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Walk the Blue Fields [electronic resource] : by Keegan, Claire.aut; CloudLibrary;
AN IRISH TIMES TOP 100 IRISH BOOKS OF THE 21ST CENTURY 'Exquisite . so intricately wrought, so strange and beguiling as to entirely bewitch.'GUARDIAN 'Pure magic.' COLM TÓIBÍN 'Lyrical, thoughtful, but with a thick, dark strain of melancholy running through.' INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY A long-haired woman moves into the priest's house and sets fire to his furniture. That Christmas, the electricity goes out. A forester mortgages his land and goes off to a seaside town looking for a wife. He finds a woman eating alone in the hotel. A farmer wakes half-naked and realises the money is almost gone. And in the title story, a priest waits on the altar for a bride and battles, all that wedding day, with his memories of a love affair. In her long-awaited second collection, Claire Keegan observes an Ireland wrestling with its past.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Short Stories (single author);
© 2013., Faber & Faber,
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Python's Kiss [text (large print)] : Stories. by Erdrich, Louise.;
From Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-wining author Louise Erdrich comes a powerful and haunting short story collection shot through with love and grief, disappointment and redemption.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Short Stories (single author); FICTION / Women;
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Brawler : Stories. by Groff, Lauren.;
Read alone, each story in 'Brawler' is an individual triumph. Read together, they hum in exhilarating resonance. Ranging from the 1950s to the present day and moving across age, class, and region - from New England to Florida to California - these nine stories reflect and expand upon a shared theme: the ceaseless battle between humans dark and light angels.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Romance fiction.; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Short Stories (single author); FICTION / Women;
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Brawler [text (large print)] : Stories. by Groff, Lauren.;
Read alone, each story in 'Brawler' is an individual triumph. Read together, they hum in exhilarating resonance. Ranging from the 1950s to the present day and moving across age, class, and region - from New England to Florida to California - these nine stories reflect and expand upon a shared theme: the ceaseless battle between humans dark and light angels.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Romance fiction.; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Short Stories (single author); FICTION / Women;
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Python's Kiss : Stories. by Erdrich, Louise.;
"As usual when closing a book by Louise Erdrich, I'm left wondering, how can a novel be so funny and so moving? How can life?" -- Ron Charles, Washington Post, on The Mighty Red "Erdrich should be a major contender for the Nobel Prize in Literature." -- Boston Globe "A new novel from Louise Erdrich....is always a literary event, and her latest continues one of American literature's most remarkable winning streaks." -- The Guardian, on The Mighty RedLibrary Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Short Stories (single author); FICTION / Women;
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Safe Enough: Crime Stories by the Author of Jack Reacher [electronic resource] : by Child, Lee.aut; cloudLibrary;
A USA Today bestseller Pulse-pounding short stories from the author Michael Connelly calls "the best thriller writer in the world." You know Jack Reacher. Now meet twenty more heroes and heavies from the brilliant mind of legendary crime author Lee Child. A drug-dealing hit man feels that he must unburden his fears and guilt to a stranger in “Ten Keys.” A rookie cop in “Normal in Every Way” is assigned to the department’s file room, where he makes connections to historic dates that could lead to solving crimes. A methodical bodyguard quits his job when he’s outsmarted. A military mission is planned to perfection. A potential worker for the Manhattan Project is carefully surveilled by an FBI agent. A killer preys on other killers. Taken together, these stories are a riotous calamity of criminals and crime fighters; individually, they are expertly crafted, piercing tales that hit hard enough to leave a mark. These twenty intriguing, thrilling, and rapid-fire fictions are intimate portraits of humanity at its best and worst, sure to please new and longtime fans of Child and to illuminate a side of the author’s work unknown to Reacher devotees. Featuring a colorful new introduction from the author, the collection stands as the first book written entirely by Child in four years.General adult.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Crime; Short Stories (single author); Crime;
© 2024., Penzler Publishers,
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Enjoy Your Stay at the Shamrock Motel [electronic resource] : by Kaufman, Andrew.aut; CloudLibrary;
Aesop meets Anaïs Nin in these absurdist stories of very unexpected redemption Getting to the Shamrock Motel isn’t easy. It’s just off Concession #18, but you can’t get there through a sequence of lefts and rights. To find the Shamrock you have to be lost – not just on the map, but in your heart and soul. The Shamrock Motel does not accept reservations. The only way to get a room is by walking into the office and asking Rosemary, the owner/operator for one. Try not to stare at her hair. Fair warning: no one spends the night, or even an hour at the Shamrock without experiencing some form of transformation. Whether it’s accidently sleeping with a bear, turning yourself into a river, or getting entirely too intimate with the sun, time spent at the Shamrock will make you wiser, stronger, sexier, and more yourself. Even if that’s the last thing you want. These linked stories explore the intersection of personality and desire, love and lust, the joy and sadness of being alive and in love. Heated pool, cable TV, and a shot at redemption: the Shamrock Motel offers it all. Credit cards are accepted, but cash is preferred.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Absurdist; Short Stories (single author);
© 2025., Coach House Books,
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Something to Look Forward To Fictions [electronic resource] : by Flagg, Fannie.aut; CloudLibrary;
A tapestry of joyful and startling interconnected stories that celebrate how people from all across America cope with adversity and unexpected changes in a confusing world—from the beloved New York Times bestselling author of Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe Fannie Flagg once said that what the world needs now is a good laugh. And that is what she gives us in these warmhearted, always surprising stories about people who are finding clever ways to deal with the curveballs life sometimes throws at us. Velma in Kansas, a loving great-grandmother, struggles to bridge generational gaps with her family. We cheer for Helen, in Ithaca, New York, who takes an audacious course of action when her husband leaves her for a younger woman. In Bent Fork, Wyoming; in Milwaukee, Wisconsin; in Tucson, Arizona; and in towns and cities all across America, people figure out inventive ways to overcome obstacles to happiness. And in Fort Wayne, Indiana, Special Agent Frawley is studying the mysteries of being human from an original perspective. With her imagination, humor, and great understanding of the human heart, Fannie Flagg holds a mirror up to the foibles, ingenuity, and imagination of people, inspiring us to laugh at the sometimes eccentric, sometimes brilliant ways people cope with, and ultimately prevail over, the challenges of modern life.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Small Town & Rural; Short Stories (single author);
© 2025., Random House Publishing Group,
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Other Worlds Stories [electronic resource] : by Alexis, Andre.aut; CloudLibrary;
The award-winning author of Fifteen Dogs conjures up worlds – real, invented, uncanny – in this ingenious, electrifying collection. A Trinidadian Obeah man finds himself reborn, a hundred years after his death, in the body of a Canadian child. A writer takes up a seasonal job as the caretaker of a set of mysterious large sacks hanging from the rafters of the houses in a small town. A woman starts a relationship with the famous artist who painted portraits of her mother. The contents of a sealed envelope upend a woman’s understanding about a tragic crime she committed at the age of six. In this dazzling collection of stories, André Alexis draws fresh connections between worlds: the ones we occupy, the ones we imagine, and the ones that preceded our own. He introduces us to characters during moments of profound puzzlement, and transports us from 19th century Trinidad and Tobago to small-town Ontario, from Amherst, Massachusetts to contemporary Toronto. These captivating stories reveal flashes of reckoning, defeat, despair, alienation, and understanding, all the while playfully using a multitude of literary genres, including gothic horror and isekai, and referencing works from greats like Jane Austen, Jonathan Swift, Yasunari Kawabata, Witold Gombrowicz, and Tomasso Landolfi. Masterfully crafted, blending poignant philosophical inquiry and wry humour tinged with the absurd, here are worlds refracted and reflected back to us with pristine clarity and stunning emotional resonance as only André Alexis can.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Mashups; Short Stories (single author);
© 2025., McClelland & Stewart,
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House of Day, House of Night : A Novel. by Tokarczuk, Olga.;
When the narrator of 'House of Day, House of Night' arrives in a village in remote southwest Poland, she knows no one. Before long, though, she discovers that everyone there has a story. With the help of her neighbour, she pieces together the fragments of the living and the dead. Shard by shard, from the founding of the town to the lives of its saints, these stories capture not only a history but a cosmology. Please note: Libraries should check their holdings for the academic press edition (ISBN 9780810118928).Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Magical Realism; FICTION / Short Stories (single author);
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