Download or read book The Burning Forest written by Adam Czerniawski and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Burning Forest is an anthology of modern Polish poets, from Norwid to Bronislaw Maj, translated by one of the world's leading Polish translators and featuring large selections of poems, biographies and photographs. It includes major poets such as Herbert, Rozewicz and Szymborska, wartime writer-heroes like Stroinski, and young dissidents who have made their mark during the past ten years. The book's title is from a line by Juliusz Slowacki: 'No time to mourn roses, when forests burn.'The book begins with Cyprian Norwid (1821-1883), the great post-romantic poet, at first abused and neglected, but eventually recognised as the guiding spirit of modern Polish poetry. It then focuses on poetry written since the outbreak of the Second World War, including the late work of Leopold Staff, work by poets involved in the wartime resistance (Leon Stroinski, Tadeusz Rozewicz), poets who began to flourish after the demise of Stalinism (Zbigniew Herbert, Tymoteusz Karpowicz, Wiktor Woroszylski, Wislawa Szymborska, Andrzej Bursa), exiles (Jan Darowski, Bogdan Czaykowski, Adam Czerniawski) and the new wave poets (Ryszard Krynicki, Stanislaw Baranczak, Anna Kowalska, Bronislaw Maj). However, Czeslaw Milosz is not included due to a disagreement.All anthologies provoke controversies over which writers they include or exclude. This book will be no exception, for Adam Czerniawski's selection is based not just on the established Polish canon but on a stipulation that to merit inclusion a translation must stand up as a poem in English. His choices are also personal: these are the poets he has translated over the years, the poets he has wanted to translate for English readers.

Download or read book Burn Man written by Mark Anthony Jarman and published by Biblioasis. This book was released on 2023-11-21 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Literature at the highest level: heartrending, disquieting, fascinating."—Kirkus Reviews (starred review) Drawing together the best of his short fiction published over the last four decades, Burn Man: Selected Stories showcases Mark Anthony Jarman’s sharply observed characters and acrobatic, voice-driven prose in stories that walk the tightrope between the commonplace and the mystical. With an insightful introduction from John Metcalf, this revelatory selection highlights one of the most spirited and singular masters of the short story form.

Download or read book Flicker Burn written by T.M. Goeglein and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2013-08-20 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sara Jane Rispoli is still searching for her missing family, but instead of fighting off a turncoat uncle and crooked cops, this time she finds herself on the run from creepy beings with red, pulsing eyes and pale white skin chasing her through the streets in ice cream trucks; they can only be described as Ice Cream Creatures. They're terrifying and hell bent on killing her, but they're also a link to her family, a clue to where they might be and who has them. While she battles these new pursuers, she's also discovering more about her own cold fury and more about the Chicago Outfit, how the past misdeeds--old murders and vendettas--might just be connected to her present and the disappearance of her family. But connecting the dots is tough and time-consuming and may finally be the undoing of her relationship with the handsome Max--who's now her boyfriend. But for his own safety, Sara Jane may have to end this relationship before it even really starts. Her pursuers who've shown her her mother's amputated finger and the head of the Chicago Outfit who's just whistled her in for a sit-down make a romance unthinkable. The only thing that matters is finding her family and keeping everyone she loves alive.

Download or read book Strange Birds in the Tree of Heaven written by Karen Salyer McElmurray and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2004-09-04 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This haunting debut novel invites us to explore the boundaries between beliefs, desires, obsessions, and madness. Karen Salyer McElmurray's story is set in Mining Hollow, Kentucky, where we meet Ruth Blue Wallen; her husband, Earl; and their son, Andrew. Ruth longs to know God, the only escape she can find in a world that has shown her spiritual, emotional, and sensual defeat. Earl yearns for the music-making of his past, now lost as he makes a living as a coal miner. Andrew desires the affection of a boyhood friend, an expression of love considered sinful in rural Kentucky. And with the divinely inspired yet tormenting help of his mother, in a world of deeply and tragically conflicting desires, Andrew must choose to live or die--he must choose an uncertain love or nothing at all.

Download or read book Black Mamba Boy written by Nadifa Mohamed and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Yemen, 1935. Jama is a "market boy," a half-feral child scavenging with his friends in the dusty streets of a great seaport. For Jama, life is a thrilling carnival, at least when he can fill his belly. When his mother—alternately raging and loving—dies young, she leaves him only an amulet stuffed with one hundred rupees. Jama decides to spend her life's meager savings on a search for his never-seen father; the rumors that travel along clan lines report that he is a driver for the British somewhere in the north. So begins Jama's extraordinary journey of more than a thousand miles north all the way to Egypt, by camel, by truck, by train, but mostly on foot. He slings himself from one perilous city to another, fiercely enjoying life on the road and relying on his vast clan network to shelter him and point the way to his father, who always seems just a day or two out of reach. In his travels, Jama will witness scenes of great humanity and brutality; he will be caught up in the indifferent, grinding machine of war; he will crisscross the Red Sea in search of working papers and a ship. Bursting with life and a rough joyfulness, Black Mamba Boy is debut novelist Nadifa Mohamed's vibrant, moving celebration of her family's own history.

Download or read book Love and Loss Tales from Hungary written by Geza Gardonyi and published by Peter Nanasi. This book was released on 2010-10-19 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Love and Loss: Tales from Hungary is an English translation of the following six stories written by Geza Gardonyi: Where are you, Eve? (Original title: Hol vagy, Eva?) When lord of the castle, Akos, forbids his stepdaughter's childhood playmate, Kelen, to court his daughter, Kelen is forced to leave town and believes she married another man, but instead of getting married she becomes a nun. Will Kelen see her again? The Three Owls (Original title: Harom bagoly) When young attorney, Kalman, gets engaged to a beautiful woman, he wants nothing more than to marry her; but he finds out that he has three orphaned nephews, and his willingness to adopt them might end his engagement. Seeing Ethel (Original title: Leanynezoben) When blind cellist, Steve, moves home to play in a Gypsy band, he falls in love with the cobbler's daughter, Ethel, whose boyfriend was killed in a war against the Russians. Forget Me Not (Original title: Csak ne felejts!) When Imrus Kovacs travels to Switzerland, he finds out that he cannot become a university student because he does not speak French well. He ends up getting a job at a wallpaper factory where he falls in love with his coworker, Georgette, who is also his boss' daughter. He plans to marry her, but when his parents find out about his relationship, they trick him into coming home. Will he return for her? Blind Mishka: A student's diary (Original title: Vilagtalan Miska: Egy tanulo naploja) Thirteen -year -old Erno describes his life in his diary. Confession (Original title: Vallomas) When talented painter, Sylvester, falls in love with Ilka, who is on vacation at Lake Balaton, he has to overcome the competition from a pharmacy assistant, Forgacs, who tries to do everything possible to win her affection. The above stories were translated by Peter Nanasi in 2010.

Download or read book Just Grace and Danny written by Arthur Archambeau and published by eXtasy Books. This book was released on with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A burned-out pop diva runs away from fame and falls for a handsome Roman Catholic priest, who allows her to hide inside a Church rectory in an idyllic small town known as the real-life Mayberry. Grace Stevens has it all. Beauty. Fame. Money. But, at only twenty-seven, all has become too much. Grace has become a prisoner to her own fame. She’s tired of the crazy tour schedule, the intrusive fans, the paparazzi hounding her, and her sleazy business manager controlling her. She yearns for a normal life. And she wants to find love, true love. Danny O’Connor is a thirty-one-year-old Roman Catholic priest and a combat veteran of the Afghan War. He suffers from severe PTSD. Danny made a battlefield promise to God that if He got him safely home from war, he’d become a priest. Reluctantly, Danny agrees to allow Grace to hide inside the St. Mary’s Church rectory, where she takes up residence with him. What he didn’t count on, though, was falling in love with her. Now, he’s confronted with the ultimate choice—will he choose God or the girl? Will he break his vow of celibacy in the heat of passion or abide by his commitment to the Church? Just Grace and Danny is a slow burn but steamy romance about the power of love to mend brokenness. It’s a triumph of small-town values over the bright lights of the big city. It will get into your laughter, your heart, your soul. And maybe even a little into your tears. And leave you craving penny candy from a small town five and dime store, and bubble gum kisses in the rain.

Download or read book A Long Crazy Burn written by Jeff Johnson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second in the Darby Holland Crime Novelseries of humorous noir novels set in Portland, Oregon's seedy side, featuring resourceful Darby Holland, owner of the tattoo parlor called The Lucky Supreme, and his brilliant and slightly mad side kick—the twiggy, vinyl clad tattoo artist, Delia.​ Time is up in Old Town. As the pace of gentrification reaches frenzy in Portland, Oregon, Darby Holland’s beloved tattoo parlor, Lucky Supreme, is destroyed by a bomb that ripped through an entire city block. Only a warning call from his favorite prostitute saved his life. Developers have been like wolves at the door of D’mitri (the drunken landlord) for the past few years, but this is different. With nothing to lose, Darby goes on a rampage to discover the bomber and the developer who set everything in motion. Along the way falls under FBI suspicion, messes with dangerous pimps and drug lords, gets his face permanently rearranged. At what is undoubtedly the lowest point in his adult life, Darby meets the woman of his dreams. Long, lanky, smart, and a foot taller than him, Suzanne is a woman of enormous appetite. Darby has finally met his match in bed and at the dinner table. But Suzanne, for all her strength and wisdom, can’t save Darby from his enemies. Fortunately, Delia (Darby’s tiny vinyl clad sidekick) and her punk-rock boyfriend’s band can. They and a ragtag team of Lucky Supreme faithfuls organize a positively outrageous caper in crime fiction, making full use of an Armenian smuggling operation, to pave the way for justice and the resurrection of the Lucky Supreme.

Download or read book Silence on the Mountain written by Daniel Wilkinson and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a young human rights worker, "Silence on the Mountain" is a virtuoso work of reporting and a masterfully plotted narrative tracing the history of Guatemala's 36-year internal war, a conflict that claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people.

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