. The figures that haunt these stories range from Kafka (talking to a fish) to the Aztecs, Tolstoy to Abraham and Sarah, O. J. Simpson to a pack of wolves. Most of Williams’s characters, however, are like the rest of us: anonymous strivers and bumblers who brush up against God in the least expected places or go searching for Him when He’s standing right there. The Lord shows up at a hot-dog-eating contest, a demolition derby, a formal gala, and a drugstore, where he’s in line to get a shingles vaccination. At turns comic and yearning, lyric and aphoristic, Ninety-Nine Stories of God serves as a pure distillation of one of our great artists.

Author : John Dalton
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2011-07-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781416598183

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The Inverted Forest by John Dalton Pdf

Late on a warm summer night in rural Missouri, an elderly camp director hears a squeal of joyous female laughter and goes to investigate. At the camp swimming pool he comes upon a bewildering scene: his counselors stripped naked and engaged in a provocative celebration. The first camp session is set to start in just two days. He fires them all. As a result, new counselors must be quickly hired and brought to the Kindermann Forest Summer Camp. One of them is Wyatt Huddy, a genetically disfigured young man who has been living in a Salvation Army facility. Gentle and diligent, large and imposing, Wyatt suffers a deep anxiety that his intelligence might be subnormal. All his life he’s been misjudged because of his irregular features. But while Wyatt is not worldly, he is also not an innocent. He has escaped a punishing home life with a reclusive and violent older sister. Along with the other new counselors, Wyatt arrives expecting to care for children. To their astonishment, they learn that for the first two weeks of the camping season they will be responsible for 104 severely developmentally disabled adults, all of them wards of the state. For Wyatt it is a dilemma that turns his world inside out. Physically, he is indistinguishable from the state hospital campers he cares for. Inwardly, he would like to believe he is not of their tribe. Fortunately for Wyatt, there is a young woman on staff who understands his predicament better than he might have hoped. At once the new counselors and disabled campers begin to reveal themselves. Most are well-intentioned; others unprepared. Some harbor dangerous inclinations. Among the campers is a perplexing array of ailments and appearances and behavior both tender and disturbing. To encounter them is to be reminded just how wide the possibilities are when one is describing human beings. Soon Wyatt is called upon to prevent a terrible tragedy. In doing so, he commits an act whose repercussions will alter his own life and the lives of the other Kindermann Forest staff members for years to come. Written with scrupulous fidelity to the strong passions running beneath the surface of camp life, The Inverted Forest is filled with yearning, desire, lust, banked hope, and unexpected devotion. This remarkable and audacious novel amply underscores Heaven Lake’s wide acclaim and confirms John Dalton’s rising prominence as a major American novelist.

Author : Don DeLillo
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451658071

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The Angel Esmeralda by Don DeLillo Pdf

From one of the greatest writers of our time, his first collection of short stories, written between 1979 and 2011, chronicling—and foretelling—three decades of American life Set in Greece, the Caribbean, Manhattan, a white-collar prison and outer space, these nine stories are a mesmerizing introduction to Don DeLillo’s iconic voice, from the rich, startling, jazz-infused rhythms of his early work to the spare, distilled, monastic language of the later stories. In “Creation,” a couple at the end of a cruise somewhere in the West Indies can’t get off the island—flights canceled, unconfirmed reservations, a dysfunctional economy. In “Human Moments in World War III,” two men orbiting the earth, charged with gathering intelligence and reporting to Colorado Command, hear the voices of American radio, from a half century earlier. In the title story, Sisters Edgar and Grace, nuns working the violent streets of the South Bronx, confirm the neighborhood’s miracle, the apparition of a dead child, Esmeralda. Nuns, astronauts, athletes, terrorists and travelers, the characters in The Angel Esmeralda propel themselves into the world and define it. DeLillo’s sentences are instantly recognizable, as original as the splatter of Jackson Pollock or the luminous rectangles of Mark Rothko. These nine stories describe an extraordinary journey of one great writer whose prescience about world events and ear for American language changed the literary landscape.

Author : Nora Raleigh Baskin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-05-16
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781442485075

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Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story by Nora Raleigh Baskin Pdf

Includes a reading group guide with discussion questions.

Author : J. D. Salinger
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-08-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780241988817

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For Esmé - with Love and Squalor by J. D. Salinger Pdf

'This is the squalid, or moving, part of the story, and the scene changes. The people change, too. I'm still around, but from here on in, for reasons I'm not at liberty to disclose, I've disguised myself so cunningly that even the cleverest reader will fail to recognize me.' This collection of nine stories includes the first appearance of J. D. Salinger's fictional Glass family, introducing Seymour Glass in the unforgettable 'A Perfect Day for Bananafish'. 'The most perfectly balanced collection of stories I know' Ann Patchett

Author : Marc Aronson,Charles R. Smith
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9780763670832

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One Death, Nine Stories by Marc Aronson,Charles R. Smith Pdf

How could one teenage boy’s life elicit other kids’ first experiences — even after he dies? Nine interconnected stories from nine top YA writers. Kev’s the first kid their age to die. And now, even though he’s dead, he’s not really gone. Even now his choices are touching the people he left behind. Ellen Hopkins reveals what two altar boys (and one altar girl) might get up to at the cemetery. Rita Williams-Garcia follows one aimless teen as he finds a new life in his new job — at the mortuary. Will Weaver turns a lens on Kevin’s sister as she collects his surprising effects — and makes good use of them. Here, in nine stories, we meet people who didn’t know Kevin, friends from his childhood, his ex-girlfriend, his best friend, all dealing with the fallout of his death. Being a teenager is a time for all kinds of firsts — first jobs, first loves, first good-byes, firsts that break your heart and awaken your soul. It’s an initiation of sorts, and it can be brutal. But on the other side of it is the rest of your life. With stories by Chris Barton Nora Raleigh Baskin Marina Budhos Ellen Hopkins A.S. King Torrey Maldonado Charles R. Smith Jr. Will Weaver Rita Williams-Garcia

Author : Deborah Ellis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04
Category : Iran
ISBN : 1927485975

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Moon at Nine by Deborah Ellis Pdf

In 1988 Tehran, teenaged girls Farrin and Sadira are sentenced to death for homosexuality. Farrin prays that her wealthy family will be able to save them before it is too late. Based on a true story.-- "Publisher"

Author : Drew Hayden Taylor
Publisher : D & M Publishers
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2016-10-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781771621328

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Take Us to Your Chief by Drew Hayden Taylor Pdf

A forgotten Haudenosaunee social song beams into the cosmos like a homing beacon for interstellar visitors. A computer learns to feel sadness and grief from the history of atrocities committed against First Nations. A young Native man discovers the secret to time travel in ancient petroglyphs. Drawing inspiration from science fiction legends like Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov and Ray Bradbury, Drew Hayden Taylor frames classic science-fiction tropes in an Aboriginal perspective. The nine stories in this collection span all traditional topics of science fiction--from peaceful aliens to hostile invaders; from space travel to time travel; from government conspiracies to connections across generations. Yet Taylor's First Nations perspective draws fresh parallels, likening the cultural implications of alien contact to those of the arrival of Europeans in the Americas, or highlighting the impossibility of remaining a "good Native" in such an unnatural situation as a space mission. Infused with Native stories and variously mysterious, magical and humorous, Take Us to Your Chief is the perfect mesh of nostalgically 1950s-esque science fiction with modern First Nations discourse.

Author : Richard Hugo
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 82 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1977-11-17
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780393044904

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31 Letters and 13 Dreams: Poems by Richard Hugo Pdf

Richard Hugo, whom Carolyn Kizer has called” one of the most passionate, energetic, and honest poets living,” here offers an extraordinary collection of new poems, each one a “letter” or a “dream.” Both letters and dreams are special manifestations of alone-ness; Hugo’s special senses of alone-ness, of places, and of other people are the forces behind his distinctively American and increasingly authoritative poetic voice. Each letter is written from a specific place that Hugo has made his own (a “triggering town,” as he has called it elsewhere) to a friend, a fellow poet, an old love. We read over the poet’s shoulder as the town triggers the imagination, the friendship is re-opened, the poet’s selfhood is explored and illuminated. The “dreams” turn up unexpectedly (as dreams do) among the letters; their haunting images give further depth to the poet’s exploration. Are we overhearing them? Who is the “you” that dreams?

Author : Intelligent Education
Publisher : Influence Publishers
Page : 58 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-06-28
Category : Study Aids
ISBN : 9781645422594

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Study Guide to Franny and Zooey and Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger by Intelligent Education Pdf

A comprehensive study guide offering in-depth explanation, essay, and test prep for selected works by J.D. Salinger, a prominent contender for the National Book Awards. Titles in this study guide include Nine Stories and Franny and Zooey. As an author of the twentieth-century, he is best known for his novel, The Catcher in the Rye. Moreover, his novels were written in private, as he was reclusive. This Bright Notes Study Guide explores the context and history of J.D. Salinger classic work, helping students to thoroughly explore the reasons they have stood the literary test of time. Each Bright Notes Study Guide contains: - Introductions to the Author and the Work - Character Summaries - Plot Guides - Section and Chapter Overviews - Test Essay and Study Q&As The Bright Notes Study Guide series offers an in-depth tour of more than 275 classic works of literature, exploring characters, critical commentary, historical background, plots, and themes. This set of study guides encourages readers to dig deeper in their understanding by including essay questions and answers as well as topics for further research.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BOOKRAGS INC
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-26
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Nine Stories by J. D. Salinger | Summary & Study Guide by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jeffrey W. Klausman
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2000-12-20
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1462831966

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Traveling East, Driving West: Nine Stories by Jeffrey W. Klausman Pdf

These stories are about rebirth: learning to live in the world again after facing an emotional and spiritual desert, facing space where questions and answers end. Most of the nine stories rely upon imagery and sound to create meaning where story ends. All present characters with life-creating questions, questions whose answers cannot be sought in the company of others or through the words of others; these are questions whose contemplation gives rise to answers as large as our world and as silent. The reader is left at the end of each facing the landscape of the West while oriented toward the spiritual East.

Author : Thomas Henry Sealy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1841
Category : China
ISBN : STANFORD:36105213332484

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The Porcelain Tower, Or, Nine Stories of China by Thomas Henry Sealy Pdf

The stories are uninformed, racist in nature, and accompanied by racist caricatures.

Author : Margaret Atwood
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-09-09
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780771006821

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Stone Mattress by Margaret Atwood Pdf

In Margaret Atwood's stunning new collection of stories, her first since her #1 nationally bestselling 2006 collection, Moral Disorder, she returns to the here and now in this brilliant, new collection of stories. In these nine dazzlingly inventive and rewarding stories, Margaret Atwood's signature dark humour, playfulness, and deadly seriousness are in abundance. In "Freeze-Dried Bridegroom," a man who bids on a storage locker has a surprise. In "Lusus Naturae," a woman with a genetic abnormality is mistaken for a vampire. In "I Dream of Zenia with the Bright Red Teeth," we remeet Tony, Charis, and Roz from The Robber Bride, but, years later, as their nemesis is seen in an unexpected form. In "Torching the Dusties," an elderly lady with Charles Bonnet's syndrome comes to terms with the little people she keeps seeing, while a newly formed populist group gathers to burn down her retirement residence. In "Stone Mattress," a long-ago crime is revenged in the Arctic. This is classic Margaret Atwood, and she is at the very top of her form.