Author: Christine Craig
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435989323
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 164
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These stories of love, injustice and the innermost feelings of women are tender and poignant as they weave between generations, past and present. They give a powerful and vivid view of Jamaican life shot through with pride and struggle, contempt and pain. In Mint Tea, her first collection of short stories, Craig displays a flair for language and imagery and a subtle sense of irony.
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Category : Short stories
Languages : en
Pages : 1096
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Author: Iman Abdallah Al-Qaisi
Publisher: Zayd Publication
ISBN: 0985922621
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 105
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Kindness, to Family, Supplication and Other short Stories to Warm the Heart
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Publisher: David H Fears
ISBN: 0971486816
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Languages : en
Pages : 298
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Author: Iman Abdallah Al-Qaisi
Publisher: Zayd Publication
ISBN: 0985922648
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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Charity, Creation, and Other short Stories to Warm the Heart
Author: Daniel Balderston
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 113439960X
Category : Caribbean literature
Languages : en
Pages : 701
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The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003 draws together entries on all aspects of literature including authors, critics, major works, magazines, genres, schools and movements in these regions from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present day. With more than 200 entries written by a team of international contributors, this Encyclopedia successfully covers the popular to the esoteric.The Encyclopedia is an invaluable reference resource for those studying Latin American and/or Caribbean literature as well.
Author: Opal Palmer Adisa
Publisher: Heinemann
ISBN: 9780435989460
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 260
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This novel is set in the stone-breaking harshness of South Africa's island prison.
Author: Geraldine Harris
Publisher: Abbott Press
ISBN: 1458218635
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Geraldine Harris has degrees in psychology and education from the University of Southern California. She has always been interested in the intricacies of the human mind and human nature. She is the author of David and the Whirly Fish, a book for children, a television script, and numerous scenes for television shows. Ms. Harris lives in Los Angeles, California.
Author: Hilary Orbach
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1475980469
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 250
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All human beings struggle to live with our own missteps and transgressions and those of others. In this compelling collection, stories with the depth and resonance of novellas offer a window into the challenging lives of contemporary men and women. From Alec and Mira, children of an unreliable mother, to Naomi and Graham, suburbanites who enter the wilderness of an affairand finally to Trevor, a psychiatrist who is himself a wounded healerOrbach presents a kaleidoscope of hopes, desires, longings and regrets of people as diverse as they are familiarpeople whose quandaries, whether ordinary or extreme, resonate with our own. When Laura, a young widow, responds just for now to a man who is blind, she is drawn in by his compassionate voice. Matthew, trying to wall himself off from the dangers of deep emotion, finds his underlying fears exposed. Sharon, lunching with an ex-lover, commits a small but telling gesture of revenge. Jess, trying to remake her life, struggles to survive the cost to her children and herself. And Martin, involved in a tragic accident, tries in vain to avoid acknowledging the cost of his own shortcomings. These are men and women seeking love, possibility, compassionand most of all the self-forgiveness needed to embrace the future.
Author: Katherine Mansfield
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1529045614
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
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Radical, witty and inventive, Katherine Mansfield is one of the twentieth century’s most accomplished short-story writers and this selection of stories showcases her dazzling skill. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning, clothbound, pocket-sized classics with gold foiled edges and ribbon markers. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Prelude & Other Stories is edited and introduced by Professor Meg Jensen. This selection of stories by Katherine Mansfield showcases her remarkable ability to delve into the human mind; in stories such as ‘The Garden Party’ she reveals the tension between innocence and corruption, the dark side of love and romance are explored in ‘Bliss’ and ‘Love à la Mode’, and in the title story, ‘Prelude’, inspired by her own childhood, her concern is for the isolated and the lonely. Collected together for the first time, this selection of short stories by Katherine Mansfield showcase her remarkable ability to delve deep into human psychology.
