The Alienist and Other Stories of Nineteenth-Century Brazil, Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis
Автор: Hartley L P Название: Travelling Grave and Other Stories (Valancourt 20th Century ISBN: 1943910790 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781943910793 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 26190.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Название: 50 Writers: An Anthology of 20th Century Russian Short Stories. Edited by Valentina Brougher ISBN: 1936235226 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781936235223 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Цена: 36950.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Brings together significant, representative stories from every decade of the 20th century. It includes the prose of officially recognised writers and dissidents, both well-known and neglected or forgotten, plus new authors from the end of the 20th century. Taken as a whole, the stories capture every major aspect of Russian life, history and culture in the 20th century.
Автор: Updike, John Kenison, Katrina Название: Best american short stories of the century ISBN: 0395843677 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780395843673 Издательство: Houghton Miffin Co. Цена: 27590.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Since the series' inception in 1915, the annual volumes of The Best American Short Stories have launched literary careers, showcased the most compelling stories of each year, and confirmed for all time the significance of the short story in our national literature. Now THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES OF THE CENTURY brings together the best of the best - fifty-five extraordinary stories that represent a century's worth of unsurpassed accomplishments in this quintessentially American literary genre. Here are the stories that have endured the test of time: masterworks by such writers as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner, Willa Cather, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Saroyan, Flannery O'Connor, John Cheever, Eudora Welty, Philip Roth, Joyce Carol Oates, Raymond Carver, Cynthia Ozick, and scores of others. These are the writers who have shaped and defined the landscape of the American short story, who have unflinchingly explored all aspects of the human condition, and whose works will continue to speak to us as we enter the next century. Their artistry is represented splendidly in these pages. THE BEST AMERICAN SHORT STORIES series has also always been known for making literary discoveries, and discovery proved to be an essential part of selecting the stories for this volume too. Collections from years past yielded a rich harvest of surprises, stories that may have been forgotten but still retain their relevance and luster. The result is a volume that not only gathers some of the most significant stories of our century between two covers but resurrects a handful of lost literary gems as well. Of all the great writers whose work has appeared in the series, only John Updike's contributions have spanned five consecutive decades, from his first appearance, in 1959. Updike worked with coeditor Katrina Kenison to choose stories from each decade that meet his own high standards of literary quality.
Название: Working class stories of the 1890s ISBN: 1138658650 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781138658653 Издательство: Taylor&Francis Рейтинг: Цена: 17350.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
First published in 1971, this collection of short stories, set in the East End of London in the 1890s, offers a corrective to the view of nineties' literature as dominated by aestheticism, and shows how many late Victorian writers tried to break with Dickensian models and write of working class life with less moral intrusion and a greater sense of realism.
The editor has provides a succinct, historical and critical introduction, a bibliography of further reading, notes on the authors and stories, and a glossary of slang and phoneticized words. This book will be of particular interest to students of Victorian literature.
Автор: Powell Padgett Название: Aliens of Affection: Stories ISBN: 1480464112 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781480464117 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 15630.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: The idiosyncratic genius of Padgett Powell shines through in nine stories that bend the conventions of short fiction Padgett Powell's literary stage is a blurred vision of the American South. His characters are bored, sad, assured, confused, deluded, and often just one step away from madness. The stories they populate are madder still, delivered by a voice enthralling and distinctive. Whether he's chronicling a housewife's encouragement of adolescent lust, following two good ol' boys on their search for a Chinese healer, or delving into the mind of an unstable moped accident survivor as he awaits a hefty settlement check, Powell revels in the irregularities of the mundane. His people occupy bar stools and strip clubs, pickup truck cabs and mental health clinics, looking for love, drugs, answers. According to the New York Times Book Review, "Mr. Powell is like a fabulous guest at a dinner party, the guy who gets people drinking far too much and licking their dessert plates and laughing at jokes-for which not a few of them will hate themselves in the morning." "Powell is an inordinately gifted writer." -The New York Times Book Review "Powell has written a sometimes baffling, often fascinating, and always unique collection of short stories. . . . He] has fun twisting language and exploring how the human mind works. . . . The author's willingness to take risks is admirable." -Library Journal "Powell's stories are . . . gleefully non-narrative, aggressively stylized, linguistically inventive, and often very funny." -The Washington Post Padgett Powell is the author of six novels, including The Interrogative Mood and You & Me. His novel Edisto was a finalist for the National Book Award. His writing has appeared in the New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Little Star, and the Paris Review, and he is the recipient of the Rome Fellowship in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, as well as the Whiting Writers' Award. He lives in Gainesville, Florida, where he teaches writing at MFA@FLA, the writing program of the University of Florida.
Автор: Otis Abbey Mei Название: Alien Virus Love Disaster: Stories ISBN: 1618731491 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781618731494 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 14710.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Fiction that will inspire you to blow open the doors and kick out those supposedly in charge.
