Incantations And Other Stories

Author : Anjana Appachana
Publisher : Virago Press
ISBN 13 : 9781853812613
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Incantations written by Anjana Appachana and published by Virago Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first collection of fiction by Anjana Appachana provides stories that are beautifully written, the characters carefully and respectfully drawn. All the stories are set in India, but the people in them seem somehow displaced within their own society -- a society in transition, but a transition that does not come fast enough to help them.

Author : Anjana Appachana
Publisher : Penguin Books India
ISBN 13 : 9780143100911
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Incantations and Other Stories written by Anjana Appachana and published by Penguin Books India. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Stories In This Collection Are Set In The Early Eighties, And Anjana Appachana Wonderfully Captures The Raw, Vibrant Energy And Optimism Of A Time When We Drank Chai For Thirty Paise, And Twenty Thousand Rupees Spent On &Lsquo;Gifts&Rsquo; For The Boy&Rsquo;S Side Was An Enormous Amount Of Money For Middle-Class Indians. Her Characters Strain For A Place Beyond The Boundaries Of A Prescribed Way Of Life In Urban Middle India: A Hapless College Student Gets Gated A Few Days Before Her Appointment For An Abortion; A Disgruntled Clerk Philosophises Gloomily About His Place In The Scheme Of Things; A Young Girl, Against All Odds, Decides To Keep Her Sister&Rsquo;S Deep, Dark Secret. By Turns Warm, Gullible, Arrogant And Bigoted, Appachana&Rsquo;S Characters Live Their Lives Amid Contradictions And Double Standards, Superstitions And Impossible Dreams, But Ultimately Usurp Their Familiar Landscape And Imbue It With An Idiosyncratic Vision.

Author : Krishna Daiya
Publisher : Sarup & Sons
ISBN 13 : 9788176256452
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Post-independence Women Short Story Writers in Indian English written by Krishna Daiya and published by Sarup & Sons. This book was released on 2006 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Vivian Vande Velde
Publisher : Laurel Leaf
ISBN 13 : 9780440227670
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Curses, Inc. and Other Stories written by Vivian Vande Velde and published by Laurel Leaf. This book was released on 1998 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of stories filled with spells, magic, and mayhem.

Author : Alice Hoffman
Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
ISBN 13 : 0316022624
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Incantation written by Alice Hoffman and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2007-10-01 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bestselling author Alice Hoffman tears a page from history and melds it with mysticism to create a spellbinding, highly acclaimed tale about the persecution of Jewish people during the sixteenth century. Estrella is a Marrano: During the time of the Spanish Inquisition, she is one of a community of Spanish Jews living double lives as Catholics. And she is living in a house of secrets, raised by a family who practices underground the ancient and mysterious way of wisdom known as kabbalah. When Estrella discovers her family's true identity--and her family's secrets are made public--she confronts a world she's never imagined, where new love burns and where friendship ends in flame and ash, where trust is all but vanquished and betrayal has tragic and bitter consequences. Winner of numerous "best book" citations and infused with the rich context of history and faith, Incantation is a transcendent journey of discovery and loss, rebirth and remembrance that Newbery Award-winning author Lois Lowry described as "Magical and spellbinding...Painful and exquisitely beautiful."

Author : Nikolai Gogol
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231549067
Total Pages : 418 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Nose and Other Stories written by Nikolai Gogol and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nikolai Gogol’s novel Dead Souls and play The Government Inspector revolutionized Russian literature and continue to entertain generations of readers around the world. Yet Gogol’s peculiar genius comes through most powerfully in his short stories. By turns—or at once—funny, terrifying, and profound, the tales collected in The Nose and Other Stories are among the greatest achievements of world literature. These stories showcase Gogol’s vivid, haunting imagination: an encounter with evil in a darkened church, a downtrodden clerk who dreams only of a new overcoat, a nose that falls off a face and reappears around town on its own, outranking its former owner. Written between 1831 and 1842, they span the colorful setting of rural Ukraine to the unforgiving urban landscape of St. Petersburg to the ancient labyrinth of Rome. Yet they share Gogol’s characteristic obsessions—city crowds, bureaucratic hierarchy and irrationality, the devil in disguise—and a constant undercurrent of the absurd. Susanne Fusso’s translations pay careful attention to the strangeness and wonder of Gogol's style, preserving the inimitable humor and oddity of his language. The Nose and Other Stories reveals why Russian writers from Dostoevsky to Nabokov have returned to Gogol as the cornerstone of their unparalleled literary tradition.

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1096 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Short Story Index written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Amaka Chuks, Esq.
Publisher : Amaka Chuks, Esq.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Nightfall At Ifite-Oma And Other Stories Inspired by Igbo Folklore And History written by Amaka Chuks, Esq. and published by Amaka Chuks, Esq.. This book was released on 2022-11-22 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is sure an interesting read full of adventure, thrilling suspense and melodrama. Join Adaeze and Oma’s modern-day adventure in the six-part short story series, You Stepped On My Foot, follow Oluchi and Nneka’s suspenseful investigation into mami water events in Tianna, relish the melancholic thrill in the historical fictional dramatization of one of the most popular Igbo folk songs, Ekworo Nwunye Di, learn how to avoid capture by mysterious monsters in Nightfall At Ifite-Oma, among many other interesting short stories that explore Igbo folklore and Igbo history. It should be quickly pointed out that the stories are genuinely inspired by Igbo folklore and true Igbo history. So, this is certainly not yet another Pan Africanist or Afro-Centrist literature, where Africans or Black people generally can do no wrong and have done no wrong since the beginning of time. Expect to read about invasions of African villages by other Black people in pre-colonial times because it did happen, and Igbos had their fair share of these waves of devastating invasions and tyrannical impositions from other Black people. But more importantly, be prepared to absolutely enjoy this book which takes these events and artistically craft short stories that entertain you. You will soon discover that the truth is indeed stranger than fiction.

Author : Kaile Dutton
Publisher : Everything
ISBN 13 : 9781598693928
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Everything Love Spells Book written by Kaile Dutton and published by Everything. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bring love into your life and keep it there with The Everything Love Spells Book. This pocket guide contains more than 75 spells to help you rev up your romance. There's a spell for every lover's lament: Can't get over that last love? Do the Breaking the Chains Spell and he's gone for good! Need to attract that special someone? The Enhancement Spell will make anyone irresistible! Bored in the bedroom? All you need to stoke the flames is the Tantric Lovemaking Spell! Whether you're an experienced spellcaster or dabbling in magick for the first time, watch love flourish with these and many other spells. Nudge that special someone along and add passion and erotic excitement to your existing relationships. True love is just a spell away! Kaile Dutton is an Eclectic Solitary Practitioner and Certified Usui Reiki Master Teacher. She has found great success in healing and accepting love through energy work and the craft and is dedicated to the ways of reiki, magick, and being spiritually connected. Aside from continuously pursuing her spiritual path, she works as a fine artist, graphic designer, and aspiring singer/musician and performer. Jodi St. Onge is a Certified Usui Reiki Master Teacher, Shamballa Multidimensional Healer Teacher, Karuna Practitioner, and an Eclectic Solitary Practitioner. She runs Blue Angel Healing, a reiki healing and teaching business.

Author : Skye Alexander
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1605502189
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Everything Spells and Charms Book written by Skye Alexander and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Longing for love? Searching for success? Hunting for ways to make your wishes become reality? You have the power to make your desires come to life! The Everything Spells and Charms Book, 2nd Edition gives you the tools you need to tap into your inner magickal power. Are you: Languishing in lover's limbo? Use the Spell to Enhance a Relationship. Caught in a career slump? Cast the Spell to Get Recognized. Drowning in bills? Use the Goodbye Debt Spell. Feeling powerless? Try the Spell for Strengthening Self-Worth. This handy guide helps you understand the cycles of nature, discover the mysteries of magick, and unleash the power and passion within!