Download or read book Mooncranker s Gift written by Barry Unsworth and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1996-06-17 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this edgy and masterfully written novel, Booker Prize-winning author Barry Unsworth explores the themes of the corruption of innocence and the complications of lust. Farnaby, a young Englishman in Istanbul researching a thesis on Ottoman fiscal policy, is nervous at his reunion with the celebrated Mooncranker who once so fatefully influenced and disturbed his life. Mooncranker, a famous intellectual, is now a pitiful alcoholic deserted by his secretary and lover Miranda—the woman Farnaby secretly loved with the violence of youth. Mooncranker sends him to find Miranda at a notorious Turkish spa on the grounds of an ancient city where sex is known to come along with the price of the room. There Farnaby tries to understand Mooncranker's gift to him as a boy of thirteen, which has tainted his life ever since, as he finds himself a pivotal figure in the eccentric destinies of the other residents of the spa.
Download or read book Mooncranker s Gift written by Barry Unsworth and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Sacred Hunger written by Barry Unsworth and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 647 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the Booker Prize A historical novel set in the eighteenth century, Sacred Hunger is a stunning, engrossing exploration of power, domination, and greed in the British Empire as it entered fully into the slave trade and spread it throughout its colonies. Barry Unsworth follows the failing fortunes of William Kemp, a merchant pinning his last chance to a slave ship; his son who needs a fortune because he is in love with an upper-class woman; and his nephew who sails on the ship as its doctor because he has lost all he has loved. The voyage meets its demise when disease spreads among the slaves and the captain's drastic response provokes a mutiny. Joining together, the sailors and the slaves set up a secret, utopian society in the wilderness of Florida, only to await the vengeance of the single-minded, young Kemp.
Download or read book Land of Marvels written by Barry Unsworth and published by Nan A. Talese. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barry Unsworth, a writer with an “almost magical capacity for literary time travel” (New York Times Book Review) has the extraordinary ability to re-create the past and make it relevant to contemporary readers. In Land of Marvels, a thriller set in 1914, he brings to life the schemes and double-dealings of Western nations grappling for a foothold in Mesopotamia (now Iraq) in the dying days of the Ottoman Empire. Somerville, a British archaeologist, is excavating a long-buried Assyrian palace. The site lies directly in the path of a new railroad to Baghdad, and he watches nervously as the construction progresses, threatening to destroy his discovery. The expedition party includes Somerville’s beautiful, bored wife, Edith; Patricia, a smart young graduate student; and Jehar, an Arab man-of-all-duties whose subservient manner belies his intelligence and ambitions. Posing as an archaeologist, an American geologist from an oil company arrives one day and insinuates himself into the group. But he’s not the only one working undercover to stake a claim on Iraq’s rich oil fields. Historical fiction at its finest, Land of Marvels opens a window on the past and reveals its lasting impact.
Download or read book Fiction written by Michael Seidman and published by Pomegrante Press (CA). This book was released on 1999 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: COMM The field of how-to-write books is crowded, but if you want to beef up your collection, this is a good choice. Author and editor Seidman writes about the practical aspects of the craft in a straightforward and clever way. As an editor, he is well versed in what publishing houses are looking for, and he is also familiar with the major stumbling blocks authors face when submitting work. Seidman's first section on writing includes many good hints and exercises for getting work into shape. Part 2, on networking, discusses writers' groups, conferences, and professional readers and how to use them. Part 3, 'The Business of Publishing,' is a guide to the business end of writing. The section on contract negotiation alone is worth the price of the book.
Download or read book World Authors 1985 1990 written by Vineta Colby and published by New York : H.W. Wilson. This book was released on 1995 with total page 1050 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides incisive accounts of 345 writers' lives and works, including critical responses and bibliographies. The authors include novelists, playwrights, and poets who have risen to prominence in the late 1980s as well as essayists, historians, biographers, critics, philosophers, and scientists who have made exceptional contributions to literature. Some included authors are Jean Baudrillard, Andrei Codrescu, Bharati Mukherjee, and Amy Tan. Previous volumes in the series cover Western literature from classical times through the 19th century. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Morality Play written by Barry Unsworth and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2017-08-29 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times Notable Book In medieval England, a runaway scholar-priest named Nicholas Barber has joined a traveling theater troupe as they make their way toward their liege lord’s castle. In need of money, they decide to perform at a village en route. When their traditional morality plays fail to garner them an audience, they begin to stage the “the play of Thomas Wells”—their own depiction of the real-life drama unfolding within the village around the murder of a young boy. The villagers believe they have already identified the killer, and the troupe believes their play will be a straightforward depiction of justice served. But soon the players soon learn that the details of the crime are elusive, and the lines between performance and reality become blurred as they discover, scene by scene, line by line, what really happened. Thought-provoking and unforgettable, Morality Play is at once a masterful work of historical fiction, a gripping murder mystery, and a literary work of the first order.
Download or read book After Hannibal written by Barry Unsworth and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1998-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the author of "Sacred Hunger" and "Morality Play" comes this witty and illuminating work of contemporary manners and morals. The region where Hannibal defeated the Romans is now prey to a different type of invasion--outsiders buying land with innocent and not so innocent dreams.
Download or read book The Songs of the Kings written by Barry Unsworth and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2004 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As the harsh winds hold the Greek fleet trapped in the straits at Aulis waiting to sail toTroy, frustration and political impotence turn into a desire for the blood of a young and innocent woman.
Download or read book The Big Day written by Barry Unsworth and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2002 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Donald Cuthbertson prided himself on being a model for his students and teachers, but he had lately begun to lose his focus. Degree Day is approaching, along with a birthday party for his wife, Lavinia, who is not going quietly into middle age. Her lavish costume party provides the revelers with a darkly comic resolution to romantic dalliance and political intrigue.
Download or read book The Idol Hunter written by Barry Unsworth and published by . This book was released on 2014-12 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
