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Words begin to lose their meanings, flaking off into air like
moths. Friendships cultivated over a lifetime fall apart in testing
circumstances. What does the stranger with yellow eyes really want?
From Far Around They Saw Us Burn is the eagerly awaited first short
story collection from Alice Jolly, one of the most exciting and
accomplished voices in British fiction today. The extraordinary
range of work gathered here is united by a fascination with how
everyday interactions can transform our lives in unpredictable
ways. These are stories of lonely people, outcasts and misfits, and
the ghosts that inhabit our intimate spaces. The result is a
compelling, arresting and, at times, devastating collection - not
least in the title story, which was inspired by the tragic true
events of the 1943 Cavan orphanage fire. Written with an exemplary
eye for detail and an intimate understanding of the complexities of
human nature, Jolly's collection builds up towards the ultimate
question: what is revealed of us when we peel away the surfaces,
and is it enough?
***THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** 'Three sparkling
Grisham stories for the price of one . . . Appealing entertainment'
IRISH INDEPENDENT 'These three novellas in a single volume show
Grisham at his masterful best, exquisite evocations of the law
though far from complimentary about lawyers . . . A minor
masterpiece' DAILY MAIL Three thrilling stories of the law from the
master of the legal thriller. Homecoming takes us back to Ford
County, the fictional setting of many of John Grisham's
unforgettable stories. Jake Brigance is back, but he's not in the
courtroom. He's called upon to help an old friend, Mack Stafford, a
former lawyer in Clanton who three years earlier became a local
legend when he stole some money from his clients, divorced his
wife, filed for bankruptcy, and left his family in the middle of
the night, never to be heard from again. Until now. Now Mack is
back and he's leaning on his old pals, Jake and Harry Rex, to help
him return. His homecoming does not go as planned. In Strawberry
Moon, we meet Cody Wallace, a young death row inmate only three
hours away from execution. His lawyers can't save him, the courts
slam the door, and the Governor says no to a last minute request
for clemency. As the clock ticks down, Cody has only one final
request. The Sparring Partners are the Malloy brothers, Kirk and
Rusty, two successful young lawyers who inherited a once prosperous
firm when its founder, their father, was sent to prison. Kirk and
Rusty loathe one another, and speak to each other only when
necessary. As the firm disintegrates, the fiasco falls into the lap
of Diantha Bradshaw, the only person the partners trust. Can she
save the Malloys, or does she take a stand for the first time and
try to save herself? 350+ million copies, 45 languages, 10
blockbuster films: NO ONE WRITES DRAMA LIKE JOHN GRISHAM
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Collected Stories
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Shirley Hazzard; Edited by Brigitta Olubas; Foreword by Zoe Heller
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Taxi Driver
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Jurga Tumasonyte; Translated by Sasha Wilde
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Helene de Kock skryf meesleurende romans en sy beeld haar karakters met deernis en humor uit. Hierdie keur bevat twee van haar gewildste wynlandverhale: ’n Kind vir Vier Oude Vrinde en Volmaakte versnit?.
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juvenilia
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Virginija Cibarauske; Translated by Julija Gulbinovic
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Stories word daagliks van een person na ‘n ander oorgedra. Dit
is ‘n natuurlike deel van mense se sosiale omgang met mekaar.
“Stories word aan kinders vertel om lewenslesse oor te dra, en
vriende vertel vir mekaar stories om mekaar te vermaak, of om
inligting oor te dra. Die vertelling van verhale is dus ‘n
belangrike deel van menslike interaksie. “Vertel stories waar dit
nodig is. Dit voed die mens se siel. Ons het partykeer elkeen net
‘n goeie storie nodig.
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Acts of God
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Ellen Gilchrist
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In the latest of our celebrated series, you find yourself
surfacing, dazed in the waiting room. You read snatches of lines
over the shoulders of raincoats. In the carriage you have glimpses
and visions. At your destination you can hear space, see thunder,
taste realization. You are running towards something, someone in
the trees who holds out to you an understanding hand. Welcome to
the wonderful and sometimes frightening world of Unthology 5.
The beloved author of Early Morning Riser brings us eleven
glittering stories of love - friendships formed at the airport bar,
ex-husbands with benefits, mothers of suspiciously sweet teenagers,
ill-advised trysts - in all its forms, both ridiculous and sublime.
The games and rituals performed by Katherine Heiny's characters
range from mischievous to tender. In 'Bridesmaid, Revisited,'
Marilee, suffering from a laundry and life crisis, wears a massive
bridesmaid's dress to work. In 'Twist and Shout,' Ericka's elderly
father mistakes his four-thousand-dollar hearing aid for a cashew
and eats it. In 'Turn Back, Turn Back,' a bedtime story coupled
with a receipt for a Starbucks babyccino reveal a struggling
actor's deception. And in '561,' Charlene pays the true price of
infidelity and is forced to help her husband's ex-wife move out of
the family home. From one of our most celebrated writers, our bard
of waking up in the wrong bed, wearing the wrong shoes, late for
the wrong job, but loved by the right people, Katherine Heiny has
delivered a work of glorious humour and immense kindness.
'n Verrassende kortverhaaldebuut deur 'n jong skrywer van Bloemfontein. Marais is goed geskool in die klassieke Afrikaanse kortverhaal, maar bied vernuwing op vele vlakke. Elke verhaal bevat iets ongewoons, nie net wat betref taal en register nie, maar veral t.o.v. karakter en perspektief. Hoogtepunte sluit in "Brandoffer" (briewe aan 'n ma), "Sinker" (oor 'n seun wat op die rand van 'n damwal huiwer) en "Driehonderd-vyf-en-sestig en 'n kwart".
Daar is min mense wat ’n storie soos Jan Spies kan vertel. Die antie met die pienk rok en ander stories is ’n keur uit sy humoristiese vertellings in Pilatus tot molshoop, Poort deur die koue, Profeet met kondensmelk en Pille vir servette.
En hierdie nuwe keur word van Woensdag 17 Junie 2020 op weeksoggende om 10:45 op RSG voorgelees. Die akteur-skrywer Lochner de Kock skuif agter die mikrofoon in om hierdie “Spieserye” nuwe lewe te gee. RSG se dramahoof, Kobus Burger, is die regisseur.
Stories word daagliks van een person na ‘n ander oorgedra. Dit
is ‘n natuurlike deel van mense se sosiale omgang met mekaar.
“Stories word aan kinders vertel om lewenslesse oor te dra, en
vriende vertel vir mekaar stories om mekaar te vermaak, of om
inligting oor te dra. Die vertelling van verhale is dus ‘n
belangrike deel van menslike interaksie. “Vertel stories waar dit
nodig is. Dit voed die mens se siel. Ons het partykeer elkeen net
‘n goeie storie nodig.
'A wonderful, tender evocation of friendship and how its power can
help you overcome your worst fears. A pure splash of joy.' The
Daily Mail Shortlisted for Oscar's Book Prize 2022 Duck is not like
other ducks. Duck doesn't like water and is perfectly fine alone,
thank you very much. But then, one dark and stormy night, an
outgoing, water-loving, and very lost Frog turns up at Duck's door.
Can this odd couple find Frog's home? And will they find friendship
along the way? This endearing, gorgeously illustrated tale marks
the author-illustrator debut for Steve Small, illustrator of the
highly acclaimed, I'm Sticking with You by Smriti Halls
(shortlisted for Oscar's Book Prize 2021 and for Children's
Illustrated Book of the Year at the British Book Awards 2021). 'A
beautiful book, with a zen-like balance, and full of light and
drama, too.' Benji Davies, creator of The Storm Whale
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Thomas Vaiseta; Translated by Jeremy Hill
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**PRE-ORDER NOW - THIS HALLOWEEN PREPARE TO BE TERRIFIED WITH C. J.
TUDOR'S FIRST COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES** A creak of the
floorboard, a shiver down your spine, the feeling that you're not
alone... Join a group of survivors who wash up on a deserted island
only to make a horrifying discovery. Meet a cold-hearted killer who
befriends a strange young girl at a motorway service station.
Travel along eerie country lanes in a world gone dark, enter a
block of flats with the most monstrous of occupants and accompany a
ruthless estate agent on a house sale that goes apocalyptically
wrong. These eleven twisted tales of the macabre from the
bestselling author of The Chalk Man are your perfect companions as
the nights draw in...if you're brave enough. Praise for C. J.
Tudor: 'If you like my stuff you'll like this' Stephen King 'C. J.
Tudor is terrific. I can't wait to see what she does next' Harlan
Coben 'Britain's female Stephen King' Daily Mail 'A mesmerizingly
chilling and atmospheric page-turner' J.P. Delaney 'Her books have
the ability to simultaneously make you unable to stop reading while
wishing you could bury the book somewhere deep underground where it
can't be found. Compelling and haunting' Sunday Express 'Some
writers have it, and some don't. C. J. Tudor has it big time' Lee
Child 'A dark star is born' A. J. Finn
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