Author: José Donoso
Publisher: Hell Has No Limits 28
ISBN:
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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A reprint of the powerful novel by Chilean writers, José Donoso.

Author: José Donoso
Publisher: Sun and Moon Press
ISBN: 9781557131874
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 142

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A reprint of the powerful novel by Chilean writers, Jose Donoso.

Author: Sharon Magnarelli
Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780872498440
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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Chilean writer José Donoso is one of a handful of authors inevitably mentioned in relationship to the 'boom' in Spanish American literature during the 1960s and 1970s. His name is frequently linked with those of other Latin writers such as García Márquez, Vargas Llosa, Fuentes, Rulfo, and Cortázar. Like his contemporaries, Donoso blends the physical and the psychological in his fiction. The perceptions of his characters are constantly changing. For Donoso, 'reality' is a state of mind always subject to the imagination, and nothing is stable.

Author: José Donoso
Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
ISBN: 9781567920468
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 452

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This haunting jungle of a novel has been hailed as "a masterpiece" by Luis Bunuel and "one of the great novels not only of Spanish America, but of our time" by Carlos Fuentes. The story of the last member of the aristocratic Azcoitia family, a monstrous mutation protected from the knowledge of his deformity by being surrounded with other freaks as companions, The Obscene Bird of Night is a triumph of imaginative, visionary writing. Its luxuriance, fecundity, horror, and energy will not soon fade from the reader's mind -- Back cover

Author: Christopher Marlowe
Publisher: Gildan Media LLC aka G&D Media
ISBN: 1722524804
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 80

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Dr. Faustus is a great Elizabethan tragedy by Christopher Marlow originally published in 1600. The story is based on an earlier anonymous classic German legend involving worldly ambition, black magic and surrender to the devil. It remains one of the most famous plays of the English Renaissance. Dr. John Faustus, a brilliant, well-respected German doctor grows dissatisfied with the limits of human knowledge - logic, medicine, law, and religion, and decides that he has learned all that can be learned by conventional means. What is left for him, he thinks, but magic. His friends instruct him in the black arts, and he begins his new career as a magician by summoning up Mephastophilis, a devil. Despite Mephastophilis’s warnings about the horrors of hell, Faustus tells the devil to return to his master, Lucifer, with an offer of Faustus’s soul in exchange for twenty-four years of service from Mephastophilis. On the final night before the expiration of the twenty-four years, Faustus is overcome by fear and remorse. He begs for mercy, but it is too late. At midnight, a host of devils appears and carries his soul off to hell. Marlowe’s dramatic interpretation of the Faust legend is a theatrical masterpiece. With immense poetic skill, and psychological insight that greatly influenced the works of William Shakespeare and other dramatists, Dr. Faustus combines soaring poetry, psychological depth, and grand stage spectacle. Marlowe created powerful scenes that invest the work with tragic dignity, among them the doomed man’s calling upon Christ to save him and his ultimate rejection of salvation for the embrace of Helen of Troy.

Author: José Donoso
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
ISBN: 0810127024
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 18

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"At the center of The Lizard's Tale is Antonio Muñoz-Roa, a prominent painter whose circumstances bear a striking resemblance to Donoso's own when he wrote the novel. Hiding in his Barcelona apartment, obsessed with the ruins of his past, Muñoz-Roa relates the story of his flight to the small town of Dors with Luisa, his cousin, lover, and benefactor, after his scandalous defection from the 'Informalist' movement (an ironic reference to a contemporary Catalan art movement and possibly also a veiled allusion to the boom)."--P. [2] of jacket.

Author: Michael Andre-Driussi
Publisher: Sirius Fiction
ISBN: 0964279517
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 442

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Lexicon Urthus is an alphabetical dictionary for the complete Urth Cycle by Gene Wolfe: The Shadow of the Torturer; The Claw of the Conciliator; The Sword of the Lictor; The Citadel of the Autarch; the sequel Urth of the New Sun; the novella Empires of Foliage and Flower; the short stories "The Cat," "The Map," and "The Old Woman Whose Rolling Pin Is the Sun"; and Gene Wolfe's own commentaries in The Castle of the Otter. The first edition was nominated for a World Fantasy Award. This second edition, available for the first time in paperback, includes 300 new entries. When the first edition was published, Science Fiction Age said: "Lexicon Urthus makes a perfect gift for any fan of [Wolfe's] work, and from the way his words sell, it appears that there are many deserving readers out there waiting." Gary K. Wolfe, in Locus, said: "A convenient and well researched glossary of names and terms. . . . It provides enough of a gloss on the novels that it almost evokes Wolfe's distant future all by itself. . . . It can provide both a useful reference and a good deal of fun." Donald Keller said, in the New York Review of Science Fiction: "A fruitful product of obsession, this is a thorough . . . dictionary of the Urth Cycle. . . . Andre-Driussi's research has been exhaustive, and he has discovered many fascinating things . . . [it is] head-spinning to confront a myriad of small and large details, some merely interesting, others jawdropping."

Author: Jose Donoso
Publisher: Vintage Books
ISBN: 9780679765271
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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Author: Katherine Garbera
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488000352
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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Some cowboys are outta this world… Astronaut Jason "Ace" McCoy tried to escape Cole's Hill, Texas—and the memory of Molly Tanner's dark eyes and strawberry-scented hair—among the stars. Now he and Molly have jointly inherited her father's struggling ranch. And having failed his latest medical tests, Ace is on leave—maybe forever. He's determined to sort things out with the ranch and get back to Houston as soon as possible. What he isn't counting on is that Molly's only gotten more beautiful over the years…and she still wants him. The passion between them is hotter than rocket fuel—and just as dangerous. He can't promise anything as long as there's a chance to go on another mission. But even in orbit, this attraction has no rules…and no limits.

Author: Lori Foster
Publisher: HQN Books
ISBN: 0369700708
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 402

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“Muscles, mystery, and emotions dominate Foster’s Ultimate series launch . . . The romance simmers slowly and mystery is woven into the plot.” —Publishers Weekly A surprise inheritance reunites a mixed martial arts fighter with the woman he’s never forgotten in this fan-favorite book from the New York Times-bestselling author . . . Cannon Colter is quintessential hero material: chiseled jawline, shredded body—the works. He’s also the guy who rescued Yvette Sweeny from kidnappers, only to put an end to her romantic dreams. These days, she’s older, smarter, determined to face whatever life throws her way. Even the prospect of sharing a house and business with Cannon. Cannon knew Yvette wanted him three years ago. But she was young—and some things are worth waiting for. Thrown together by her grandfather’s legacy, he realizes how deep Yvette’s scars really go, and how much danger lurks in their quiet town. As pent-up desire explodes between them, protecting her becomes the only fight that matters. And he’ll break all the rules to do it . . . “Emotionally spellbinding and wicked hot.” —Lora Leigh, #1 New York Times–bestselling author “A steamy storyline loaded with romance and danger . . . Anyone . . . whether a fan of the MMA or not . . . who enjoys camaraderie of like and unlike people, intrigue, steamy sex and danger will love this book.” —Fresh Fiction Read the entire smoldering Ultimate series: Book 1: No Limits Book 2: Holding Strong Book 3: Tough Love Book 4: Fighting Dirty