The Short Happy Life Of Harry Kumar

Author : Ashok Mathur
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551523385

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The Short, Happy Life of Harry Kumar by Ashok Mathur Pdf

Ashok Mathur’s debut novel, Once Upon an Elephant, was a hilarious murder mystery steeped in Hindu mythology and starring elephant-headed Hindu deity Ganesh. The Short, Happy Life of Harry Kumar, nominated for Best Book in the regional Commonwealth Writers Prize, continues Mathur’s playful jaunt through mythology, this time blending the Hindu epic, the Ramayana, with the geography of Canada and Australia. Harry Kumar is an unlikely hero who finds himself vaulted into a globe-trotting quest to rescue his closest friend and confidant who’s been kidnapped by a mysterious villain. With his travelling companion, a somewhat high-strung dog named Hanuman, Harry becomes embroiled in the odd politics that govern our world—and his own history. Harry travels a fantastic, twisting trail in search of a woman, his best friend and perhaps lover, in a twisting tale of fate and the backwards/forwards of time. "A fine, subtle look at the ancient myth of Rama and Sita. . . . Mathur’s decidedly feminist take on the Rama myth is decidedly unconventional."—Calgary Herald "A rich and multilayered story."—Georgia Straight Praise for Once Upon an Elephant: "Mathur’s novel is as funny as it is smart. Once Upon an Elephant is wry, sly, and perfectly suited to the tusk, er, task, at hand."—Toronto Star "Whimsical. . . . The novel conjures up a cosmos of mirthful chaos. Mathur’s debut is a comic celebration."—Vancouver Sun "Epic, shrewd, funny, convincing, sexed-up, and full of a kind of glittering gravitas."—Quill & Quire Ashok Mathur teaches critical studies at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design in Vancouver.

Author : Ashok Mathur
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1551520583

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Once Upon an Elephant by Ashok Mathur Pdf

Once Upon an Elephant is a contemporary tale of Hindu deity Ganesh and what happens when worlds, cultures, and stories collide. A whimsical, contemporary retelling of the creation story of Ganesh--the elephant-headed Hindu deity--Once Upon an Elephant is rife with humour and political satire. When the police find unusual boy parts--a young man's head and an elephant's body--they assume a murder has been committed, and the case goes to trial. But the appearance of Vighnesvara, a manifestation of Ganesh with the body of a young man and the head of an elephant, in the courtroom of ultra-conservative Judge McEchern throws things into chaos. Around the world statues of Ganesh are drinking offered milk, and poor Judge McEchern has troubles enough with his carnival court: witnesses who testify in languages other than English, testimony from an accused who grows extra arms at will, and a murder victim, with the head of an elephant, who refuses to stay dead. Ganesh is known as the lord of obstacles, and Once Upon an Elephant is strewn with them, twisting, turning, and thwarting expectations about race, class, and sexuality, all within a page-turning murder mystery. This was Ashok Mathur's first novel; his second novel, The Short, Happy Life of Harry Kumar, is also available from Arsenal Pulp Press.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2002-08
Category : Bibliography
ISBN : IND:30000114364395

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Book Review Digest by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Book industries and trade
ISBN : NWU:35556030709463

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Quill & Quire by Anonim Pdf

Author : Casey Plett
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551527215

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Little Fish by Casey Plett Pdf

WINNER, Lambda Literary Award; Firecracker Award for Fiction; $60,000 Amazon Canada First Novel Award When thirty-year-old trans woman Wendy Reimer comes across evidence that her late grandfather—a devout Mennonite farmer—might have been transgender himself, she dismisses this revelation, having other problems at hand. But as she and her friends struggle to cope with their increasingly volatile lives—which range from alcoholism, to sex work, to suicide—Wendy grows increasingly drawn to the lost pieces of her grandfather’s life, becoming determined to unravel the mystery of his truth. Alternately warm-hearted and dark-spirited, desperate and mirthful, Little Fish explores the winter of discontent in the life of one transgender woman as her past and future become irrevocably entwined. This publication meets the EPUB Accessibility requirements and it also meets the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG-AA). It is screen-reader friendly and is accessible to persons with disabilities. A Simple book with few images, which is defined with accessible structural markup. This book contains various accessibility features such as alternative text for images, table of contents, page-list, landmark, reading order and semantic structure.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 664 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1975
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:39015079628692

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Canadian Book Review Annual by Anonim Pdf

Author : Ashok Mathur
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551523453

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A Little Distillery in Nowgong by Ashok Mathur Pdf

This fantastical historical novel, narrated by a child yet to be born, traces the lives of three generations of a Parsi family in India beginning in the late 1800s. The narrative follows the Khargat family from the intricacies of village life in the jungles of central India, to the complications of urban life in turbulent pre- and post-independence struggles, to contemporary diasporic realities in the United Kingdom and North America. This beautifully told, engaging novel, by the author of the Commonwealth Writers' Prize finalist The Short, Happy Life of Harry Kumar, humanizes the politics of ethnicity, culture, and colonial rule.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1346 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Books
ISBN : UOM:39015079399278

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Book Review Index by Anonim Pdf

Every 3rd issue is a quarterly cumulation.

Author : University of Toronto
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCBK:C078020644

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University of Toronto Quarterly by University of Toronto Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 964 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : American literature
ISBN : UOM:39015066043129

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American Book Publishing Record by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Commonwealth literature (English)
ISBN : UCBK:C083731068

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The Journal of Commonwealth Literature by Anonim Pdf

One number each year includes Annual bibliography of Commonwealth literature.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : American literature
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131548567

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West Coast Line by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jonathan Kemp
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551525037

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London Triptych by Jonathan Kemp Pdf

"London itself is as powerful a presence here as the three gay men whose lives it absorbs."?The Times Literary Supplement "Vivid and visceral, London Triptych cuts deep to reveal the hidden layers of a secret history."?Jake Arnott, author of The Long Firm Rent boys, aristocrats, artists, and criminals populate this sweeping novel in which author Jonathan Kemp skillfully interweaves the lives and loves of three very different men in gay London across the decades. In the 1890s, a young man named Jack apprentices as a rent boy and discovers a life of pleasure and excess that leads to new friendships, most notably with the soon-to-be-infamous Oscar Wilde. A century later in 1998, David tells his own tale of unashamed decadence from prison, recalling life as a young man arriving in the city in the mid-'80s just as the scourge of AIDS hit. Where their paths cross, in the politically sensitive 1950s, when gay men were the target of police and politicians alike, the artist Colin tentatively explores his sexuality while working on his painting "London Triptych." Moodily atmospheric and rich with history, London Triptych is a sexy, resplendent portrait of the politics and pleasures of queer life in one of the world's most fascinating cities. Jonathan Kemp lives in London, where he currently teaches creative writing at Birkbeck College. London Triptych, his first novel, was published in the United Kingdom in 2010 and won the Authors' Club Best First Novel Award.

Author : John Vigna
Publisher : arsenal pulp press
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2012-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781551524917

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Bull Head by John Vigna Pdf

"A heartbreaking portrait of what it means to be a man in a world where violence trumps reason, and bad decisions begin with good intentions. With wit, tenderness, and intelligence, Bull Head exposes the raw underbelly of male experience."—Gary Shteyngart, author of Super Sad True Love Story A line-dancing aficionado visits his brother in jail in hopes of mending their relationship, and instead discovers his own unwitting role in his brother's failed life. After the death of his wife and children, a logger tries to survive the Thanksgiving weekend on his own. A delinquent teen's life is changed forever by a work-camp placement with a violent older boy. A truck driver seeks sanctuary from his abusive wife in a fantasy world of strip clubs and personal ads. Bristling with restlessness and brutality, these linked stories set in the Pacific Northwest catapult readers into the gritty lives of social outcasts lost in purgatories of their own making. John Vigna tempers raw and at times cruel rural masculinity with graceful prose and breathtaking tenderness to illuminate the plight of men living in small towns and backwoods who belong neither to history nor the future. A startling homage to the great Southern Gothic tradition, Bull Head is a dazzling debut that heralds a powerful and exciting new literary voice. John Vigna is an alumnus of the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His fiction and non fiction have appeared in numerous newspapers and magazines. John lives in Vancouver, British Columbia, with his wife, writer Nancy Lee.

Author : Harry Mathews
Publisher : Deep Vellum Publishing
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2023-01-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781628974799

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Cigarettes by Harry Mathews Pdf

Cigarettes is a novel about the rich and powerful, tracing their complicated relationships from the 1930s to the 1960s, from New York City to Upper New York State. Though nothing is as simple as it might appear to be, we could describe this as a story about Allen, who is married to Maud but having an affair with Elizabeth, who lives with Maud. Or say it is a story about fraud in the art world, horse racing, and sexual intrigues. Or, as one critic did, compare it to a Jane Austen creation, or to an Aldous Huxley novel—and be right and wrong on both counts. What one can emphatically say is that Cigarettes is a brilliant display of Harry Mathews's ingenuity and deadly playfulness.