Download or read book Afternoon of a Faun A Novel written by James Lasdun and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taut, stylish, and psychologically acute, Afternoon of a Faun dramatizes the search for truth as an accusation of sexual assault plunges a journalist into a series of deepening crises. "The truth might be hard to bring to light, but that didn’t mean it didn’t exist, because it did exist: fixed in its moment, unalterable, and certainly not a matter of ‘belief.’ " When an old flame accuses him of sexual assault in her memoir, expat English journalist Marco Rosedale is brought rapidly and inexorably to the brink of ruin. His reputation and livelihood at stake, Marco confides in a close friend, who finds himself caught between the obligations of friendship and an increasingly urgent desire to uncover the truth. This unnamed friend is drawn, magnetized, into the orbit of the woman at the center of the accusation—and finds his position as the safely detached narrator turning into something more dangerous. Soon, the question of his own complicity becomes impossible to avoid. Set during the months leading up to Donald Trump’s election, with detours into the 1970s, this propulsive novel investigates the very meaning of truth at a time when it feels increasingly malleable. An atmospheric and unsettling drama from a novelist acclaimed as “the literary descendent of Dostoevsky and Patricia Highsmith” (Boston Globe), Afternoon of a Faun combines a sharply observed study of our shifting social mores with a meditation on what makes us believe, or disbelieve, the stories people tell about themselves.
Download or read book The Faun written by Karen McMillan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2012-05-16 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Faun collectively pieces together short poems and is for everyone who resonates with the messages they may hold for each reader.The poems express the nature of self and our special union with nature all around us, allowing a quiet time to be with the words simply written and delicately placed.Words are used to bring ideas and thoughts to the fore in a childlike innocence that can arouse feelings of comfort to the reader while spending time to reflect and see beyond our everyday lives which can at times distant us from ourselves.The Faun represents a gentle nurturing of our inner child and allows us to open our hearts and minds to a deeper level of individuality and to nurture the elemental forces of nature.The Faun thinks out of the box and celebrates all energies of life and invites our spirit self to do the same and celebrate a soul residing in all of us.
Download or read book Pan s Labyrinth The Labyrinth of the Faun written by Guillermo del Toro and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2019-07-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Bestseller! Fans of dark fairy-tales like The Hazel Wood and The Cruel Prince will relish this atmospheric and absorbing book based on Guillermo del Toro’s critically acclaimed movie. Oscar winning writer-director Guillermo del Toro and bestselling author Cornelia Funke have come together to transform del Toro’s hit movie Pan’s Labyrinth into an epic and dark fantasy novel for readers of all ages, complete with haunting illustrations and enchanting short stories that flesh out the folklore of this fascinating world. This spellbinding tale takes readers to a sinister, magical, and war-torn world filled with richly drawn characters like trickster fauns, murderous soldiers, child-eating monsters, courageous rebels, and a long-lost princess hoping to be reunited with her family. A brilliant collaboration between masterful storytellers that’s not to be missed. “Perfectly unsettling and deeply felt, this reminded me of the best kind of fairytales wherein each chapter is a jewel that, when held up to the light, reframes how we see the world around us.” —Roshani Chokshi, New York Times bestselling author of The Star-Touched Queen and Aru Shah and the End of Time “A fearless and moving adaption of the film, and a gorgeously written, emotional, frightening parable about the courage of young women amid the brutality of war.” —Michael Grant, New York Times bestselling author of Gone
Download or read book The Hoofmarks of the Faun written by Arthur Ransome and published by . This book was released on 1911 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The House of the Faun written by Carolyn Smith and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2006-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Pompeii's beautiful House of the Vettii, thirteen-year-old Ariana works as a kitchen slave. Unbeknownst to her, she is the daughter of her master, Claudius Vettius, a wealthy wine merchant. Ariana must deal with the smoldering jealousy of Claudius's wife, Julia, and the misplaced ardor of her half-brother, Marcus, a handsome teenage rebel. Not far from the House of the Vettii is the stately House of the Faun, notable for the bronze statue of a dancing faun, a mythical woodland creature, at the center of its spacious atrium. The master's son, Gaius, is almost fifteen, and hopes to follow in the footsteps of his father, an official in the city government. When Ariana is sent to the House of the Faun to serve as a maid, she and Gaius meet and fall in love. But they know that a slave girl and a government official's son have little chance of a future together. Numerous obstacles stand in their path, not the least of which is Marcus's jealousy. An absorbing and passionate tale, The House of the Faun tells a story of young love set against the intriguing backdrop of ancient Pompeii.
Download or read book The Girl and the Faun written by Eden Phillpotts and published by . This book was released on 1916 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Girl and the Faun Illustrated by Frank Brangwyn written by Eden Phillpotts and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2014-04-10 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eden Phillpotts's classical fantasy will whisk you away to a world where shepherdesses are fair, gods wax philosophical, and where a lesson is always learned in the nick of time. Tells the ancient Greek tale of love, heartbreak and determination.
Download or read book The Faun s Bookshelf written by Charlie W. Starr and published by Black Squirrel Books, a trade. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While visiting with Mr. Tumnus in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Lucy Pevensie notices a bookshelf filled with such titles as Nymphs and Their Ways and Is Man a Myth? Be- ginning with these imaginary texts, Charlie W. Starr offers a comprehensive study of C. S. Lewis's theory of myth, including his views on Greek and Norse mythology, the origins of myth, and the implications of myth on thought, art, gender, theology, and literary and linguistic theory. For Lewis, myth represents an ancient mode of thought focused in the imagination--a mode that became the key that ultimately brought Lewis to his belief in Jesus Christ as the myth become fact. Beginning with a fThe Faun's Bookshelf goes on to discuss the many books Lewis imagined throughout his writings--books whose titles he made up but never wrote. It also presents the sylvan myths central to the first two book titles in Mr. Tumnus's library, including explorations of the relation- ship between myth and reality, the spiritual significance of natural conservation, and the spiritual and incarnational qualities of gender. Starr then turns to the definition of myth, the literary qualities of myth, the mythic nature inherent in divine glory, humanity's destiny to embrace (or reject) that glory, and a deeper exploration of the epistemological ramifications of myth in relation to meaning, imagination, reason, and truth.
Download or read book Faun Games written by Piers Anthony and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 409 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “The future sure won’t have been what it used to be” when Piers Anthony reveals a world within the world of Xanth—and its infinite possibilities (Kirkus Reviews). The miraculous and mirth-filled land of Xanth holds many marvels. But now an extraordinary new aspect of this remarkable realm unfolds as young Forrest Faun’s quest takes him to a tiny planet hidden in the heart of Xanth. There, with a delightful “day mare” as his constant companion, Forrest will find more marvels then he ever dreamed of. Packed with magic, mystery, and merrymaking, Faun & Games is the freshest and most exciting Xanth adventure in a month of Pundays! “With plenty of the spry characters and cheerful wordplay for which Anthony’s works are known, this new Xanth tale should, like its predecessors, manage to wiggle its way onto the bestseller lists.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Faun written by Trebor Healey and published by Lethe Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One morning Gilberto Rubio wakes up with a five o'clock shadow. Puberty. But why are his legs getting so furry? And what are these little horn nubs pushing out of his scalp? What's that nub of a tail that's making it so hard to sit on anything but couches? His peers begin to treat him like a freak, while his anxious mother Lupita crosses herself and worries about his eternal soul and what might be happening to it. When his mere presence begins to stir the hormones of anyone nearby and the pregnancy rate suddenly skyrockets at Buenaventura High, Gilberto panics, and hopping aboard his skateboard vanishes into Hollywood before hitchhiking out of Los Angeles to find a mysterious stranger he met online who just might have some answers. Award-winning author Trebor Healey has written a new fairy tale for Los Angeles.
Download or read book The Marble Faun written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Marble Faun Or The Romance of Monte Beni written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book The Complete Works of Nathaniel Hawthorne The marble faun or The romance of Monte Beni written by Nathaniel Hawthorne and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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