The Orange Of Love And Other Stories

Author : Karen Russell
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525656146
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.42/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Orange World and Other Stories written by Karen Russell and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2019-05-14 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Pulitzer Finalist and universally beloved author of the New York Times best sellers Swamplandia! and Vampires in the Lemon Grove, a stunning new collection of short fiction that showcases Karen Russell’s extraordinary, irresistible gifts of language and imagination. Karen Russell’s comedic genius and mesmerizing talent for creating outlandish predicaments that uncannily mirror our inner in lives is on full display in these eight exuberant, arrestingly vivid, unforgettable stories. In“Bog Girl”, a revelatory story about first love, a young man falls in love with a two thousand year old girl that he’s extracted from a mass of peat in a Northern European bog. In “The Prospectors,” two opportunistic young women fleeing the depression strike out for new territory, and find themselves fighting for their lives. In the brilliant, hilarious title story, a new mother desperate to ensure her infant’s safety strikes a diabolical deal, agreeing to breastfeed the devil in exchange for his protection. The landscape in which these stories unfold is a feral, slippery, purgatorial space, bracketed by the void—yet within it Russell captures the exquisite beauty and tenderness of ordinary life. Orange World is a miracle of storytelling from a true modern master.

Author : Michael Thomas Ford
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0062791222
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love & Other Curses written by Michael Thomas Ford and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “I’m pretty sure I’m the only guy in my school who can replace a faulty kick-down switch and also create the perfect smoky eye.” The Weyward family has been haunted by a curse for generations—if a Weyward falls in love before their seventeenth birthday, the person they love dies. Sam doesn’t plan to fall for anyone in the weeks before his birthday. He’ll spend his time working at the Eezy-Freeze with his dad; cooking up some midsummer magic with his grandmother, great-grandmother, and great-great-grandmother (the Grands); and experimenting with drag with the help of the queens at the Shangri-La, the local gay club. But when a new guy comes to town, Sam finds himself in trouble when they strike up a friendship that might be way more than that. As Sam’s birthday approaches and he still hasn’t quite fallen in love, the curse seems to get more powerful and less specific about who it targets. A mysterious girl Sam talks to on the phone late at night and a woman he’s only seen in a dream might have the answers he’s been looking for—but time is running out to save the people he cares about.

Author : Lars Gjerde
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Orange of Love and Other Stories written by Lars Gjerde and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1994 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Norwegian Gypsies, or Rom, speak a New-Indic language called Romanes. This collection of oral texts in Romanes presents sixteen stories in orthographic transcription. Shedding light on the Romanes language, as well as the culture and gradually disappearing oral tradition of the Rom, the texts are presented with English translations, along with a valuable introduction and list of Romanes words.

Author : Neil Gaiman
Publisher : Solaris
ISBN 13 : 1786180480
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Djinn Falls in Love and Other Stories written by Neil Gaiman and published by Solaris. This book was released on 2017-03-09 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Sophia Houson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love and Art, a Leaf from the Past, and Other Stories written by Sophia Houson and published by . This book was released on 1878 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jan Carew
Publisher : Longman
ISBN 13 : 9780582427563
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lost Love and Other Stories written by Jan Carew and published by Longman. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One summer's day, a young man meets a beautiful young girl on a quiet country road. But there's something strange about her clothes, her family and her village is not on the map. How will he find her again? Short stories to take you into some strange worlds, where things are not always what they seem...

Author : Marcus A. Stockton
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1543464769
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Goodbye My Love and Other Stories written by Marcus A. Stockton and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-11-16 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There are two ways that a person can walk in this life. You can either walk into your blessing or walk into your curse. How can you do that? You can do that by doing things that are natural for you to do. Success at anything is not by chance or by luck. It is seeing things you have already been doing brought to fruition. Therefore, successful people are not surprised by their success. They actually knew it would happen before it happened. The blessing is the reward for a life of integrity and commitment to achieving goals and setting standards. What is the curse? It is all the negatives that we curse our lives with: the negative friends, the negative conversations, the negative situations. An unsuccessful person who continues to put himself or herself in those situations, in those conversations, and around those people will bring a curse to their lives that they will never be able to shake. I am grateful for the friends and the relationships that I have been blessed with in my life. They have helped me to overcome all the obstacles of life. And that is what any man needs, incarcerated or freepeople who believe in him when no one else in the world does.

Author : Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9360461024
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Love and Other Stories written by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Love and Other Stories" is a collection of brief stories written by way of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, one of the most celebrated Russian writers of the past due nineteenth and early 20th centuries. The stories show off Chekhov's mastery of the fast tale form and his eager perception into the human circumstance. The series encompasses quite a number topic, delving into the complexities of love, relationships, and the everyday lives of regular human beings. Chekhov's tales are characterized via a profound know-how of human nature, capturing moments of joy, sorrow, and introspection with superb sensitivity. In "Love and Other Stories," Chekhov explores the nuances of romantic relationships, regularly highlighting the subtleties and intricacies of human feelings. The character's grapple with the challenges of affection, navigating the delicate balance between ardour and practicality. Chekhov's narrative style is marked by using a mix of realism and irony, reflecting the social and cultural milieu of past due 19th-century Russia. The tales are poignant and thought-provoking, providing readers a glimpse into the complexities of the human psyche. "Love and Other Stories" stands as a undying collection that maintains to resonate with readers, showcasing Chekhov's potential to seize the depth of human experience in concise and evocative narratives. The tales continue to be a testament to Chekhov's enduring legacy as a grasp storyteller.

Author : Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 221 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First love, and other stories written by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-11-19 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "First Love, And Other Stories" is a collection of works by the Russian writer Ivan Turgenev. The collection contains such short stories as: "First Love," "Asya," "Mumu," "The Diary of a Superfluous Man," "Song of Triumphant Love," and "King Lear of the Steppes."

Author : Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book First Love, and Other Stories written by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: