Author: Fuminori Nakamura
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 161695213X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The second book by prize-winning Japanese novelist Fuminori Nakamura to be available in English translation, a follow-up to 2012's critically acclaimed The Thief─another fantastically creepy, electric literary thriller that explores the limits of human depravity─and the powerful human instinct to resist evil. When Fumihiro Kuki is eleven years old, his elderly, enigmatic father calls him into his study for a meeting. "I created you to be a cancer on the world," his father tells him. It is a tradition in their wealthy family: a patriarch, when reaching the end of his life, will beget one last child to cause misery in a world that cannot be controlled or saved. From this point on, Fumihiro will be specially educated to learn to create as much destruction and unhappiness in the world around him as a single person can. Between his education in hedonism and his family's resources, Fumihiro's life is one without repercussions. Every door is open to him, for he need obey no laws and may live out any fantasy he might have, no matter how many people are hurt in the process. But as his education progresses, Fumihiro begins to question his father's mandate, and starts to resist.
Evil and the Mask
Author: Fuminori Nakamura
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 161695213X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The second book by prize-winning Japanese novelist Fuminori Nakamura to be available in English translation, a follow-up to 2012's critically acclaimed The Thief─another fantastically creepy, electric literary thriller that explores the limits of human depravity─and the powerful human instinct to resist evil. When Fumihiro Kuki is eleven years old, his elderly, enigmatic father calls him into his study for a meeting. "I created you to be a cancer on the world," his father tells him. It is a tradition in their wealthy family: a patriarch, when reaching the end of his life, will beget one last child to cause misery in a world that cannot be controlled or saved. From this point on, Fumihiro will be specially educated to learn to create as much destruction and unhappiness in the world around him as a single person can. Between his education in hedonism and his family's resources, Fumihiro's life is one without repercussions. Every door is open to him, for he need obey no laws and may live out any fantasy he might have, no matter how many people are hurt in the process. But as his education progresses, Fumihiro begins to question his father's mandate, and starts to resist.
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 161695213X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The second book by prize-winning Japanese novelist Fuminori Nakamura to be available in English translation, a follow-up to 2012's critically acclaimed The Thief─another fantastically creepy, electric literary thriller that explores the limits of human depravity─and the powerful human instinct to resist evil. When Fumihiro Kuki is eleven years old, his elderly, enigmatic father calls him into his study for a meeting. "I created you to be a cancer on the world," his father tells him. It is a tradition in their wealthy family: a patriarch, when reaching the end of his life, will beget one last child to cause misery in a world that cannot be controlled or saved. From this point on, Fumihiro will be specially educated to learn to create as much destruction and unhappiness in the world around him as a single person can. Between his education in hedonism and his family's resources, Fumihiro's life is one without repercussions. Every door is open to him, for he need obey no laws and may live out any fantasy he might have, no matter how many people are hurt in the process. But as his education progresses, Fumihiro begins to question his father's mandate, and starts to resist.
The Mask
Author: Dean Koontz
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101579285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Jane is a very good girl. But #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz shows that appearances can be deceiving—in a deadly way... She appears out of nowhere, a beautiful teenage girl in the middle of traffic on a busy day. Paul and Carol Tracy are drawn to her—she's the child they never thought they could have. But then Carol's nightmares begin—the ghastly sounds in the night...the bloody face in the mirror...the razor-sharp ax. Jane can't remember her past. And as Carol attempts to help her uncover who she was, she has no idea of the horrors that await...
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101579285
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 293
Book Description
Jane is a very good girl. But #1 New York Times bestselling author Dean Koontz shows that appearances can be deceiving—in a deadly way... She appears out of nowhere, a beautiful teenage girl in the middle of traffic on a busy day. Paul and Carol Tracy are drawn to her—she's the child they never thought they could have. But then Carol's nightmares begin—the ghastly sounds in the night...the bloody face in the mirror...the razor-sharp ax. Jane can't remember her past. And as Carol attempts to help her uncover who she was, she has no idea of the horrors that await...
The Haunted Mask (Goosebumps Most Wanted)
Author: R. L. Stine
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545415187
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
For the first time ever, Goosebumps is in hard cover! Catch the series' most notorious characters--undead or alive... For the first time ever, Goosebumps is in hard cover! Catch the series' most notorious characters--undead or alive...From horror master R.L. Stine come two new chilling stories in one spooky standalone:Lu-Ann Franklin usually loves Halloween. Not this year. Her best friend, Devin O'Bannon, is going away for the week. And she has to go to a boring party where nothing exciting could ever happen. But when Lu-Ann comes face-to-face with The Haunted Mask, major trouble lies ahead.Devin O'Bannon didn't want to leave his best friend Lu-Ann Franklin behind on Halloween. He didn't ask to go on this trip. And that was before he heard the strange scratching on his windows and saw the shadows moving around in the fields. Something is out there and it doesn't seem to want Devin around!
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545415187
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
For the first time ever, Goosebumps is in hard cover! Catch the series' most notorious characters--undead or alive... For the first time ever, Goosebumps is in hard cover! Catch the series' most notorious characters--undead or alive...From horror master R.L. Stine come two new chilling stories in one spooky standalone:Lu-Ann Franklin usually loves Halloween. Not this year. Her best friend, Devin O'Bannon, is going away for the week. And she has to go to a boring party where nothing exciting could ever happen. But when Lu-Ann comes face-to-face with The Haunted Mask, major trouble lies ahead.Devin O'Bannon didn't want to leave his best friend Lu-Ann Franklin behind on Halloween. He didn't ask to go on this trip. And that was before he heard the strange scratching on his windows and saw the shadows moving around in the fields. Something is out there and it doesn't seem to want Devin around!
Cult X
Author: Fuminori Nakamura
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1616957875
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
The magnum opus by Japanese literary sensation Fuminori Nakamura, Cult X is a story that dives into the psychology of fringe religion, obsession, and social disaffection. When Toru Narazaki’s girlfriend, Ryoko Tachibana, disappears, he tries to track her down, despite the warnings of the private detective he’s hired to find her. Ryoko’s past is shrouded in mystery, but the one concrete clue to her whereabouts is a previous address in the heart of Tokyo. She lived in a compound with a group that seems to be a cult led by a charismatic guru with a revisionist Buddhist scheme of life, death, and society. Narazaki plunges into the secretive world of the cult, ready to expose himself to any of the guru’s brainwashing tactics if it means he can learn the truth about Ryoko. But the cult isn’t what he expected, and he has no idea of the bubbling violence he is stepping into. Inspired by the 1995 sarin gas terrorist attack on the Tokyo subway, Cult X is an exploration of what draws individuals into extremism. It is a tour de force that captures the connections between astrophysics, neuroscience, and religion; an invective against predatory corporate consumerism and exploitative geopolitics; and a love story about compassion in the face of nihilism.
Publisher: Soho Press
ISBN: 1616957875
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
The magnum opus by Japanese literary sensation Fuminori Nakamura, Cult X is a story that dives into the psychology of fringe religion, obsession, and social disaffection. When Toru Narazaki’s girlfriend, Ryoko Tachibana, disappears, he tries to track her down, despite the warnings of the private detective he’s hired to find her. Ryoko’s past is shrouded in mystery, but the one concrete clue to her whereabouts is a previous address in the heart of Tokyo. She lived in a compound with a group that seems to be a cult led by a charismatic guru with a revisionist Buddhist scheme of life, death, and society. Narazaki plunges into the secretive world of the cult, ready to expose himself to any of the guru’s brainwashing tactics if it means he can learn the truth about Ryoko. But the cult isn’t what he expected, and he has no idea of the bubbling violence he is stepping into. Inspired by the 1995 sarin gas terrorist attack on the Tokyo subway, Cult X is an exploration of what draws individuals into extremism. It is a tour de force that captures the connections between astrophysics, neuroscience, and religion; an invective against predatory corporate consumerism and exploitative geopolitics; and a love story about compassion in the face of nihilism.
Rose and the Magician's Mask
Author: Holly Webb
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492604313
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Rose is now a fully fledged magician's apprentice—will her new magic be enough to find the dangerous magician's mask? When a precious mask of unimaginable power is stolen from the royal palace, Rose suspects that dark magicians are at work and that danger looms. The race to stop the evil thieves will take Rose to the mysterious city of Venice, where nothing is quite what it seems. Can Rose use her magic to find the terrible mask before its true powers are revealed?
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN: 1492604313
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 171
Book Description
Rose is now a fully fledged magician's apprentice—will her new magic be enough to find the dangerous magician's mask? When a precious mask of unimaginable power is stolen from the royal palace, Rose suspects that dark magicians are at work and that danger looms. The race to stop the evil thieves will take Rose to the mysterious city of Venice, where nothing is quite what it seems. Can Rose use her magic to find the terrible mask before its true powers are revealed?
The Mask of Time
Author: Marius Gabriel
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780099957607
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 725
Book Description
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 9780099957607
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 725
Book Description
The Scream of the Haunted Mask
Author: R.L. Stine
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545840368
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
In this spinoff to the New York Times–bestselling Goosebumps series, a tween controlled by a Halloween mask goes to a theme park to escape the terror. What should Carly Beth be for Halloween this year? TERRIFIED! Late at night, an ugly green mask is mysteriously calling out to her, and ugly green masks don’t like to be ignored. If Carly Beth survives the night, even a scary theme park might sound like a vacation. Or maybe not! At HorrorLand, every night is Halloween. And those monster masks she discovers in the gift shop? They aren’t masks.
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
ISBN: 0545840368
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 143
Book Description
In this spinoff to the New York Times–bestselling Goosebumps series, a tween controlled by a Halloween mask goes to a theme park to escape the terror. What should Carly Beth be for Halloween this year? TERRIFIED! Late at night, an ugly green mask is mysteriously calling out to her, and ugly green masks don’t like to be ignored. If Carly Beth survives the night, even a scary theme park might sound like a vacation. Or maybe not! At HorrorLand, every night is Halloween. And those monster masks she discovers in the gift shop? They aren’t masks.
W. B. Yeats's a Vision
Author: Neil Mann
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 098353392X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
The first volume of essays devoted to W. B. Yeats's 'A Vision' and the associated system developed by Yeats and his wife, George. 'A Vision' is all-encompassing in its stated aims and scope, and it invites a wide range of approaches--as demonstrated in the essays collected here, written by the foremost scholars in the field.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 098353392X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 395
Book Description
The first volume of essays devoted to W. B. Yeats's 'A Vision' and the associated system developed by Yeats and his wife, George. 'A Vision' is all-encompassing in its stated aims and scope, and it invites a wide range of approaches--as demonstrated in the essays collected here, written by the foremost scholars in the field.
Yeats’s Vision Papers
Author: W. B. Yeats
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 134910924X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
The third volume of a three volume edition of the collected papers and notebooks which comprise the "automatic writing" of W.B.Yeats. The material presented here is taken from the writings known as "the sleep and dreams" notebooks, the "vision" notebooks one and two and from Yeats' card files.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 134910924X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 459
Book Description
The third volume of a three volume edition of the collected papers and notebooks which comprise the "automatic writing" of W.B.Yeats. The material presented here is taken from the writings known as "the sleep and dreams" notebooks, the "vision" notebooks one and two and from Yeats' card files.
The Making of Yeats’s A Vision
Author: George Mills Harper
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349086673
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349086673
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description