The Middle Stories

Author : Sheila Heti
Publisher : McSweeney's
ISBN 13 : 1938073096
Total Pages : 89 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Middle Stories written by Sheila Heti and published by McSweeney's. This book was released on 2012-04-10 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wildly acclaimed in Canada, this book marks the debut of a remarkable young writer first published by McSweeney's when she was twenty-three and living at home with her dad and brother. The Middle Stories is a strikingly original collection of stories, fables, and short brutalities that are alternately heartwarming, cruel, and hilarious. This edition, marking the 10th anniversary of The Middle Stories, will be designed in the newly iconic McSweeney's paperback style, and will be published shortly before Heti's newest novel, How Should A Person Be?, emigrates from Canada via Henry Holt & Co.

Author : Sheila Heti
Publisher : House of Anansi
ISBN 13 : 1770890882
Total Pages : 125 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Middle Stories written by Sheila Heti and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2001-04-01 with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balancing wisdom and innocence, joy and foreboding, Sheila Heti’s completely original stories lead you to surprising places. This edition featuring nine new stories. A frog doles out sage advice to a plumber infatuated with a princess, a boy falls hopelessly in love with a monkey, and a man with a hat keeps apocalyptic thoughts at bay by resolving to follow a plan that he admits he won’t stick to. Globe and Mail critic Russell Smith has described Heti’s stories as cryptic fairy tales without morals at the end, but really the morals are in the quality of the telling and in the details disclosed along the way. Look where you weren’t going to look, think what you wouldn't have thought, Heti seems to say, and meaning itself gains more meaning, more dimensions. Heti’s stories are not what you expect, but why did you expect that anyway? This special new edition features nine new stories that were not available in the first Canadian edition.

Author : Sheila Heti
Publisher : House of Anansi
ISBN 13 : 9780887846779
Total Pages : 160 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Middle Stories written by Sheila Heti and published by House of Anansi. This book was released on 2001 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Wildly acclaimed in Canada, this book, published there by Anansi, marks the debut of a remarkable young writer, first published by McSweeney's when she was twenty-three and living at home with her dad and brother. The Middle Stories is a strikingly original collection of stories, fables, and short brutalities that are alternately heartwarming, cruel, and hilarious.

Author : Kevin Pollak
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 0762789999
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How I Slept My Way to the Middle written by Kevin Pollak and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How I Slept My Way to the Middle winningly combines never-before-heard stories featuring A-list entertainers with fan favorites and Kevin’s own thoughts about how he made it. He turned down his first invitation to do stand-up on The Tonight Show because he knew that he’d make a bigger impact if he sat on the couch next to Johnny. That huge risk—which paid off in spades—was just the beginning. Find out how he brought John Belushi to his knees, tortured Paul Reiser (twice), bamboozled Larry King, stole Alan Arkin’s soul, almost killed Warren Beatty, and sucked face with Robert DeNiro’s girlfriend. Now a new media entrepreneur, he’s laughing proof that if you follow your gut and believe in yourself, you can do anything you want—except have a rational conversation with Rip Torn, who’s an evil, paranoid $#!%.

Author : Susi Klare
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781945587511
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stories From the Middle of Nowhere written by Susi Klare and published by . This book was released on 2020-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susi Klare exquisitely celebrates the natural world in this collection of short fiction, while also delivering biting commentary that cuts to the heart of our relationship to the land. Bringing her intimacy with nature to the page, she creates a sensual interweaving between the details of a particular landscape and the main character's dilemma and state of mind. Including work previously published in notable literary journals, these stories encapsulate the talent of the author, the recipient of a 2001 Oregen Literary Arts Fellowhip, a Pushcart Prize nomination, and numerous other literary awards. The voices in these stories come from people who are variously attempting to lose or find themselves in the wild country from Alaska to Guatemala. Klare's work explores the nuances of mother-daughter relationships, aging, desire, and what it means to persevere and find identity in the face of trauma.

Author : Mary Lavin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.46/5 ( download)

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Download or read book In the Middle of the Fields, and Other Stories written by Mary Lavin and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Maria Teresa Brolis
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
ISBN 13 : 077355615X
Total Pages : 187 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stories of Women in the Middle Ages written by Maria Teresa Brolis and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2018-12-03 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries in Europe, not all women fit the stereotype of passive housewife and mother. Many led bold and dynamic lives. In this collection of historical portraits, Maria Teresa Brolis tells the fascinating tales of fashion icons, art clients, businesswomen, saints, healers, lovers, and pilgrims – both famous and little known – who challenge conventional understandings of the medieval female experience. Drawing on evidence from literary works and archival documents that include letters, chronicles, trials, testimonials, notary registers, contracts, and wills, Brolis pieces together an intricate overview of sixteen women’s lives. With zest and compassion, she describes the mysterious visionary Hildegard of Bingen, the cultured Heloisa, the powerful Eleanor of Aquitaine, Saint Clare of Assisi, the rebel Joan of Arc, as well as lesser-known women such as Flora, the penitent moneylender, Bettina the healer, and Belfiore the pilgrim, among others. Following the trajectories and divergences of their lives from wealth to poverty, from conjugal love to the love of community, from the bedroom to life on the streets of Paris, London, Mainz, Rome, and Bergamo, each portrait offers a riveting glimpse into the often complex and surprising world of the medieval woman. Combining the rigour of research with the thrill and empathy of narrative, Stories of Women in the Middle Ages is a provocative investigation into the biographies of sixteen incredible medieval heroines.

Author : Ethan Allen Hitchcock
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.1Q/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Red Book of Appin written by Ethan Allen Hitchcock and published by . This book was released on 1866 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jim Gavin
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451649363
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Middle Men written by Jim Gavin and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A powerful, funny, and wise debut from a writer Esquire praises as “the second coming of Denis Johnson.” In this widely acclaimed story collection, Jim Gavin delivers a hilarious and panoramic vision of California, in which a number of down-on-their-luck men, from young dreamers to old vets, make valiant forays into middle-class respectability. Each of the men in Gavin’s stories is stuck somewhere in the middle, caught halfway between his dreams and the often crushing reality of his life. A work of profound humanity that pairs moments of high comedy with searing truths about life’s missed opportunities, Middle Men brings to life unforgettable characters as they learn what it means to love and work and exist in the world as a man. Hailed as a “modern-day Dubliners” (Time Out ) and “reminiscent of Tom Perotta’s best work” (The Boston Globe), this stellar debut has the Los Angeles Review of Books raving, “Middle Men deserves its hype and demonstrates a top-shelf talent. . . . A brilliant sense of humor animates each story and creates a state of near-continuous reading pleasure.”

Author : McGraw-Hill Education
Publisher : SRA/McGraw-Hill
ISBN 13 : 9780890616628
Total Pages : 476 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Best Short Stories, Middle written by McGraw-Hill Education and published by SRA/McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 1994-04-01 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banish boredom! Excite students with variety—drama, verse, stories, reporting, and more—all at comfortable reading levels Five genres, each in three levels, let students study a particular kind of writing at the appropriate reading level Emphasis on reading skills helps students who have difficulty with a traditional literature anthology Integration of reading and writing encourages students to study how authors construct their works and then to try to emulate stylistic elements Rescue bored readers by introducing them to the many exciting forms of literature. The Best series collects superb nonfiction, play scripts, poetry, short stories, and stand-alone chapters of longer works, so you can quickly find well-crafted selections that reflect student interests. Best of all, we’ve tailored the series to three reading levels, making it the perfect tool for reaching out to students of any ability who aren’t succeeding with more traditional anthologies. Introductory: Reading Level 5-6, Interest Level 6-8 Middle: Reading Level 7-8, Interest Level 6-10 Advanced: Reading Level 9-12, Interest Level 9-12