Download or read book Deadly Musings written by Michael Kowalewski and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1993-07-26 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Violent scenes in American fiction are not only brutal, bleak, and gratuitous," writes Michael Kowalewski. "They are also, by turns, comic, witty, poignant, and sometimes, strangely enough, even terrifyingly beautiful." In this fascinating tour of American fiction, Kowalewski examines incidents ranging from scalpings and torture in The Deerslayer to fish feeding off human viscera in To Have and Have Not, to show how highly charged descriptive passages bear on major issues concerning a writer's craft. Instead of focusing on violence as a socio-cultural phenomenon, he explores how writers including Cooper, Poe, Crane, Hemingway, Faulkner, Wright, Flannery O'Connor, and Pynchon draw on violence in the realistic imagining of their works and how their respective styles sustain or counteract this imagining. Kowalewski begins by offering a new definition of realism, or realistic imagining, and the rhetorical imagination that seems to oppose it. Then for each author he investigates how scenes of violence exemplify the stylistic imperatives more generally at work in that writer's fiction. Using violence as the critical occasion for exploring the distinctive qualities of authorial voice, Deadly Musings addresses the question of what literary criticism is and ought to be, and how it might apply more usefully to the dynamics of verbal performance.
Download or read book The Solace of Leaving Early written by Haven Kimmel and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2002-07-23 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using small-town life as a springboard to explore the loftiest of ideas, Haven Kimmel’s irresistibly smart and generous first novel is at once a romance and a haunting meditation on grief and faith. Langston Braverman returns to Haddington, Indiana (pop. 3,062) after walking out on an academic career that has equipped her for little but lording it over other people. Amos Townsend is trying to minister to a congregation that would prefer simple affirmations to his esoteric brand of theology. What draws these difficult—if not impossible—people together are two wounded little girls who call themselves Immaculata and Epiphany. They are the daughters of Langston’s childhood friend and the witnesses to her murder. And their need for love is so urgent that neither Langston nor Amos can resist it, though they do their best to resist each other. Deftly walking the tightrope between tragedy and comedy, The Solace of Leaving Early is a joyous story about finding one’s better self through accepting the shortcomings of others.
Download or read book If You Should Fail written by Joe Moran and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-09-24 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'There is an honesty and a clarity in Joe Moran's book If You Should Fail that normalises and softens the usual blows of life that enables us to accept and live with them rather than be diminished/wounded by them' Julia Samuel, author of Grief Works and This Too Shall Pass 'Full of wise insight and honesty. Moran manages to be funny, erudite and kindly: a rare - and compelling - combination. This is the essential antidote to a culture obsessed with success. Read it' Madeleine Bunting Failure is the small print in life's terms and conditions. Covering everything from examination dreams to fourth-placed Olympians, If You Should Fail is about how modern life, in a world of self-advertised success, makes us feel like failures, frauds and imposters. Widely acclaimed observer of daily life Joe Moran is here not to tell you that everything will be all right in the end, but to reassure you that failure is an occupational hazard of being human. As Moran shows, even the supremely gifted Leonardo da Vinci could be seen as a failure. Most artists, writers, sports stars and business people face failure. We all will, and can learn how to live with it. To echo Virginia Woolf, beauty "is only got by the failure to get it . . . by facing what must be humiliation - the things one can't do." Combining philosophy, psychology, history and literature, Moran's ultimately upbeat reflections on being human, and his critique of how we live now, offers comfort, hope - and solace. For we need to see that not every failure can be made into a success - and that's OK.
Download or read book The Cowkeeper s Wish written by Tracy Kasaboski and published by Douglas & McIntyre. This book was released on 2018-09-15 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 1840s, a young cowkeeper and his wife arrive in London, England, having walked from coastal Wales with their cattle. They hope to escape poverty, but instead they plunge deeper into it, and the family, ensconced in one of London’s “black holes,” remains mired there for generations. The Cowkeeper’s Wish follows the couple’s descendants in and out of slum housing, bleak workhouses and insane asylums, through tragic deaths, marital strife and war. Nearly a hundred years later, their great-granddaughter finds herself in an altogether different London, in southern Ontario. In The Cowkeeper’s Wish, Kristen den Hartog and Tracy Kasaboski trace their ancestors’ path to Canada, using a single family’s saga to give meaningful context to a fascinating period in history—Victorian and then Edwardian England, the First World War and the Depression. Beginning with little more than enthusiasm, a collection of yellowed photographs and a family tree, the sisters scoured archives and old newspapers, tracked down streets, pubs and factories that no longer exist, and searched out secrets buried in crumbling ledgers, building on the fragments that remained of family tales. While this family story is distinct, it is also typical, and so all the more worth telling. As a working-class chronicle stitched into history, The Cowkeeper’s Wish offers a vibrant, absorbing look at the past that will captivate genealogy enthusiasts and readers of history alike.
Download or read book Troublesome Daughters written by Lucy Bethia Walford and published by . This book was released on 1880 with total page 582 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Teviotside Musings written by Robert Fairley and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Town Called Solace written by Mary Lawson and published by Knopf Canada. This book was released on 2021-02-16 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NATIONAL BESTSELLER LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY THE GLOBE AND MAIL, CBC BOOKS AND THE DAILY TELEGRAPH "I've been telling everyone I know about Mary Lawson . . . Each of her novels is just a marvel" —Anne Tyler New York Times bestselling author Mary Lawson, acclaimed for digging into the "wilderness of the human heart", is back after almost a decade with a fresh and timely novel that is different in subject but just as emotional and atmospheric as her beloved earlier work. A Town Called Solace, the brilliant and emotionally radiant new novel from Mary Lawson, her first in nearly a decade, opens on a family in crisis. Sixteen-year-old Rose is missing. Angry and rebellious, she had a row with her mother, stormed out of the house and simply disappeared. Left behind is seven-year-old Clara, Rose’s adoring little sister. Isolated by her parents’ efforts to protect her from the truth, Clara is bewildered and distraught. Her sole comfort is Moses, the cat next door, whom she is looking after for his elderly owner, Mrs. Orchard, who went into hospital weeks ago and has still not returned. Enter Liam Kane, mid-thirties, newly divorced, newly unemployed, newly arrived in this small northern town, who moves into Mrs. Orchard’s house—where, in Clara’s view, he emphatically does not belong. Within a matter of hours he receives a visit from the police. It seems he is suspected of a crime. At the end of her life, Elizabeth Orchard is also thinking about a crime, one committed thirty years previously that had tragic consequences for two families, and in particular for one small child. She desperately wants to make amends before she dies. Told through three distinct, compelling points of view, the novel cuts back and forth among these unforgettable characters to uncover the layers of grief, remorse, and love that connect them. A Town Called Solace is a masterful, suspenseful, darkly funny and deeply humane novel by one of our great storytellers.
Download or read book Slivers of Life written by Yusef Saee and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2016-05-11 with total page 375 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: No matter if you are broken-hearted or happy in life and no matter where you are, the lessons taught in this book offer a unique taste of contentment, solace and joy. Slivers of Life pieces together the puzzle of felicity, in a simple yet magnetic manner.
Download or read book Ian Fleming s Seven Deadlier Sins and 007 s Moral Compass written by Benjamin Pratt and published by Front Edge Publishing. This book was released on with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here's a book that will open your eyes and fascinate you with the many guises of evil in our times. It's also a book that will usefully disturb you, as you find these evil processes at work in your own life. Ultimately, it's a book that will reward your efforts as you look at evil through the eyes of Ian Fleming's James Bond. Like bond, you too might be roused to take on the dragons of evil in our midst. Great for individual reflection or small group study. Includes a complete study guide and other extras to help you quickly spark discussion in your group.
Download or read book The poems of Caius Valerius Catullus tr with notes by G Lamb written by Gaius Valerius Catullus and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 418 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Wild Comfort written by Kathleen Dean Moore and published by Shambhala Publications. This book was released on 2010-03-09 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In an effort to make sense of the deaths in quick succession of several loved ones, Kathleen Dean Moore turned to the comfort of the wild, making a series of solitary excursions into ancient forests, wild rivers, remote deserts, and windswept islands to learn what the environment could teach her in her time of pain. This book is the record of her experiences. It’s a stunning collection of carefully observed accounts of her life—tracking otters on the beach, cooking breakfast in the desert, canoeing in a snow squall, wading among migrating salmon in the dark—but it is also a profound meditation on the healing power of nature. To learn more about the author, visit her website at www.riverwalking.com.
Download or read book The Poems of Caius Valerius Catullus written by Gaius Valerius Catullus and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Poems of Caius Valerius Catullus Translated With Omissions With a Preface and Notes By the Hon George Lamb written by Gaius Valerius Catullus and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gleanings from My Musings and Dreams written by Bimal Ghosh and published by Pegasus Elliot MacKenzie Publishers Limited. This book was released on 2021-11-25 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this collection of his old and new poems, Bimal Ghosh reflects upon a rich variety of topics-as he had in his previous volume, Through the Eyes of My Mind (2015). The poems are grouped into six clusters: yearnings for a better world; self-portrait and introspection; twilight in life; death and darkness; the beauty of never-ending change; and anniversary wishes from a loving father. While the sentiments underlying these poems are intensely personal, they are also universal, as they touch the chord of common human feelings of sadness and joy, despair and ecstasy, hopes and frustrations, and anger and empathy. Consistent with their universality, they also seek to bring some solace to people in distress, and to lift up the spirits of those struggling against deprivation or injustice. Alongside the diversity of topics, the cadence of each cluster comes together to create a harmonious symphony of human emotions and enduring truths.
Download or read book Echoes of the Earth written by Ajaz Ahmed and published by Ajaz Ahmed. This book was released on 2024-07-05 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Experience the beauty of nature and the depth of human emotion in this captivating anthology of over 100 poems. From the lush greenery of spring to the crisp chill of winter, each season is brought to life through the eyes of this talented poet. These heart-touching and relatable works will transport you to a world of tranquility and reflection, while also inspiring you to appreciate the natural world around you. Whether you're a lover of poetry or simply looking for a new way to connect with nature, this collection is sure to delight and inspire. Get a book to savour on and adore your beautiful collection
Download or read book The Rhyme of Growth written by Sparky McPherson and published by eBookIt.com. This book was released on 2024-02-01 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Symphony of Self: Immerse in Poetic Wisdom for Personal Triumph Embark on an enriching journey through the pure essence of poetic expression and psychological insight with "The Rhyme of Growth: A Poetic Plan for Personal Progression." This exquisite tapestry of verses delivers profound reflections on the art of living, weaving an intricate dance between the written word and the endless reaches of personal development. In the gentle cadence of poetry, find yourself exploring the Science of Expanding Souls, where sonnets of adaptability, odes to neuroplasticity, and ballads of reform lay the foundation for growth. Each poem is a stepping stone towards embracing the malleable nature of your being, setting the stage to blossom into an architect of your existence. Unlock the Art of Self-Sculpting with powerful lyrical guidance, chiseling away at the marble of the mundane to reveal the masterpiece within. Triolets, cinquains, and haikus serve as not only art for the heart but as transformative tools to mold your character, focus your vision, and fortify your resolve. Discover the Rhythms of Resilience, dancing to the beat of bravery and optimism. Limericks, ballads, and villanelles lace your spirit with the strength to prevail over adversity, and to view setbacks as set-ups for comebacks. Permeated with wisdom, this poetic path walks you through the melodies of courage and lays out the symphony of survival. Within the realm of Illuminated Insights, prepare to dive deep into luminous lyrics of learning, where historical sagas unfold in intricate pantoums and purposeful elegies. Knowledge's nocturne is your guide into the night of doubt, lighting up your expedition to enlightenment with reflective revelations. Portraits of Progression emerge as you inch towards your personal power. Verses become maps, drawing out the journey of ambition with a rondeau of realization. These poems crystallize into strategies, forming the compass points to navigate the terrains of life's ambitions. Ultimately, gather golden threads of wisdom from the Golden Goals and stitch together tapestries of triumph. Free verses and narrative poems position you at the vanguard of your own victory march, crowning your efforts with success as you walk arm in arm with ambition. Immerse yourself in this harmonious blend of art and psychology, and let "The Rhyme of Growth: A Poetic Plan for Personal Progression" be the muse that sets your spirit to a rhythm of ceaseless evolution and unbound potential.
Download or read book Musings of a Mariner written by Alexander C. Corkum and published by . This book was released on 1921 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
