Do You Hear in the Mountains... and Other Stories

Do You Hear in the Mountains... and Other Stories
Author: Maïssa Bey
Publisher: University of Virginia Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2018-09-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0813940303


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This new translation brings together two of Algerian author Maïssa Bey’s important works for the first time in English. "Do You Hear in the Mountains..." is a compelling piece of autofiction in which three destinies meet dramatically on a train moving through France. We meet an Algerian refugee, whom we recognize as Bey herself. She has escaped the civil war and cannot forget her father’s commitment to independence nor his death under the torture of the French soldiers. Sitting near her is a retired doctor whose military service in Algeria coincidentally took him to the same area at the time of that tragedy. Their neighbor is a girl who would like to understand this past that is so painful to discuss. The eleven diverse tales that follow, presented under the title "Under the Jasmin, at Night," exemplify some of Bey’s recurring themes—the Franco-Algerian colonial legacy and the feminine condition. Together, these works provide an unforgettable picture of a turbulent history that reaches across generations and continents. CARAF: Caribbean and African Literature Translated from French

The Cause of Humanity and Other Stories

The Cause of Humanity and Other Stories
Author: Rudyard Kipling
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 463
Release: 2018-11-22
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1108476422


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Brings together, for the first time, Kipling's uncollected short stories, many unknown in the West, and some previously unpublished.

Gothic Alaskan and Other Stories

Gothic Alaskan and Other Stories
Author: E.F. Shelby
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 227
Release: 2000-07-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1469761157


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The seething, thrashing jungles of Alaska are the lair of many secret species. To see them is to disappear. There are life forms here so horrible the sight of them would make a Kodiak bear jump off a cliff, or send a one-ton moose up a tree, or drive a pack of wolves into a rabbit hole. Every summer unknowing tourists anchor a boat off the wrong island and become dinner. Or they drive down some unmarked dirt road and are slaughtered. Every year they trustingly stop over at some strangely-empty campground or wander down an unmarked trail and meet a horrible end. [Author bio]Eugene Shelby has lived in Alaska for twenty-two years, including Anchorage, Barrow, Prudhoe Bay, Shemya and Valdez. He has a BA in journalism from USC.

A Woman of Thirty, the Seamy Side of History, and Other Stories

A Woman of Thirty, the Seamy Side of History, and Other Stories
Author: Honoré De Balzac
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
Total Pages: 838
Release: 2010-06-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1434421155


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Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) was one of the premiere French novelists. This is a collection of his stories.

The New Penelope, and Other Stories and Poems

The New Penelope, and Other Stories and Poems
Author: Frances Fuller Victor
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2022-09-16
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:


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DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The New Penelope, and Other Stories and Poems" by Frances Fuller Victor. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.

Above All, Don't Look Back

Above All, Don't Look Back
Author: Maïssa Bey
Publisher:
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2009
Genre: Disaster victims
ISBN:


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This novel follows the path of a young woman, Amina, as she makes her way through a city, a life, and a sense of self that have been ravaged by an earthquake. Inspired by an earthquake in northern Algeria in 2003, the author interweaves descriptions of the earthquake with descriptions of Amina's family, culture, and country and her place within them. She leaves the reader to wonder whether Amina is fleeing the earthquake or something more complex.

When the King Loses His Head, and Other Stories

When the King Loses His Head, and Other Stories
Author: Leonid Andreyev
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2021-05-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:


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When the King Loses His Head, and other stories is Leonid Andreyev's story of the French Revolution. Considered the father of Expressionism in Russian literature, Leonid Andreyev is regarded as one of the most talented and prolific representatives of the Silver Age period. His work was extensively translated in book form. To live through four different phases of Russian history was the fate of Andreyev. Each of these phases has contributed to the shaping of his art. Because of the cumulative portrayals of the weird and the horrible, Andreyev has been called the Russian Edgar Allan Poe. During the 1914-1929 period, America was eager for anything similar to Edgar Allan Poe. As Poe's Russian equivalent, translations of Andreyev's work found a ready audience in the English-speaking world.

Helen Breaks Bones and Other Stories

Helen Breaks Bones and Other Stories
Author: Robert Dennison
Publisher: GeneralStore PublishingHouse
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2002
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9781894263559


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