Wilderness Tips

A leathery bog-man transforms an old love affair; a sweet, gruesome gift is sent to the wife of an ex-lover; landscape paintings are haunted by the ghost of a young girl. This dazzling new collection of short stories takes us into familiar Atwood territory to reveal the many textures of contemporary life and the logic of irrational behaviour

A Singular Man

'Thank you spider' (George Smith to the spider that caused him to comfort marvellous Miss Martin) 'She's a tall girl with gold hair.' 'This is no missing person's bureau' 'She swings her hips when she walks.' 'What are you, desperate, mister?' 'Yes.' (George Smith trying to find much more marvellous Miss Sally Tomson.) 'Bump.' (George Smith's heart after marvellous Miss Sally Tomson sa…

Nausea

Written in 1938, Nausea remains one of the peaks of Sartre's achievement. It is a novel of the alienation of personality and the mystery of being, and presents us with the first full-length essay in the philosophy for which Sartre has since become famous. Nausea is a novel of brilliant observation, wit, and psychological penetration by one of the world's front-rank intellectuals

Women in Love

Women in Love is about the relationship of two sisters, Ursula and Gudrun, who live in a Midland colliery town in the years before the first World War. Ursula fall in love with Birkin (a self-portrait of Lawrence), and Gudrun has a tragic and demoniac affair with Gerald, the son of the local colliery owner.

Malone Dies

Malone Dies is the death-bed soliloquy of an old and helpless man, concerned to tell nothing but the truth. From his meagre recollections and resolutions and a few shreds of stories, the author of Waiting for Godot has composed what is a prose-poem rather than a novel. Beckett's feeling for words is uncanny. As memory flickers uneasily in the ashes of a dying intellect, the reader is seized by …

Johnny Texas

When Johann comes from Germany to make his home in Texas, he is awed at first by the vastness of the country; but from the moment the big, friendly stagecoach driver tousles his hair and calls him "Johnny texas", the boy's love for this wide and wonderful land begins to grow and grow. then war upsets the family when his father is called off to flight, and life becomes a lonely, daily struggle w…

Gideon's Trumpet

Gideon's Trumpet is a 1964 book by Anthony Lewis describing the story behind the 1963 landmark court case Gideon v. Wainwright , in which the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that criminal defendants have the right to an attorney even if they cannot afford one.

One Thousand One Night Stands

One Thousand One Night Stands is the extraordinary record of an exciting artist who "danced by the mile" and of the dancers and choreographers who had their forst exposure in Mr. Shawn's troupes : Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Jack Cole, Charles Weidman, and Barton Mumaw among many.

Under the Eye of the Storm

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Deskripsi Fisik

244 p.:22.5 cm

Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

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The Fox and Other Stories

In 'You touched Me' and 'The Fox', a male interloper disturbs the settled lives of two unmarried women. 'Her Turn' is a light-hearted portrait of a second marriage, while 'Odour of Chrysantemums' is a darker tale of an unhappy relationship, 'The Flying Fish' depicts a man's discovery of the sheer joy to be found in nature. These five stories demonstrate Lawrence's sensitivity to the complex rel…