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The Passenger (Paperback)
Ulrich Alexander Boschwitz; Translated by Philip Boehm; Introduction by Andre Aciman
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R374
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Darkness at Noon (Paperback)
Arthur Koestler; Translated by Philip Boehm
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A brilliant new translation of Koestler's long-lost original
manuscript. A chilling and unforgettable 20th century classic. From
a prison cell in an unnamed country run by a totalitarian
government Rubashov reflects. Once a powerful player in the regime,
mercilessly dispensing with anyone who got in the way of his
party's aims, Rubashov has had the tables turned on him. He has
been arrested and he'll be interrogated, probably tortured and
certainly executed. Darkness at Noon is as gripping as a thriller
and a seminal work of twentieth-century literature. Published in
Great Britain in 1940, it was feted by George Orwell, went on to be
translated into thirty languages and is considered the finest work
of pre-eminent European master, Arthur Koestler. And yet the
novel's worldwide reputation has, for over seventy years, been
based on the first incomplete and inexpert English translation -
Koestler's original manuscript was lost when he fled the German
occupation of Paris in 1940. In 2016, a student discovered that
long-lost manuscript in a Zurich archive. At last, with the
publication of this new translation of the rediscovered original,
Koestler's masterpiece can be experienced afresh and in its
entirety for the first time. THE NEW TRANSLATION BY PHILIP BOEHM
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Letters to Milena (Paperback)
Franz Kafka; Translated by Philip Boehm
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Winner of the 2020 Helen and Kurt Wolff Translation Prize The Fox
and Dr. Shimamura toothsomely encompasses East and West, memory and
reality, fox-possession myths, and psychiatric mythmaking. As an
outstanding young Japanese medical student at the end of the
nineteenth century, Dr. Shimamura is sent-to his dismay-to the
provinces: he is asked to cure scores of young women afflicted by
an epidemic of fox possession. Believing it's all a hoax, he
considers the assignment an insulting joke, until he sees a fox
moving under the skin of a young beauty... Next he travels to
Europe and works with such luminaries as Charcot, Breuer and
Freud-whose methods, Dr. Shimamura concludes, are incompatible with
Japanese politeness. The ironic parallels between Charcot's
theories of female hysteria and ancient Japanese fox myths-when it
comes to beautiful, writhing young women-are handled with a lightly
sardonic touch by Christine Wunnicke, whose flavor-packed,
inventive language is a delight.
Anna Janko's mother watched as her whole village was destroyed and
her family murdered in 1943. She passes the trauma of the event
onto her daughter, and A Little Annihilation bears witness to both
the crime and its aftershocks - the trauma visited on the next
generation - as revealed in a beautifully scripted and deeply
personal mother-daughter dialogue. As Anna fathoms the full
dimension of the tragedy, she reflects the memory and loss, the
ethics of helplessness, and the lingering effects of war.
For My Children And Grandchildren This book is dedicated to my
wonderful children and grandchildren, and of course to any new and
special additions that may still come our way. I hope through these
stories, my grandchildren will be able to share in the magic of
their parent's childhood, in the same way that their parent's are
now sharing in theirs. And in the most special way, it is dedicated
to Sammy and Bumpers. Two incredible little squirrels that made the
stories in this book come to life. It was the magical adventures
that Scooter and Buzzy Bear had with Sammy and Bumpers that made
these stories possible. I was lucky enough to have witnessed all
that follows.
For My Children And Grandchildren This book is dedicated to my
wonderful children and grandchildren, and of course to any new and
special additions that may still come our way. I hope through these
stories, my grandchildren will be able to share in the magic of
their parent's childhood, in the same way that their parent's are
now sharing in theirs. And in the most special way, it is dedicated
to Sammy and Bumpers. Two incredible little squirrels that made the
stories in this book come to life. It was the magical adventures
that Scooter and Buzzy Bear had with Sammy and Bumpers that made
these stories possible. I was lucky enough to have witnessed all
that follows.
After Midnight the Shark Bites A voice intrudes the darkness spites
With every thought death confirming it's there Denied in this
moment but a presence now shared In the early morning hours a raw
voice woke up inside me At its own pace, and delivering in paired
lines, it forced itself onto the page The words it spoke inside my
head, as couplets, came alive and danced To a music, only the early
morning hours could play
After Midnight the Shark Bites A voice intrudes the darkness spites
With every thought death confirming it's there Denied in this
moment but a presence now shared In the early morning hours a raw
voice woke up inside me At its own pace, and delivering in paired
lines, it forced itself onto the page The words it spoke inside my
head, as couplets, came alive and danced To a music, only the early
morning hours could play
For over forty years Kurt Philip Behm has lived within the magic of
the 'Perpetual Present.' It has inspired all of his writing, and
has allowed him to both see and write about the truth contained
within every moment. Once acknowledging this truth within himself
and accepting its presence, he started an inward journey that
'time, ' and its deceptive handmaidens, the 'past' and 'future, '
would have only denied. His message is to live not only for today,
but this very moment, knowing that this moment is all that we have,
have had, or will ever have again. Living within the magic of its
'Perpetual Present' will then free our souls, guiding us on a path
toward becoming all that we were truly meant to b
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