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Author: Anton Chekhov Publisher: New York Review of Books ISBN: 9780940322141 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 500
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The ever maturing art and ever more ambitious imaginative reach of Anton Chekhov, one of the world's greatest masters of the short story, led him in his last years to an increasingly profound exploration of the troubled depths of Russian society and life. This powerful and revealing selection from Chekhov's final works, made by the legendary American critic Edmund Wilson, offers stories of novelistic richness and complexity, published in the only formatp edition to present them in chronological order. Table of Contents A Woman's Kingdom Three Years The Murder My Life Peasants The New Villa In the Ravine The Bishop Betrothed
Author: Anton Chekhov Publisher: New York Review of Books ISBN: 9780940322141 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 500
Book Description
The ever maturing art and ever more ambitious imaginative reach of Anton Chekhov, one of the world's greatest masters of the short story, led him in his last years to an increasingly profound exploration of the troubled depths of Russian society and life. This powerful and revealing selection from Chekhov's final works, made by the legendary American critic Edmund Wilson, offers stories of novelistic richness and complexity, published in the only formatp edition to present them in chronological order. Table of Contents A Woman's Kingdom Three Years The Murder My Life Peasants The New Villa In the Ravine The Bishop Betrothed
Author: Lawrence Block Publisher: Berkley ISBN: 9780425178034 Category : Detective and mystery stories, American Languages : en Pages : 0
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For this anthology of mystery stories, Lawrence Block asked a wide range of authors, such as Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Harlan Ellison, and others, to select not only their personal best, but their favorite story from a peer. The result is a stellar showcase of stories by the best of the best.
Author: Leo Tolstoy Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 0191606138 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 556
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'It is impossible to explain why Yevgeny chose Liza Annenskaya, as it is always impossible to explain why a man chooses this and not that woman.' This collection of eleven stories spans virtually the whole of Tolstoy's creative life. While each is unique in form, as a group they are representative of his style, and touch on the central themes that surface in War and Peace and Anna Karenina. Stories as different as 'The Snowstorm', 'Lucerne', 'The Diary of a Madman', and 'The Devil' are grounded in autobiographical experience. They deal with journeys of self-discovery and the moral and religious questioning that characterizes Tolstoy's works of criticism and philosophy. 'Strider' and 'Father Sergy', as well as reflecting Tolstoy's own experiences, also reveal profound psychological insights. These stories range over much of the Russian world of the nineteenth century, from the nobility to the peasantry, the military to the clergy, from merchants and cobblers to a horse and a tree. Together they present a fascinating picture of Tolstoy's skill and artistry. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author: Geoffrey Hoppe Publisher: ISBN: 9781792688027 Category : Languages : en Pages : 298
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After the joy and relief of spiritual awakening, life can become very "awkward" as the human learns to trust the Master self, integrate the countless aspects and open to the presence of the I Am. Allowing this "holy trinity" of self is the essence of embodied Realization, but coming to this place is usually fraught with doubts, frustrations, apparent dead-ends, and many other challenges. You will certainly find your own experiences reflected in these inspiring, touching and often humorous stories. The sweet reminders of how go beyond limitation into trust and allowing provide practical inspiration for your daily life.Adamus Saint-Germain often tells stories of the Master and the student, using these parables to illustrate the principles and essence of coming into mastery. His book, Memoirs of a Master published in 2016, contains 20 "Master and student" stories ranging from humorous to insightful and profound.During Keahak VII, his annual year-long intensive, Adamus said it was time for the human Masters to write these stories. With more than 100 wonderful stories submitted, these 40 stories represent the best of the best. Stories of the Masters is a 300-page story book for who are allowing their spiritual maturity.Contributing Authors: Ingrid Aldendorff - Bremen, GermanyBianca Anghel - Toronto, OT, CanadaAntje Arenz - Krefeld, GermanyJaynne Aster - Abbotsford, BC, CanadaNancy Botti - Ashland, OR, United StatesMikaela Christi - Vesenaz, SwitzerlandSilvana Corti - Spiegel bei Bern, SwitzerlandRegina Dickmann - Detmold, GermanyDouglas Edgar - Pasadena, SA, AustraliaDebra Ford - Bartlett, TN, United StatesJoan Giambrone - Corona, NY, United StatesBirgit Gottas - Salzburg, AustriaKristine Grikis - Kimberley, BC, CanadaTania Hess - Hillsboro, OR, United StatesKathrin Hug - Birmensdorf, SwitzerlandCatherine Hurst - Raymond Terrace, NSW, AustraliaAleisha Klein - Kuranda, QLD, AustraliaCathy Kumnick - Grovedale, VIC, AustraliaSuzanne Lebek - Unterfoehring, GermanyKeiko Niwa - South Orange, NJ, United StatesTammie O'Rielly - Kelowna, BC, CanadaKristina Peters - Wetter, GermanyAlex Quici - Lyon, FranceYan Raux - Poissy, FrancePradeep RC - Bangalore, IndiaHeidi Rimald - Bad Nauheim, GermanyKatharine Roberts - Concord, MA, United StatesJames J Sacco - Niles, Ohio, United StatesLaura Schaefli - Kingston, OT, CanadaSophie Seyer - Roxton Falls, QC, CanadaIzabela Suska - Warsaw, PolandJean Tinder - Golden, CO, United StatesÁlvaro Trujillo Ayerbe - Ibagué, ColombiaDonna Van Keuren - Evergreen, CO, United StatesAd Voermans - s-Hertogenbosch, NetherlandsAngelika Ziegler - Rodgau, GermanyRebecca Zuh - Adelaide, SA, Australia
Author: Leo Tolstoy Publisher: Penguin UK ISBN: 0141913665 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 339
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The ten stories collected in this volume demonstrate Tolstoy's artistic prowess displayed over five decades - experimenting with prose styles and drawing on his own experiences with humour, realism and compassion. Inspired by his experiences in the army, 'The Two Hussars' contrasts a dashing father and his mean-spirited son. Illustrating Tolstoy's belief that art must serve a moral purpose, 'What Men Live By' portrays an angel sent to earth to learn three existential rules of life, and 'Two Old Men' shows a peasant abandoning his pilgrimage to the Holy Land in order to help his neighbours. And in the highly moving 'Master and Man', Tolstoy depicts a mercenary merchant travelling with his unprotesting servant through a blizzard to close a business deal - little realizing he may soon have to settle accounts with his maker.
Author: Tibor Déry Publisher: New Directions Publishing ISBN: 9780811216258 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 276
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Tibor Déry (1894-1977), winner of Hungary's highest artistic honor, the Kossuth Prize, in 1948, was first imprisoned in 1934 by the Horthy regime for translating André Gide's diary of his journey to Russia, and again, over twenty years later, for his writings and political activities during the Hungarian Revolt of 1956 against Soviet occupation. Around the world, Tibor Déry Committees formed: Picasso, Camus, Sartre, Bertrand Russel, E.M. Forster, and in the Indian Congress Committee were among the many involved. Today, Tibor Déry is venerated as one of the most important literary figures of Hungary and, like Chekhov, a master of the modern short story. Love and Other Stories presents some of Déry's finest work. In "Games of the Underworld," ordinary people in Budapest try to survive the winter of war in cramped cellars and encounter menacing Arrow-Cross men, a towering giant, a blind horse, a vinegar sponge; in "The Circus," a group of bored children transmogrifies into a grotesque spectacle; in "Love," a political prisoner is released after seven years and returns home to his wife and son. George Szirtes, the award-winning translator from the Hungarian and winner of the 2004 T.S. Eliot Prize for poetry, gives a brilliant introduction to this visionary collection that deals passionately with questions of responsibility and conscience, of social justice and renewal.
Author: T'aejun Yi Publisher: Columbia University Press ISBN: 0231546343 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 277
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Yi T’aejun was one of twentieth-century Korea’s true masters of the short story—and a man who in 1946 stunned his contemporaries by moving to the Soviet-occupied northern zone of his country. In South Korea, where he is known today as “one who went north,” Yi’s work was banned until 1988. His momentous decision did not lead him to a safe haven, however: though initially welcomed into the literary establishment, North Korea sent him into internal exile in the 1950s, and little is known of his fate. Dust and Other Stories offers a selection of Yi’s stories across time and place, showcasing a superb stylist caught up in the midst of his era’s most urgent ideological and aesthetic divides. This collection unites his earlier modernist masterpieces from the colonial era with his little-known work penned during North Korea’s founding years, offering a rare glimpse into the making—and crossing—of the border between south and north. During the turbulent final years of Japanese rule, Yi’s elegant yet subdued stories championed both his native tongue and the belief in the capacity of art. In the heavily politicized environment of the North, his later works maintain a faith in the art of storytelling and a concern for the disappearance of customs in the throes of modernization. Throughout both eras, Yi focused on ordinary people: old men struggling to understand a changing world, lovers meeting up among ancient ruins, a lively widow targeted by a literacy campaign, a bourgeois couple trying to sustain themselves during the war by breeding rabbits, and more. Magnificently translated by Janet Poole, Yi’s work bears witness to global turmoil with a melancholic sense of enduring beauty.
Author: Anton Pavlovich Chekhov Publisher: 1st World Publishing ISBN: 1421821249 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 262
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FYODOR LUKITCH SYSOEV, the master of the factory school maintained at the expense of the firm of Kulikin, was getting ready for the annual dinner. Every year after the school examination the board of managers gave a dinner at which the inspector of elementary schools, all who had conducted the examinations, and all the managers and foremen of the factory were present. In spite of their official character, these dinners were always good and lively, and the guests sat a long time over them; forgetting distinc-tions of rank and recalling only their meritorious labours, they ate till they were full, drank amicably, chattered till they were all hoarse and parted late in the evening, deafening the whole factory settlement with their singing and the sound of their kisses. Of such dinners Sysoev had taken part in thirteen, as he had been that number of years master of the factory school.
Author: David Owen Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0684867516 Category : Sports & Recreation Languages : en Pages : 292
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Played out across the rolling hills, the Masters is the first major golf tournament of the year. Owen tells the story of how this unlikely winter haven became one of the most famed locations on the sporting map. For the millions of fans who dream of April in Augusta, this is the best and most intimate look at golf's ultimate rite of spring. 32 page photo insert.
Author: Daryl Gregory Publisher: ISBN: 9781933846309 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 0
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The short stories in this first collection by critically acclaimed writer Daryl Gregory run the gamut from science fiction to contemporary fantasy, with a few stories that defy easy classification. His characters may be neuroscientists, superhero sidekicks, middle-aged heroes of children's stories, or fantatics spreading a virus-borne religion, but they are all convincingly human. - Includes two never-before published short stories - Introduction by Nancy Kress
Author: Anton Chekhov
Author: Anton Chekhov
Author: Lawrence Block
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Author: Geoffrey Hoppe
Author: Leo Tolstoy
Author: Tibor Déry
Author: T'aejun Yi
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Author: David Owen
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