mccullers carson the member of the wedding
McCullers Carson The Member of the Wedding
With delicacy of perception and memory, humour and pathos, Carson McCullers spreads before us the three phases of a weekend crisis in the life of a motherless twelve-year-old girl. Within the span of a few hours, the irresistible, hoydenish Frankie passionately plays out her fantasies at her elder brother's wedding. Through a perilous skylight we look into the mind of a child torn between her yearning to belong and the urge to run away.
2607 Руб.
McCullers Carson Ballad of the Sad Cafe, the & Other Stories
In a town "estranged from all other places in the world" lives Miss Amelia Evans. Once married but now living alone, her life changes forever when a stranger arrives on her doorstep one moonlit night in April. A poignant story of love, betrayal, and a brawl, "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe" is one of Carson McCullers' finest works. This acclaimed novella is accompanied by six other short stories. At times haunting, atmospheric, and revealing, McCullers unlocks the full range human emotion in her short fiction.
1186 Руб.
Hilderbrand Elin The Perfect Couple
Every couple has their secrets… It's wedding season, and tensions are brewing. When one lavish wedding ends in disaster before it can even begin - with the maid of honour discovered dead in Nantucket Harbor just hours before the ceremony - everyone in the wedding party is suddenly a suspect. As Chief of Police Ed Kapenash digs into the best man, the bride, the groom's famous mystery novelist mother, and even a member of his own family, the chief discovers that every wedding is a minefield - and that no couple is perfect.
2358 Руб.
McCullers Carson The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
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 island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil. Few writers have expressed loneliness, the need for human understanding and the search for love with such power and poetic sensibility as the American writer Carson McCullers. The Ballad of the Sad Cafe is her masterpiece: an unruly, bittersweet novella concerning the most unlikely of love triangles.
2568 Руб.
McCullers Carson The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Few writers have expressed loneliness, the need for human understanding and the search for love with such power and poetic sensibility as the American writer Carson McCullers, and The Ballad of the Sad Cafe collects her best-loved novella together with six short stories, published in Penguin Modern Classics. Miss Amelia Evans, tall, strong and nobody's fool, runs a small-town store. Except for a disastrous marriage that lasted just ten days, she has always lived alone. Then Cousin Lymon appears from nowhere, a strutting hunchback who steals Miss Amelia's heart. Together they transform the store into a lively, popular cafe where the locals come to drink and gossip. But when her rejected and dangerous ex-husband Marvin Macy returns, the result is a bizarre love triangle that brings with it violence, hatred and betrayal. Among other fine works, the collection also includes 'Wunderkind', McCullers's first published story written when she was only seventeen, about a musical prodigy who suddenly realizes she will not go on to become a great pianist.
2346 Руб.
McCullers Carson The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
Often cited as one of the great novels of twentieth-century American fiction, Carson McCullers' prodigious first novel was published to instant acclaim when she was just twenty-three. Set in a small town in the middle of the deep South, it is the story of John Singer, a lonely deaf-mute, and a disparate group of people who are drawn towards his kind, sympathetic nature. The owner of the cafe where Singer eats every day, a young girl desperate to grow up, an angry socialist drunkard, a frustrated black doctor: each pours their heart out to Singer, their silent confidant, and he in turn changes their disenchanted lives in ways the could never imagine. Moving, sensitive and deeply humane, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter explores loneliness, the human need for understanding and the search for love.
2605 Руб.
McCullers C. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
"She has studied the human heart with understanding ... that no other writer can hope to surpass " Tennessee WilliamsOften cited as one of the greatest novels of twentieth-century American fiction, Carson McCullers' stunning first novel was published with instant acclaim when she was just twenty-three years old. The action takes place in a small town in the middle of the deep South. This is the story of John Singer, a lonely deaf-mute, and a disparate group of people who are attracted by his kind, sympathetic nature. The owner of the cafe where the Singer eats every day, a young girl desperate to grow up, an angry socialist drunk, a disappointed black doctor: everyone pours out their heart to the Singer, their silent confidant, and he, in turn, changes their disappointed life in a way he could never have imagined. Touching, sensitive and deeply humane, "The Heart of a Lonely Hunter" explores loneliness, the human need for understanding and the search for love.
1369 Руб.
McCullers C. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
"She has studied the human heart with understanding ... that no other writer can hope to surpass " Tennessee WilliamsOften cited as one of the greatest novels of twentieth-century American fiction, Carson McCullers' stunning first novel was published with instant acclaim when she was just twenty-three years old. The action takes place in a small town in the middle of the deep South. This is the story of John Singer, a lonely deaf-mute, and a disparate group of people who are attracted by his kind, sympathetic nature. The owner of the cafe where the Singer eats every day, a young girl desperate to grow up, an angry socialist drunk, a disappointed black doctor: everyone pours out their heart to the Singer, their silent confidant, and he, in turn, changes their disappointed life in a way he could never have imagined. Touching, sensitive and deeply humane, "The Heart of a Lonely Hunter" explores loneliness, the human need for understanding and the search for love.
1369 Руб.
McCullers Carson The Haunted Boy
His hand sought the adjacent flesh and sorrow paralleled desire in the immense complexity of love. These moving stories by one of the great masters of Southern gothic portray love, sorrow and our search for happiness and understanding. Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Baldwin, Truman Capote to Stanislaw Lem and George Orwell to Shirley Jackson; essays radical and inspiring; poems moving and disturbing; stories surreal and fabulous; taking us from the deep South to modern Japan, New York's underground scene to the farthest reaches of outer space.
428 Руб.
Foley Lucy The Guest List
On an island off the windswept Irish coast, guests gather for the wedding of the year – the marriage of Jules Keegan and Will Slater. Old friends. Past grudges. Happy families. Hidden jealousies. Thirteen guests. One body. The wedding cake has barely been cut when one of the guests is found dead. And as a storm unleashes its fury on the island, everyone is trapped. All have a secret. All have a motive. One guest won’t leave this wedding alive . . .
1397 Руб.
Phinn Gervase Secrets at the Little Village School
'It's a small village is Barton-in-the-Dale, Mrs Stirling,' said the shopkeeper. 'You ought to know that by now. Nothing can be kept secret for too long. News travels fast.' In the little village of Barton-in-the-Dale, long-hidden secrets are bubbling to the surface. Ashley Underwood and Emmet O'Malley are set to tie the knot, when a revelation from the handsome Irishman's past returns to haunt him. The town's resident nosey-parker discovers some juicy gossip about the primary school's dishy new staff-member, and head teacher Elisabeth Stirling has a very special secret of her own. As the wedding day draws closer, brewing secrets threaten to boil over. But along with the skeletons tumbling out of the closet comes plenty of laughter, drama, friendship and love. One thing's for sure: for some, life in Barton-in-the-Dale will never be the same again.
2125 Руб.
Phillips Susan Elizabeth The Great Escape
Lucy Jorik is the daughter of the former President of the United States. But she's been on the run ever since the day of her wedding - the wedding she didn't go through with, to the fiance who eventually married her best friend (see Call Me Irresistible). But she's been on the run ever since the day of her wedding - the wedding she did not go through with, to the fiance who eventually married her best friend (see Call Me Irresistible). She accepts a ride from a stranger (an incredibly handsome, mysterious stranger on a motorcycle) and begins a new phase of life that she never expected. She accepts a ride from a stranger. (An incredibly handsome, mysterious stranger on a motorcycle) and begins a new phase of life that she never expected This is that story. This is that story.
405 Руб.
Donaldson Julia The Scarecrows' Wedding
The Scarecrows' Wedding is the bestselling picture book from superstar duo Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler. This Early Reader edition contains the complete classic story and pictures, in a pocket book format, and with an extra-clear font and layout, to support children who are gaining confidence in reading. A fabulous love story, full of drama, humour and originality; it tells the story of two scarecrows as they plan... the best wedding ever, the best wedding yet/The wedding that no one will ever forget. Betty O'Barley and Harry O'Hay know just what they need for the perfect wedding day: a goose-feather dress; two wedding rings and lots of pink flowers! But as they search the farm to find everything on their list, things don't quite go to plan and the scarecrows special day is almost ruined by wicked scarecrow, Reginald Rake.
1372 Руб.
McCullers Carson Ballad of the Sad Cafe: and Other Stories
Carson McCullers's THE BALLAD OF THE SAD CAFE explores what it means to love and to be loved from the perspective of a bizarre romantic triangle. Cross-eyed, masculine Miss Amelia Evans, owner of the general store in a small town, marries Marvin Macy, who adores her. But what she wants is a helper, not a lover; when Marvin expects sex from her, she throws him out. Her cousin Lyman, a dwarf, comes to town, and Miss Amelia falls for him hard, rediscovering her feminine side in an attempt to seduce him and converting her store into a cafe where Lyman can hang out and feel comfortable. Then the rejected Marvin Macy returns to town, and Lyman becomes infatuated with him. The denouement is a scene of grotesquely brutal violence, as McCullers takes love to its furthest extreme, as it approaches hatred. McCullers's novella, with its lyrical writing, deeply eccentric characters, stiflingly hot setting, and passion-fueled action, epitomizes what is known as "Southern Gothic." The musical theme of the book's title is reinforced in the text, which begins and ends with the haunting, mournful songs of a chain gang, placing the novel vividly in time and place: 1928 Georgia.
632 Руб.
Akiyoshi R. The Dark Maidens
When the high-school literature club meets, the usual routine is for each member to read her own original story. But this time, the assignment has changed. Everyone is given the same topic: 'The Death of Itsumi Shiraishi.' Itsumi - who had been the head of the group and the most beautiful and charismatic student in the school had died under mysterious circumstances. Rumor has it that a member of the club was responsible for her death. .
1626 Руб.
Akiyoshi R. The Dark Maidens
When the high-school literature club meets, the usual routine is for each member to read her own original story. But this time, the assignment has changed. Everyone is given the same topic: 'The Death of Itsumi Shiraishi.' Itsumi - who had been the head of the group and the most beautiful and charismatic student in the school had died under mysterious circumstances. Rumor has it that a member of the club was responsible for her death. .
1626 Руб.