Author : Albert Vigoleis Thelen
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,33 MB
Release : 2013-09-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781468307139
Winner of the PEN Translation Prize
Author : Albert Vigoleis Thelen
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 868 pages
File Size : 20,14 MB
Release : 2012-09-13
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1468308041
Unavailable to English readers for more than 50 years, The Island of Second Sight is a masterpiece of world literature. Set in the years leading up to World War II, it is the fictionalized account of the time spent in Mallorca by the author and his wife, who encounter the most unpredictable and surreal adventures, pursued all the while by Nazis and Francoists. And just as the chaos comes to seem manageable, the Spanish Civil War erupts. Drawing comparisons to Don Quixote and The Man Without Qualities, The Island of Second Sight is a novel of astonishing and singular richness of language and purpose. At once ironic and humanistic, hilarious and profoundly serious, philosophical and grotesque, The Island of Second Sight is a literary tour de force.
Author : John Gregorson Campbell
Publisher :
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,72 MB
Release : 1902
Category : Folklore
ISBN :
Author : David Williams
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 217 pages
File Size : 24,26 MB
Release : 2013-08-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1476762201
This classic, much-loved novel tells the story of Jennie Logan, a woman caught between two worlds, two times, and the two men she loves—one her husband and one an artist who may have died in 1899. David Williams’ novel is a thrilling read, part love story, part mystery—a tale of time travel (or is it madness?) that keeps the reader guessing until the very end. Now back in print, this exquisitely written book is not to be missed.
Author : Adam Mars-Jones
Publisher : Reaktion Books
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 45,69 MB
Release : 2019-12-15
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1789141540
The film review can be a little work of art, not just a consumer guide—as is manifest in this collection by one of the United Kingdom’s foremost doyennes of the contemporary silver screen. Covering more than thirty years of film releases, celebrated critic Adam Mars-Jones guides us through the most entertaining, most appalling, and most fantastic films of his viewing lifetime, interweaving his original film reviews with new insights and reflections. Mars-Jones answers the questions that no other critic has even bothered to ask. What is Twister really about? How many Steven Spielbergs are there? (Spoiler: he counts thirteen). How many of them are worth anything? Who had the greatest slow-burn career in the movies? (Clue: he taught Montgomery Clift how to roll a cigarette.) And which science-fiction film features the most haunting use of slime? Funny, combative, and revealing, Second Sight is a celebration of the artform that maintains the strongest hold on the modern imagination.
Author : Dave Jackson
Publisher :
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 38,35 MB
Release : 2010-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780982054420
Retired Chicago cop Harry Bentley has custody of his grandson, DaShawn, giving him a second chance at being a good parent. He is enjoying a second romance with the enchanting Estelle Williams. He has finally connected with God. So, why is his eye giving him fits?
Author : Jodi Picoult
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 49,18 MB
Release : 2007-02-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1416549196
Picoult's eeriest and most engrossing work yet delves into a virtually unknown chapter of American history--Vermont's eugenics project of the 1920s and 30s--to provide a compelling study of the things that come back to haunt those in the present, both literally and figuratively.
Author : Philip R. Craig
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 38,57 MB
Release : 2002-01-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0743234847
Discover the first Brady Coyne and J.W. Jackson mystery with this compelling novel following two old friends who suspect that there’s a dangerous killer on the loose on the picturesque island of Martha’s Vineyard. As summer winds down on Martha’s Vineyard, J.W. Jackson is looking forward to getting in some fishing in the annual striped bass and bluefish derby with his good friend Brady Coyne. A Boston lawyer, Brady is on the island to help the elderly Sarah Fairchild write her will. J.W. has a little business, too, having agreed to assist in the search for a missing woman who was last seen on the island a year ago. For Brady and J.W., it’s law and detecting during the day and fishing to their hearts content by night. But things take a drastic turn when another woman goes missing and Brady discovers that there are more than a few people on the island who desperately crave Sarah’s vast estate. The two friends begin to suspect that there’s a killer behind the missing women but they have no idea that their own lives are in danger. By turns charming and suspenseful, contemporary and evocative, First Light could only have been imagined in the collective mind of two superb authors.
Author : Sarah Zettel
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 12,81 MB
Release : 2003-06-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780765343741
Fantasy-roman.
Author : Sean Lusk
Publisher : Union Square & Co.
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 14,64 MB
Release : 2023-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1454950447
The Second Sight of Zachary Cloudesley is a sparkling historical novel of wild and wonderful mechanical automata, love in a variety of forms, and gentle themes of identity, with a cast of fabulous characters. In 1755, Abel Cloudesley, a London watchmaker and creator of remarkable mechanical automata, is mourning his wife, Alice, who died giving birth to their son, Zachary. Six years later, Abel is further devastated when a freak workshop accident takes Zachary’s eye. With his new eye made of gold and lapis by Abel’s soft-spoken apprentice Tom, Zachary, now with an astonishing gift of second sight, is sent to live with his eccentric Aunt Franny in the country. Abel buries himself in work until he is coerced by shadowy figures into designing a chess-playing automaton and delivering it to Constantinople to spy on the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire. After meeting the Sultan, Abel is not heard from again. Years later, teenage Zachary receives a letter suggesting that his father is still alive, a prisoner of the Sultan. Zachary sets off on a perilous journey to the Levant, determined to find Abel and bring him safely home. A BBC Between the Covers Book Club pick and London Sunday Times Historical Fiction Book of the Month, for fans of Pandora, The Essex Serpent, and The Night Circus. Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2023 and the Goldsboro Books Glass Bell Award 2023.
