The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond Of Matches
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Author |
: Gaétan Soucy |
Publisher |
: Arcade Publishing |
Total Pages |
: 156 |
Release |
: 2001 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1559705884 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781559705882 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Little Girl who was Too Fond of Matches by : Gaétan Soucy
The choices they make will obliterate everything they once held to be true, and the villagers who insinuate themselves into the siblings' reality will have to question their own views of humanity."--BOOK JACKET.
Author |
: Gatan Soucy |
Publisher |
: House of Anansi |
Total Pages |
: 330 |
Release |
: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780887847837 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0887847838 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (37 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Immaculate Conception by : Gatan Soucy
In 1920s Montreal, 75 parishoners die one terrible night at the hands of an arsonist. Among the survivors are Remouald, whose nightmarish, repressed childhood memories cause him constant turmoil; Séraphon, his invalid father who holds a self-destructive secret; and schoolteacher Clémentine Clément, who obsesses in solitude over past tragedies, unrequited passions, and the grim suspicion that something is woefully amiss with a group of young boys in her class. Gaétan Soucy applies his trademark vivid language, bracing wit, and fearless insight to this compelling story of horror and hope.
Author |
: Gaetan Soucy |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 122 |
Release |
: 2011-12-19 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781628722628 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1628722622 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (28 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches: A Novel by : Gaetan Soucy
Alone with their authoritarian father on a vast estate where time has stopped, two siblings speak a language and inhabit a surreal universe of their own making, shaped by their reading of philosophy and tales of chivalry. When their father dies and the children set out to bury him, they encounter the inhabitants of the neighboring village, and the pair's cloak of romance and superstition falls away to reveal the appalling truth of their existence. A brilliant, masterful story in which nothing is as it first seems, The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches is a triumph of suspense, linguistic invention, and playfulness that peers into the heart of guilt, cruelty, and violence. Skyhorse Publishing, as well as our Arcade, Yucca, and Good Books imprints, are proud to publish a broad range of books for readers interested in fiction—novels, novellas, political and medical thrillers, comedy, satire, historical fiction, romance, erotic and love stories, mystery, classic literature, folklore and mythology, literary classics including Shakespeare, Dumas, Wilde, Cather, and much more. While not every title we publish becomes a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are committed to books on subjects that are sometimes overlooked and to authors whose work might not otherwise find a home.
Author |
: Gaetan Soucy |
Publisher |
: House of Anansi |
Total Pages |
: 129 |
Release |
: 2007-08-01 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781770890657 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1770890653 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (57 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches by : Gaetan Soucy
The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches, originally published in French as La Petite Fille qui Aimait Trop les Alumettes, dominated the bestseller lists and captured major media attention when it appeared in Quebec. It was the first novel published in Quebec ever to be nominated -- let alone become a finalist -- for France's prestigious Prix Renaudot. It is a magic-realist story of a boy and girl who grow up isolated (except through books and fairy tales) from the outside world and who must confront it together upon their father's suicide. Soucy's signature playfulness, surprising twists, and fascination with guilt, cruelty, and violence make The Little Girl Who Was Too Fond of Matches a triumph.
Author |
: Lorenza Pieri |
Publisher |
: Europa Editions UK |
Total Pages |
: 282 |
Release |
: 2020-06-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781787702387 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1787702383 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (87 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Garden of Monsters by : Lorenza Pieri
Set in the Maremma region of Southern Tuscany, this novel tells the story of two families against the backdrop of a rapidly transforming country. The Biagini are local ranchers, while the wealthy Sanfilippi belong to Rome's upper middle-class. When Sauro, an ambitious rancher, and Filippo, a hedonistic politician, become business partners, the stories of their families become irrevocably intertwined. As an influx of new money pours into the town, political allegiances, family loyalties, moral codes, and sexual identities all begin to shift. Sauro and Filippo, their wives Miriam and Giulia, and their sons, are the prototypes of the new Italy, ostensibly emancipated from traditional mores, but at the same time, insecure and blinkered. Fifteen-year-old Annamaria, fragile and anxious, struggles to find her place among them. Luckily, a parallel world is taking shape nearby: the Tarot Garden, the monumental sculpture garden created by the French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle. It is in this magical place, through her conversations with the artist, that Annamaria will slowly find a sense of identity and belonging.
Author |
: Raymond Chandler |
Publisher |
: DigiCat |
Total Pages |
: 196 |
Release |
: 2022-08-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: EAN:8596547190608 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (08 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Big Sleep by : Raymond Chandler
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
Author |
: Shirley Jackson |
Publisher |
: |
Total Pages |
: 188 |
Release |
: 1962 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCAL:$B399347 |
ISBN-13 |
: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (47 Downloads) |
Synopsis We Have Always Lived in the Castle by : Shirley Jackson
We Have Always Lived in the Castle is a deliciously unsettling novel about a perverse, isolated, and possibly murderous family and the struggle that ensues when a cousin arrives at their estate.
Author |
: A. S. Byatt |
Publisher |
: Vintage |
Total Pages |
: 288 |
Release |
: 2009-10-21 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307483874 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307483878 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (74 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye by : A. S. Byatt
The magnificent title story of this collection of fairy tales for adults describes the strange and uncanny relationship between its extravagantly intelligent heroine--a world renowned scholar of the art of story-telling--and the marvelous being that lives in a mysterious bottle, found in a dusty shop in an Istanbul bazaar. As A.S. Byatt renders this relationship with a powerful combination of erudition and passion, she makes the interaction of the natural and the supernatural seem not only convincing, but inevitable. The companion stories in this collection each display different facets of Byatt's remarkable gift for enchantment. They range from fables of sexual obsession to allegories of political tragedy; they draw us into narratives that are as mesmerizing as dreams and as bracing as philosophical meditations; and they all us to inhabit an imaginative universe astonishing in the precision of its detail, its intellectual consistency, and its splendor. "A dreamy treat.... It is not merely strange, it is wondrous." --Boston Globe "Alternatingly erudite and earthy, direct and playful.... If Scheherazade ever needs a break, Byatt can step in, indefinitely." --Chicago Tribune "Byatt's writing is crystalline and splendidly imaginative.... These [are] perfectly formed tales." --Washington Post Book World
Author |
: Susan Choi |
Publisher |
: Henry Holt and Company |
Total Pages |
: 270 |
Release |
: 2019-04-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781250309884 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1250309883 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Synopsis Trust Exercise by : Susan Choi
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION NATIONAL BESTSELLER “Electrifying” (People) • “Masterly” (The Guardian) • “Dramatic and memorable” (The New Yorker) • “Magic” (TIME) • “Ingenious” (The Financial Times) • "A gonzo literary performance” (Entertainment Weekly) • “Rare and splendid” (The Boston Globe) • “Remarkable” (USA Today) • “Delicious” (The New York Times) • “Book groups, meet your next selection" (NPR) In an American suburb in the early 1980s, students at a highly competitive performing arts high school struggle and thrive in a rarified bubble, ambitiously pursuing music, movement, Shakespeare, and, particularly, their acting classes. When within this striving “Brotherhood of the Arts,” two freshmen, David and Sarah, fall headlong into love, their passion does not go unnoticed—or untoyed with—by anyone, especially not by their charismatic acting teacher, Mr. Kingsley. The outside world of family life and economic status, of academic pressure and of their future adult lives, fails to penetrate this school’s walls—until it does, in a shocking spiral of events that catapults the action forward in time and flips the premise upside-down. What the reader believes to have happened to David and Sarah and their friends is not entirely true—though it’s not false, either. It takes until the book’s stunning coda for the final piece of the puzzle to fall into place—revealing truths that will resonate long after the final sentence. As captivating and tender as it is surprising, Susan Choi's Trust Exercise will incite heated conversations about fiction and truth, and about friendships and loyalties, and will leave readers with wiser understandings of the true capacities of adolescents and of the powers and responsibilities of adults.
Author |
: Gene Stratton-Porter |
Publisher |
: Applewood Books |
Total Pages |
: 353 |
Release |
: 2006-07 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781557092922 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1557092923 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (22 Downloads) |
Synopsis Girl of the Limberlost by : Gene Stratton-Porter
Reprint. Originally published: New York: Grosset & Dunlap, A1909.