Author: Joan Aiken
Publisher: Small Beer Press
ISBN: 1931520437
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Fabulous, uncollected stories -- including six published here for the first time -- from a master of the form.
The Monkey's Wedding
Author: Joan Aiken
Publisher: Small Beer Press
ISBN: 1931520437
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Fabulous, uncollected stories -- including six published here for the first time -- from a master of the form.
Publisher: Small Beer Press
ISBN: 1931520437
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
Fabulous, uncollected stories -- including six published here for the first time -- from a master of the form.
Why Monkeys Live in Trees and Other Stories from Benin
Author: Raouf Mama
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
This is a book for both young and old lovers of folklore. Why Monkeys Live in Treesand Other Stories from Benin is a rich tapestry of oral tales that come from a wide range of Beninese ethnic groups. They include trickster tales and sacred tales involving the greatest and meanest of mankind, as well as nature and the world of spirits. These ageless tales remind us of the power of love, the perils of greed and pride, and the redemptive virtues of courage, humility, and kindness. The Western African Republic of Benin (formerly Dahomey) is gifted with a great folktale tradition, one of the richest in the world. As pieces of oral literature and cultural history, these tales shed light on some of the values and beliefs as well as the customs and traditions of the people of Benin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
This is a book for both young and old lovers of folklore. Why Monkeys Live in Treesand Other Stories from Benin is a rich tapestry of oral tales that come from a wide range of Beninese ethnic groups. They include trickster tales and sacred tales involving the greatest and meanest of mankind, as well as nature and the world of spirits. These ageless tales remind us of the power of love, the perils of greed and pride, and the redemptive virtues of courage, humility, and kindness. The Western African Republic of Benin (formerly Dahomey) is gifted with a great folktale tradition, one of the richest in the world. As pieces of oral literature and cultural history, these tales shed light on some of the values and beliefs as well as the customs and traditions of the people of Benin
The Big Fat Indian Wedding and other stories
Author: MYSORE PRABHAKAR
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Big Fat Indian Wedding' and other stories by Mysore Prabhakar is a heart-warming collection of stories and anecdotes covering everyday life in India. With a touch of Wodehousian humour, and a keen sense of observation and empathy, he explores the moments and memories that make up life in India where the individual, family and community come together to form a rich tapestry. The charms of 'Old Bengaluru' come alive in his easy, narrative style while recollections of his life in the military will keep you engrossed and well-entertained.
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
The Big Fat Indian Wedding' and other stories by Mysore Prabhakar is a heart-warming collection of stories and anecdotes covering everyday life in India. With a touch of Wodehousian humour, and a keen sense of observation and empathy, he explores the moments and memories that make up life in India where the individual, family and community come together to form a rich tapestry. The charms of 'Old Bengaluru' come alive in his easy, narrative style while recollections of his life in the military will keep you engrossed and well-entertained.
The Trimmed Lamp and Other Stories
Author: Henry O.
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5521053514
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
О. Генри – один из самых известных классиков американской литературы, признанный мастер короткой прозы. Его произведениям свойственны тонкий юмор, неожиданные развязки и яркие персонажи. В этот прекрасный сборник включены такие необычные и душевные произведения как «Горящий светильник», «Русские соболя», «Алое платье», «Во имя традиции», «Рыцарь удачи» и многие другие. Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5521053514
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 177
Book Description
О. Генри – один из самых известных классиков американской литературы, признанный мастер короткой прозы. Его произведениям свойственны тонкий юмор, неожиданные развязки и яркие персонажи. В этот прекрасный сборник включены такие необычные и душевные произведения как «Горящий светильник», «Русские соболя», «Алое платье», «Во имя традиции», «Рыцарь удачи» и многие другие. Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!
The Pre-War House and Other Stories
Author: Alison Moore
Publisher: Biblioasis
ISBN: 177196216X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
A brooding uncle takes an au pair’s passport. Years of tension between a father and a son erupt with violent consequences. A man disappears along a lonely mail route . . . and it has happened before. From the Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Lighthouse comes this uncanny collection of short fiction about the unhomeliness of home: Fractured families, domestic claustrophobia, and the unseen menace of the everyday. With the same emotional tension and tightly controlled prose that garnered her first novel such accolades, Moore once again shines a light into the darkest corners of the human heart, moving deftly from flash fiction to novella, from insightful realism to chilling gothic horror.
Publisher: Biblioasis
ISBN: 177196216X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 139
Book Description
A brooding uncle takes an au pair’s passport. Years of tension between a father and a son erupt with violent consequences. A man disappears along a lonely mail route . . . and it has happened before. From the Man Booker-shortlisted author of The Lighthouse comes this uncanny collection of short fiction about the unhomeliness of home: Fractured families, domestic claustrophobia, and the unseen menace of the everyday. With the same emotional tension and tightly controlled prose that garnered her first novel such accolades, Moore once again shines a light into the darkest corners of the human heart, moving deftly from flash fiction to novella, from insightful realism to chilling gothic horror.
Love in Infant Monkeys
Author: Lydia Millet
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1593763816
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Animals and celebrities share unusual relationships in these hilarious satirical stories by an award-winning contemporary writer. Lions, Komodo dragons, dogs, monkeys, and pheasants—all have shared spotlights and tabloid headlines with celebrities such as Sharon Stone, Thomas Edison, and David Hasselhoff. Millet hilariously tweaks these unholy communions to run a stake through the heart of our fascination with famous people and pop culture in a wildly inventive collection of stories that “evoke the spectrum of human feeling and also its limits” (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review). While in so much fiction animals exist as symbols of good and evil or as author stand-ins, they represent nothing but themselves in Millet's ruthlessly lucid prose. Implacable in their actions, the animals in Millet’s spiraling fictional riffs and flounces show up their humans as bloated with foolishness yet curiously vulnerable, as in a tour-de-force, Kabbalah-infused interior monologue by Madonna after she shoots a pheasant on her Scottish estate. Millet treads newly imaginative territory with these charismatic tales. “These incredibly crafted stories, with their rare intelligence, humor, and empathy, describe the furious collision of nature and science, man and animal, everyday citizen and celebrity, fact and fiction. Lydia Millet’s writing sparkles with urgent brilliance.” —Joe Meno
Publisher: Catapult
ISBN: 1593763816
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Animals and celebrities share unusual relationships in these hilarious satirical stories by an award-winning contemporary writer. Lions, Komodo dragons, dogs, monkeys, and pheasants—all have shared spotlights and tabloid headlines with celebrities such as Sharon Stone, Thomas Edison, and David Hasselhoff. Millet hilariously tweaks these unholy communions to run a stake through the heart of our fascination with famous people and pop culture in a wildly inventive collection of stories that “evoke the spectrum of human feeling and also its limits” (Publishers Weekly, Starred Review). While in so much fiction animals exist as symbols of good and evil or as author stand-ins, they represent nothing but themselves in Millet's ruthlessly lucid prose. Implacable in their actions, the animals in Millet’s spiraling fictional riffs and flounces show up their humans as bloated with foolishness yet curiously vulnerable, as in a tour-de-force, Kabbalah-infused interior monologue by Madonna after she shoots a pheasant on her Scottish estate. Millet treads newly imaginative territory with these charismatic tales. “These incredibly crafted stories, with their rare intelligence, humor, and empathy, describe the furious collision of nature and science, man and animal, everyday citizen and celebrity, fact and fiction. Lydia Millet’s writing sparkles with urgent brilliance.” —Joe Meno
Five Little Monkeys Go Shopping
Author: Eileen Christelow
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618821617
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Five little monkeys go shopping for school clothes with their mama, but in spite of her warnings about not wandering off, thins quickly get complicated.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780618821617
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Five little monkeys go shopping for school clothes with their mama, but in spite of her warnings about not wandering off, thins quickly get complicated.
The Monkeys' ABC Word Book
Author: Kelly Oechsli
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780307039934
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The antics of a group of monkeys are depicted in scenes featuring words beginning with each letter of the alphabet.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780307039934
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The antics of a group of monkeys are depicted in scenes featuring words beginning with each letter of the alphabet.
Doogoo: The Noisy Baby Elephant and Other Stories
Author: Malavika Kapur
Publisher: unisun publications
ISBN: 9788188234165
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Doogoo the baby elephant travels from Heggada Devana Kote to the USA. Hooter the owl is determined to protect his little friends in the apartment block. Manju the masterful monkey makes his master a prince. Malavika Kapur, psychologist and environmentalist, teaches us the importance of coexistence... In the jungles and cities.
Publisher: unisun publications
ISBN: 9788188234165
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 44
Book Description
Doogoo the baby elephant travels from Heggada Devana Kote to the USA. Hooter the owl is determined to protect his little friends in the apartment block. Manju the masterful monkey makes his master a prince. Malavika Kapur, psychologist and environmentalist, teaches us the importance of coexistence... In the jungles and cities.
Why I Don't Write
Author: Susan Minot
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0525658254
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A superb collection of short fiction--her first in thirty years and spanning many geographies--from the critically acclaimed author of Monkeys, Evening, and Thirty Girls. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. A writer dryly catalogs the myriad reasons she cannot write; an artist bicycles through a protest encampment in lower Manhattan and ruminates on an elusive lover; an old woman on her deathbed calls out for a man other than her husband; a hapless fifteen-year-old boy finds himself in sexual peril; two young people in the 1990s fall helplessly in love, then bicker just as helplessly, tortured by jealousy and mistrust. In each of these stories Minot explores the difficult geometry of human relations, the lure of love and physical desire, and the lifelong quest for meaning and connection. Her characters are all searching for truth, in feeling and in action, as societal norms are upended and justice and coherence flounder. Urgent and immediate, precisely observed, deeply felt, and gorgeously written, the stories in Why I Don't Write showcase an author at the top of her form.
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0525658254
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
A superb collection of short fiction--her first in thirty years and spanning many geographies--from the critically acclaimed author of Monkeys, Evening, and Thirty Girls. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK. A writer dryly catalogs the myriad reasons she cannot write; an artist bicycles through a protest encampment in lower Manhattan and ruminates on an elusive lover; an old woman on her deathbed calls out for a man other than her husband; a hapless fifteen-year-old boy finds himself in sexual peril; two young people in the 1990s fall helplessly in love, then bicker just as helplessly, tortured by jealousy and mistrust. In each of these stories Minot explores the difficult geometry of human relations, the lure of love and physical desire, and the lifelong quest for meaning and connection. Her characters are all searching for truth, in feeling and in action, as societal norms are upended and justice and coherence flounder. Urgent and immediate, precisely observed, deeply felt, and gorgeously written, the stories in Why I Don't Write showcase an author at the top of her form.