The Shadow of Desire
Author : Irene Osgood
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 20,7 MB
Release : 1893
Category :
ISBN :
Destiny and Desire
Author : Carlos Fuentes
Publisher : Random House
Page : 433 pages
File Size : 48,70 MB
Release : 2011-01-04
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0679604456
Book Description
Winner of the Cervantes Prize Carlos Fuentes, one of the world’s most acclaimed authors, is at the height of his powers in this stunning new novel—a magnificent epic of passion, magic, and desire in modern Mexico, a rich and remarkable tapestry set in a world where free will fights with the wishes of the gods. Josué Nadal has lost more than his innocence: He has been robbed of his life—and his posthumous narration sets the tone for a brilliantly written novel that blends mysticism and realism. Josué tells of his fateful meeting as a skinny, awkward teen with Jericó, the vigorous boy who will become his twin, his best friend, and his shadow. Both orphans, the two young men intend to spend their lives in intellectual pursuit—until they enter an adult landscape of sex, crime, and ambition that will test their pledge and alter their lives forever. Idealistic Josué goes to work for a high-tech visionary whose stunning assistant will introduce him to a life of desire; cynical Jericó is enlisted by the Mexican president in a scheme to sell happiness to the impoverished masses. On his journey into a web of illegality in which he will be estranged from Jericó, Josué is aided and impeded by a cast of unforgettable characters: a mad, imprisoned murderer with a warning of revenge, an elegant aviatrix and addict seeking to be saved, a prostitute shared by both men who may have murdered her way into a brilliant marriage, and the prophet Ezekiel himself. Mixing ancient mythologies with the sensuousness and avarice and need of the twenty-first century, Destiny and Desire is a monumental achievement from one of the masters of contemporary literature.
Shadow Of Desire (Mills & Boon Modern)
Author : Sara Craven
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 27,24 MB
Release : 2016-07-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 147405577X
Book Description
Mills & Boon proudly presents THE SARA CRAVEN COLLECTION. Sara’s powerful and passionate romances have captivated and thrilled readers all over the world for five decades making her an international bestseller.
Desire and Its Shadow
Author : Ana Clavel
Publisher : Aliform Publishing
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 40,42 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Mexican fiction
ISBN : 9780970765253
Book Description
The Shadow of Desire
Author : Mrs. Irene Osgood
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 18,98 MB
Release : 1893
Category : Interpersonal relations
ISBN :
Book Description
The Shadow of Desire [A Novel]
Author : Irene Osgood
Publisher : Sagwan Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 19,8 MB
Release : 2015-08-21
Category :
ISBN : 9781297900365
Book Description
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Shadow of Desire
Author : Rebecca Stowe
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 33,81 MB
Release : 1998-01-01
Category :
ISBN : 9780517199275
Book Description
In The Shadow Of The Banyan
Author : Vaddey Ratner
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 37,5 MB
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1849837619
Book Description
A stunning, powerful debut novel set against the backdrop of the Cambodian War, perfect for fans of Chris Cleave and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie For seven-year-old Raami, the shattering end of childhood begins with the footsteps of her father returning home in the early dawn hours bringing details of the civil war that has overwhelmed the streets of Phnom Penh, Cambodia's capital. Soon the family's world of carefully guarded royal privilege is swept up in the chaos of revolution and forced exodus. Over the next four years, as she endures the deaths of family members, starvation, and brutal forced labour, Raami clings to the only remaining vestige of childhood - the mythical legends and poems told to her by her father. In a climate of systematic violence where memory is sickness and justification for execution, Raami fights for her improbable survival. Displaying the author's extraordinary gift for language, In the Shadow of the Banyanis testament to the transcendent power of narrative and a brilliantly wrought tale of human resilience. 'In the Shadow of the Banyanis one of the most extraordinary and beautiful acts of storytelling I have ever encountered' Chris Cleave, author of The Other Hand 'Ratner is a fearless writer, and the novel explores important themes such as power, the relationship between love and guilt, and class. Most remarkably, it depicts the lives of characters forced to live in extreme circumstances, and investigates how that changes them. To read In the Shadow of the Banyan is to be left with a profound sense of being witness to a tragedy of history' Guardian 'This is an extraordinary debut … as beautiful as it is heartbreaking' Mail on Sunday
Desire
Author : Frank Bidart
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 15,7 MB
Release : 1999-03-30
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0374525994
Book Description
"The first half contains some of Bidart's most luminous and intimate work-poems about the art of writing, Eros, and the desolations and mirror of history (in a spectacular narrative based on Tacitus). The second half of the book exerts the overt lyricism of the opening section into even more ambitious territory-"The Second Hour of the Night" may be Bidart's most profound and complex meditation on the illusion of will,"--Amazon.com.
The Shadow of Desire
Author : Osgood Irene
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,51 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
Category :
ISBN : 9781018945125
Book Description
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