Modern japanese short stories

Modern Japanese Short Stories

Modern Japanese Short Stories is a remarkable collection of Japanese stories from the pioneers of contemporary Japanese literature. This volume's twen

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Short Stories in Japanese

Presents an introduction to contemporary Japanese fiction. Featuring many stories appearing in English, this title offers students at various levels t

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Three Japanese Short Stories

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Best Japanese Short Stories

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Modern Arabic Short Stories

Features twelve stories by contemporary masters from Morocco to Iraq. The twelve stories collected here in this work are by leading authors of the sho

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Modern Short Stories I

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Short Stories in Japanese for Intermediate Learners

Short Stories in Japanese for Intermediate Learners is an unmissable collection of eight unconventional and captivating short stories for adult and yo

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Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories

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Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories

Beginning with the late nineteenth-century writings which first assimilated and reworked Western literary traditions, and coming right up to the young

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Great Japanese Stories: 10 Parallel Texts - Jay Rubin

<p>A captivating selection of short stories in the original Japanese alongside their English translations</p> <p>This new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories celebrates some of the very best Japanese literature from the past hundred years. Each story appears in the original Japanese alongside an e...

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Short Stories: The Thoroughly Modern Collection

Contemporary short fiction from CSA Word's popular Short Stories series

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Penguin Book of Modern British Short Stories

A collection of the finest short stories from our best loved authors, including Samuel Beckett, Graham Greene, William Golding, Kingsley Amis, Doris L

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The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories - Jay Rubin

<p>A major new collection of Japanese short stories, many appearing in English for the first time, with an introduction by Haruki Murakami, author of Killing Commendatore A Penguin Classics Hardcover This fantastically varied and exciting collection celebrates the art of the Japanese short story, from its origins in the nineteenth century to the remarkable practit...

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Complete Short Stories

The complete short stories of the 20th century's greatest visionary'Kafka is important to us because his predicament is the predicament of modern man'

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Hidden Realms Short Stories

A new thematic collection of fantasy stories in the bestselling Gothic Fantasy series. Created by mixing open submissions from modern writers and clas

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Chilling Crime Short Stories

A powerful collection of new, modern stories and classic tales reaching back into ancient, medieval and Victorian fiction: from Oedipus Rex and Thomas

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Terrifying Ghosts Short Stories

A deluxe edition of terrifying tales, with new stories from modern writers, many published here for the first time, merged with an outstanding collec

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Ten Short Stories (0140817794)

Kniha - autor Roald Dahl, 208 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná Penguin Student Editions have been specifically designed for readers who are studying a text in detail. They include a helpful introduction and explanatory notes, character sketches, a text summary, a chronology, language notes, a selection of questions and topics for discussion and analysis, as ...

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Classic English Short Stories 1930-1955

A collection of 19 stories from the years 1930-1955, this book presents some of the best modern English short fiction . Authors include Somerset Maugh

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Black Sci-Fi Short Stories

New stories from modern black writers, many published here for the first time, explore the themes of science fiction: discovery, time-travel, genetics

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Strange Lands Short Stories: Thrilling Tales - Linda Dryden

<p>Strange lands in fiction stretch from deep below the earth, to the outer reaches of space. This incredible new collection combines the talents of a new generation of writers with classic and ancient storytellers: from H.G. Wells to Edgar Allan Poe, Daniel Defoe to Jules Verne. Find here too the Land of the Lotus Eaters from Homer's Odyssey and the mad horrors of ...

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Birthday Stories - Haruki Murakami

Anotace: What will you get for your birthday this year? A chance to see into the future? Or a reminder of the imperfect past? In this enviable gathering, Haruki Murakami has chosen for his party some of the very best short story writers of recent years, each with their own birthday experiences, each story a snapshot of life on a single day. Including stories by Russell B...

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Birthday Stories - Haruki Murakami

<p>What will you get for your birthday this year? A chance to see into the future? Or a reminder of the imperfect past? In this enviable gathering, Haruki Murakami has chosen for his party some of the very best short story writers of recent years, each with their own birthday experiences, each story a snapshot of life on a single day. Including stories by Russell ...

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Japanese Woodblock Prints. 40th Anniversary Edition - Andreas Marks

<p>The Japanese woodblock print is a phenomenon with no Western equivalent. Breathtaking landscapes exist alongside blush-inducing erotica, ghosts and demons torment the living, and sumo wrestlers and kabuki actors are rock stars. This condensed edition revisits the most exceptional prints from 1680–1938, presenting the finest impressionsin museums and private colle...

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Chasing the Sun: Stories from Africa

A wonderful collection of short stories, both traditional and modern, by 12 authors from all across Africa. Old fables that have been passed down thro

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Macmillan Literature Collection - Mystery Stories - Advanced C2

This series contains original, unsimplified short stories written by famous classic and modern writers. All the collections come with substantial support material for each story, including a short summary; description of major themes; pre-reading vocabulary activities; post-reading language and comprehension exercises; a literary analysis section and essay questions. The ...

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The Japanese Myths : A Guide to Gods, Heroes and Spirits - Joshua Frydman

The perfect introduction to the world of Japanese myth and legend. This is a smart and succinct guide to the rich tradition of Japanese mythology, from the earliest recorded legends of Izanagi and Izanami, their divine offspring and the creation of Japan, to medieval tales of vengeful ghosts, through to the modern-day reincarnation of ancient deities as the heroes of mec...

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Macmillan Literature Collection - Twentieth Century Stories - Advanced C2

This series of Readers containing original, unsimplified stories written by famous classic and modern writers, now features four new titles. All the collections come with substantial support material for each story, including a short summary, a description of major themes, pre-reading vocabulary activities, post-reading language and comprehension exercises, a literary ana...

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Crime Stories Advanced Graded Reader Macmillan Literature Collection

This series of Readers containing original, unsimplified stories written by famous classic and modern writers, now features four new titles. All the collections come with substantial support material for each story, including a short summary, a description of major themes, pre-reading vocabulary activities, post-reading language and comprehension exercises, a literary ana...

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I´d Die for You and Other Lost Stories - F. Scott Fitzgerald; Francis Scott Fitzgerald

Anotace: I'd Die for You is a collection of the last remaining unpublished short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, iconic author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night. All eighteen short fictions collected here were lost in one sense or another: physically lost, coming to light only recently; lost in the turbulence of Fitzgerald's later life; lost to readers because...

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I´d Die for You: And Other Lost Stories - Francis Scott Fitzgerald

<p>**THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER** 'This belated collection shows us the depths of Fitzgerald's vision and talent. Only now are we beginning to appreciate what was lost' The Pool I'd Die for You is a collection of the last remaining unpublished short stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, iconic author of The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night. All eighteen sho...

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The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 3 - Dick Philip K.

Anotace: The definitive editions of Philip K. Dick`s short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre.This stunning new edition of Philip K Dick`s work includes the influential `Minority Report` and `Sales Pitch`, as well as a litany of mind-expanding other works. Work your way through some of the most influential stories from the 20...

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The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick Volume 3 - Philip K. Dick

<p>The definitive editions of Philip K. Dick's short stories, containing some of the most defining works in the Science Fiction genre.This stunning new edition of Philip K Dick's work includes the influential 'Minority Report' and 'Sales Pitch', as well as a litany of mind-expanding other works. Work your way through some of the most influential stories from the 20t...

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The Burrow : Posthumously Published Short Fiction - Franz Kafka

<p>After Franz Kafka's death, in perhaps the most important of all acts of literary disobedience, his executor refused to agree to Kafka's wish that his great mass of unpublished fiction be destroyed. This fiction included not only The Castle and The Trial but also the amazingly varied, chilling and ingenious short works collected in The Burrow and Other Stories. Th...

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Siren's Lament

A new selection and translation of short stories by a hugely prominent classic Japanese writer, filled with eroticism and fantasy

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Love Alters

An anthology of 29 modern lesbian short stories compiled by Emma Donoghue.

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Invitation from a Crab

A collection of surreal short slice of life short stories set in and around modern day Tokyo.

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Keshiki 7 (Mikumari)

Part of the Keshiki project: a series of 8 short stories translated from the original Japanese and available as separate pamphlets as well as part of

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Girl Who is Getting Married

Part of the Keshiki project: a series of 8 short stories translated from the original Japanese and available as separate pamphlets as well as part of

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Spring Sleepers

Part of the Keshiki project: a series of 8 short stories translated from the original Japanese and available as separate pamphlets as well as part of

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Friendship for Grown-Ups

Part of the Keshiki project: a series of 8 short stories translated from the original Japanese and available as separate pamphlets as well as part of

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Time Differences

Part of the Keshiki project: a series of 8 short stories translated from the original Japanese and available as separate pamphlets as well as part of

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At the Edge of the Wood

Part of the Keshiki project: a series of 8 short stories translated from the original Japanese and available as separate pamphlets as well as part of

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Keshiki 4

Part of the Keshiki project: a series of 8 short stories translated from the original Japanese and available as separate pamphlets as well as part of

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Keshiki 8

Part of the Keshiki project: a series of 8 short stories translated from the original Japanese and available as separate pamphlets as well as part of

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Agatha Christie: Twelve Radio Mysteries

Twelve classic Christie short stories are given a modern spin in these BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisations.

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Wrong Heaven

A startling collection of short stories about modern women and the quirks of modern life, for fans of Cat Person, George Saunders, Nathan Englander, E

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World of Difference

An international selection of 15 short stories by distinguished modern writers including Peter Carey, Zadie Smith and Bernard Malamud. Featuring the t

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State Of The Art

A stunning new reissue edition of The State of the Art - a collection of short stories of stunning power and awesome imagination, from the modern mast

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Love Hurts

Featuring short stories and extracts - both brand-new and old favourites - about modern star-crossed lovers from stars such as Gayle Forman, Markus Zu

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Temporary Marriage in Iran

Analysing the representation of women in modern novels, short stories and cinema, this study is an examination of the controversial social institution

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Fragile Things

A newly repackaged edition of this dazzling book of short stories from one of modern fiction's greatest and most imaginative writers.

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Hell Screen - Akutagawa Rjúnosuke

Anotace: Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterrane...

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Hell Screen - Rjúnosuke Akutagawa

<p>Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world's greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean isl...

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Level 4: Crime Story Collection Book and Multi-ROM with MP3 Pack - Paretsky Sara

Anotace: Murder of a stranger or a relative, in a quiet English town or a crowded American city. It happens everywhere for all kinds of reasons. Short stories by some of the finest modern crime writers.

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Level 4: Crime Story Collection Book and Multi-ROM with MP3 Pack

Murder of a stranger or a relative, in a quiet English town or a crowded American city. It happens everywhere for all kinds of reasons. Short stories by some of the finest modern crime writers.

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The Thing Around Your Neck (0007306210)

Kniha - autor Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 218 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná A brilliant collection of short stories in from Orange-Prize winner Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the author of Purple Hibiscus and Half of a Yellow Sun. Adichie straddles the cultures of Nigeria and the West. Her characters battle with the responsibilities of modern life, a world in wh...

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PEAR | Level 4: Crime Story Collection Bk/Multi-ROM with MP3 Pack - Sara Paretsky

<p>Murder of a stranger or a relative, in a quiet English town or a crowded American city. It happens everywhere for all kinds of reasons. Short stories by some of the finest modern crime writers.</p>

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Things Remembered and Things Forgotten - Kyoko Nakajima

Anotace: 'If we want to understand what has been lost to time, there is no way other than through the exercise of imagination ... imagination applied with delicate rather than broad strokes'. So wrote the award winning Japanese author Kyoko Nakajima of her story, Things Remembered and Things Forgotten, a piece that illuminates, as if by throwing a switch, the l...

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Things Remembered and Things Forgotten

'If we want to understand what has been lost to time, there is no way other than through the exercise of imagination ... imagination applied with delicate rather than broad strokes'. So wrote the award winning Japanese author Kyoko Nakajima of her story, Things Remembered and Things Forgotten, a piece that illuminates, as if by throwing a switch, the layers of wartime dev...

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