Anthology World Literature

"Le Piacevoli Notti" è una raccolta di 74 novelle composte dallo scrittore italiano Giovan Francesco Straparola negli anni '50 del XVI secolo e pubblicate a Venezia a partire dal 1550. I racconti riscossero un grande successo, tanto da essere presto tradotti in diverse lingue. L'opera comprende novelle e fiabe che si immaginano raccontate nel corso di 13 notti da dieci damigelle, tre signore e qualche dotto gentiluomo, tutti facenti parte di una brigata riunitasi a Murano, nel palazzo del vescovo di Lodi, Ottaviano Maria Sforza, per animare il Carnevale veneziano.

No ritmo das pedaladas de uma bicicleta, a estrada passa sob os pés do protagonista André, enquanto este percorre o sul do Brasil, o Uruguai, a Argentina, até chegar a Sucre, na Bolívia, cidade onde desaparece. Através de seu diário, enviado ao amigo Jean pouco depois da última nota, é que temos acesso aos lugares onde passou, as pessoas com quem conviveu e os fantasmas que o perseguiram durante a jornada.

El presente volumen reúne las tres novelas que Camilo José Cela ambientó en Galicia: Mazurca para dos muertos (1983), La Cruz de San Andrés (1994) y Madera de Boj (1999). La primera narra la trágica historia de la muerte de dos hermanos y de una venganza, con personajes variopintos y un folclore rural que recuerda La familia de Pascual Duarte. En La Cruz de San Andrés, la protagonista hace una estremecedora confesión que abarca desde el sexo y la frustración hastala locura y la muerte. Por último, Madera de Boj se ubica en un territorio liminar, entre la vida y la muerte, el mar y la tierra.

"Декамерон" - собрание ста новелл итальянского писателя Джованни Боккаччо, одна из самых знаменитых книг раннего итальянского Ренессанса, написанная приблизительно в 1352—1354 годы. Большинство новелл этой книги посвящено теме любви, начиная от её эротического и заканчивая трагическим аспектами.

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is blessed with a treasure trove of storytellers, poets, and historians, all seeking to capture a sense of Yooper Life from settler's days to the far-flung future. Now U.P. Reader offers a rich collection of their voices that embraces the UP's natural beauty and way of life, along with a few surprises. The 36 works in this second annual volume take readers on UP road and boat trips from the Keweenaw to the Straits of Mackinac.

21 klassische Novellen werden in der blauen Edition präsentiert.

Josie Tucker is in a pickle. She's a rising food critic in the blogosphere, but she can't eat. Her testy stomach is always in knots - is it anxiety, a food allergy, or something else? With a Boston blueblood matron funding her adventures, and a trio of loyal friends, Josie finds herself in scrape after bizarre scrape, barely escaping by the skin of her neck.

Arap edebiyatında, sancılı bir yazarın denemelerini, öykülerini içermektedir. Zaman zaman tamamen şiir olan bu metinler, Cibran'ın gençlik dönemlerine ait Gözyaşı ve Gülümseyiş ile olgunluk dönemi eserlerinden Fırtınalar adlı kitabından seçilerek bir araya getirilmiştir. İşte yüzyılın başında Batı'dan yazan bir Doğulunun sonu gelmeyecekmiş gibi duran sıkıntıları, yakınmaları, Fırtınaları.

Este audiolibro reúne los mejores cuentos del escritor sueco Stig Dagerman. Los veinticinco relatos que componen este audiolibro reflejan los conflictos y angustias que definieron a toda una generación: la que fue testigo del último suspiro de una forma de vida eminentemente agrícola y que vivió los desastres de la II Guerra Mundial.

In these buoyant and inventive stories, Karen Tei Yamashita transfers classic tales across boundaries and questions what an inheritance - familial, cultural, emotional, artistic - really means. In a California of the '60s and '70s, characters examine the contents of deceased relatives' freezers, tape-record high school locker-room chatter, or collect a community's gossip while cleaning the teeth of its inhabitants.

A fascinating and varied collection of 50 great classic short stories, including ghost stories, crimes, humorous tales and passionate romance.

Иные реальности. Ожившие тени прошлого и способность заглянуть в будущее. Демоны, герои древних легенд, призраки. Непознанные уголки человеческого разума, которые таят в себе угрозу – или надежду. Бессмертие и то, что лежит за пределами жизни и смерти. Можно не верить. А оно существует. В сборник вошли лучшие рассказы от современных отечественных писателей – мастеров жанров мистики, магического реализма и хоррора.

Magnetic, haunting, and tender, Extinction Capital of the World is a stunning portrait of Hawai’i—and a powerful meditation on family, queer love, and community amid imperialism and environmental collapse. In ten vibrant, affecting stories, Mariah Rigg immerses listeners in contemporary Hawai’i. By turns heartbreaking and hopeful, these stories of love, longing, and grief are fierce dispatches from a state haunted by the specter of colonization, a precious biome under constant threat.

Chasing Whispers is a unique Afro-irrealist collection of Black speculative fiction in transformative stories of culture, longing, hybridity, unlimited futures, a collision of worlds, and folklore. It contains thirteen stories, eleven of which are original, with a commanding introduction by D. Harlan Wilson. The collection is aligned with the themes of Eugen Bacon's other fiction, and her recognition in the honor list of the 2022 Otherwise Fellowships for "doing exciting work in gender and speculative fiction."

From Folk Tales to Seductive Aristocrats. The best, most complete compilation of Vampire stories from the 18th century to early 20th century.

1984 by George Orwell and Brave New World by Aldous Huxley are two of the most famous and influential dystopian novels ever written. Both books depict a future world in which individual freedom and privacy are subordinated to the demands of a totalitarian state, and citizens are manipulated and controlled through technology, propaganda, and social conditioning. The two novels have often been compared and contrasted, and both are considered to be among the most important works of literature of the 20th century.

Виктор Петрович Астафьев (1924–2001) – русский писатель XX века, участник Великой Отечественной войны. Повесть Пастух и пастушка автор называет "современной пасторалью". Герои, привыкшие к мирной сельской жизни, невольно становятся участниками страшной войны. В сборник также вошли рассказы "Зачем я убил коростеля?", "Бойе", 'Капля", "Милаха и кот Громило' и повесть "Царь-рыба".

Los espejos venenosos reúne los mejores relatos del gran escritor serbio Milorad Pavic, hasta ahora inéditos en nuestra lengua: asombrosas narraciones en las que incluso el tiempo se bifurca, se descompone; en las que todo es el eco, el reflejo o el doble de algo; en las que siempre parece haber un misterio por resolver y donde convergen realidad y mito, pasado y futuro. Muchos de estos cuentos son un ejemplo fascinante del modo en que la literatura y los sueños se entrelazan con nuestras vidas hasta devenir indistinguibles y, en ocasiones, proféticos.

In his first-ever collection, the award-winning author of the Billy Boyle World War II mysteries presents an eclectic mix of new and previously published mystery stories rife with historical detail and riveting wartime storytelling. Full of terror, action, amusement, and bliss, The Refusal Camp is a must-have collection from one of historical crime fiction’s most acclaimed authors.

Praised by Chekhov as his favorite writer, Nikolai Leskov occupies a unique place in Russian literature. His original stories often seem like folk-tales, their larger-than-life characters including soldiers, Tsars, priests and gypsies. Leskov's storytelling, simple in its style, combines a deep religious spirit with comic absurdity. The Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District, Leskov's best-known work, is a realist account of a young woman who escapes from her loveless marriage through adultery, leading to violence and murder