Author: Roberto Bolaño
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466804823
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1053
Book Description
A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER THE POSTHUMOUS MASTERWORK FROM "ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL MODERN WRITERS" (JAMES WOOD, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW) Composed in the last years of Roberto Bolaño's life, 2666 was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his highest achievement, surpassing even his previous work in its strangeness, beauty, and scope. Its throng of unforgettable characters includes academics and convicts, an American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist, and a teenage student and her widowed, mentally unstable father. Their lives intersect in the urban sprawl of SantaTeresa—a fictional Juárez—on the U.S.-Mexico border, where hundreds of young factory workers, in the novel as in life, have disappeared.
Footsteps of Fate
Author: Louis Couperus
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1776584716
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
This gripping novel from prominent Dutch writer Louis Couperus caused quite a stir when it was published, provoking strong, divided reactions from critics around the world. Footsteps of Fate revolves around a strange love triangle that ends in unspeakable tragedy.
Publisher: The Floating Press
ISBN: 1776584716
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 199
Book Description
This gripping novel from prominent Dutch writer Louis Couperus caused quite a stir when it was published, provoking strong, divided reactions from critics around the world. Footsteps of Fate revolves around a strange love triangle that ends in unspeakable tragedy.
Liberty
Author: Henry Van Dyke
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Free will and determinism
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Free will and determinism
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
2666
Author: Roberto Bolaño
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466804823
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1053
Book Description
A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER THE POSTHUMOUS MASTERWORK FROM "ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL MODERN WRITERS" (JAMES WOOD, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW) Composed in the last years of Roberto Bolaño's life, 2666 was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his highest achievement, surpassing even his previous work in its strangeness, beauty, and scope. Its throng of unforgettable characters includes academics and convicts, an American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist, and a teenage student and her widowed, mentally unstable father. Their lives intersect in the urban sprawl of SantaTeresa—a fictional Juárez—on the U.S.-Mexico border, where hundreds of young factory workers, in the novel as in life, have disappeared.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN: 1466804823
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1053
Book Description
A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER THE POSTHUMOUS MASTERWORK FROM "ONE OF THE GREATEST AND MOST INFLUENTIAL MODERN WRITERS" (JAMES WOOD, THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW) Composed in the last years of Roberto Bolaño's life, 2666 was greeted across Europe and Latin America as his highest achievement, surpassing even his previous work in its strangeness, beauty, and scope. Its throng of unforgettable characters includes academics and convicts, an American sportswriter, an elusive German novelist, and a teenage student and her widowed, mentally unstable father. Their lives intersect in the urban sprawl of SantaTeresa—a fictional Juárez—on the U.S.-Mexico border, where hundreds of young factory workers, in the novel as in life, have disappeared.
The Westminster Review
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
Fate's Fables
Author: T. Rae Mitchell
Publisher: Original Mix Media Inc
ISBN: 0991798716
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Seventeen-year-old Fate Floyd loves adventure -- as long as it's enjoyed from the comfort of her couch. So it's probably best she has no idea the future of the universe rests squarely on her shoulders. Summoned by a desperate stranger's spell in a last ditch effort to fix a colossal screw-up, Fate's cast into a secret world bound by the ancient Book of Fables to retrieve a magical object powerful enough to set everything right. The only problem is, once she's inside this savage wonderland, her only way out is to change the endings of the book's eight dark fables into their mirror opposites. Fortunately, she doesn't have to run this gauntlet alone because she meets the mysteriously familiar Finn, who's as inexplicably drawn to her as she is to him.As they endure horrors beyond imagining, Fate awakens to powers she never knew she possessed and Finn questions his very existence, while an insidious darkness changes him in frightening ways. Ultimately, Fate must confront the faceless evil concealing itself behind the eyes of her one true love or remain trapped within the Book of Fables forever.
Publisher: Original Mix Media Inc
ISBN: 0991798716
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
Seventeen-year-old Fate Floyd loves adventure -- as long as it's enjoyed from the comfort of her couch. So it's probably best she has no idea the future of the universe rests squarely on her shoulders. Summoned by a desperate stranger's spell in a last ditch effort to fix a colossal screw-up, Fate's cast into a secret world bound by the ancient Book of Fables to retrieve a magical object powerful enough to set everything right. The only problem is, once she's inside this savage wonderland, her only way out is to change the endings of the book's eight dark fables into their mirror opposites. Fortunately, she doesn't have to run this gauntlet alone because she meets the mysteriously familiar Finn, who's as inexplicably drawn to her as she is to him.As they endure horrors beyond imagining, Fate awakens to powers she never knew she possessed and Finn questions his very existence, while an insidious darkness changes him in frightening ways. Ultimately, Fate must confront the faceless evil concealing itself behind the eyes of her one true love or remain trapped within the Book of Fables forever.
Fate's Chosen
Author: L. White Teresa L. White
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426922582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
No vampires, no dragons, no witches or wizards.... just a boy who is turning sixteen and is about to be told what his future holds. Davin lives in a town run by the Liaison, a panel of ten men who control every aspect of his life. They control everything in his life from which job he will take to who he'll marry. When he's called before the Liaison to discover his future calling, his whole life changes and the world, as he knows it, is turned upside down. Faced with being forced to live by other peoples' rules, he finds it difficult to deal with his relationship with Elora. He has never been unhappy about being matched with her, he just doesn't like being told how to love her. Davin's friends try to help him on the strange path that has been chosen for him. No matter what doubts he has about the unusual life that is led in Furlin, he knows that he needs to follow the path set for him. It's the only way he will get to be with the one he loves.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1426922582
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 319
Book Description
No vampires, no dragons, no witches or wizards.... just a boy who is turning sixteen and is about to be told what his future holds. Davin lives in a town run by the Liaison, a panel of ten men who control every aspect of his life. They control everything in his life from which job he will take to who he'll marry. When he's called before the Liaison to discover his future calling, his whole life changes and the world, as he knows it, is turned upside down. Faced with being forced to live by other peoples' rules, he finds it difficult to deal with his relationship with Elora. He has never been unhappy about being matched with her, he just doesn't like being told how to love her. Davin's friends try to help him on the strange path that has been chosen for him. No matter what doubts he has about the unusual life that is led in Furlin, he knows that he needs to follow the path set for him. It's the only way he will get to be with the one he loves.
Fate's Tournament
Author: Stephanie Reynolds
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1649133316
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Fate’s Tournament: Legend of Trilleia: Book 1 By: Stephanie Reynolds Legend’s opportunity comes in the form of the tournament. The tournament is an event in which all females of the realm between the ages of seventeen and nineteen can enter for the chance to participate from each of Trilleia’s six origins; Blesslings, Starlings, Firelings, Curselings, Treelings, and Sunlings. They compete against each other in the hopes of winning the Crown Prince’s affections by hard work, dedication, compassion and various other tests, to become the new Queen of Trilleia. Legend has no interest in becoming a queen. She only wishes to be in the tournament long enough to secure gold for her and her sister, as well as showing the people of Trilleia that she and her sister are NOT their parents. However, when she meets the crowned prince...and his brother...conflicts arise, feelings emerge, and new friendships are formed. Legend’s goals become more complicated than she imagined.
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN: 1649133316
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
Fate’s Tournament: Legend of Trilleia: Book 1 By: Stephanie Reynolds Legend’s opportunity comes in the form of the tournament. The tournament is an event in which all females of the realm between the ages of seventeen and nineteen can enter for the chance to participate from each of Trilleia’s six origins; Blesslings, Starlings, Firelings, Curselings, Treelings, and Sunlings. They compete against each other in the hopes of winning the Crown Prince’s affections by hard work, dedication, compassion and various other tests, to become the new Queen of Trilleia. Legend has no interest in becoming a queen. She only wishes to be in the tournament long enough to secure gold for her and her sister, as well as showing the people of Trilleia that she and her sister are NOT their parents. However, when she meets the crowned prince...and his brother...conflicts arise, feelings emerge, and new friendships are formed. Legend’s goals become more complicated than she imagined.
Fate's Hand
Author: Michael Britton
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664104666
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
When shadows darken the skies of Thaldesa and evil rises, the fates call on five unlikely heroes. An obnoxious land locked pirate and mentor to a jittery teen. A mercenary saved from certain death. Now infatuated with a maiden seeking vengeance for her family and a prince with no home. The unrest of forgotten horrors compels the rag tag group to put aside their difference and work together for the common good. As the pawns of fate our bizarre group of heroes are forced to endure hardship and challenges. All passengers to the fickle whims of fate.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664104666
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
When shadows darken the skies of Thaldesa and evil rises, the fates call on five unlikely heroes. An obnoxious land locked pirate and mentor to a jittery teen. A mercenary saved from certain death. Now infatuated with a maiden seeking vengeance for her family and a prince with no home. The unrest of forgotten horrors compels the rag tag group to put aside their difference and work together for the common good. As the pawns of fate our bizarre group of heroes are forced to endure hardship and challenges. All passengers to the fickle whims of fate.
Fate's Tale
Author: R.O. Lando
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
On an adventure and romantic vacation to Spain with her long-time boyfriend, Carlos, Amelia stumbles upon a mysterious seller in a marketplace selling an alluring music box. As its lullaby sings to her, Amelia’s entire world is thrown into chaos, struggling with visions and forces beyond her control. Upon their return home, Carlos encourages Amelia to attend therapy, which works at easing her trauma, until it doesn’t. As the vision, the Messenger, grows in strength, so does Amelia’s insistence that there is more to it than meets the eye. Carlos, at a complete loss, leaves Amelia to work things out for himself, and heartbroken Amelia, after the attack and murder of her best friend by the Messenger, returns to Spain to uncover the truth behind the entity’s malevolent force in her life and to take it out. For good. About the Author R. O. Lando, an EMT, has always loved writing, and with the encouragement of his loving partner Olivia, motivation from his younger siblings, and the support of his mother, he has produced his first novel, Fate’s Tale: A Dance of Death. When not working or writing, Lando enjoys being at home with his dog, Luke, and cat, Oliver. He likes to spend his free time fishing and sitting by the water with his friends.
Publisher: Dorrance Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 154
Book Description
On an adventure and romantic vacation to Spain with her long-time boyfriend, Carlos, Amelia stumbles upon a mysterious seller in a marketplace selling an alluring music box. As its lullaby sings to her, Amelia’s entire world is thrown into chaos, struggling with visions and forces beyond her control. Upon their return home, Carlos encourages Amelia to attend therapy, which works at easing her trauma, until it doesn’t. As the vision, the Messenger, grows in strength, so does Amelia’s insistence that there is more to it than meets the eye. Carlos, at a complete loss, leaves Amelia to work things out for himself, and heartbroken Amelia, after the attack and murder of her best friend by the Messenger, returns to Spain to uncover the truth behind the entity’s malevolent force in her life and to take it out. For good. About the Author R. O. Lando, an EMT, has always loved writing, and with the encouragement of his loving partner Olivia, motivation from his younger siblings, and the support of his mother, he has produced his first novel, Fate’s Tale: A Dance of Death. When not working or writing, Lando enjoys being at home with his dog, Luke, and cat, Oliver. He likes to spend his free time fishing and sitting by the water with his friends.
Fate's Haven
Author: Daniel A. Dennis
Publisher: Daniel A. Dennis
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
No hope. No help. No Haven. 350 years have passed since The Great War when Haven was built to be the savior of mankind. But now, Gabriel sees Haven as a desolate crypt. A place where hope is lost. Gabriel never had faith of stepping foot on Earth. He accepted his fate: to die within Haven's decaying walls. But when Gabriel stumbles upon Haven's darkest secret - a secret buried beneath death and lies - everything changes. Freedom is just within his grasp. He must decide if the illusion of safety is worth sacrificing a chance of reaching Earth or if it is more important to risk his life on the faint hope of freedom.
Publisher: Daniel A. Dennis
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
No hope. No help. No Haven. 350 years have passed since The Great War when Haven was built to be the savior of mankind. But now, Gabriel sees Haven as a desolate crypt. A place where hope is lost. Gabriel never had faith of stepping foot on Earth. He accepted his fate: to die within Haven's decaying walls. But when Gabriel stumbles upon Haven's darkest secret - a secret buried beneath death and lies - everything changes. Freedom is just within his grasp. He must decide if the illusion of safety is worth sacrificing a chance of reaching Earth or if it is more important to risk his life on the faint hope of freedom.