Author: Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368042696
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Intaglio: A Novel in Six Stories
Author: Roberta FernàndezPublisher: Arte Publico Press
ISBN: 9781611921854
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Intaglio: A Novel in Six Stories is a deftly-narrated coming-of-age novel made up of sensitive portraits of six extraordinary women from the Texas-Mexican border area who serve as the role models for the maturing narrator. The book pays tribute to the cultural expressions of these women and to the manner in which their creativity is transmitted to younger generations. FernàndezÍs style is riveting as she elaborates upon themes such as the making of a writer, the development of a feminist aesthetic and the identification and valorization of womenÍs culture in a pre-feminist era.
Snow White and the Seven Robots
Author: Louise SimonsonPublisher: Capstone
ISBN: 1434296482
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 41
Book Description
The Queen of Techworld, afraid that Snow White will supplant her as the smartest scientist, exiles the child--but the robots that she repairs save her and help her defeat the evil queen.
Antologia de Cuentos Americanos
Author: Lawrence Augustus WilkinsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Spanish language
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Author: Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3368042696
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Gran Libro de Los Mejores Cuentos: Volumen 4
Author: Alfred de MussetPublisher: Tacet Books
ISBN: 8577776166
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 683
Book Description
Este libro contiene 70 cuentos de 10 autores clásicos, premiados y notables. Los cuentos fueron cuidadosamente seleccionados por el crítico August Nemo, en una colección que encantará a los amantes de la literatura. Para lo mejor de la literatura mundial, asegúrese de consultar los otros libros de Tacet Books. Este libro contiene: - Alfred de Musset:El vaquero que no mentía jamás. Historia de un mirlo blanco. La dorada y los esposos. La mujer que comía poco. Las cerezas. Las tres naranjas de amor. Los hermanos Van Buck. - Marqués de Sade:El esposo complaciente. La mujer vengada. La serpiente. La mojigata. Hay sitio para dos. La flor del castaño. Los estafadores. - Saki:Catástrofe en la joven Turquía. Gabriel Ernesto. El ratón. Laura. El cuentista. Té. El buey cebado. - Marcel Schwob:La salvaje. Lilit. Los señores Burke y Hare: Asesinos. Alain el Gentil: Soldado. La muerte de Odjigh. El zueco. Pocahontas: Princesa. - Iván Turguénev:La muerte Birouk El miedo Jermolai y la molinera Un sueño El enano Kaciano Los cantores rusos - Julio Verne:Un expreso del futuro. En el siglo XXIX: La jornada de un periodista norteamericano en el 2889. Frritt Flacc. San Carlos. Gil Braltar. Un drama en los aires. Un drama en México. - Émile Zola:Un expreso del futuro. Los hombros de la marquesa. Angéline o la casa encantada. El ayuno Las fresas Viaje circular Una víctima de la publicidad Simplicio - Villiers de l`Isle-Adam:Amigas de pensionado La desconocida La impaciencia de la multitud No confundirse Sombrío relato, narrador aún más sombrío Vox Populi La más bella cena del mundo - Mark Twain:Los diarios de Adán y Eva Los McWilliams y el timbre de alarma Una historia de fantasmas El desventurado prometido de Aurelia El hombre que riñe con los gatos El lamento de la viuda El cuento del niño malo - Léon Tolstói:¿Cuánta tierra necesita un hombre? Dios ve la verdad pero no la dice cuando quiere La muerte de Iván Ilich Las tres preguntas El origen del mal Demasiado caro El perro muerto
Rosario Tijeras
Author: Jorge FrancoPublisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 1609802977
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 180
Book Description
"Since they shot her at point-blank range while she was being kissed, she confused the pain of love with that of death." Rosario Tijeras is the violent, violated character at the center of Jorge Franco's study of contrasts, set in self-destructing 1980s Medellín. Her very name-evoking the rosary, and scissors-bespeaks her conflict as a woman who becomes a contract killer to insulate herself from the random violence of the streets. Then she is shot, gravely wounded, and the circle of contradiction is closed. From the corridors of the hospital where Rosario is fighting for her life, Antonio, the narrator, waits to learn if she will recover. Through him, we reconstruct the friendship between the two, her love story with Emilio, and her life as a hitwoman. Rosario Tijeras has been recognized as an admirable continuation of a literary subject that was first treated by Gabriel García Márquez and then by Fernando Vallejo. A work in the Latin American social realist tradition, Rosario Tijeras is told in fast and vibrant prose and with poetic flourish.
Hispania
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Civilization, Hispanic
Languages : en
Pages : 808
Book Description
Alpha
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 510
Book Description
"The Nail", and Other Stories
Author: Pedro Antonio de AlarcónPublisher: Bucknell University Press
ISBN: 9780838753613
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
In this book, eight stories written by Pedro Antonio de Alarcon have been brought together in English for the first time. The nail in "The Nail" is found driven into a disinterred skull, and if some of the events are implausible and others incredible, it is also true that there is considerable suspense and mystery. "The Cornet" draws more heavily on historical reality, with its depiction of the horror of civil war and factual detail. Noteworthy for its first-person narration and rapid-fire dialogue, "The Cornet" paints an episode of fraternal love and the power of the will. "The Orderly," although set against the same Carlist War background, has more to do with a military "attitude" than a Carlist "War", and describes the transformation effected in one officer by one orderly. The War of Independence (1808-14) was fought against Napoleon and his attempt to place his brother Joseph on the Spanish throne. After years of horrendous carnage and the Duke of Wellington's victory at Vitoria, the "Little Corporal" renounced the Spanish crown. The War of Independence stories - "The French Sympathizer" and "The Mayor of Lapeza"--Have been known to generations of Spanish readers, especially for their theme of patriotism. These two, together with "Long Live the Pope!" and "The Guardian Angel," extol the heroism and courage of the Spanish people. "The Foreigner," the story of a young Pole who had been conscripted into Napoleon's army, looks at Spain and two of her soldiers through the eyes of a Spanish muleteer.
The Street Of Clocks
Author: Thomas LuxPublisher: Ecco
ISBN: 9780547346854
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
The Street of Clocks, Thomas Lux's first all-new collection since 1994, is a significant addition to the work of an utterly original, highly accomplished poet. The poems gathered here are delivered by a narrator who both loves the world and has intense quarrels with it. Often set against vivid landscapes - the rural America of Lux's childhood and unidentified places south of the border - these poems speak from rivers and swamps, deserts and lawns, jungles and the depths of the sea.
