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- Vanishing World A Novel [electronic resource] : by Murata, Sayaka.aut; Wu, Nancy.nrt; CloudLibrary;
From the author of the bestselling literary sensations Convenience Store Woman and Earthlings comes a surprising and highly imaginative story set in a version of Japan where sex between married couples has vanished and all children are born by artificial insemination. Sayaka Murata has proven herself to be one of the most exciting chroniclers of the strangeness of society, x-raying our contemporary world to bizarre and troubling effect. Her depictions of a happily unmarried retail worker in Convenience Store Woman and a young woman convinced she is an alien in Earthlings have endeared her to millions of listeners worldwide. Vanishing World takes Murata’s universe to a bold new level, imagining an alternative Japan where attitudes to sex and procreation are wildly different to our own. As a girl, Amane realizes with horror that her parents “copulated” in order to bring her into the world, rather than using artificial insemination, which became the norm in the mid-20th century. Amane strives to get away from what she considers an indoctrination in this strange “system” by her mother, but her infatuations with both anime characters and real people have a sexual force that is undeniable. As an adult in an appropriately sexless marriage—sex between married couples is now considered as taboo as incest—Amane and her husband Saku decide to go and live in a mysterious new town called Experiment City or Paradise-Eden, where all children are raised communally, and every person is considered a Mother to all children. Men are beginning to become pregnant using artificial wombs that sit outside of their bodies like balloons, and children are nameless, called only “Kodomo-chan.” Is this the new world that will purify Amane of her strangeness once and for all?- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Literary; Absurdist;
- © 2025., Simon & Schuster,
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- The Midnight Library A Novel [electronic resource] : by Haig, Matt.aut; cloudLibrary;
Between life and death there is a library.  When Nora Seed finds herself in the Midnight Library, she has a chance to make things right. Up until now, her life has been full of misery and regret. She feels she has let everyone down, including herself. But things are about to change. The books in the Midnight Library enable Nora to live as if she had done things differently. With the help of an old friend, she can now undo every one of her regrets as she tries to work out her perfect life. But things aren’t always what she imagined they’d be, and soon her choices place the library and herself in extreme danger. Before time runs out, she must answer the ultimate question: what is the best way to live?- Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Science Fiction;
- © 2020., HarperCollins Canada,
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- The professor / by Bronte, Charlotte,1816-1855;
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- Subjects: Classics; Literary;
- © 1994., Wordsworth,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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- Rebecca / by DuMaurier, Daphne,Dame,1907-1989;
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- Subjects: Classics; Literary;
- © c1939, 2003, Virago,
- Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 4
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- War and peace / by Tolstoy, Leo,graf,1828-1910;
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- Subjects: Classics; Literary;
- © c2010., Oxford World's Classics,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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- The sacrifice / by Wiseman, Adele;
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- Subjects: Classics; Literary;
- © c1995, 1956., Stoddart,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- The adventures of Tom Sawyer and the adventures of Huckleberry Finn / by Twain, Mark,1835-1910;
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- Subjects: Classics; Literary;
- © 1991., Everyman's library,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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- Moby Dick, or, The whale / by Melville, Herman,1819-1891;
Includes bibliographical references: p. 619-630.- Subjects: Classics; Literary;
- © c1995., Könemann,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- A room with a view / by Forster, E. M.(Edward Morgan),1879-1970.;
LSC- Subjects: Classics; Literary;
- © 1989., Vintage Books,
- Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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- Crime and punishment / by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor,1821-1881;
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxiii-xxiv)- Subjects: Classics; Literary;
- © 1994., Modern Library,
- Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 2
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