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Author : Neal Sillars
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 95 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1843500671
Author : Neal Sillars
Publisher : Soft Editions
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2004-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781843500742
'Univers Parallele' is an exciting collection of short stories which will lead you through the full gamut of emotions, from sadness and despair to hope and joy. In 'The Flying Carpet' and 'Univers Parallele' you enter a nebulous reality, which will make you question what is and what is not, while 'Composting' and 'Venus' provoke a truly cathartic experience. 'Margaret' and 'Recycling' offer a glimmer of light at the end of the existential tunnel of life, reminding you of the wonder of simply being alive.This is a delightful collection of tales. From the magical to the mundane, they look at how we live our lives and how we deal with what it throws at us. The characters are believable, unforgettable and even enviable! The writer is Scottish but his is a world view: no matter what language we speak or where we live, we are all touched by the same human hopes, dreams and tragedies.
Author : Gillian Roberts,David Stirrup
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-03-24
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781554589999
The essays collected in offer close analysis of an array of cultural representations of the Canada–US border, in both site-specificity and in the ways in which they reveal and conceal cultural similarities and differences. Contributors focus on a range of regional sites along the border and examine a rich variety of expressive forms, including poetry, fiction, drama, visual art, television, and cinema produced on both sides of the 49th parallel. The field of border studies has hitherto neglected the Canada–US border as a site of cultural interest, tending to examine only its role in transnational policy, economic cycles, and legal and political frameworks. Border studies has long been rooted in the US–Mexico divide; shifting the locus of that discussion north to the 49th parallel, the contributors ask what added complications a site-specific analysis of culture at the Canada–US border can bring to the conversation. In so doing, this collection responds to the demands of Hemispheric American Studies to broaden considerations of the significance of American culture to the Americas as a whole—bringing Canadian Studies into dialogue with the dominantly US-centric critical theory in questions of citizenship, globalization, Indigenous mobilization, hemispheric exchange, and transnationalism.
Author : Jonah Rosenfeld
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 255 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-31
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780815654933
A major literary figure and frequent contributor to the Yiddish-language newspaper Forverts from the 1920s to the mid-1930s, Jonah Rosenfeld was recognized during and after his lifetime as an explorer of human psychology. His work foregrounds loneliness, social anxiety, and people’s frustrated longing for meaningful relationships—themes just as relevant to today’s Western society as they were during his era. The Rivals and Other Stories introduces nineteen of Rosenfeld’s short stories to an English-reading audience for the first time. Unlike much of Yiddish literature that offers a sentimentalized view of the tight knit communities of early twentieth-century Jewish life, Rosenfeld’s stories portray an entirely different view of pre-war Jewish families. His stories are urban, domestic dramas that probe the often painful disjunctions between men and women, parents and children, rich and poor, Jews and Gentiles, self and society. They explore eroticism and family dysfunction in narratives that were often shocking to readers at the time they were published. Following the Modernist tradition, Rosenfeld rejected many established norms, such as religion and the assumption of absolute truth. Rather, his work is rooted in psychological realism, portraying the inner lives of alienated individuals who struggle to construct a world in which they can live. These deeply moving, empathetic stories provide a counterbalance to the prevailing idealized portrait of shtetl life and enrich our understanding of Yiddish literature.
Author : Nicky Huys
Publisher : Nicky Huys Books
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-02-25
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
"French Short Stories: Parallel Universe Collision" is a captivating collection of short stories that transport readers to the intersection of multiple realities. From the bustling streets of Paris to the far reaches of the cosmos, these tales blend the charm of French culture with the mind-bending concept of parallel universes. Each story weaves a tapestry of intrigue, exploring the collision of different worlds and the unexpected consequences that follow. Through vibrant characters and evocative settings, this collection offers a unique blend of literary craftsmanship and speculative fiction, inviting readers to explore the boundless possibilities of the multiverse. Whether delving into the realms of science fiction or embracing the fantastical, these French short stories are a journey through parallel universes that will leave readers spellbound and contemplating the mysteries of existence.
Author : Adrian Dvir
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9657269008
A book describing ongoing aliens' medical activity in Israel and all over the globe. The aliens medical team collaborates with psychics and cures humans. The author is a psychic and describes his first-hand experiences.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2023-02-28
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780231553407
A boy who feels persecuted by the banality of everyday life yearns to ascend to the cold and majestic plane of the stars. A seamstress finds liberation of a sort in “becoming” a dog and howling at the moon. A club of young girls masquerade as the grieving fiancées of strange men. This book brings together these and other remarkable short stories by the Russian Symbolist Fyodor Sologub that explore the lengths to which people will go to transcend the mundane. Renowned as one of late imperial Russia’s finest stylists, Sologub bridges the great nineteenth-century novel and the fin-de-siècle avant-garde. He stands out for his masterful command of both realist and fantastic storytelling; his play with language evinces a belief in its capacity to access other worlds and other levels of meaning. Many of Sologub’s stories are set among children whose alienation from the adult world has lent them imagination and curiosity, enabling them to create an alternative reality. At the same time, he bluntly examines the sordid realities of late imperial Russian society and frankly presents sometimes unconventional sexuality. The book also features a selection of Sologub’s “little fairy tales,” ambiguous parables couched in childlike language whose ingenuity anticipates the miniatures and “incidents” of Daniil Kharms. Susanne Fusso’s elegant translation offers these artful tales to an English-speaking audience.
Author : B. P. Reardon
Publisher : University of California Press
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2019-05-07
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780520305595
Prose fiction, although not always associated with classical antiquity, flourished in the early Roman Empire, not only in realistic Latin novels but also and indeed principally in the Greek ideal romance of love and adventure. Enormously popular in the Renaissance, these stories have been less familiar in later centuries. Translations of the Greek stories were not readily available in English before B.P. Reardon’s first appeared in 1989.Nine complete stories are included here as well as ten others, encompassing the whole range of classical themes: romance, travel, adventure, historical fiction, and comic parody. A foreword by J.R. Morgan examines the enormous impact this groundbreaking collection has had on our understanding of classical thought and our concept of the novel.
Author : Zalika Reid-Benta
Publisher : House of Anansi
Page : 175 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781487005351
Set in the neighbourhood of “Little Jamaica,” Frying Plantain follows a girl from elementary school to high school graduation as she navigates the tensions between mothers and daughters, second-generation immigrants experiencing first-generation cultural expectations, and Black identity in a predominantly white society. Kara Davis is a girl caught in the middle — of her North American identity and her desire to be a “true” Jamaican, of her mother and grandmother’s rages and life lessons, of having to avoid being thought of as too “faas” or too “quiet” or too “bold” or too “soft.” In these twelve interconnected stories, we see Kara on a visit to Jamaica, startled by the sight of a severed pig’s head in her great-aunt’s freezer; in junior high, the victim of a devastating prank by her closest friends; and as a teenager in and out of her grandmother’s house, trying to cope with ongoing battles of unyielding authority. A rich and unforgettable portrait of growing up between worlds, Frying Plantain shows how, in one charged moment, friendship and love can turn to enmity and hate, well-meaning protection can become control, and teasing play can turn to something much darker.
Author : T'aejun Yi
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780231546348
Yi T’aejun was one of twentieth-century Korea’s true masters of the short story—and a man who in 1946 stunned his contemporaries by moving to the Soviet-occupied northern zone of his country. In South Korea, where he is known today as “one who went north,” Yi’s work was banned until 1988. His momentous decision did not lead him to a safe haven, however: though initially welcomed into the literary establishment, North Korea sent him into internal exile in the 1950s, and little is known of his fate. Dust and Other Stories offers a selection of Yi’s stories across time and place, showcasing a superb stylist caught up in the midst of his era’s most urgent ideological and aesthetic divides. This collection unites his earlier modernist masterpieces from the colonial era with his little-known work penned during North Korea’s founding years, offering a rare glimpse into the making—and crossing—of the border between south and north. During the turbulent final years of Japanese rule, Yi’s elegant yet subdued stories championed both his native tongue and the belief in the capacity of art. In the heavily politicized environment of the North, his later works maintain a faith in the art of storytelling and a concern for the disappearance of customs in the throes of modernization. Throughout both eras, Yi focused on ordinary people: old men struggling to understand a changing world, lovers meeting up among ancient ruins, a lively widow targeted by a literacy campaign, a bourgeois couple trying to sustain themselves during the war by breeding rabbits, and more. Magnificently translated by Janet Poole, Yi’s work bears witness to global turmoil with a melancholic sense of enduring beauty.
Author : Greg Egan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Science fiction
ISBN : STANFORD:36105131795853
Features five science fiction stories dealing with the abuse of mathematical or physical concepts and the dire consequences on humanity's future.
Author : David Constantine
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1992-07-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780141959962
The eight stories in this volume offer a varied and representative collection of twentieth century German authors from a range of political and cultural backgrounds. Styles include the non-fictional manner of Kluge's montage technique and the contrasting classical storytelling of Penzoldt. With reading notes and parallel texts in German and English, this anthology is valuable to the German student of English as well as the English student of German. Reflecting trends in German literature, the stories have been selected for their quality as well as their readability, and will enhance the appreciation of both languages.
Author : Mark T. Sondrini
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-25
Category : Short stories, American
ISBN : 1502985233
"More Parallel Lines" contains five, science fiction, short stories. Each story explores some facet of our potential future or our possible past. In "It Is About Time" a young boy discovers friendship for an old physics teacher and a love for physics, while the old man learns that things aren't always what they seem. "The Juggler" tells us about how our world might have come to be. Truth and lies, love and hate, courage and cowardice all play a role in the political intrigue of four worlds, as they spin in their orbits. An Air Force fighter pilot, forced into retirement, in the bayous of Louisiana, comes to terms with his mortality. In "The Venus Flytrap and the Martian Flyer" he finds something quite unlike anything he has confronted before. "Crystals of Life" tells about the fall and rise of a lifeform searching for a new home and finding paradise along the beaches of the Gulf of Mexico. The Ri'il find an opportunity as they present mankind with a mysterious problem. In "The Troubadour" a boy and his father find hope in the songs of a space hobo. With Earth in its final battles with pollution and population, they think of heading out to where the grass might actually be green.
Author : Péter Nádas
Publisher : Random House
Page : 1156 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2011-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781446484159
In 1989, the memorable year when the Wall came down, a university student in Berlin on his early morning run finds a corpse lying on a park bench and alerts the authorities. This classic police-procedural scene opens an extraordinary novel, a masterwork that traces the fate of myriad Europeans - Hungarians, Jews, Germans, Gypsies - across the treacherous years of the mid-twentieth century. The social and political circumstances of their lives may vary richly, their sexual and spiritual longings may seem to each of them entirely unique, yet Peter Nádas's magnificent tapestry unveils uncanny, reverberating parallels that link them across time and space. Three unusual men are at the heart of Parallel Stories: Hans von Wolkenstein, whose German mother is linked to dark secrets of fascist-Nazi collaboration during the 1940s, Ágost Lippay-Lehr, whose influential father has served Hungary's different political régimes for decades, and Andras Rott, who has his own dark record of dark activities abroad. They are friends in Budapest when we eventually meet them in the spring of 1961, a pivotal time in the postwar epoch and in their clandestine careers. But the richly detailed, dramatic memories and actions of these men, like those of their friends, lovers and family members, range from Berlin and Moscow to Switzerland and Holland, from the Mediterranean to the North Sea, and of course, across Hungary. The ever-daring, ever-original episodes of Parallel Lives explore the most intimate, most difficult human experiences in a prose glowing with uncommon clarity and also with mysterious uncertainty - as is characteristic of Nadas's subtle, spirited art. The web of extended dramas in Parallel Stories reaches not just forward to the transformative year of 1989 but back to the spring of 1939, with Europe trembling on the edge of war; to the bestial times of 1944-45, when Budapest was besieged, the final solution devastated Hungary's Jews, and the war came to an end; and to the cataclysmic Hungarian Revolution of October 1956. But there is much more to Parallel Stories than that: it is a daring, demanding, and very moving exploration of humanity at its most constrained and its most free.
Author : Jacob Neusner
Publisher : Global Academic Publishing
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1586841556
A collection of lectures given at Queen’s University by academics in Judaic Studies.