Author: Hanne Orstavik
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911508724
Category : Mothers and sons
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A single mother, Vibeke, and her son Jon, have just moved to a small, remote town in the north of Norway. It is the day before Jon's birthday, but Vibeke, preoccupied with concerns of her own, has forgotten this. With a man on her mind, she ventures to the local library and then a fairground, while Jon goes out to sell lottery tickets for his sports club. We follow the two characters on their separate journeys through a cold winter's night as Orstavik weaves together their two separate worlds - a sense of uneasiness grows.
Love
Author: Hanne Orstavik
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911508724
Category : Mothers and sons
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A single mother, Vibeke, and her son Jon, have just moved to a small, remote town in the north of Norway. It is the day before Jon's birthday, but Vibeke, preoccupied with concerns of her own, has forgotten this. With a man on her mind, she ventures to the local library and then a fairground, while Jon goes out to sell lottery tickets for his sports club. We follow the two characters on their separate journeys through a cold winter's night as Orstavik weaves together their two separate worlds - a sense of uneasiness grows.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781911508724
Category : Mothers and sons
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A single mother, Vibeke, and her son Jon, have just moved to a small, remote town in the north of Norway. It is the day before Jon's birthday, but Vibeke, preoccupied with concerns of her own, has forgotten this. With a man on her mind, she ventures to the local library and then a fairground, while Jon goes out to sell lottery tickets for his sports club. We follow the two characters on their separate journeys through a cold winter's night as Orstavik weaves together their two separate worlds - a sense of uneasiness grows.
The Handsome Monk and Other Stories
Author: Tsering Dondrup
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231548788
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Tsering Döndrup is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed authors writing in Tibetan today. In a distinct voice rich in black humor and irony, he describes the lives of Tibetans in contemporary China with wit, empathy, and a passionate sense of justice. The Handsome Monk and Other Stories brings together short stories from across Tsering Döndrup’s career to create a panorama of Tibetan society. With a love for the sparse yet vivid language of traditional Tibetan life, Tsering Döndrup tells tales of hypocritical lamas, crooked officials, violent conflicts, and loyal yaks. His nomad characters find themselves in scenarios that are at once strange and familiar, satirical yet poignant. The stories are set in the fictional county of Tsezhung, where Tsering Döndrup’s characters live their lives against the striking backdrop of Tibet’s natural landscape and go about their daily business to the ever-present rhythms of Tibetan religious life. Tsering Döndrup confronts pressing issues: the corruption of religious institutions; the indignities and injustices of Chinese rule; poverty and social ills such as gambling and alcoholism; and the hardships of a minority group struggling to maintain its identity in the face of overwhelming odds. Ranging in style from playful updates of traditional storytelling techniques to narrative experimentation, Tsering Döndrup’s tales pay tribute to the resilience of Tibetan culture.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231548788
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 165
Book Description
Tsering Döndrup is one of the most popular and critically acclaimed authors writing in Tibetan today. In a distinct voice rich in black humor and irony, he describes the lives of Tibetans in contemporary China with wit, empathy, and a passionate sense of justice. The Handsome Monk and Other Stories brings together short stories from across Tsering Döndrup’s career to create a panorama of Tibetan society. With a love for the sparse yet vivid language of traditional Tibetan life, Tsering Döndrup tells tales of hypocritical lamas, crooked officials, violent conflicts, and loyal yaks. His nomad characters find themselves in scenarios that are at once strange and familiar, satirical yet poignant. The stories are set in the fictional county of Tsezhung, where Tsering Döndrup’s characters live their lives against the striking backdrop of Tibet’s natural landscape and go about their daily business to the ever-present rhythms of Tibetan religious life. Tsering Döndrup confronts pressing issues: the corruption of religious institutions; the indignities and injustices of Chinese rule; poverty and social ills such as gambling and alcoholism; and the hardships of a minority group struggling to maintain its identity in the face of overwhelming odds. Ranging in style from playful updates of traditional storytelling techniques to narrative experimentation, Tsering Döndrup’s tales pay tribute to the resilience of Tibetan culture.
The Passer-by and Other Stories
Author: Ethel May Dell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Mostly Tailfeathers
Author: Gene Hill
Publisher: Academic Learning Company LLC
ISBN: 9780832916700
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Publisher: Academic Learning Company LLC
ISBN: 9780832916700
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
The House of Happiness and Other Stories
Author: Ethel May Dell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Against The Odds
Author: Elizabeth Moon
Publisher: Baen Books
ISBN: 0671319612
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
As Fleet is threatened by mutiny, class conflict, and power struggles, Esmay Suiza-Serrano finds herself unceremoniously dismissed from Fleet and hurtled into the midst of warfare that threatens all galactic civilization.
Publisher: Baen Books
ISBN: 0671319612
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
As Fleet is threatened by mutiny, class conflict, and power struggles, Esmay Suiza-Serrano finds herself unceremoniously dismissed from Fleet and hurtled into the midst of warfare that threatens all galactic civilization.
The Variable Man and Other Stories
Author: Philip K. Dick
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486852148
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Philip K. Dick ponders the very nature of humanity in this anthology of five gripping short stories and novellas. Includes "The Defenders," "Foster, You're Dead," "Piper in the Woods," "Second Variety," and "The Variable Man."
Publisher: Courier Dover Publications
ISBN: 0486852148
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 179
Book Description
Philip K. Dick ponders the very nature of humanity in this anthology of five gripping short stories and novellas. Includes "The Defenders," "Foster, You're Dead," "Piper in the Woods," "Second Variety," and "The Variable Man."
Beating the Odds
Author: Janet Bode
Publisher: Franklin Watts
ISBN: 9780531109854
Category : Self-actualization (Psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Profiles a series of young people who overcame seemingly impossible odds--drugs, poverty, sexual abuse--and not only survived but became successes in their own right.
Publisher: Franklin Watts
ISBN: 9780531109854
Category : Self-actualization (Psychology)
Languages : en
Pages : 126
Book Description
Profiles a series of young people who overcame seemingly impossible odds--drugs, poverty, sexual abuse--and not only survived but became successes in their own right.
Free and Other Stories
Author: Theodore Dreiser
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indiana
Languages : en
Pages : 386
Book Description
Gallegher and other Stories
Author: Gallegher and other Stories
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
A collection of 10 short stories; Gallegher; A Walk Up The Avenue; My Disreputable Friend, Mr. Raegen; The Other Woman; The Trailer For Room No. 8; "There Were Ninety And Nine"; The Cynical Miss Catherwaight; Van Bibber And The Swan-Boats; Van Bibber's Burglar; and, Van Bibber As Best Man.
Publisher: BEYOND BOOKS HUB
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 137
Book Description
A collection of 10 short stories; Gallegher; A Walk Up The Avenue; My Disreputable Friend, Mr. Raegen; The Other Woman; The Trailer For Room No. 8; "There Were Ninety And Nine"; The Cynical Miss Catherwaight; Van Bibber And The Swan-Boats; Van Bibber's Burglar; and, Van Bibber As Best Man.