The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short Stories

The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short Stories PDF Author: Margaret Reynolds
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ISBN: 9780140240184
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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Book Description
In this wide-ranging anthology, 32 women from Britain, continental Europe and the Americas express the depth and complexity of lesbian literature. Including stories about coming-out and cross-dressing, as well as vampire tales, science fiction, parody, and romance, this collection "casts the world in a different light".--The New Republic.

The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short Stories

The Penguin Book of Lesbian Short Stories PDF Author: Margaret Reynolds
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
ISBN: 9780140240184
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 468

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Book Description
In this wide-ranging anthology, 32 women from Britain, continental Europe and the Americas express the depth and complexity of lesbian literature. Including stories about coming-out and cross-dressing, as well as vampire tales, science fiction, parody, and romance, this collection "casts the world in a different light".--The New Republic.

Two Friends and Other 19th-century American Lesbian Stories

Two Friends and Other 19th-century American Lesbian Stories PDF Author: Various
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452011191
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257

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Book Description
Comprising eleven short stories by such 19th-century American writers as Sarah Orne Jewett, Kate Chopin, and Mary E. Wilkins, this breakthrough anthology celebrates a rich historical tradition in American lesbian literature. A stunning collection, this book is a milestone for anyone interested in literary history as well as gay and women's studies.

The Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories

The Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories PDF Author: David Leavitt
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 694

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Book Description
"These stories illuminate the common ground of gay male experience - as well as its astonishing diversity."--BOOK JACKET.

The Penguin Book of Caribbean Short Stories

The Penguin Book of Caribbean Short Stories PDF Author: Edward Archibald Markham
Publisher: Penguin Group
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 476

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Book Description
Spanning the history of Caribbean writing, this meticulously compiled collection of 40 short stories includes pre-Columbian legends and myths from India and Africa, and many stories that are an evocative reminder of the turbulent history of the region. Authors featured include Andrew Salkey, Jean Rhys, V.S. Naipaul, Jamaica Kincaid, and Lawrence Scott, among others. A major anthology reflecting the diversity and richness of Caribbean writing.

The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories

The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories PDF Author: Jay Rubin
Publisher: Penguin UK
ISBN: 014139563X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 472

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Book Description
This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the great Japanese short story, from its modern origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable works being written today. Short story writers already well-known to English-language readers are all included here - Tanizaki, Akutagawa, Murakami, Mishima, Kawabata - but also many surprising new finds. From Yuko Tsushima's 'Flames' to Yuten Sawanishi's 'Filling Up with Sugar', from Shin'ichi Hoshi's 'Shoulder-Top Secretary' to Banana Yoshimoto's 'Bee Honey', The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories is filled with fear, charm, beauty and comedy. Curated by Jay Rubin, who has himself freshly translated several of the stories, and introduced by Haruki Murakami, this book will be a revelation to its readers.

The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories

The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories PDF Author: Alisa Surkis
Publisher: Kensington Books
ISBN: 9780758202543
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 244

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Book Description
Written in the style of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s pulp fiction novels, a rollicking collection of novellas, including Miss Barnard's Unit in which a country bumpkin finds love with a classy debutante, captures the passion that erupts between women who love women--and the horses they ride. Original. 15,000 first printing.

The New Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories

The New Penguin Book of Gay Short Stories PDF Author: David Leavitt
Publisher: Viking
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 716

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Book Description
The diversity - and unity - of gay love and experience in the 20th century is celebrated in this acclaimed anthology, which includes 21 stories from the first edition, together with 15 additional tales. The texts range from the tender unarticulated longings of D.H. Lawrence's A Poem for Friendship to the explicitly sexual.

Companion to Literature

Companion to Literature PDF Author: Abby H. P. Werlock
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
ISBN: 143812743X
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 859

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Book Description
Praise for the previous edition:Booklist/RBB "Twenty Best Bets for Student Researchers"RUSA/ALA "Outstanding Reference Source"" ... useful ... Recommended for public libraries and undergraduates."

The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story

The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story PDF Author: Blanche H. Gelfant
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231504950
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 677

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Book Description
Esteemed critic Blanche Gelfant's brilliant companion gathers together lucid essays on major writers and themes by some of the best literary critics in the United States. Part 1 is comprised of articles on stories that share a particular theme, such as "Working Class Stories" or "Gay and Lesbian Stories." The heart of the book, however, lies in Part 2, which contains more than one hundred pieces on individual writers and their work, including Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Richard Ford, Raymond Carver, Eudora Welty, Andre Debus, Zora Neal Hurston, Anne Beattie, Bharati Mukherjee, J. D. Salinger, and Jamaica Kincaid, as well as engaging pieces on the promising new writers to come on the scene.

And Tango Makes Three

And Tango Makes Three PDF Author: Justin Richardson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1481460951
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 40

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Book Description
The heartwarming true story of two penguins who create a nontraditional family. At the penguin house at the Central Park Zoo, two penguins named Roy and Silo were a little bit different from the others. But their desire for a family was the same. And with the help of a kindly zookeeper, Roy and Silo got the chance to welcome a baby penguin of their very own.