Author: Steve Katz
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 1573661392
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This collection—derived from many impulses but unified through one distinctive sensibility—contains passionate subversive acts of language, oblique takes on American life, outbursts of comic genius, long meditations on the cruelty of contemporary customs, and funny, disturbing glimpses of daily life. Reality is rendered pitilessly real, and fantasy bares its teeth. At once playful and devastatingly serious, the works in this collection employ a variety of forms—genres, anti-genres, fantasies, games—while highlighting the dangers and delights of contemporary life: Hollywood, tsunamis, war, the art world, AIDS, ambition, weapons of mass destruction, family values, perverse sexualities, urban violence, small change and big bucks, are all used to chum the waters of imagination and truth.
Kissssss
Author: Steve Katz
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 1573661392
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This collection—derived from many impulses but unified through one distinctive sensibility—contains passionate subversive acts of language, oblique takes on American life, outbursts of comic genius, long meditations on the cruelty of contemporary customs, and funny, disturbing glimpses of daily life. Reality is rendered pitilessly real, and fantasy bares its teeth. At once playful and devastatingly serious, the works in this collection employ a variety of forms—genres, anti-genres, fantasies, games—while highlighting the dangers and delights of contemporary life: Hollywood, tsunamis, war, the art world, AIDS, ambition, weapons of mass destruction, family values, perverse sexualities, urban violence, small change and big bucks, are all used to chum the waters of imagination and truth.
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 1573661392
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
This collection—derived from many impulses but unified through one distinctive sensibility—contains passionate subversive acts of language, oblique takes on American life, outbursts of comic genius, long meditations on the cruelty of contemporary customs, and funny, disturbing glimpses of daily life. Reality is rendered pitilessly real, and fantasy bares its teeth. At once playful and devastatingly serious, the works in this collection employ a variety of forms—genres, anti-genres, fantasies, games—while highlighting the dangers and delights of contemporary life: Hollywood, tsunamis, war, the art world, AIDS, ambition, weapons of mass destruction, family values, perverse sexualities, urban violence, small change and big bucks, are all used to chum the waters of imagination and truth.
Better Angels: Tour de Force
Author: Steven D. Brewer
Publisher: Water Dragon Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The Better Angels. Entertainment. Music and Dancing. And Rescues! Originally designed by the Magicorps corporation to be singing and dancing idols, the Better Angels are non-human biological androids that look like young girls. But their design was repurposed for nefarious purposes. After a mysterious guardian angel named David rescues them, they need to somehow find their own way in a big galaxy. And what better way than by returning to their roots as magical-girl idols! Quickly gaining galaxy-wide fame, traveling in their starship Angels’ Wings, from their permanent berth on the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy, David and the Better Angels jump from planet to space station to asteroid, singing and dancing, offering benefits for charity, and offering appearances for their fans. But is that all they’re doing? Some wonder … Seemingly magnets for trouble, the Angels attract more than their fair share of unwanted attention. But they also collect new allies along the way.
Publisher: Water Dragon Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 190
Book Description
The Better Angels. Entertainment. Music and Dancing. And Rescues! Originally designed by the Magicorps corporation to be singing and dancing idols, the Better Angels are non-human biological androids that look like young girls. But their design was repurposed for nefarious purposes. After a mysterious guardian angel named David rescues them, they need to somehow find their own way in a big galaxy. And what better way than by returning to their roots as magical-girl idols! Quickly gaining galaxy-wide fame, traveling in their starship Angels’ Wings, from their permanent berth on the Truck Stop at the Center of the Galaxy, David and the Better Angels jump from planet to space station to asteroid, singing and dancing, offering benefits for charity, and offering appearances for their fans. But is that all they’re doing? Some wonder … Seemingly magnets for trouble, the Angels attract more than their fair share of unwanted attention. But they also collect new allies along the way.
Yesterday Will Make You Cry
Author: Chester B. Himes
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393318296
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
"There could not be a fitter time or place for the publication of this great prison novel than today's United States." --H. Bruce Franklin, The Nation
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 9780393318296
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
"There could not be a fitter time or place for the publication of this great prison novel than today's United States." --H. Bruce Franklin, The Nation
The Genie's Wish
Author: Terry Spear
Publisher: Terry Spear
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Lizzie Mason just wanted to buy a birthday present for her older brother who loves antiques. What she doesn't expect is to end up in a world far from her own with a mission to save a man's life before it's too late Genies are only fairy tales. At least that's what Lizzie Mason thinks until she manages to summon one from an antique vase. Now she's in real trouble as she vows to save the man imprisoned in the bottle from a fate worse than death and ends up in his world, hoping to change fate without getting herself killed. The genie must right the wrongs of the past before the curse placed on him can be broken. But will the woman who has freed him be able to manage in a world where deceit and death await them?
Publisher: Terry Spear
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Lizzie Mason just wanted to buy a birthday present for her older brother who loves antiques. What she doesn't expect is to end up in a world far from her own with a mission to save a man's life before it's too late Genies are only fairy tales. At least that's what Lizzie Mason thinks until she manages to summon one from an antique vase. Now she's in real trouble as she vows to save the man imprisoned in the bottle from a fate worse than death and ends up in his world, hoping to change fate without getting herself killed. The genie must right the wrongs of the past before the curse placed on him can be broken. But will the woman who has freed him be able to manage in a world where deceit and death await them?
The lost day
Author: Marie McMillan
Publisher: Europa Edizioni
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In Greek mythology, the gods made human sacrifices. In this confronting, fictitious crime story, drink-spiking and sacrificial spousal gang rape, not to mention loss of trust, have been raised to Olympian heights of criminality.
Publisher: Europa Edizioni
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
In Greek mythology, the gods made human sacrifices. In this confronting, fictitious crime story, drink-spiking and sacrificial spousal gang rape, not to mention loss of trust, have been raised to Olympian heights of criminality.
One Fell Off The Merry-Go Round
Author: Kathi Stewart
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1646549627
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Take this journey of self-discovery with first-time author Kathi Stewart. Walk the path with her as she takes you through family darkness, secrets, broken relationships, and healing. Kathi is a survivor. Through her vulnerability and willingness to work through her demons, you will journey with Kathi to find hope, courage, and to rise up and see her take control of her life and get off the virtual merry-go-round that so often repeats itself generation to generation. So many of us are on that ride, but deep within ourselves we all have the inner ability to take the reins and ride the horse off.
Publisher: Fulton Books, Inc.
ISBN: 1646549627
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Take this journey of self-discovery with first-time author Kathi Stewart. Walk the path with her as she takes you through family darkness, secrets, broken relationships, and healing. Kathi is a survivor. Through her vulnerability and willingness to work through her demons, you will journey with Kathi to find hope, courage, and to rise up and see her take control of her life and get off the virtual merry-go-round that so often repeats itself generation to generation. So many of us are on that ride, but deep within ourselves we all have the inner ability to take the reins and ride the horse off.
Bomb
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ISBN:
Category : Arts, Latin American
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
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Category : Arts, Latin American
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
Book Review Digest
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 324
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Pages : 324
Book Description
The Secret of the Bulls
Author: Jose Raul Bernardo
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780684831374
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Secret of the Bulls is a thoroughly enchanting and lush romantic novel, a passionate family saga that brings to life the brilliantly-colored world of prerevolutionary Cuba. It is a love story, the story of Maximiliano and Dolores's lifelong passionate love for one another, anchored firmly in a world where love stories are larger than life, where desires are shamelessly hot, where male pride is fierce, and family loyalty sacred. Bernardo's original and spellbinding novel explores three generations of love and passion, forbidden kisses, and enduring family pride. The Secret of the Bulls is an epic, lusty novel, sometimes comic, sometimes tragic-a novel that seeks to understand the psychology of machismo in a culture steeped in both tradition and tragedy.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780684831374
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The Secret of the Bulls is a thoroughly enchanting and lush romantic novel, a passionate family saga that brings to life the brilliantly-colored world of prerevolutionary Cuba. It is a love story, the story of Maximiliano and Dolores's lifelong passionate love for one another, anchored firmly in a world where love stories are larger than life, where desires are shamelessly hot, where male pride is fierce, and family loyalty sacred. Bernardo's original and spellbinding novel explores three generations of love and passion, forbidden kisses, and enduring family pride. The Secret of the Bulls is an epic, lusty novel, sometimes comic, sometimes tragic-a novel that seeks to understand the psychology of machismo in a culture steeped in both tradition and tragedy.
The Secret of the Bulls
Author: José Raúl Bernardo
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Maximiliano and Delores marry and manage to raise a family, despite parental disapproval, natural disasters, financial hardships, and the "machismo" traditions of Cuban society in the early twentieth century.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Maximiliano and Delores marry and manage to raise a family, despite parental disapproval, natural disasters, financial hardships, and the "machismo" traditions of Cuban society in the early twentieth century.