Author: Harry Crews
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671797867
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
In a dozen novels and his non-fiction books and articles, Harry Crews has shown himself to be a true American original. With Scar Lovers he returns to the familiar, unmistakable "Crews territory"--a Southern landscape peopled by quirky, odd, and oddly appealing individuals--to explore the realities of redemption and the power of love without boundries of fear.
Scar Lover
Author: Harry Crews
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671797867
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
In a dozen novels and his non-fiction books and articles, Harry Crews has shown himself to be a true American original. With Scar Lovers he returns to the familiar, unmistakable "Crews territory"--a Southern landscape peopled by quirky, odd, and oddly appealing individuals--to explore the realities of redemption and the power of love without boundries of fear.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 0671797867
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
In a dozen novels and his non-fiction books and articles, Harry Crews has shown himself to be a true American original. With Scar Lovers he returns to the familiar, unmistakable "Crews territory"--a Southern landscape peopled by quirky, odd, and oddly appealing individuals--to explore the realities of redemption and the power of love without boundries of fear.
The Scar
Author: China Miéville
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0345454898
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
A mythmaker of the highest order, China Miéville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh language, startling images, and stunning originality. Set in the same sprawling world of Miéville’s Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel, Perdido Street Station, this latest epic introduces a whole new cast of intriguing characters and dazzling creations. Aboard a vast seafaring vessel, a band of prisoners and slaves, their bodies remade into grotesque biological oddities, is being transported to the fledgling colony of New Crobuzon. But the journey is not theirs alone. They are joined by a handful of travelers, each with a reason for fleeing the city. Among them is Bellis Coldwine, a renowned linguist whose services as an interpreter grant her passage—and escape from horrific punishment. For she is linked to Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin, the brilliant renegade scientist who has unwittingly unleashed a nightmare upon New Crobuzon. For Bellis, the plan is clear: live among the new frontiersmen of the colony until it is safe to return home. But when the ship is besieged by pirates on the Swollen Ocean, the senior officers are summarily executed. The surviving passengers are brought to Armada, a city constructed from the hulls of pirated ships, a floating, landless mass ruled by the bizarre duality called the Lovers. On Armada, everyone is given work, and even Remades live as equals to humans, Cactae, and Cray. Yet no one may ever leave. Lonely and embittered in her captivity, Bellis knows that to show dissent is a death sentence. Instead, she must furtively seek information about Armada’s agenda. The answer lies in the dark, amorphous shapes that float undetected miles below the waters—terrifying entities with a singular, chilling mission. . . . China Miéville is a writer for a new era—and The Scar is a luminous, brilliantly imagined novel that is nothing short of spectacular. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from China Miéville’s Embassytown.
Publisher: Del Rey
ISBN: 0345454898
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 658
Book Description
A mythmaker of the highest order, China Miéville has emblazoned the fantasy novel with fresh language, startling images, and stunning originality. Set in the same sprawling world of Miéville’s Arthur C. Clarke Award-winning novel, Perdido Street Station, this latest epic introduces a whole new cast of intriguing characters and dazzling creations. Aboard a vast seafaring vessel, a band of prisoners and slaves, their bodies remade into grotesque biological oddities, is being transported to the fledgling colony of New Crobuzon. But the journey is not theirs alone. They are joined by a handful of travelers, each with a reason for fleeing the city. Among them is Bellis Coldwine, a renowned linguist whose services as an interpreter grant her passage—and escape from horrific punishment. For she is linked to Isaac Dan der Grimnebulin, the brilliant renegade scientist who has unwittingly unleashed a nightmare upon New Crobuzon. For Bellis, the plan is clear: live among the new frontiersmen of the colony until it is safe to return home. But when the ship is besieged by pirates on the Swollen Ocean, the senior officers are summarily executed. The surviving passengers are brought to Armada, a city constructed from the hulls of pirated ships, a floating, landless mass ruled by the bizarre duality called the Lovers. On Armada, everyone is given work, and even Remades live as equals to humans, Cactae, and Cray. Yet no one may ever leave. Lonely and embittered in her captivity, Bellis knows that to show dissent is a death sentence. Instead, she must furtively seek information about Armada’s agenda. The answer lies in the dark, amorphous shapes that float undetected miles below the waters—terrifying entities with a singular, chilling mission. . . . China Miéville is a writer for a new era—and The Scar is a luminous, brilliantly imagined novel that is nothing short of spectacular. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from China Miéville’s Embassytown.
The Christ-Haunted Landscape
Author: Susan Ketchin
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496800966
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Here are Susan Ketchin's discerning interviews with twelve southerners living and writing in the South, and along with a piece of fiction by each are her penetrating commentaries about the impact of southern religious experience on their work. A little more than a generation ago Flannery O'Connor made a startling observation about herself and her fellow southerners: “By and large,” she said, “people in the South still conceive of humanity in theological terms. While the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted. The southerner who isn't convinced of it is very much afraid that he may have been formed in the image and likeness of God.” Guided by O'Connor's perceptive commentary about southerners in general, Susan Ketchin has created a deeply revealing collection that mirrors the pervasive role of religion in the literature by the recent generation of notable southern writers. Ketchin confirms that “old-time religion” remains a potent force in the literature of the contemporary South.
Publisher: Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN: 1496800966
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 536
Book Description
Here are Susan Ketchin's discerning interviews with twelve southerners living and writing in the South, and along with a piece of fiction by each are her penetrating commentaries about the impact of southern religious experience on their work. A little more than a generation ago Flannery O'Connor made a startling observation about herself and her fellow southerners: “By and large,” she said, “people in the South still conceive of humanity in theological terms. While the South is hardly Christ-centered, it is most certainly Christ-haunted. The southerner who isn't convinced of it is very much afraid that he may have been formed in the image and likeness of God.” Guided by O'Connor's perceptive commentary about southerners in general, Susan Ketchin has created a deeply revealing collection that mirrors the pervasive role of religion in the literature by the recent generation of notable southern writers. Ketchin confirms that “old-time religion” remains a potent force in the literature of the contemporary South.
The Book Lover's Guide to Florida
Author: Kevin M. McCarthy
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN: 9781561640126
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
"Here is the book lover's literary tour of Florida, an exhaustive survey of writers, books, and literary sites in every part of the state. The state is divided into ten areas and each one is described from a literary point of view. You will learn what authors lived in or wrote about a place, which books describe the place, what important movies were made there, even the literary trivia which the true Florida book lover will want to know. You can use the book as a travel guide to a new way to see the state, as an armchair guide to a better understanding of our literary heritage, or as a guide to what to read next time you head to a bookstore or library."--Publisher.
Publisher: Pineapple Press Inc
ISBN: 9781561640126
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
"Here is the book lover's literary tour of Florida, an exhaustive survey of writers, books, and literary sites in every part of the state. The state is divided into ten areas and each one is described from a literary point of view. You will learn what authors lived in or wrote about a place, which books describe the place, what important movies were made there, even the literary trivia which the true Florida book lover will want to know. You can use the book as a travel guide to a new way to see the state, as an armchair guide to a better understanding of our literary heritage, or as a guide to what to read next time you head to a bookstore or library."--Publisher.
The Mystery Lies Within
Author: Adrienna Turner
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 141840683X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This book is a collection of 3 short stories: a blend of romance, suspense, horror, religion, and mystery. Forbidden Waters Left Hidden: a twin sister’s deception and jealousy leads to murder Aleisha pieces out the puzzle. Later, learns to survive after all the deceit, pain, and secrets that were left hidden. Mystic Realms Vashti becomes suspicious and curious about the death of her unknown aunt. Later, is able to get answers to this mysterious death of her aunt by conjuring up her spirit from the dead. Vashti decision relies on being with her beloved aunt, to give up her own life, or to loose someone that means the world to her. What price will she have to pay for what she has brought forth to the world of the living? Creepin whose Sleepin GettingAway with Murder a mother’s past that reflects and has a strong affect on her daughter’s life. Leondra leaves home at 18 years of age to live with her finance. Later, she gives birth to a beautiful daughter. Will her finance find out about her deepest secrets and her past life? She falls into a trap of deception. Will her secrets be exposed?
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 141840683X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
This book is a collection of 3 short stories: a blend of romance, suspense, horror, religion, and mystery. Forbidden Waters Left Hidden: a twin sister’s deception and jealousy leads to murder Aleisha pieces out the puzzle. Later, learns to survive after all the deceit, pain, and secrets that were left hidden. Mystic Realms Vashti becomes suspicious and curious about the death of her unknown aunt. Later, is able to get answers to this mysterious death of her aunt by conjuring up her spirit from the dead. Vashti decision relies on being with her beloved aunt, to give up her own life, or to loose someone that means the world to her. What price will she have to pay for what she has brought forth to the world of the living? Creepin whose Sleepin GettingAway with Murder a mother’s past that reflects and has a strong affect on her daughter’s life. Leondra leaves home at 18 years of age to live with her finance. Later, she gives birth to a beautiful daughter. Will her finance find out about her deepest secrets and her past life? She falls into a trap of deception. Will her secrets be exposed?
The Dawn
Author: Mohsin Ali
Publisher: POETRY WORLD
ISBN: 9390724643
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
'THE DAWN' is a collection of poems versed before and afterwards the dawn. It inhabits the essentials and facts of being. Since every breath is a dawn of newness which deals with another sudden asset of life, it carries the life at its own level and degree at the same time. It is often filled with sweets accompanied by the zephyr of bitterness. The human nature is dynamic, too are the tastes (which change from dawn to dusk). Thus, in this diary of ascending and decending rays of the Sun, the dawn of life is at peak. It speaks about the zig zags of life.
Publisher: POETRY WORLD
ISBN: 9390724643
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
'THE DAWN' is a collection of poems versed before and afterwards the dawn. It inhabits the essentials and facts of being. Since every breath is a dawn of newness which deals with another sudden asset of life, it carries the life at its own level and degree at the same time. It is often filled with sweets accompanied by the zephyr of bitterness. The human nature is dynamic, too are the tastes (which change from dawn to dusk). Thus, in this diary of ascending and decending rays of the Sun, the dawn of life is at peak. It speaks about the zig zags of life.
Strength for the Broken Places
Author: Rev. Dr. James A. Harnish
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1426729421
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
James A. Harnish, from the Introduction: “I’m broken. So are you. We’re all broken people who live in a broken world. The critical question is, how do we find strength to put broken things back together again? This book is an invitation to touch the scars that mark the broken places in our lives, in the same way the risen Christ invited a doubting disciple to touch the nail scars in his hands. It is a challenge to explore some of the dark places in our human experience, to uncover the sinister power of sin, and to experience the way the grace of God meets us in our broken places to bring new life.”
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 1426729421
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
James A. Harnish, from the Introduction: “I’m broken. So are you. We’re all broken people who live in a broken world. The critical question is, how do we find strength to put broken things back together again? This book is an invitation to touch the scars that mark the broken places in our lives, in the same way the risen Christ invited a doubting disciple to touch the nail scars in his hands. It is a challenge to explore some of the dark places in our human experience, to uncover the sinister power of sin, and to experience the way the grace of God meets us in our broken places to bring new life.”
Blood, Bone, and Marrow
Author: Ted Geltner
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820349232
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
The first full-length biography of one of the most unlikely figures in twentieth-century American literature, a writer who emerged from a dirt-poor South Georgia tenant farm and went on to create a singularly unique voice of fiction.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820349232
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 453
Book Description
The first full-length biography of one of the most unlikely figures in twentieth-century American literature, a writer who emerged from a dirt-poor South Georgia tenant farm and went on to create a singularly unique voice of fiction.
The Scar-Crow Men
Author: Mark Chadbourn
Publisher: Pyr
ISBN: 1616143045
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
The year is 1593. The London of Elizabeth I is in the terrible grip of the Black Death. As thousands die from the plague and the queen hides behind the walls of her palace, English spies are being murdered across the city. The killer's next target: Will Swyfte - adventurer, rake, scholar, and spy.
Publisher: Pyr
ISBN: 1616143045
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 549
Book Description
The year is 1593. The London of Elizabeth I is in the terrible grip of the Black Death. As thousands die from the plague and the queen hides behind the walls of her palace, English spies are being murdered across the city. The killer's next target: Will Swyfte - adventurer, rake, scholar, and spy.
The New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion to Georgia Literature
Author: Hugh Ruppersburg
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820343005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Georgia has played a formative role in the writing of America. Few states have produced a more impressive array of literary figures, among them Conrad Aiken, Erskine Caldwell, James Dickey, Joel Chandler Harris, Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Connor, Jean Toomer, and Alice Walker. This volume contains biographical and critical discussions of Georgia writers from the nineteenth century to the present as well as other information pertinent to Georgia literature. Organized in alphabetical order by author, the entries discuss each author's life and work, contributions to Georgia history and culture, and relevance to wider currents in regional and national literature. Lists of recommended readings supplement most entries. Especially important Georgia books have their own entries: works of social significance such as Lillian Smith's Strange Fruit, international publishing sensations like Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, and crowning artistic achievements including Jean Toomer's Cane. The literary culture of the state is also covered, with information on the Georgia Review and other journals; the Georgia Center for the Book, which promotes authors and reading; and the Townsend Prize, given in recognition of the year's best fiction. This is an essential volume for readers who want both to celebrate and learn more about Georgia's literary heritage.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820343005
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 489
Book Description
Georgia has played a formative role in the writing of America. Few states have produced a more impressive array of literary figures, among them Conrad Aiken, Erskine Caldwell, James Dickey, Joel Chandler Harris, Carson McCullers, Flannery O'Connor, Jean Toomer, and Alice Walker. This volume contains biographical and critical discussions of Georgia writers from the nineteenth century to the present as well as other information pertinent to Georgia literature. Organized in alphabetical order by author, the entries discuss each author's life and work, contributions to Georgia history and culture, and relevance to wider currents in regional and national literature. Lists of recommended readings supplement most entries. Especially important Georgia books have their own entries: works of social significance such as Lillian Smith's Strange Fruit, international publishing sensations like Margaret Mitchell's Gone With the Wind, and crowning artistic achievements including Jean Toomer's Cane. The literary culture of the state is also covered, with information on the Georgia Review and other journals; the Georgia Center for the Book, which promotes authors and reading; and the Townsend Prize, given in recognition of the year's best fiction. This is an essential volume for readers who want both to celebrate and learn more about Georgia's literary heritage.