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Mourir comme un chat: nouvelles
Par Claude-Emmanuelle Yance. 1987
Subtilité et finesse caractérisent l'art de cette auteure qui a choisi la nouvelle pour se poser diverses questions métaphysiques. La…
nouvelle-titre a été diffusée par Radio-Canada en 1986. Prix Adrienne-Choquette de la nouvelle, 1986. Prometteur; si C.-E. Yance ne se retrouve pas coincée entre Duras et Sarraute. [SDMLight in August: the corrected text
Par William Faulkner. 1932
Joe Christmas, an orphan of mixed blood, travels to the South, seeking a place and people with whom he can…
belong. But he is soon hardened by white and black bigotryThe learning tree
Par Gordon Parks. 1963
The story of a black family living in a small Kansas town during the 1920s, when African Americans were relegated…
to second-class citizenship and terrorized by racial violence. Adolescent Newt experiences his first romance, tangles with the town tough, and wrestles with his awe of death. Strong language and violence. For high school and older readersNouvelles histoires du Wyoming
Par Annie Proulx. 2007
"Ce nouveau recueil d'histoires nous plonge au coeur de l'Ouest américain, âpre désert de beautés et de dangers, à la…
rencontre de personnages isolés, tourmentés, qui avancent coûte que coûte sur une route dont ils sont à la fois les héros et les prisonniers. C'est à un voyage jusqu'à l'ultime frontière d'un monde presque disparu, et jusqu'aux dernières franges de l'âme des hommes, que nous convie Annie Proulx, elle qui sait comme personne conjuguer le réalisme et l'intime pour explorer le mythe américain, le confronter à ses contradictions et ses excès, ses violences et ses splendeurs." -- 4e de couvLa nuit sans fin: sept histoires pour occuper le jour
Par Thierry Horguelin. 2009
Sept histoires légères en forme de labyrinthes pour éprouver de délicieux vertiges. Proche des obsessions d'un Borges, la prose de…
Thierry Horguelin est d'une rare précision d'écriture. -- 4e de couvSixteen short stories from different locales in Israel. Depicting contemporary life in popular tourist locations, the selections give travelers a…
view of places they may plan to visit. All are translations from Hebrew. Some violence and some descriptions of sexMises à mort: nouvelles
Par Suzanne Myre. 2007
"Deux enfants aux langues curieuses se retrouvent prisonniers d'un poteau gelé. Un chien saucisse est allergique aux pâtisseries. Une jeune…
femme aspire à trouver son point G alors qu'une autre fuit la réalité dans un monastère. Une fillette est amoureuse de son frère, une autre de sa meilleure amie. Certains personnages de Mises à mort verront leur destinée soudainement modifiée. Rempli de petites fins du monde, Mises à mort dépeint des tragédies quotidiennes, des combats comiques et existentiels. Certes, Suzanne Myre ne prétend pas expliquer l'univers, mais seulement en raviver les cendres, aussi amères soient-elles." -- 4e de couvThe velveteen rabbit, or How toys become real: The Classic Children's Book
Par Margery Bianco. 1922
A velveteen rabbit stuffed with sawdust learns from an older toy that a child's love can make him real. Rabbit…
happily experiences the joy of this love and at last learns of another kind of reality. For grades 2-4 and older readersThe music school: short stories
Par John Updike. 1966
An anthology of twenty short stories, nine of them dealing with divorce, in a style that explores stream of consciousness…
and point of view. In the title work, the author ponders life and divorce while waiting for his beloved daughter at her piano lessonThe trial
Par Franz Kafka. 1998
On his thirtieth birthday, Josef K., a conscientious bank official, is arrested in his lodgings on unstated charges. He is…
constantly thwarted in his attempts to clarify his situation even in court. A new translation by Breon Mitchell based on the restored 1914 textBack of beyond: stories of the supernatural
Par Sarah Ellis. 1997
Twelve stories about teenagers whose everyday existence is changed by encounters with the mysterious. In "Gore," sibling teasing over possession…
of a new horror book takes on an ominous tone. In "Knife," Curtis tells about a lost Swiss army knife that strangely reappears. For junior and senior high readers"Un petit commerçant palestinien débarque à Puerto Eden, au plus profond de la Patagonie chilienne. "Le Turc", comme on l'a…
surnommé, explique sa conception des échanges à l'aide d'une très ancienne histoire phénicienne. Il s'appelle Aladino Guarib et donne son nom à ce recueil de nouvelles dans lesquelles Luis Sepúlveda tente de sauver de l'oubli des moments, des lieux et des existences uniques. C'est de la lampe d'Aladino que surgissent comme par magie des contes magistraux, de merveilleux romans miniatures, faits de personnages inoubliables et d'histoires comme Luis Sepúlveda en a le secret. On y retrouve, entre autres, le Vieux chasseur de jaguars et amateur de romans d'amour ou Butch Cassidy et Sundance Kid, une dame grecque d'Alexandrie, des poètes disparus et un hôtel aux confins amazoniens de l'Équateur, de la Colombie et du Brésil". -- 4e de couvCaution, men in trees: stories
Par Darrell Spencer. 2000
Nine short stories about men and their failings. In "Blood Work," a son, after his second divorce, moves back to…
his ailing father's house. In "There's Too Much News," a man relocates to the country for his wife's third round of psychotherapy. Some strong language. Flannery O'Connor Award. 2000The house of the seven gables
Par Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1995
The fortunes of the Pyncheon family of New England have declined through the generations, leaving them in a decaying house…
with little money. Interactions among family members are based on past mistakes and misdeeds that now dictate their lives. But love can change everything. 1851Midnight magic: selected stories of Bobbie Ann Mason
Par Bobbie Mason. 1998
Set in Kentucky, seventeen short stories revolving around country people as they learn to cope with modern life. In "Big…
Bertha Stories," Jeannette watches her husband's descent into mental illness and its effects on her son. In "Residents and Transients," a woman takes a lover when her husband moves to LouisvilleTwelve short stories describe difficult situations experienced by teens and various viewpoints expressed by the teachings of the world's major…
religions. Authors include Virginia Euwer Wolff, Naomi Shihab Nye, M.E. Kerr, and Nancy Springer. Settings include Japan, Haiti, South Carolina, and an American ashram. For junior and senior high readers. 2000Waltzing the cat
Par Pam Houston. 1998
In a series of connected stories, photographer Lucy O'Rourke participates in daredevil outdoor adventures and disastrous relationships. In the title…
piece Lucy thinks she will finally become important to her father after her mother's death. Instead, he turns to the cat. Some strong language. 1998Second sight: stories for a new millennium
Par Avi. 1999
Eight short stories about the beginning of a millennium, by such authors as Madeleine L'Engle, Richard Peck, Natalie Babbitt, and…
Michael Cadnum. In Avi's "Oswin's Millennium," a stable boy in 999 fearfully awaits the arrival of Satan. In Peck's "The Three-Century Woman," an elderly woman conducts a television interview. For grades 6-9. 1999Falling up: poems and drawings
Par Shel Silverstein. 1996
A collection of brief and humorous poems featuring silly situations and a gallery of zany characters. You will see the…
world from "a different angle" as you meet the Terrible Toy-Eating Tookle, attend the "Rotten Convention," and visit Hungry Kid Island. For grades 2-4 and older readers. BestsellerAltogether, one at a time
Par E. L Konigsburg. 1971
Four short coping stories. In "Inviting Jason" Stan learns something about dyslexia; in "The Night of the Leonids" Lewis spends…
time at grandmother's; in "Camp Fat" Clara learns to love herself; and in "Momma at the Pearly Gates" Momma copes with prejudice. Some strong language. For grades 4-7. 1971