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Author | : Alfred A. Yuson |
Publisher | : Anvil Publishing, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 113 |
Release | : 2017-12-02 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9712733386 |
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From the multi-awarded Filipino author of novels, essays, and short stories comes a coming-of-age and riveting tales of hope and innocence. This collection of contemporary Philippine fiction by Alfredo Yuson, also known as Krip Yuson, has been awarded several times and has been published in many platforms. The compilation includes titles such as Romance and Faith on Mount Banahwa, Big Street, Voice in the Hills, Avenida Vignettes among others.
Author | : Alfred A. Yuson |
Publisher | : Anvil Publishing, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 148 |
Release | : 2017-11-22 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 6214201258 |
Download The Music Child & the Mahjong Queen Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
An earlier manuscript titled The Music Child was shortlisted for the Man Asia Literary Prize in 2008. Alfred A. Yuson’s previous novels are Great Philippine Jungle Energy Cafe and Voyeurs & Savages. Again, this third novel explores the marvels skirting the boundaries of realism, or goes much farther beyond after establishing adequate suspension of disbelief. Genres are blurred in the crafting of long fiction that is both poetry and prophecy. This the author does with visionary whimsy. In this narrative, the central protagonist’s wondrous voice is stilled time and again by the deaths of his loved ones. Bereft of song, the boy finally learns to speak, then learns to turn the words of others into music on paper. The processes of mimicry and extrapolation result in an extended poetic suite that invents legends as well as a mythical conflict involving the imperialism of languages. The music child’s extraordinary talents are matched by those of the young mahjong queen who can’t be beaten in the game since the angels of her youth speak through her fingers. Around them, foreign friends and relations representing former colonizers provide a framework of discovery, while themselves dancing to the historic chorus of destiny in the magical East. The music child and the mahjong queen endear themselves to one another through the palpable vocabulary of flowers.
Author | : T.C. Boyle |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 2010-01-21 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1101189908 |
Download Wild Child Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Fourteen “exhilarating” (The Boston Globe) stories that explore “the delicate balance between nature and civilization” (San Francisco Chronicle), from the New York Times bestselling author of The Tortilla Curtain “[A] rollicking collection of . . . good, old-fashioned, funny-suspenseful-head shaking stories.”—The New York Times (Best Books of the Year) There may be no one better than T.C. Boyle at engaging, shocking, and ultimately gratifying readers while at the same time testing his characters' emotional and physical endurance. From “Wild Child,” a retelling of the story of Victor, the feral boy who was captured running naked through the forests of Napoleonic France, to “La Conchita,” the tale of a catastrophic mudslide that allows a cynic to reclaim his own humanity, these tales are by turns magical and moving, showcasing the mischievous humor and socially conscious sensibility that have made Boyle one of the foremost masters of the short story.
Author | : Julia Donaldson |
Publisher | : Macmillan Children's Books |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2019-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781509894451 |
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Author | : César Aira |
Publisher | : New Directions Publishing |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 2015-03-03 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 081122418X |
Download The Musical Brain: And Other Stories Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A delirious collection of short stories from the Latin American master of micro-fiction. A delirious collection of short stories from the Latin American master of microfiction, César Aira–the author of at least eighty novels, most of them barely one hundred pages long–The Musical Brain & Other Stories comprises twenty tales about oddballs, freaks, and loonies. Aira, with his fuga hacia adelante or "flight forward" into the unknown, gives us imponderables to ponder and bizarre and seemingly out-of-context plot lines, as well as thoughtful and passionate takes on everyday reality. The title story, first published in the New Yorker, is the creme de la creme of this exhilarating collection.
Author | : Cristina Pantoja-Hidalgo |
Publisher | : UP Press |
Total Pages | : 179 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9715425860 |
Download Fabulists and Chroniclers Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Has its close connections with academe enriched or diminished Philippine literature in English? Are there alternatives to academe as literary arbiters? How do contemporary Filipino women writers "perform" the modern wonder tale? These are some of the questions that Hidalgo asks in her latest book.
Author | : Harriet S. Caswell |
Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2018-09-20 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 3734024293 |
Download The Path of Duty, and Other Stories Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Reproduction of the original: The Path of Duty, and Other Stories by Harriet S. Caswell
Author | : Trish Schreiber |
Publisher | : Trafford Publishing |
Total Pages | : 161 |
Release | : 2015-09-11 |
Genre | : Family & Relationships |
ISBN | : 1490760865 |
Download Our Yard on 2625 East Cedar Avenue and Other Stories and Poems Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The writing style in Willa Cather Is My Great Aunt and Other Stories is direct and honest. By describing specific moments in her life, Trish Schreiber creates an honest and interesting portrayal of her family.
Author | : Carlotta Maria Shinn-Russell |
Publisher | : AuthorHouse |
Total Pages | : 108 |
Release | : 2011-08-29 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 146342230X |
Download We Smoked Our Sister and other Stories from a Childhood Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
We Smoked Our Sister: Stories from a childhood carries the reader back to the wonderful days of the 1960’s; a time of excitement in the growth of America. The life of a rural family in Chunchula, Alabama, a suburb of Mobile County is portrayed between these pages. Though it was a time of financial hardships, the family was held together by a loving mother and father, who worked hard and raised their children to be disciplined/focused, productive, motivated, and successful as werll as creating a love for learning and the importance of family and heritage taught through stories passed down from family ancestry, as well as stories created by the Seymour children who lived these stories. Family life was like a work of art. Also, this book looks at a part of family life and the methods used to discipline children in the south. A picture of a rich life comes through to the reader, which could describe the simple everyday lives of any family in the south. The south has such rich undiscovered family history. The reader will not be able to put it down; it totally involves you in the life of the Seymour family and the siblings with their wonderfully hilarious antics. The reader will be able to picture a time in America when life was totally different. We long for those days again, where there was peace, harmony and caring among the citizens. So take a journey though the sixties and relive the days that are so precious to many southern families. This book contains stories that are timeless in beauty and wonderfully intriguing.
Author | : Michel Faber |
Publisher | : Canongate Books |
Total Pages | : 289 |
Release | : 2005-01-09 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1847674011 |
Download The Fahrenheit Twins and Other Stories Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Deft and lyrical, this paperback edition of Michel Faber's collection of stories is his first since his auspicious debut, Some Rain Must Fall. It has sealed his reputation as one of Britain's most daring and original authors. Acclaimed for his pitch-perfect prose and brilliant characterisation, Faber is also celebrated for his mastery of contrasting styles. From achingly sad lost lives, through moments of exquisitely distilled happiness, to biblical innocence and savagery, Faber's characters are redeemed, abandoned, beloved and laid bare.