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Penguin Putnam Inc Brighton Rock
Book SynopsisHale knew, before he had been in Brighton three hours, that they meant to murder him... Graham Greene's chilling exposé of violence and gang warfare in the pre-war underworld is a classic of its kind. Pinkie, a teenage gangster on the rise, is devoid of compassion or human feeling, despising weakness of both the spirit and the flesh. Responsible for the razor slashes that killed mob boss Kite and also for the death of Hale, a reporter who threatened the livelihood of the mob, Pinkie is the embodiment of calculated evil. As a Catholic, however, Pinkie is convinced that his retribution does not lie in human hands. He is therefore not prepared for Ida Arnold, Hale's avenging angel. Ida, whose allegiance is with life, the here and now, has her own ideas about the circumstances surrounding Hale's death. For the sheer joy of it, she takes up the challenge of bringing the infernal Pinkie to an earthly kind of justice. This Penguin Classics
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Comedians
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Penguin Publishing Group Lady Chatterleys Lover
Book Synopsis One of the most extraordinary literary works of the twentieth century, Lady Chatterley's Lover was banned in England and the United States after its initial publication in 1928. The unexpurgated edition did not appear in America until 1959, after one of the most spectacular legal battles in publishing history.With her soft brown hair, lithe figure and big, wondering eyes, Constance Chatterley is possessed of a certain vitality. Yet she is deeply unhappy; married to an invalid, she is almost as inwardly paralyzed as her husband Clifford is paralyzed below the waist. It is not until she finds refuge in the arms of Mellors the game-keeper, a solitary man of a class apart, that she feels regenerated. Together they move from an outer world of chaos towards an inner world of fulfillment.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classi
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Penguin Putnam Inc In Dubious Battle
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Penguin Books Ltd Noli Me Tangere Touch Me Not
Book SynopsisIn more than a century since its appearance, José Rizal''s Noli Me Tangere has become widely known as the great novel of the Philippines. A passionate love story set against the ugly political backdrop of repression, torture, and murder, The Noli, as it is called in the Philippines, was the first major artistic manifestation of Asian resistance to European colonialism, and Rizal became a guiding conscienceand martyrfor the revolution that would subsequently rise up in the Spanish province.Trade Review"A beautiful new translation... Rizal's rich, moving novel...[is] perhaps the most important novel in Philippine literature." —Jessica HagedornTable of ContentsNoli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)Introduction by Harold AugenbraumA Note on the TranslationSuggestions for Further ReadingNoli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not)To My Country1. A Gathering2. Crisostomo Ibarra3. Dinner4. Heretic and Subversive5. A Star in the Dark Night6. Captain Tiago7. Idyll on a Terrace8. Memories9. National Affairs10. The Village11. Sovereignty12. All Saints13. The Storm Brews14. Tasio, Madman or Philosopher15. The Sextons16. Sisa17. Basilio18. Souls in Torment19. Adventures of a Schoolmaster20. The Meeting at City Hall21. A Mother's Tale22. Light and Shadow23. A Fishing Expedition24. In the Forest25. At the Philosopher's House26. Festival Eve27. At Nightfall28. Correspondences29. Morning30. In the Church31. The Sermon32. The Crane33. Freedom of Thought34. The Banquet35. Comments36. The First Cloud37. His Excellency38. The Procession39. Doña Consolacion40. Right and Might41. Two Visitors42. The de Espadañas43. Plans44. An Examination of Conscience45. The Persecuted46. The Cockpit47. Two Ladies48. An Enigma49. Voice of the Persecuted50. Elias's Family51. Changes52. The Card of the Dead and the Shadows53. Il buon di si conosce da mattina54. Quid quid latet55. Catastrophe56. What Is Said and What Is Believed57. Vae victus!58. The Accused59. Homeland and Interests60. Maria Clara Weds61. Pursuit on the Lake62. Father Damaso Explains Himself63. Christmas EveEpilogueAppendix: Elias and SalomeNotes
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Penguin Putnam Inc War and Peace penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
Book SynopsisA Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of Tolstoy's great Russian epic. Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American ReadSet against the sweeping panoply of Napoleon's invasion of Russia, War and Peace—presented here in the first new English translation in forty years—is often considered the greatest novel ever written. At its center are Pierre Bezukhov, searching for meaning in his life; cynical Prince Andrei, ennobled by wartime suffering; and Natasha Rostov, whose impulsiveness threatens to destroy her happiness. As Tolstoy follows the changing fortunes of his characters, he crafts a view of humanity that is both epic and intimate and that continues to define fiction at its most resplendent.This edition includes an introduction, note on the translation, cast of characters, maps, notes on the major battles depicted, and chapter summaries.Praise for Antony Brigg's translation
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Three Musketeers
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Penguin Putnam Inc Humboldts Gift
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Penguin Putnam Inc Henderson the Rain King
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Penguin Books Ltd Our Nig or Sketches from the Life of a Free Black
Book SynopsisFor the 150th anniversary of its first publication, a new edition of the pioneering African American classic, reflecting groundbreaking discoveries about its author's lifeA Penguin Classic First published in 1859, Our Nig is an autobiographical narrative that stands as one of the most important accounts of the life of a black woman in the antebellum North. In the story of Frado, a spirited black girl who is abused and overworked as the indentured servant to a New England family, Harriet E. Wilson tells a heartbreaking story about the resilience of the human spirit. This edition incorporates new research showing that Wilson was not only a pioneering African-American literary figure but also an entrepreneur in the black women's hair care market fifty years before Madame C. J. Walker's hair care empire made her the country's first woman millionaire.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the Trade Review" The landmark research and skillful criticism done by Foreman and Pitts should shape discussion of Our Nig for years to come." -African American Review
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Canterbury Tales
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Tunnel
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Penguin Putnam Inc Herzog penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
Book SynopsisIn time for the centennial of his birth, one of the Nobel Prize winner’s finest achievementsA Penguin ClassicThis is the story of Moses Herzog—a great sufferer, joker, mourner, charmer, serial writer of unsent letters, and a survivor, both of his private disasters and those of the age. Winner of the National Book Award when it was first published in 1964, the novel was hailed as “a masterpiece” (The New York Times Book Review).This beautifully designed Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition of Herzog features an introduction by Bellow’s longtime friend Philip Roth.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introdTrade ReviewBy the Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the National Book Award in Fiction"A feast of language, situations, characters, ironies, and a controlled moral intelligence . . . Bellow’s rapport with his central character seems to me novel writing in the grand style of a Tolstoy—subjective, complete, heroic." —Chicago Tribune"Herzog has the range, depth, intensity, verbal brilliance, and imaginative fullness—the mind and heart—which we may expect only of a novel that is unmistakably destined to last." —Newsweek "A masterpiece" —The New York Times Book Review
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Penguin Putnam Inc Oil
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Penguin Putnam Inc Big Sur
Book SynopsisA poignant masterpiece of wrenching personal expression from the author of On the Road and The Dharma BumsIn this 1962 novel, Kerouac's alter ego Jack Duluoz, overwhelmed by success and excess, gravitates back and forth between wild binges in San Francisco and an isolated cabin on the California coast where he attempts to renew his spirit and clear his head of madness and alcohol. Only nature seems to restore him to a sense of balance. In the words of Allen Ginsberg, Big Sur reveals consciousness in all its syntactic elaboration, detailing the luminous emptiness of his own paranoiac confusion.
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Penguin Books Ltd A Merry Christmas
Book SynopsisCollects stories of the author, from the yuletide festivities of Marmee and her 'little women' to the moving 'What Love Can Do'.Trade Review“For lit nerds and loved ones who are notoriously hard to shop for, you can’t go wrong with these festively bound classics. . . . Their size makes them perfectly stocking-stuffable.” —Entertainment Weekly, “The Must List” “Leave it to the folks at Penguin—who gave us Gothed-out editions of horror classics for Halloween—to package these . . . slim Yuletide-themed volumes.” —Newsday, “Best Books to Give as Holiday Gifts” “Remember how Christmas was celebrated before Black Friday with these 19th-century authors, in small uniform volumes wrapped in pretty jackets.” —USA Today, “Holiday Gift Books So Pretty, No Need to Wrap” “Beautifully designed.” —The Washington Post
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Penguin Putnam Inc Pride Prejudice
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Penguin Putnam Inc Madame Bovary
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Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd An Artist In The Floating World
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Penguin Putnam Inc Native Speaker
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Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd The Secret Life Of Bees
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Penguin Putnam Inc Five Children and It
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Penguin Putnam Inc Butterfield 8
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Penguin Putnam Inc Swanns Way
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Penguin Putnam Inc Sky Burial Penguin Drop Caps
Book SynopsisFrom A to Z, the Penguin Drop Caps series collects 26 unique hardcovers—featuring cover art by Jessica HischeIt all begins with a letter. Fall in love with Penguin Drop Caps, a new series of twenty-six collectible and hardcover editions, each with a type cover showcasing a gorgeously illustrated letter of the alphabet. In a design collaboration between Jessica Hische and Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, the series features unique cover art by Hische, a superstar in the world of type design and illustration, whose work has appeared everywhere from Tiffany & Co. to Wes Anderson's recent film Moonrise Kingdom to Penguin's own bestsellers Committed and Rules of Civility. With exclusive designs that have never before appeared on Hische's hugely popular Daily Drop Cap blog, the Penguin Drop Caps series debuted with an 'A' for Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, a 'B' for Charlotte Brönte's Jane Eyre, and a 'C' for Willa Cather's <
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Penguin Putnam Inc Candide
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Penguin Publishing Group Not Without Laughter Penguin Classics
Book SynopsisOur greatest African American poet’s award-winning first novel, about a black boy’s coming-of-age in a largely white Kansas town When first published in 1930, Not Without Laughter established Langston Hughes as not only a brilliant poet and leading light of the Harlem Renaissance but also a gifted novelist. In telling the story of Sandy Rogers, a young African American boy in small-town Kansas, and of his family—his mother, Annjee, a housekeeper for a wealthy white family; his irresponsible father, Jimboy, who plays the guitar and travels the country in search of employment; his strong-willed grandmother Hager, who clings to her faith; his Aunt Tempy, who marries a rich man; and his Aunt Harriet, who struggles to make it as a blues singer—Hughes gives the longings and lineaments of black life in the early twentieth century an important place in the history of racially divided America. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been th
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Penguin Books Ltd Black No More
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewEach page unleashes a fusillade of gags and comic sequences, careening from slapstick to blood bath and back again. . . . To borrow a line from Schuyler, the plot twists get 'more complicated than a flapper's past'-and about as fun. . . . Black No More is unsparing on the madness of racial classification but frank, and very beautiful, on the lure of racial belonging * The New York Times *Extraordinary . . . A satiric tour de force that rips into myths of white supremacy, black nationalism and the American Dream -- Maureen Corrigan
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Penguin Books Ltd Romance in Marseille Penguin Classics
Book SynopsisThe pioneering novel of physical disability, transatlantic travel, and black international politics. A vital document of black modernism and one of the earliest overtly queer fictions in the African American tradition. Published for the first time.A Penguin ClassicA New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice/Staff PickVulture's Ten Best Books of 2020 pickBuried in the archive for almost ninety years, Claude McKay's Romance in Marseille traces the adventures of a rowdy troupe of dockworkers, prostitutes, and political organizers--collectively straight and queer, disabled and able-bodied, African, European, Caribbean, and American. Set largely in the culture-blending Vieux Port of Marseille at the height of the Jazz Age, the novel takes flight along with Lafala, an acutely disabled but abruptly wealthy West African sailor. While stowing away on a transatlantic freighter, Lafala is discovered and locked in a frigid closet. Badly froTrade ReviewClaude McKay's poetry was one of the great forces in bringing about what is often called the 'Negro Literary Renaissance' -- James Weldon JohnsonI loved Claude McKay's Romance in Marseille, so witty and so precise, a little instrument for imagining another kind of modernist history -- Adam Thirlwell * The White Review *
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Penguin Putnam Inc Little Women
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Great Gatsby
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Great Gatsby
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Penguin Putnam Inc The Sun Also Rises
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Penguin Publishing Group Steppenwolf
Book SynopsisNobel Prize winner Hermann Hesse’s iconic countercultural novel about the search for authenticity in an inauthentic world, in a new translation and featuring a foreword by Marlon James, the New York Times bestselling author of Black Leopard, Red WolfA Penguin ClassicAt first glance, Harry Haller seems like a respectable, educated man. In reality, he is the Steppenwolf: wild, strange, alienated from society, and repulsed by the modern age. But as he is drawn into a series of dreamlike and sometimes savage encounters—accompanied by, among others, Mozart, Goethe, and the bewitching Hermione—the misanthropic Haller undergoes a spiritual, even psychedelic, journey, and ultimately discovers a higher truth and the possibility of happiness.This blistering portrait of a man who feels himself to be half human and half wolf was the bible of the 1960s counterculture, capturing the mood of a disaffected generation. It continues to reson
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Penguin Putnam Inc A Farewell to Arms
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Penguin Putnam Inc A Farewell to Arms
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Penguin Random House India In the City a Mirror Wandering
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Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd Satyajit Ray In 100 Anecdotes
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Penguin Random House India Fool Bahadur
Book SynopsisA delightful caper through colonial Bihar, Fool Bahadur by Jayanath Pati is a humorous reflection on the state's erstwhile society and bureaucracytold through the story of a young law officer, who hustles his way through the bureaucratic corridors to win the coveted British title of Rai Bahadur. The first-ever translation of this forgotten Magahi novel into English by Abhay K.
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Cengage Learning, Inc Flowers for Algernon
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Oxford University Press Uncle Toms Cabin Or Life Among the Lowly Splendid
Book SynopsisA faithful reproduction of the hard-to-find "Splendid Edition" of Harriet Beecher Stowe's classic American novel, this version features all of the 117 illustrations drawn by Hammatt Billings and a detailed introduction by prize-winning historian David S. Reynolds that sheds light on the novel's historical context.Table of ContentsIntroduction by David S. Reynolds ; Uncle Tom's Cabin ; Preface ; Chapter 1 CHAPTER I In Which the Reader Is Introduced to a Man of Humanity ; Chapter 2 CHAPTER II The Mother ; Chapter 3 CHAPTER III The Husband and Father ; Chapter 4 CHAPTER IV An Evening in Uncle Tom's Cabin ; Chapter 5 CHAPTER V Showing the Feelings of Living Property on Changing Owners ; Chapter 6 CHAPTER VI Discovery ; Chapter 7 CHAPTER VII The Mother's Struggle ; Chapter 8 CHAPTER VIII Eliza's Escape ; Chapter 9 CHAPTER IX In Which It Appears That a Senator Is But a Man ; Chapter 10 CHAPTER X The Property Is Carried Off ; Chapter 11 CHAPTER XI In Which Property Gets into an Improper State of Mind ; Chapter 12 CHAPTER XII Select Incident of Lawful Trade ; Chapter 13 CHAPTER XIII The Quaker Settlement ; Chapter 14 CHAPTER XIV Evangeline ; Chapter 15 CHAPTER XV Of Tom's New Master, and Various Other Matters ; Chapter 16 CHAPTER XVI Tom's Mistress and Her Opinions ; Chapter 17 CHAPTER XVII The Freeman's Defence ; Chapter 18 CHAPTER XVIII Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions ; Chapter 19 CHAPTER XIX Miss Ophelia's Experiences and Opinions Continued ; Chapter 20 CHAPTER XX Topsy ; Chapter 21 CHAPTER XXI Kentuck ; Chapter 22 CHAPTER XXII "The Grass Withereth-the Flower Fadeth" ; Chapter 23 CHAPTER XXIII Henrique ; Chapter 24 CHAPTER XXIV Foreshadowings ; Chapter 25 CHAPTER XXV The Little Evangelist ; Chapter 26 CHAPTER XXVI Death ; Chapter 27 CHAPTER XXVII "This Is the Last of Earth" 1 ; Chapter 28 CHAPTER XXVIII Reunion ; Chapter 29 CHAPTER XXIX The Unprotected ; Chapter 30 CHAPTER XXX The Slave Warehouse ; Chapter 31 CHAPTER XXXI The Middle Passage ; Chapter 32 CHAPTER XXXII Dark Places ; Chapter 33 CHAPTER XXXIII Cassy ; Chapter 34 CHAPTER XXXIV The Quadroon's Story ; Chapter 35 CHAPTER XXXV The Tokens ; Chapter 36 CHAPTER XXXVI Emmeline and Cassy ; Chapter 37 CHAPTER XXXVII Liberty ; Chapter 38 CHAPTER XXXVIII The Victory ; Chapter 39 CHAPTER XXXIX The Stratagem ; Chapter 40 CHAPTER XL The Martyr ; Chapter 41 CHAPTER XLI The Young Master ; Chapter 42 CHAPTER XLII An Authentic Ghost Story ; Chapter 43 CHAPTER XLIII Results ; Chapter 44 CHAPTER XLIV The Liberator ; Chapter 45 CHAPTER XLV Concluding Remarks
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The University of Chicago Press Memoirs of the Life of HenrietteSylvie de Moliere
Book SynopsisMadame de Villedieu played an important part in the early development of the novel and was one of the first women to write professionally. This semi-autobiographical work of fiction tells how an enterprising woman in the late 17th century set about defying conventions by writing the story of her life.
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The University of Chicago Press The Complete Tales
Book Synopsis"The Constance Garnett translation has been revised throughout by the editor."Table of ContentsAbout the Translation Mirgorod Old-World Landowners Taras Bulba Viy The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled With Ivan Nikiforovich Other Tales The Nose The Coach The Portrait The Overcoat Chronological List of Gogol's Works Selected Bibliography
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The University of Chicago Press Exemplary Tales of Love and Tales of Disillusion
Book SynopsisAt the height of Maria de Zayas' popularity in the mid-eighteenth century, the number of editions in print of her work was exceeded only by the novels of Cervantes. This book gathers a representative sample of seven stories, featuring Zayas' signature topics - gender equality and domestic violence.
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The University of Chicago Press Tales of Ancient India
Book SynopsisThis admirably produced and well-translated volume of stories from the Sanskrit takes the Western reader into one of the Golden Ages of India. . . . The world in which the tales are set is one which placed a premium upon slickness and guile as aids to success. . . . Merchants, aristocrats, Brahmins, thieves and courtesans mingle with vampires, demi-gods and the hierarchy of heaven in a series of lively or passionate adventures. The sources of the individual stories are clearly indicated; the whole treatment is scholarly without being arid.The Times Literary Supplement Fourteen tales from India, newly translated with a terse and vibrant effectiveness. These tales will appeal to any reader who enjoys action, suspense, characterization, and suspension of disbelief in the supernatural.The Personalist
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Columbia University Press Tales of Moonlight and Rain
Book SynopsisContains nine gothic tales that are Japan's celebrated examples of the literature of the occult. They subtly merge the world of reason with the realm of the uncanny and exemplify the period's fascination with the strange and the grotesque. They were also the inspiration for Mizoguchi Kenji's brilliant 1953 film "Ugetsu".Trade ReviewChambers's edition of Tales of Moonlight and Rain is well worthwhile... Highly Recommended. The Complete Review A shining new version of a living Japanese classic. Japan Times Japan scholars and people who just like weird, spooky stuff should enjoy this new edition of Akinari's classic. -- Brad Quinn Daily Yomiuri Chambers's new translation is a lucid addition to the handful of previous versions. -- James Lasdun's The GuardianTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Tales of Moonlight and Rain Preface Book One Shiramine The Chrysanthemum Vow Book Two The Reed-Choked House The Carp of My Dreams Book Three The Owl of the Three Jewels The Kibitsu Caldron Book Four A Serpent's Lust Book Five The Blue Hood On Poverty and Wealth Bibliography
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Columbia University Press The Nose and Other Stories
Book SynopsisThe tales collected in The Nose and Other Stories are among the greatest achievements of world literature. They showcase Nikolai Gogol’s vivid, haunting imagination: an encounter with evil in a darkened church, a downtrodden clerk who dreams only of a new overcoat, a nose that falls off a face and reappears around town on its own.Trade Review[A] first-rate collection . . . Admirers of Gogol and his odd sensibilities will devour this excellent gathering. * Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review *While they deal in subjects including witchcraft, demonic influence, and madness, Gogol’s stories are as humorous as they are bizarre . . . The Nose and Other Stories is filled with ill-fated characters, strange happenings, and satirical commentary. * Foreword Reviews *Since much of Gogol’s humor depends on linguistic play, he has proven resistant to adequate translation. . . Fusso’s ear for humor makes all the difference. * New York Review of Books *Crazy, colorful, delightful, and sad, Gogol’s short stories are among the great gems of Russian literature. Susanne Fusso’s scholarly and stylish new translations bring them alive once again and make this selection a pleasure to read. -- David Bellos, author of Is That a Fish in Your Ear?: Translation and the Meaning of EverythingThe first major English translation of Gogol’s stories in more than twenty years, The Nose and Other Stories captures his humor and complexity brilliantly. This volume will prove to be a great read for students and Russian literature enthusiasts alike. -- Bruce Holl, Trinity University[A] really wonderful collection of Gogol’s writings, and essential for any lover of his work. * Kaggsy's Bookish Ramblings *An erudite, modern translation of [Gogol’s] work that shows clearly how this strange writer became a defining influence on Russian literature and beyond. * Paperback Paris *In a move that preserves a sense of foreignness in the English translation, Fusso employs something closer to a literal translation than the more idiomatic one used by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky in their 2011 rendering of Gogol’s stories. Fusso maintains the pacing and eeriness of Gogol’s narrative flow while also stretching out some of the language . . . Such choices in translation create a subtle nod to the linguistic distance Russian readers would have experienced reading Gogol’s prose. * The Nation *Susanne Fusso does excellent work making the Russian-to-English prose accessible, readable, and unfussily poetic. * Jason Half's Blog *[Fusso's] translation captures all of Gogol’s magic. * Evilcyclist's Bookshelf *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, by Susanne FussoNotes on the TranslationTable of Ranks1. The Lost Letter2. Viy3. The Portrait (1835 version)4. Nevsky Avenue5. Diary of a Madman6. The Carriage7. The Nose8. Rome (A Fragment)9. The OvercoatNotes
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Columbia University Press To the Stars and Other Stories
Book SynopsisThis book brings together remarkable short stories by the Russian Symbolist Fyodor Sologub that explore the lengths to which people will go to transcend the mundane. Renowned as one of late imperial Russia’s finest stylists, Sologub bridges the great nineteenth-century novel and the fin-de-siècle avant-garde.Trade ReviewSologub's prose is beautiful: limpid, clear, balanced, poetical, but with a keen sense of measure. . . . -- Dmitri Svatopolk-Mirsky, author of A History of Russian Literature: From Its Beginnings to 1900[Sologub’s] vivid, honed, stinging style . . . combines simplicity and elegance, coldness and fire, tenderness and austerity. . . . His anguishing conceptions more and more convincingly lift the cover of enchantment that all of reality turns out to be. He is the singer of death: but he sings of death with all the tenderness of a prayer, all the ardor of passion; he speaks of death the way a passionate lover speaks of his beloved. -- Andrei Bely, author of PetersburgAlternately funny and frightening, charming and chilling, Sologub's short fiction remains curiously undervalued. Fusso's excellently selected and masterfully translated collection, accompanied by an exemplary introduction and copious notes, finally allows readers of English to appreciate the full power of Sologub's relentlessly double vision and the depth of his literary craft. -- Stanley J. Rabinowitz, Amherst College[A] richly painted world . . . The stories collected in To the Stars contain echoes of Baudelaire, Huysmans and Wilde. . . [Fusso's] English versions capture not just the morbid corporeality of Sologub’s prose, but also its radiant poetry and extravagant wordplay. -- Philip Ross Bullock * Times Literary Supplement *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction by Susanne FussoSelected Works About Sologub in EnglishNote on Transliteration and Translation Issues1. To the Stars (1896)2. Beauty (1899)3. In Captivity (1905)4. The Two Gotiks (1906)5. The Youth Linus (1906)6. In the Crowd (1907)7. Death by Advertisement (1907)8. The White Dog (1908)9. The Saddened Fiancée (1908)10. The Sixty-Seventh Day. A Novella (1908)11. The Road to Damascus (1910) (written with Anastasia Chebotarevskaya)12. The Kiss of the Unborn Child (1911)13. The Lady in Shackles. A Legend of the White Nights (1912)14. Little Fairy Tales (selection, 1898–1906)NotesPublication History of the Stories
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