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Author: Sam Riviere Publisher: Catapult ISBN: 1646221338 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 305
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For readers of Roberto Bolaño's Savage Detectives and Muriel Spark's Loitering with Intent, this "sublime" and "delightfully unhinged" metaphysical mystery disguised as a picaresque romp follows one poet's spectacular fall from grace to ask a vital question: Is everyone a plagiarist? (Nicolette Polek, author of Imaginary Museums). A scandal has shaken the literary world. As the unnamed narrator of Dead Souls discovers at a cultural festival in central London, the offender is Solomon Wiese, a poet accused of plagiarism. Later that same evening, at a bar near Waterloo Bridge, our narrator encounters the poet in person, and listens to the story of Wiese's rise and fall, a story that takes the entire night—and the remainder of the novel—to tell. Wiese reveals his unconventional views on poetry, childhood encounters with "nothingness," a conspiracy involving the manipulation of documents in the public domain, an identity crisis, a retreat to the country, a meeting with an ex-serviceman with an unexpected offer, the death of an old poet, a love affair with a woman carrying a signpost, an entanglement with a secretive poetry cult, and plans for a triumphant return to the capital, through the theft of poems, illegal war profits, and faked social media accounts—plans in which our narrator discovers he is obscurely implicated. Dead Souls is a metaphysical mystery brilliantly encased in a picaresque romp, a novel that asks a vital question for anyone who makes or engages with art: Is everyone a plagiarist?
Author: Sam Riviere Publisher: Catapult ISBN: 1646221338 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 305
Book Description
For readers of Roberto Bolaño's Savage Detectives and Muriel Spark's Loitering with Intent, this "sublime" and "delightfully unhinged" metaphysical mystery disguised as a picaresque romp follows one poet's spectacular fall from grace to ask a vital question: Is everyone a plagiarist? (Nicolette Polek, author of Imaginary Museums). A scandal has shaken the literary world. As the unnamed narrator of Dead Souls discovers at a cultural festival in central London, the offender is Solomon Wiese, a poet accused of plagiarism. Later that same evening, at a bar near Waterloo Bridge, our narrator encounters the poet in person, and listens to the story of Wiese's rise and fall, a story that takes the entire night—and the remainder of the novel—to tell. Wiese reveals his unconventional views on poetry, childhood encounters with "nothingness," a conspiracy involving the manipulation of documents in the public domain, an identity crisis, a retreat to the country, a meeting with an ex-serviceman with an unexpected offer, the death of an old poet, a love affair with a woman carrying a signpost, an entanglement with a secretive poetry cult, and plans for a triumphant return to the capital, through the theft of poems, illegal war profits, and faked social media accounts—plans in which our narrator discovers he is obscurely implicated. Dead Souls is a metaphysical mystery brilliantly encased in a picaresque romp, a novel that asks a vital question for anyone who makes or engages with art: Is everyone a plagiarist?
Author: Ian Rankin Publisher: Minotaur Books ISBN: 1429908033 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 527
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Weary, wary, hard-drinking Detective John Rebus returns in author Ian Rankin's internationally acclaimed, award-winning series. As complex and unpredictable as the brooding mists that envelop his Edinburgh beat, Rebus is ever resourceful and determined--but this time, vulnerable and challenged as never before, with complications in his personal life, and events that shake him to the depths of his being.... A colleague's suicide. Pedophiles. A missing child. A serial killer. You never know your luck, muses Rebus. Driven by instinct and experience, he searches for connections, against official skepticism. But at night, unsoothed by whiskey, Rebus faces his ghosts--and the prospect of his daughter's possibly permanent paralysis. Soldiering through dank, desperate slums and the tony flats of the Scottish chic, Rebus uncovers a chain of crime, deceit, and hidden sins--knowing it's himself he's really trying to save.... Ian Rankin's Dead Souls is "crime writing of the highest order" (Daily Express).
Author: J. Lincoln Fenn Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 1501110934 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 352
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"When Fiona Quinn is approached in a bar by a man who calls himself Scratch and claims he's the devil, she figures it's just some kind of post-modern ironic pickup line. But since he offers to pick up the tab, what the hell. A few drinks in, Scratch offers something much stranger--a wish in exchange for her immortal soul. Fiona has been wondering if her boyfriend is having an affair. What if she could become invisible, see what he's really up to? It can be done, but for a price--in addition to her soul, Fiona must perform a special favor for Scratch whenever the time comes"--
Author: Matt Rosenberg Publisher: Marvel Entertainment ISBN: 1302506609 Category : Comics & Graphic Novels Languages : en Pages : 145
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Collecting New Mutants: Dead Souls #1-6. They arent the X-Men-in-training anymore! The New Mutants are launching themselves headfirst into some of the creepiest corners of the Marvel Universe, going on the missions no one else will. But does they know what theyre really hunting for? The enigmatic Magik leads Wolfsbane, Rictor, Boom-Boom and Strong Guy into battle with paranormal threats that might just tear them apart! Braving an Arctic research base where everyone has mysteriously died! Helping a scared boy alone in the woods! Attempting to save a crashing plane with the passengers trying to stop them! Breaking into Doctor Stranges Sanctum Sanctorum! And attending a funeral for one of their own! All the while, the New Mutants wonder what their true mission is and what they finally discover will shake them to their core!
Author: Nikolai Gogol Publisher: e-artnow ISBN: 8026897544 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 354
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Chichikov, a middle-aged gentleman of middling social class and means, arrives in a small town and turns on the charm to woo key local officials and landowners. He reveals little about his past, or his purpose, as he sets about carrying out his bizarre and mysterious plan to acquire "dead souls." The government would tax the landowners based on how many serfs (or "souls") the landowner owned, determined by the census. Censuses in this period were infrequent, so landowners would often be paying taxes on serfs that were no longer living, thus the "dead souls." It is these dead souls, existing on paper only, that Chichikov seeks to purchase from the landlords in the villages he visits. Setting off for the surrounding estates, Chichikov at first assumes that the ignorant provincials will be more than eager to give their dead souls up in exchange for a token payment. The task of collecting the rights to dead people proves difficult, however, due to the persistent greed, suspicion, and general distrust of the landowners.
Author: Nikolai Gogol Publisher: Xist Publishing ISBN: 1681959496 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 384
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Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol from Coterie Classics All Coterie Classics have been formatted for ereaders and devices and include a bonus link to the free audio book. “You can't imagine how stupid the whole world has grown nowadays. The things these scribblers write! ” ― Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol is the story of personal reinvention in Russia.
Author: James B. Woodward Publisher: Princeton University Press ISBN: 1400871905 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 296
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Alone of the great Russian novels of the nineteenth-century, Dead Souls has remained almost as profound a mystery to critics as it was when it first appeared. James Woodward disputes the traditional view of Gogol's work, contending that it is not a sprawling mass of loosely connected episodes, details, and digressions. His close reading of the text offers a new interpretation by tracing the essential features of Gogol's creative method. Although Dead Souls is a subject of lively debate in almost every respect, no Western scholar has ever before made it the subject of book-length analysis. James Woodward's inquiry addresses itself to many fundamental questions: How is the theme developed? What characterizes the writer's creative method? Does the structure of the novel reveal an inner logic? How can the digressive narrative style be reconciled with generally accepted standards of artistic unity and coherence? Originally published in 1978. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Author: David G. Barnett Publisher: Bedlam Press ISBN: 9781889186542 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 210
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The name Dave Barnett ring a bell? It should -- he's the mastermind behind one of horror fiction's biggest success stories -- Necro Publications. You can thank Dave for publishing amazing extreme horror fiction from the genre's top talents including Edward Lee, Charlee Jacob, Joe Lansdale, Gerard Houarner, Tom Piccirilli, Mehitobel Wilson, and more. Now's it's his turn to put pen to paper. And trust us, it's not what you expect. This is NOT the extreme fiction you might find in one of Necro's publications. Barnett's fiction packs a punch, from terrifyingly haunting suspense to spine-tingling brutal violence. Aside from the knockout tale "Spin Cycle" which appeared in the bestselling anthology "Shivers," the rest of these tales are appearing here for the first time, and it's a major debut collection from what we consider to be one of the genre's best-kept secrets. Among the people you'll meet in Dead Souls are: A grade-school genius who longs to teach his bullying classmates a few things about life A picture-perfect family with a horrifying secret bubbling beneath the surface A serial killer who finds his greatest enemy in the most unlikely of places A small-town veterinarian who finds herself at war with an unstoppable killing machine A zombie who learns the real definition of having a bad day ...and many others... Barnett is a powerful, unforgettable new talent in writing. As Gerard Houarner says in his introduction, "I can tell you his vision is violent, but it is inevitable violence born out of suffering. Pain is a catalyst, often welcomed, sometimes a door to transcendence. Through suffering, characters outside the mainstream find out who, and what, they truly are. Discovery of self is linked to the discovery of violence in that self. There is attitude. Also a touch of science fiction, and magic. Dave is not without surprises." You haven't read him before. No one has. But this is a career that you're going to want to say you were there for from the very beginning. Here's your chance. Don't miss it."
Author: Savannah Rylan Publisher: ISBN: 9781704503639 Category : Languages : en Pages : 246
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Prison is no joke. The food sucks, My roommate snores, And the only thing I have to look forward to is Monroe.My lawyer can look at my briefs anytime. She's smart, beautiful, and the only way I'm getting out of this hellhole.I didn't kill Blaze, but when you're a Dead Soul MC member, no one cares about the truth.And maybe that's for the best, Because no one can know about Canyon. Monroe is not just getting me out of jail, She's also getting into my heart. Knox is the first book in the Dead Souls MC Series. All of the books in this series are currently available!
Author: Sam Riviere
Author: Sam Riviere
Author: Ian Rankin
Author: J. Lincoln Fenn
Author: Matt Rosenberg
Author: Nikolai Gogol
Author: Nikolai Gogol
Author: Angela Marsons
Author: James B. Woodward
Author: David G. Barnett
Author: Savannah Rylan