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21 produkter
My View is Incomplete
Selected Writings
Av Jean Goldschmidt Kempton, Joan Silber m. fl.
Häftad, 2001
191 kr
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Ideas of Heaven
A Ring of Stories
Av Joan Silber
Häftad, 2005
329 kr
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Intense in subject yet restrained in tone, these stories are about longings—often held for years—and the ways in which sex and religion can become parallel forms of dedication and comfort. Though the stories stand alone, a minor element in one becomes major in the next. In "My Shape", a woman is …
Household Words
A Novel
Av Joan Silber
Häftad, 2005
361 kr
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The year is 1940, and Rhoda Taber is pregnant with her first child. Satisfied with her comfortable house in a New Jersey suburb and her reliable husband, Leonard, she expects that her life will be predictable and secure. Surprised by an untimely death, an unexpected illness, and the contrary …
Size of the World
A Novel
Av Joan Silber
Häftad, 2009
361 kr
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An intricate web of crossed paths and enlightening journeys teach each of Joan Silber’s characters something about “the size of the world” in this richly imagined novel. A National Book Award finalist for her last book, Silber here addresses the timeless topics of love, loss, yearning, and …
Art Of Time In Fiction
As Long As It Takes
Av Joan Silber
Häftad, 2009
246 kr
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Fiction imagines for us a stopping point from which life can be seen as intelligible,' asserts Joan Silber in The Art of Time in Fiction. The end point of a story determines its meaning and one of the main tasks a writer faces is to define the duration of a plot. Silber uses wide-ranging sources, …
Lucky Us
Av Joan Silber
Häftad, 2001
244 kr
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"A love story of our time." —Ha Jin, author of The Boat Rocker Once upon a very recent time in New York City, there was a couple, two ordinary single people who met the way city people meet. Even though mismatched, they fell in love. And after some hesitations they decided, finally, to marry-only …
Mercy
A Novel
Av Joan Silber
Inbunden, 1900
357 kr
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Longlisted for the Joyce Carol Oates Prize A rich and nuanced story beginning with a moment of fear and abandonment that will reverberate across decades and change the course of many lives, by a beloved PEN/Faulkner and National Book Critics Circle Award–winning author In the gritty East Village of …
Art of Time in Fiction
As Long as It Takes
Av Joan Silber
E-bok, 2025
143 kr
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Fiction imagines for us a stopping point from which life can be seen as intelligible,"e; asserts Joan Silber in The Art of Time in Fiction. The end point of a story determines its meaning, and one of the main tasks a writer faces is to define the duration of a plot. Silber uses wide-ranging …
Fools
Av Joan Silber
Häftad, 2022
137 kr
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LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDWhen is it wise to be a fool for something? From New York to India to Paris, from the Catholic Worker movement to Occupy Wall Street, the characters in Joan Silber's dazzling connected stories tackle this question head-on.Vera, the shy, anarchist daughter of …
Ideas of Heaven
Av Joan Silber
Häftad, 2022
133 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDSet in modern-day America and France, Renaissance Italy and Boxer Rebellion China, these stories embrace whole lifetimes, much in the manner of Alice Munro and William Trevor. Joan Silber skilfully and subtly ties one story to the next, as a minor element in …
Improvement
Av Joan Silber
Häftad, 2019
124 kr
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'Improvement is a major work of literature.' - Nick Hornby, The BelieverReyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn't perfect, yet as she visits him throughout his three-month stint in prison, their bond grows tighter. Kiki, now settled in New York after a journey that took her to Turkey and around …
Secrets of Happiness
Av Joan Silber
Inbunden, 2021
190 kr
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A tightly plotted, brilliantly executed account of two families whose lives intersect in unexpected ways.
Secrets of Happiness
Av Joan Silber
Häftad, 2022
124 kr
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One of O: The Oprah Magazine's Most Anticipated Books of 2021One of Publishers Weekly's Top 10 picks for Spring 2021Ethan, a young lawyer in New York, learns that his father has long kept a second family - a wife and two kids living in Queens. In the aftermath of this revelation, Ethan's mother …
Secrets of Happiness
Av Joan Silber
Häftad, 2021
145 kr
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One of O: The Oprah Magazine 's Most Anticipated Books of 2021 One of Publishers Weekly 's Top 10 picks for Spring 2021 Ethan, a young lawyer in New York, learns that his father has long kept a second family - a wife and two kids living in Queens. In the aftermath of this revelation, Ethan's mother …
Fools – Stories
Stories
Av Joan Silber
Inbunden, 2015
248 kr
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When is it wise to be a fool for something? What makes people want to be better than they are? From New York to India to Paris, from the Catholic Worker movement to Occupy Wall Street, the characters in Joan Silber s dazzling new story cycle tackle this question head-on. Vera, the shy, anarchist …
Fools
Stories
Av Joan Silber
Häftad, 2014
128 kr
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When is it wise to be a fool for something? What makes people want to be better than they are? From New York to India to Paris, from the Catholic Worker movement to Occupy Wall Street, the characters in Joan Silber’s dazzling new story cycle tackles this question head-on.
In My Other Life
Stories
Av Joan Silber
Inbunden, 2000
219 kr
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A hip New Yorker confronts the accident of middle age.
In My Other Life
Stories
Av Joan Silber
Häftad, 2000
146 kr
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A hip New Yorker confronts the accident of middle age.
