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1) Ecos azules
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Este libro de cuentos y novelas cortas es concebido en medio de un viaje inesperado por el sur de Argentina. Nos habla de energía, sueños, conflictos con antepasados, transmisiones y cambios en la historia universal; utilizando futuros distópicos o mundos lejanos desde la ciencia ficción y la fantasía.
2) Sightseeing
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One of the most widely reviewed debuts of the year, Sightseeing is a masterful story collection by an award-winning young author. Set in contemporary Thailand, these are generous, radiant tales of family bonds, youthful romance, generational conflicts and cultural shiftings beneath the glossy surface of a warm, Edenic setting. Written with exceptional acuity, grace and sophistication, the stories present a nation far removed from its exoticized stereotypes....
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Gleaned from a lifetime of experiences, observations, and meditations, Power of Discovery offers a collection of short stories that teach
true and correct principles in a fun, enjoyable manner which has the power to motivate and change lives positively. Each story encourages personal evaluation and self-reflection.
The Hyatts share anecdotes from everyday life, each one imparting a valuable life lesson rooted in Christian principles. The stories...
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A collection of short stories by one of America's great twentieth-century writers In his introduction to this collection of sharply crafted short stories, James Jones compares novel writing to a long-term, chronic illness. Writing short stories, he says, is like a brief, intense fever: the kind that can kill or disappear in a matter of days. Although best known for epic war novels such as From Here to Eternity and The Thin Red Line, Jones also wrote...
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Steve's life from childhood to retirement is told in a series of short stories where he explains his early passion for lorries and how he manifested that to try and reach his goal in life: to have and run his own vehicle. Along the way he was sidetracked from his path and his life changed dramatically, resulting in him drifting for a while into a life he had not envisaged.The book tells of Steve and his wife Pat, ordinary working class people, and...
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Each of the nine short stories collected here feature two types of people - the troubled and the troublemakers. In "The Guest," a homeless man gleefully takes credit for a robbery he did not commit. "In the Alley" tells the story of a terminally ill man who begrudgingly outlives his initial prognosis. And the satiric "I Look Out for Ed Wolfe" features a charismatic salesman auctioning off his life's possessions in order to determine his value in the...
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Charles Yu experiments with form and genre to explore the stories we tell ourselves while navigating contemporary life. In "Third Class Superhero," a would- be good guy must come to terms with the darkness in his heart. A couple living in the Luxury Car Commercial subdivision in "401(k)" are disappointed when their exotic vacation turns into a Life Insurance/Asset Management pitch. The author struggles to write the definitive biography of his mother...
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A collection of short stories that capture events and experiences that span the years between the 1960s and 2021. Guyanese folklore, history, practices, and lifestyles are weaved together to create fictional scenarios that mirror the times. Places, faces, and times leave their mark on our memories like indelible footprints. These footprints can often become visible in the choices we make, the lives we live, and the heritage we pass on. This collection...
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Con este relato surrealista y poético, el autor nos sumerge en las sombras de su propia experiencia personal, revelando un viaje marcado por el sufrimiento emocional y la falta de razón. Las páginas de este libro pueden ser un espejo que refleja las luchas de muchas otras personas.
La narrativa, impregnada de emociones negativas, se sumerge en pensamientos fuera de la realidad, explorando la complejidad del sufrimiento humano.
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American master Erskine Caldwell's powerful classic stories of anger, humor, insight, and hope for the South Author of some of the most widely banned fiction of the twentieth century, Erskine Caldwell had a talent for striking a nerve. In this collection of nearly one hundred stories, the full depth and scope of his talent is on display, including his trademark biting satire as well as his skill at rendering deeply moving portraits of his native...
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Everything Natalie said seemed, to herself, to have been said better by him. He was less fond of speaking, however, than he was of hitting people in the face, which seemed a more likely source of her love to those of us who knew him," begins Jason Brown's linked collection of beautifully haunted, violent, and wry stories set in the densely forested lands of northern New England. In these tales of forbidden love, runaway children, patrimony, alcohol,...
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Reverend Carl Swift is the new minister in town. His wife's name is Ellen. They have no children.Carlotta, a member of his congregation, is married to a brutish man. Her husband, Don, is verbally and, on occasion, physically abusive. He works in construction. She has no children.Don has nicknamed Carlotta "Dimples" because of the cellulite on her bottom, called "cottage cheese" by some. She turns to the new minister for helpReverend Carl immediately...
16) The First Hit
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Fourth Wall violations, mime killing, Goldilocks, drugs, UFOs, failed Super Heroes, Eco Terrorists, theoretical hallucinations, paradoxes, trains and crossbows.Something for everyone.Fun for the whole family.A short story collection.
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A dazzling collection of memorable stories displaying an award-winning author's acclaimed mastery of storytelling and voice. The haunting stories in Shacochis's second volume of stories possess a comic, sexy directness infused with an aura of history. Each of the eight tales here feature characters one could easily describe as outrageous originals who, through Shacochis's enormous storytelling gifts, especially in his marvelous ability to inhabit...
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Incidental Dreams from a Myoclonic Jerk is Joe Bugden's first published collection of short stories. The collection is inhabited by characters drawn from unexceptional circumstances, whose lives are touched by love and loss, by regret and remorse, and who are placed in small and domestic settings as an examination of the everyday, and as a metaphor for the universal and ubiquitous conditions of life.
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¿Alguna vez miraste al cielo nocturno y te preguntaste qué fue, que habrá sido, qué es y qué será?
En Crónicas de algún tiempo, el autor nos lleva a una aventura a través del tiempo formada por varios relatos en los cuales el tiempo hace aparición en sus diferentes manifestaciones. El pasado y el futuro, la eternidad y los ciclos, el transcurrir infinito y el pausado en el inconsciente, lo cotidiano y lo divino forman estas apasionantes...
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El tiempo, materia inasible para los mortales nos deja que lo manejemos cuando de literatura se trata. Algunos lo chocan feo, pero otros, como Alejandro Santoni, lo guían con la solvencia de un chofer de alta montaña.
Mukombo y otros relatos es el ejemplo. El tríptico conformado por "Se levanta la niña", "Aros de mimbre" y "El tarúpido" son todos y cada uno de ellos variaciones sobre el mismo tema: Un tiempo de infancia y adolescencia que se...
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