Author: Mark Winegardner
Publisher: Cengage Learning
ISBN: 9780155104808
Category : American fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Offering 3 stories by 33 authors, 3 X 33 combines both a breadth and depth not seen in other contemporary or modern short fiction anthologies.
33 Minutes
Author: Todd Hasak-Lowy
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442445017
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
An epic lunch period leads to a fateful showdown as small, skinny seventh-grader Sam's former best friend--now a popular athlete--promises to beat Sam up at recess in exactly thirty-three minutes.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1442445017
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
An epic lunch period leads to a fateful showdown as small, skinny seventh-grader Sam's former best friend--now a popular athlete--promises to beat Sam up at recess in exactly thirty-three minutes.
The Hudson Triangle
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Category : Hudson Motor Car Company
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Category : Hudson Motor Car Company
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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33 Revolutions
Author: Canek Sánchez Guevara
Publisher: Europa Editions UK
ISBN: 1787700321
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
A novel of modern Cuba written by Che Guevara's grandson. The hero of this mordant portrayal of life in contemporary Cuba is a black Cuban whose parents were enthusiastic supporters of the Castro revolution. His father, however, having fallen foul of the regime, is accused of embezzlement, and dies of a stroke. Following her husband's death, his mother flees the country and settles in Madrid. Our hero separates from his wife and now spends much of his time in the company of his Russian neighbour, from whom he discovers the pleasures of reading. The books he reads gradually open his eyes to the incongruity between party slogans and the grey oppressive reality that surrounds him: the office routine; his colleagues' daily complaints; his own obsessive thoughts that go round and round like a broken record. Every day he photographs the spontaneous eruptions of dissent on the streets and witnesses the sad spectacle of young people crowding onto makeshift rafts and leaving the island. Every night he suffers from Kafkaesque nightmares in which he is arrested and tried for unknown crimes. His disappointment and delusion grow until a day comes when he declares his unwillingness to become an informer and his real troubles begin. 33 Revolutions is a candid and moving story about the disappointments of a generation that fully believed in the ideals of the Castro Revolution. It is a unique look into lives of ordinary people in Cuba over the past five decades and a stylish work of fiction about a young man's awakening.
Publisher: Europa Editions UK
ISBN: 1787700321
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 63
Book Description
A novel of modern Cuba written by Che Guevara's grandson. The hero of this mordant portrayal of life in contemporary Cuba is a black Cuban whose parents were enthusiastic supporters of the Castro revolution. His father, however, having fallen foul of the regime, is accused of embezzlement, and dies of a stroke. Following her husband's death, his mother flees the country and settles in Madrid. Our hero separates from his wife and now spends much of his time in the company of his Russian neighbour, from whom he discovers the pleasures of reading. The books he reads gradually open his eyes to the incongruity between party slogans and the grey oppressive reality that surrounds him: the office routine; his colleagues' daily complaints; his own obsessive thoughts that go round and round like a broken record. Every day he photographs the spontaneous eruptions of dissent on the streets and witnesses the sad spectacle of young people crowding onto makeshift rafts and leaving the island. Every night he suffers from Kafkaesque nightmares in which he is arrested and tried for unknown crimes. His disappointment and delusion grow until a day comes when he declares his unwillingness to become an informer and his real troubles begin. 33 Revolutions is a candid and moving story about the disappointments of a generation that fully believed in the ideals of the Castro Revolution. It is a unique look into lives of ordinary people in Cuba over the past five decades and a stylish work of fiction about a young man's awakening.
The English Catalogue of Books [annual]
Author: Sampson Low
Publisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Vols. for 1898-1968 include a directory of publishers.
33 Moments of Happiness
Author: Ingo Schulze
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307424243
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
An intriguing, fabulously bizarre debut collection of short stories by prize-winning German writer Ingo Schulze, author of Simple Stories. These thirty-three macabre, often comical short pieces revolve around moments of odd bliss–moments seized by characters who have found ways to conquer the bleakness of everyday life in the chaotic world of post-communist Russia. Peopled by Mafia gunmen, desperate young prostitutes, bewildered foreign businessmen, and even a trio of hungry devils, the stories are by turns tragic and bleakly funny. From a sly retelling of the legend of St. Nicholas featuring a rich American named Nick, to a lavish gourmet feast in which the young female cook ends up as the main dish, these stories are above all playful and even surreal–and many of them are masterful tributes to Russian writers from Gogol to Nabokov. Translated by John E. Woods.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0307424243
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 232
Book Description
An intriguing, fabulously bizarre debut collection of short stories by prize-winning German writer Ingo Schulze, author of Simple Stories. These thirty-three macabre, often comical short pieces revolve around moments of odd bliss–moments seized by characters who have found ways to conquer the bleakness of everyday life in the chaotic world of post-communist Russia. Peopled by Mafia gunmen, desperate young prostitutes, bewildered foreign businessmen, and even a trio of hungry devils, the stories are by turns tragic and bleakly funny. From a sly retelling of the legend of St. Nicholas featuring a rich American named Nick, to a lavish gourmet feast in which the young female cook ends up as the main dish, these stories are above all playful and even surreal–and many of them are masterful tributes to Russian writers from Gogol to Nabokov. Translated by John E. Woods.
The Open Shelf
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Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Report of the State School Book Commission
Author: Ohio. State School Book Commission
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Category : Textbooks
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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Category : Textbooks
Languages : en
Pages : 212
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The Oxford Book of American Short Stories
Author: Joyce Carol Oates
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195092622
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
This volume offers a survey of American short fiction in 59 tales that combine classic works with 'different, unexpected gems', which invite readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Authors include: Amy Tan, Alice Adams, David Leavitt and Tim O'Brien.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195092622
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 788
Book Description
This volume offers a survey of American short fiction in 59 tales that combine classic works with 'different, unexpected gems', which invite readers to explore a wealth of important pieces by women and minority writers. Authors include: Amy Tan, Alice Adams, David Leavitt and Tim O'Brien.
Subject Index of the Modern Books Acquired by the British Museum in the Years ...
Author: British Museum
Publisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
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Subject Index of the Modern Books Acquired by the British Museum in the Years 1916-1920
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Best books
Languages : en
Pages : 1040
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