Modiano, Patrick
Summary: Born at the close of World War II, 2014 Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano was a young man in his twenties when he burst onto the Parisian literary scene with these three brilliant, angry novels about the wartime Occupation of Paris. The epigraph to his first novel, among the first to seriously question Nazi collaboration in France, reads: "In June 1942 a German officer goes up to a young man...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MODBabelʹ, I. (Isaak)
Summary: "The brutalities and dualities of war and religion unflinchingly depicted by this major Russian-Jewish writer War's mess and muddle, the brutality and the inanity of fighting-few have better captured this than Isaac Babel, who was a journalist with the Soviet First Cavalry Army. His unflinching portrayal of the murderous havoc of battle is offset by an unexpected and wry humour: having seen the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pushkin 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BABMurakami, Haruki
Summary: Contains seventeen short fiction stories by Haruki Murakami about people whose lives veer off the path of normalcy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books 1994
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Summary: "It is said that there are some special animals occasionally born with great powers. Senzou the black fox is one of those ... but instead of using his powers for good, he abused his strength until the Sun Goddess imprisoned him for his bad behavior. Three hundred years later, he's finally been released, but only on one condition-- he can't have any of his abilities back until he successfully...
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Publisher / Publication Date: TokyoPop Inc. 2020
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Summary: "A dazzling new collection of short stories--the first major new work of fiction from the beloved, internationally acclaimed, Haruki Murakami since his #1 best-selling Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage. Across seven tales, Haruki Murakami brings his powers of observation to bear on the lives of men who, in their own ways, find themselves alone. Here are vanishing cats and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MURCassiau-Haurie, Christophe
Summary: "Madame Livingstone is a historical fiction story of adventure and friendship against the backdrop of World War I. Based on the true story of two vastly different men -- one Belgian, one African -- who take on one impossible mission: sinking of a German battleship in the Congo. Aviator Gaston Mercier, lieutenant in the Royal Belgian Army, arrives at Lake Tanganyika, Congo in 1915 on orders to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Catalyst Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 CASBorchert, Wolfgang
Summary: Collection of short stories and a one-act play.
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Publisher / Publication Date: [New Directions] 1971
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BORBellessi, Diana
Summary: "Fascinating collaboration between Diana Bellessi (Argentina) and Ursula K. Le Guin (US), each of whom translates a collection of poems by the other. The two poets worked in close consultation with each other, especially in the case of Le Guin, whose knowledge of Spanish is admittedly minimal. Bilingual format except for authors' introductions which are printed without translation"--Handbook of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Arte Público Press 1996
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: These eight stories by leading 20th century French writers offer fascinating insights into French life and literature and are accompanied by a parallel English text, making them valuable for both French and English language students. Among the diverse and entertaining stories in the collection are the wistful masterpiece ‘Green Tobacco’ by Clair Sainte-Soline; the exuberant tale of ‘The Ants’...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin 1972
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 448.4 FIC FRESummary: Written by authors from Quebec as well as France, the majority of these stories have been published in the last decade and reflect a rich diversity of styles and themes. From Daniel Boulanger's exploration of revenge and the desire for recognition in The Hunter's Cafe, to Alain Gerber's brief and poetic You Never Die, and the sardonic tales of Frederic Fajardie and Sylvie Massicotte, these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 1999