Bezoar: And Other Unsettling Stories (Nettel Guadalupe)(Paperback)

Bezoar: And Other Unsettling Stories (Nettel Guadalupe)(Paperback)

One of the most important and watched writers of today. Intricately woven masterpieces of craft, mournful for their human cries in defiance of our sometimes less than human surroundings, Nettel's stories and novels are dazzlingly enjoyable to read for their deep interest in human foibles. Following

Natural Histories: Stories (Nettel Guadalupe)(Paperback)

Siamese fighting fish, cockroaches, cats, a snake, and a strange fungus all serve here as mirrors that reflect the unconfessable aspects of human nature buried within us. The traits and fates of these animals illuminate such deeply natural, human experiences as the cruelty born of cohabitation, the

Record of a Night Too Brief (Kawakami Hiromi)(Paperback)

Akutagawa Prize-winning stories about unsettling loss and romance from one of Japan's most celebrated contemporary writers--for fans of Haruki Murakami and Banana Yoshimoto In a dreamlike adventure, one woman travels through an apparently unending night with a porcelain girlfriend, mist-monsters

The Watcher and Other Stories (Calvino Italo)(Paperback)

The three long stories in this volume show the range and virtuosity of Italy's most imaginative writer. -Like Jorge Luis Borges and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Italo Calvino dreams perfect dreams for us- (John Updike, New Yorker).Translated by William Weaver and Archibald Colquhoun. A Helen and Kurt

The Aleph and Other Stories (Borges Jorge Luis)(Paperback)

Full of philosophical puzzles and supernatural surprises, these stories contain some of Borges's most fully realized human characters. With uncanny insight he takes us inside the minds of an unrepentant Nazi, an imprisoned Mayan priest, fanatical Christian theologians, a woman plotting vengeance on

Lottery and Other Stories (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback / softback)

'Shirley Jackson's stories are among the most terrifying ever written' Donna TarttThis is the definitive collection of Shirley Jackson's short stories, including 'The Lottery' - one of the most terrifying and iconic stories of the twentieth century, and an influence on writers such as Neil Gaiman

Cop and the Anthem and Other Stories (Henry O.)(Paperback / softback)

O. Henry was a master of the short story and one of the most popular American writers of the twentieth century. This selection of tales from across his writing career ranges from New York apartments to the cattle-lands of Texas, taking in con men, clerks, hustlers, shop assistants, tramps and

The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Stories (Tolstoy Leo)(Paperback)

A collection of some of Tolstoy's most powerful powerful stories The violent spiritual crisis in Tolstoy's life that inspired his last period of creativity produced the stories in this compelling and startling collection. They portray the multifaceted nature of desire, from idealistic romance to

The Lottery and Other Stories (Jackson Shirley)(Paperback)

One of the most terrifying stories of the twentieth century, Shirley Jackson's 'The Lottery' created a sensation when it was first published in The New Yorker in 1948. 'Power and haunting,' and 'nights of unrest' were typical reader responses. Today it is considered a classic work of short fiction,

Metamorphosis and Other Stories (Kafka Franz)(Paperback / softback)

Ambiguity Machines: And Other Stories (Singh Vandana)(Paperback)

A book of stories of how uncertainly we move through space and time by ourselves and with

Unsettling: Jews, Whiteness, and Incest in American Popular Culture (Bromberg Eli)(Paperback)

By analyzing how various media told stories about Jewish celebrities and incest, Unsettling illustrates how Jewish community protective politics impacted the representation of white male Jewish masculinity in the 1990s. Chapters on Woody Allen, Roseanne Barr, and Henry Roth demonstrate how media

Candide and Other Stories (Voltaire)(Paperback)

Candide is the most famous of Voltaire's 'philosophical tales,' in which he combined witty improbabilities with the sanest of good sense. First published in 1759, it was an instant bestseller and has come to be regarded as one of the key texts of the Enlightenment. What Candide does for chivalric

The Awakening: And Other Stories (Chopin Kate)(Paperback)

Kate Chopin was one of the most individual and adventurous of nineteenth-century American writers, whose fiction explored new and often startling territory. When her most famous story, The Awakening, was first published in 1899, it stunned readers with its frank portrayal of the inner word of Edna

Attack on the Mill and Other Stories (Zola Emile)(Paperback)

Most famous for his twenty-volume dissection of nineteenth-century French mores and society, the Rougon-Macquart novels, Zola was also an extremely accomplished short-story writer, as exemplified by the tales included in this volume.Concerned with the manifold aspects of everyday life and varying

Regression and Other Stories (Gelman Andrew)(Paperback)

Natasha: And Other Stories (Bezmozgis David)(Paperback)

Now a Major Motion Picture A dazzling debut--and a publishing phenomenon--Natasha: And Other Stories is the tender, savagely funny collection from a young immigrant who has taken the critics by storm.Few readers had heard of David Bezmozgis before May 2003, when Harper's, Zoetrope, and The New

Skin and Other Stories (Dahl Roald)(Paperback / softback)

Dimanche and Other Stories (Nemirovsky Irene)(Paperback / softback)

Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories (Blackwood Algernon)(Paperback)

'Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories' is a collection of supernatural stories by one of the greatest writers of such stories to have ever lived, Algernon Blackwood. This collection contains the title story, 'Ancient Sorceries', which is the tale of a tourist who becomes enchanted by a strange

All The Old Knives (Steinhauer Olen)(Paperback / softback)

Olen Steinhauer's most intense, most thrilling and most unsettling novel to date - from the New York Times bestselling author deemed by many to be John le Carre's heir

Guys and Dolls - and Other Stories (Runyon Damon)(Paperback / softback)

Dear Science and Other Stories (McKittrick Katherine)(Paperback)

In Dear Science and Other Stories Katherine McKittrick presents a creative and rigorous study of black and anticolonial methodologies. Drawing on black studies, studies of race, cultural geography, and black feminism as well as a mix of methods, citational practices, and theoretical frameworks, she

Godfall and Other Stories (Odell Sandra)(Paperback / softback)

In Godfall and Other Stories, writer Sandra M. Odell presents 22 stories that move from riveting to weird to horrifying, exploring dark, dark places of human (and not-so-human) beings. What happens when the gods start falling dead from the sky? Why can't a cactus marry a gila monster? When a boy