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Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.

The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national identity and purpose was raging; at a crossroads of history and culture, Ireland was jolted by various converging ideas and influences. They centre on Joyce's idea of an epiphany: a moment ...

Final part in the Blessed Trilogy

Himeko continues her path as a professional musician. While her professional life is going smoothly, her private life is still a struggle. But when she becomes friends with a young idol, she discovers a new side of herself. How will she handle caring for someone younger and being a guide and teacher to her?

Still struggling with her emotions, Himeko still has trouble dealing with the people around her. But when love starts coming into the picture, will she be...

The Writer of Wirlt presents 10 inspiring stories with an unusual look at the creation and the relationship between Creator and creature. He uses the metaphor of a writer who gives his characters the knowledge that they were made up by him, in order to playfully address very serious actual questions such as: What is the relationship between a long history and a recent creation? Can we deduce from scientific observations regarding the creation how the creation took place? If there is a Writer ...

"I've never written a line that I'd be ashamed for my young daughters to read, and I never shall write such a line!" Thus Jack London, well along in his career. And thus almost any collection of his adventure stories is acceptable to young readers as well as to their elders. So, in sorting over the few manuscripts still unpublished in book form, while most of them were written primarily for boys and girls, I do not hesitate to include as appropriate a tale such as "Whose Business Is to Live."

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Dive into the world of mime writing in this poetry collection. Inspired by the three qualities of mime—transparency, being in the moment, and avoiding embellishment—the verses unfold with raw authenticity. Each poem captures unfiltered emotions, offering a glimpse into the beauty found within simplicity. Through mime writing, the poet distills words to their purest form, creating a mesmerizing dance of emotions and reflections. This collection invites readers to experience poetry in its m...

A Granta Best of Young British NovelistsThe stunning new collection of stories from the award-winning author of The Liar's Dictionary and Attrib. and Other Stories.

'One of our major novelists' Salman Rushdie'One of our finest living authors' New York TimesA dazzling new collection of short stories, spanning 15 years of writing, from Yiyun Li, the prize-winning author of The Book of Goose and Where Reasons End

The first short story collection in ten years from the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo

MacArthur genius and Booker Prize-winner George Saunders returns with a collection of short stories that make sense of our increasingly troubled world, his first since the New York Times bestseller and National Book Award finalist Tenth of December

The 'best short story writer in English' (Time) is back with a masterful collection that explores ideas of po...