Modernism And The Theatre Of The Baroque Fashions An Independent Aesthetic For Modernist Writers And Texts That Challenges Many High Modernist Qualities Promoted By James Joyce And T. S. Eliot. Lees verder

Silent Planet Is A Passionate And Poetic Fable About The Power Of Literature In A World In Which The Wrong Words Can Get You Killed. At The Height Of The Cold War, Dissident Writer Gavriil Is Detained In A Soviet Mental Prison. His Interrogator Yurchak Offers To Protect Him From Torture In Exchange ... Lees verder

This Book Studies The Counsel For Kings As An Illuminating Commentary On The Milieu And Polity In Which It Was Written And As A Composition That Seeks To Persuade By Drawing Allusions Between The Diverse Repertoire Of Wisdom Literature Available To The Author And His Audience And The Circumstances O... Lees verder

This Book Studies The Counsel For Kings As An Illuminating Commentary On The Milieu And Polity In Which It Was Written And As A Composition That Seeks To Persuade By Drawing Allusions Between The Diverse Repertoire Of Wisdom Literature Available To The Author And His Audience And The Circumstances O... Lees verder

In This Next Volume In The Series, Mia Heads To Miami, Texas, And Her Hometown Of Las Vegas. Lees verder

A celebration of love in its many guises, The Republic of Love recounts the heartfelt tale of two of life’s unlucky lovers: Fay, a folklorist whose passion for mermaids has kept her from focussing on any one man; and, right across the street, Tom, a popular radio talk-show host who’s been through th... Lees verder

Mary Swann is the story of four individuals who become entwined in the life of Mary Swann, a rural Canadian poet whose authentic and unique voice is discovered only hours before her husband brutally murders her. Who is Mary Swann? And how could she have produced these works of genius in almost compl... Lees verder

Towards the end of World War II, a Belarusian soldier and an Italian girl escape from a Nazi concentration camp. The soldier wonders if he should get rid of the girl: she is a burden and is slowing him down. However, he cannot bring himself to abandon her in the snowy wilderness. Somewhere along the... Lees verder

HAH traces the spiritual journey of a young woman mourning the loss of her father and his ideals. Compact, relentlessy creative, crackling like storms, each story is a powerful meditation on the act of mourning, conjuring up arresting imagery, striking dramatically different moods—anger, love, frust... Lees verder

Widely regarded as a modern classic, The Stone Diaries is a fictionalized autobiography chronicling the life of Daisy Goodwill Flett, a seemingly ordinary woman born in Canada in 1905. Beautifully written, yet deeply compassionate, it follows Daisy's life through marriage, motherhood and widowhood a... Lees verder

While examining the tumour of one of his patients, Martin Montag, a cancer specialist in Berlin, finds that its shape, resembling a yo-yo, brings back memories of a traumatic incident he suffered as a child. A drama of betrayal and friendship unfolds, intringuingly told by one of Iceland's best-know... Lees verder

A Storm Blew in from Paradise is both the story of Anyuru’s father, P, a Ugandan pilot who deserted, and Johannes Anyuru himself. Both men grew up without their fathers, an emotional void that had a serious impact on their lives. P makes a promising start as a fighter-pilot, but no matter what he do... Lees verder

Many people star in this Amsterdam chronicle but the one and only protagonist is the city itself. The Angel of Amsterdam combines the dissection of the Dutch capital with a series of personal portraits. It brilliantly reveals the magic, the feel, the rituals and the forgotten world behind and bene... Lees verder

Sasha Sankya Tishin, and his friends are part of a generation stuck between eras. They dont remember the Soviet Union, but they also dont believe in the promise of opportunity for all in the corrupt, capitalistic new Russia. They belong to an extremist group that wants to build a better Russia by te... Lees verder

The taut psychological thriller The Lost Button keeps the reader transfixed. It received first place in the Coronation of the Word competition in 2005 and subsequently was made into a feature film. The novel tells the story of young student scriptwriters encounter with a mysterious, femme fatale act... Lees verder

This Stage Version With Music Of Hans Christian Andersen's Popular Tale The Snow Queen Stays True In Plot To The Original And And Is Ideal For Use In Schools, Colleges, Youth Groups And Local Theatres As Well As For Any Company Looking For A Christmas Production For All The Family. Lees verder

Latest From Acclaimed Playright Sean Burn: A Hard-hitting Contemporary Drama About Three Young Women On A Pyschiatric Ward Lees verder

The Present Volume Is The Result Of An International Collaboration Of Researchers Who Are Excellent Within Their Respective Fields: Interpretation Of Texts, Studies Of Rites, Archaeology, Architecture, History Of Art, And Cultural Anthropology. Lees verder

Jane And Her Sisters Teeter Between Disbelief And Awe As Belle From Georgia Sets Off To Meet All The Eligible Bachelors In Beautiful Cascade Mountains. Then Jane Gets A Letter From Justin, Her Ex-husband, Asking If He Can Visit. As Jane Faces The Mistakes Of Her Past, The Whole Town Helps Belle Prep... Lees verder