These Foolish Things Other Stories

Author : Yeo Wei Wei
Publisher : Ethos Books
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789811414954

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These Foolish Things & Other Stories by Yeo Wei Wei Pdf

This debut collection by Yeo Wei Wei explores the realms between private selves, past and present, through vivid and haunting motifs—a singing bird, a lost soul in a yellow umbrella, an ivory carving, the diary of an ex-boyfriend's father. Revealing the regrets, obsessions, loss and sorrow of events in everyday life, These Foolish Things &Other Stories is a compelling piece of work ready to haunt, delight and touch its readers. A wife returns home to find that her husband has remarried ... An old woman in a nursing home is visited by a mynah that sings a Beatles song ... An artist remembers the time he was harangued by rambutans, magoes and other fruits in his studio ... “No word is out of place in Yeo Wei Wei’s exacting prose. The reader’s expectations and positions of empathy are put to the test in ways that both delight and shatter the heart.” -Cyril Wong, author of Tilting Our Plates to Catch the Light and The Dictator's Eyebrow “Yeo Wei Wei weaves a purgatorial web of men and women caught between guilt, loss and unbearable longing. Her stories are intelligent, haunting, carefully composed yet deeply felt.” -Clarissa Oon, arts editor, The Straits Times “Yeo Wei Wei is set on uncovering whole realms between private past and present and between private selves; in the process, she justifies the incidence of art. Let each tale here walk your mind as though it were a painting -Gwee Li Sui, literary critic, graphic artist and author of One Thousand and One Nights: Love Poems

Author : Wei-Wei Yeo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Desire
ISBN : 9810950608

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These Foolish Things & Other Stories by Wei-Wei Yeo Pdf

Author : Deborah Moggach
Publisher : Random House
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781448137657

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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel by Deborah Moggach Pdf

Discover the Sunday Times bestselling novel that inspired the beloved film. The book that inspired the box office hit The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Dev Patel and Penelope Wilton Enticed by advertisements for a luxury retirement home in India, a group of strangers leave England to begin a new life. On arrival, however, they discover the palace is a shell of its former self, the staff are more than a little eccentric and the days of the Raj appear to be long gone. But, as they soon discover, life and love can begin again, even in the most unexpected circumstances. 'Funny, touching and so full of colours and visual details that you feel, after finishing it, as if you've already seen the movie' Daily Mail Previously published with the title These Foolish Things.

Author : Wei Wei Yeo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Husband and wife
ISBN : 9810950594

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These Foolish Things by Wei Wei Yeo Pdf

Author : Deborah Moggach
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015058135461

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These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach Pdf

'These Foolish Things' is about Dunroamin, a converted guesthouse in Bangalore, where Sonny sets up a home for old people. Travel and set-up are inexpensive, staff willing and plentiful - and the British pensioners can enjoy the hot weather and mango juice with their gin.

Author : Deborah Moggach
Publisher : Random House
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-02-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446485774

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These Foolish Things by Deborah Moggach Pdf

Discover the Sunday Times bestselling novel that inspired the beloved film The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel The book that inspired the box office hit The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel starring Judi Dench, Maggie Smith, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Dev Patel and Penelope Wilton Enticed by advertisements for a luxury retirement home in India, a group of strangers leave England to begin a new life. On arrival, however, they discover the palace is a shell of its former self, the staff are more than a little eccentric and the days of the Raj appear to be long gone. But, as they soon discover, life and love can begin again, even in the most unexpected circumstances. 'One of Britain's foremost women writers' Daily Telegraph

Author : Grant Allen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 394 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:503293267

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The Beckoning Hand and Other Stories by Grant Allen Pdf

Author : John Fox
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:8596547320418

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Hell Fer Sartain and Other Stories by John Fox Pdf

Hell fer Sartain and Other Stories' is a collection of short stories written by John Fox Jr. He was a New York Times-bestselling author for several years in a row with his novels 'The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come' and 'The Trail of the Lonesome Pine'. Featured titles to be found inside the following publication includes 'On Hell-fer-Sertain Creek', 'Through the Gap', and 'A Trick O' Trade'.

Author : Imogen Parker
Publisher : Black Swan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Female friendship
ISBN : 0552999938

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These Foolish Things by Imogen Parker Pdf

In the hottest summer for twenty years, the lives of three women collide. Alison - sophisticated, successful, married to the ideal husband, but still wondering what the future holds. Lia - serene, beautiful, living in blissful contentment with the man she loves. Ginger - chaotic, effervescent, unable to hold down a relationship for more than a few weeks. Three women with nothing in common - except that they are each about to have their first baby. An unforgettable story of friendship, love and the choices that confront us all.

Author : Emma Mills
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company (BYR)
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781627799386

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Foolish Hearts by Emma Mills Pdf

When Claudia accidentally eavesdrops on the epic breakup of Paige and Iris, the it-couple at her school, she finds herself in hot water with prickly, difficult Iris. Thrown together against their will in the class production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, along with the goofiest, cutest boy Claudia has ever known, Iris and Claudia are in for an eye-opening senior year. Smart, funny, and thoroughly, wonderfully flawed, Claudia navigates a world of intense friendships and tentative romance in Emma Mills's Follish Hearts, a young adult novel about expanding your horizons, allowing yourself to be vulnerable, and accepting—and loving—people for who they really are.

Author : Elinor Glyn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1913
Category : Electronic
ISBN : CORNELL:31924013617984

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The Contrast and Other Stories by Elinor Glyn Pdf

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Cosimo Classics
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1907
Category : Fiction
ISBN : CORNELL:31924021970755

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The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain Pdf

"Money had brought him misery, and he took his revenge upon us, who had done him no harm. He had his desire: with base and cunning calculation he left us but thirty thousand, knowing we would try to increase it, and ruin our life and break our hearts." -The $30,000 Bequest (1906) The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories (1906) is a collection of humorous tales by Mark Twain, covering his lifelong career. The title story is classic Twain, about an old man leaving a distant relative a life-changing sum of money, only to be collected under strict terms. Other stories include A Dog's Tale, Was it Heaven? Or Hell?, Does the Race of Man Love a Lord? and many others. This replica of the 1907 edition of The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories is a real treat for booklovers and fans of Mark Twain.

Author : Michael Sadleir
Publisher : London : Constable
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1937
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:37004878

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These Foolish Things by Michael Sadleir Pdf

Author : Wilkie Collins
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1874
Category : Electronic
ISBN : NLS:V001480542

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The Frozen Deep and Other Stories by Wilkie Collins Pdf

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1906
Category : Christian Science
ISBN : UCAL:B3548962

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The Writings of Mark Twain [pseud.].: The $30,000 bequest and other stories by Mark Twain Pdf