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Worldwide Appreciation of the Short Story Form Spans Cultures and Centuries! In this concise volume, Gulnaz Fatma traces the short story from its origins in fables, ancient poetry, and tales such as The Arabian Nights, to its modern form in the early American stories of Irving, Poe, and Hawthorne, and then through the twentieth century and throughout the world. The elements of what makes a short story are presented along with a discussion of the difficulties...
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Estamos al frente de un libro que es a la vez una antología del cuento, una reflexión de carácter ensayístico sobre el género y un reportaje a la cuentística contemporánea, representada por autores y autoras de innegable trascendencia en el panorama literario colombiano. Cada uno con su cuento es una novedosa antología crítica de gran alcance en el contexto de los estudios literarios.
El cuento como relato es una forma ficcional que recorre...
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Esta es la historia de Pablito, que es un niño travieso al que le encanta leer, vivir aventuras, la Play, ver la tele y es del Barça. Pero no le gusta el arroz con leche ni el potaje de verduras. Un día se encuentra con Carrison, El Mago, que le regala un alambre mágico, que se llama Alambrín. A partir de ahí, él y sus amigos vivirán aventuras increíbles.Objetivos didácticos del cuento:Desarrollo de la imaginación.Desarrollo de la colaboración.Desarrollo...
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El autor ha recopilado ocho cuentos aterradores de una manera fantástica, en los que abarca ese temeroso universo del morbo que no se detendrá ni un minuto durante el recorrido de estas páginas espantosas. Siempre existirá esa atracción por el morbo…
¿Te dan curiosidad los relatos detrás de los suicidios en los rieles, las invocaciones y los experimentos en la penumbra? Estos cuentos están destinados a aquellos que sutilmente se regocijan...
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En Biografía de un ocaso, el autor nos ofrece un compendio de relatos donde la muerte se erige como hilo conductor, tejiendo con maestría narrativa los destinos de sus personajes. A lo largo de estas historias, la muerte se manifiesta en diversas formas, y los personajes, meticulosamente concebidos, adoptan posturas variadas ante el inexorable fenómeno de la muerte. Cada relato se erige como un espejo literario que refleja las distintas facetas...
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Eighteen stories about people in prisons of their own devise-childhood awakenings; coming-of-age quandaries; ironical comeuppances; criminal excesses; personal compulsions.In "Mister Barnes or Mister Noble?" a timid woman stands up to an overbearing man who is harassing her lifelong friend.In "The Bear in the Mimosa Tree," two children, out of boredom, seek out the "crazy man" in the neighborhood.Screenwriters launch a sneaky gambit to assure their...
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Hobos became the face of the Great Depression for the people who lived on small family farms in the rural areas of our country. These farms were mostly self-sufficient. The farmers practiced living locally long before it became the fad it is becoming today with things like the hundred mile challenge. They raised their own animals, cows, chickens, pigs; grew their own fruits and vegetables; and heated their homes with woods cut from their own woodlots....
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A collection of short stories, each as unique and different from the others as the title suggests. From Bennie to The Cold Shoulder, these stories have refused to go away. Each tale carries an emotional message of hope, compassion, anger, even fear. Like life, the emotions contained within these tales will hit you when you least expect them.
10) Sheikha's Diary
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Sheikha and Latifa have been inseparable best friends since their kindergarten days. Despite their differences, such as Latifa's preference for playing with dolls and Sheikha's love for swinging on the monkey bars, their bond remains unbreakable. Through their unwavering support and willingness to share everything, Sheikha embarks on a journey of self-discovery, unearthing her true identity.
Sheikha's Diary is a delightfully touching and entertaining...
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This fable is a very humorous story of how a lion with the support of his pride, cleverly worked together to overcome a series of challenges. The challenges included tests of speed, strenght and the ability to climb. The lion was not superior than his rival in these abilities. He was even isulted by other animals that consider themselves better than he was. Nontheless, with help of his pride, he was able to outsmart his rivals to become king.
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Broken by Design is a short story collection that features ten different fiction stories of multiple genres: Freak Accident, Ghosted, The Wild, Toxic, Curiosity, Killer Date, Nine Lives, His One Mistake, Two of the Same, and Miracle.Freak Accident: A single father takes justice into his own hands after struggling with the loss of his young son.Ghosted: A woman's budding relationship with a guy she met on a dating app is full of promise, but she's...
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Taking place across the Midwest's heartland of America, this collection of short stories offers nuance to the darker aspects of human relationships. Told primarily from the intoxicating beginnings of lust before progressing toward love, the stories fluidly transform into stark realities rather than romantic ideals. Each story provides an intimate look at how commitment and affection can turn into disloyalty or even hatred. With subtle mystery and...
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Alejados de cualquier mirada complaciente, los relatos de esta antología abordan algunas de las caprichosas interacciones de los vínculos familiares, donde lo afectivo se ve contaminado por el inevitable mandato cultural que los atraviesan.
Roles que se confunden, ausencias notorias, presencias absolutas, reacciones intempestivas y búsquedas obsesivas de respuestas son parte de los temas que sobrevuelan estas historias. Cada texto propone la necesaria...
16) Shorts
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Short stories are, in my mind, just a brief snapshot of what could be a longer tale. A taster. Something in development. Fragments.Each of these collected shorts are just that. Saying something different in each one and writing each one, was a bit like trying to paint the pictures accordingly. Each story has a different personality and so they each a need little bit of something here, a little bit of that there, just like people. Some people you can't...
18) Trinium
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In a not-so-distant future, the Earth has become a desolate wasteland, prompting humanity to establish colonies on distant planets. Among these colonies is Trinium, a thriving settlement where certain families are entrusted with the crucial task of raising and training horses, integral for transportation and work on this new world. Amelia, an imaginative and headstrong teenage girl, embraces her family's responsibility with fervor and determination....
19) Dreamin' Dreams
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A wonderful collection of short Irish stories that take you from humour to romance, from sad to sinister, from downright scary to laughing out loud
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Este libro es la suma de las capacidades inventivas y la búsqueda sin tapujos de Elena Broilo de esas criaturas condenadas a la oscuridad y el olvido, y que ella rescata con la devoción y el respeto por la diversidad humana. Nos recuerda que "la magia de la vida está en proteger otras vidas". Una mano tendida amorosamente desde sus páginas hacia las nubes de un cielo que merecemos en esta tierra.
Jorge Felippa
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