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The Copper Kettle began as a simple bedtime story for the authors children when they were having a rough day and it seemed no one could get along! The characters soon took on a life of their own, and by the time the words The End were spoken, there were several snuffly noses and moist eyes. The authors family decided the story was too good not to share! Set in a charming castle village, two girls meet and become best friends in spite of their differences. Their friendship (and one little girls determination) prove to be the difference between life and death for the other. Life lessons abound in this wonderfully illustrated book as friendship, love, humility, faith and thankfulness are taught through the actions of two friends, Mary and Belinda.
Mikhail Sadovsky is a writer well-known in Russia for his short stories and poetry, for his plays,musicals and operas that have been performed on the Russian stage, radio and television (this hasfrequently meant periods of close artistic co-operation with prominent contemporary composers),and especially for the many books he has now written for two generations of Russian children.Because of the restrictions on freedom of expression during the Soviet period, many of his criticallyacclaimed works were not able to be published before the 1990s, including four major poetrycollections: Zavtrashnee solntse (Tomorrow's sun, 1992), Bobie Leie (1993), Doverie (Trust, 1998)and Unisony (Unisons, 2001). His stories and essays have appeared in many prominent literaryjournals and newspapers, including the celebrated Russian-language paper Novoe Russkoe Slovo inNew York. His first novel, Pod chasami (Under the clock) was published in January 2003. Mr.Sadovksy emigrated to America in 2000 and now lives with his wife in New Jersey. This collectionrepresents the first appearance of his work in English translation
Introduction to the book and author This book is a collection of stories written by Liao Yirong, a writer of the Dongxiang ethnic group in China. Liao was born in 1976 in Xihaigu, one of the driest places in China. Once a wrangler in the grasslands under the Tianshan Mountains and a gold miner in the Bayan Har Mountains, Liao has left his footprints on all over the west of China. He began to publish his works in the early 1990s and has published over two million words in major Chinese literary journals. Liao has been awarded the third National Spring Literary Prize in 2004, the Feitian Prize for Literature in 2005 and the Horse Award for national minority literatures in 2008. Liao Yirong was invited to participate in an international writers’ project held at the University of Iowa, America, in 2010. Some of his works have been translated into foreign languages and introduced to readers overseas.
DigiCat Publishing presents to you this special edition of "Back o' the Moon, and other stories" by Oliver Onions. DigiCat Publishing considers every written word to be a legacy of humankind. Every DigiCat book has been carefully reproduced for republishing in a new modern format. The books are available in print, as well as ebooks. DigiCat hopes you will treat this work with the acknowledgment and passion it deserves as a classic of world literature.
The seven stories in this volume were written during the ascending and perhaps most triumphant years of Willa Cather's career, the period during which she published nine books, including My Ántonia, A Lost Lady, and Death Comes for the Archbishop. For the most part ironic in tone, these stories are, as Bernice Slote observes, bound by the geometrics of urban life—streets and offices, workers and firms, the business world of New York and Pittsburgh, the cities which by 1929 Willa Cather had known well for over thirty years." In her introduction, Slote discusses their biographical elements, connections with earlier and later work, and the intricate patterns that lie below the lucid, shimmering surface of Willa Cather's prose.
A collection of twenty-three stories from one of the most influential figures in modern Japanese literature. Yasunari Kawabata is widely known for his innovative short stories, some called "palm-of-the-hand" stories short enough to fit into ones palm. This collection reflects Kawabata's keen perception, deceptive simplicity, and the deep melancholy that characterizes much of his work. The stories were written between 1923 and 1929, and many feature autobiographical events and themes that reflect the painful losses he experienced early in his life.
"Here at last is an accurate and enjoyable rendering of Lu Xun's fiction in an American English idiom that masterfully captures the sardonic wit, melancholy pathos, and ironic vision of China's first truly modern writer." -Michael S. Duke, University of British Columbia The inventor of the modern Chinese short story, Lu Xun is universally regarded as twentieth century China’s greatest writer. This long awaited volume presents new translations of all Lu Xun’s stories, including his first, “Remembrances of the Past,” written in classical Chinese. These new renderings faithfully convey both the brilliant style and the pungent expression for which Lu Xun is famous. Also included are a substantial introduction by the translator and sufficient annotation to make the stories fully accessible, enabling readers approaching Lu Xun for the first time to appreciate why these stories occupy a permanent place not only in Chinese literature but in world literature as well.