Cette auteure explore les complexités des rencontres culturelles et les malentendus qui en résultent, trouvant souvent une fascination dans les erreurs innocentes commises. Son travail s'engage avec l'histoire et la politique, animé par un vif intérêt pour les puissances impériales et leurs impacts. À travers une lentille unique, l'auteure tisse des récits qui révèlent les nuances subtiles de l'expérience humaine et la nature complexe des relations interculturelles.
Il était une fois deux sœurs, un frère et leurs parents qui vivaient heureux tous ensemble. Rosemary était une petite fille très bavarde, si bavarde que ses parents lui disaient de commencer au milieu lorsqu'elle racontait une histoire. Puis sa sœur disparut. Et son frère partit. Alors, elle cessa de parler... jusqu'à aujourd'hui. C'est l'histoire de cette famille hors normes que Rosemary va vous conter, et en particulier celle de Fern, sa sœur pas tout à fait comme nous...
En ce début de XXIe siècle, un club singulier voit le jour en Californie. Comme d'autres jouent au bridge, cinq femmes et un homme se rencontrent régulièrement autour de l'œuvre de Jane Austen. S'ensuit une sublime chronique sur l'air du temps où la voix de la plus grande romancière anglaise vient éclairer l'éternelle tragi-comédie des sentiments, et son tourbillon de rencontres, d'épreuves, de séductions et de jeux entre l'impossible et le possible que seul peut dénouer l'amour. Car, comme vont le découvrir les membres du club, il n'est peut-être de plus belle fiction que la plus ordinaire des vies. Avec Le club Jane Austen , aux conversations tour à tour enjouées, intelligentes et anodines, Karen Joy Fowler, nous offre un roman délicat et réussi, qui célèbre le bonheur de la lecture.
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« Lire, c'est oublier, tout oublier, y compris ses lectures passées, toutes ces histoires qui sommeillent dans nos arrière-mémoires et qui ne demandent qu'à resurgir à l'improviste, ces pages entières qui nous tombent dessus - mais jamais, justement, quand on lit, quand on lit vraiment. Lire, c'est dégager le terrain, faire table rase, retrouver l'innocence. » Laure Adler
An extraordinary collection of short stories from the award-winning author of Sarah Canary. Including "Praxis", the story about a theater where the real and unreal collide; "The Poplar Street Study", Fowler's darkly comic account of an alien invasion; and "The Gates of Ghosts", in which a child journeys to a strange and deadly world, this anthology of 13 tales also features a new foreword by the author. Contents:The Lake Was Full of Artificial Things (1985)The Poplar Street Study (1985)Face Value (1986)The Dragon's Head (1986)The War of the Roses (1985)Contention (1986)Recalling Cinderella (1985)Other Planes (1986)The Gate of Ghosts (1986)The Bog People (1986)Wild Boys: Variations on a Theme (1986)The View from Venus (1986)Praxis (1985)
An early work from PEN/Faulkner Award winner and Man Booker finalist Karen Joy Fowler, reissued and beautifully repackaged for new fans and old. First published in 1998 to high praise, and now reissued with the addition of a prefatory essay, Black Glass showcases the extraordinary talents of this prizewinning author. In fifteen gemlike tales, Fowler lets her wit and vision roam freely, turning accepted norms inside out and fairy tales upside down—pushing us to reconsider our unquestioned verities and proving once again that she is among our most subversive writers. So, then: Here is Carry Nation loose again, breaking up discos, smashing topless bars, radicalizing women as she preaches clean living to men more intent on babes and booze. And here is Mrs. Gulliver, her patience with her long-voyaging Lemuel worn thin: Money is short and the kids can’t even remember what their dad looks like. And what of Tonto, the ever-faithful companion, turning forty without so much as a birthday phone call from that masked man? It is a book full of great themes and terrific stories—but it is the way in which Fowler tells the tale, develops plot and character, plays with time, chance, and reality that makes these pieces so original.
Twenty curses, old and new, from bestselling fantasy authors such as Neil Gaiman, Karen Joy Fowler, Christina Henry, M.R. Carey and Charlie Jane Anders. ALL THE BETTER TO READ YOU WITH It's a prick of blood, the bite of an apple, the evil eye, a wedding ring or a pair of red shoes. Curses come in all shapes and sizes, and they can happen to anyone, not just those of us with unpopular stepparents... Here you'll find unique twists on curses, from fairy tale classics to brand-new hexes of the modern world - expect new monsters and mythologies as well as twists on well-loved fables. Stories to shock and stories of warning, stories of monsters and stories of magic. TWENTY TIMELESS FOLKTALES, NEW AND OLD NEIL GAIMAN JANE YOLEN KAREN JOY FOWLER M.R. CAREY CHRISTINA HENRY CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN TIM LEBBON MICHAEL MARSHALL SMITH CHARLIE JANE ANDERS JEN WILLIAMS CATRIONA WARD JAMES BROGDEN MAURA McHUGH ANGELA SLATTER LILLITH SAINTCROW CHRISTOPHER FOWLER ALISON LITTLEWOOD MARGO LANAGAN
When an enigmatic woman cloaked in black wanders into a Chinese labor camp in the Pacific Northwest of 1873, one man is chosen to lead her out into the woods. But soon, he becomes the enchanted follower. Thus begins a magical journey.
'Polls have recently confirmed what has long been suspected; most men do not want brainy women. Stewardesses have turned out to be that occupation blessed most often with marriage. The key elements appear to be uniforms and travel.' It is 1947 and in the aftermath of World War II halcyon days have not returned to Magrit, Minnesota, where the veterans have failed to come home. The men haven't died; they've just moved onto greener pastures, rejecting the local women, who served the war effort in the Scientific Kitchen of Margaret Mill. The mill was founded by Henry Collins, the man responsible for Sweetwheats, the world's first puffed and sugar-coated cereal. As part of a publicity campaign, Henry creates the Sweetwheats Sweethearts all-girl baseball team, convincing the mill girls that this will help them find husbands.
'Words were invented so lies could be told' Mary Ellen PleasantSan Francisco in the 1890s is a town of contradictions, home to a respectable middle class, but with the Wild West lingering in the imagination, and even the behaviour, of some residents. Lizzie Hayes, a seemingly docile, middle-aged spinster, is praised for her volunteer work with the Ladies' Relief and Protection Society Home, or the Brown Ark. She doesn't know it, but she's waiting for the spark that will liberate her from convention. When the wealthy and well-connected but ill-reputed Mary Ellen Pleasant shows up at the Brown Ark with an orphan in tow, Lizzie is drawn to them both. It is the beautiful Mrs Pleasant, object of suspicion because of her mysterious past and rumoured voodoo practise, who holds the key to freeing Lizzie's rebellious nature.Based on real historical figures, San Francisco in the gilded age is brought vibrantly to life in Karen Joy Fowler's entertaining, evocative and sinister novel.
Rima Lanisell struggles with loss, including her father’s death. She stays with her eccentric godmother Addison, a successful mystery writer, at her beach house. While seeking solace, Rima becomes entangled in a mystery of her own.
V našem světě je spousta zla. Hodně z nás se diví, proč jsou někteří lidé bezcitní. Autorka pomocí regresní hypnózy dokazuje, že každá duše se během mnoha životů alespoň jednou dostane na křižovatku, na níž ji čeká volba mezi temnotou a světlem. Příklady a vysvětlení z této knihyposkytují příležitost pochopit mnohé z toho, co nám na našem životě připadá nesnesitelné či nepřijatelné. První část zkoumá naše rané inkarnace na Zemi a to, které výzvy nás mohou svést na scestí; jak ztrácíme svou cestu a také proč; jak se energie minulých životů přenáší a dál ovlivňuje náš současný život. V další části se detailně popisují cesty autorčiných klientů do životů plných nemorálního či kriminálního jednání. Prozkoumáme příčiny sestupu duší do těchto náročných životů a jejich postupné vynoření se zpět do světla. Třetí část ukazuje, jak duše získávají odvahu, aby se duchovně i emočně otevřely. V poslední části se setkáme s dušemi, které si vylepšují potřebné dovednosti a vlastnosti s tím, jak se přibližují ke konci svých inkarnací na Zemi. Musíme zesílit, naučit se věřit a znovu se otevřít lásce. Po překonání temné noci duše získáme novou sebedůvěru, vnitřní sílu, vděčnost, poznání, soucit i moudrost.
Vijf Californische vrouwen en een man komen een half jaar lang elke maand bijeen om een van de zes romans van Jane Austen te bespreken, waarbij de romans dienen als klankbord voor de levens van de lezers.
