Author: Doris Lessing
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061582484
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Anna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience of her earlier years. In a red one she records her political life, her disillusionment with communism. In a yellow one she writes a novel in which the heroine relives part of her own experience. And in a blue one she keeps a personal diary. Finally, in love with an American writer and threatened with insanity, Anna resolves to bring the threads of all four books together in a golden notebook. Doris Lessing's best-known and most influential novel, The Golden Notebook retains its extraordinary power and relevance decades after its initial publication.
Doomi Golo—The Hidden Notebooks
Author: Boubacar Boris Diop
Publisher: MSU Press
ISBN: 1628952741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
The first novel to be translated from Wolof to English, Doomi Golo—The Hidden Notebooks is a masterful work that conveys the story of Nguirane Faye and his attempts to communicate with his grandson before he dies. With a narrative structure that beautifully imitates the movements of a musical piece, Diop relates Faye’s trauma of losing his only son, Assane Tall, which is compounded by his grandson Badou’s migration to an unknown destination. While Faye feels certain that his grandson will return one day, he also is convinced that he will no longer be alive by then. Faye spends his days sitting under a mango tree in the courtyard of his home, reminiscing and observing his surroundings. He speaks to Badou through his seven notebooks, six of which are revealed to the reader, while the seventh, the “Book of Secrets,” is highly confidential and reserved for Badou’s eyes only. In the absence of letters from Badou, the notebooks form the only possible means of communication between the two, carrying within them tunes and repetitions that give this novel its unusual shape: loose and meandering on the one hand, coherent and tightly interwoven on the other. Translated by Vera Wülfing-Leckie and El Hadji Moustapha Diop.
Publisher: MSU Press
ISBN: 1628952741
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
The first novel to be translated from Wolof to English, Doomi Golo—The Hidden Notebooks is a masterful work that conveys the story of Nguirane Faye and his attempts to communicate with his grandson before he dies. With a narrative structure that beautifully imitates the movements of a musical piece, Diop relates Faye’s trauma of losing his only son, Assane Tall, which is compounded by his grandson Badou’s migration to an unknown destination. While Faye feels certain that his grandson will return one day, he also is convinced that he will no longer be alive by then. Faye spends his days sitting under a mango tree in the courtyard of his home, reminiscing and observing his surroundings. He speaks to Badou through his seven notebooks, six of which are revealed to the reader, while the seventh, the “Book of Secrets,” is highly confidential and reserved for Badou’s eyes only. In the absence of letters from Badou, the notebooks form the only possible means of communication between the two, carrying within them tunes and repetitions that give this novel its unusual shape: loose and meandering on the one hand, coherent and tightly interwoven on the other. Translated by Vera Wülfing-Leckie and El Hadji Moustapha Diop.
The Golden Notebook
Author: Doris Lessing
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061582484
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Anna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience of her earlier years. In a red one she records her political life, her disillusionment with communism. In a yellow one she writes a novel in which the heroine relives part of her own experience. And in a blue one she keeps a personal diary. Finally, in love with an American writer and threatened with insanity, Anna resolves to bring the threads of all four books together in a golden notebook. Doris Lessing's best-known and most influential novel, The Golden Notebook retains its extraordinary power and relevance decades after its initial publication.
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061582484
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Anna is a writer, author of one very successful novel, who now keeps four notebooks. In one, with a black cover, she reviews the African experience of her earlier years. In a red one she records her political life, her disillusionment with communism. In a yellow one she writes a novel in which the heroine relives part of her own experience. And in a blue one she keeps a personal diary. Finally, in love with an American writer and threatened with insanity, Anna resolves to bring the threads of all four books together in a golden notebook. Doris Lessing's best-known and most influential novel, The Golden Notebook retains its extraordinary power and relevance decades after its initial publication.
The Blue Notebook
Author: James A. Levine
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0385530498
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
BONUS: This edition contains a The Blue Notebook discussion guide and an excerpt from James A. Levine's Bingo's Run. An unforgettable, deeply affecting debut novel, The Blue Notebook tells the story of Batuk, a precocious fifteen-year-old girl from rural India who is sold into sexual slavery by her father. As she navigates the grim realities of Mumbai’s Common Street, Batuk manages to put pen to paper, recording her private thoughts and writing fantastic tales that help her transcend her daily existence. Beautifully crafted, surprisingly hopeful, and filled with both tragedy and humor, The Blue Notebook shows how even in the most difficult situations, people use storytelling to make sense of and give meaning to their lives.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 0385530498
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
BONUS: This edition contains a The Blue Notebook discussion guide and an excerpt from James A. Levine's Bingo's Run. An unforgettable, deeply affecting debut novel, The Blue Notebook tells the story of Batuk, a precocious fifteen-year-old girl from rural India who is sold into sexual slavery by her father. As she navigates the grim realities of Mumbai’s Common Street, Batuk manages to put pen to paper, recording her private thoughts and writing fantastic tales that help her transcend her daily existence. Beautifully crafted, surprisingly hopeful, and filled with both tragedy and humor, The Blue Notebook shows how even in the most difficult situations, people use storytelling to make sense of and give meaning to their lives.
The Blue Octavo Notebooks
Author: Franz Kafka
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Originally published in Dearest father: stories and other writings. Schocken Books, 1954.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
Originally published in Dearest father: stories and other writings. Schocken Books, 1954.
The Anti-Anxiety Notebook
Author: Therapy Notebooks
Publisher: Therapy Notebooks
ISBN: 9781735084688
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Reduce your anxiety, manage stress, and become more aware of your thought patterns through this easy-to-use, guided notebook. This notebook utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a rigorously-tested & widely-used treatment modality for anxiety, to help you develop the skills to identify, challenge, and change unhelpful thought patterns for the better.
Publisher: Therapy Notebooks
ISBN: 9781735084688
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Reduce your anxiety, manage stress, and become more aware of your thought patterns through this easy-to-use, guided notebook. This notebook utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a rigorously-tested & widely-used treatment modality for anxiety, to help you develop the skills to identify, challenge, and change unhelpful thought patterns for the better.
Supergirl Hardcover Ruled Journal
Author: Insight Editions
Publisher: Insights
ISBN: 9781683830030
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Celebrate the Girl of Steel with the Supergirl Hardcover Ruled Journal, based on CW’s hit show. Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton at the same time as the infant Kal-El. Although she hides her superhuman abilities for years, a super-secret agency enlists her to help protect the citizens of National City from sinister threats. Inspired by the CW’s hit show Supergirl, this finely crafted writing journal features a wealth of exciting imagery from the series plus fact files on Kara and her allies.
Publisher: Insights
ISBN: 9781683830030
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Celebrate the Girl of Steel with the Supergirl Hardcover Ruled Journal, based on CW’s hit show. Twelve-year-old Kara escaped the doomed planet Krypton at the same time as the infant Kal-El. Although she hides her superhuman abilities for years, a super-secret agency enlists her to help protect the citizens of National City from sinister threats. Inspired by the CW’s hit show Supergirl, this finely crafted writing journal features a wealth of exciting imagery from the series plus fact files on Kara and her allies.
The Complete Watercolorist's Essential Notebook
Author: Gordon MacKenzie
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440309051
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This special 10th-anniversary collection combines two of the best-loved North Light watercolor guides available: The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook and The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook: Landscapes. Clarifying and simplifying the various aspects of painting with watercolor, Gordon MacKenzie's The Complete Watercolorist's Essential Notebook will encourage and challenge you with new possibilities. Rather than a list of rules, this is a collection of principles, concepts and general information designed to expand your creative process. Mackenzie shares with you tips, techniques, ideas and lessons for a sure path to creative fulfillment and better watercolor paintings.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440309051
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
This special 10th-anniversary collection combines two of the best-loved North Light watercolor guides available: The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook and The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook: Landscapes. Clarifying and simplifying the various aspects of painting with watercolor, Gordon MacKenzie's The Complete Watercolorist's Essential Notebook will encourage and challenge you with new possibilities. Rather than a list of rules, this is a collection of principles, concepts and general information designed to expand your creative process. Mackenzie shares with you tips, techniques, ideas and lessons for a sure path to creative fulfillment and better watercolor paintings.
The Watercolorist's Essential Notebook - Keep Painting!
Author: Gordon MacKenzie
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440348774
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Recharge your creative spirit and rediscover the magic that is watercolor! Every watercolorist needs a creative kick in the pants now and then--to keep seeking inspiration when feeling uninspired, to keep going when a painting has stalled, to keep trying when a technique isn't easy to master...sometimes just to keep painting, period. When your artistic well has run dry, you must replenish it. Whether you have spent decades painting in watercolor or are just beginning, the tips and secrets shared by best-selling author and artist Gordon MacKenzie provide the perfect guide when the going gets tough. Get excited about watercolor again as he shows you how to: • Find better approaches to a tired composition • Engage viewers more fully with color, value and well-placed "wee people" • Reinvent a scene that outshines your reference photographs • Dramatize a landscape by focusing on the weather • Nurture your own growth by sharing what you know with others "You don't have to paint the way you paint now. You don't have to paint what you paint now." --Gordon MacKenzie
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1440348774
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 145
Book Description
Recharge your creative spirit and rediscover the magic that is watercolor! Every watercolorist needs a creative kick in the pants now and then--to keep seeking inspiration when feeling uninspired, to keep going when a painting has stalled, to keep trying when a technique isn't easy to master...sometimes just to keep painting, period. When your artistic well has run dry, you must replenish it. Whether you have spent decades painting in watercolor or are just beginning, the tips and secrets shared by best-selling author and artist Gordon MacKenzie provide the perfect guide when the going gets tough. Get excited about watercolor again as he shows you how to: • Find better approaches to a tired composition • Engage viewers more fully with color, value and well-placed "wee people" • Reinvent a scene that outshines your reference photographs • Dramatize a landscape by focusing on the weather • Nurture your own growth by sharing what you know with others "You don't have to paint the way you paint now. You don't have to paint what you paint now." --Gordon MacKenzie
GSA Supply Catalog
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government purchasing
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government purchasing
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Jean-Claude Charles: A Reader’s Guide
Author: Martin Munro
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1802070699
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Despite being a major figure of Haitian literature, Jean-Claude Charles (1949-2008) has received relatively little scholarly attention to date. The present volume seeks to serve as an introduction to the work and universe of this unique and capital writer to an English-language readership. The essays in the collection are organized along three major axes: contextual articles, placing Charles’ work within the larger Haitian literary landscape, punctual articles, addressing specific themes in a selection of Charles’ books, and author testimonials, attesting to Charles’ work’s importance both to his contemporaries and to a new generation of writers. With the ongoing republication of Charles’ work by Mémoire d’encrier in Montreal, and the increasing interest in the author, the proposed volume is timely and necessary, and is in large part a critical accompaniment to the republishing programme. Described by Dany Laferrière as “most brilliant Haitian author of his generation,” Charles has until recently remained largely unread and little understood. As the various chapters in the volume show, Charles is an author for now, and the collection will accompany readers seeking strikingly original insights on issues such as race, migration, and exile, and the role of the author and literature in times of crisis.
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
ISBN: 1802070699
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Despite being a major figure of Haitian literature, Jean-Claude Charles (1949-2008) has received relatively little scholarly attention to date. The present volume seeks to serve as an introduction to the work and universe of this unique and capital writer to an English-language readership. The essays in the collection are organized along three major axes: contextual articles, placing Charles’ work within the larger Haitian literary landscape, punctual articles, addressing specific themes in a selection of Charles’ books, and author testimonials, attesting to Charles’ work’s importance both to his contemporaries and to a new generation of writers. With the ongoing republication of Charles’ work by Mémoire d’encrier in Montreal, and the increasing interest in the author, the proposed volume is timely and necessary, and is in large part a critical accompaniment to the republishing programme. Described by Dany Laferrière as “most brilliant Haitian author of his generation,” Charles has until recently remained largely unread and little understood. As the various chapters in the volume show, Charles is an author for now, and the collection will accompany readers seeking strikingly original insights on issues such as race, migration, and exile, and the role of the author and literature in times of crisis.