The publication of this extraordinary volume firmly established
Flannery O'Connor's monumental contribution to American fiction. There
are thirty-one stories here in all, including twelve that do not appear
in the only two story collections O'Connor put together in her short
lifetime—Everything That Rises Must Converge and A Good Man Is Hard to Find. O'Connor
published her first story, "The Geranium," in 1946, while she was
working on her master's degree at the University of Iowa. Arranged
chronologically, this collection shows that her last story, "Judgement
Day"—sent to her publisher shortly before her death—is a brilliantly
rewritten and transfigured version of "The Geranium." Taken together,
these stories reveal a lively, penetrating talent that has given us some
of the most powerful and disturbing fiction of the twentieth century.
Also included is an introduction by O'Connor's longtime editor and
friend, Robert Giroux. Views: 169
It is 1992 and the sky over Makesicko City is black with oily, carboniferous rain. Here there are 28 million people and 128 million rats. Gangs of homeless youths speaking Spanglish - or Anglatl - roam the chaotic, violent streets... Observing all this, commenting and reflecting, is Christopher, still unborn in his mother's womb. His parents have conceived him so that he can be entered for the great Christopher Columbus prize, being the first child born on 12 October 1992, 500 years after the discovery of the New World... Views: 158
First published in 1955, The Violent Bear It Away is now a landmark in American literature. It is a dark and absorbing example of the Gothic sensibility and bracing satirical voice that are united in Flannery O'Conner's work. In it, the orphaned Francis Marion Tarwater and his cousins, the schoolteacher Rayber, defy the prophecy of their dead uncle--that Tarwater will become a prophet and will baptize Rayber's young son, Bishop. A series of struggles ensues: Tarwater fights an internal battle against his innate faith and the voices calling him to be a prophet while Rayber tries to draw Tarwater into a more "reasonable" modern world. Both wrestle with the legacy of their dead relatives and lay claim to Bishop's soul.O'Connor observes all this with an astonishing combination of irony and compassion, humor and pathos. The result is a novel whose range and depth reveal a brilliant and innovative writers acutely alert to where the sacred lives and to where it does... Views: 149
A Queen. A Harem of Kings. Can Shay really do this? Does she even have a choice in the matter?Warning: This book is a Slow Burn Reverse Harem with a Cliffhanger ending.My name is Shay. I'm nineteen years old.Every Fader in the country is after me.I know what you’re thinking. That I either did something horrible or that I'm a criminal.None of those things are true.No.The only crime I committed was to be born a female with the wolf's god symbol on my skin.We've been running.Running for nineteen years. They knew, my parents knew, and my mother's last dying wish was for my father to protect me. To run.So my father packed up his newborn twins, kissed his dying wife on the cheek and ran.We've been running for nineteen years because of me.My brother hasn't had a normal life, because of me.My father took his last breath of air five days ago because of me.Because we've been running for nineteen years.No more. Views: 140
Hanumān, the red-faced monkey chief and ninth grammarian of Hindu mythology, is the protagonist of this dazzling narrative--a mind-journey to the temple city of Galta in India and the occasion for Octavio Paz, the celebrated Mexican poet and essayist, to explore the origin of language, the nature of naming and knowing, time and reality, and fixity and decay. *Selected Review:The very concept of grammar - a system in which language can be fixed, structured and therefore transformed - is one of the great achievements of Indian culture. In the past 50 years philosophers and linguists have devoted enormous intellectual energies to the investigation of how the concept was developed among the thinkers of ancient India, for whom the idea became a central problem in their philosophical tradition. Was language, our faculty for naming objects, given by God or did man invent it, either on his own or with powers borrowed from the divine realm? Through a species of time-space journey akin to Hanuman's, Octavio Paz explores this dilemma: ''What is language made of,'' he asks, ''and most important of all, is it already made, or is it something that is perpetually in the making?'' (New York Times)*About the Author:Octavio Paz (1914-1998) was born in Mexico City. He wrote many volumes of poetry, as well as a prolific body of remarkable works of nonfiction on subjects as varied as poetics, literary and art criticism, politics, culture, and Mexican history. He was awarded the Jerusalem Prize in 1977, the Cervantes Prize in 1981, and the Neustadt Prize in 1982. He received the German Peace Prize for his political work, and finally, the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1990.About the Translator:Helen Lane was the preeminent translator of French, Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian fiction. Among the long list of authors she translated are Augusto Roa Bastos, Jorge Amado, Luisa Valenzuela, Mario Vargas Llosa, Marguerite Duras, Nélinda Piñon, and Curzio Malaparte. Views: 100
Harcourt is proud to introduce new annotated editions of three Virginia Woolf classics, ideal for the college classroom and beyond. For the first time, students reading these books will have the resources at hand to help them understand the text as well as the reasons and methods behind Woolf's writing. We've commissioned the best-known Woolf scholars in the field to provide invaluable introductions, editing, critical analysis, and suggestions for further reading. These much-awaited volumes are the first of many annotated Woolf editions Harcourt plans on publishing in the coming years.This brilliant novel explores the hidden springs of thought and action in one day of a woman's life. Direct and vivid in her account of the details of Clarissa Dalloway's preparations for a party she is to give that evening,Woolf ultimately managed to reveal much more; for it is the feeling behind these daily events that gives Mrs. Dalloway its texture and richness and makes it so... Views: 74
It’s coming up on the Fourth of July in tiny Park County, Tennessee, and Sheriff Tony Abernathy must deal with not just the heat and increased traffic, but a sudden wave of crime. Someone is going around assaulting people in an attempt to find "Bob." A man is found impaled on a tree, and a woman is murdered–by sunlight! Good thing the sheriff’s wife Theo runs the local quilting shop, where she can catch the gossip while a charity quilt is being made. Views: 72
Get down and naughty with this HOT standalone Older Man Younger Woman Taboo Romance between a BBW and her Dad's Sexy Best Friend.Zoe goes back home for the weekend, angry and hurt after walking in on her boyfriend cheating on her. She is pleasantly surprised when she finds her dad’s sexy best friend staying at the house. Zoe has had a crush on Evan since her teenage years, and what starts out as an innocent comfort turns into so much more…Evan couldn’t have been more surprised when Zoe comes home out of the blue. He’s dog sitting for her dad, but finds himself thrilled to get her alone. He knows she’s hurting but he’s ready to show her what it’s like to be with a real man.What will happen when they two of them, yearning for more than just a family friendship, are left alone while Zoe’s dad is out of town? Warning: contains mature themes and language. Intended for 18+ readers only.Standalone. No Cliffhangers. Views: 71
Autumn brings cooler temperatures to the Smoky Mountains. The weather may be cooling down in tiny Park County, Tennessee, but crime is heating up. Weevil Beasley, the county's loan shark, dies and the body count begins. Sheriff Tony Abernathy is soon up to the top of his bald head in murder and mayhem.Tony's wife, Theo, is in the thick of it. Not even the members of her quilting group are immune when she leads them on a thread-filled retreat up at The Lodge. Arriving early for one of the upcoming weddings, a member of their group is murdered. While dealing with cranky quilters, distraught hotel keepers and unfinished projects, Theo has to keep track of gossip for her husband and barely has time to hand out the pattern for her new mystery quilt. Views: 69
Now in paperback, the definitive, life-spanning, bilingual edition of the poems by the Nobel Prize laureateThe Poems of Octavio Paz is the first retrospective collection of Paz's poetry to span his entire writing career from his first published poem, at age seventeen, to his magnificent last poem. This landmark bilingual edition contains many poems that have never been translated into English before, plus new translations based on Paz's final revisions. Assiduously edited by Eliot Weinberger—who has been translating Paz for over forty years—The Poems of Octavio Paz also includes translations by the poet-luminaries Elizabeth Bishop, Paul Blackburn, Denise Levertov, Muriel Rukeyser, and Charles Tomlinson. Readers will also find Weinberger's capsule biography of Paz, as well as notes on many poems in Paz's own words, taken from various interviews he gave throughout his long and singular life. Views: 65
Indulge yourself in this naughty, steamy standalone Taboo Forbidden Romance between a BBW and her sexy Stepbrother.Brenna is home for a long weekend, and after Gabriel saves her from her violent ex-boyfriend, she finally admits her feelings for him. Even though their parents are married, she had always fantasized about having him as more than just a stepbrother.Gabe’s been in love with Brenna since he met her. She’s the perfect woman for him—if only she’d realize how beautiful he finds her. Finally, he is able to get her in the same room as him for more than five minutes. That’s long enough to tell her just how much she means to him… and show her just how much he’s been craving her all these years. Warning: contains mature themes and language. Intended for 18+ readers only.Standalone. No Cliffhangers. Views: 65
An enchanting and fascinating insight into Japanese landscape, culture, history and future. Originally written in Japanese, this passionate, vividly personal book draws on the author's experiences in Japan over thirty years. Alex Kerr brings to life the ritualized world of Kabuki, retraces his initiation into Tokyo's boardrooms during the heady Bubble Years, and tells the story of the hidden valley that became his home.But the book is not just a love letter. Haunted throughout by nostalgia for the Japan of old, Kerr's book is part paean to that great country and culture, part epitaph in the face of contemporary Japan's environmental and cultural destruction.Winner of Japan's 1994 Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize.Alex Kerr is an American writer, antiques collector and Japanologist. Lost Japan is his most famous work. He was the first foreigner to be awarded the Shincho Gakugei Literature Prize for the best... Views: 64
