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Author: Sigrid Undset Publisher: ISBN: 9781950970834 Category : Norway Languages : en Pages : 0
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"Four Stories offers honest, uncontrived portrayals of everyday life in early twentieth-century Norway. In Selma Brøter, as a spinster becomes involved in the love affair of her two coworkers, Undset draws a powerful, heartrending contrast between her delusion and their bliss. In Simonsen, an aged clerk gains support from his son and daughter-in-law, but learns it could come at a steep price. A housekeeper finds happiness (and love), in Miss Smith-Tellefesen, until a sudden change results in the loss of everything she has found. In Thodolf, a childless sailor’s wife adopts a baby boy. The sudden appearance of the boy’s birth mother sets off a series of events with an affecting conclusion. Marked with Undset’s distinctive compassionate insight into her characters, Four Stories profoundly captures the oscillation between contentment and sadness which is part and parcel of every human life."--
Author: Sigrid Undset Publisher: ISBN: 9781950970834 Category : Norway Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
"Four Stories offers honest, uncontrived portrayals of everyday life in early twentieth-century Norway. In Selma Brøter, as a spinster becomes involved in the love affair of her two coworkers, Undset draws a powerful, heartrending contrast between her delusion and their bliss. In Simonsen, an aged clerk gains support from his son and daughter-in-law, but learns it could come at a steep price. A housekeeper finds happiness (and love), in Miss Smith-Tellefesen, until a sudden change results in the loss of everything she has found. In Thodolf, a childless sailor’s wife adopts a baby boy. The sudden appearance of the boy’s birth mother sets off a series of events with an affecting conclusion. Marked with Undset’s distinctive compassionate insight into her characters, Four Stories profoundly captures the oscillation between contentment and sadness which is part and parcel of every human life."--
Author: Alan Bennett Publisher: Profile Books ISBN: 1847653871 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 252
Book Description
Like everything Bennett does, these stories are playful, witty and painfully observant of ordinary people's foibles. They all have brilliant twists, are immensely entertaining and highly moral. And all are modern classics. The Laying on of Hands The painfully observant account of a memorial service for a masseur to the famous. The Clothes They Stood Up In The comic tale of an elderly couple's trials after their flat is stripped completely bare. Father! Father! Burning Bright The savage satire on the family of a dying man who rules over them from his hospital bed. The Lady in the Van The true story of the eccentric old woman who is invited to live in a homeowner's front garden. She stays there, in her van, for fifteen years. The home is Alan Bennett's. It became a West End hit and a major film, starring Maggie Smith.
Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann Publisher: Courier Corporation ISBN: 9780486426969 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 308
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The 4 tales of this collection embody their author's skills as a humorist and a master of irony as well as his visions of supernatural elements amid ordinary settings. Contents include "Rat Krespel," "Die Bergwerke zu Falun," "Das Fräulein von Scuderi" and "Des Vetters Eckfenster," Hoffmann's last work and the pinnacle of his literary achievements.
Author: Nie Jun Publisher: Graphic Universe& 8482 ISBN: 1512445908 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 132
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"Four short stories set in a hutong, or residential alleyway, of Beijing, China. Yu'er, her grandfather, and their eccentric neighbors experience the magic of everyday life."--
Author: Christopher M. Kelty Publisher: ISBN: 022666676X Category : Participation Languages : en Pages : 337
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Participation is everywhere today. It has been formalized, measured, standardized, scaled up, network-enabled, and sent around the world. Platforms, algorithms, and software offer to make participation easier, but new technologies have had the opposite effect. We find ourselves suspicious of how participation extracts our data or monetizes our emotions, and the more procedural participation becomes, the more it seems to recede from our grasp. In this book, Christopher M. Kelty traces four stories of participation across the twentieth century, showing how they are part of a much longer-term problem in relation to the individual and collective experience of representative democracy. Kelty argues that in the last century or so, the power of participation has dwindled; over time, it has been formatted in ways that cramp and dwarf it, even as the drive to participate has spread to nearly every kind of human endeavor, all around the world. The Participant is a historical ethnography of the concept of participation, investigating how the concept has evolved into the form it takes today. It is a book that asks, "Why do we participate?" And sometimes, "Why do we refuse?"
Author: Etgar Keret Publisher: B.G. Rudolph Lectures in Judai ISBN: 9780815681564 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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This booklet includes a lecture called "Second Generation" and four remarkable short stories by Etgar Keret: "Asthma Attack," "Shoes," "Siren," and "Foreign Language," the last of which has never before appeared in the United States. Openly discussing his family background for the first time, Keret brings to life the confused experience of growing up as an Israeli child of Holocaust survivors. One of Israel¿s leading voices in literature and cinema, Keret mixes wry humor, keen intelligence, and subtle tenderness to create some of the most provocative and entertaining stories of his generation.
Author: Joseph Bruchac Publisher: Bridgewater Books ISBN: Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 104
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A collection of traditional Native American tales celebrating the wonder and mystery of the natural world, arranged under the categories "Fire," "Earth," "Water," and "Air."
Author: Vashima Jain Publisher: Notion Press ISBN: 1644290294 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 188
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4 fascinating stories. All interconnected in a way that only YOU can discover. Here’s a keyhole into their lives. Take a sneak peak! Rajani: A corporate honcho, an ardent "Game of Thrones" fan battles with nail biting drama that has conveniently accompanied some of her big decisions. Will she shine again? Lata: A housemaid whose inner demons come alive as she comes face to face with the gruesome truth about her husband, who she has loved despite all his flaws. Will she survive this betrayal? Sarthak: A young boy with pain in his heart, finds a new dimension to his life. Will he ever talk to the stars, again? Gabbar: He may seem like just another dog, but is he? Have you heard his story, from himself? A Journey of companionship, love and forgiveness. In short, “life”~ the way he sees it. These dramatic, gripping and comically sublime stories will change the way you perceive people around you. Get ready for a memorable journey into their world.
Author: Sigrid Undset
Author: Sigrid Undset
Author: Alan Bennett
Author: E. T. A. Hoffmann
Author: Nie Jun
Author: Matthew Wayne Selznick
Author: Christopher M. Kelty
Author: Etgar Keret
Author: Joseph Bruchac
Author: Tony Johnston
Author: Vashima Jain