The exquisite last novel from Nobel Prize-winning author Yasunari Kawabata
Ineko has lost the ability to see things. At first it was a ping-pong ball, then it was her fiancé. The doctors call it 'bo……続きを見る
Humour, fantasy, tragedy, drama, romance... Startling and original, the stories selected for this mouth-watering anthology are guaranteed to satisfy your appetite for the unique pleasure of reading.……続きを見る
« De quelle façon, repris-je, vaut-il mieux se mettre à l’œuvre ? ー Parle-leur d’abord des choses que toi et eux vous avez vues ensemble. Parle-leur ensuite de ce que toi seul as vu, puis de ce que……続きを見る
Can one indiscretion be allowed to scar a family for life?
Ronojoy's mother dies alone in the Ashram she had abruptly retreated to twenty-eight years ago, leaving him - then only twelve**-** to fend……続きを見る
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- Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II -……続きを見る
In this collection of 29 stories, you can visit a smoke-filled bar in a fantasy world, or experience a love affair with artificial intelligence. Maybe you'd prefer to go back in time and relive the ……続きを見る
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Louisa May Alcott, more famously known for her Little Women series, takes a familiar nursery rhyme and cre……続きを見る
Who is a man married to, when he is married to a woman? And what if they get divorced, but only one of them remembers? The Black King of Kalfour catalogues one man's quest for his woman across multi……続きを見る
In "Gwen's Adventure in the Snow", Gwen and her siblings set out on a winter evening's sleigh ride only to encounter bad weather. Taking shelter in their country house to wait out the snowstorm, the……続きを見る
A New Way to Spend Christmas describes a Christmas visit to Randall's Island in the East River, where orphaned and sick children are looked after. A charitable woman brings gifts and spreads "sunshi……続きを見る
In "Bertie's Box" a family sits around the table putting the finishing touches on their Christmas present wrapping. A letter arrives from a poor widow asking for assistance in providing a Christmas ……続きを見る
In "A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True", Ten-year-old Effie lives a comfortable life and experiences Christmases filled with delicious treats and wonderful toys. One night she has a dream that ……続きを見る
Tessa's Surprises is a story about an underprivileged little girl who strives to earn a few coins so she can buy her younger siblings Christmas presents. A heartwarming Christmas tale from Louisa Ma……続きを見る
In "A Hospital Christmas" a Civil War-era hospital is the setting for a Christmas story about caring for others, thinking positively and how sharing can make Christmas meaningful for those who have ……続きを見る
In "The Quiet Little Woman" a lonely orphan girl named Patty, desires only for a family to love her. When a family finally does come for Patty, she learns it is because they need a servant. But it h……続きを見る
In "Kate's Choice" a young English girl inherits a financial windfall when she is suddenly orphaned. Per her father's wish, she is sent to America to live with the families of each of her four uncle……続きを見る
In "A Country Christmas", Louisa May Alcott tells the story of Sophie, a debutante from the city who travels to rural Vermont to spend Christmas with her cousins Saul and Ruth. Though apprehensive a……続きを見る
These three Christmas poems by Little Women author Louisa May Alcott are full of the magical holiday spirit and will warm the hearts of readers during the holidays.
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In "What Love Can Do", two poor sisters share their modest Christmas wishes with each other, namely: a little money with which to buy gifts for their family members. Overhearing this, the kindly res……続きを見る
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“These stories were written for my own amusement during a period of enforced seclusion. The flowers which ……続きを見る
**Short-listed for the 2020 PEN/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection
“As profound as it is lyrical. The stories are music.” ーMarcela Davison Avilés, NPR**
In Ayse Papatya Bucak’……続きを見る
After having been banned from the crack game and stripped of his fortune, FEAR turns to the murder game to support his lavish lifestyle. He must go off the grid for a year away from the rest of soci……続きを見る
In my travels, as I walked through many regions and countries, it was my chance to happen into that famous continent of Universe. A very large and spacious country it is: it lieth between the two po……続きを見る
著者:Gary Alexander
出版社: Absolutely Amazing Ebooks
発売日: 2018年10月31日
Gary Alexander does it again, another experimental novel that will tickle your intellect while it plucks at your emotions. Using the periodical table as its framework, this story unfolds element by ……続きを見る
著者:Gary Alexander
出版社: Absolutely Amazing Ebooks
発売日: 2018年10月31日
Buddy and Martha Whitacre, a blue-collar couple, celebrate early retirement with a trip to Spain. They return home to discover that they’ve been wiped out by the investment fund that made retirement……続きを見る
L’histoire de ma vie vérifie parfaitement l’ancien proverbe qui dit, qu’un vase de terre ne perd jamais l’odeur dont il a été d’abord imbu. Après avoir lutté trente-cinq ans avec une variété de malh……続きを見る
Le récit débute par la description d’une fête de Noël où se réjouissent des enfants, et en particulier une fillette de onze ans, riche héritière. Puis survient Julian Mastakovitch, dignitaire déjà r……続きを見る
C’était un grand salon brillamment éclairé, dans un vaste appartement du faubourg Saint-Germain ; au fond de la pièce, un paravent excluait soigneusement l’éclat de la lumière. Un faible demi-jour r……続きを見る
著者:Yan Lianke
出版社: Grove Atlantic
発売日: 2018年11月20日
This “blistering satire” of modern China was a finalist for the Man Booker International Prize and a New York Times Editor’s Choice novel (Publishers Weekly, starred review).
Lenin’s Kisses is set i……続きを見る
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich, (born Nov. 11, 1836, Portsmouth, N.H., U.S.ーdied March 19, 1907, Boston), poet, short……続きを見る