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The life of insects: a novel
Par Viktor Pelevin. 1998
A Russian novel set in a seaside resort where the characters change from human to insect form. In one episode…
two Russians, Arnold and Arthur, meet a visiting American businessman, Sam Sacker. They fly off as mosquitoes, and Sam insists on imbibing the blood of a man who is drunk on cologne, with unfortunate consequences for Sam. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexThe President
Par Miguel Asturias. 1963
The president of the republic, an unnamed Latin American country, plots against his political enemy, General Eusebio Canales. The president's…
assistant Miguel Angel Face is involved in the dictator's intrigues but is redeemed by his love for a young woman. Originally published in Mexico in 1946 by the Nobel laureateEva's man (Black women writers series)
Par Gayl Jones. 1976
An African American woman, forty-three and in prison, is on the edge of insanity and searching for her lost innocence.…
Eva Medina tells how she landed behind bars a second time and about the men who put her there. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sexThe winter of our discontent
Par John Steinbeck. 1961
The lion, the witch and the wardrobe
Par C. S Lewis. 1997
Four English children find their way through a huge wardrobe in an old house to the mysterious land of Narnia,…
which is under the spell of the White Witch. Prequel to Prince Caspian, the Return to Narnia (BR 07238). For grades 4-7 and older readersThe town
Par William Faulkner. 1957
More of the Snopes family has moved to Jefferson, Mississippi, increasing their clan. Determined to own the county, Flem Snopes…
maneuvers his family to run businesses and farm the land. Sequel to The Hamlet (BR 11482). Some strong languageThe roman spring of Mrs. Stone
Par Tennessee Williams. 1950
American Mrs. Stone--former actress, wealthy, middle-aged, and widowed--is biding her time in Rome when the Contessa, a female pimp, introduces…
her to Paolo, a handsome young gigolo. At first, Mrs. Stone laments her fading beauty and the end of her stage career. Then she muses on the demise of her way of life and of her husband, and enjoys her current affair. Finally, Mrs. Stone must deal with her attempt to replace real life with fantasyThe complete stories (Schocken classics)
Par Franz Kafka. 1988
Twenty of Kafka's longer stories make up most of this collection, followed by fifty-five short stories and sketches. Included are…
all the stories published during his lifetime (1883-1924) and several others selected from his literary estateThe hamlet: the corrected text
Par William Faulkner. 1940
Portrait of a decaying South after the Civil War set in a fictional county in Mississippi. The story deals with…
the shrewd Snopes family, one of the author's notable creations. Prequel to The Town (BR 11470). Some strong languageFirst love, and other stories
Par Ivan Turgenev. 1994
These three stories by the nineteenth-century Russian author are somewhat autobiographical. In "First Love," written in 1860, a father and…
son fall in love with the same woman. Written in 1872, "Spring Torrents" portrays a middle-aged person looking back on the folly of youth. "A Fire at Sea," written in 1883, tells of Turgenev's personal experienceMaggie, a girl of the streets: and selected stories
Par Stephen Crane. 1991
Six stories by the author of the Red Badge of Courage (BR 1449). In "Maggie," written in 1893, Crane portrays…
the sordid life and downfall of a poor Irish girl from the Bowery. Other selections depict small-town life and the experiences of young men in battle. For senior high and older readersTobacco road
Par Erskine Caldwell. 1995
The famous saga, first published in 1932, of Jeeter Lester and his shiftless family. Their ribald adventures along Tobacco Road,…
once a flourishing plantation, attract a lusty preacher, Sister Bessie. Explicit descriptions of sexAmerika
Par Franz Kafka. 1946
First written in German in 1927, this novel expresses the author's rejection of the capitalist system. Karl Rossmann, a young…
immigrant to America, is snubbed by his relatives, robbed by tramps, and ridiculed in his attempt to find work. Includes an introduction by E.L. DoctorowTransparent things (Vintage international)
Par Vladimir Nabokov. 1972
American Hugh Person retraces an itinerary in Switzerland where he first met Armande Chamar, as if he could find the…
past shining through the objects he had encountered previously. Person's woeful tale gradually unfolds as his memories are evokedThe queen of spades (Penguin classics)
Par Aleksandr Pushkin. 1958
Four stories by the nineteenth-century Russian writer. The Queen of Spades, written in 1833, tells of a young officer's obsession…
with winning at cards. His subterfuge, intended to learn an elderly countess's secret for success, has dire consequences for both of themThe torrents of spring: a romantic novel in honor of the passing of a great race
Par Ernest Hemingway. 1926
Satirical view of American writers and their literary pursuits, presented as author's inserts and commentary within a portrayal of the…
lives of two men who work in a Michigan pump factoryMystery and manners: occasional prose (Fsg Classics Ser.)
Par Flannery O'Connor. 1962
Fifteen articles and essays, mostly discussing the art of fiction, published by O'Connor in her lifetime or revised from her…
speech manuscripts. Many pieces are on the study and practice of writing, including "The Nature and Aim of Fiction" and "Writing Short Stories."Omoo: adventures in the South Seas (Pacific Basin books)
Par Herman Melville. 1985
This realistic novel recapitulates the ending of Typee (RC 9738), as a British whaler rescues Melville, an American sailor. He…
and the ship's doctor become fast friends and share many adventures in the South Pacific: mutiny, imprisonment, and a beachcombing existence in TahitiGone with the wind
Par Margaret Mitchell. 1936
A romantic Civil War epic in which Scarlett O'Hara, a forceful and ruthless heroine, and Rhett Butler, a war profiteer,…
play out their tempestuous love affair against the background of the war-torn South. Pulitzer PrizeEucalyptus: a novel
Par Murray Bail. 1998
At nineteen, Ellen has become quite a beauty. Her father has decided that the man who names all of the…
hundreds of eucalyptuses he owns may have Ellen's hand in marriage. But Ellen prefers a storyteller she meets in the woods