Author: Ken Kalfus
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1620400863
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
The explosive new collection by the celebrated author of Thirst and PEN/Faulkner Award finalist Pu-239 and Other Russian Fantasies, Coup de Foudre is the kind of groundbreaking work of literary invention Ken Kalfus's fans have come to expect. The book is anchored by the full text of the provocatively topical title novella that appeared in Harper's, a sometimes farcical, ultimately tragic story about the president of an international lending institution accused of sexually assaulting a housekeeper in a New York hotel. Recalling recent news events with irony and compassion, Kalfus skewers international political gridlock and the hypocrisies of acceptable sexual conduct. In “The Moment They Were Waiting For,” a murderer on death row casts a spell granting the inhabitants of his city the foreknowledge of the dates they will die. In “v. The Large Hadron Collider,” a judge distracted by the faint possibility of an adulterous affair must decide whether to throw out a nuisance lawsuit that raises the even fainter possibility that the entire Earth may be destroyed. “The Un-” is a nostalgic story of a young writer's struggles as he tries to surmount the colossal, heavily guarded wall that apparently separates writers who have been published from those who have not. Varying boldly in theme, setting, and tone, the stories in Coup de Foudre share Kalfus's distinctive humor and intellect, inextricably bound with high literary ambition.
Coup de Foudre
Dictionnaire Anglais-français
Author: Merriam-Webster, Inc
Publisher: Merriam-Webster
ISBN: 9780877791669
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
A French-English dictionary with French-Canadian terms and essential French vocabulary.
Publisher: Merriam-Webster
ISBN: 9780877791669
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 934
Book Description
A French-English dictionary with French-Canadian terms and essential French vocabulary.
PU-239 and Other Russian Fantasies
Author: Ken Kalfus
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
ISBN: 1571318224
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
The acclaimed short story and novella collection by “a virtuoso of the dismal comedy of Soviet life”—and the basis for the HBO film PU-239 (The New York Times). Ken Kalfus traverses a century of Russian history in tales that range from hair-raising to comic to fabulous. The astonishing title story follows a doomed nuclear power plant worker as he attempts to hawk plutonium in Moscow’s black market. In “Budyonnovsk,” a young man hopes that the takeover of his town by Chechen rebels will somehow save his marriage. Set in the 1920s, “Birobidzhan” is the bittersweet story of a Jewish couple journeying to the Soviet Far East, where they intend to establish the modern world’s first Jewish state. The novella, “Peredelkino,” which closes the book, traces the fortunes of a 1960s literary apparatchik whose romantic intrigues inadvertently become political. In these and other stories, Kalfus captures the famously enigmatic Russian psyche. A PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
ISBN: 1571318224
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
The acclaimed short story and novella collection by “a virtuoso of the dismal comedy of Soviet life”—and the basis for the HBO film PU-239 (The New York Times). Ken Kalfus traverses a century of Russian history in tales that range from hair-raising to comic to fabulous. The astonishing title story follows a doomed nuclear power plant worker as he attempts to hawk plutonium in Moscow’s black market. In “Budyonnovsk,” a young man hopes that the takeover of his town by Chechen rebels will somehow save his marriage. Set in the 1920s, “Birobidzhan” is the bittersweet story of a Jewish couple journeying to the Soviet Far East, where they intend to establish the modern world’s first Jewish state. The novella, “Peredelkino,” which closes the book, traces the fortunes of a 1960s literary apparatchik whose romantic intrigues inadvertently become political. In these and other stories, Kalfus captures the famously enigmatic Russian psyche. A PEN/Faulkner Award Finalist
French Cinema in the 1980s
Author: Phil Powrie
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198711193
Category : Masculinity
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
French film in the 1980s might have lacked the invention of the New Wave but gritty police thrillers and nostalgic costume-dramas such as Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources brought French cinema to a wider audience than ever before. This landmark study is not merely a history of French film in the 1980s, but offers a set of critical essays on the crisis of masculinity in contemporary French culture, and its interrelationship with nostalgia. After a brief overview both of the crisis in the French film industry during the 1980s, and of the socio-political crisis of masculinity in the wake of 1970s feminism, the book is divided into three sections: the retro-nostalgic film, the Polar, or police thriller, and the comic film. Films studied in detail include Diva, Subway, Coup de foudre, Vivement dimanche , La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille, and Tenue de soir e, while the volume covers actors from G rard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, and Yves Montand to Isabelle Adjani, Isabelle Huppert, and Emmanuelle B art.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 9780198711193
Category : Masculinity
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
French film in the 1980s might have lacked the invention of the New Wave but gritty police thrillers and nostalgic costume-dramas such as Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources brought French cinema to a wider audience than ever before. This landmark study is not merely a history of French film in the 1980s, but offers a set of critical essays on the crisis of masculinity in contemporary French culture, and its interrelationship with nostalgia. After a brief overview both of the crisis in the French film industry during the 1980s, and of the socio-political crisis of masculinity in the wake of 1970s feminism, the book is divided into three sections: the retro-nostalgic film, the Polar, or police thriller, and the comic film. Films studied in detail include Diva, Subway, Coup de foudre, Vivement dimanche , La Vie est un long fleuve tranquille, and Tenue de soir e, while the volume covers actors from G rard Depardieu, Daniel Auteuil, and Yves Montand to Isabelle Adjani, Isabelle Huppert, and Emmanuelle B art.
Diane Kurys
Author: Carrie Tarr
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526141337
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
This is the first book written on Diane Kurys. It is essential for study of women filmmakers in France/Europe. An original and concise reading of Kurys' work.
Publisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 1526141337
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 173
Book Description
This is the first book written on Diane Kurys. It is essential for study of women filmmakers in France/Europe. An original and concise reading of Kurys' work.
Author:
Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738179878
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
Publisher: Odile Jacob
ISBN: 2738179878
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 289
Book Description
I Am a Girl from Africa
Author: Elizabeth Nyamayaro
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982113022
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"When severe draught hit her village in Zimbabwe, Elizabeth, then eight, had no idea that this moment of utter devastation would come to define her life purpose. Unable to move from hunger, she encountered a United Nations aid worker who gave her a bowl of warm porridge and saved her life. This transformative moment inspired Elizabeth to become a humanitarian, and she vowed to dedicate her life to giving back to her community, her continent, and the world. Grounded by the African concept of ubuntu--"I am because we are"--I Am a Girl from Africa charts Elizabeth's quest in pursuit of her dream from the small village of Goromonzi to Harare, London, New York, and beyond, where she eventually became a Senior Advisor at the United Nations and launched HeForShe, one of the world's largest global solidarity movements for gender equality. For over two decades, Elizabeth has been instrumental in creating change in communities all around the world; uplifting the lives of others, just as her life was once uplifted. The memoir brings to vivid life one extraordinary woman's story of persevering through incredible odds and finding her true calling--while delivering an important message of hope and empowerment in a time when we need it most"--
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982113022
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
"When severe draught hit her village in Zimbabwe, Elizabeth, then eight, had no idea that this moment of utter devastation would come to define her life purpose. Unable to move from hunger, she encountered a United Nations aid worker who gave her a bowl of warm porridge and saved her life. This transformative moment inspired Elizabeth to become a humanitarian, and she vowed to dedicate her life to giving back to her community, her continent, and the world. Grounded by the African concept of ubuntu--"I am because we are"--I Am a Girl from Africa charts Elizabeth's quest in pursuit of her dream from the small village of Goromonzi to Harare, London, New York, and beyond, where she eventually became a Senior Advisor at the United Nations and launched HeForShe, one of the world's largest global solidarity movements for gender equality. For over two decades, Elizabeth has been instrumental in creating change in communities all around the world; uplifting the lives of others, just as her life was once uplifted. The memoir brings to vivid life one extraordinary woman's story of persevering through incredible odds and finding her true calling--while delivering an important message of hope and empowerment in a time when we need it most"--
The New Pocket Dictionary of the French and English Languages ... The Fifth Edition, Carefully Revised and Corrected ... with Additions ... by J. S. Charrier
Author: Thomas NUGENT (LL.D.)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The New Pocket Dictionary of the French and English Languages
Author: Thomas Nugent
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 762
Book Description
A New and Practical Dictionary of English and French Languages
Author: J. S. S. Rothwell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 512
Book Description