Signs Preceding the End of the World

Signs Preceding the End of the World
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Publisher : And Other Stories (P408)
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 1908276428
ISBN-13 : 9781908276421
Rating : 4/5 (28 Downloads)

Synopsis Signs Preceding the End of the World by : Yuri Herrera

A streetwise heroine travels from Mexico to USA via the mythical and criminal underworlds in the search for her brother

The Transmigration of Bodies

The Transmigration of Bodies
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 190827672X
ISBN-13 : 9781908276728
Rating : 4/5 (2X Downloads)

Synopsis The Transmigration of Bodies by : Yuri Herrera

"The things people inscribe on tombstones, even if only with their breath--erasing those things is what the Redeemer's there for."

Kingdom Cons

Kingdom Cons
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 103
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ISBN-10 : 1908276932
ISBN-13 : 9781908276933
Rating : 4/5 (32 Downloads)

Synopsis Kingdom Cons by : Yuri Herrera

"In the court of the King, everyone knows their place. But as the Artist wins hearts and egos with his ballads, uncomfortable truths emerge that shake the kingdom to its core"--Page 4 of cover.

Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things

Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 352
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ISBN-10 : 9781534474574
ISBN-13 : 1534474579
Rating : 4/5 (74 Downloads)

Synopsis Vampires, Hearts & Other Dead Things by : Margie Fuston

As her father lies gravely ill with pancreatic cancer, eighteen-year-old Victoria's last hope is to find a vampire in New Orleans, an impossible mission that rekindles a special friendship.

Ghana Must Go

Ghana Must Go
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 336
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ISBN-10 : 9780670919895
ISBN-13 : 0670919896
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Ghana Must Go by : Taiye Selasi

A stunning novel, spanning generations and continents, Ghana Must Go by rising star Taiye Selasi is a tale of family drama and forgiveness, for fans of Zadie Smith and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. This is the story of a family -- of the simple, devastating ways in which families tear themselves apart, and of the incredible lengths to which a family will go to put itself back together. It is the story of one family, the Sais, whose good life crumbles in an evening; a Ghanaian father, Kweku Sai, who becomes a highly respected surgeon in the US only to be disillusioned by a grotesque injustice; his Nigerian wife, Fola, the beautiful homemaker abandoned in his wake; their eldest son, Olu, determined to reconstruct the life his father should have had; their twins, seductive Taiwo and acclaimed artist Kehinde, both brilliant but scarred and flailing; their youngest, Sadie, jealously in love with her celebrity best friend. All of them sent reeling on their disparate paths into the world. Until, one day, tragedy spins the Sais in a new direction. This is the story of a family: torn apart by lies, reunited by grief. A family absolved, ultimately, by that bitter but most tenuous bond: familial love. Ghana Must Go interweaves the stories of the Sais in a rich and moving drama of separation and reunion, spanning generations and cultures from West Africa to New England, London, New York and back again. It is a debut novel of blazing originality and startling power by a writer of extraordinary gifts. 'Ghana Must Go is both a fast moving story of one family's fortunes and an ecstatic exploration of the inner lives of its members. With her perfectly-pitched prose and flawless technique, Selasi does more than merely renew our sense of the African novel: she renews our sense of the novel, period. An astonishing debut' Teju Cole, author of Open City Taiye Selasi was born in London and raised in Massachusetts. She holds a B.A. in American Studies from Yale and an M.Phil. in International Relations from Oxford. "The Sex Lives of African Girls" (Granta, 2011), Selasi's fiction debut, appears in Best American Short Stories 2012. She lives in Rome.

The Ordinary Seaman

The Ordinary Seaman
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Publisher : Grove Press
Total Pages : 406
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ISBN-10 : 080213548X
ISBN-13 : 9780802135483
Rating : 4/5 (8X Downloads)

Synopsis The Ordinary Seaman by : Francisco Goldman

America seen through the eyes of the huddled masses. The hero is Estaban, one of a group of Central Americans brought to New York to crew a tramp ship, only to be abandoned by the ship's owners. When their food runs out Estaban, a former Nicaraguan guerrilla, goes ashore to steal for them. His forays lead him to a Latino neighborhood where he finds work and love. By the author of The Long Night of the White Chickens.

Revelation

Revelation
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Publisher : Canongate Books
Total Pages : 60
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ISBN-10 : 9780857861016
ISBN-13 : 0857861018
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Revelation by :

The final book of the Bible, Revelation prophesies the ultimate judgement of mankind in a series of allegorical visions, grisly images and numerological predictions. According to these, empires will fall, the "Beast" will be destroyed and Christ will rule a new Jerusalem. With an introduction by Will Self.

A Silent Fury

A Silent Fury
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ISBN-10 : 1911508792
ISBN-13 : 9781911508793
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis A Silent Fury by : Yuri Herrera

The Sleep of the Righteous

The Sleep of the Righteous
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Total Pages : 163
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ISBN-10 : 1931883475
ISBN-13 : 9781931883474
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis The Sleep of the Righteous by : Wolfgang Hilbig

Doppelgängers, a murderer's guilt, pulp noir, fanatical police, and impossible romances--these are the pieces from which German master Wolfgang Hilbig builds a divided nation battling its demons. Delving deep into the psyches of both East and West Germany, The Sleep of the Righteous reveals a powerful, apocalyptic account of the century-defining nation's trajectory from 1945 to 1989. From a youth in a war-scarred industrial town to wearying labor as a factory stoker, surreal confrontations with the Stasi, and, finally, a conflicted escape to the West, Hilbig creates a cipher that is at once himself and so many of his fellow Germans. Evoking the eerie bleakness of films like Tarkovsky's Stalker and The Lives of Others, this titan of German letters combines the Romanticism of Poe with the absurdity of Kafka to create a visionary, somber statement on the ravages of history and the promises of the future.